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             The apostate Protestant a letter to a friend, occasioned by the late reprinting of a Jesuites book about succession to the crown of England, pretended to have been written by R. Doleman.
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           A
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           FRIEND
           ,
           OCCASIONED
           By
           the
           late
           Reprinting
           of
           a
           JESUITES
           BOOK
           .
           ABOUT
           SUCCESSION
           TO
           THE
           Crown
           of
           ENGLAND
           ,
           Pretended
           to
           have
           been
           written
           by
           
             R.
             Doleman
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               My
               Son
               ,
               fear
               thou
               the
               Lord
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               meddle
               not
               with
               them
               that
               are
               given
               to
               change
               ,
            
             
               Prov.
               24.
               21.
               
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Davis
          
           and
           
             J.
             Hindmarsh
          
           ,
           at
           
             Amen
             Corner
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           black
           Bull
           in
           Corn-Hill
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           ,
           1682.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           
             Apostate
             Protestant
          
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           Present
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           thank
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           purely
           out
           of
           respects
           to
           the
           hand
           that
           sent
           it
           ;
           I
           mean
           a
           Book
           bearing
           this
           Title
           ,
           
             A
             Conference
             about
             the
             next
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
          
           England
           ,
           pretended
           to
           be
           written
           by
           
             R.
             Doleman
          
           .
           Yet
           considering
           what
           you
           write
           ,
           that
           you
           was
           startled
           and
           astonish'd
           to
           see
           in
           it
           such
           Horrid
           and
           
             Traiterous
             Assertions
          
           ,
           and
           Principles
           so
           destructive
           not
           of
           Monarchy
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           every
           Form
           of
           Government
           ;
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           mistrust
           that
           you
           parted
           with
           it
           chiefly
           out
           of
           Fear
           of
           keeping
           such
           a
           Lewd
           and
           Dangerous
           Companion
           in
           your
           Closet
           ,
           especially
           since
           you
           confess
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           brought
           to
           your
           hands
           as
           it
           were
           by
           stealth
           ,
           being
           happily
           seized
           on
           by
           one
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Officers
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           dangerous
           Book
           indeed
           ,
           and
           without
           doubt
           is
           published
           and
           handed
           up
           and
           down
           to
           serve
           a
           Turn
           in
           these
           Ticklish
           times
           ,
           when
           some
           Ambitious
           men
           have
           taken
           Pepper
           in
           the
           Nose
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Revenged
           for
           their
           disappointments
           endeavour
           to
           make
           another
           strong
           Pass
           at
           our
           Government
           ,
           and
           would
           sain
           hurl
           the
           world
           into
           Confusion
           .
        
         
           Since
           you
           have
           lodged
           the
           Knave
           with
           me
           ,
           I
           'le
           take
           care
           that
           for
           me
           he
           shall
           not
           go
           abroad
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           cannot
           answer
           your
           Commands
           ,
           unless
           I
           give
           you
           some
           account
           both
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           the
           Book
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Author
           ;
           it
           was
           not
           
             R.
             Doleman
          
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           but
           a
           Counterfeit
           )
           but
           
             Robert
             Parsons
          
           was
           his
           Name
           ;
           a
           notorious
           and
           violent
           Jesuite
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ;
           a
           fellow
           born
           at
           Stockersey
           in
           Somerse●shire
           ,
           
           and
           a
           Bastard
           it
           seems
           :
           which
           possibly
           might
           be
           an
           Omen
           ,
           that
           afterwards
           he
           would
           own
           for
           his
           Mother
           that
           Church
           which
           is
           an
           Whore
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           )
           prefer
           Bastards
           to
           a
           Crown
           .
           
           A
           man
           of
           whom
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           in
           those
           days
           gave
           this
           Character
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           
             filius
             populi
             &
             filius
             peccati
          
           ;
           one
           born
           to
           be
           a
           Plague
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           
             restless
             ,
             seditious
             ,
             turbuleu●
             ,
             cruel
             ,
             imperious
             ,
             treacherous
             ,
          
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           very
           Epitome
           of
           all
           wickedness
           .
           They
           who
           knew
           him
           and
           his
           Dealings
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           
           have
           told
           us
           ,
           
             how
             seditious
             ,
             wanton
             ,
             and
             factious
             this
             lewd
             Bastards
             Conversation
             was
             ,
             and
             how
             for
             his
             Libelling
             and
             other
             misdemeanours
             he
             was
             thrust
             out
             of
          
           Baliol
           
             College
             ,
             having
             been
             so
             infamous
             there
             ,
             being
             then
             Master
             of
             Arts
             ,
             that
             they
             hissed
             him
             out
             with
             hoo-bubs
             ,
             and
             rung
             him
             out
             with
             Bells
             .
          
        
         
           In
           those
           days
           ,
           saith
           my
           Author
           ,
           
             England
             was
             made
             the
             main
             chance
             of
             Christendom
             ,
          
           
           
             the
             only
             Butt
             ,
             Mark
             and
             White
             that
             was
             aimed
             at
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           ,
           such
           was
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Romanists
           ,
           their
           Conspiracies
           so
           frequent
           ,
           and
           their
           endeavours
           so
           great
           for
           a
           Successor
           for
           their
           turn
           ,
           that
           affairs
           were
           in
           a
           very
           uncertain
           and
           tottering
           condition
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           was
           expresly
           given
           out
           ,
           
           
             That
             England
             should
             be
             made
             an
             Island
             of
             Jesuites
             .
          
           But
           to
           promote
           the
           Plot
           ,
           none
           was
           more
           industrious
           than
           this
           Parsons
           .
           'T
           was
           He
           chiefly
           that
           wrought
           with
           
             Pius
             Quintus
          
           to
           excommunicate
           the
           Queen
           .
           'T
           was
           He
           chiefly
           that
           stirred
           up
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           to
           invade
           our
           Country
           .
           'T
           was
           He
           chiefly
           that
           sollicited
           her
           Majesties
           Subjects
           to
           abandon
           their
           Allegiance
           .
           Nay
           ,
           't
           was
           He
           chiefly
           that
           that
           occasioned
           those
           Severities
           the
           Government
           was
           forced
           to
           use
           upon
           the
           Papists
           :
           For
           the
           
             Secular
             Priests
          
           did
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           her
           Majesty
           used
           them
           kindly
           for
           the
           space
           of
           the
           first
           Ten
           years
           of
           her
           Reign
           ,
           
           so
           that
           their
           
             condition
             was
             tolerable
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             good
             quiet
          
           :
           It
           was
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           of
           this
           Parsons
           ,
           that
           were
           so
           injurious
           not
           only
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           Government
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Interest
           even
           of
           his
           own
           
           Party
           too
           .
           You
           may
           take
           this
           Character
           ,
           as
           I
           find
           it
           given
           (
           and
           very
           deservedly
           )
           by
           a
           Popish
           Priest
           then
           living
           .
           
             This
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             is
             that
             same
             Parsons
             ,
             whom
             Pope
             ,
             
             Prince
             and
             Peer
             with
             all
             true
             English
             hearts
             have
             cause
             to
             hate
             .
             This
             is
             he
             of
             whom
             his
             own
             General
             reported
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             more
             troubled
             with
             one
             English
             man
             ,
             than
             with
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Society
             .
             This
             is
             he
             of
             whom
             Cardinal
             Alan
             held
             this
             opinion
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             a
             man
             very
             violent
             ,
             and
             of
             an
             unquiet
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             Mr.
             Blackwell
             (
             now
             his
             Darling
             )
             said
             ,
             that
             his
             turbulent
             and
             lewd
             life
             would
             be
             a
             discredit
             to
             the
             Catholick
             Cause
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             the
             general
             conceit
             of
             all
             that
             ever
             have
             throughly
             conversed
             with
             him
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             of
             a
             furious
             ,
             passionate
             ,
             hot
             ,
             cholerick
             ,
             exorbitant
             working
             humour
             ,
             busie
             headed
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Ambition
             ,
             Envy
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Rancour
             ,
             Malice
             and
             Revenge
             :
             Whereunto
             ,
             through
             his
             latter
             Machiavilian
             Practices
             ,
             may
             be
             added
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             most
             diabolical
             ,
             unnatural
             ,
             and
             barbarous
             butcherly
             fellow
             ,
             unworthy
             the
             Name
             (
             nay
             ,
             cursed
             be
             the
             hour
             wherein
             he
             had
             the
             Name
             )
             of
             a
             Priest
             ,
             nay
             ,
             of
             a
             Religious
             Person
             ,
             nay
             ,
             of
             a
             Temporal
             Lay-man
             ,
             Jesuit
             ,
             nay
             ,
             of
             a
             Catholick
             ,
             nay
             ,
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             nay
             ,
             of
             a
             Humane
             Creature
             ;
             but
             of
             a
             Beast
             or
             a
             Devil
             ;
             a
             violater
             of
             all
             Laws
             ;
             a
             contemner
             of
             all
             Authority
             ;
             a
             stain
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             an
             Impostume
             of
             all
             corruption
             ,
             a
             corrupter
             of
             all
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             a
             Monopoly
             of
             all
             mischief
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           man
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           whose
           Book
           you
           sent
           me
           ;
           and
           had
           I
           never
           look'd
           into
           the
           Book
           ,
           yet
           considering
           who
           and
           what
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           blush
           and
           be
           ashamed
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           any
           in
           our
           days
           (
           especially
           Pretenders
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           )
           should
           be
           such
           Enemies
           to
           Truth
           ,
           to
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           Common
           Honesty
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           such
           a
           wicked
           mans
           Issue
           to
           light
           again
           ,
           and
           to
           dress
           it
           and
           set
           it
           out
           afresh
           for
           a
           Tool
           .
           What
           good
           can
           the
           indifferent
           world
           conceive
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           of
           all
           Principles
           ,
           espouse
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           worst
           of
           Papists
           ;
           and
           of
           them
           ,
           do
           especially
           Admire
           and
           Recommend
           to
           our
           reading
           the
           Writings
           of
           this
           Parsons
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           worst
           of
           all
           Jesuites
           ?
        
         
           As
           touching
           the
           Book
           it self
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           there
           are
           divers
           things
           which
           are
           worthy
           your
           observation
           ,
           and
           which
           may
           be
           of
           good
           use
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           every
           man
           in
           these
           times
           who
           is
           a
           zealous
           ,
           impartial
           ,
           and
           honest-hearted
           Protestant
           .
        
         
         
           First
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           so
           full
           of
           Principles
           that
           are
           apparently
           false
           ,
           pestilent
           ,
           and
           scandalous
           ,
           that
           in
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           days
           when
           it
           was
           first
           Printed
           ,
           it
           did
           not
           only
           exasperate
           our
           English
           Government
           ,
           but
           did
           likewise
           give
           such
           offence
           to
           the
           very
           Popish
           Faction
           ,
           that
           several
           of
           them
           wrote
           Books
           on
           purpose
           in
           confutation
           of
           this
           Counterfeit
           Doleman
           ,
           so
           ashamed
           they
           were
           of
           it
           :
           Nay
           ,
           Parsons
           himself
           finding
           his
           Party
           so
           offended
           ,
           and
           himself
           so
           rated
           and
           condemned
           upon
           the
           coming
           out
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           
           though
           he
           was
           shameless
           enough
           ,
           endeavoured
           nevertheless
           to
           shift
           and
           wash
           his
           hands
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           't
           was
           notorious
           that
           he
           was
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           that
           in
           the
           fatal
           year
           1648
           ,
           when
           that
           blessed
           Martyr
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           was
           so
           barbarously
           Murdered
           ,
           the
           several
           Articles
           brought
           in
           charge
           against
           him
           were
           all
           grounded
           upon
           Principles
           taken
           out
           of
           this
           Jesuites
           Book
           ;
           nay
           ,
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           very
           
             Book
             it self
          
           (
           so
           much
           as
           served
           the
           turn
           of
           those
           cursed
           Regicides
           )
           was
           Reprinted
           under
           another
           counterfeit
           Title
           ,
           viz.
           
             Several
             Speeches
             delivered
             at
             a
             Conference
             ,
             concerning
             the
             power
             of
             Parliaments
             to
             proceed
             against
             their
             Kings
             for
             misgovernment
             .
          
           They
           were
           forced
           to
           be
           beholden
           to
           this
           Jesuite
           for
           Principles
           to
           defend
           that
           Unnatural
           War
           ,
           and
           that
           Unjust
           Sentence
           :
           For
           could
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           (
           which
           they
           pretended
           to
           maintain
           )
           have
           born
           them
           out
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           credible
           ;
           they
           would
           have
           brought
           upon
           themselves
           so
           much
           Infamy
           ,
           by
           raising
           up
           a
           Jesuites
           Ghost
           to
           speak
           for
           them
           .
           The
           sending
           of
           that
           Book
           abroad
           ,
           did
           clearly
           demonstrate
           what
           they
           and
           their
           designs
           were
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           would
           sain
           know
           ,
           whether
           an
           unprejudiced
           man
           will
           not
           conclude
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           some
           ugly
           design
           on
           foot
           now
           ,
           when
           this
           very
           Book
           is
           brought
           upon
           the
           Stage
           again
           ?
           For
           ,
           you
           must
           observe
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           Present
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           same
           Book
           ,
           now
           lately
           Printed
           the
           Third
           time
           ;
           the
           very
           same
           Book
           ,
           that
           was
           first
           intended
           to
           tear
           the
           Government
           into
           pieces
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           this
           Land
           into
           a
           field
           of
           Bloud
           :
           the
           same
           Book
           ,
           that
           laid
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           :
           the
           very
           same
           Book
           ,
           ●hat
           served
           to
           bring
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           :
           the
           very
           same
           Book
           ,
           that
           helped
           them
           to
           justifie
           that
           villanous
           and
           most
           horrid
           Fact.
           And
           what
           can
           we
           gather
           hence
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           extraordinary
           
           Intrigue
           is
           in
           hand
           ▪
           which
           needeth
           the
           help
           of
           this
           old
           Jesuit
           again
           ?
           There
           are
           so
           many
           Knaves
           in
           the
           world
           already
           ,
           that
           men
           need
           not
           fetch
           Father
           Parsons
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           only
           for
           a
           shew
           :
           And
           the
           world
           is
           so
           abundantly
           stockt
           with
           Books
           ,
           that
           Doleman
           would
           not
           have
           been
           Re-printed
           for
           nothing
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           observe
           too
           ,
           what
           the
           state
           of
           Affairs
           was
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           when
           this
           Book
           was
           published
           first
           under
           that
           Title
           .
           A
           zealous
           and
           wise
           Protestant
           Monarch
           was
           then
           Reigning
           ;
           but
           she
           being
           not
           likely
           to
           have
           any
           Issue
           ,
           the
           discourses
           of
           men
           were
           (
           as
           they
           are
           now
           )
           about
           the
           
             Succession
             .
             James
          
           King
           of
           Scotland
           was
           the
           next
           Heir
           by
           Bloud
           ,
           but
           his
           Religion
           did
           not
           please
           the
           Jesuits
           .
        
         
           For
           this
           reason
           they
           laid
           their
           Noddles
           together
           ,
           to
           defeat
           him
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ;
           and
           that
           matchless
           man
           at
           mischief
           ,
           Father
           Parsons
           ,
           wrote
           (
           among
           other
           Books
           )
           this
           ,
           which
           he
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Doleman
           :
           wherein
           he
           indeavoured
           to
           persuade
           the
           World
           ,
           
             that
             all
             Monarchies
             are
             de
             jure
          
           Elective
           ,
           and
           that
           Proximity
           of
           Bloud
           was
           not
           sufficient
           to
           intitle
           any
           man
           to
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           the
           
             Peoples
             Choice
             ,
             Approbation
          
           ,
           and
           Consent
           ,
           (
           which
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Numbers
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Policy
           of
           the
           Papists
           then
           ,
           he
           did
           hope
           would
           never
           be
           given
           to
           King
           James
           .
           )
           As
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           confidence
           to
           place
           the
           Plenitude
           of
           power
           ,
           and
           all
           Absolute
           Soveraignty
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           so
           that
           (
           according
           to
           his
           Principle
           ,
           owned
           in
           this
           Doleman
           )
           the
           Commonwealth
           may
           Lawfully
           and
           at
           their
           pleasure
           fore-close
           and
           hinder
           the
           next
           Heir
           ,
           if
           on
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           Respect
           ,
           they
           judg
           him
           unfit
           to
           Succeed
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           ,
           without
           sin
           ,
           Depose
           and
           Destroy
           a
           Prince
           ,
           though
           actually
           vested
           and
           possest
           of
           the
           Throne
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           Government
           he
           answer
           not
           that
           Trust
           ,
           which
           was
           reposed
           in
           him
           by
           his
           Lords
           and
           Masters
           ,
           the
           People
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           He
           told
           the
           Queens
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           the
           Descent
           and
           Disposal
           of
           the
           Crown
           did
           depend
           wholly
           upon
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           an
           unlimited
           power
           at
           any
           time
           to
           determine
           upon
           this
           or
           that
           form
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           might
           alter
           it
           when
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           and
           chuse
           whether
           they
           would
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           turn
           the
           Monarchy
           into
           an
           Aristocracy
           ,
           or
           Democracy
           ,
           as
           they
           saw
           occasion
           ,
           and
           judged
           it
           best
           .
        
         
         
           By
           these
           Popular
           Principles
           ,
           this
           Jesuit
           and
           the
           rest
           hoped
           to
           serve
           these
           Ends
           ;
           either
           to
           prevent
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Scots
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           the
           first
           and
           Grand
           design
           )
           or
           in
           case
           he
           should
           Succeed
           ,
           to
           prepare
           a
           ready
           way
           to
           Ruine
           him
           ,
           and
           indeed
           to
           ruine
           his
           Family
           too
           ,
           and
           to
           subvert
           his
           Government
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           answer
           the
           expectations
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           Nor
           did
           they
           fail
           of
           their
           ends
           in
           every
           particular
           .
           For
           though
           King
           James
           came
           peaceably
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           yet
           these
           Principles
           did
           work
           so
           powerfully
           ,
           that
           they
           laid
           Barrels
           and
           Trains
           of
           Gunpowder
           under
           the
           Parliament
           House
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           made
           stirs
           in
           the
           Parliament
           it self
           ,
           and
           in
           Forty
           One
           raised
           a
           Bloudy
           and
           Unnatural
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           changed
           the
           Government
           into
           a
           Republick
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           Monarch
           and
           the
           Monarchy
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           together
           .
           
             Haec
             Ithacus
             voluit
          
           ;
           these
           were
           the
           natural
           effects
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           called
           Doleman
           ,
           which
           some
           now
           have
           thought
           convenient
           and
           necessary
           for
           their
           Turns
           to
           set
           out
           again
           in
           a
           new
           and
           more
           polish'd
           Edition
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           observed
           touching
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Design
           in
           Printing
           and
           Reprinting
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           I
           cannot
           fancy
           my self
           to
           have
           paid
           you
           all
           those
           Respects
           which
           are
           due
           from
           me
           ,
           till
           I
           take
           a
           few
           steps
           further
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           a
           little
           ,
           first
           ,
           what
           Use
           hath
           been
           made
           of
           this
           Book
           and
           these
           Dolemanian
           Principles
           of
           late
           ;
           and
           then
           what
           those
           Reasons
           are
           on
           which
           these
           Principles
           are
           founded
           .
           For
           affairs
           are
           Uncertain
           now
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           when
           these
           Principles
           came
           first
           into
           the
           world
           :
           The
           Book
           is
           admirably
           well
           Calculated
           for
           our
           Meridian
           (
           otherwise
           it
           might
           have
           lain
           still
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           regarded
           than
           an
           Almanack
           out
           of
           date
           :
           )
           Methinks
           I
           see
           in
           it
           some
           of
           
           Lilly's
           Prognosticks
           ,
           or
           Hopes
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           some
           change
           of
           weather
           :
           and
           therefore
           't
           is
           necessary
           ,
           that
           to
           preserve
           our
           Peace
           and
           good
           Government
           ,
           we
           look
           a
           little
           into
           the
           Nature
           and
           Strength
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Principles
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           I
           see
           they
           are
           very
           Pleasant
           and
           Taking
           with
           the
           People
           ;
           their
           bare
           Popularity
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           no
           Reason
           or
           Sense
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           recommend
           them
           to
           the
           favour
           and
           kind
           embraces
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           who
           love
           dearly
           to
           be
           medling
           with
           Government
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           be
           Tickled
           at
           Heart
           when
           they
           are
           told
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           Soveraign
           Power
           in
           them
           which
           they
           did
           not
           dream
           of
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           Make
           and
           Unmake
           Kings
           ,
           that
           Crowns
           
           and
           Scepters
           lie
           at
           their
           Worships
           feet
           ,
           that
           Princes
           must
           make
           court
           to
           them
           for
           Succession
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           can
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           ,
           bar
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           come
           like
           the
           Tribunes
           of
           the
           People
           of
           Rome
           ,
           with
           an
           uncontroulable
           Veto
           .
           These
           are
           fine
           and
           delicate
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           Fawnings
           of
           some
           others
           ,
           who
           tell
           us
           ,
           to
           please
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           power
           to
           chuse
           all
           our
           Bishops
           ;
           though
           I
           confess
           we
           may
           think
           it
           fitting
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           have
           power
           in
           both
           points
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           one
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           world
           goes
           ,
           Kings
           and
           Bishops
           way
           well
           expect
           to
           fare
           alike
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           good
           earnest
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           grieved
           at
           Heart
           (
           and
           't
           is
           enough
           to
           raise
           the
           Indignation
           of
           every
           Honest
           man
           )
           to
           find
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           among
           us
           do
           inconsiderately
           (
           not
           to
           say
           ,
           maliciously
           )
           run
           altogether
           upon
           this
           Jesuits
           Principles
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           all
           so
           afraid
           of
           Popery
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           we
           should
           be
           most
           especially
           afraid
           of
           Jesuitism
           .
           Yet
           if
           you
           please
           to
           give
           your self
           the
           trouble
           to
           peruse
           those
           seditious
           Pamphlets
           which
           have
           been
           published
           of
           late
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           what
           I
           note
           to
           be
           true
           ;
           that
           generally
           they
           borrow
           large
           portions
           out
           of
           this
           most
           wicked
           Libel
           ,
           written
           by
           a
           most
           wicked
           Wretch
           ,
           on
           purpose
           to
           ruine
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           :
           Nay
           ,
           that
           the
           Authors
           of
           them
           have
           so
           exactly
           followed
           the
           Scope
           ,
           the
           Tenents
           ,
           the
           Arguments
           ,
           the
           Examples
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Phrase
           (
           many
           times
           )
           that
           we
           may
           well
           believe
           they
           had
           old
           Doleman
           open
           before
           them
           as
           they
           were
           writing
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           Proof
           and
           Instances
           of
           this
           by
           and
           by
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           we
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           were
           not
           so
           straightned
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           Constrained
           to
           do
           this
           .
           For
           they
           might
           have
           been
           abundantly
           furnished
           with
           Anti-Monarchical
           and
           Republican
           Principles
           out
           of
           other
           Authors
           ,
           such
           as
           a
           Ficklerus
           ,
           b
           
             Stephanus
             ▪
             Junius
             Brutus
             ,
             Knox
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           and
           some
           more
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           who
           were
           main
           good
           Friends
           to
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           this
           point
           .
           But
           because
           Fa.
           Parsons
           hath
           made
           great
           Improvements
           of
           those
           Principles
           which
           others
           had
           vended
           a
           little
           before
           ,
           and
           because
           his
           great
           design
           was
           to
           bar
           all
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           by
           Natural
           Descent
           and
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           end
           hath
           used
           all
           the
           most
           plausible
           Arguments
           ;
           and
           because
           all
           this
           is
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Designs
           of
           some
           Now
           ,
           who
           consider
           
           more
           what
           is
           Expedient
           than
           what
           is
           Just
           ,
           therefore
           they
           do
           willingly
           chuse
           to
           make
           this
           Author
           (
           though
           a
           Jesuit
           )
           their
           Guide
           ,
           and
           do
           take
           all
           their
           Measures
           from
           this
           Libel
           ,
           rather
           than
           others
           .
        
         
           How
           they
           will
           answer
           this
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           sober
           World
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           I
           say
           may
           be
           manifest
           ,
           I
           shall
           instance
           in
           some
           of
           the
           Principal
           Pamphlets
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           written
           of
           late
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           that
           which
           hath
           made
           the
           greatest
           Noise
           ,
           viz.
           the
           
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Author
           saith
           is
           
             Collected
             out
             of
             the
             Records
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             Authentick
             Historians
             .
          
           But
           had
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Collected
             out
             of
             Doleman
          
           ,
           he
           had
           spoken
           a
           more
           Ingenuous
           Truth
           ,
           than
           perhaps
           he
           hath
           told
           us
           in
           the
           whole
           Book
           besides
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           he
           hath
           adorned
           his
           Margin
           with
           div●rs
           Quotations
           out
           of
           Records
           and
           Authors
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           suppose
           he
           consulted
           to
           conceal
           his
           Theft
           ,
           or
           to
           put
           a
           fair
           Colour
           upon
           it
           at
           least
           )
           yet
           the
           Matter
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           that
           Authentick
           Historian
           ,
           Doleman
           .
           However
           he
           came
           by
           the
           Fringe
           and
           the
           Lace
           ,
           't
           was
           his
           Friend
           ,
           honest
           Fa
           ▪
           Parsons
           that
           furnish'd
           him
           with
           the
           Stuff
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           intend
           to
           examine
           the
           Candour
           ,
           the
           Sincerity
           ,
           or
           the
           Logick
           of
           this
           Collector
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           besides
           my
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           consideration
           of
           those
           things
           I
           refer
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           that
           Learned
           and
           Solid
           Answer
           called
           ,
           
             The
             great
             Point
             of
             Succession
             discussed
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           to
           that
           excellent
           Tract
           entituled
           ,
           
             Religion
             and
             Loyalty
             supporting
             each
             other
             .
          
           For
           my
           business
           is
           only
           to
           shew
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           that
           this
           Collector
           hath
           filch'd
           his
           Pamphlet
           out
           of
           that
           Jesuit
           ,
           who
           to
           cheat
           the
           world
           gave
           himself
           the
           Surname
           of
           Doleman
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           blessed
           History
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           ,
           first
           ,
           the
           Design
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Author
           ;
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           the
           Examples
           he
           useth
           to
           serve
           his
           Ends.
           
        
         
           I●
           Now
           the
           Design
           is
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           England
           is
           not
           a
           setled
           Hereditary
           Monarchy
           ;
           that
           Succession
           is
           not
           Title
           enough
           to
           make
           the
           next
           Heir
           King
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Election
           of
           him
           ought
           to
           be
           before
           his
           Coronation
           ;
           that
           the
           Succession
           is
           wholly
           under
           the
           Controul
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           can
           limit
           it
           ,
           and
           subject
           it
           to
           Conditions
           ,
           and
           alter
           the
           Course
           of
           it
           as
           they
           please
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           very
           Sum
           of
           the
           First
           ,
           and
           the
           sixth
           Chapter
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           Part.
           1.
           
           For
           in
           the
           first
           Chapter
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             Succession
             to
             Government
             by
             nearness
             of
             Bloud
             is
             not
             by
             Law
             of
             Nature
             or
             Divine
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             Humane
             and
             Positive
             Laws
             of
             every
             particular
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             consequently
             may
             up●n
             just
             causes
             be
             altered
             by
             the
             same
             ,
             pag.
             1.
             
          
           And
           in
           the
           sixth
           Chapter
           he
           affirms
           ,
           
             That
             though
             Priority
             and
             Propinquity
             of
             Bloud
             in
             Succession
             ,
             is
             greatly
             to
             be
             honoured
             ,
             regarded
             ,
             and
             preferred
             in
             all
             affairs
             of
             Dignity
             and
             Principality
             ,
             yet
             are
             we
             not
             so
             absolutely
             and
             peremptorily
             bound
             thereunto
             always
             ,
             but
             that
             upon
             just
             and
             urgent
             occasions
             that
             course
             may
             be
             altered
             and
             broken
             ,
             pag.
             104.
             
          
           He
           founds
           Regal
           Power
           in
           Succession
           and
           Election
           both
           ,
           pag.
           105.
           
           And
           being
           to
           answer
           that
           Question
           ,
           What
           interest
           a
           Prince
           hath
           by
           Secession
           alone
           to
           any
           Crown
           ,
           before
           he
           be
           Crowned
           or
           Admitted
           by
           the
           Commonwealth
           ?
           He
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             an
             Heir
             Apparent
             before
             his
             Coronation
             and
             Admission
             by
             the
             Realm
             ,
             hath
             the
             same
             (
             and
             no
             more
             )
             interest
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             of
             Romans
             ,
             or
             Caesar
             hath
             to
             the
             German
             Empire
             after
             his
             Election
             and
             before
             he
             be
             Crowned
             ;
             and
             to
             use
             a
             more
             familiar
             Example
             to
             to
             Englishmen
             ,
             as
             the
             Mayor
             of
             London
             hath
             to
             the
             Mayoralty
             ,
             after
             he
             is
             chosen
             ,
             and
             before
             he
             be
             admitted
             ,
             or
             have
             taken
             his
             Oath
             .
             For
             as
             this
             man
             in
             rigour
             is
             not
             truly
             Mayor
             ,
             nor
             hath
             his
             Jurisdiction
             before
             his
             Oath
             ,
             and
             Admission
             ,
             nor
             the
             other
             is
             properly
             Emperour
             before
             he
             be
             Crowned
             ,
             so
             is
             not
             an
             Heir
             Apparent
             truly
             King
             ,
             though
             his
             Predecessor
             be
             dead
             ,
             until
             he
             be
             Crowned
             and
             admitted
             by
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             pag.
             106.
             
             In
             fine
             ;
             He
             is
             Positive
             ,
             that
             Heirs
             Apparent
             are
             not
             true
             Kings
             ,
             until
             their
             Coronation
             ,
             how
             just
             soever
             their
             Title
             of
             Succession
             otherwise
             be
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             that
             no
             Allegiance
             is
             due
             unto
             them
             before
             they
             be
             Crowned
             ,
             pag.
             108.
             
          
        
         
           To
           make
           these
           things
           out
           ,
           is
           the
           Grand
           Design
           of
           Father
           Parsons
           and
           his
           Plagiary
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           History
           of
           Succession
           .
           And
           though
           you
           well
           know
           ,
           that
           all
           this
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           Realm
           ,
           which
           recognize
           all
           Succession
           to
           this
           Crown
           to
           be
           by
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           allow
           of
           no
           Interregnum
           ,
           but
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           never
           dieth
           ,
           because
           the
           next
           Heir
           is
           actually
           King
           that
           very
           minute
           after
           the
           breath
           of
           his
           Predecessor
           is
           gone
           ;
           yet
           you
           see
           ,
           how
           closely
           this
           Collector
           hath
           followed
           the
           steps
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           all
           our
           Laws
           to
           the
           contrary
           notwithstanding
           .
        
         
         
           II.
           As
           touching
           this
           Collectors
           Principles
           .
           1.
           
           He
           is
           clearly
           of
           opinion
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Commonwealth
             hath
             Power
             to
             change
             the
             direct
             order
             of
             Succession
             ,
             for
             otherwise
             the
             Government
             would
             want
             power
             to
             defend
             it self
             ,
             by
             making
             such
             alterations
             as
             the
             variety
             of
             Accidents
             in
             several
             Ages
             may
             make
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             p.
             15.
             
             That
             in
             Parliament
             a
             Supreme
             Uncontroulable
             Power
             is
             lodged
             ,
             Ibid.
             That
             a
             Nation
             (
             in
             excluding
             a
             Successor
             )
             
               is
               to
               be
            
             excused
             for
             executing
             Justice
             Summarily
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             Tedious
             Formalities
             of
             Law
             ,
             when
             the
             necessity
             of
             things
             requires
             haste
             ,
             pag.
             19.
             
             And
             that
             the
             People
             are
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             to
             obey
             (
             the
             Parliaments
             )
             Laws
             ,
             and
             must
             not
             pretend
             to
             enquire
             whether
             they
             were
             made
             upon
             just
             grounds
             ,
             ibid.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           such
           simple
           men
           as
           you
           and
           I
           ,
           have
           ever
           thought
           ,
           and
           do
           think
           still
           ,
           that
           all
           Humane
           Power
           is
           subordinate
           to
           Gods
           ,
           under
           the
           Correction
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Controulable
           by
           it
           :
           That
           Law-givers
           ought
           to
           take
           their
           measures
           according
           to
           the
           rules
           of
           natural
           Justice
           ,
           and
           Equity
           ;
           That
           m●ns
           Laws
           do
           not
           oblige
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           or
           Nature
           ;
           That
           Parliaments
           have
           not
           that
           Power
           ,
           which
           Bellarmine
           (
           another
           Jesuit
           )
           gives
           the
           Pope
           ,
           to
           make
           Good
           Evil
           ,
           and
           Evil
           Good
           ;
           That
           common
           Honesty
           ought
           to
           Govern
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           That
           Necessity
           cannot
           be
           pretended
           to
           justifie
           an
           Evil
           Action
           ;
           that
           no
           Commonwealth
           hath
           a
           Sovereign
           Power
           over
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           ;
           and
           that
           divers
           Statutes
           and
           Acts
           have
           been
           judged
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           void
           ,
           and
           without
           need
           of
           Repealing
           ,
           being
           contrary
           to
           Divine
           or
           Natural
           Laws
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           this
           Collector
           is
           of
           another
           Faith
           ,
           telling
           us
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Commonwealth
             can
             do
             any
             thing
             ,
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             without
             any
             Controul
             .
          
           But
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           he
           takes
           Father
           Parsons
           for
           his
           Great
           Apostle
           .
           For
           he
           ,
           speaking
           of
           a
           Commonwealths
           Power
           to
           Exclude
           a
           Successor
           ,
           though
           contrary
           to
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Law
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             our
             Common
             Law
             must
             needs
             have
             further
             consideration
             than
             of
             the
             bare
             Propinquity
             of
             Bloud
             only
             ,
             for
             that
             otherwise
             it
             would
             be
             a
             very
             imperfect
             Law
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             provided
             for
             accidents
             so
             weighty
             and
             important
             ,
             as
             these
             are
             ,
             for
             saving
             and
             conserving
             of
             our
             Commonwealth
             ;
             
               Preface
               to
               Doleman
               ,
               pag.
               penult
               .
            
          
           These
           are
           the
           words
           which
           the
           Collector
           hath
           in
           a
           manner
           Transcribed
           and
           copied
           out
           .
           
           Moreover
           the
           Jesuit
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             Commonwealth
             hath
             Authority
             to
             judge
             of
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             the
             Cause
             (
             for
             putting
             back
             the
             Prince
             ;
             )
             That
             God
             doth
             allow
             for
             a
             just
             and
             sufficient
             cause
             in
             this
             behalf
             ,
             the
             only
             Will
             and
             and
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Weal
             Publick
             it self
             :
             And
             seeing
             that
             they
             only
             are
             to
             be
             Judges
             of
             this
             case
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             presume
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             determine
             is
             Just
             and
             Lawful
             for
             the
             Time
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             being
             Lords
             and
             Owners
             of
             the
             whole
             business
             ,
             it
             is
             enough
             for
             every
             particular
             man
             to
             subject
             himself
             to
             that
             which
             his
             Common-wealth
             doth
             in
             this
             behalf
             ,
             and
             to
             obey
             simply
             without
             any
             further
             inquisition
             ,
             
               &c.
               pag.
            
             159
             ,
             160.
             part
             .
             1.
             
          
           Now
           do
           but
           compare
           this
           passage
           in
           Doleman
           with
           that
           cited
           above
           out
           of
           the
           History
           of
           Succession
           ,
           and
           judge
           whether
           this
           Jesuit
           was
           not
           that
           Collectors
           Guide
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Another
           of
           the
           Collectors
           Principles
           is
           this
           ,
           
             That
             though
             Government
             is
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             derived
             from
             God
             ;
             because
             nothing
             is
             more
             Natural
             in
             man
             than
             the
             Desire
             of
             Society
             ,
             and
             without
             Government
             Society
             would
             be
             intolerable
             ;
             yet
             it
             cannot
             be
             proved
             from
             hence
             that
             the
             Government
             cannot
             be
             moulded
             into
             several
             Forms
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Interest
             and
             dispositions
             of
             several
             Nations
             ,
             and
             may
             not
             be
             varied
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             as
             occasion
             requires
             ,
             by
             the
             mutual
             consent
             of
             the
             Governours
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             who
             are
             Governed
             ,
             pag.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           right
           Father
           Parsons
           all
           over
           ,
           and
           so
           exactly
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           was
           comparing
           the
           Books
           ,
           I
           was
           like
           to
           have
           
             mistaken
             Doleman
          
           for
           the
           History
           of
           Succession
           .
           For
           thus
           saith
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           
             Albeit
             Sociability
             or
             Inclination
             to
             live
             together
             in
             company
             ,
             man
             with
             man
             ,
             be
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             consequently
             also
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             Author
             of
             Nature
             ;
             and
             though
             Government
             in
             like
             manner
             ,
             and
             Jurisdiction
             of
             Magistrates
             (
             which
             doth
             follow
             necessarily
             upon
             this
             living
             together
             in
             company
             )
             be
             also
             *
             of
             Nature
             ,
             yet
             the
             particular
             Form
             or
             manner
             of
             this
             or
             that
             Government
             ,
             in
             this
             or
             that
             Fashion
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             many
             Governours
             ,
             few
             ,
             or
             one
             :
             or
             that
             they
             should
             have
             this
             or
             that
             Authority
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             for
             longer
             or
             shorter
             time
             ,
             
             or
             be
             taken
             by
             Succession
             or
             Election
             ,
             themselves
             and
             their
             Children
             ,
             or
             next
             in
             Bloud
             ,
             all
             these
             things
             (
             saith
             the
             Jesuit
             ,
             agreeably
             to
             the
             Collector
             )
             
               are
               not
               by
               Law
            
             either
             Natural
             or
             Divine
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             ordained
             by
             particular
             positive
             Laws
             of
             every
             Country
             ;
             
               Doleman
               ,
               part
            
             .
             1.
             cap.
             1.
             pag.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           I
           have
           seen
           many
           an
           
             Harmonia
             Evangelica
          
           ;
           but
           never
           shall
           I
           see
           a
           fairer
           
             Harmonia
             Politica
          
           than
           between
           these
           two
           Brethren
           in
           iniquity
           ,
           Parsons
           and
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           History
           of
           Succession
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Especially
           if
           we
           add
           another
           Principle
           of
           his
           ,
           viz.
           that
           it
           is
           no
           matter
           of
           what
           Stock
           or
           Lineage
           a
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           is
           ,
           or
           whether
           next
           Heir
           or
           not
           ,
           if
           he
           doth
           but
           pass
           for
           one
           that
           Promiseth
           well
           ,
           and
           is
           likely
           to
           make
           a
           good
           King.
           And
           to
           let
           us
           know
           his
           mind
           in
           this
           ,
           he
           tells
           us
           a
           remarkable
           Story
           ,
           which
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           observe
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           word
           for
           word
           in
           Doleman
           .
           
             I
             cannot
             (
             saith
             our
             Collector
             )
             forbear
             reciting
             the
             Speech
             ,
             which
             Embassadours
             sent
             from
             the
             States
             of
             France
             ,
             made
             to
             Charles
             of
             Lorrain
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             solemnly
             rejected
             him
             (
             though
             he
             was
             Brother
             to
             
               Louys
               d'
               Outremes
            
             ,
             and
             next
             H●ir
             to
             the
             Crown
             )
             and
             had
             Elected
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             for
             
               their
               King.
            
             They
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             knew
             that
             the
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             France
             belonged
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             .
             But
             yet
             (
             say
             they
             )
             the
             very
             same
             Laws
             which
             give
             you
             this
             right
             of
             Succession
             ,
             do
             judg
             you
             also
             unworthy
             of
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             that
             you
             have
             not
             hitherto
             indeavoured
             to
             frame
             your
             manners
             according
             to
             the
             Prescript
             of
             those
             Laws
             ,
             nor
             according
             to
             the
             Usages
             and
             Customs
             of
             your
             Country
             ,
             but
             rather
             have
             allyed
             your self
             with
             the
             German
             Nation
             our
             old
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             have
             loved
             their
             vile
             and
             base
             manners
             .
             Wherefore
             seeing
             you
             have
             forsaken
             the
             ancient
             virtue
             and
             sweetness
             of
             your
             Country
             ,
             we
             have
             also
             forsaken
             and
             abandoned
             you
             ,
             and
             have
             chosen
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             for
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             put
             you
             back
             ;
             and
             this
             without
             any
             scruple
             of
             Conscience
             at
             all
             ,
             esteeming
             it
             better
             and
             more
             just
             to
             live
             under
             him
             ,
             enjoying
             our
             ancient
             Laws
             ,
             Customs
             ,
             Priviledges
             ,
             and
             Liberties
             ,
             than
             under
             You
             ,
             the
             Heir
             by
             bloud
             ,
             in
             oppression
             ,
             strange
             Customs
             and
             Cruelty
             .
             For
             as
             those
             who
             are
             to
             make
             a
             Voyage
             at
             Sea
             ,
             do
             not
             much
             consider
             whether
             the
             Pilot
             be
             Owner
             of
             the
             Ship
             ,
             but
             whether
             he
             be
             Skilful
             and
             Wary
             ,
             so
             our
             care
             is
             to
             have
             a
             Prince
             to
             govern
             us
             gently
             and
             happily
             (
             which
             is
             the
             End
             for
             which
             Princes
             were
             
             appointed
             )
             and
             for
             these
             ends
             we
             judge
             this
             man
             fitter
             to
             be
             our
             King.
             
               Hist.
               of
               Succession
               ,
               pag.
            
             15.
             
          
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           mistake
           in
           this
           Story
           :
           for
           Charles
           of
           Lorrain
           was
           Son
           to
           one
           Louys
           ,
           and
           Vncle
           to
           another
           .
           However
           thus
           our
           Collector
           sets
           it
           down
           ,
           and
           quotes
           Gerard
           for
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           ought
           (
           but
           that
           he
           would
           not
           betray
           himself
           )
           to
           have
           quoted
           his
           Father
           Parsons
           ,
           who
           relates
           the
           same
           Story
           in
           the
           same
           words
           ,
           and
           directed
           him
           to
           Gerard.
           
        
         
           I
           think
           it
           not
           amiss
           (
           saith
           the
           Jesuit
           )
           to
           put
           down
           here
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Oration
           or
           Speech
           ,
           which
           the
           Embassadors
           that
           were
           sent
           from
           the
           State
           of
           France
           unto
           Charles
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           after
           their
           Election
           of
           
             Hugh
             Capet
          
           ,
           and
           Charles's
           Exclusion
           ,
           did
           use
           unto
           him
           in
           their
           names
           ,
           which
           Speech
           Gerard
           doth
           recount
           in
           these
           words
           :
           Every
           man
           knoweth
           (
           Lord
           Charles
           )
           that
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           so
           on
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           Similitude
           of
           the
           Pilot
           ,
           which
           our
           Collector
           useth
           ,
           being
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           who
           speaking
           of
           a
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             for
             my
             part
             do
             feel
             my self
             much
             of
             the
             French
             opinion
             before
             alledged
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             Ship
             be
             well
             and
             happily
             guided
             ,
             I
             esteem
             it
             not
             much
             important
             of
             what
             Race
             or
             Nation
             the
             Pilot
             be
             .
          
           
             Doleman
             .
             Part.
          
           1.
           
           Cap.
           8.
           
           Pag.
           139
           ,
           140
           ,
           143.
           
           Father
           Parsons
           moreover
           observes
           ,
           
           
             That
             this
             
               Hugh
               Capet
            
             had
             that
             Surname
             given
             him
             when
             he
             was
             a
             Boy
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             was
             wont
             to
             snatch
             away
             his
             Fellows
             Caps
             from
             their
             heads
             ,
             whence
             he
             was
             termed
             Snatch-cap
             ,
             which
             some
             did
             interpret
             as
             an
             Abodement
             that
             he
             would
             also
             also
             snatch
             a
             Crown
             from
             the
             true
             Owners
             head
             in
             time
             ,
             as
             afterwards
             it
             fell
             out
             .
          
           But
           this
           our
           Collector
           would
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           ,
           lest
           
             Hugh
             Capet
          
           should
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           an
           Usurper
           ,
           as
           indeed
           he
           was
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Election
           and
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Realm
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           is
           an
           avowed
           Principle
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           both
           sinful
           in
           an
           high
           degree
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           Wisdom
           and
           Policy
           to
           suffer
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           contrary
           Religion
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           Part.
           1.
           
           Cap.
           9.
           
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           our
           Collector
           insinuates
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           He
           will
           not
           dispute
           how
           far
           the
           difference
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           will
           also
           
           necessarily
           draw
           on
           a
           change
           of
           the
           Gocernment
           ,
           doth
           justifie
           men
           in
           seeking
           to
           preserve
           the
           two
           dearest
           things
           on
           earth
           in
           an
           orderly
           and
           lawful
           way
           .
           Pag.
           19.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           But
           he
           doth
           
             confidently
             insist
          
           on
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Crown
           is
           not
           a
           bare
           Inheritance
           ,
           but
           an
           Inheritance
           accompanying
           an
           Office
           of
           Trust
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           a
           mans
           defects
           render
           him
           uncapable
           of
           the
           Trust
           ,
           he
           has
           also
           forfeited
           the
           Inheritance
           .
           ibid.
           
        
         
           This
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           equally
           holds
           against
           the
           King
           himself
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           against
           his
           Heir
           .
           For
           faileur
           in
           point
           of
           Trust
           may
           be
           (
           and
           has
           been
           )
           pleaded
           ,
           for
           the
           Deposing
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           his
           Successor
           .
           And
           so
           Parsons
           reckons
           ;
           who
           affirms
           likewise
           ,
           that
           the
           Princes
           power
           is
           
             Potestas
             Vicaria
          
           ,
           or
           delegata
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           Power
           delegate
           ,
           or
           by
           
             Commission
             ,
             given
          
           (
           by
           the
           Commonwealth
           )
           with
           such
           
             Restrictions
             ,
             Cautels
          
           ,
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           same
           be
           not
           kept
           ,
           but
           wilfully
           broken
           on
           either
           part
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           other
           not
           bound
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Doleman
             ,
             part
          
           ,
           1.
           
           Cap.
           4.
           pag.
           59.
           
           And
           from
           this
           Principle
           he
           concludes
           ,
           that
           even
           a
           true
           King
           may
           be
           deposed
           when
           he
           answers
           not
           that
           Trust
           which
           the
           People
           hath
           reposed
           in
           him
           :
           
             Id.
             part
          
           .
           2.
           pag.
           48.
           cap.
           4.
           
           This
           Jesuitical
           Doctrine
           did
           not
           long
           ago
           cost
           one
           of
           our
           Kings
           his
           Throne
           and
           his
           Life
           too
           ;
           I
           pray
           God
           it
           may
           not
           be
           so
           chargeable
           to
           another
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           ominous
           ,
           when
           Pretending
           Protestants
           will
           be
           nibling
           at
           such
           Jesuitical
           Principles
           ,
           which
           under
           colour
           of
           keeping
           back
           an
           Heir
           ,
           naturally
           and
           necessarily
           strike
           at
           the
           very
           Crowned
           Head.
           
        
         
           III.
           Having
           hitherto
           instanced
           in
           some
           of
           this
           Gentlemans
           Principles
           ,
           to
           shew
           you
           that
           he
           hath
           carefully
           written
           after
           the
           vilest
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           worst
           of
           Books
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           for
           your
           further
           satisfaction
           instance
           in
           those
           Examples
           which
           he
           makes
           use
           of
           (
           and
           hath
           borrowed
           out
           of
           Doleman
           )
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           (
           and
           even
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           )
           dependeth
           upon
           the
           Pleasure
           and
           Courtesie
           of
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           compare
           the
           History
           of
           Succession
           with
           this
           Book
           of
           the
           Jesuit
           Parsons
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           it
           to
           be
           nothing
           but
           a
           little
           Improvement
           of
           the
           eighth
           Chapter
           of
           
             Doleman
             ,
             Part.
          
           1.
           
        
         
           For
           that
           Jesuit
           and
           this
           Collector
           undertaking
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           the
           Commonwealth
           hath
           power
           to
           alter
           Titles
           of
           Succession
           ,
           as
           publick
           Necessity
           or
           Utility
           shall
           require
           ,
           do
           both
           of
           them
           shew
           ,
           what
           the
           Realm
           of
           
             England
             hath
          
           done
           ,
           and
           what
           Alterations
           they
           
           have
           made
           formerly
           ,
           and
           their
           Instances
           are
           alike
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           by
           casting
           your
           Eye
           upon
           the
           two
           following
           Columns
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           set
           the
           Thief
           just
           over
           against
           the
           Knave
           .
           )
        
         
           
             
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 the
                 Jesuit
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 saith
                 the
                 Collector
                 of
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Succession
                 ,
                 the
                 Protestant
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 King
                 Egbert
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 by
                 Election
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 were
                 not
                 next
                 by
                 propinquity
                 of
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 
                   Doleman
                   ,
                   pag.
                
                 144.
                 
              
               
                 Egbert
                 himself
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 English
                 Monarch
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 not
                 by
                 Succession
                 ,
                 but
                 Election
                 ,
                 being
                 no
                 ways
                 related
                 to
                 
                   Bithricus
                   .
                   Hist.
                   of
                   Succession
                   .
                   Pag.
                
                 1.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Athelstan
                 ,
                 illegitimate
                 Son
                 to
                 to
                 King
                 Edward
                 ,
                 was
                 preferred
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 before
                 his
                 two
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 the
                 Princes
                 Legitimate
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   pag.
                
                 145.
                 
              
               
                 Athelstan
                 ,
                 though
                 a
                 Bastard
                 succeeded
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 Preferred
                 to
                 his
                 Legitimate
                 Brothers
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   pag.
                
                 1.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 King
                 Edmond
                 left
                 Two
                 Lawful
                 Sons
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 young
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 both
                 put
                 back
                 by
                 the
                 Realm
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Uncle
                 Eldred
                 was
                 preferred
                 before
                 them
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 146.
                 
              
               
                 Eldred
                 ,
                 the
                 younger
                 Brother
                 of
                 King
                 Edmond
                 ,
                 was
                 advanced
                 to
                 the
                 Throne
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 deceased
                 Prince
                 had
                 two
                 Sons
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Canutus
                 was
                 admitted
                 for
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 by
                 the
                 whole
                 Parliament
                 and
                 consent
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 149
              
               
                 Canutus
                 had
                 so
                 great
                 an
                 Interest
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 an
                 unanimous
                 consent
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 full
                 Council
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 Elected
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   pag.
                
                 2.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Canutus
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 met
                 together
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ,
                 to
                 consult
                 whom
                 they
                 should
                 make
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 last
                 by
                 the
                 more
                 part
                 of
                 voices
                 was
                 chosen
                 Harald
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 Son
                 of
                 Canutus
                 by
                 a
                 Concubine
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 149.
                 
              
               
                 Immediately
                 upon
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Canutus
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 assembled
                 at
                 Oxford
                 a
                 great
                 Council
                 to
                 determine
                 ,
                 who
                 ought
                 to
                 succeed
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Harald
                   Harefoot
                   ,
                   Canutus
                
                 his
                 Bastard
                 ,
                 was
                 Elected
                 ,
                 
                   &c
                   ,
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 2.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 After
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 
                   Harald
                   ,
                   Hardicanutus
                
                 was
                 received
                 with
                 the
                 great
                 good
                 will
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 common
                 consent
                 made
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 150.
                 
              
               
                 Harald
                 died
                 in
                 the
                 fifth
                 year
                 of
                 his
                 Reign
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 People
                 were
                 content
                 to
                 accept
                 of
                 Hardiknute
                 for
                 their
                 King.
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 2.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Haraicanutus
                 being
                 dead
                 ,
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 determined
                 to
                 chuse
                 Alured
                 for
                 their
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
               
                 After
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 Hardiknute
                 the
                 People
                 proceeded
                 to
                 elect
                 
                   Alfred
                   ,
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Alfred
                 being
                 traiterously
                 murdered
                 by
                 Earl
                 Godwin
                 of
                 Kent
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Edward
                 was
                 chosen
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
               
                 Alfred
                 being
                 murder'd
                 by
                 the
                 treachery
                 of
                 Earl
                 Godwin
                 ,
                 they
                 chuse
                 his
                 Brother
                 Edward
                 ,
                 commonly
                 called
                 Edward
                 the
                 Confessor
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Nor
                 had
                 the
                 State
                 herein
                 any
                 respect
                 to
                 antiquity
                 of
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 before
                 Alfred
                 were
                 both
                 his
                 own
                 elder
                 Brother
                 Prince
                 Edward
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 them
                 both
                 were
                 Edmond
                 and
                 Edward
                 ,
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 their
                 elder
                 Brother
                 
                   Edmond
                   Ironside
                   ,
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
               
                 Nor
                 were
                 these
                 Elections
                 of
                 theirs
                 made
                 with
                 any
                 respect
                 to
                 nearness
                 of
                 Bloud
                 ;
                 for
                 
                   Edmond
                   Ironside
                
                 ,
                 their
                 Elder
                 Brother
                 ,
                 had
                 a
                 Son
                 then
                 alive
                 ,
                 whose
                 name
                 was
                 
                   Edward
                   ,
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Confessors
                 Title
                 by
                 Succession
                 cannot
                 be
                 justified
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 his
                 eldest
                 Brothers
                 Son
                 was
                 then
                 alive
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Edward
                 ,
                 who
                 in
                 this
                 Kings
                 Reign
                 came
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 his
                 Wife
                 and
                 three
                 lawful
                 Children
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 But
                 yet
                 was
                 not
                 this
                 good
                 King
                 Edward
                 (
                 the
                 Confessor
                 )
                 so
                 scrupulous
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 give
                 over
                 his
                 Kingdom
                 to
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 right
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Title
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 by
                 Election
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 151.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 though
                 this
                 Edward
                 had
                 an
                 undoubted
                 Title
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 if
                 Proximity
                 of
                 Bloud
                 could
                 have
                 given
                 it
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 Confessor
                 was
                 so
                 far
                 from
                 suspecting
                 any
                 danger
                 from
                 such
                 a
                 Title
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 he
                 invited
                 his
                 Nephew
                 into
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 welcom'd
                 him
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 expressions
                 of
                 Joy
                 ,
                 and
                 entertain'd
                 him
                 with
                 the
                 greatest
                 confidence
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 This
                 King
                 Edward
                 being
                 dead
                 ,
                 Harald
                 ,
                 Son
                 of
                 Earl
                 Godwin
                 ,
                 had
                 also
                 the
                 approbation
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 to
                 be
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 152.
                 
              
               
                 Nor
                 had
                 the
                 People
                 any
                 regard
                 to
                 this
                 Royal
                 Bloud
                 upon
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 Confessor
                 ,
                 but
                 elected
                 Harald
                 ,
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Earl
                 
                   Godwin
                   ,
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 2.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 All
                 this
                 is
                 before
                 the
                 Conquest
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 we
                 should
                 pass
                 any
                 further
                 down
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 find
                 more
                 Examples
                 than
                 before
                 ,
                 viz.
                 of
                 Kings
                 made
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 by
                 only
                 Authority
                 and
                 Approbation
                 of
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 ordinary
                 cours●
                 of
                 Linc●l
                 Successi●n
                 by
                 Propinquity
                 of
                 Bloud
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 53.
                 
              
               
                 These
                 few
                 ,
                 among
                 many
                 other
                 instances
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 given
                 ,
                 will
                 shew
                 plainly
                 enough
                 ,
                 how
                 men
                 intituled
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 in
                 those
                 days
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 then
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 strange
                 thing
                 to
                 hear
                 of
                 a
                 Parliaments
                 medling
                 with
                 the
                 Succession
                 .
                 —
                 Let
                 us
                 go
                 on
                 more
                 particularly
                 to
                 observe
                 ,
                 what
                 has
                 been
                 done
                 since
                 the
                 Conquest
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 the
                 Conquerors
                 death
                 ,
                 
                   William
                   Rufus
                
                 was
                 chosen
                 King
                 ,
                 though
                 younger
                 Brother
                 to
                 Robert
                 Duke
                 of
                 Normandy
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 (
                 he
                 means
                 the
                 
                   Normans
                   )
                   was
                
                 inclined
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 given
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 presently
                 ▪
                 as
                 due
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 Succession
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 his
                 Fathers
                 Will
                 to
                 the
                 coutrary
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 153.
                 
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Rufus
                
                 had
                 the
                 consent
                 of
                 the
                 Nobles
                 and
                 wise
                 men
                 for
                 his
                 Title
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 English
                 Interest
                 was
                 so
                 great
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 k●pt
                 the
                 Crown
                 upon
                 William
                 Rufus's
                 head
                 ,
                 in
                 spight
                 of
                 all
                 that
                 the
                 Normans
                 could
                 do
                 in
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 Robert
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 universally
                 joyn'd
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 3.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 By
                 like
                 means
                 got
                 Henry
                 his
                 younger
                 Brother
                 the
                 same
                 Crown
                 afterward
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 by
                 fair
                 promises
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 154.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 full
                 consent
                 and
                 Counsel
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Conq●erors
                 Third
                 Son
                 Henry
                 was
                 Elected
                 for
                 their
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 3.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 King
                 Henry
                 dying
                 left
                 a
                 Daughter
                 behind
                 him
                 named
                 Mawd
                 ,
                 which
                 being
                 married
                 first
                 to
                 the
                 Emperour
                 Henry
                 V.
                 he
                 died
                 without
                 Issue
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 was
                 she
                 married
                 again
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 to
                 
                   Geoffry
                   Plantaginet
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Anjou
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 she
                 bare
                 a
                 Son
                 ,
                 named
                 Henry
                 .
                 —
                 But
                 for
                 that
                 Stephen
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Bologn
                 ,
                 was
                 thought
                 by
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 be
                 more
                 fit
                 to
                 govern
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 admitted
                 ,
                 and
                 Henry
                 put
                 back
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 154.
                 
              
               
                 King
                 Henry
                 died
                 ,
                 leaving
                 no
                 Issue
                 but
                 Mand
                 his
                 Daughter
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 married
                 to
                 the
                 Emperour
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 to
                 
                   Geoffry
                   Plantagenet
                
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Anjou
                 .
                 No
                 dispute
                 can
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 she
                 had
                 all
                 the
                 right
                 which
                 Proximity
                 of
                 Bloud
                 could
                 give
                 ;
                 yet
                 Stephen
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Bologn
                 ,
                 stept
                 in
                 before
                 her
                 ,
                 and
                 prevail'd
                 with
                 the
                 Estates
                 of
                 the
                 Realm
                 to
                 Elect
                 him
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 3.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 States
                 some
                 years
                 after
                 in
                 a
                 Parliament
                 made
                 an
                 agreement
                 ,
                 that
                 Stephen
                 should
                 be
                 lawful
                 King
                 during
                 his
                 life
                 only
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Henry
                 and
                 his
                 Off-spring
                 should
                 succeed
                 him
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 155.
                 
              
               
                 Afterwards
                 Stephen
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 with
                 the
                 Empress
                 and
                 her
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Parliament
                 (
                 who
                 alone
                 could
                 give
                 a
                 Sanction
                 to
                 such
                 Agreement
                 )
                 was
                 assembled
                 to
                 confirm
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Stephen
                 publickly
                 adopts
                 Henry
                 for
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 their
                 full
                 consent
                 declares
                 him
                 his
                 Heir
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 consent
                 Henry
                 gives
                 Stephen
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Father
                 ,
                 and
                 agrees
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 continue
                 to
                 be
                 King
                 during
                 his
                 Lise
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 4.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 King
                 
                   Richard
                   ,
                   John
                
                 ,
                 younger
                 Brother
                 to
                 Richard
                 ,
                 was
                 Admitted
                 and
                 Crowned
                 by
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 Arthur
                 Duke
                 of
                 Britain
                 ,
                 Son
                 and
                 Heir
                 to
                 Geoffry
                 (
                 that
                 was
                 Elder
                 Brother
                 to
                 John
                 )
                 was
                 against
                 the
                 ordinary
                 course
                 of
                 Succession
                 Excluded
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 155.
                 
              
               
                 Richard
                 dying
                 without
                 Issue
                 ,
                 Arthur
                 (
                 Son
                 of
                 Geoffry
                 Duke
                 of
                 Britain
                 ,
                 )
                 the
                 next
                 Heir
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ought
                 to
                 have
                 Succeeded
                 .
                 But
                 John
                 ,
                 younger
                 Brother
                 to
                 Richard
                 ,
                 without
                 regarding
                 this
                 divine
                 right
                 of
                 his
                 Nephew
                 ,
                 applies
                 himself
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 for
                 a
                 more
                 sure
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 a
                 Humane
                 Title
                 ,
                 who
                 being
                 summoned
                 together
                 Elected
                 him
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 5.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 Some
                 years
                 after
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Barons
                 and
                 States
                 of
                 England
                 misliked
                 utte●ly
                 the
                 Government
                 and
                 Proceeding
                 of
                 this
                 K.
                 John
                 ,
                 they
                 rejected
                 him
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 chose
                 Lewis
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 France
                 to
                 be
                 their
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 swear
                 Fealty
                 to
                 him
                 in
                 London
                 ;
                 depriving
                 also
                 the
                 young
                 Prince
                 Henry
                 ,
                 King
                 
                 John's
                 Son
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 but
                 eight
                 years
                 old
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 156.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 King
                 John
                 gave
                 over
                 to
                 dissemble
                 his
                 Nature
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 about
                 to
                 change
                 his
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 discovered
                 himself
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 that
                 worthy
                 man
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 People
                 supposed
                 him
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 ,
                 they
                 remember'd
                 whence
                 he
                 derived
                 his
                 Title
                 and
                 proceeded
                 ,
                 
                 upon
                 the
                 same
                 reason
                 they
                 had
                 chosen
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 new
                 Election
                 ,
                 chusing
                 Lewis
                 Son
                 of
                 Philip
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 who
                 coming
                 to
                 London
                 ,
                 was
                 there
                 Elected
                 ,
                 and
                 Constituted
                 King
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 5.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 King
                 John
                 ,
                 the
                 People
                 recalled
                 again
                 their
                 former
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 and
                 admitted
                 (
                 Prince
                 )
                 Henry
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 King
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 and
                 disanulled
                 the
                 Oath
                 of
                 Allegiance
                 made
                 unto
                 Lewis
                 Prince
                 of
                 
                   France
                   ,
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 156.
                 
              
               
                 King
                 John
                 hapning
                 to
                 die
                 very
                 opportunely
                 ,
                 the
                 Great
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 were
                 called
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 Prince
                 Henry
                 then
                 an
                 Infant
                 ,
                 placed
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Assembly
                 cried
                 out
                 unanimously
                 ,
                 
                   Fiat
                   Rex
                
                 ;
                 and
                 acordingly
                 they
                 Crowned
                 King
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 compelled
                 Lewis
                 to
                 renounce
                 all
                 pretences
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 
                   Id.
                   p.
                
                 6.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           Jesuit
           Parsons
           goes
           no
           further
           upon
           particulars
           ,
           in
           Chap.
           8.
           
           Part.
           1.
           than
           Henry
           the
           Third
           .
           But
           saith
           ,
           Should
           we
           enter
           (
           into
           the
           contention
           about
           the
           Crown
           ,
           between
           the
           Two
           Houses
           of
           York
           and
           Lancaster
           ,
           which
           took
           their
           beginning
           from
           King
           Henry
           
           the
           Third
           )
           we
           should
           see
           plainly
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           of
           all
           their
           Titles
           ,
           after
           the
           deposition
           of
           King
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ,
           depended
           on
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           for
           that
           as
           the
           People
           were
           affected
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           part
           prevailed
           ,
           so
           were
           their
           Titles
           either
           allowed
           ,
           confirmed
           ,
           altered
           ,
           or
           disanulled
           by
           Parliaments
           ;
           Cap.
           8.
           
           Part.
           1.
           
           Pag.
           156.
           
        
         
           This
           hint
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           took
           to
           proceed
           upon
           more
           particulars
           still
           ,
           and
           pickt
           them
           up
           and
           down
           out
           of
           other
           places
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           to
           which
           Book
           he
           was
           mainly
           beholden
           for
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Pretences
           ,
           Claims
           ,
           Titles
           ,
           and
           Fates
           of
           those
           Princes
           he
           names
           since
           Henry
           the
           Third
           .
        
         
           The
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           Edward
           the
           First
           ,
           or
           his
           Brother
           Edmond
           were
           the
           Elder
           ,
           he
           fetcht
           clearly
           out
           of
           
             Doleman
             ,
             Part.
          
           2.
           
           Cap.
           2.
           pag.
           25.
           and
           both
           Parsons
           and
           this
           Collector
           say
           ,
           that
           Edmond
           was
           believ'd
           (
           by
           some
           )
           to
           have
           been
           put
           by
           the
           Crown
           for
           his
           Deformity
           .
           The
           Story
           of
           the
           deposition
           of
           Edward
           the
           Second
           is
           in
           
             Doleman
             ,
             Part.
          
           1.
           cap.
           3.
           p.
           46
           ,
           47.
           
           The
           instance
           of
           Edward
           the
           Third's
           being
           chosen
           and
           Elected
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           you
           find
           it
           ibidem
           ,
           and
           in
           part
           .
           2.
           cap.
           2.
           of
           Doleman
           .
           The
           instance
           of
           King
           Richard
           the
           Second's
           being
           deposed
           ,
           is
           in
           
             Doleman
             ,
             part
          
           .
           ●
           .
           cap.
           3.
           and
           part
           .
           2.
           cap.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           That
           of
           Henry
           the
           Fourth's
           being
           Elected
           by
           the
           People
           (
           as
           he
           pretends
           )
           is
           in
           the
           same
           place
           .
           And
           what
           our
           Collector
           saith
           of
           Henry
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           is
           all
           taken
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           word
           for
           word
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           out
           of
           
             Doleman
             ,
             part
          
           .
           1.
           cap.
           6.
           pag.
           108
           ,
           109.
           
        
         
           Not
           to
           trouble
           you
           with
           every
           little
           particular
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           already
           so
           much
           of
           a
           Specimen
           ,
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           that
           let
           any
           man
           carefully
           peruse
           ,
           observe
           ,
           and
           remember
           the
           Contents
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           easily
           discover
           ,
           that
           this
           Book
           is
           the
           Forge
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           the
           Collector
           of
           the
           
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           hath
           taken
           all
           those
           Irons
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           sent
           abroad
           to
           set
           this
           Kingdom
           on
           Fire
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           observe
           unto
           you
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           hath
           followed
           the
           Jesuit
           over
           hedge
           and
           ditch
           in
           his
           Examples
           ,
           so
           he
           hath
           followed
           him
           exactly
           too
           in
           dealing
           basely
           with
           the
           world
           ,
           by
           downright
           Falsities
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           by
           gross
           Partiality
           and
           disingenuity
           in
           others
           ,
           and
           by
           Illogical
           Consequences
           in
           the
           rest
           ,
           forcing
           out
           such
           Conclusions
           as
           the
           instances
           do
           not
           really
           yield
           him
           ,
           to
           serve
           his
           turn
           .
           But
           for
           this
           I
           must
           intreat
           you
           to
           consult
           well
           those
           two
           excellent
           Tracts
           which
           I
           recommended
           unto
           you
           above
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           that
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
         
           From
           whom
           we
           could
           not
           expect
           any
           other
           Notions
           ,
           than
           what
           are
           serviceable
           to
           his
           secular
           Ends
           ,
           because
           his
           Book
           argues
           him
           to
           be
           one
           that
           is
           a
           meer
           Politician
           ,
           regardless
           of
           the
           Laws
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           governed
           only
           by
           his
           Interest
           :
           and
           he
           must
           thank
           your
           Charity
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           not
           think
           him
           to
           be
           much
           of
           the
           mind
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           famous
           now
           for
           his
           zeal
           (
           whether
           for
           his
           Countrey
           or
           himself
           you
           may
           judg
           it
           )
           who
           said
           once
           upon
           a
           time
           ,
           
             That
             he
             is
             a
             Fool
             who
             hath
             any
             more
             of
             Religion
             than
             what
             will
             serve
             his
             Interest
             .
          
           And
           if
           that
           be
           true
           ,
           I
           must
           give
           him
           that
           due
           Character
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           been
           meriting
           for
           above
           these
           40
           years
           ,
           that
           he
           for
           his
           part
           is
           one
           of
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           men
           living
           ,
           I
           wonder
           at
           Mr.
           Hunt
           ;
           a
           person
           whose
           name
           I
           cannot
           mention
           without
           due
           respect
           ,
           because
           in
           his
           Argument
           for
           the
           Bishops
           Right
           ,
           &c.
           he
           hath
           shewed
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           good
           Learning
           in
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           hath
           exprest
           his
           just
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           deep
           sense
           (
           which
           I
           am
           perswaded
           he
           hath
           )
           of
           the
           Calamitous
           condition
           which
           this
           poor
           Nation
           is
           now
           in
           .
           So
           that
           I
           should
           have
           taken
           no
           notice
           of
           his
           writings
           ,
           but
           what
           would
           have
           been
           entirely
           for
           his
           Honour
           ,
           but
           that
           his
           Personal
           Worth
           (
           which
           I
           love
           and
           value
           )
           may
           probably
           give
           a
           Reputation
           to
           some
           Foreign
           and
           Groundless
           Opinions
           which
           he
           runs
           upon
           in
           his
           Postscript
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Jesuite
           Parsons
           hath
           furnisht
           even
           him
           with
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           heard
           say
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           Government
           was
           lately
           in
           a
           fair
           way
           to
           be
           run
           down
           ,
           he
           was
           prevailed
           with
           to
           write
           that
           Postscript
           partly
           by
           Fear
           ,
           and
           partly
           as
           Penance
           and
           Satisfaction
           (
           to
           a
           Party
           )
           for
           the
           Argument
           which
           he
           had
           written
           before
           .
           This
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           the
           Bishops
           are
           more
           beholden
           to
           him
           than
           the
           King
           is
           :
           for
           he
           owns
           their
           Authority
           (
           as
           Bishops
           )
           to
           be
           Divine
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Kings
           title
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           he
           believes
           it
           ,
           as
           Doleman
           (
           alias
           Parsons
           )
           did
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           meer
           Human
           thing
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           of
           our
           Clergy
           deny
           this
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           Mr.
           Hunt
           hath
           to
           be
           so
           very
           angry
           with
           'em
           ;
           for
           they
           hold
           no
           more
           than
           what
           all
           good
           Christians
           have
           ever
           held
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           what
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hath
           declared
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           what
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           Country
           do
           own
           and
           will
           
             bear
             them
             out
          
           in
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           told
           by
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Hunt
           hath
           done
           them
           wrong
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           may
           convince
           himself
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           but
           look
           
           into
           their
           Sentiments
           well
           ,
           and
           consider
           them
           with
           an
           Indifferent
           and
           Candid
           mind
           :
           but
           where
           he
           pretends
           to
           Vindicate
           and
           to
           be
           Concern'd
           for
           them
           ,
           there
           he
           accuseth'em
           ,
           and
           the
           charge
           is
           unjust
           ,
           and
           ,
           had
           another
           drawn
           it
           up
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           said
           malitious
           ,
           designed
           on
           purpose
           to
           render
           the
           Clergy
           odious
           for
           being
           steady
           and
           true
           to
           the
           establisht
           Government
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           when
           so
           many
           are
           longing
           for
           a
           Change.
           
           
             Those
             Fancies
             and
             Dreams
             of
             his
             ,
             that
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             are
             for
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             and
             no
             Parliaments
             ,
             that
             they
             allow
             of
             Arbritrary
             Power
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             ready
             to
             abett
             any
             Extravagancies
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             are
             idle
             ,
             evil
             and
             unworthy
             insinuations
             ;
          
           and
           if
           Mr.
           Hunt
           please
           to
           enter
           the
           Lists
           ,
           I
           will
           find
           him
           one
           that
           shall
           undertake
           the
           Cause
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           out
           of
           that
           Veneration
           which
           we
           all
           ought
           to
           have
           for
           that
           Sacred
           Function
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           just
           and
           due
           respects
           to
           our
           present
           Clergy
           ,
           than
           which
           perhaps
           this
           Nation
           was
           never
           yet
           blest
           with
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           my
           business
           is
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Hunt
           hath
           been
           foully
           imposed
           upon
           by
           the
           Jesuite
           Parsons
           ,
           as
           to
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           concern
           the
           State.
           And
           for
           evidencing
           thereof
           ,
           you
           may
           please
           to
           remember
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           fundamental
           Principle
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Power
             and
             Authority
             to
             Institute
             ,
             to
             Modifie
             ,
             or
             to
             Change
             the
             particular
             form
             of
             any
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             admit
             or
             exclude
             a
             Successor
             in
             Monarchy
             ,
             is
             wholly
             and
             uncontroulably
             in
             the
             People
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           taken
           for
           granted
           by
           Mr.
           Hunt
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           as
           clear
           as
           a
           Postulatum
           in
           the
           Mathematicks
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           does
           not
           so
           much
           as
           offer
           at
           any
           solid
           and
           just
           proof
           of
           it
           ,
           only
           now
           and
           then
           touches
           upon
           some
           notions
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           sight
           may
           seem
           to
           look
           a
           little
           that
           way
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           willingly
           and
           knowingly
           do
           this
           Gentleman
           any
           the
           least
           wrong
           or
           unkindness
           ;
           nay
           ,
           I
           have
           that
           respect
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           strain
           my
           Charity
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           hath
           not
           borrowed
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           but
           some
           body
           else
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           there
           has
           been
           borrowing
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           you
           may
           easi●y
           perceive
           by
           the
           following
           account
           .
        
         
         
           
             
               
                 The
                 Jesuite
                 saith
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 saith
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 That
                 though
                 Government
                 and
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 Magistrates
                 be
                 of
                 Nature
                 (
                 and
                 consequently
                 also
                 of
                 God
                 )
                 yet
                 the
                 particular
                 form
                 or
                 manner
                 of
                 this
                 or
                 that
                 Government
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 by
                 Law
                 either
                 Natural
                 or
                 Divine
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 ordained
                 by
                 particular
                 Laws
                 of
                 every
                 Country
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 .
                 1.
                 pag.
                 2
                 ,
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 Government
                 is
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 hath
                 made
                 Governments
                 Necessary
                 in
                 the
                 General
                 order
                 of
                 things
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Specification
                 thereof
                 is
                 from
                 men
                 .
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 p.
                 38.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Father
                 Parsons
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 particular
                 Forms
                 of
                 Government
                 are
                 not
                 determin'd
                 by
                 God
                 or
                 Nature
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 All
                 one
                 in
                 all
                 Nations
                 ,
                 seeing
                 God
                 and
                 Nature
                 are
                 one
                 to
                 All.
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 1.
                 pag.
                 7.
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 intends
                 by
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 that
                 All
                 Mankind
                 is
                 obliged
                 to
                 any
                 One
                 Form
                 of
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 All
                 men
                 are
                 left
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 .
                 Posts
                 .
                 p.
                 39.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 left
                 unto
                 every
                 Nation
                 or
                 Countrey
                 to
                 chuse
                 that
                 Form
                 of
                 Government
                 which
                 they
                 shall
                 like
                 best
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 most
                 fit
                 for
                 the
                 Natures
                 and
                 Conditions
                 of
                 their
                 people
                 .
                 id
                 .
                 p.
                 7.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 Civil
                 Offices
                 are
                 of
                 Humane
                 Original
                 ,
                 id
                 .
                 Argument
                 .
                 p.
                 241.
                 
                 The
                 Government
                 is
                 
                   de
                   jure
                
                 such
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 ibid.
                 God
                 never
                 made
                 any
                 Common-wealth
                 but
                 one
                 by
                 his
                 Directive
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 only
                 for
                 One
                 Nation
                 :
                 for
                 in
                 these
                 things
                 he
                 hath
                 left
                 men
                 ordinarily
                 in
                 the
                 hands
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 Councils
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 Prudence
                 .
                 ibid.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 God
                 approveth
                 what
                 a
                 Realm
                 determineth
                 in
                 chusing
                 or
                 changing
                 its
                 form
                 of
                 Government
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 pag.
                 10
                 ,
                 11
                 ,
                 58
                 ,
                 118.
                 
              
               
                 Such
                 Governments
                 which
                 men
                 make
                 God
                 approves
                 ,
                 and
                 requires
                 obedience
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 in
                 Postscript
                 .
                 p.
                 38.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Commonwealth
                 hath
                 power
                 to
                 chuse
                 their
                 own
                 fashion
                 of
                 Government
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 to
                 change
                 the
                 same
                 upon
                 reasonable
                 causes
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 par
                 .
                 1.
                 cap.
                 1.
                 pag.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 Civil
                 establishment
                 but
                 is
                 Controulable
                 and
                 Alterable
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 weal.
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 p.
                 42.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Though
           many
           Learned
           and
           Great
           men
           have
           believed
           (
           and
           for
           good
           Reasons
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           shew
           you
           hereafter
           )
           that
           Monarchical
           Government
           came
           into
           the
           World
           by
           Gods
           own
           Grant
           and
           Appointment
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Yet
                 Doleman
                 saith
                 ,
                 that
                 Monarchy
                 was
                 commonly
                 chosen
                 by
                 the
                 people
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 .
                 Part.
                 1.
                 pag.
                 12
                 ,
                 21
                 ,
                 66.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 asketh
                 ,
                 where
                 is
                 the
                 Charter
                 of
                 Kings
                 from
                 God
                 Almighty
                 to
                 be
                 read
                 or
                 found
                 ?
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 pag.
                 36.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Jesuit
                 alledgeth
                 ,
                 that
                 St.
                 Peter
                 calls
                 Kingly
                 Authority
                 a
                 
                   Humane
                   Creatu●e
                
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 by
                 mans
                 free
                 Choice
                 this
                 particular
                 form
                 of
                 Government
                 (
                 as
                 all
                 others
                 also
                 )
                 is
                 appointed
                 in
                 every
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 by
                 Mans
                 Election
                 and
                 Consent
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 is
                 laid
                 upon
                 some
                 particular
                 Man
                 or
                 Woman
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 every
                 Countrey
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 1.
                 cap.
                 2.
                 pag.
                 14.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 alledgeth
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 that
                 Saint
                 Peter
                 stileth
                 Kings
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 Governours
                 under
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
                 which
                 cannot
                 have
                 any
                 other
                 sense
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Men
                 make
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 them
                 their
                 Powers
                 .
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 pag.
                 37.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Whereas
           an
           Objection
           was
           foreseen
           ,
           that
           God
           said
           to
           
             Solomon
             ,
             By
             me
             Kings
             reign
             ,
          
           Prov.
           8.
           15.
           and
           that
           St.
           Paul
           told
           the
           Romans
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             no
             Power
             but
             of
             God
             ;
             the
             Powers
             that
             be
             ,
             are
             Ordained
             of
             God
             ;
             whosoever
             therefore
             resisteth
             the
             Power
             ,
             resisteth
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
          
           Rom.
           13.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           And
           whereas
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           there
           speak
           not
           only
           of
           Authority
           in
           General
           and
           in
           the
           Abstract
           ,
           but
           pointeth
           also
           to
           the
           very
           Person
           of
           the
           chief
           Magistrate
           (
           to
           Nero
           himself
           )
           stiling
           him
           ,
           
             the
             Minister
             of
             God
             ,
             a
             Revenger
             ,
             one
             that
             beareth
             the
             Sword
             ,
          
           meaning
           plainly
           the
           Man
           ;
        
         
           
             
               
                 To
                 this
                 the
                 Jesuite
                 answers
                 by
                 a
                 Jesuitical
                 evasion
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 understood
                 of
                 Authority
                 ,
                 Power
                 ,
                 and
                 Jurisdiction
                 in
                 itself
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 institution
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 1.
                 cap.
                 1.
                 pag.
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 answers
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 same
                 effect
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 meant
                 of
                 Government
                 in
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 called
                 Gods
                 Ordinance
                 for
                 this
                 reason
                 ,
                 because
                 in
                 general
                 God
                 approves
                 of
                 Governments
                 .
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 pag.
                 37.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Yet
           this
           reacheth
           not
           the
           point
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           any
           answer
           at
           all
           .
           For
           the
           Scripture
           there
           speaketh
           of
           the
           Person
           and
           Power
           of
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           of
           Government
           by
           a
           Monarch
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           followeth
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           is
           of
           
             Divine
             Institution
          
           ,
           the
           
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             himself
          
           .
           To
           evade
           which
           ,
           the
           Jesuite
           and
           Mr.
           Hunt
           do
           equally
           hold
           ,
           that
           Regal
           Government
           is
           by
           Gods
           Permission
           ;
           that
           Kings
           are
           said
           to
           Reign
           by
           God
           ,
           because
           they
           Reign
           by
           his
           Permission
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           Power
           is
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           Gods
           Permission
           goes
           along
           with
           the
           Peoples
           
             Choice
             .
             Doleman
          
           ,
           part
           1.
           c.
           6.
           pag.
           99
           ,
           100.
           and
           Postscript
           ,
           pag.
           36.
           
           Both
           of
           them
           do
           interpret
           it
           ,
           not
           of
           Gods
           Directive
           ,
           but
           his
           Permissive
           Will
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           pertinent
           ,
           nor
           home
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           because
           Gods
           General
           Providence
           is
           over
           all
           things
           :
           He
           suffers
           even
           Sin
           to
           Reign
           ;
           he
           permits
           Thieves
           to
           Steal
           ,
           and
           Murderers
           to
           Kill
           ;
           and
           yet
           who
           will
           dare
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             by
             him
             Thieves
             R●b
          
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Murder
             is
             his
             Ordinance
          
           ?
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           point
           of
           Succession
           to
           a
           Crown
           by
           Descent
           ,
           Inheritance
           ,
           and
           Birth
           ,
        
         
           
             
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 Father
                 Parsons
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 saith
                 Mr.
                 Hunt.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 was
                 ordained
                 by
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 elder
                 and
                 first
                 in
                 Blood
                 should
                 succeed
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 1.
                 cap.
                 6.
                 pag.
                 106.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Succession
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 is
                 Hereditary
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 People
                 
                   so
                   appointed
                
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   would
                   have
                   it
                
                 so
                 ,
                 or
                 consented
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 so
                 .
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 pag.
                 43.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Some
                 other
                 conditions
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 requisite
                 for
                 coming
                 to
                 Government
                 by
                 Succession
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 only
                 propinquity
                 or
                 priority
                 in
                 blood
                 —
                 and
                 yet
                 it
                 seems
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 prescribed
                 by
                 any
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
                 or
                 Divine
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 then
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 both
                 immutable
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 self
                 same
                 in
                 all
                 Countries
                 (
                 as
                 God
                 and
                 Nature
                 are
                 one
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 all
                 ,
                 without
                 change
                 )
                 where
                 notwithstanding
                 we
                 see
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 conditions
                 and
                 circumstances
                 of
                 Succeeding
                 by
                 Birth
                 ,
                 are
                 divers
                 or
                 different
                 in
                 different
                 Countries
                 ;
                 as
                 also
                 they
                 are
                 subject
                 to
                 changes
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 diversity
                 of
                 Kingdoms
                 .
                 Id.
                 par
                 .
                 1.
                 c.
                 1.
                 p.
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Succession
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 Civil
                 Nature
                 ,
                 not
                 established
                 by
                 any
                 Divine
                 right
                 :
                 several
                 Kingdoms
                 have
                 several
                 Laws
                 of
                 Succession
                 ,
                 some
                 are
                 Elective
                 ,
                 others
                 are
                 Hereditary
                 ,
                 under
                 several
                 limitations
                 .
                 —
                 The
                 several
                 limitations
                 of
                 the
                 Descent
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 must
                 be
                 made
                 by
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 in
                 conferring
                 the
                 Royal
                 Dignity
                 and
                 Power
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 or
                 less
                 in
                 several
                 Kingdoms
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 pag.
                 42.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 As
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 hath
                 Authority
                 to
                 chuse
                 and
                 change
                 her
                 Government
                 ,
                 so
                 hath
                 she
                 also
                 to
                 limit
                 the
                 same
                 with
                 what
                 Laws
                 and
                 Conditions
                 she
                 pleaseth
                 .
                 Id.
                 p.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Royal
                 Family
                 be
                 extinct
                 ,
                 it
                 belongs
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 new
                 King
                 under
                 what
                 Limitations
                 they
                 please
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 make
                 none
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 p.
                 43.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Commonwealth
                 giveth
                 the
                 King
                 his
                 great
                 power
                 over
                 them
                 —
                 and
                 prescribeth
                 Laws
                 unto
                 him
                 —
                 and
                 all
                 Limitations
                 of
                 the
                 Princes
                 absolute
                 Authority
                 ,
                 do
                 come
                 from
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 as
                 having
                 Authority
                 above
                 their
                 Princes
                 .
                 Id.
                 part
                 1.
                 c.
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 evident
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Succession
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Peoples
                 Right
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Both
                 the
                 one
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 these
                 two
                 points
                 ,
                 were
                 ordained
                 by
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Elder
                 and
                 First
                 in
                 Blood
                 ,
                 should
                 succeed
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 such
                 a
                 Person
                 ,
                 as
                 can
                 and
                 will
                 govern
                 to
                 the
                 publick
                 weal
                 of
                 all
                 .
                 Id.
                 pag.
                 106.
                 
                 For
                 Princes
                 are
                 subject
                 to
                 Law
                 and
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 which
                 gave
                 them
                 their
                 Authority
                 for
                 the
                 common
                 good
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 may
                 also
                 restrain
                 or
                 take
                 the
                 same
                 away
                 again
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 abuse
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Common
                 Evil.
                 Id.
                 p.
                 58.
                 
              
               
                 Though
                 the
                 Succession
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 is
                 Hereditary
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 People
                 so
                 appointed
                 it
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 it
                 so
                 ,
                 or
                 contented
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 so
                 ;
                 yet
                 in
                 a
                 particular
                 case
                 for
                 the
                 saving
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 Line
                 and
                 Monarchy
                 it self
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 altered
                 by
                 the
                 unlimited
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 Legislative
                 Authority
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   Postscript
                
                 ,
                 pag.
                 43.
                 
              
            
             
             
               
                 If
                 one
                 of
                 a
                 false
                 Religion
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 notorious
                 wicked
                 man
                 or
                 Tyrant
                 should
                 be
                 offered
                 by
                 Succession
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 to
                 govern
                 among
                 Christians
                 ,
                 in
                 these
                 cases
                 every
                 man
                 is
                 bound
                 to
                 resist
                 what
                 he
                 can
                 .
                 Id.
                 pag.
                 16●
                 ,
                 169
                 ,
                 172
                 ,
                 173.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 unreasonableness
                 is
                 there
                 in
                 shutting
                 the
                 door
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 making
                 it
                 fast
                 against
                 him
                 by
                 an
                 act
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 excluded
                 himself
                 by
                 his
                 Principles
                 and
                 Designs
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   Postscript
                
                 ,
                 pag.
                 45.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
         
           Now
           if
           you
           ask
           ,
           by
           what
           Law
           or
           Power
           a
           Commonwealth
           can
           pretend
           to
           keep
           a
           Prince
           back
           from
           succeeding
           ?
           The
           Jesuite
           and
           Mr.
           Hunt
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           Will
           and
           Pleasure
           of
           a
           People
           in
           this
           Case
           is
           Law
           enough
           ;
           that
           they
           have
           an
           Unlimited
           and
           Arbitrary
           Power
           lodged
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           submit
           to
           their
           determinations
           ,
           without
           calling
           their
           proceedings
           into
           question
           ,
           or
           disputing
           about
           the
           Lawfulness
           and
           Justice
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 Thus
                 saith
                 Father
                 Parsons
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 saith
                 Mr.
                 Hunt.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Realm
                 or
                 Common-wealth
                 hath
                 power
                 to
                 admit
                 or
                 put
                 back
                 the
                 Prince
                 or
                 Pretender
                 to
                 the
                 Crown
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 Commonwealth
                 hath
                 Authority
                 to
                 judg
                 of
                 the
                 Lawfulness
                 of
                 the
                 Cause
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 their
                 own
                 affair
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 matter
                 that
                 hath
                 its
                 whole
                 beginning
                 ,
                 continuance
                 and
                 substance
                 from
                 them
                 alone
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 from
                 the
                 Commonwealth
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 is
                 King
                 or
                 Prince
                 by
                 institution
                 of
                 Nature
                 —
                 Therefore
                 it
                 is
                 enough
                 for
                 every
                 particular
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 subject
                 himself
                 to
                 that
                 which
                 his
                 Commonwealth
                 doeth
                 in
                 this
                 behalf
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 obey
                 simply
                 ,
                 without
                 any
                 further
                 inquisition
                 .
                 Doleman
                 ,
                 part
                 1.
                 pag.
                 160.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 Criminal
                 ,
                 and
                 dangerous
                 to
                 the
                 being
                 of
                 any
                 Polity
                 to
                 restrain
                 the
                 Legislative
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 entertain
                 Principles
                 that
                 disables
                 it
                 to
                 provide
                 remedy
                 against
                 the
                 greatest
                 mischiefs
                 that
                 can
                 happen
                 to
                 any
                 community
                 .
                 No
                 Government
                 can
                 support
                 it self
                 without
                 an
                 Unlimited
                 Power
                 in
                 providing
                 for
                 the
                 happiness
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 No
                 Civil
                 establishment
                 but
                 is
                 Controulable
                 and
                 Alterable
                 to
                 the
                 Publick
                 Weal
                 .
                 Whatever
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 Divine
                 Institution
                 ought
                 to
                 yield
                 and
                 submit
                 to
                 this
                 Power
                 and
                 Authority
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Hunt
                 in
                 Postscript
                 ,
                 pag.
                 41
                 ,
                 42.
                 
                 And
                 a
                 little
                 before
                 ;
                 if
                 any
                 Law
                 should
                 exceed
                 the
                 declared
                 measures
                 of
                 the
                 Legislative
                 Authority
                 ,
                 though
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 case
                 men
                 may
                 have
                 leave
                 to
                 doubt
                 of
                 the
                 lawfulness
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 Law
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 against
                 any
                 express
                 Law
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 upon
                 a
                 little
                 Consideration
                 determine
                 it
                 lawful
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 necessary
                 to
                 the
                 Commonweal
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 nothing
                 can
                 be
                 the
                 concerns
                 of
                 men
                 united
                 in
                 any
                 Policy
                 ,
                 but
                 may
                 be
                 govern'd
                 and
                 ordered
                 by
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 their
                 Legislature
                 ,
                 for
                 Publick
                 good
                 :
                 for
                 by
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 all
                 Political
                 Societies
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 submission
                 made
                 of
                 all
                 Rights
                 ,
                 especially
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 Rights
                 of
                 the
                 Community
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 its
                 own
                 Laws
                 .
                 
                   Id.
                   ibid.
                
                 pag.
                 32
                 ,
                 33.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
         
           According
           to
           these
           Principles
           ,
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           is
           so
           unlimited
           ,
           boundless
           and
           extensive
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           can
           over-rule
           matters
           which
           are
           naturally
           just
           and
           right
           ,
           and
           justifie
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           intrinsically
           evil
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           for
           the
           publick
           good
           .
           And
           whether
           this
           be
           not
           against
           the
           tenor
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           clearly
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Apostolick
           Rule
           ,
           that
           
             we
             must
             not
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
          
           ;
           and
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           perfectly
           introductive
           of
           a
           more
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           than
           can
           be
           feared
           in
           any
           English
           Prince
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           such
           Honest
           and
           Indifferent
           Persons
           as
           your selves
           to
           judg
           .
        
         
           It
           hath
           been
           a
           Doctrine
           hitherto
           received
           by
           all
           rational
           and
           sober
           men
           ,
           that
           
             Dominion
             is
             not
             founded
             in
             Grace
             ,
          
           and
           that
           men
           do
           not
           hold
           their
           Estates
           and
           Civil
           Rights
           by
           their
           Religion
           .
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Dissenter
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           would
           think
           himself
           hardly
           and
           unjustly
           dealt
           with
           ,
           should
           he
           be
           bound
           to
           forfeit
           all
           he
           is
           worth
           in
           the
           World
           for
           his
           Non-Conformity
           .
           Now
           one
           would
           think
           that
           Princes
           should
           have
           the
           same
           priviledg
           ,
           at
           least
           which
           all
           Ordinary
           and
           Private
           men
           have
           .
           But
           in
           this
           point
           some
           are
           very
           Partial
           ,
           and
           would
           vary
           and
           alter
           the
           case
           ,
           where
           a
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           is
           concern'd
           .
        
         
           For
           thus
           saith
           the
           Jesuite
           Parsons
           ;
           
             of
             all
             other
             holds
             ,
             I
             esteem
             the
             tenure
             of
             a
             Crown
             (
             if
             so
             it
             may
             be
             termed
             )
             the
             most
             irregular
             and
             extraordinary
             —
             Men
             may
             not
             judg
             of
             this
             as
             of
             
             other
             Pleas
             of
             particular
             persons
             ,
             nor
             is
             their
             trial
             alike
             ;
             nor
             the
             common
             Maxims
             or
             Rules
             always
             of
             force
             in
             this
             thing
             as
             in
             others
             :
             For
             if
             a
             Private
             man
             have
             many
             daughters
             ,
             and
             die
             seized
             of
             Lands
             in
             Fee-simple
             without
             Heir
             Male
             ,
             his
             said
             Daughters
             by
             Law
             shall
             have
             the
             said
             Lands
             ,
             as
             Copartners
             ,
             equally
             divided
             between
             them
             ;
             but
             not
             the
             Daughters
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Eldest
             must
             carry
             away
             all
             ,
             as
             though
             she
             were
             Heir
             Male
             ;
             
               Doleman
               ,
               part
            
             2.
             pag.
             72.
             
          
           And
           thus
           saith
           Mr
           ,
           Hunt
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           written
           just
           after
           Doleman
           ,
           
             The
             descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             is
             governed
             according
             to
             the
             presumed
             will
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             the
             presumption
             of
             the
             Peoples
             will
             is
             made
             ,
             by
             measuring
             and
             considering
             what
             is
             most
             expedient
             to
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             whereas
             Private
             Estates
             are
             directed
             in
             their
             descent
             according
             to
             the
             Descendents
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             the
             descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             is
             governed
             by
             other
             Rules
             than
             Private
             Estates
             :
             Only
             one
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             not
             all
             ,
             as
             in
             Private
             Estates
             ,
             shall
             succeed
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             
               Postscript
               .
               pag.
            
             42.
             
          
        
         
           I
           did
           not
           think
           to
           have
           found
           so
           much
           of
           old
           Father
           Parsons
           his
           Paw
           in
           a
           New
           Book
           set
           forth
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           :
           For
           who
           could
           dream
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           should
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Woolf
           to
           save
           and
           secure
           the
           Sheepfold
           ?
           Yet
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           believe
           that
           Mr.
           Hunt
           in
           all
           this
           has
           no
           Design
           which
           he
           thinks
           to
           be
           Evil
           ,
           and
           am
           heartily
           sorry
           ,
           that
           so
           zealous
           a
           Protestant
           hath
           so
           unfortunately
           run
           upon
           Jesuitical
           Principles
           .
        
         
           But
           Mr.
           Hunt
           in
           page
           33.
           of
           his
           Postscript
           directs
           us
           to
           a
           Pamphlet
           called
           ,
           
             The
             great
             and
             weighty
             Consideration
             considered
             .
          
           And
           good
           Reason
           he
           had
           to
           recommend
           it
           ,
           the
           Book
           is
           so
           very
           like
           his
           own
           ,
           that
           a
           diligent
           Reader
           would
           believe
           them
           both
           to
           be
           the
           Off-spring
           of
           one
           Father
           ,
           and
           as
           near
           of
           kin
           as
           Simeon
           and
           Levi.
           Old
           Father
           Parsons
           can
           never
           die
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           hath
           such
           an
           hopeful
           Issue
           ,
           so
           like
           him
           in
           Lineaments
           and
           Spirits
           :
           And
           I
           begin
           to
           wonder
           ,
           why
           some
           of
           late
           would
           be
           at
           the
           Expence
           to
           set
           out
           Doleman
           in
           a
           New
           Edition
           ,
           since
           in
           this
           and
           the
           
             two
             former
          
           Pamphlets
           a
           true
           Protestant
           (
           so
           called
           )
           may
           find
           matter
           enough
           to
           compile
           a
           Dolemanian
           Catechism
           ,
           were
           
             old
             Doleman
          
           utterly
           lost
           ;
           at
           least
           he
           might
           extract
           enough
           again
           to
           do
           the
           job
           of
           41.
           and
           48.
           and
           that
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           some
           in
           the
           world
           do
           desire
           .
        
         
         
           Sir
           ,
           you
           must
           well
           remember
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           the
           Articles
           of
           
           Doleman's
           Creed
           ,
           
             That
             though
             Government
             ,
             in
             the
             general
             Notion
             of
             it
             ,
             be
             of
             Natural
             and
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
             yet
             the
             particular
             Forms
             of
             Governments
             depend
             upon
             the
             Consent
             and
             Good
             will
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             Kings
             are
             their
             Creatures
             ;
             that
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             is
             at
             their
             disposal
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             alter
             Government
             and
             Succession
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             and
             even
             Depose
             the
             King
             himself
             ,
             if
             they
             judge
             it
             needful
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             by
             a
             Boundless
             ,
             and
             unlimited
             power
             of
             right
             belonging
             unto
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           this
           Considerers
           Faith
           is
           just
           of
           the
           same
           piece
           for
           all
           the
           world
           .
           For
           he
           holdeth
           ,
           
             That
             though
             God
             commands
             us
             in
             our
             Nature
             ,
             to
             form
             our selves
             into
             Governments
             ,
             for
             that
             Mankind
             cannot
             tolerably
             subsist
             without
             them
             (
             which
             is
             Dolemans
             very
             Reason
             ;
             )
             though
             Government
             ,
             because
             it
             makes
             men
             equal
             and
             Reasonable
             ,
             &c.
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             most
             principal
             Institution
             and
             Appointment
             of
             God
             in
             Nature
             ,
             yet
             the
             Forms
             of
             Government
             ,
             the
             Persons
             of
             the
             Governours
             ,
             the
             Order
             of
             Succession
             ,
             their
             respective
             Powers
             and
             Ministries
             ,
             are
             of
             Mans
             appointment
             ,
             and
             an
             Humane
             Creature
             ,
             pag.
             8.
             
          
           exactly
           agreeable
           to
           what
           Doleman
           delivers
           ,
           pag.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
        
         
           If
           you
           urge
           ,
           that
           Soveraign
           Power
           is
           called
           in
           Scripture
           the
           
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             Doleman
          
           will
           tell
           you
           in
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           so
           called
           ,
           because
           Gods
           Approbation
           and
           Concurrence
           goes
           along
           with
           the
           Peoples
           consent
           .
           And
           this
           is
           our
           Considerers
           very
           Notion
           ,
           
             That
             Gods
             doing
             a
             thing
             is
             only
             the
             course
             of
             Natural
             and
             Second
             causes
             ,
             to
             which
             because
             God
             gives
             the
             Direction
             and
             Motion
             ,
             he
             both
             doth
             ,
             and
             is
             said
             to
             do
             all
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             pag.
             13.
             
          
           Whence
           he
           proceeds
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           
             That
             every
             Form
             of
             Government
             is
             of
             our
             Creation
             ,
             and
             not
             Gods
             ,
             ibid.
             That
             the
             King
             hath
             his
             Authority
             from
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             People
             in
             the
             first
             constitution
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             pag.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Principle
           that
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           Confidence
           as
           Doleman
           doth
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Laws
             of
             Men
             are
             so
             fundamental
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             Alterable
             ,
             
               Consider
               .
               p.
            
             4.
             
             That
             a
             Government
             made
             by
             Men
             is
             not
             to
             be
             left
             meerly
             to
             Chance
             and
             
             the
             contingency
             of
             Birth
             ,
             
             pag.
             5.
             
             That
             all
             rights
             of
             Property
             are
             of
             Positive
             and
             Civil
             appointment
             and
             institution
             ,
             p.
             7.
             
             That
             no
             man
             can
             have
             ,
             or
             is
             entitled
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             what
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Laws
             allots
             it
             to
             him
             ,
             Ibid.
             And
             that
             (
             just
             according
             to
             Dolemans
             Notion
             )
             every
             Form
             of
             Government
             was
             never
             intended
             unalterable
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             inflexible
             ,
             but
             was
             intended
             and
             made
             under
             Reservations
             ,
             reasonable
             Exceptions
             of
             unforeseen
             Accidents
             ,
             and
             rare
             Contingencies
             in
             Humane
             affairs
             ,
             pag.
             13.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           to
           prove
           all
           this
           ,
           
             That
             every
             Form
             of
             Government
             is
             of
             Humane
             Institution
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Doleman
           offers
           and
           insisteth
           upon
           but
           one
           Argument
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           this
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             
               That
               had
               Forms
               of
               Government
               been
               prescribed
               by
               any
               Law
               of
               Nature
               or
               Divine
               ,
               then
               they
               should
               be
               both
               immutable
               ,
               and
               the
               self-same
               in
               all
               Countries
               ,
               as
               God
               and
               Nature
               are
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               to
               all
               ,
               without
               change
               ,
               Doleman
            
             part
             .
             1.
             pag.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           a
           very
           weak
           Argument
           ;
           for
           God
           and
           Nature
           have
           been
           one
           and
           the
           same
           to
           all
           ,
           because
           Anciently
           every
           Form
           of
           Government
           in
           all
           Countries
           was
           Monarchical
           :
           And
           it
           will
           no
           more
           follow
           ,
           that
           this
           one
           Form
           of
           Government
           was
           not
           setled
           at
           first
           ,
           because
           several
           other
           Forms
           of
           Government
           were
           set
           up
           afterwards
           ,
           than
           it
           will
           follow
           ,
           that
           one
           sort
           of
           Religion
           was
           not
           instituted
           at
           first
           ,
           because
           so
           many
           sorts
           of
           Religion
           crept
           in
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           this
           poor
           Argument
           of
           Dolemans
           is
           made
           use
           of
           by
           our
           Considerer
           ,
           
             For
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             Nature
             hath
             made
             no
             Laws
             about
             Property
             ,
             nor
             about
             Governments
             ;
             otherwise
             all
             Laws
             of
             Property
             and
             Right
             ,
             and
             all
             Governments
             would
             have
             been
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             what
             she
             makes
             are
             Universal
             ,
             as
             the
             Nature
             of
             man
             :
             
               Answer
               to
               a
               Letter
            
             ,
             p.
             29.
             
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           an
           avowed
           Principle
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           
             That
             it
             belongs
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             to
             order
             all
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           our
           Considerers
           Principle
           ,
           
             That
             Succession
             is
             properly
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             Community
             ,
             p.
             20.
             
             That
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             is
             the
             Peoples
             Right
             ,
             the
             Right
             of
             the
             whole
             Community
             ,
             their
             Appointment
             ,
             their
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             their
             Creature
             ;
             
               Answer
               to
               a
               Letter
            
             ,
             pag.
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
        
         
         
           Whereas
           it
           is
           urged
           well
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           is
           
             by
             Nature
          
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           our
           
             Natural
             Prince
          
           ,
           our
           Natural
           Liege
           Lord
           ,
           &c.
           this
           Considerer
           calls
           this
           ,
           
             Loathsom
             Pedantry
             ;
             Answer
             to
             a
             Letter
             ,
          
           p.
           ●9
           .
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           saith
           Doleman
           ,
           
             When
             men
             talk
             of
             a
             Natural
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Natural
             Successor
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             understood
             of
             one
             that
             is
             born
             within
             the
             same
             Realm
             or
             Country
             ,
             and
             so
             of
             our
             own
             Natural
             bloud
             ,
             it
             hath
             some
             sense
             :
             But
             if
             it
             be
             meant
             as
             though
             any
             Prince
             had
             his
             particular
             Government
             or
             interest
             to
             succeed
             by
             institution
             of
             Nature
             ,
             it
             is
             Ridiculous
             ,
             
               Doleman
               ,
               part
            
             1.
             pag.
             11.
             
          
        
         
           If
           you
           ask
           ,
           What
           power
           a
           Commonwealth
           hath
           to
           deprive
           a
           Successor
           without
           such
           Causes
           and
           Reasons
           which
           in
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Law
           seem
           
             Just
             ?
             Doleman
          
           will
           tell
           you
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Peoples
             Power
             is
             Boundless
             ,
             Uncontroulable
             ,
             and
             Unquestionable
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             is
             to
             be
             presumed
             and
             owned
             ,
             that
             what
             they
             do
             in
             this
             case
             is
             just
             ,
             because
             they
             do
             it
             .
          
           And
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           our
           Considerer
           speaketh
           ,
           
             That
             no
             Government
             can
             want
             a
             power
             to
             preserve
             it self
             ,
          
           (
           whether
           it
           be
           by
           Right
           or
           Wrong
           means
           he
           considers
           not
           )
           pag.
           4.
           
           
             That
             
               no
               private
            
             Right
             but
             what
             is
             governable
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             ordered
             as
             to
             the
             Legislature
             shall
             seem
             necessary
             to
             the
             preservation
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             pag.
             20.
             
             That
             the
             King
             and
             his
             great
             Council
             ,
             in
             providing
             for
             the
             establishment
             and
             security
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             in
             their
             Proceedings
             are
             not
             tied
             up
             to
             the
             Forms
             of
             Judicial
             proceedings
             ;
             but
             are
             to
             act
             upon
             such
             inducements
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             methods
             ,
             whereby
             the
             wisest
             men
             govern
             their
             affairs
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             are
             at
             perfect
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             not
             under
             the
             restraint
             of
             Laws
             :
             And
             that
             they
             cannot
             do
             Unjustly
             ,
             whatever
             Methods
             or
             Means
             they
             use
             ,
             that
             are
             Prudentially
             and
             Morally
             necessary
             to
             this
             End
             ,
             
               Ibid.
               p.
            
             21.
             
          
        
         
           It
           is
           justly
           demandable
           ,
           How
           a
           Commonwealth
           came
           by
           this
           Prodigious
           ,
           Omnipotent
           ,
           and
           Ungovernable
           Power
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           under
           no
           Laws
           of
           Religion
           or
           Natural
           Equity
           ?
           In
           answer
           whereunto
           Father
           Parsons
           saith
           ,
           (
           what
           I
           noted
           before
           )
           
             That
             it
             would
             be
             a
             very
             imperfect
             Law
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             provided
             for
             accidents
             so
             weighty
             and
             important
             ,
             as
             some
             are
             ,
             for
             saving
             and
             conserving
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             
               Preface
               to
               Doleman
               ,
               part
            
             1.
             
          
           Answerable
           whereunto
           is
           that
           Question
           of
           our
           Considerer
           ,
           
             Can
             we
             imagine
             a
             Government
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             Humane
             contrivance
             ,
             to
             be
             without
             a
             Power
             to
             Preserve
             it self
             ,
             and
             an
             Authority
             in
             cases
             that
             threaten
             
             its
             Ruine
             ,
             to
             interpose
             with
             apt
             remedies
             for
             its
             Preservation
             ?
             Consider
             .
             p.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           If
           by
           apt
           Remedies
           he
           meant
           Honest
           and
           Lawful
           means
           ,
           we
           deny
           it
           not
           .
           But
           we
           cannot
           yield
           ,
           that
           any
           men
           have
           Authority
           to
           do
           Injustice
           .
           They
           may
           have
           Power
           and
           Force
           enough
           to
           do
           so
           ;
           as
           some
           upon
           Shuters-Hill
           have
           Power
           to
           take
           away
           my
           Purse
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           High-Court
           of
           Justice
           (
           so
           called
           )
           had
           to
           take
           away
           the
           late
           Kings
           Life
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           Authority
           ,
           or
           Lawful
           Power
           ,
           or
           Lawful
           Proceeding
           .
           No
           private
           man
           ought
           to
           lose
           his
           Estate
           ,
           but
           for
           Legal
           Causes
           ,
           and
           by
           Legal
           Proceedings
           :
           To
           evade
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           Parsons
           the
           Jesuit
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Tenure
             of
             the
             Crown
             is
             irregular
             and
             extraordinary
             .
             Men
             may
             not
             judge
             of
             this
             as
             of
             other
             Pleas
             of
             particular
             persons
             ,
             nor
             is
             their
             trial
             alike
             ,
             nor
             the
             common
             Maxims
             or
             Rules
             always
             of
             force
             in
             this
             thing
             as
             in
             others
             .
          
           To
           prove
           which
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             only
             one
             Daughter
             of
             a
             King
             (
             though
             he
             hath
             many
             )
             is
             to
             go
             away
             with
             the
             Crown
             ;
             whereas
             Private
             Estates
             are
             Divideable
             among
             all
             the
             Daughters
             for
             want
             of
             Issue
             Male
             ,
             
               Dolman
               ,
               part
            
             2.
             pag.
             72.
             
          
           It
           seems
           there
           is
           Law
           and
           Justice
           for
           Private
           persons
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           Princes
           .
           And
           so
           this
           Considerer
           reckons
           too
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
             to
             Government
             is
             not
             placed
             in
             the
             same
             rank
             with
             Private
             Inheritances
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             the
             same
             Rules
             .
             That
             there
             is
             one
             Rule
             for
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             Crown
             ;
             and
             another
             for
             the
             Succession
             of
             Private
             Estates
             :
             For
             the
             descent
             of
             the
             Crown
             is
             governed
             and
             directed
             according
             to
             the
             presumed
             will
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             this
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             gives
             us
             the
             Reason
             ,
             (
             the
             very
             Reason
             in
             Doleman
             )
             why
             one
             Daughter
             or
             Female
             of
             the
             next
             degree
             shall
             succeed
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             not
             all
             ,
             if
             more
             than
             one
             ;
             whereas
             a
             Private
             Inheritance
             is
             equally
             divided
             amongst
             them
             all
             ,
             Consider
             .
             p.
             32.
             
          
        
         
           Heirs
           Apparent
           are
           not
           true
           Kings
           until
           their
           Coronation
           ;
           nor
           is
           Allegiance
           due
           unto
           them
           before
           they
           be
           crowned
           ,
           saith
           
             Doleman
             ,
             pag.
          
           108.
           
           No
           Allegiance
           is
           due
           to
           any
           Prince
           ,
           but
           whom
           the
           Law
           appoints
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Law
           appoints
           ,
           saith
           this
           Considerer
           ,
           pag.
           30.
           
        
         
           But
           Doleman
           is
           Positive
           that
           Princes
           may
           lawfully
           be
           Deposed
           ;
           and
           he
           observes
           too
           (
           as
           a
           Remarkable
           Circumstance
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ,
           )
           
             That
             God
             hath
             wonderfully
             concurred
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             with
             such
             judicial
             
             Acts
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             against
             their
             evil
          
           Princes
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           Prospering
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           by
           giving
           also
           some
           notable
           Successor
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           deposed
           ,
           Pag.
           26.
           and
           Chap.
           3.
           
           Had
           Father
           Parsons
           been
           alive
           in
           our
           days
           ▪
           perhaps
           he
           would
           have
           instanced
           in
           that
           blessed
           Bird
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           you
           and
           to
           other
           Honest
           men
           to
           judge
           ,
           whether
           our
           Considerer
           had
           an
           eye
           to
           that
           passage
           and
           observation
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           when
           speaking
           of
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           D.
           of
           Y.
           he
           saith
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           assured
           of
           the
           justness
           of
           the
           undertaking
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           good
           Hope
           in
           the
           Goodness
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           Succeed
           it
           ,
           p.
           7.
           
        
         
           Yet
           I
           do
           not
           much
           wonder
           at
           this
           ,
           considering
           that
           he
           goes
           higher
           still
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           Successor
           to
           the
           Possessor
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           For
           thus
           his
           Politicks
           run
           ,
           The
           Crown
           doth
           not
           lie
           in
           Dominion
           ,
           but
           in
           Trust
           ;
           not
           in
           Property
           ,
           but
           in
           Care
           ,
           pag.
           31.
           
           This
           is
           exactly
           Dolemans
           Notion
           ,
           that
           a
           Princes
           power
           is
           ,
           
             Potestas
             Vicaria
          
           ,
           or
           delegata
           ;
           a
           power
           Delegate
           ,
           or
           power
           by
           Commission
           from
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           given
           him
           as
           their
           Trustee
           ,
           or
           Proxy
           ,
           part
           1.
           chap.
           4.
           
        
         
           Upon
           this
           Doctrine
           he
           builds
           that
           Position
           (
           and
           it
           naturally
           follows
           )
           that
           true
           Kings
           may
           be
           Deposed
           ,
           ibid.
           and
           part
           2.
           cap.
           4.
           wherein
           our
           Considerer
           follows
           the
           Jesuit
           at
           the
           heels
           ,
           owning
           that
           the
           People
           may
           recall
           their
           Letters
           of
           Attourney
           ,
           and
           exauctorate
           their
           lawful
           King
           ,
           p.
           6.
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           (
           and
           with
           base
           abusing
           Dr.
           Falkner
           ,
           when
           he
           seems
           to
           commend
           him
           )
           
             I
             will
             hope
             there
             are
             very
             few
             in
             this
             Nation
             so
             ill
             instructed
             ,
             that
             doth
             not
             think
             it
             in
             the
             power
             of
             People
             to
             Depose
             a
             Prince
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Here
           the
           Gentleman
           speaks
           out
           and
           home
           ;
           and
           insinuates
           ,
           that
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           or
           to
           bear
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           
             ill
             instructed
          
           .
           According
           to
           this
           Jesuitism
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Orthodox
           Principle
           ;
           and
           so
           this
           Considerer
           hath
           lastily
           con'd
           Doleman
           thanks
           for
           all
           his
           Orthodox
           instructions
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           saith
           Doleman
           ,
           the
           Commonwealth
           hath
           Authority
           above
           their
           Princes
           ,
           pag
           19.
           
           And
           this
           Considerer
           calls
           the
           Commons
           ,
           the
           Greatest
           and
           Best
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           p.
           6.
           which
           is
           plainly
           meant
           with
           respect
           to
           their
           Authority
           ,
           because
           a
           King
           cannot
           be
           deposed
           but
           by
           some
           that
           are
           supposed
           to
           be
           Greater
           and
           Better
           than
           Himself
           .
           And
           so
           you
           see
           in
           the
           end
           what
           it
           is
           which
           this
           Gentleman
           and
           others
           of
           his
           Party
           and
           Persuasion
           would
           fain
           be
           at
           .
           They
           
           pretend
           the
           Preservation
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ven'd
           such
           Principles
           as
           overthrow
           the
           very
           foundations
           of
           our
           Government
           ;
           so
           true
           is
           that
           common
           observation
           ,
           that
           these
           Pamphleteers
           begin
           with
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           and
           end
           at
           last
           with
           his
           Royal
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           say
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           Considerer's
           
             short
             Historical
             Collection
          
           touching
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           For
           you
           and
           every
           body
           may
           easily
           see
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           taken
           out
           of
           Doleman
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           let
           this
           Considerer
           and
           his
           Father
           Parsons
           go
           together
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           that
           comes
           to
           my
           hands
           is
           that
           Sir
           
             Positive
             Statesman
          
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           well
           pleased
           with
           the
           Comical
           Preface
           to
           Doleman
           (
           where
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           after
           a
           Poetical
           manner
           ,
           brings
           in
           two
           Lawyers
           at
           Amsterdam
           ,
           discoursing
           about
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           could
           not
           but
           imitate
           the
           Poetical
           Fancy
           himself
           ,
           bringing
           in
           a
           Noble
           Venetian
           ,
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           a
           Doctor
           at
           London
           ,
           all
           discoursing
           about
           the
           present
           Government
           in
           England
           :
           So
           that
           't
           is
           but
           altering
           the
           Scene
           ,
           and
           the
           Quality
           of
           the
           Interlocutors
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Dramatick
           Farce
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           this
           Gentleman
           is
           not
           Doleman
           all
           over
           from
           Head
           to
           Foot
           ,
           but
           seems
           to
           have
           only
           the
           Guts
           and
           Garbage
           of
           the
           Jesuit
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           his
           most
           Carrion-Principles
           ,
           For
           in
           two
           respects
           Doleman
           seems
           to
           have
           been
           the
           better
           man
           of
           the
           two
           :
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           that
           Regard
           and
           Esteem
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           the
           Jesuit
           expresseth
           with
           so
           much
           zeal
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           all
           other
           Interests
           to
           truckle
           to
           this
           :
           Whereas
           this
           Gentleman
           seems
           to
           own
           no
           Apostle
           but
           Machiavil
           the
           Divine
           (
           as
           he
           often
           calls
           him
           )
           but
           Ridicule's
           things
           Sacred
           ,
           Scoffs
           at
           Ordination
           ,
           maliciously
           Depraves
           our
           Church
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           makes
           use
           of
           his
           best
           Rhetorick
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           Buffoonry
           and
           Scurrility
           )
           to
           reproach
           all
           our
           Clergy
           ,
           speaking
           plainly
           thus
           ,
           (
           pag.
           98.
           )
           
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             I
             could
             wish
             there
             had
             never
             been
             any
             Clergy
             ;
             the
             purity
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             good
             and
             orderly
             Government
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             had
             been
             much
             better
             provided
             for
             without
             them
             .
          
           Had
           the
           Bookseller
           been
           well
           advised
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           been
           so
           respectful
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           Divine
           Plato
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           have
           put
           a
           Jewel
           of
           Gold
           in
           a
           Swines
           Snout
           ,
           but
           should
           have
           entitled
           this
           Book
           rather
           ,
           
             Lucianus
             Redivivus
          
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Then
           as
           touching
           Monarchy
           ,
           even
           Doleman
           is
           so
           fair
           ,
           that
           he
           allows
           it
           to
           be
           the
           most
           Excellent
           ,
           most
           Perfect
           ,
           and
           most
           Ancient
           Form
           of
           Government
           ,
           pag.
           12.
           
           But
           this
           Gentlman
           looks
           upon
           it
           as
           the
           very
           worst
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Corruption
           of
           better
           Governments
           ,
           pag.
           33.
           
           Therefore
           he
           admires
           the
           Venetian
           Government
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           School
           in
           the
           world
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           pag.
           ●4
           .
           and
           prefers
           a
           Democracy
           before
           all
           ,
           as
           a
           Government
           which
           is
           much
           more
           powerful
           than
           an
           Aristocracy
           ,
           pag.
           46.
           .
           And
           speaking
           of
           the
           Democratical
           Government
           of
           Rom●
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           extols
           as
           the
           b●st
           and
           most
           glorious
           Government
           that
           ever
           the
           Sun
           saw
           ,
           pag.
           45.
           )
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           observe
           ,
           how
           truly
           we
           are
           not
           to
           examine
           now
           )
           
             That
             in
             the
             most
             turbulent
             times
             of
             that
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             Factions
             between
             the
             Nobility
             and
             People
             ,
             Rome
             was
             much
             more
             full
             of
             Vertuous
             and
             Heroick
             Citizens
             ,
             than
             ever
             it
             was
             under
             Aurelius
             or
             Antoninus
             ,
             p.
             43.
             
          
        
         
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           wonder
           ,
           that
           this
           Gentleman
           should
           indeavour
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           ,
           to
           persuade
           the
           King
           (
           as
           if
           he
           could
           Cully
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Rights
           )
           to
           share
           those
           four
           great
           Branches
           of
           his
           Prerogative
           among
           the
           P●ople
           ,
           
             The
             power
             of
             making
             War
             and
             Peace
             ,
             the
             disposal
             of
             the
             Militia
             by
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             the
             appointing
             of
             Officers
             of
             Trust
             ,
             Civil
             ,
             Military
             ,
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             and
             the
             Imploying
             of
             the
             Revenues
             of
             the
             Crown
             ,
          
           pag.
           2●6
           ,
           257
           ,
           258.
           
           For
           if
           these
           things
           were
           done
           ,
           the
           Ends
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Party
           ,
           would
           soon
           be
           served
           ,
           and
           His
           Majesty
           would
           shrink
           into
           a
           Duke
           of
           Venice
           strait
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           have
           an
           Imaginary
           Prince
           indeed
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           the
           King
           ,
           pag.
           43.
           )
           were
           but
           our
           Government
           new
           modelled
           according
           to
           this
           Platonick
           Idea
           .
        
         
           But
           not
           to
           digress
           .
           Though
           Doleman
           and
           this
           Gentleman
           differ
           in
           some
           Points
           ,
           yet
           they
           agreein
           the
           Main
           ;
           viz.
           
           
             That
             the
             Foundation
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             Power
             of
             making
             Princes
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             People
             .
          
           This
           (
           saith
           Doleman
           ,
           p.
           11.
           )
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           that
           I
           have
           to
           say
           :
           Meaning
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           Power
           be
           once
           allowed
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Book
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           Peoples
           power
           to
           change
           their
           Government
           ,
           to
           fore-close
           a
           Successor
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           to
           Depose
           ,
           Chastise
           ,
           and
           Proceed
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           to
           renounce
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           to
           forsake
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           all
           this
           Pow●r
           will
           Naturally
           follow
           .
           So
           that
           all
           Rebellions
           and
           Treasons
           are
           grounded
           upon
           this
           prime
           Jesuitical
           Principle
           ,
           
           touching
           that
           Soveraign
           and
           Absolute
           Authority
           supposed
           to
           be
           lodged
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           of
           making
           Kings
           ,
           and
           of
           making
           choice
           of
           them
           a●
           their
           Proxies
           and
           Trustees
           .
        
         
           And
           is
           not
           this
           the
           Faith
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           ?
           For
           ,
           pag.
           32.
           
           
             He
             slights
             the
             Plea
             of
             a
             Monarchs
             
               Divine
               right
            
             to
             his
             Crown
             ,
             as
             a
             piece
             of
             Court-Flattery
             ;
             just
             as
             Parsons
             doth
             in
             answer
             to
             
               Belloy
               ,
               Dolman
               ,
               part
            
             .
             1.
             cap
             6.
             
             He
             tells
             us
             ,
             That
             the
             frame
             of
             Government
             was
             first
             made
             by
             the
             Persuasion
             and
             Mediation
             of
             some
             wise
             and
             vertuous
             person
             ,
             and
             Consented
             to
             by
             the
             whole
             number
             ,
             p.
             30.
             
             That
             our
             Ancestors
             made
             choice
             of
             this
             sort
             of
             Government
             (
             Monarchy
             ,
             )
             p.
             113.
             
             That
             the
             burden
             of
             the
             Government
             is
             divided
             between
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             p.
             116.
             
             That
             the
             Kings
             share
             in
             the
             Soveraignty
             is
             cut
             out
             to
             him
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             p.
             120.
             
             That
             our
             Prince
             hath
             no
             Authority
             of
             his
             Own
             ,
             but
             what
             was
             first
             Intrusted
             in
             him
             by
             the
             Government
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             is
             the
             Head
             ,
             p.
             125.
             
          
           
             He
             looks
             upon
             these
             Notions
             as
             meer
             Pretences
             ,
             that
             the
             Kings
             Power
             came
             from
             God
             ,
             that
             his
             Subjects
             cannot
             dispute
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             give
             an
             account
             of
             his
             Actions
             to
             any
             but
             God.
             p.
             178.
             
             He
             excuseth
             the
             taking
             Arms
             by
             any
             People
             in
             opposition
             to
             their
             Prince
             ,
             from
             their
             claim
             to
             a
             Lawful
             Jurisdiction
             or
             Co●ordination
             in
             the
             Government
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             may
             judge
             of
             ,
             and
             defend
             their
             own
             Rights
             ,
             p.
             215.
             
             He
             tells
             us
             (
             as
             if
             it
             were
             nothing
             but
             lawful
             )
             that
             all
             People
             in
             the
             world
             that
             have
             Property
             ,
             will
             drive
             out
             a
             King
             that
             doth
             reign
             
               injussiv
               populi
            
             ,
             and
             exercise
             the
             Government
             Tyrannically
             ,
             p.
             71.
             
          
        
         
           Besides
           all
           these
           Principles
           ,
           exactly
           agreeable
           to
           those
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           he
           hath
           a
           fine
           Similitude
           ,
           
             That
             as
             in
             some
             distempers
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             when
             the
             Head
             is
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             though
             the
             distemper
             may
             begin
             from
             the
             disease
             of
             some
             other
             part
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             mass
             of
             Bloud
             ,
             or
             putresaction
             of
             other
             Humours
             ;
             yet
             since
             that
             noble
             part
             is
             so
             affected
             by
             it
             ,
             that
             Reason
             and
             Discourse
             fails
             ,
             therefore
             to
             restore
             this
             again
             ,
             Remedies
             must
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             Humours
             and
             Vapours
             must
             be
             drawn
             from
             the
             Head
             ,
             that
             so
             it
             may
             be
             able
             to
             govern
             and
             reign
             over
             the
             Body
             as
             it
             did
             before
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             whole
             man
             ,
             like
             a
             Slave
             ,
             must
             be
             ruled
             and
             guided
             
               ab
               Extrinsec●
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             some
             Keeper
             :
             So
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             it
             isnow
             with
             us
             in
             our
             Politick
             disease
             ,
             where
             granting
             (
             if
             you
             please
             )
             
             that
             the
             distemper
             does
             not
             proceed
             from
             the
             Head
             ,
             but
             the
             corruption
             of
             other
             parts
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             Cure
             ,
             applications
             must
             be
             made
             to
             the
             
               Head
               ,
               &c.
               p.
            
             231.
             
          
           Now
           as
           I
           was
           reading
           Doleman
           ,
           I
           found
           such
           another
           Similitude
           ,
           in
           part
           .
           1.
           cap.
           3.
           where
           he
           saith
           .
           
             As
             the
             whole
             Body
             is
             of
             more
             Authority
             than
             the
             only
             Head
             ,
             and
             may
             cure
             the
             Head
             if
             it
             be
             out
             of
             Tune
             ,
             so
             may
             the
             Weal
             publick
             cure
             or
             cut
             off
             their
             Heads
             ,
             &c.
             pag.
             31.
             
          
        
         
           How
           admirably
           well
           do
           good
           wits
           many
           times
           jump
           ?
           I
           remember
           now
           ,
           that
           a
           friend
           of
           ours
           dreamt
           about
           two
           years
           ago
           ,
           that
           a
           great
           Consult
           was
           held
           somewhere
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Nags-head
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           adjourned
           somewhere
           else
           to
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Kings-Head
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           Father
           Parsons
           the
           Jesuit
           sate
           Chair-man
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             R.
             Doleman
          
           .
        
         
           Among
           other
           things
           ,
           my
           Friend
           dreamt
           too
           ,
           that
           a
           wicked
           
             Political
             Catechism
          
           was
           a
           making
           there
           .
           But
           I
           lookt
           upon
           that
           as
           an
           Idle
           Fancy
           ;
           for
           who
           could
           dream
           that
           such
           a
           seditious
           Pamphlet
           should
           come
           abroad
           at
           this
           time
           of
           day
           ?
           But
           I
           perceive
           I
           was
           mistaken
           ;
           for
           yesterday
           I
           hapned
           to
           read
           a
           new
           Assemblies
           Catechism
           bearing
           that
           Title
           ,
           
             A
             Political
             Catechism
          
           :
           And
           I
           found
           it
           as
           full
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           Venom
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           spitten
           out
           of
           Dolemans
           own
           mouth
           .
           For
           these
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Principles
           in
           it
           ,
           word
           for
           word
           ;
           
             That
             the
             Government
             being
             a
             regulated
             Monarchy
             ,
             the
             King
             is
             not
             above
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             is
             accountable
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             God
             only
             ,
             p.
             1.
             2.
             
             That
             whatsoever
             is
             done
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             without
             and
             beyond
             the
             limits
             of
             the
             Regulation
             ,
             is
             not
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             p.
             2.
             3.
             
             That
             to
             resist
             the
             notorious
             Transgressions
             of
             that
             Regulation
             ,
             is
             no
             resisting
             of
             Regal
             Authority
             ,
             ibid.
             4.
             
             That
             it
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             resisting
             of
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             as
             resisting
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             men
             ,
             ibid.
             5.
             
             That
             the
             King
             hath
             not
             his
             power
             ,
             solely
             ,
             or
             immediately
             by
             Divine-right
             .
             But
             6.
             
             That
             the
             immediate
             Original
             of
             it
             was
             from
             the
             People
             .
             7.
             
             That
             in
             questioned
             cases
             the
             King
             is
             to
             produce
             his
             Grant
             (
             for
             he
             hath
             no
             more
             than
             what
             was
             granted
             )
             and
             not
             the
             People
             to
             shew
             a
             Reservation
             .
             8.
             
             That
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Subject
             is
             ever
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             p.
             5.
             9.
             
             That
             it
             is
             lawful
             for
             the
             Two
             Houses
             to
             raise
             Arms
             to
             defend
             themselves
             in
             case
             an
             Army
             be
             raised
             against
             them
             ,
             p.
             7.
             10.
             
             That
             They
             are
             the
             Legal
             Judges
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             danger
             of
             
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             have
             Legal
             Power
             to
             command
             their
             Judgment
             to
             be
             obeyed
             .
             11.
             
             That
             they
             have
             Power
             to
             dispose
             of
             the
             Militia
             ▪
             to
             Levy
             Moneys
             ,
             Horse
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             &c.
             even
             without
             or
             against
             the
             Kings
             Consent
             .
             12.
             
             That
             of
             their
             Power
             they
             are
             the
             Legal
             Judges
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Subjects
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             are
             bound
             by
             the
             Laws
             to
             obey
             them
             herein
             .
          
           Ibid.
           
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           remember
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           was
           raised
           and
           maintain'd
           upon
           these
           Principles
           .
           And
           if
           there
           were
           no
           new
           Rebellion
           intended
           again
           ,
           for
           what
           Reason
           can
           you
           imagine
           is
           there
           a
           Revival
           of
           these
           Principles
           ,
           which
           serve
           for
           no
           other
           end
           :
           The
           Author
           of
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           ,
           who
           doth
           confess
           ,
           (
           pag.
           172.
           )
           
             That
             we
             are
             to
             this
             day
             tugging
             with
             the
             same
             difficulties
             ,
             managing
             the
             same
             debates
             ,
             and
             giving
             the
             same
             disgusts
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Hopes
             to
             the
             Country
             ,
          
           which
           our
           Ancestors
           did
           before
           the
           Year
           ,
           1640.
           might
           have
           added
           too
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           pleased
           to
           speak
           truth
           to
           the
           full
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           acting
           to
           this
           day
           upon
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           acted
           in
           1641.
           
           All
           which
           Principles
           are
           of
           their
           Fathers
           the
           Jesuites
           (
           who
           are
           of
           their
           Father
           the
           Devil
           )
           and
           are
           so
           manifest
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           them
           all
           in
           
             Doleman
             Redivivus
          
           .
        
         
           If
           now
           you
           chance
           to
           read
           
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
          
           you
           will
           find
           it
           there
           Asserted
           ,
           (
           pag.
           21.
           )
           
             That
             in
             the
             Infancy
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             first
             Original
             of
             Nations
             ,
             Monarchy
             came
             by
             the
             Peoples
             Choice
             ,
             who
             frequently
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             o●●
             of
             the
             natural
             desire
             of
             safety
             ,
             for
             the
             securing
             a
             peaceful
             Community
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             chose
             a
             single
             Person
             to
             be
             their
             Head
             ,
             as
             a
             proper
             Supreme
             Moderator
             in
             all
             differences
             that
             might
             arise
             to
             disquiet
             the
             Community
             .
          
           Now
           this
           is
           utterly
           false
           :
           but
           yet
           't
           is
           directly
           Dolemans
           very
           Notion
           ,
           pag.
           12.
           
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           
             Vindication
             of
             that
             Character
          
           you
           will
           find
           another
           of
           Dolemans
           Pleas
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             That
             the
             Succession
             of
             Kingly
             Government
             has
             not
             been
             so
             sacred
             ,
             but
             upon
             some
             Occasions
             it
             has
             been
             changed
             by
             Divine
             as
             well
             as
             Lawful
             Authority
             ,
             pag.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           
             Vox
             Populi
          
           the
           zealous
           True
           Protestant
           speaks
           after
           the
           Jesuite
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             has
             no
             Power
             ,
             but
             what
             the
             Law
             gives
             him
             ,
             pag.
             2.
             
          
           (
           And
           yet
           I
           ever
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           hath
           no
           Power
           but
           what
           the
           King
           gives
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Law
           be
           His
           Creature
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           be
           His
           Creator
           ?
           )
           And
           again
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Kings
             share
             in
             the
             Sovereignty
             is
             cut
             out
             to
             him
             by
             Law
             ;
             and
             
             not
             left
             at
             his
             disposal
             ,
             pag.
             9.
             and
             that
             the
             King
             has
             no
             Prerogative
             ,
             but
             what
             the
             Law
             gives
             him
             ,
             pag.
             13.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           the
           Books
           and
           Pamphlets
           hitherto
           mentioned
           ,
           have
           been
           all
           Printed
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           1680.
           
           B●t
           I
           must
           observe
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           these
           Anti-Monarchical
           and
           Seditious
           Doctrines
           have
           come
           so
           thick
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           Midwivery
           of
           a
           certain
           Speech
           which
           was
           made
           five
           years
           before
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           Father'd
           upon
           a
           Noble
           Peer
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           very
           active
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           .
           In
           which
           Speech
           you
           find
           these
           Positions
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             is
             King
             by
             Law
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             same
             Law
             that
             a
             poor
             Man
             enjoys
             his
             Cottage
             :
             that
             to
             say
             ,
             this
             Family
             are
             our
             Kings
             ,
             and
             this
             particular
             frame
             of
             Government
             is
             our
             Lawful
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             obligeth
             us
             ,
             is
             owing
             only
             to
             the
             particular
             Laws
             of
             our
             Countrey
             .
          
           Where
           the
           Author
           confesseth
           also
           ,
           
             That
             he
             cannot
             find
             that
             ever
             the
             Jesuites
             or
             Popish
             Clergy
             ,
             only
             some
             of
             our
             Episcopal
             Clergy
             ,
             owned
             Monarchy
             to
             be
             of
             
               Divine
               Right
            
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           all
           this
           we
           had
           heard
           no
           N●ws
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           'till
           some
           turn'd
           Mal●contents
           ,
           by
           being
           turn'd
           out
           of
           their
           Honours
           and
           Offices
           at
           Court
           :
           Then
           the
           World
           began
           to
           turn
           too
           ,
           and
           old
           Doleman
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           so
           serviceable
           to
           Faction
           
             all
             along
          
           ,
           was
           brought
           again
           above-board
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           the
           Gentleman
           doth
           own
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           been
           Dealing
           and
           Consulting
           with
           the
           Jesuites
           and
           Popish
           Clergy
           ;
           for
           he
           matches
           them
           against
           our
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           declares
           himself
           plainly
           on
           the
           Jesuites
           side
           .
           But
           had
           he
           held
           his
           tongue
           as
           to
           that
           ,
           yet
           such
           as
           had
           Parsons
           his
           Libel
           in
           their
           Studies
           ,
           clearly
           perceiv'd
           whom
           he
           had
           been
           Trucking
           with
           ;
           for
           what
           he
           saith
           in
           that
           Speech
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           substance
           of
           the
           first
           Chapter
           in
           Doleman
           .
           Our
           Clergy
           do
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           is
           King
           by
           Law
           ,
           if
           he
           means
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           :
           for
           the
           Law
           doth
           Recognize
           his
           Sacred
           Authority
           ;
           our
           Laws
           give
           him
           his
           Due
           ,
           they
           Own
           and
           Acknowledg
           that
           Right
           of
           Sovereign
           Power
           which
           he
           hath
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           Natural
           Claim
           and
           Inheritance
           .
           But
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           Found
           his
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           the
           poor
           mans
           right
           to
           his
           Cottage
           .
           For
           Kings
           were
           Kings
           before
           there
           were
           Laws
           ;
           and
           our
           King
           would
           be
           our
           Rightful
           Sovereign
           ,
           were
           there
           neither
           Statute-Book
           nor
           Magna-Charta
           in
           all
           England
           .
           For
           the
           Authority
           of
           Kings
           doth
           not
           originally
           depend
           upon
           the
           Laws
           ,
           or
           Consent
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           it
           dependeth
           
           upon
           the
           Consent
           of
           my
           Children
           that
           I
           should
           be
           their
           Father
           .
           The
           Kings
           Power
           is
           Antecedent
           to
           Law
           ,
           which
           hath
           its
           force
           from
           Him
           ;
           as
           my
           Being
           is
           Antecedent
           to
           the
           Being
           of
           my
           Children
           ,
           which
           have
           (
           under
           God
           )
           their
           Life
           from
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           appear
           ●'re
           long
           ,
           that
           our
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           ar●
           but
           just
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           in
           owning
           their
           Principles
           ,
           which
           every
           knowing
           Man
           may
           justifie
           for
           them
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           but
           obey
           his
           own
           Reason
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Jesuites
           and
           Popish
           Clergy
           should
           be
           otherwise
           perswaded
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           because
           being
           ingaged
           by
           their
           Interest
           to
           pretend
           ,
           that
           the
           Popes
           Supremacy
           is
           of
           Divine
           Right
           ,
           they
           are
           forced
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           pretended
           Power
           over
           all
           Princes
           ,
           to
           lay
           their
           Authority
           very
           low
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           Mushrome
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           a
           little
           Creature
           of
           yesterday
           ,
           depending
           for
           its
           Being
           upon
           the
           Peoples
           Courtesie
           .
           They
           therefore
           are
           not
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           :
           but
           the
           wonder
           is
           ,
           that
           any
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           are
           Protestants
           ,
           Zealots
           ,
           Patriots
           ,
           should
           fetch
           their
           Principles
           from
           Dow●y
           or
           St.
           Omers
           .
           We
           are
           like
           to
           have
           good
           work
           ,
           when
           an
           Israelite
           must
           go
           to
           the
           Philistines
           to
           sharpen
           his
           Coulter
           ,
           and
           for
           Heisers
           to
           ●●ough
           with
           .
        
         
           Really
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           quite
           tired
           with
           looking
           into
           Libels
           of
           this
           nature
           ;
           and
           shall
           only
           add
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           have
           Time
           and
           Patience
           enough
           to
           read
           over
           as
           many
           of
           them
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           Considerable
           Writers
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           have
           taken
           large
           Collops
           out
           of
           Dolemans
           sides
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           little
           Pamphleteer
           has
           come
           in
           for
           a
           Snack
           ;
           so
           that
           could
           Father
           Parsons
           now
           peep
           out
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           he
           would
           bless
           himself
           to
           see
           what
           Filching
           and
           Kidnapping
           work
           hath
           been
           made
           of
           his
           Principles
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           to
           tell
           you
           of
           one
           very
           lewd
           Tenent
           ,
           which
           Father
           Parsons
           had
           the
           Impudence
           to
           Publish
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           and
           scandal
           of
           Christianity
           .
           For
           speaking
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           Passive
           Obed●ence
           ,
           under
           Julian
           and
           other
           evil
           Princes
           ,
           he
           was
           not
           asham'd
           to
           give
           this
           as
           the
           Reason
           why
           they
           suffer'd
           so
           patiently
           and
           resisted
           not
           ,
           because
           
             they
             wanted
             Arms
             to
             maintain
             their
             Quarrel
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             Strength
             ,
             Power
             and
             Force
             enough
             to
             cope
             with
             their
             Governours
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           to
           have
           met
           with
           this
           Tenent
           in
           Doleman
           :
           but
           you
           may
           find
           it
           in
           another
           Book
           written
           by
           Parsons
           ,
           which
           he
           called
           Philopater
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           it
           not
           by
           me
           at
           present
           to
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           particular
           place
           .
        
         
         
           I
           confess
           too
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Parsons
           single
           conceit
           for
           that
           notorious
           and
           swinging
           J●suite
           ,
           Cardinal
           Bellarmine
           saith
           ,
           
           
             That
             if
             Christians
             in
             the
             Primitive
             times
             did
             not
             Depose
          
           Nero
           and
           Diocletian
           ,
           and
           Julian
           the
           Apostate
           ,
           and
           Valens
           the
           Arian
           ,
           
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             it
             was
             because
             the
             Christians
             had
             not
             strength
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           In
           like
           manner
           another
           Jesuite
           ,
           Azorius
           ,
           giving
           a
           Reason
           why
           the
           Antient
           Popes
           dealt
           not
           roughly
           with
           Princes
           ,
           
           ●●ith
           ,
           
             It
             was
             because
             they
             wanted
             strength
             .
          
        
         
           I
           own
           too
           ,
           that
           Buchanan
           spake
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             jure
             regni
             apud
             Scotos
          
           :
           and
           whether
           Buchanan
           did
           borrow
           this
           Notion
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           or
           the
           Jesuites
           borrowed
           it
           of
           Buchanan
           ,
           others
           are
           concern'd
           to
           dispute
           it
           out
           .
           This
           is
           evident●
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Jesuitical
           Notion
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           add
           ,
           a
           Notion
           which
           others
           even
           of
           the
           Popish
           Clergy
           did
           detest
           when
           it
           was
           first
           broached
           ,
           as
           being
           utterly
           against
           the
           constant
           sense
           of
           the
           whole
           Catholick
           Church
           .
        
         
           Yet
           the
           late
           angry
           Author
           of
           Julian
           the
           Apostate
           confidently
           runs
           upon
           this
           very
           Notion
           .
           For
           speaking
           of
           the
           submission
           of
           Christians
           under
           Julian
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             What
             would
             men
             have
             a
             few
             Defenceless
             Christians
             do
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             lost
             all
             their
             strength
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             of
             their
             Numbers
             ?
          
           p.
           94.
           
           
             Have
             they
             never
             heard
             a
             West-Country
             man
             say
             ,
             Chud
             eat
             Cheese
             an
             Chad
             it
             .
          
        
         
           By
           applying
           which
           Boorish
           Proverb
           to
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           our
           Author
           doth
           seem
           to
           intimate
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           had
           had
           Strength
           and
           Numbers
           sufficient
           ,
           Rebellion
           would
           have
           been
           as
           welcom
           to
           them
           as
           their
           very
           Food
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           as
           gladly
           have
           resisted
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           have
           relieved
           their
           Hunger
           :
           but
           it
           seems
           they
           wanted
           Cheese
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           do
           what
           they
           had
           a
           mind
           and
           stomach
           to
           do
           .
           A
           most
           Monstrous
           expression
           from
           the
           Pen
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           of
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           of
           a
           Clergy-man
           !
        
         
           For
           ,
           first
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           false
           :
           because
           it
           is
           notorious
           ,
           that
           Julians
           own
           Army
           consisted
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Christians
           ,
           (
           if
           their
           Religion
           and
           Consciences
           would
           have
           given
           them
           leave
           )
           could
           soon
           have
           done
           the
           Emperors
           work
           ,
           when
           their
           Swords
           were
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           and
           Julian
           was
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Field
           .
           In
           those
           
           days
           the
           Numbers
           of
           Pagans
           were
           inconsiderable
           in
           comparison
           .
           For
           Christianity
           gained
           ground
           every
           day
           at
           such
           a
           strange
           rate
           ,
           that
           (
           before
           Julians
           time
           )
           St.
           Cyprian
           tells
           us
           ,
           the
           Heathens
           were
           Overmatcht
           by
           Christians
           :
           for
           (
           said
           he
           to
           the
           Proconsul
           of
           Africa
           )
           
             None
             of
             us
             resisteth
          
           ,
           
           
             when
             he
             is
             apprehended
             ,
             nor
             revengeth
             himself
             against
             your
             Unjust
             Violence
             ,
             although
             the
             men
             of
             our
             side
             be
             Numerous
             and
             more
             than
             enough
             to
             revenge
             themselves
             .
          
           And
           before
           St.
           
             Cyprian
             ,
             Tertullian
          
           boasted
           of
           the
           great
           Numbers
           and
           Strength
           of
           Christians
           .
           Of
           which
           ,
           (
           to
           omit
           other
           pregnant
           instances
           )
           that
           passage
           in
           his
           Apologetick
           is
           a
           clear
           Demonstration
           .
           For
           saith
           he
           to
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           
             Had
             we
             (
             Christians
             )
             a
             mind
             to
             do
             like
             Enemies
             ,
             could
             we
             want
             Numbers
             or
             Armies
             ?
             such
             Foreigners
             as
             we
             are
             accounted
             ,
             we
             have
             filled
             all
             that
             belongs
             to
             you
             ,
             your
             Cities
             ,
             Islands
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             Towns
             ,
             Camps
             ,
             Tribes
             ,
             your
             Palace
             ,
             Senate
             ,
             Courts
             :
             we
             have
             left
             your
             Temples
             only
             to
             your selves
             .
             We
             who
             are
             thus
             willingly
             killed
             ,
             what
             War
             were
             we
             not
             fit
             ,
             not
             ready
             for
             ,
             but
             that
             by
             our
             Religion
             it
             is
             permitted
             us
             rather
             to
             be
             killed
             ,
             than
             to
             slay
             ?
             We
             could
             have
             fought
             against
             you
             even
             without
             the
             help
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             without
             being
             actual
             Rebels
             ,
             only
             by
             standing
             out
             ,
             and
             holding
             off
             from
             your
             Assistance
             ,
             out
             of
             spight
             for
             being
             severed
             from
             your
             Fellowships
             and
             Societies
             (
             for
             so
             I
             understand
             those
             words
             ,
             
               solius
               divortii
               invidia
            
             .
             )
          
        
         
           These
           Testimonies
           alone
           do
           plainly
           shew
           the
           horrible
           falshood
           of
           that
           Jesuitical
           Notion
           ,
           which
           this
           Author
           hath
           entertained
           ,
           and
           is
           pleased
           to
           revive
           .
           And
           were
           this
           all
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           so
           much
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           add
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           pretence
           which
           casteth
           such
           a
           Disgrace
           ,
           such
           a
           reproach
           ,
           such
           a
           scandal
           upon
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           that
           you
           can
           hardly
           find
           any
           thing
           to
           compare
           with
           it
           (
           unless
           it
           be
           the
           lewdness
           of
           a
           certain
           virulent
           scribler
           ,
           that
           pretending
           to
           write
           a
           Church-History
           ,
           hath
           Calumniated
           the
           Christian
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           a
           Race
           of
           the
           most
           Blood-thirsty
           and
           wicked
           men
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           )
           what
           would
           not
           a
           Celsus
           ,
           or
           a
           Porphyry
           ,
           or
           Julian
           have
           given
           for
           a
           Clergy-man
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           given
           it
           under
           his
           hand
           ,
           that
           Christians
           were
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           wanted
           only
           strength
           and
           opportunity
           to
           be
           Rebels
           ?
           
           such
           a
           man
           would
           have
           done
           most
           rema●kable
           service
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Infidels
           and
           Blasphemers
           :
           For
           then
           they
           would
           have
           had
           some
           Reason
           and
           Authority
           for
           such
           Di●bolical
           sugg●stions
           as
           these
           .
           1.
           
           That
           when
           Christ
           said
           to
           his
           Disciples
           .
           
             Render
             to
             Caesar
             the
             things
             which
             are
             Caesars
             ,
          
           he
           was
           nevertheless
           Caesars
           Enemy
           ,
           being
           supposed
           to
           mean
           ,
           
             T'ill
             you
             can
             help
             your selves
             ,
             and
             can
             be
             able
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             to
             be
             revenged
             upon
             the
             Emperor
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           when
           the
           Apostles
           commanded
           Christians
           to
           
             Honour
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             Obey
             Magistrates
             ,
             to
             be
             Subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             only
             for
             Wrath
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             Conscience-sake
             ,
          
           yet
           nevertheless
           they
           Disse●bled
           and
           plaid
           the
           Hypocrites
           ,
           being
           supposed
           to
           mean
           ,
           that
           Christi●ns
           should
           be
           Civil
           to
           the
           Government
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           and
           till
           time
           served
           ,
           and
           for
           fear
           only
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           be
           subject
           till
           th●y
           were
           ●ble
           to
           Rebel
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           be
           damned
           for
           resisting
           ,
           unless
           they
           could
           resist
           to
           some
           purpose
           .
           3.
           
           Whereas
           the
           Ancient
           Christians
           universally
           acknowledged
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Emperor
             was
             the
             Vicegerent
             and
             Minister
             of
             God
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             inferiour
             to
             God
             alone
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             Julian
             himself
             reigned
             by
             Gods
             Authority
             ,
             as
             well
             as
          
           Constantine
           ;
           the
           Pagans
           would
           have
           lookt
           upon
           all
           these
           Professions
           to
           have
           been
           gross
           falsifications
           and
           lies
           ,
           had
           a
           Church-man
           but
           insinuated
           ,
           how
           that
           it
           was
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           lawfully
           Fore-close
           or
           Dethrone
           Princes
           when
           they
           had
           Power
           ;
           and
           nothing
           could
           have
           served
           more
           ●ffectually
           to
           render
           Christians
           odious
           ,
           and
           Christianity
           it self
           Abominable
           .
           4.
           
           Whereas
           the
           simplicity
           of
           Religion
           was
           so
           much
           Preached
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           simplicity
           of
           its
           Professors
           was
           so
           much
           admired
           ,
           that
           '
           ●was
           the
           great
           Honour
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           those
           days
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           hated
           as
           meer
           Parasites
           and
           Hypocrites
           ,
           should
           they
           have
           doubled
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           and
           the
           Heathens
           would
           have
           scoff'd
           and
           steer'd
           at
           their
           Profession
           of
           Loyal●y
           (
           as
           this
           Author
           doth
           at
           the
           Doctrine
           touching
           Prayers
           and
           Tears
           ,
           pag.
           30.
           )
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           Quackery
           and
           Mountebank-craft
           .
        
         
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           all
           those
           in
           this
           Age
           who
           have
           no
           kindness
           for
           Religion
           ,
           will
           make
           a
           great
           use
           of
           this
           Authors
           insinuations
           ,
           and
           hereafter
           upon
           his
           credit
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           were
           in
           their
           hearts
           so
           many
           Cut-throats
           and
           Rebels
           ,
           whatever
           they
           pretended
           to
           the
           contrary
           while
           they
           wanted
           strength
           :
           and
           if
           this
           be
           not
           a
           scandal
           thrown
           upon
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           a
           reproach
           cast
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           and
           an
           horrible
           reflection
           made
           upon
           the
           very
           Founder
           and
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           is
           .
        
         
         
           And
           since
           this
           Person
           hath
           been
           pleased
           thus
           to
           disparage
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           to
           ridicule
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           by
           Drolling
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           at
           all
           wonder
           that
           he
           h●th
           taken
           the
           confidence
           also
           ,
           to
           fall
           so
           foul
           upon
           Dr.
           Hicks
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           both
           his
           Integrity
           and
           his
           Learning
           into
           Question
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           his
           Integrity
           .
           For
           he
           plainly
           intimates
           his
           suspition
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Doctor
           in
           his
           Sermon
           on
           the
           30th
           of
           January
           Preached
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Passive
           Ob●dience
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           a
           secret
           design
           
             to
             wheedle
             men
             out
             of
             their
             Lives
             :
          
           that
           he
           taught
           such
           Doctrine
           as
           
             is
             fit
             to
             turn
             a
             Nation
             into
             shambles
             ,
             and
             enough
             to
             tempt
             and
             invite
             Tyranny
             and
             Cruelty
             into
             the
             World
             ,
          
           pag.
           88.
           
           Nay
           ,
           he
           declareth
           his
           fears
           ,
           that
           this
           
             Doctrine
             was
             calculated
             and
             fitted
             on
             purpose
             for
             the
             use
             of
             a
             Popish
             Successor
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             us
             an
             easier
             prey
             to
             the
             Bloody
             Papists
             ,
          
           pag.
           89.
           
        
         
           In
           such
           times
           as
           these
           ,
           when
           it
           may
           soon
           cost
           any
           man
           his
           Life
           to
           lye
           under
           the
           displeasure
           of
           the
           Rabble
           ,
           could
           this
           Author
           have
           any
           but
           a
           Black
           and
           Malicious
           design
           ,
           in
           thus
           exposing
           a
           worthy
           Person
           to
           their
           Hatred
           and
           Fury
           ?
        
         
           Dr.
           Hicks
           is
           better
           known
           than
           to
           be
           suspected
           by
           any
           but
           ill
           men
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           see
           what
           Reason
           even
           such
           men
           can
           have
           to
           suspect
           his
           Integrity
           for
           that
           Sermon
           .
           For
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           purport
           of
           the
           day
           enough
           to
           excuse
           and
           justifie
           him
           ?
           Or
           could
           a
           man
           Preach
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           Passive
           Obedience
           more
           seasonably
           than
           on
           that
           day
           ?
           If
           you
           please
           to
           consult
           the
           Office
           appointed
           for
           that
           day
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           that
           the
           Epistle
           ordered
           to
           be
           read
           contains
           and
           inculcates
           that
           very
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           I
           wonder
           how
           it
           should
           escap●
           this
           Authors
           Observation
           ,
           if
           he
           useth
           to
           be
           at
           Church
           on
           the
           Anniversary
           of
           the
           Kings
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           The
           Doctors
           business
           was
           to
           Preach
           submission
           to
           our
           lawful
           Governours
           .
           This
           every
           Clergy-man
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           every
           honest
           Clergy-man
           will
           do
           ,
           that
           loves
           and
           regards
           his
           Flock
           ,
           and
           is
           careful
           to
           give
           them
           wholsom
           food
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           from
           the
           Bane
           ,
           (
           for
           it
           seems
           the
           Sermon
           was
           Preacht
           a
           year
           before
           in
           his
           own
           ●arish
           ,
           where
           he
           Resides
           .
           )
           Now
           ,
           could
           the
           Doctor
           pursue
           this
           good
           Design
           better
           than
           by
           shewing
           what
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           Christ
           himself
           was
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           how
           agreeable
           thereunto
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           was
           ?
           Since
           therefore
           that
           Blessed
           Prince
           was
           Resisted
           and
           Murder'd
           by
           men
           ,
           
           whose
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           were
           of
           a
           far
           different
           nature
           and
           utterly
           inconsistent
           with
           Christianity
           ,
           how
           could
           the
           Doctor
           chuse
           (
           unless
           he
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Tergiversator
           )
           but
           take
           notice
           thereof
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           difference
           by
           making
           a
           Comparison
           ?
        
         
           And
           why
           should
           this
           be
           construed
           ,
           as
           a
           Design
           to
           serve
           the
           turn
           of
           a
           Popish
           Successor
           ?
           Surely
           the
           Doctor
           had
           no
           need
           to
           look
           so
           far
           :
           For
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           believe
           ,
           upon
           this
           Authors
           Principle
           ,
           what
           some
           would
           be
           doing
           even
           now
           ,
           had
           they
           but
           opportunity
           and
           Power
           :
           They
           have
           plainly
           shewn
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           read
           the
           West-Country-Proverb
           on
           their
           Grinns
           ,
           
             Chud
             eat
             Cheese
             an
             chad
             it
             .
          
           But
           whatever
           these
           are
           for
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ought
           to
           be
           for
           Obedience
           and
           Peace
           ;
           and
           I
           wish
           that
           the
           C●nstitution
           of
           our
           present
           times
           were
           such
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           might
           think
           it
           an
           Unnecessary
           and
           Impertinent
           thing
           ,
           to
           preach
           against
           Resisting
           even
           a
           Protestant
           Prince
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Besides
           this
           ,
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           disparage
           the
           Doctors
           Learning
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           better
           versed
           in
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Histories
           of
           England
           and
           had
           been
           behold●n
           to
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           for
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           Truly
           I
           think
           this
           Gentleman
           may
           well
           forgive
           the
           injury
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           abused
           with
           this
           complement
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           compare
           with
           the
           Doctor
           for
           his
           Readings
           .
           But
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           what
           Books
           soever
           he
           hath
           been
           poring
           into
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           read
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           not
           considered
           )
           some
           of
           the
           Doctors
           .
           For
           in
           the
           Dedication
           of
           that
           Controverted
           Sermon
           ,
           he
           tells
           that
           excellent
           good
           man
           ,
           the
           pr●sent
           Lord
           Mayor
           ,
           
             that
             he
             had
             made
             it
             a
             year
             ago
             ,
          
           (
           before
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           came
           abroad
           )
           and
           that
           since
           he
           had
           made
           that
           Discourse
           ;
           New
           Collections
           had
           been
           made
           (
           meaning
           those
           Sayings
           )
           but
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           I
           have
           added
           very
           little
           ,
           contenting
           my self
           with
           what
           I
           had
           before
           provided
           out
           of
           their
           Originals
           .
           He
           seems
           to
           have
           mentioned
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           ,
           not
           upon
           his
           own
           account
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           beholden
           to
           those
           Collections
           himself
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           the
           Readers
           sake
           ,
           to
           direct
           him
           where
           he
           might
           find
           many
           more
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           with
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           Dr.
           Hicks
           his
           several
           Citations
           in
           his
           
             Peculium
             Dei
          
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           only
           framed
           ,
           but
           Printed
           before
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           ,
           do
           sufficiently
           shew
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctor
           had
           no
           need
           to
           consult
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Into
           the
           bargain
           there
           was
           Printed
           about
           three
           years
           ago
           a
           very
           Useful
           Book
           (
           which
           I
           would
           recommend
           to
           you
           )
           whereof
           Dr.
           Hicks
           is
           on
           all
           hands
           taken
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Author
           ,
           )
           't
           is
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Popery
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           the
           Animadversions
           up
           and
           down
           in
           th●t
           Book
           upon
           the
           Speeches
           of
           Kid
           and
           King
           ,
           give
           abundant
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctor
           had
           been
           long
           conversant
           with
           the
           Phanatical
           Originals
           ,
           and
           the
           Histories
           which
           give
           an
           account
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           will
           not
           think
           himself
           dishonoured
           ,
           should
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           this
           Book
           furnisht
           him
           with
           some
           Materials
           .
           But
           suppose
           (
           which
           is
           common
           among
           Writers
           )
           that
           Dr.
           Hicks
           had
           borrowed
           some
           Hints
           from
           Mr.
           
             L'
             Estrange
          
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           
             L'
             Estrange
          
           had
           borrowed
           others
           of
           Dr.
           Hicks
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           for
           one
           honest
           man
           to
           borrow
           of
           another
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           far
           more
           Reputable
           than
           for
           a
           true
           Protestant
           to
           borrow
           of
           a
           true
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           his
           Creditor
           and
           Friend
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Doctor
           had
           justly
           Arraigned
           the
           Author
           of
           
             the
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           ,
           for
           having
           stoln
           his
           Pamphlet
           out
           of
           Doleman
           (
           the
           Book
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Doctor
           in
           his
           Sermon
           calls
           ,
           
             The
             most
             pestilent
             and
             dangerous
             piece
             ,
             that
             ever
             was
             written
             against
             this
             Government
             ,
          
           p.
           28
           .
           )
           Julian
           took
           snuff
           at
           this
           ,
           that
           a
           seditious
           Pamphleteer
           was
           discovered
           to
           have
           been
           trading
           with
           a
           wretched
           Jesuit
           .
           And
           yet
           he
           confesseth
           it
           
             to
             be
             possible
             to
             write
             an
             History
             of
             the
             Succession
             without
             borrowing
             from
          
           Doleman
           ,
           p.
           60.
           
           Very
           good
           :
           And
           why
           then
           did
           not
           that
           Pamphleteer
           do
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           was
           he
           so
           Ill-advised
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           beholden
           to
           a
           Jesuit
           at
           all
           ?
           Or
           why
           was
           he
           so
           Immodest
           ,
           as
           to
           borrow
           his
           whole
           stock
           ?
           Or
           why
           was
           he
           so
           disingenuous
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           own
           his
           Benefactor
           ,
           in
           whose
           Book
           he
           had
           run
           a
           Tick
           thus
           ?
           Or
           ,
           why
           was
           he
           so
           Impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           pretend
           ,
           that
           this
           Pamphlet
           was
           written
           by
           a
           Protestant
           hand
           ,
           when
           't
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Closet
           of
           Father
           Parsons
           ?
           All
           that
           Julian
           saith
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           
             't
             is
             impossible
             to
             write
             an
             History
             of
             the
             Succession
             ,
             without
             having
             a
             great
             many
             passages
             which
          
           Doleman
           
             has
             got
             into
             his
             Book
          
           ibid.
           But
           ,
           by
           his
           good
           leave
           ,
           't
           is
           possible
           to
           write
           one
           History
           without
           stealing
           out
           of
           another
           .
           'T
           is
           possible
           to
           imitate
           a
           Book
           ,
           without
           Transcribing
           it
           .
           'T
           is
           possible
           to
           observe
           another
           mans
           Method
           ,
           without
           running
           upon
           his
           Principles
           .
           'T
           is
           possible
           to
           
           treat
           of
           his
           Matter
           without
           using
           his
           Fancy
           ,
           and
           to
           pursue
           his
           Design
           without
           using
           his
           Phrase
           :
           This
           is
           as
           possible
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           possible
           for
           me
           to
           follow
           a
           Leader
           though
           I
           do
           not
           tread
           in
           his
           very
           steps
           .
           But
           let
           an
           indiff●rent
           person
           compared
           Doleman
           with
           the
           
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           find
           such
           an
           exact
           agreement
           ,
           not
           only
           between
           the
           Method
           ,
           Matter
           ,
           and
           Scope
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           but
           also
           between
           the
           Principles
           ,
           Expressions
           ,
           Arguments
           ,
           Instanc●s
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           in
           b●th
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           world
           be
           full
           of
           Histories
           ,
           yet
           you
           shall
           not
           find
           any
           two
           ,
           that
           do
           so
           exactly
           jump
           together
           ,
           as
           Doleman
           and
           the
           
             History
             of
             Succession
          
           do
           unless
           they
           be
           Abridgments
           or
           Transcripts
           .
           )
           So
           that
           a
           man
           may
           well
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Pamphleteer
           had
           a
           design
           ,
           not
           to
           write
           a
           new
           piece
           ,
           but
           new
           Vamp
           an
           old
           one
           ;
           and
           to
           put
           a
           damned
           J●suit
           into
           such
           a
           new
           Dress
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           appear
           in
           the
           world
           like
           a
           true
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           things
           considered
           duly
           ,
           I
           may
           Infer
           ,
           that
           since
           there
           is
           now
           adays
           such
           Fresh
           Trading
           and
           Trucking
           with
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           it
           is
           high
           time
           for
           every
           honest
           man
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           make
           a
           Pause
           ,
           and
           consider
           seriously
           whose
           hands
           we
           are
           in
           ,
           
             &c.
             p.
          
           27.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           high
           time
           for
           all
           the
           honest
           men
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           consider
           whose
           hands
           we
           
             are
             in
          
           :
           And
           I
           am
           glad
           ,
           that
           you
           begin
           to
           consider
           what
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           these
           are
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           a
           pretended
           zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           ,
           take
           such
           an
           extravagant
           course
           as
           they
           do
           .
           What
           ,
           is
           there
           no
           way
           to
           prevent
           Popery
           ,
           but
           by
           planting
           Jesuitism
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           way
           to
           uphold
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           fetch
           Shoars
           and
           Buttresses
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ?
           Have
           we
           not
           good
           store
           of
           wholsom
           Lews
           on
           our
           side
           ?
           Is
           not
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Nation
           so
           set
           against
           Popery
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           as
           soon
           be
           persuaded
           to
           turn
           Turks
           ?
           Is
           not
           our
           Church
           so
           firmly
           Establisht
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           be
           but
           Faithful
           to
           Her
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           that
           Scarlet
           Whore
           (
           with
           whom
           so
           many
           Princes
           have
           committed
           Forni●ation
           )
           ever
           to
           have
           again
           Joynture
           or
           Dower
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           this
           ,
           are
           we
           not
           sure
           ,
           that
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           God
           will
           be
           over
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           but
           careful
           to
           commit
           our selves
           to
           him
           in
           well-doing
           ?
           But
           't
           is
           observable
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           in
           all
           their
           Writings
           take
           so
           little
           notice
           of
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           a
           sober
           man
           may
           Reasonably
           suspect
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           not
           in
           all
           their
           thoughts
           .
           They
           begin
           at
           the
           wrong
           end
           ,
           and
           thinking
           that
           all
           must
           be
           done
           by
           Humane
           Arts
           and
           Policy
           ,
           even
           rake
           Hell
           and
           scum
           the
           Devil
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           were
           
           an
           effectual
           course
           to
           preserve
           the
           true
           Religion
           and
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Setting
           aside
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Vow
           of
           blind
           Obedience
           ,
           tell
           me
           wherein
           these
           men
           differ
           from
           the
           Disciples
           of
           
             Ignatius
             Loyola
          
           ?
           Why
           ,
           only
           these
           are
           Popish
           ,
           and
           they
           Protestant
           Jesuits
           .
        
         
           "
           Of
           all
           Sects
           and
           Religions
           (
           saith
           Father
           Watson
           )
           the
           Jesuit
           and
           the
           Puritan
           come
           nearest
           ,
           
           and
           are
           fittest
           to
           be
           coupled
           like
           Dogs
           and
           Cats
           together
           .
           And
           so
           he
           goes
           on
           comparing
           them
           ,
           and
           making
           both
           of
           them
           equally
           alike
           for
           their
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           for
           their
           Conspiracies
           ,
           for
           their
           Schismatical
           humour
           ,
           for
           their
           malice
           against
           Bishops
           ,
           for
           their
           Insolence
           and
           Disobedience
           to
           Government
           ,
           for
           their
           violation
           of
           Oaths
           ,
           for
           their
           Commonwealth-opinions
           ,
           for
           their
           Tyranny
           and
           Usurping
           a
           Power
           over
           Princes
           ,
           for
           their
           Conforming
           to
           the
           Laws
           sometimes
           to
           serve
           a
           Turn
           ,
           for
           their
           Dispensing
           with
           one
           another
           in
           case
           of
           Occasional
           Communion
           and
           Occasional
           Perjury
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           instanceth
           in
           no
           less
           than
           twenty
           four
           points
           ;
           a
           full
           Double
           Jury
           (
           if
           that
           would
           do
           any
           good
           )
           by
           which
           if
           you
           try
           both
           Factions
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           as
           they
           came
           into
           the
           world
           much
           about
           a
           time
           ,
           so
           they
           have
           been
           sworn
           Brethren
           from
           the
           Womb.
           
        
         
           But
           he
           abuseth
           the
           old
           moderate
           Puritans
           ,
           for
           't
           was
           only
           some
           Rigid
           men
           among
           them
           that
           were
           so
           Ill-natured
           ,
           so
           Imperious
           ,
           and
           such
           Thorns
           and
           Goads
           in
           their
           Governours
           sides
           .
           However
           ,
           one
           Faction
           has
           hither
           so
           shifted
           it self
           into
           another
           ,
           that
           the
           old
           Puritan
           ,
           that
           was
           peaceable
           and
           fair-conditioned
           ,
           is
           quite
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           he
           has
           been
           long
           ago
           lost
           in
           the
           Presbyterian
           ,
           and
           the
           Presbyterian
           too
           is
           upon
           the
           matter
           lost
           in
           the
           Independent
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           are
           so
           lost
           in
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           go
           to
           unkennel
           the
           Fox
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           even
           Lay
           whether
           you
           hunt
           a
           Jesuit
           or
           a
           Whig
           .
        
         
           What
           an
           odd
           thing
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           turn
           Jesuits
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           Papists
           ?
           As
           I
           am
           an
           honest
           man
           ,
           't
           is
           matter
           of
           great
           Astonishment
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           horrid
           scandal
           to
           Religion
           ,
           that
           people
           should
           pretend
           such
           zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Faith
           ,
           and
           yet
           infect
           themselves
           with
           such
           Jesuitical
           Principles
           .
        
         
         
           We
           Rusticks
           are
           wont
           ,
           when
           we
           plant
           an
           Orchard
           ,
           to
           observe
           this
           Rule
           generally
           ,
           to
           graft
           a
           better
           sort
           of
           fruit
           upon
           a
           worse
           ,
           as
           we
           use
           to
           graft
           an
           Apple
           upon
           a
           Crab.
           H●d
           these
           men
           taken
           this
           course
           ,
           and
           have
           studied
           Melioration
           (
           as
           our
           term
           of
           Art
           is
           )
           they
           would
           not
           have
           grafted
           the
           Jesuit
           upon
           the
           Protestant
           ,
           but
           the
           Protestant
           upon
           the
           J●suit
           :
           Then
           they
           would
           have
           ●hewn
           their
           good
           Husbandry
           ,
           and
           good
           Fruit
           would
           have
           come
           of
           their
           Labours
           .
        
         
           But
           they
           do
           not
           go
           according
           to
           the
           Rule
           :
           And
           then
           they
           say
           ,
           they
           act
           according
           to
           their
           Consciences
           .
           Now
           Cons●ience
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           Right
           and
           Honest
           ,
           observe
           ,
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           great
           Husbandman
           :
           But
           when
           men
           overlook
           the
           directions
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           act
           according
           to
           their
           Humours
           ,
           or
           according
           to
           the
           Humours
           ,
           or
           seeming
           Interest
           of
           a
           Party
           ,
           then
           Conscience
           makes
           m●d
           work
           ,
           and
           proves
           a
           meer
           Ignoramus
           ,
           for
           it
           ever
           grafteth
           the
           Crab
           way
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           cometh
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           D●mn●ble
           deal
           of
           sowre
           fruit
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           hath
           set
           the
           teeth
           of
           all
           honest
           men
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           on
           edge
           .
           For
           when
           once
           men
           are
           Jesuited
           ,
           they
           will
           never
           stick
           at
           any
           manner
           of
           wickedness
           .
           Lying
           ,
           Libelling
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Dishonesty
           ,
           D●faming
           of
           Government
           ,
           Disobedience
           to
           Laws
           ,
           Obstruction
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           how
           many
           Vices
           more
           ,
           they
           have
           now
           lost
           the
           name
           of
           Sins
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           the
           Honourable
           Characters
           of
           som●
           ,
           who
           are
           pleased
           (
           by
           a
           figure
           )
           to
           call
           themselves
           True
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           For
           you
           may
           easily
           observe
           ,
           that
           mens
           Scruples
           now
           lie
           one
           way
           only
           ,
           viz.
           about
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           little
           things
           pertaining
           to
           Order
           and
           Decency
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           little
           or
           no
           scruple
           about
           Immorality
           ;
           they
           Protest
           against
           Conformity
           ,
           but
           not
           against
           Knav●ry
           .
           They
           will
           condemn
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Sacrament
           as
           a
           damnable
           sin
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           guilty
           of
           it
           themselves
           to
           serve
           an
           End
           :
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           tremble
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           blessed
           Sacrament
           of
           Christs
           Body
           and
           Bloud
           should
           be
           used
           only
           as
           a
           Politick
           Tool
           ,
           to
           capacitate
           men
           to
           be
           Potent
           Villains
           .
        
         
           Are
           not
           these
           Dainty
           Conscientious
           men
           ,
           who
           can
           thus
           play
           fast
           and
           loose
           with
           their
           Consciences
           ?
           And
           who
           have
           got
           such
           a
           perfect
           mastery
           over
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           set
           them
           a
           whining
           ,
           or
           put
           them
           to
           sleep
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           a
           friendly
           job
           be
           to
           be
           done
           at
           Guild-hall
           or
           the
           Sessions-house
           ,
           poor
           Dame
           Conscience
           
           is
           commanded
           to
           lie
           quiet
           behind
           the
           door
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           business
           is
           over
           ,
           then
           she
           is
           taken
           up
           again
           to
           Pewk
           the
           next
           Sunday
           at
           the
           very
           sight
           of
           a
           Surplice
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           if
           you
           think
           me
           somewhat
           sharp
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           your
           Excuse
           ,
           because
           nothing
           is
           more
           hateful
           to
           me
           ,
           than
           a
           Conscience
           that
           is
           Tender
           in
           Part
           only
           ;
           a
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           is
           much
           like
           an
           Animal
           in
           your
           Garden
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           a
           Tortoise
           ;
           a
           Creature
           that
           is
           so
           very
           Nice
           and
           Tender
           in
           some
           parts
           ,
           that
           it
           shrinks
           up
           it self
           presently
           ,
           if
           you
           touch
           it
           with
           a
           Straw
           ;
           but
           yet
           is
           wrapt
           up
           in
           such
           a
           deadly
           hard
           ,
           crusty
           shell
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           drive
           Horses
           and
           Carts
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           hurt
           it
           .
           And
           really
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           considering
           with
           my self
           ,
           how
           mighty
           shy
           and
           scrupulous
           some
           are
           in
           things
           which
           are
           of
           an
           inconsiderable
           nature
           ,
           (
           but
           Straws
           in
           comparison
           )
           and
           yet
           what
           little
           impression
           the
           weighty
           things
           of
           the
           Law
           make
           upon
           them
           ,
           I
           thought
           presently
           of
           your
           Tortoise
           ;
           and
           was
           minded
           (
           but
           that
           I
           do
           not
           care
           to
           give
           Names
           )
           to
           call
           that
           a
           Tortoise
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           some
           call
           a
           Tender
           ,
           a
           True-Protestant
           ,
           and
           an
           Ignoramus-Conscience
           .
        
         
           You
           need
           not
           wonder
           at
           all
           this
           ,
           since
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           they
           have
           grafted
           the
           Crab
           upon
           the
           Apple
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           Jesuit
           upon
           the
           Protestant
           :
           For
           no
           good
           can
           ever
           be
           expected
           ,
           where
           Dolemans
           Principles
           are
           suckt
           in
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           how
           basely
           Partial
           these
           Folks
           are
           in
           their
           ordinary
           Censures
           :
           For
           let
           a
           man
           be
           a
           true
           Friend
           to
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Established
           Government
           ,
           and
           presently
           (
           forsooth
           )
           he
           is
           a
           Papist
           .
           Let
           him
           Kneel
           at
           the
           Rails
           in
           a
           Chancel
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           a
           Papist
           .
           Let
           him
           be
           for
           the
           use
           of
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           or
           for
           reading
           part
           of
           the
           Communion-Service
           at
           the
           Communion-Table
           ,
           and
           h●
           is
           a
           Papist
           .
           Let
           him
           refuse
           to
           do
           evil
           that
           good
           may
           come
           though
           that
           was
           St.
           Pauls
           way
           )
           and
           he
           is
           called
           a
           Papist
           .
           Or
           let
           him
           be
           for
           Subjection
           to
           a
           Lawful
           Prince
           ,
           and
           (
           when
           time
           serves
           )
           for
           Passive
           O●edience
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           a
           Papist
           with
           a
           witness
           .
           But
           let
           these
           men
           profess
           the
           Faith
           and
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           let
           them
           Lie
           and
           Equivocate
           like
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           let
           them
           violate
           Oaths
           ,
           or
           Conster
           them
           in
           the●r
           own
           sense
           like
           the
           J●suits
           ;
           let
           them
           Dispense
           with
           one
           another
           in
           doing
           any
           wickedness
           that
           is
           serviceable
           to
           their
           Cause
           (
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           do
           )
           yet
           who
           but
           they
           the
           True
           Protestants
           ?
           The
           only
           Patrons
           of
           their
           Country
           ?
           The
           brav●
           Assertors
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
        
         
         
           That
           Learned
           and
           great
           man
           Bishop
           Sanderson
           hath
           in
           one
           of
           his
           incomparable
           Sermons
           this
           following
           passage
           :
           
           
             I
             remember
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             to
             have
             read
             long
             since
             a
             Story
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Popes
             (
             but
             who
             the
             man
             was
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             particular
             occasion
             I
             cannot
             now
             recal
             to
             mind
             )
             that
             having
             ,
             in
             a
             Consultation
             with
             some
             of
             his
             Cardinals
             ,
             proposed
             unto
             them
             the
             course
             himself
             had
             thought
             of
             for
             the
             setling
             of
             some
             present
             Affairs
             to
             his
             most
             advantage
             ,
             when
             one
             of
             the
             Cardinals
             told
             him
             ,
             He
             might
             not
             go
             that
             way
             because
             it
             was
             not
             according
             to
             Justice
             ;
             he
             made
             answer
             again
             ,
             That
             though
             it
             might
             not
             be
             done
             
               per
               viam
               Justitiae
            
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             to
             be
             done
             
               per
               viam
               Expedientiae
            
             .
          
           The
           Pope
           thought
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           was
           lawful
           for
           him
           to
           do
           ,
           that
           was
           but
           expedient
           for
           his
           Turn
           and
           Interest
           .
        
         
           Are
           not
           our
           Factious
           men
           now
           clearly
           of
           that
           Popes
           Persuasion
           ;
           (
           goodly
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           !
           )
           Do
           they
           not
           break
           over
           all
           bounds
           of
           Justice
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           expedient
           for
           them
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           Plead
           or
           Contemn
           the
           Laws
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           for
           them
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           Obey
           or
           Disobey
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           cry
           up
           or
           cry
           down
           Parliaments
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           most
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           go
           to
           a
           Church
           or
           a
           Conventicle
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           Receive
           or
           Refuse
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           avoid
           or
           stickle
           for
           Offices
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           observe
           or
           violate
           Oaths
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           shake
           hands
           with
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           or
           give
           him
           a
           kick
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expedient
           ?
        
         
           And
           yet
           these
           men
           would
           persuade
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Plot
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           though
           Doleman
           be
           brought
           to
           life
           again
           :
           just
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           pretended
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Plot
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           though
           they
           plaid
           the
           like
           Pranks
           ,
           and
           disseminated
           the
           like
           Principles
           ,
           when
           Doleman
           saw
           the
           light
           first
           .
        
         
           I
           accuse
           no
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           Faction
           have
           no
           villanous
           Design
           in
           hand
           ,
           they
           are
           damnable
           Fools
           to
           make
           such
           broad
           signs
           ,
           and
           have
           damnable
           ill
           luck
           to
           have
           so
           many
           ugly
           Marks
           upon
           them
           .
           For
           what
           courses
           have
           they
           omitted
           ,
           which
           a
           cunning
           Achitophel
           would
           think
           necessary
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           supposing
           that
           there
           were
           a
           design
           to
           subvert
           our
           present
           Government
           ?
        
         
         
           As
           little
           a
           Politician
           as
           I
           am
           ,
           yet
           were
           I
           a
           great
           man
           ,
           and
           could
           I
           suffer
           my self
           to
           be
           an
           Ill
           Subject
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           more
           effectual
           course
           could
           be
           taken
           to
           rend
           all
           into
           pieces
           than
           this
           :
           First
           ,
           I
           would
           make
           my self
           Popular
           ,
           and
           would
           curry
           favour
           with
           City
           and
           Country
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           be
           a
           very
           Consciencious
           man
           ,
           and
           a
           zealous
           Protestant
           ,
           whether
           I
           had
           any
           thing
           of
           Conscience
           or
           Religion
           in
           me
           ,
           or
           no.
           My
           next
           care
           should
           be
           ,
           the
           Populace
           having
           entertained
           a
           great
           opinion
           of
           me
           ,
           to
           tell
           my
           Fellow-Subjects
           and
           Admirers
           ,
           that
           Kings
           are
           not
           such
           great
           men
           ,
           nor
           Kingly
           Government
           such
           a
           great
           matter
           ,
           but
           that
           Monarchs
           and
           Monarchy
           it self
           ought
           to
           truckle
           to
           the
           Conveniences
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           my
           business
           should
           be
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           throughly
           with
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           all
           Power
           is
           derived
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           a
           Crown
           is
           a
           Donative
           and
           Gift
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           an
           Unlimited
           Power
           either
           to
           continue
           a
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           ,
           or
           to
           lay
           aside
           both
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           most
           expedient
           .
           My
           fourth
           care
           should
           be
           to
           lay
           open
           my
           Princes
           Infirmities
           ,
           to
           disparage
           his
           Judgment
           as
           Weak
           and
           Impolitick
           ,
           to
           render
           his
           Authority
           contemptible
           ,
           to
           Reflect
           upon
           all
           miscarriages
           in
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           his
           Person
           vile
           and
           hated
           .
           But
           then
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           falling
           into
           open
           Treason
           ,
           my
           next
           care
           should
           be
           to
           traduce
           and
           accuse
           his
           Counsellours
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           all
           Papists
           ,
           and
           perfectly
           designed
           the
           introduction
           of
           Arbitrary
           Power
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           wound
           the
           Prince
           himself
           through
           the
           sides
           of
           his
           Ministers
           .
           Sixthly
           ,
           Under
           pretence
           of
           securing
           Religion
           ,
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Property
           ,
           I
           would
           make
           my
           Interest
           and
           Party
           strong
           ,
           and
           gain
           over
           as
           many
           considerable
           men
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           and
           persuade
           them
           to
           enter
           into
           a
           Mutual
           League
           ,
           and
           throw
           the
           Government
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           such
           ,
           and
           such
           only
           ,
           as
           should
           subscribe
           and
           enter
           into
           the
           Association
           .
           After
           this
           ,
           I
           would
           work
           so
           with
           my
           friends
           ,
           that
           if
           one
           of
           our
           Allies
           and
           Confederates
           should
           be
           found
           out
           and
           Indicted
           ,
           a
           Pannel
           should
           be
           packt
           of
           such
           True
           men
           to
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           would
           stretch
           their
           Consciences
           a
           little
           to
           bring
           off
           a
           poor
           Brother
           ,
           and
           keep
           him
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Laws
           .
           Besides
           ,
           I
           would
           load
           all
           the
           Kings
           Friends
           with
           Reproaches
           ,
           and
           odious
           Characters
           ,
           and
           call
           'em
           Tories
           ,
           Rogues
           ,
           Popishly-affected
           Rascals
           ,
           Enemies
           to
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           And
           at
           last
           ,
           if
           a
           Parliament
           should
           happen
           to
           be
           called
           ,
           especially
           to
           Oxford
           ,
           I
           would
           
           indeavour
           that
           our
           Party
           should
           go
           in
           a
           Formidable
           mann●r
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           numerous
           train
           of
           such
           true
           Protestants
           as
           
             Stephen
             Colledge
          
           ;
           and
           should
           be
           strongly
           guarded
           with
           Men
           ,
           Horse
           ,
           and
           Arms
           ,
           so
           that
           nothing
           should
           be
           wanting
           but
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           Trumpet
           ,
           and
           a
           Rendezvouz
           .
           Now
           ,
           should
           I
           do
           thus
           ,
           would
           not
           you
           think
           that
           I
           had
           a
           base
           Design
           a●d
           Plot
           in
           my
           head
           ?
           Would
           not
           any
           man
           think
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           set
           things
           on
           a
           flame
           ,
           when
           I
           had
           thus
           laid
           the
           Fewel
           together
           ,
           and
           had
           blown
           the
           Coals
           ,
           and
           was
           stirring
           up
           the
           Fi●e
           ?
           Sir
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           or
           mean
           ,
           that
           my
           Conscience
           can
           suffer
           me
           to
           do
           these
           things
           ;
           but
           whether
           these
           things
           have
           not
           been
           done
           ,
           let
           the
           world
           judge
           .
        
         
           Yet
           truly
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Protestant-Plot
           ,
           nor
           would
           I
           have
           it
           called
           so
           ;
           for
           the
           Principles
           of
           our
           Religion
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           dare
           not
           be
           seditious
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           be
           ungovernable
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           be
           Enemies
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           endeavour
           to
           pull
           down
           a
           Government
           that
           is
           so
           admirably
           well
           established
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           be
           dishonest
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           be
           Hypocrites
           ;
           nor
           be
           Rebels
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           be
           damned
           .
           In
           a
           word
           our
           Religion
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           lay
           no
           Plot
           ,
           but
           this
           ,
           How
           to
           be
           quiet
           while
           we
           live
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           go
           to
           Heaven
           when
           we
           die
           .
           This
           is
           the
           business
           of
           a
           Right
           Protestant
           .
        
         
           Nor
           do
           I
           believe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Presbyterian-Plot
           neither
           (
           properly
           so
           called
           .
           )
           For
           that
           is
           such
           an
           odious
           ,
           such
           an
           Ill-natured
           Sect
           ,
           that
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Nation
           is
           set
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           had
           already
           such
           abundant
           experience
           of
           their
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           Knavery
           ,
           and
           Tyranny
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           credible
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           of
           Consideration
           will
           Plot
           ,
           or
           venture
           his
           neck
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           Neverth●l●ss
           ,
           the
           late
           Loyal
           Addr●sses
           from
           all
           parts
           do
           shew
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           the
           general
           opinion
           of
           the
           Kings
           good
           Subjects
           throughout
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           another
           wicked
           Design
           on
           foot
           ,
           besides
           that
           horrid
           Popish
           Conspiracy
           ,
           which
           was
           discovered
           about
           four
           years
           ago
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           we
           cannot
           say
           ,
           't
           is
           managed
           by
           any
           one
           single
           Party
           or
           Faction
           in
           Religion
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           't
           is
           a
           Motley
           ,
           Pye
           bald
           Combination
           of
           many
           Factions
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           that
           Army
           we
           read
           of
           1
           Sam.
           22.
           which
           was
           made
           up
           of
           men
           that
           were
           in
           distress
           ,
           of
           men
           that
           were
           in
           d●bt
           ,
           and
           of
           men
           that
           were
           discontented
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           the
           Factions
           which
           threaten
           our
           Peace
           now
           consist
           
           of
           a
           Farrago
           and
           a
           Medley
           :
           you
           miy
           call
           it
           the
           Confusion-●ot
           ,
           not
           only
           b●cause
           it
           tendeth
           to
           the
           utter
           〈◊〉
           ●n
           of
           our
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Prop●r●ies
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Gover●●●●t
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           ●tate
           ,
           but
           also
           because
           it
           is
           carried
           ●n
           by
           a
           confused
           mixture
           ,
           such
           as
           th●s●
           viz.
           Some
           that
           hav●
           lost
           their
           Preferments
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           be
           Revenged
           ▪
           some
           that
           never
           d●served
           any
           P●●ferments
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           be
           scrambling
           ;
           some
           that
           have
           inr●ched
           themselves
           by
           the
           Kings
           favour
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           ungra●●ful
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           unfatiable
           ;
           some
           that
           want
           Money
           ,
           some
           that
           want
           Wit
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           wa●t
           nothing
           b●t
           Honesty
           and
           Religion
           ;
           some
           that
           are
           A●heists
           and
           Hobbists
           ;
           some
           that
           have
           been
           old
           Rob●●s
           ,
           Republicans
           ,
           Rumpers
           ,
           Cromwelians
           ,
           Committee
           of
           Safety-men
           ,
           Levellers
           and
           Sequestrators
           ;
           or
           the
           Heirs
           and
           Children
           of
           such
           ;
           some
           that
           hav●
           an
           aking
           Tooth
           after
           Crown
           and
           Church
           Revenues
           ,
           some
           th●t
           are
           notorious
           for
           Dishonesty
           ,
           and
           become
           Bankru●●'s
           and
           som●
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           Infamous
           for
           Vice
           ;
           some
           that
           have
           been
           Catechiz'd
           in
           a
           Wine-Cellar
           ,
           and
           made
           Maudlin-C●●●e●ts
           at
           the
           Tap
           head
           ;
           some
           that
           have
           been
           Illuminat●d
           on
           a
           sudden
           in
           Moor-Fields
           ,
           and
           been
           Dipt
           in
           Cornelius
           his
           Tub
           ;
           s●●e
           pretenders
           to
           Conformity
           that
           have
           been
           unfortunately
           hook't
           in
           unawares
           ;
           and
           divers
           Ringleaders
           and
           Abettors
           of
           Schism
           ,
           who
           would
           gladly
           have
           another
           run
           after
           that
           Breath'd
           Puss
           ,
           the
           Good
           Old
           Cause
           ,
           which
           we
           were
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           when
           a
           most
           Graciour
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           came
           forth
           ,
           would
           have
           died
           quietly
           in
           its
           Form.
           
        
         
           Of
           this
           Design
           we
           had
           evidence
           abundant
           by
           the
           late
           famous
           Association
           ,
           which
           opened
           the
           eyes
           of
           so
           many
           honest
           Royalists
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           That
           alone
           gave
           a
           clear
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           reason
           enough
           to
           suspect
           it
           shrewdly
           before
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           was
           observed
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           England-men
           unanimously
           and
           vigorously
           fall
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Dissenters
           at
           the
           same
           time
           fell
           foul
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           You
           know
           how
           maliciously
           active
           and
           zealous
           Mr.
           Baxter
           and
           the
           rest
           have
           been
           in
           that
           Cause
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Cause
           only
           .
           This
           we
           were
           amazed
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           could
           make
           no
           
           other
           Construction
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           took
           an
           early
           care
           to
           destroy
           the
           establisht
           Church
           themselves
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           believed
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           could
           be
           able
           to
           do
           it
           .
           For
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           being
           the
           only
           impregnable
           Fort
           against
           Popery
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           conceive
           ,
           that
           Protestants
           would
           endeavour
           to
           remove
           ,
           or
           weaken
           ,
           or
           pull
           down
           that
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           believe
           really
           that
           the
           common
           Enemy
           had
           a
           Plot
           against
           it
           .
           How
           can
           this
           be
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           fear
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           under
           the
           Walls
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           open
           the
           City
           Gates
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           pretended
           Design
           to
           keep
           the
           Enemy
           out
           too
           ?
           this
           is
           as
           unlikely
           ,
           as
           that
           men
           should
           believe
           and
           fear
           that
           the
           Kings
           Life
           and
           Person
           is
           in
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           endeavour
           to
           remove
           his
           Guards
           and
           leave
           his
           Palace
           naked
           ,
           pretending
           to
           preserve
           Him.
           How
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           can
           these
           things
           consist
           ?
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           we
           see
           how
           zealous
           the
           Factious
           have
           been
           and
           are
           ,
           in
           stickling
           for
           Offices
           of
           Trust
           ,
           which
           in
           quiet
           and
           setled
           times
           they
           studied
           as
           much
           to
           avoid
           ,
           as
           being
           only
           vexatious
           ,
           troublesome
           and
           chargeable
           ,
           but
           of
           
             no
             use
             than
          
           for
           the
           disturbance
           of
           a
           Profound
           Peace
           .
        
         
           We
           see
           how
           readily
           they
           themselves
           have
           confuted
           their
           own
           pretences
           ,
           touching
           the
           sinfulness
           (
           forsooth
           )
           of
           complying
           with
           some
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Conforming
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           For
           rather
           than
           stand
           out
           of
           play
           ,
           when
           the
           Old
           Game
           is
           going
           again
           ,
           they
           will
           (
           for
           once
           )
           abju●e
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           Test
           ,
           and
           seal
           all
           this
           by
           receiving
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           even
           when
           their
           own
           Consciences
           tell
           them
           (
           unless
           their
           Tongues
           lie
           )
           that
           it
           is
           Damnable
           to
           do
           so
           .
        
         
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           rings
           of
           Ignoramus-Juries
           ,
           when
           Full
           ,
           clear
           and
           plentiful
           Evidence
           hath
           been
           given
           by
           men
           whose
           Credit
           in
           other
           cases
           has
           passed
           unquestioned
           .
           By
           which
           means
           Justice
           hath
           been
           obstructed
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           hath
           been
           over-ruled
           ,
           or
           the
           edg
           of
           it
           hath
           been
           turned
           on
           one
           side
           only
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           King
           himself
           hath
           been
           denied
           the
           benefit
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           men
           that
           were
           notorious
           for
           Dishonesty
           and
           Sedition
           have
           been
           Protected
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           credible
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           this
           is
           in
           order
           to
           some
           very
           evil
           Design
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           carried
           on
           but
           by
           these
           very
           evil
           means
           ;
           because
           it
           cannot
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           men
           would
           dare
           to
           be
           Hated
           by
           
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           be
           Obnoxious
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           Sword
           ,
           to
           mock
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           forfeit
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           to
           play
           handy-dandy
           with
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           did
           not
           some
           desperate
           Plot
           require
           such
           desperate
           Courses
           ,
           as
           they
           cannot
           but
           know
           will
           one
           day
           rise
           up
           in
           Judgment
           against
           them
           even
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           if
           the
           establisht
           Government
           holdeth
           .
        
         
           The
           Consideration
           of
           these
           things
           is
           enough
           to
           convince
           all
           thinking
           Persons
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Monstrous
           Intrigue
           in
           hand
           against
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           ,
           to
           deal
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           all
           these
           Arguments
           to
           me
           seem
           to
           be
           over
           and
           above
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           as
           I
           mistrusted
           something
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           nature
           above
           three
           years
           ago
           ,
           when
           Pamphlets
           came
           every
           week
           abroad
           full
           of
           unworthy
           and
           base
           reflections
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           upon
           his
           Counsellors
           ,
           upon
           the
           Bishops
           and
           all
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           upon
           the
           Offices
           and
           Rites
           in
           the
           Service
           Book
           ,
           upon
           the
           Long
           Loyal
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           indeed
           upon
           the
           whole
           Frame
           and
           Constitution
           of
           our
           excellent
           Government
           (
           which
           reflections
           ,
           had
           they
           been
           just
           ,
           were
           surely
           altogether
           needless
           then
           ,
           if
           nothing
           but
           an
           engagement
           against
           the
           Popish
           Interest
           was
           intended
           )
           so
           when
           I
           saw
           the
           Jesuites
           Principles
           brought
           upon
           the
           Stage
           again
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           confidently
           Asserted
           ,
           and
           by
           many
           Believed
           ,
           that
           Monarchy
           is
           a
           meer
           Human
           Ordinance
           ,
           that
           Kings
           hold
           their
           Crowns
           by
           the
           Consent
           of
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           that
           all
           Power
           is
           Originally
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           this
           Power
           of
           theirs
           is
           Unlimited
           and
           Uncontroulable
           ,
           and
           many
           the
           like
           Positions
           more
           ,
           which
           overthrew
           the
           Government
           once
           ;
           then
           all
           my
           doubts
           vanished
           strait
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           mistrusted
           before
           ,
           then
           I
           firmly
           Believed
           ,
           that
           an
           Alteration
           of
           our
           Government
           was
           intended
           again
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           Principles
           were
           vended
           about
           to
           prepare
           a
           way
           thereunto
           :
           for
           to
           what
           other
           purposes
           could
           these
           Principles
           serve
           ?
        
         
           But
           now
           at
           last
           ,
           when
           I
           saw
           that
           evil
           men
           were
           not
           contented
           to
           Skim
           and
           Retal
           these
           Principles
           out
           of
           Doleman
           ,
           but
           moreover
           have
           reprinted
           Dolemans
           whole
           Book
           at
           large
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           me
           to
           force
           my
           Charity
           to
           believe
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           have
           such
           a
           black
           Design
           against
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           and
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           loth
           to
           mention
           .
           For
           Books
           are
           not
           wont
           to
           be
           sent
           abroad
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           Design
           ;
           nor
           are
           Booksellers
           willing
           to
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           a
           whole
           Impression
           ,
           unless
           there
           be
           
           strong
           probabilities
           that
           it
           will
           do
           either
           Good
           or
           Mischief
           :
           and
           the
           Reprinting
           of
           Doleman
           at
           this
           ticklish
           juncture
           ,
           when
           the
           affairs
           of
           England
           are
           in
           such
           an
           U●certain
           and
           Tottering
           Posture
           ,
           is
           a
           plain
           Argument
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           done
           with
           a
           Design
           to
           possess
           the
           People
           of
           England
           with
           such
           Notions
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           ripe
           for
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           ready
           ●or
           a
           total
           change
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           either
           according
           to
           the
           State
           of
           Venice
           (
           which
           is
           the
           drift
           of
           
             Plato
             Redivivus
          
           )
           or
           according
           to
           the
           Model
           of
           Holland
           (
           which
           other
           Factionists
           are
           generally
           more
           inclined
           unto
           .
           )
           Consider
           the
           thing
           well
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           whether
           that
           might
           not
           be
           the
           intent
           of
           putting
           that
           Pestilent
           and
           Villanous
           Book
           again
           into
           the
           Press
           now
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           Kings
           Restauration
           ,
           and
           for
           many
           years
           since
           ,
           was
           hardly
           valued
           so
           much
           as
           waste
           Paper
           in
           comparison
           .
        
         
           Men
           and
           Books
           rise
           or
           sink
           in
           their
           price
           according
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           Times
           .
           Twenty
           years
           ago
           it
           was
           Hony-moon
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           ,
           under
           God
           ,
           nothing
           was
           so
           dear
           to
           our
           Souls
           then
           as
           our
           King
           and
           our
           Government
           :
           and
           had
           Doleman
           appeared
           abroad
           then
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           now
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           thought
           that
           
             Oliver
             Cromwel
          
           had
           sent
           the
           Jesuite
           from
           Hell
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           have
           been
           Executed
           at
           Tyburn
           by
           the
           Hangmans
           hands
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           done
           any
           further
           mischief
           .
           But
           now
           the
           Case
           is
           alter'd
           ,
           and
           the
           smart
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Innovation
           is
           quite
           out
           of
           some
           mens
           fingers
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           are
           for
           playing
           the
           Old
           Game
           over
           again
           ,
           think
           it
           their
           best
           course
           to
           use
           the
           same
           Cards
           that
           were
           so
           lucky
           to
           'em
           once
           before
           ;
           and
           Father
           Parsons
           is
           called
           for
           to
           help
           'em
           Deal
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           give
           you
           any
           further
           trouble
           now
           ,
           though
           when
           I
           first
           set
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           Examin
           those
           Principles
           in
           Doleman
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           Popular
           in
           these
           days
           .
           And
           because
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Kings
           
             Divine
             Right
          
           to
           his
           Crown
           is
           become
           odious
           to
           many
           ,
           who
           look
           upon
           it
           to
           be
           full
           of
           dangerous
           Consequences
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           unreasonable
           in
           it self
           :
           and
           because
           the
           Clergy
           of
           our
           Church
           are
           hated
           for
           that
           Doctrine
           sake
           ;
           and
           the
           ashes
           of
           that
           Learned
           ,
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           Honourable
           Person
           ,
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Filmir
          
           ,
           have
           been
           of
           late
           polluted
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           dirt
           out
           of
           the
           Kennel
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           but
           because
           he
           was
           such
           a
           Fatal
           Enemy
           to
           that
           Jesuitical
           Principle
           ,
           that
           the
           Original
           of
           all
           Power
           and
           Government
           is
           in
           the
           People
           ;
           therefore
           I
           judged
           it
           proper
           and
           
           seasonable
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           
             Jus
             Divinum
          
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           what
           strong
           Reasons
           that
           Doctrine
           is
           founded
           upon
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           vindicate
           the
           Integrity
           and
           Honour
           of
           the
           Assertors
           of
           it
           .
           But
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           that
           this
           Letter
           should
           swell
           into
           a
           large
           Discourse
           .
           However
           ,
           if
           it
           may
           be
           an
           acceptable
           thing
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           acquainted
           with
           my
           thoughts
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           you
           know
           you
           may
           Command
           me
           ,
           as
           my
           business
           shall
           give
           me
           leave
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           I
           own
           my self
           ,
           Sir
           ,
        
         
           
             
               July
               the
               6.
               1682.
               
            
          
           
             
               Your
               faithful
               Servant
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A53949-e160
           
             
               Fa.
               Watsons
               Quodlibets
            
             Pag.
             236.
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             109.
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             217.
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             30●
             .
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             305.
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             265.
             
          
           
             Id.
             p.
             236.
             
          
           
             Quodlibet
             ,
             p.
             286.
             
          
           
             a
             
               De
               jure
               Magistrat
               .
               in
               subdit
               .
            
          
           
             b
             
               Vindiciae
               cont
               .
               Tyran
            
             .
          
           
             
               Though
               't
               is
               hard
               that
               the
               same
               men
               should
               be
               Parties
               and
               Judges
               too
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               For
               without
               Order
               there
               is
               nothing
               else
               to
               be
               hoped
               ,
               but
               Horrour
               and
               Confusion
               ,
            
             Doleman
             ,
             Pa.
             6.
             ca.
             1.
             part
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             
               For
               remarques
               upon
               this
               Story
               see
               the
               Answer
               to
               the
               History
               of
               Succession
               ,
            
             p.
             25.
             
          
           
             
               Observe
               ,
               that
               the
               power
               of
               Deposing
               a
               King
               naturally
               follows
               from
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Peoples
               power
               to
               chuse
               one
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               is
               not
               that
               Right
               of
               Power
               which
               a
               Father
               hath
               over
               his
               Child
               ,
               and
               an
               Husband
               over
               his
               Wife
               ,
               by
               Divine
               appointment
               ?
            
          
           
             Quod
             si
             Christiani
             olim
             non
             deposuerunt
             Neronem
             &
             Diocle●ianum
             ,
             &
             Julianum
             Apostatam
             ,
             &
             Valentem
             Arianum
             ,
             &
             similes
             ,
             id
             suit
             quia
             deerant
             Vires
             .
             
               Bellar.
               de
               Rom.
               Pontif.
            
             1.
             5.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             Azor.
             instit
             .
             Moral
             .
             par
             .
             2.
             1.
             10.
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Nemo
             nostrum
             quando
             apprehenditur
             ,
             reluctatur
             ;
             nec
             se
             adversus
             injustam
             violentiam
             vestram
             ,
             quamvis
             Nimius
             &
             Copiosus
             noster
             sit
             populus
             ,
             ulciscitur
             .
             St
             
               Cypriar
               .
               ad
               Demet●ian
            
             .
             p.
             257.
             
               edit
               .
               Pamel
            
             .
          
           
             Quodlibets
             p.
             27
             .
          
           
             Serm.
             12.
             
             
               Ad
               Aulam
            
             ,
             p.
             166.