A sermon preach'd in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter in York on Friday the fifth of November, 1697 being the anniversary-day of thanksgiving for that great deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and also the day of His Majesty's happy landing in England : with a postscript and two letters, which clearly discover the Roman designs against the English church and nation / by George Halley ...
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             A sermon preach'd in the cathedral and metropolitical church of St. Peter in York on Friday the fifth of November, 1697 being the anniversary-day of thanksgiving for that great deliverance from the gunpowder-treason, and also the day of His Majesty's happy landing in England : with a postscript and two letters, which clearly discover the Roman designs against the English church and nation / by George Halley ...
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           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           in
           the
           Cathedral
           and
           Metropolitical
           CHURCH
           OF
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           in
           York
           :
           On
           Friday
           ,
           the
           Fifth
           of
           November
           ,
           1697.
           
        
         
           Being
           the
           ANNIVERSARY-DAY
           of
           THANKSGIVING
           for
           that
           Great
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           :
           And
           also
           the
           Day
           of
           His
           
           Majesty's
           Happy
           Landing
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           With
           a
           POSTSCRIPT
           and
           Two
           LETTERS
           ,
           which
           clearly
           discover
           the
           Roman
           Designs
           against
           the
           
             English
             Church
          
           and
           Nation
           .
        
         
           By
           
             GEORGE
             HALLEY
          
           ,
           A.
           M.
           and
           Prebendary
           of
           Ripon
           .
        
         
           London
           :
           Printed
           for
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             Tho.
             Baxter
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           ,
           in
           
             Peter-Gate
             ,
             York
          
           .
           1698.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           GOD
           ,
           JOHN
           ,
           By
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           
             Lord
             Archbishop
             of
          
           York
           ,
           His
           GRACE
           ,
           Primate
           of
           England
           and
           Metropolitan
           .
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           first
           compos'd
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           the
           least
           Thought
           of
           sending
           it
           abroad
           into
           the
           World
           :
           But
           partly
           thro'
           the
           Importunity
           of
           such
           as
           gave
           it
           a
           patient
           and
           favourable
           Audience
           ,
           and
           partly
           thro'
           the
           Reflections
           of
           some
           ,
           who
           ,
           without
           cause
           ,
           are
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Great
           and
           
             Triumphant
             Prince
          
           ,
           and
           partly
           thro'
           the
           Incredulity
           of
           others
           ,
           touching
           
           a
           Principal
           and
           Necessary
           Branch
           of
           true
           Repentance
           ;
           Restitution
           :
           as
           also
           thro'
           the
           Hopes
           of
           its
           proving
           ,
           in
           
             some
             measure
          
           ,
           a
           happy
           Instrument
           to
           bring
           back
           into
           the
           Fold
           such
           Sheep
           as
           are
           gone
           astray
           ;
           I
           have
           adventured
           its
           Publication
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           this
           humbly
           begs
           the
           Honour
           of
           Your
           
           Grace's
           Patronage
           ,
           and
           implores
           the
           Favour
           not
           to
           interpret
           the
           prefixing
           of
           Your
           
             Great
             Name
          
           to
           so
           mean
           and
           defective
           a
           Piece
           ,
           as
           great
           Boldness
           and
           Presumption
           ,
           but
           to
           accept
           it
           as
           a
           Specimen
           of
           Gratitude
           and
           Sincere
           Affection
           for
           all
           Your
           Kindnesses
           unworthily
           conferr'd
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           incapable
           of
           making
           Your
           Grace
           any
           other
           Return
           than
           this
           Publick
           Acknowledgement
           of
           them
           ;
           with
           Fervent
           Prayer
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Shepherd
             and
             Bishop
             of
             Souls
             ,
          
           to
           protect
           You
           and
           Yours
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           
           so
           Great
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           as
           Your
           Grace
           is
           ,
           amongst
           us
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           all
           the
           Flock
           ,
           committed
           to
           Your
           
             Pastoral
             Care
          
           ,
           have
           the
           Highest
           Obligations
           to
           render
           unto
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           and
           His
           
             most
             Excellent
             Majesty
          
           ,
           their
           hearty
           Thanks
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           gratefully
           to
           commemorate
           
             the
             late
             most
             Pious
             and
             Incomparable
             Queen
             ,
          
           for
           sending
           so
           burning
           a
           Light
           ,
           so
           bright
           and
           shining
           a
           Luminary
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           what
           an
           Ocean
           of
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           doth
           the
           Great
           Ship
           (
           Your
           
             Large
             Diocess
          
           )
           now
           Swim
           ?
           of
           which
           God
           and
           
             the
             King
          
           have
           constituted
           You
           the
           
             Supreme
             Commander
          
           :
           You
           not
           only
           Direct
           and
           Govern
           ,
           but
           You
           pull
           at
           the
           
             Ropes
             and
             Sails
          
           with
           as
           much
           Vigour
           ,
           as
           any
           
             Common
             Mariner
          
           that
           Sails
           therein
           :
           So
           Great
           is
           Your
           Lordship's
           Talent
           ,
           so
           Indefatigable
           is
           Your
           Industry
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           that
           Your
           
           Grace
           might
           justly
           ,
           with
           the
           late
           
             Lord
             Archbishop
             of
             Armagh
          
           ,
           make
           this
           the
           Motto
           of
           Your
           Archiepiscopal
           Seal
           ;
           
             Woe
             is
             unto
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             Preach
             not
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           That
           a
           Prelate
           ,
           so
           singularly
           Eminent
           for
           Great
           Parts
           and
           Abilities
           ,
           for
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           Care
           and
           Diligence
           ,
           Meekness
           and
           Humility
           ,
           for
           Love
           and
           Charity
           ,
           may
           long
           Preside
           over
           and
           Adorn
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           the
           Affectionate
           Desire
           and
           Ardent
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Grace's
             most
             obliged
             ,
             Dutiful
             ,
             and
             Grateful
             Servant
             ,
             
               GEORGE
               HALLEY
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               2
               COR.
               I.
               10.
            
             
          
           
             Who
             delivered
             us
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             :
             in
             whom
             we
             trust
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           Conjunction
           of
           Mercies
           ,
           which
           the
           Almighty
           so
           eminently
           and
           peculiarly
           wrought
           on
           this
           Day
           for
           our
           Church
           and
           Nation
           ,
           makes
           this
           Day
           an
           
             High
             Day
          
           ,
           a
           very
           great
           and
           glorious
           Festival
           .
           A
           Day
           ,
           which
           ,
           upon
           a
           double
           Account
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           had
           in
           everlasting
           Remembrance
           :
           Not
           only
           for
           the
           Providential
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Snares
           of
           Death
           laid
           this
           Day
           for
           our
           Ancestors
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           late
           happy
           and
           astonishing
           Deliverance
           of
           us
           ,
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           from
           the
           imminent
           Danger
           of
           Popery
           and
           
             Arbitrary
             Power
          
           .
           The
           impure
           Streams
           of
           Idolatry
           and
           Superstition
           had
           gone
           even
           over
           our
           Souls
           ,
           the
           proud
           and
           insulting
           Waves
           ,
           the
           Romanists
           had
           triumph'd
           over
           us
           (
           for
           they
           began
           to
           rage
           horribly
           ,
           and
           swell
           ,
           they
           gnash'd
           upon
           us
           with
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           when
           their
           small
           Stock
           of
           Arguments
           was
           spent
           ;
           and
           by
           this
           time
           of
           Day
           we
           should
           have
           found
           their
           
             Teeth
             Spears
             and
             Arrows
             ,
             and
             their
             Tongue
             a
             sharp
             Sword
          
           )
           the
           Romanists
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           had
           triumph'd
           over
           us
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           sent
           us
           ,
           on
           this
           blessed
           Day
           ,
           a
           Deliverer
           to
           rescue
           us
           from
           
             Popish
             Tyranny
          
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           so
           near
           sinking
           under
           it
           .
           Great
           Reason
           therefore
           have
           we
           to
           say
           ,
           with
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             God
             deliver'd
             us
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             :
             in
             whom
             we
             trust
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             also
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
         
           In
           which
           Words
           ,
           consider
           we
        
         
           I.
           The
           great
           Death
           from
           which
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           was
           delivered
           by
           God.
           
        
         
           II.
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           that
           God
           ,
           in
           this
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           Age
           ,
           doth
           still
           deliver
           from
           Death
           .
        
         
           III.
           What
           Method
           we
           must
           of
           absolute
           Necessity
           take
           to
           indear
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           still
           to
           protect
           and
           deliver
           us
           from
           Death
           .
        
         
           
             Who
             deliver'd
             us
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             :
             in
             whom
             we
             trust
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             also
             deliver
             us
             .
          
           But
           first
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Place
           consider
           we
           the
           
             great
             Death
          
           from
           which
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           was
           delivered
           by
           God.
           
        
         
           By
           Death
           may
           be
           understood
           Troubles
           and
           Afflictions
           ,
           extream
           or
           uttermost
           Dangers
           :
           Troubles
           and
           Afflictions
           in
           a
           Superlative
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           Degree
           :
           He
           
             was
             press'd
             out
             of
             Measure
             ,
             above
             Strength
          
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           almost
           black
           and
           desponding
           Thoughts
           ,
           
             he
             despair'd
             even
             of
             Life
          
           :
           If
           he
           had
           not
           found
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Assistances
           of
           the
           good
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           had
           certainly
           sunk
           under
           them
           .
           This
           is
           the
           doleful
           Account
           which
           he
           himself
           gives
           us
           at
           the
           Eighth
           Verse
           ,
           with
           the
           place
           too
           ,
           where
           those
           Troubles
           came
           upon
           him
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Asia
           .
        
         
           What
           the
           Troubles
           were
           which
           he
           met
           with
           in
           Asia
           ,
           we
           are
           informed
           by
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           in
           the
           19th
           of
           the
           Acts
           ,
           and
           the
           23d
           Verse
           ,
           where
           we
           read
           of
           a
           Riot
           ,
           or
           unlawful
           Assembly
           ,
           a
           great
           Stir
           raised
           by
           one
           Demetrius
           ,
           a
           Silver-smith
           ,
           and
           the
           Workmen
           of
           like
           Occupation
           ,
           about
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           because
           St.
           Paul
           had
           preach'd
           against
           the
           Images
           which
           they
           made
           
           and
           worshipp'd
           ,
           
             as
             confounded
             be
             all
             they
             that
             worship
             carved
             Images
             ,
             and
             that
             delight
             in
             vain
             Gods
             ,
             worship
             him
             all
             ye
             Gods
          
           ;
           because
           he
           had
           persuaded
           much
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           be
           no
           Gods
           which
           are
           made
           with
           Hands
           ;
           they
           came
           upon
           him
           in
           a
           furious
           and
           tumultuary
           Manner
           .
           Further
           ;
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           15.32
           .
           we
           read
           ,
           
             if
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             I
             have
             fought
             with
             Beasts
             at
             Ephesus
             ,
             what
             advantageth
             it
             me
             ,
             if
             the
             dead
             rise
             not
             ?
          
           Some
           interpret
           those
           Words
           of
           his
           Conflict
           with
           the
           same
           Demetrius
           and
           the
           Silver-Smiths
           ,
           who
           were
           like
           Beasts
           in
           their
           Conditions
           and
           Manners
           :
           Others
           are
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           he
           really
           was
           exposed
           in
           the
           Theatre
           to
           furious
           Beasts
           ;
           tho'
           ,
           peradventure
           ,
           he
           was
           only
           so
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Purpose
           of
           Men
           ;
           the
           Magistrates
           had
           sentenced
           and
           condemned
           him
           to
           that
           Death
           ,
           but
           
             Divine
             Providence
          
           interpos'd
           and
           rescued
           him
           from
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Sentence
           :
           Thus
           probably
           these
           Words
           of
           my
           Text
           relate
           to
           his
           Sufferings
           at
           
             Ephesus
             ,
             when
             God
             delivered
             him
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             .
             Further
          
           ;
        
         
           In
           the
           Second
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           11.23
           .
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           he
           suffered
           more
           than
           any
           of
           the
           very
           Twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           
             in
             Labours
             more
             abundant
             ,
             in
             Stripes
             above
             Measure
             ,
             in
             Prisons
             more
             frequent
             ,
             in
             Deaths
             oft
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           eminent
           Perils
           of
           Death
           ;
           it
           is
           an
           Hebraism
           ,
           the
           Hebrews
           express
           great
           Dangers
           ,
           Afflictions
           ,
           Conflicts
           or
           Agonies
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Death
           ;
           thus
           Psalm
           18.4
           ,
           5.
           the
           
             Royal
             Psalmist
          
           ,
           when
           his
           Blood-Thirsty
           Enemies
           were
           ready
           ,
           as
           a
           Torrent
           ,
           to
           overwhelm
           him
           ,
           complains
           ,
           
             the
             Sorrows
             of
             Death
             compassed
             me
             ,
             and
             the
             Floods
             of
             ungodly
             Men
             made
             me
             afraid
             ,
             the
             Sorrows
             of
             Hell
             compassed
             me
             about
             ,
             the
             Snares
             of
             Death
             prevented
             me
             .
          
           And
           thus
           in
           
             Deaths
             
             oft
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           Deadly
           Accidents
           and
           Dangers
           :
           And
           what
           they
           were
           ,
           the
           Verses
           following
           sufficiently
           declare
           .
           
             Of
             the
             Jews
             ,
             five
             times
             received
             I
             forty
             Stripes
             save
             one
             :
             thrice
             was
             I
             beaten
             with
             Rods
             :
             once
             was
             I
             stoned
             :
             thrice
             I
             suffered
             Shipwrack
             :
             a
             Night
             and
             a
             Day
             I
             have
             been
             in
             the
             Deep
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           There
           are
           some
           ,
           who
           ,
           according
           to
           Theophylact
           ,
           assert
           this
           to
           have
           been
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Well
           in
           which
           he
           hid
           himself
           after
           his
           great
           Danger
           at
           
             Lystra
             ,
             Acts
          
           14.19
           .
           Or
           else
           it
           imports
           some
           deep
           ,
           filthy
           ,
           noisom
           ,
           infamous
           Prison
           .
           
             A
             Night
             and
             a
             Day
             I
             have
             been
             in
             the
             Deep
             :
          
           in
           
             Journying
             often
             ,
             in
             Perils
             of
             Waters
             ,
             in
             Perils
             of
             Robbers
             ,
             in
             Perils
             by
             my
             own
             Countrymen
             ,
             in
             Perils
             by
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             in
             Perils
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             in
             Perils
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             in
             Perils
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             in
             Perils
             among
             false
             Brethren
             :
             in
             Weariness
             and
             Painfulness
             ,
             in
             Watchings
             often
             ,
             in
             Hunger
             and
             Thirst
             ,
             in
             Fastings
             often
             ,
             in
             Cold
             and
             Nakedness
             .
          
           And
           at
           the
           32d
           ,
           and
           33d
           Verses
           ,
           
             in
             Damascus
             ,
             the
             Governour
             under
             Aretas
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             kept
             the
             City
             with
             a
             Garison
             ,
             desirous
             to
             apprehend
             me
             ,
             and
             thro
             a
             Window
             in
             a
             Basket
             was
             I
             let
             down
             by
             the
             Wall
             and
             escaped
             his
             Hands
             .
             God
             delivered
             him
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             .
          
           Such
           were
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           Holy
           Apostle
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           thus
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           try
           him
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           his
           principal
           Favourites
           ,
           in
           the
           Fiery
           Furnace
           of
           Affliction
           .
           God
           ,
           for
           such
           wise
           Ends
           and
           Purposes
           as
           are
           best
           known
           to
           himself
           ;
           peradventure
           for
           an
           Exploration
           or
           Trial
           of
           his
           Faith
           and
           Constancy
           ,
           or
           lest
           he
           should
           be
           
             exalted
             above
             Measure
          
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           be
           too
           much
           elevated
           with
           the
           high
           transcendent
           Revelations
           vouchsafed
           unto
           him
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           more
           effectual
           Propagation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           God
           permitted
           him
           to
           sail
           through
           a
           Sea
           of
           Blood
           ,
           to
           be
           toss'd
           with
           Storms
           and
           Tempests
           of
           Trouble
           and
           Affliction
           .
           And
           
           oh
           !
           how
           did
           he
           endure
           them
           with
           an
           undisturbed
           Patience
           ,
           and
           an
           entire
           Resignation
           to
           the
           Divine
           Will
           !
           How
           did
           he
           bear
           up
           against
           them
           with
           all
           Christian
           Courage
           ,
           with
           a
           vigorous
           and
           undaunted
           Resolution
           !
           How
           perfectly
           pleas'd
           with
           ,
           how
           did
           he
           
             glory
             of
             his
             Infirmities
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           his
           Sufferings
           ?
           He
           very
           well
           understood
           that
           the
           
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             World
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             compar'd
             to
             the
             Glory
             that
             shall
             be
             revealed
             .
          
           Tho'
           the
           Floods
           of
           Sorrow
           arose
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Winds
           of
           Persecution
           blew
           and
           vehemently
           beat
           upon
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           fell
           not
           ;
           he
           had
           in
           Prospect
           the
           beautiful
           and
           fair
           Haven
           of
           Eternity
           :
           His
           sole
           Trust
           and
           Confidence
           was
           in
           the
           Lord
           his
           God
           ,
           whom
           
             the
             Winds
             and
             the
             Seas
             obey
             .
          
           Thus
           ,
           
             tho'
             he
             was
             troubled
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             yet
             not
             distressed
             ,
             tho'
             perplexed
             ,
             yet
             not
             in
             despair
             ;
             though
             he
             was
             persecuted
             ,
             yet
             not
             forsaken
             ;
             tho'
             cast
             down
             ,
             yet
             not
             destroy'd
             ;
             no!
             God
             delivered
             him
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             ,
             and
             doth
             deliver
             :
             in
             whom
             we
             trust
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             also
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           Second
           thing
           ,
           namely
           ,
           That
           God
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           Age
           ,
           doth
           still
           deliver
           from
           Death
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           13th
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Hebrews
           ,
           Ver.
           8.
           we
           read
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             same
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             to
             day
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             :
          
           The
           Faith
           in
           him
           ,
           the
           entire
           Religion
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           is
           not
           only
           unchangeable
           ,
           constantly
           the
           same
           throughout
           all
           measures
           of
           time
           ,
           but
           also
           his
           Care
           and
           Love
           to
           his
           Mystical
           Body
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           it
           is
           immutable
           throughout
           all
           Times
           and
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           
             with
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             is
             no
             Variableness
             ,
             neither
             Shadow
             of
             Turning
             .
          
           God
           never
           did
           leave
           ,
           God
           never
           will
           forsake
           such
           ,
           whose
           Lives
           are
           conformable
           to
           his
           Laws
           ,
           as
           are
           Pure
           and
           Holy
           in
           all
           Manner
           of
           Conversation
           .
           God
           hath
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           doth
           
           now
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           cover
           such
           as
           fear
           him
           with
           the
           Wings
           of
           his
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           will
           give
           them
           his
           immense
           Favour
           and
           Almighty
           Protection
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Sun
           and
           the
           Moon
           shall
           endure
           .
           It
           is
           God
           who
           made
           ,
           who
           governeth
           ,
           preserveth
           and
           taketh
           Care
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           sees
           all
           the
           Springs
           of
           Motion
           ,
           all
           Transactions
           here
           below
           ,
           all
           Things
           are
           naked
           and
           opened
           to
           the
           Eyes
           of
           him
           with
           whom
           we
           have
           to
           do
           .
           Tho'
           his
           glorious
           Residence
           and
           Habitation
           be
           in
           the
           Mansions
           of
           Bliss
           above
           ,
           yet
           
             he
             so
             far
             humbleth
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             behold
             the
             things
             done
             upon
             Earth
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           tho'
           
             wicked
             Men
             encourage
             themselves
             in
             Mischief
             and
             commune
             of
             laying
             Snares
             secretly
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             who
             shall
             see
             them
             ?
             tho'
             they
             imagine
             Wickedness
             and
             keep
             it
             secret
             among
             themselves
             ,
             every
             Man
             in
             the
             Deep
             of
             his
             Heart
             ,
             yet
             God
             shall
             suddenly
             shoot
             at
             them
             with
             a
             swift
             Arrow
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             be
             wounded
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           by
           his
           good
           Providence
           ,
           
             their
             own
             Tongues
             shall
             make
             them
             fall
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             whoso
             seeth
             them
             shall
             laugh
             them
             to
             Scorn
             :
          
           Thus
           ,
           Prov.
           19.21
           .
           Solomon
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             there
             are
             many
             Devices
             in
             a
             Man's
             Heart
             :
             nevertheless
             ,
             the
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             shall
             stand
             .
          
           There
           are
           many
           Designs
           and
           Contrivances
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           ,
           they
           think
           ,
           are
           so
           well
           laid
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           miscarry
           ;
           but
           are
           all
           defeated
           by
           the
           over-ruling
           Counsel
           of
           the
           Lord.
           No!
           it
           is
           not
           the
           most
           refined
           Policy
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           most
           subtle
           Stratagem
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           most
           strong
           and
           invincible
           Contrivance
           of
           Man
           that
           can
           out-vie
           the
           Strength
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           nothing
           can
           stand
           in
           Competition
           with
           the
           Divine
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           .
           This
           ,
           the
           
             Great
             Politicians
             ,
             the
             Hellish
             Projectors
          
           of
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           ,
           found
           to
           be
           infallibly
           true
           .
           
             The
             Arch-plotter
             ,
             Garnet
          
           ,
           who
           was
           at
           that
           time
           superior
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           here
           ;
           the
           Jesuits
           !
           a
           wicked
           
           Generation
           or
           Men
           :
           how
           hath
           this
           Church
           and
           Nation
           of
           ours
           been
           and
           still
           is
           plagued
           by
           them
           ?
           They
           are
           under
           a
           Holy
           League
           and
           solemn
           Oath
           to
           pursue
           our
           Ruine
           and
           the
           Destruction
           of
           our
           excellent
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           this
           ,
           they
           have
           all
           along
           acted
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           act
           under
           any
           Masque
           ;
           they
           turn
           themselves
           ,
           
             Proteus
             like
          
           ,
           into
           any
           Shape
           to
           enkindle
           Strife
           and
           Contention
           amongst
           us
           .
           Alas
           !
           all
           our
           Schisms
           and
           unhappy
           Divisions
           flow
           from
           this
           bitter
           Fountain
           .
           Oh
           that
           we
           would
           become
           wise
           and
           suffer
           our selves
           no
           longer
           to
           be
           cajol'd
           and
           deluded
           by
           them
           !
           Oh
           that
           we
           may
           see
           in
           time
           the
           Things
           which
           belong
           to
           our
           Peace
           !
           Oh
           that
           we
           would
           strive
           to
           answer
           the
           illustrious
           Character
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Church
          
           ,
           to
           be
           all
           of
           one
           Heart
           ,
           of
           one
           Mind
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           Soul
           ,
           to
           meet
           together
           with
           one
           Accord
           ,
           in
           one
           Place
           .
           But
           to
           return
           :
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           most
           refined
           Policy
           that
           can
           outvy
           the
           Strength
           of
           Heaven
           :
           This
           the
           Hellish
           Projecters
           of
           the
           Gun-Powder-Treason
           found
           to
           be
           infallibly
           true
           ;
           the
           
             Arch-Plotter
             Garnet
          
           ,
           a
           perfect
           Achitophel
           ,
           a
           Man
           that
           could
           give
           and
           hide
           his
           Counsel
           as
           deep
           as
           Hell
           ,
           with
           whom
           his
           Friends
           would
           embark
           in
           any
           design
           tho'
           never
           so
           black
           and
           dangerous
           ,
           yet
           how
           far
           infatuated
           was
           this
           cunning
           Politician
           ?
           Alas
           !
           he
           consider'd
           not
           that
           some
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           who
           were
           willing
           to
           work
           a
           publick
           Mischief
           for
           his
           Pleasure
           ,
           might
           also
           have
           a
           Desire
           to
           secure
           their
           private
           Friends
           from
           Danger
           ,
           by
           giving
           them
           some
           general
           or
           ambiguous
           Admonition
           :
           And
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           should
           hint
           in
           a
           Letter
           to
           his
           honourable
           Friend
           the
           instant
           Danger
           ,
           was
           not
           extraordinary
           ,
           save
           only
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           Tenderness
           of
           Heart
           ,
           so
           much
           good
           Nature
           could
           be
           left
           in
           his
           Breast
           ,
           who
           had
           consented
           to
           his
           Country's
           Ruine
           .
           It
           is
           really
           ,
           prodigiously
           
           strange
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           Man
           should
           put
           on
           the
           Bowels
           of
           Compassion
           for
           a
           private
           Friend
           as
           had
           design'd
           his
           Country's
           perpetual
           Desolation
           :
           Where
           was
           then
           this
           Piety
           ?
           Where
           was
           then
           this
           Religious
           Affection
           ?
           Alas
           !
           all
           Nature
           ,
           all
           Humanity
           ,
           all
           Respect
           of
           Laws
           both
           Divine
           and
           Humane
           were
           then
           quite
           abandoned
           ,
           there
           was
           then
           no
           Conscience
           made
           to
           extirpate
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           a
           pretended
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           .
           Can
           this
           be
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ▪
           No
           ,
           the
           essential
           Mark
           ,
           the
           proper
           Character
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           is
           Love
           and
           Charity
           :
           This
           is
           a
           Religion
           which
           hath
           all
           of
           the
           Dove
           ,
           and
           nothing
           of
           the
           Vulture
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Wisdom
             from
             above
          
           ,
           which
           is
           
             first
             pure
             and
             then
             peaceable
          
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           charitable
           Religion
           ,
           and
           none
           can
           justly
           pretend
           to
           it
           ,
           whose
           Doctrines
           are
           
             Earthly
             ,
             Sensual
          
           and
           Devilish
           ;
           who
           breathe
           nothing
           but
           Curses
           .
           and
           Slaughters
           ,
           who
           hold
           it
           lawful
           to
           destroy
           all
           such
           as
           differ
           from
           them
           in
           Matters
           of
           Faith
           ,
           to
           extirpate
           by
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           all
           such
           as
           
             worship
             God
             after
             the
             Way
             which
             they
             call
             Heresie
          
           ;
           and
           such
           are
           the
           bloody
           Principles
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Religion
          
           :
           Principles
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           the
           ever
           
             Blessed
             Jesus
             .
             He
             came
             into
             the
             World
             to
             save
             and
             not
             to
             destroy
             the
             Lives
             of
             Men
             :
          
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           the
           Papists
           are
           for
           sending
           Men
           out
           of
           the
           World
           in
           a
           fiery
           Chariot
           ,
           for
           illuminating
           our
           Understandings
           with
           Fire
           and
           Faggot
           :
           The
           Marian
           Persecution
           is
           a
           Demonstration
           of
           their
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           dismal
           Tragedy
           would
           have
           been
           acted
           over
           again
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           sent
           us
           a
           Deliverer
           ,
           who
           deliver'd
           us
           from
           so
           great
           a
           Death
           .
           Thus
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           was
           then
           no
           Conscience
           made
           to
           extirpate
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           all
           for
           a
           pretended
           
           Zeal
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ;
           a
           horribly
           mistaken
           blind
           Zeal
           ,
           
             a
             Zeal
             not
             at
             all
             according
             to
             Knowledge
             .
          
           Alas
           !
           
             They
             know
             not
             what
             manner
             of
             Spirit
             they
             are
             of
             .
          
           But
           God
           deliver'd
           
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Queen
             ,
             the
             tender
             Princes
             ,
             the
             Nobles
             ,
          
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           from
           their
           design'd
           Destruction
           .
           
             God
             deliver'd
             them
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             .
             Death
             !
          
           How
           exorbitant
           was
           that
           Death
           in
           its
           Nature
           ?
           How
           transcendently
           wicked
           in
           its
           Design
           ?
           How
           barbarous
           and
           unnatural
           ?
           Such
           a
           prodigious
           Cruelty
           as
           is
           beyond
           the
           Example
           of
           former
           Ages
           ,
           as
           is
           not
           to
           be
           parallell'd
           in
           all
           the
           voluminous
           Records
           of
           time
           from
           the
           Beginning
           of
           the
           World.
           The
           Plot
           was
           deeply
           laid
           ,
           it
           was
           hatch'd
           and
           contriv'd
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           they
           kept
           it
           secret
           ,
           every
           Man
           in
           the
           Deep
           of
           his
           Heart
           ,
           and
           not
           without
           Ceremonies
           of
           Religion
           ;
           Ay
           ,
           they
           swore
           by
           the
           
             Blessed
             Trinity
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           
             Holy
             Sacrament
          
           never
           to
           disclose
           it
           directly
           ,
           nor
           indirectly
           ,
           by
           Word
           or
           Circumstance
           :
           But
           ,
           by
           the
           good
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           was
           proclaim'd
           upon
           the
           House-tops
           .
           A
           most
           wonderful
           Proclamation
           ,
           and
           never
           enough
           to
           be
           reflected
           upon
           with
           Praise
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ;
           such
           a
           Discovery
           as
           Bellarmin
           himself
           confesses
           to
           have
           been
           miraculous
           .
           Had
           it
           taken
           effect
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           just
           ripe
           for
           Execution
           ,
           my
           Blood
           chills
           ,
           I
           tremble
           to
           think
           of
           the
           dismal
           Consequences
           of
           it
           :
           We
           had
           then
           been
           depriv'd
           of
           
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             Princes
          
           ,
           and
           
             all
             the
             Nobility
          
           :
           It
           would
           have
           been
           a
           most
           miserable
           Desolation
           :
           How
           would
           this
           poor
           Church
           and
           Nation
           have
           laid
           a
           bleeding
           ?
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           would
           presently
           have
           taken
           the
           Wing
           and
           flown
           from
           this
           
             British
             Isle
          
           ;
           there
           would
           then
           have
           been
           nothing
           but
           intestine
           War
           ,
           Bloodshed
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Confusion
           .
           Never
           did
           the
           Ear
           of
           Man
           hear
           of
           such
           a
           Conspiracy
           before
           .
           The
           highest
           
           Treason
           that
           could
           ever
           be
           imagin'd
           by
           any
           ,
           who
           either
           made
           or
           writ
           of
           Laws
           ,
           was
           
             Crimen
             laesae
             Majestatis
          
           the
           violating
           the
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Prince
           :
           But
           the
           Gunpowder-Treason
           wants
           a
           Name
           sufficient
           to
           express
           it
           ;
           it
           tended
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Hurt
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           only
           ,
           but
           of
           his
           whole
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           beautiful
           Frame
           ,
           the
           Dissolation
           of
           the
           Noble
           Fabrick
           of
           this
           Ancient
           ,
           Famous
           ,
           and
           Flourishing
           Monarchy
           ,
           even
           the
           Deletion
           of
           our
           whole
           Name
           and
           Nation
           .
        
         
           No
           Mantle
           of
           Holiness
           can
           cover
           such
           a
           Treason
           ,
           no
           Pretence
           of
           Religion
           can
           excuse
           it
           ,
           God
           and
           Heaven
           condemn
           it
           ,
           all
           Souls
           of
           a
           truly
           Christian
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           must
           detest
           and
           abhor
           it
           .
           
             Six
             and
             Thirty
             Barrels
             of
             Powder
             ,
          
           with
           Bars
           of
           Iron
           ,
           Stones
           and
           Wood
           upon
           them
           !
           What
           a
           great
           Breach
           ,
           what
           a
           fiery
           Tempest
           ,
           what
           a
           Motion
           and
           Commotion
           of
           Earth
           and
           Air
           would
           there
           have
           been
           ?
           But
           God
           deliver'd
           our
           
             Ancestors
             from
             so
             great
             a
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           doth
           still
           deliver
           from
           Death
           .
        
         
           Ay
           ,
           God
           hath
           lately
           deliver'd
           us
           ,
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           from
           Death
           and
           Destruction
           .
           It
           is
           not
           many
           Years
           ago
           since
           we
           had
           a
           sad
           and
           melancholy
           Prospect
           of
           Affairs
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           long
           since
           a
           thick
           and
           black
           Cloud
           hung
           over
           our
           Heads
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           all
           probability
           ,
           would
           have
           broke
           and
           pour'd
           down
           upon
           us
           a
           Deluge
           of
           Waters
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           timely
           dispell'd
           by
           the
           comfortable
           Appearance
           of
           a
           
             Bright
             and
             Glorious
             Star
          
           in
           our
           Hemisphere
           ,
           by
           the
           happy
           Arrival
           of
           
             King
             William
          
           upon
           this
           Day
           .
           I
           need
           not
           acquaint
           you
           how
           our
           Popish
           Enemies
           attempted
           to
           destroy
           both
           our
           Laws
           and
           Religion
           .
           It
           was
           an
           excellent
           Reply
           which
           an
           ancient
           and
           eminent
           
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
          
           gave
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           he
           complemented
           him
           upon
           his
           Arrival
           :
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           told
           
           him
           he
           had
           out-liv'd
           most
           of
           his
           Profession
           ;
           and
           he
           truly
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           Majesty
           had
           not
           come
           over
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           out-liv'd
           the
           Law
           it self
           .
           We
           flatter'd
           our selves
           indeed
           with
           a
           Belief
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           have
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ever
           introduced
           here
           ,
           because
           a
           thing
           so
           absolutely
           against
           the
           English
           Constitution
           ;
           that
           let
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Prince
           be
           what
           they
           would
           ,
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Laws
           must
           of
           necessity
           run
           in
           the
           same
           Channel
           he
           found
           them
           in
           :
           But
           we
           soon
           saw
           how
           the
           Course
           of
           the
           River
           was
           forc'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Stream
           turn'd
           so
           as
           to
           run
           over
           our
           Soul
           ;
           we
           were
           quickly
           made
           sensible
           of
           our
           gross
           Mistake
           and
           Delusion
           ,
           we
           presently
           understood
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Government
           too
           hard
           for
           a
           Jesuit
           to
           cut
           in
           sunder
           ,
           no
           Constitution
           so
           strong
           as
           to
           wrestle
           with
           a
           
             dispensing
             Power
          
           .
           Thus
           our
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Laws
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           near
           and
           dear
           to
           us
           would
           have
           been
           destroy'd
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           deliver'd
           them
           from
           so
           great
           a
           Death
           ,
           by
           sending
           us
           the
           best
           of
           Princes
           ,
           who
           this
           Day
           set
           his
           Foot
           on
           the
           
             British
             Shore
          
           :
           It
           was
           he
           alone
           whom
           God
           made
           the
           happy
           Instrument
           of
           our
           Preservation
           ,
           it
           was
           he
           who
           stop'd
           our
           furious
           Enemies
           in
           their
           Career
           ,
           who
           prevented
           their
           base
           Designs
           by
           a
           sudden
           and
           an
           unexpected
           Change
           of
           the
           Scene
           ,
           by
           such
           an
           astonishing
           Revolution
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           no
           Age
           ,
           peradventure
           ,
           can
           parallel
           .
        
         
           A
           most
           happy
           Revolution
           ,
           whatsoever
           our
           Male-contents
           think
           of
           it
           .
           Alass
           !
           when
           once
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           are
           darkned
           with
           Ambition
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Revenge
           ,
           Hatred
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Envy
           ,
           let
           Acts
           of
           Providence
           be
           never
           so
           illustriously
           visible
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           see
           them
           ,
           such
           Darkness
           is
           thick
           to
           Admiration
           ,
           
             how
             great
             is
             that
             Darkness
          
           !
           It
           was
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           a
           most
           happy
           Revolution
           :
           Tho'
           it
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Consequence
           of
           it
           hath
           been
           a
           vast
           Expence
           
           of
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           :
           but
           still
           we
           have
           the
           least
           Reason
           to
           murmur
           or
           complain
           :
           This
           Blood
           hath
           not
           been
           spil'd
           ,
           this
           terrible
           War
           hath
           not
           rag'd
           in
           our
           own
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Foreign
           Land
           ;
           all
           the
           Havock
           which
           hath
           been
           made
           ,
           all
           the
           Devastations
           by
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           were
           not
           here
           ,
           but
           in
           other
           Countries
           .
           Taxes
           and
           Impositions
           indeed
           we
           have
           not
           been
           freed
           from
           ,
           but
           what
           then
           ?
           
             our
             Yoke
             hath
             been
             easy
             ,
             and
             our
             Burden
             light
             ,
          
           and
           if
           Judgment
           may
           be
           form'd
           according
           to
           the
           Sumptuous
           way
           of
           living
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           little
           Abatement
           there
           hath
           been
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           War
           commenc'd
           ,
           either
           of
           Diet
           ,
           splendid
           Attire
           ,
           or
           other
           expensive
           Diversions
           ,
           all
           the
           Charge
           we
           have
           been
           at
           is
           comparatively
           as
           nothing
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Question
           whether
           greater
           Injury
           hath
           been
           done
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           whether
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           hath
           suffer'd
           more
           by
           
             impairing
             the
             Coin
          
           ,
           than
           by
           the
           War
           :
           the
           Prevention
           of
           which
           great
           Mischief
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           glorious
           Act
           as
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           :
           To
           have
           call'd
           in
           our
           
             base
             Money
          
           at
           a
           time
           when
           we
           slept
           upon
           the
           downy
           Bed
           of
           Peace
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           a
           matter
           of
           far
           less
           Difficulty
           ;
           but
           to
           regulate
           the
           Coin
           ,
           when
           we
           were
           engag'd
           in
           a
           bloody
           and
           expensive
           War
           ,
           this
           Act
           no
           Age
           peradventure
           can
           parallel
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Question
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           whether
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           hath
           suffer'd
           more
           by
           
             impairing
             the
             Coin
          
           than
           by
           the
           War
           :
           I
           heartily
           wish
           that
           such
           as
           have
           thus
           been
           guilty
           of
           plunging
           the
           Nation
           into
           calamitous
           Circumstances
           ,
           may
           be
           deeply
           touch'd
           and
           affected
           with
           the
           Consideration
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           Repent
           of
           the
           
             great
             Wrong
             and
             universal
             Robbery
          
           which
           they
           have
           committed
           ,
           and
           demonstrate
           the
           Sincerity
           of
           their
           Repentance
           by
           giving
           the
           Wealth
           they
           have
           gotten
           by
           Injury
           ,
           Fraud
           ,
           and
           Deceit
           ,
           to
           
             Charitable
             Vses
          
           .
           If
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           the
           time
           will
           come
           ,
           when
           they
           will
           wish
           they
           
           had
           not
           
             enriched
             themselves
             by
             others
             Poverty
          
           ;
           that
           they
           had
           mov'd
           in
           a
           low
           Sphere
           ,
           and
           been
           contented
           with
           a
           mean
           Condition
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           cast
           themselves
           naked
           into
           the
           Arms
           of
           
             Divine
             Providence
          
           ,
           and
           known
           nothing
           of
           Temporal
           Affluence
           and
           Prosperity
           .
           
             Oh!
             What
             is
             a
             Man
             advantaged
             ,
             if
             he
             gain
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             and
             lose
             himself
             ,
             or
             be
             a
             cast-away
             ?
             Luke
          
           9.25
           .
           
             Oh!
             what
             shall
             a
             Man
             give
             in
             Exchange
             for
             his
             Soul
             ?
             Mat.
          
           16.26
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           Thieves
           (
           and
           such
           are
           the
           
             greatest
             Thieves
          
           ,
           as
           either
           impair'd
           ,
           or
           by
           furnishing
           were
           instrumental
           to
           the
           
             impairing
             of
             our
             Coin
          
           )
           unless
           they
           repent
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           make
           Restitution
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           Capacity
           for
           it
           ,
           can
           never
           enter
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           1.
           
           Cor.
           6.10
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           
             the
             Tables
             of
             the
             Money
             Changers
             are
             now
             overturn'd
             ,
          
           this
           great
           and
           dangerous
           Distemper
           which
           the
           Nation
           hath
           long
           labour'd
           under
           ,
           is
           now
           healed
           ,
           this
           
             base
             Art
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             terrible
             War
          
           ,
           hath
           had
           its
           happy
           Period
           and
           Conclusion
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           would
           but
           put
           away
           from
           us
           all
           Bitterness
           and
           Wrath
           ,
           Anger
           and
           Clamour
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Envy
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           Christian
           Love
           and
           Charity
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           but
           endeavour
           to
           keep
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Bond
           of
           Peace
           ,
           what
           could
           hinder
           us
           from
           being
           the
           
             happiest
             People
          
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ?
           
             What
             complaining
             could
             then
             be
             in
             our
             Streets
             ?
             Trade
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Life
           and
           Soul
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           will
           now
           flourish
           ,
           our
           Money
           hath
           recover'd
           its
           ancient
           Weight
           and
           Fineness
           ,
           it
           hath
           now
           the
           greatest
           Beauty
           and
           Comliness
           ;
           and
           tho'
           we
           have
           been
           at
           a
           vast
           Expence
           of
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           yet
           the
           Happiness
           we
           have
           gotten
           thereby
           ,
           will
           infinitely
           over-ballance
           and
           preponderate
           all
           our
           
             Harm
             and
             Loss
          
           ;
           we
           have
           purchased
           therewith
           a
           Jewel
           of
           a
           Transcendent
           value
           ,
           of
           the
           greatest
           Price
           ,
           an
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           a
           
             durable
             and
             lasting
             Peace
          
           .
           God
           hath
           
           made
           the
           War
           to
           cease
           ,
           it
           is
           he
           who
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           all
           our
           Deliverances
           ,
           
             it
             is
             he
             who
             maketh
             Wars
             to
             cease
             in
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             breaketh
             the
             Bow
             ,
             and
             knappeth
             the
             Spear
             in
             sunder
             ,
             and
             burneth
             the
             Chariots
             in
             the
             Fire
             :
          
           God
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           hath
           made
           the
           War
           to
           cease
           ,
           thro'
           the
           Noble
           Conduct
           and
           Heroick
           Valour
           of
           our
           
             Great
             King
          
           ,
           God
           hath
           given
           unto
           us
           the
           Blessings
           of
           Peace
           .
           God
           Land
           him
           safe
           again
           on
           our
           
             joyful
             Shore
          
           ,
           let
           him
           return
           with
           the
           greatest
           Glory
           and
           Triumph
           ,
           with
           the
           loudest
           Shouts
           and
           Acclamations
           ,
           God
           Almighty
           give
           him
           always
           the
           Hearts
           of
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           People
           ;
           O
           
             Young
             Men
             and
             Maidens
             ,
             Old
             Men
             and
             Children
             ,
          
           cry
           ,
           
             God
             Save
             King
             William
          
           ;
           for
           he
           it
           is
           by
           whom
           God
           hath
           deliver'd
           us
           from
           Death
           ,
           from
           innumerable
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           doth
           deliver
           :
           In
           
             whom
             we
             trust
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             yet
             also
             deliver
             us
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           brings
           me
           to
           the
           Third
           and
           the
           Last
           thing
           ;
           Namely
           ,
        
         
           What
           Method
           we
           must
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           take
           to
           endear
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           still
           to
           protect
           and
           deliver
           us
           from
           Death
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           we
           hope
           to
           endear
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           oblige
           him
           to
           protect
           and
           deliver
           us
           from
           Death
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           Method
           which
           we
           must
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           take
           :
           We
           must
           lead
           an
           holy
           and
           exemplary
           Life
           ,
           we
           must
           endeavour
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lies
           ,
           to
           be
           Pure
           and
           Holy
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Conversation
           .
           Do
           we
           pretend
           to
           trust
           in
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ?
           Alas
           !
           without
           Holiness
           ,
           we
           trust
           in
           vain
           ;
           unless
           we
           purify
           our selves
           ,
           we
           can
           have
           no
           sure
           and
           certain
           Hope
           ,
           no
           rational
           Assurance
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Protection
          
           .
           No
           People
           under
           Heaven
           have
           more
           liberally
           tasted
           of
           the
           Favour
           and
           loving
           Kindness
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           than
           we
           .
           No
           People
           in
           the
           World
           have
           stronger
           Obligations
           to
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           than
           we
           .
           What
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Lord
           could
           
           have
           done
           for
           this
           our
           Nation
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           not
           done
           it
           ?
           God
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           best
           Religion
           ,
           the
           best
           Government
           ,
           the
           best
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           the
           best
           of
           Blessings
           ,
           Peace
           .
           How
           many
           Deliverances
           from
           Death
           have
           we
           had
           ?
           The
           Time
           and
           your
           Patience
           would
           fail
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           particular
           Enumeration
           of
           them
           ;
           they
           are
           more
           in
           Number
           than
           I
           am
           now
           able
           to
           express
           .
           How
           often
           hath
           the
           Lord
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           deliver
           our
           
             Glorious
             Prince
          
           from
           Death
           ;
           and
           in
           him
           us
           ?
           for
           if
           this
           our
           Light
           ,
           our
           Lamp
           had
           been
           quench'd
           in
           Battel
           ,
           
             What
             a
             Day
             of
             Darkness
             and
             Gloominess
             ,
             what
             a
             Day
             of
             Clouds
             and
             thick
             Darkness
             would
             there
             have
             been
             ?
          
           He
           may
           very
           justly
           be
           call'd
           the
           Light
           of
           our
           Israel
           ,
           for
           ,
           the
           Splendor
           and
           Greatness
           ,
           the
           Beauty
           and
           Glory
           ,
           the
           Conduct
           and
           Direction
           ,
           the
           Comfort
           and
           Safety
           ,
           the
           Welfare
           and
           Happiness
           of
           us
           his
           People
           flow
           from
           and
           depend
           upon
           him
           .
           How
           often
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           hath
           the
           Lord
           been
           pleas'd
           to
           deliver
           him
           from
           Death
           ?
           From
           Perils
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           from
           Perils
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           from
           Perils
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           from
           a
           treacherous
           and
           bloody
           ,
           an
           horrid
           and
           barbarous
           Assassination
           .
           And
           God
           will
           still
           deliver
           him
           and
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           but
           obedient
           and
           conformable
           to
           his
           Divine
           Laws
           .
           But
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           obedient
           ,
           if
           these
           manifold
           Favours
           and
           Mercies
           of
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           influence
           and
           persuade
           us
           to
           Purity
           of
           Life
           and
           Holiness
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           how
           fatal
           will
           the
           Consequence
           be
           ?
           What
           can
           we
           look
           for
           but
           Ruine
           and
           Destruction
           ?
           Oh!
           
             We
             shall
             be
             consumed
             both
             we
             and
             our
             King.
          
           We
           may
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           that
           all
           Engines
           are
           now
           at
           work
           to
           disturb
           our
           Repose
           ,
           our
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           .
           Oh!
           that
           all
           such
           as
           move
           in
           sublime
           and
           honorary
           Orbs
           would
           have
           a
           vigilant
           Eye
           upon
           all
           the
           Enemies
           of
           
           our
           Constitution
           .
           Oh!
           that
           all
           Magistrates
           would
           unanimously
           resolve
           to
           watch
           and
           study
           to
           preserve
           the
           People
           committed
           to
           their
           respective
           Charges
           ,
           in
           Peace
           and
           Godliness
           .
           We
           may
           assure
           our selves
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           
             Hellish
             Plots
          
           and
           
             damnable
             Contrivances
          
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           there
           is
           either
           a
           Devil
           or
           a
           Jesuit
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           Romanists
           will
           always
           bear
           us
           the
           same
           implacable
           Hatred
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           them
           of
           the
           same
           diabolical
           Temper
           and
           malicious
           Disposition
           .
           Now
           ,
           who
           can
           confound
           their
           Devices
           ?
           Who
           can
           deliver
           us
           from
           their
           Machinations
           but
           God
           ?
           and
           nothing
           can
           challenge
           or
           oblige
           him
           to
           do
           so
           but
           Piety
           and
           Vertue
           .
           Alas
           !
           if
           we
           do
           wickedly
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           not
           leave
           off
           our
           Ingratitude
           and
           Impiety
           ,
           our
           unreasonable
           Murmurings
           and
           Repinings
           ,
           if
           we
           still
           provoke
           him
           by
           Sins
           and
           Transgressions
           ,
           what
           terrible
           Effects
           will
           not
           these
           Things
           produce
           ?
           
             Oh!
             we
             shall
             be
             consumed
             both
             we
             and
             our
             King
             :
          
           For
           search
           the
           lively
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           there
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           all
           along
           darted
           the
           Rays
           of
           Prosperity
           ,
           hath
           showr'd
           down
           all
           imaginable
           Blessings
           upon
           such
           Nations
           as
           
             feared
             him
             and
             wrought
             Righteousness
          
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           God
           hath
           pour'd
           down
           the
           fiercest
           Instances
           of
           his
           Anger
           and
           heavy
           Displeasure
           upon
           such
           Kingdoms
           as
           trampled
           upon
           his
           Laws
           ,
           as
           affronted
           him
           by
           Wickedness
           and
           Impiety
           ;
           this
           hath
           been
           the
           constant
           Course
           of
           
             Divine
             Providence
          
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           probability
           will
           be
           so
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World.
           That
           was
           good
           and
           wholesome
           Advice
           which
           Achior
           gave
           Holofernes
           concerning
           the
           Jews
           .
           Judith
           5.21
           ,
           22.
           
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             Governour
             ,
             If
             there
             be
             any
             Error
             in
             this
             People
             ,
             and
             they
             sin
             against
             their
             God
             ,
             this
             shall
             be
             their
             Ruine
             ;
             but
             if
             there
             be
             no
             Iniquity
             in
             their
             Nation
             ,
             let
             my
             Lord
             now
             pass
             by
             ,
             lest
             
             their
             Lord
             defend
             them
             ,
             and
             we
             become
             a
             Reproach
             before
             all
             the
             world
             :
          
           And
           this
           salutary
           Advice
           we
           find
           confirm'd
           by
           Judith
           her self
           in
           the
           11th
           Chapter
           ,
           and
           the
           9th
           and
           10th
           Verse
           ,
           
             As
             concerning
             the
             Matter
             which
          
           Achior
           
             spoke
             in
             thy
             Councel
             ,
             we
             have
             heard
             of
             it
             .
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             Governour
             ,
             reject
             not
             his
             Word
             ,
             but
             lay
             it
             up
             in
             thine
             Heart
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             true
             ;
             our
             Nation
             shall
             not
             be
             punish'd
             ,
             neither
             can
             the
             Sword
             prevail
             against
             them
             ,
             except
             they
             sin
             against
             their
             God.
          
           And
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           consider
           how
           God
           dealt
           with
           his
           own
           
             peculiar
             People
          
           ,
           the
           
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           .
        
         
           When
           they
           walk'd
           in
           his
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           kept
           his
           Commandments
           ,
           how
           transcendently
           great
           then
           was
           their
           Affluence
           and
           Prosperity
           ?
           the
           inestimable
           Blessing
           of
           Peace
           was
           then
           within
           
             their
             Walls
             ,
             and
             Plenteousness
             within
             their
             Palaces
          
           ;
           Quietness
           and
           Ease
           ,
           Unity
           and
           Love
           ,
           all
           imaginable
           Happiness
           they
           enjoy'd
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Almighty
           made
           them
           victorious
           and
           triumphant
           abroad
           ;
           they
           rejoyc'd
           under
           the
           Shadow
           of
           his
           Wings
           :
           But
           when
           they
           became
           corrupt
           and
           abominable
           in
           their
           Doings
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           a
           general
           Declension
           from
           the
           Faith
           and
           Practice
           of
           True
           Religion
           ,
           then
           they
           ceas'd
           to
           be
           a
           happy
           and
           a
           prosperous
           People
           ;
           they
           were
           then
           led
           into
           Captivity
           ,
           
             their
             Enemies
             then
             oppressed
             them
             ,
             and
             had
             them
             in
             Subjection
             ,
          
           put
           upon
           their
           Necks
           the
           Chains
           of
           Bondage
           and
           intolerable
           Slavery
           .
           Now
           these
           things
           happen'd
           unto
           them
           for
           Ensamples
           ;
           these
           things
           are
           written
           for
           
             our
             Learning
             and
             Admonition
          
           .
           If
           we
           constantly
           walk
           before
           God
           in
           Holiness
           and
           Righteousness
           ,
           we
           shall
           then
           enjoy
           Happiness
           and
           Tranquility
           ,
           Peace
           and
           Plenteousness
           :
           But
           if
           we
           apostatize
           from
           God
           and
           Goodness
           ,
           he
           will
           then
           have
           a
           Controversie
           with
           us
           ,
           Fire
           and
           Famine
           ,
           Sword
           and
           Pestilence
           ,
           his
           Judgments
           
           will
           then
           rage
           amongst
           us
           :
           For
           if
           
             God
             spar'd
             not
             the
             natural
             Branches
             ,
          
           how
           can
           we
           expect
           he
           will
           spare
           us
           ?
           If
           
             we
             continue
             not
             in
             his
             Goodness
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           stand
           not
           fast
           ,
           if
           we
           persevere
           not
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           Faith
           as
           worketh
           by
           Love
           ,
           as
           lives
           and
           acts
           by
           Charity
           ,
           as
           is
           productive
           of
           all
           noble
           and
           vertuous
           Actions
           ;
           thus
           St.
           Paul
           argueth
           ,
           Rom.
           11.21
           ,
           22.
           
           It
           is
           infallibly
           true
           ,
           that
           Wickedness
           and
           Vice
           draws
           down
           God's
           Wrath
           and
           Vengeance
           upon
           any
           People
           ,
           that
           Looseness
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           Corruption
           of
           Manners
           brings
           the
           most
           flourishing
           People
           to
           Ruine
           and
           Decay
           .
           Oh!
           then
           let
           the
           Consideration
           of
           this
           important
           Truth
           oblige
           and
           enforce
           us
           to
           live
           up
           to
           the
           Precepts
           and
           Institutions
           of
           our
           excellent
           Religion
           .
           God
           then
           will
           be
           our
           constant
           Friend
           and
           Benefactor
           ,
           
             God
             then
             will
             stablish
             the
             wonderful
             Things
             He
             hath
             been
             graciously
             pleas'd
             to
             work
             for
             us
          
           ;
           God
           then
           will
           continue
           to
           deliver
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           us
           his
           People
           from
           Death
           ,
           from
           all
           the
           impious
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           of
           his
           and
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           both
           at
           home
           and
           abroad
           ;
           God
           then
           will
           bless
           him
           and
           us
           with
           Temporal
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           with
           eternal
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           
             Which
             God
             ,
             of
             his
             infinite
             Mercy
             ,
             grant
             for
             Jesus
             Christ
             his
             sake
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             ascrib'd
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             due
             ,
             all
             Honour
             ,
             Glory
             ,
             Praise
             ,
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             Might
             ,
             Majesty
             and
             Dominion
             ,
             from
             henceforth
             and
             for
             evermore
             .
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           POSTSCRIPT
           .
        
         
           IN
           part
           of
           the
           fore-going
           Discourse
           ,
           I
           have
           slightly
           touch'd
           upon
           the
           unhappy
           Schisms
           ,
           and
           much
           to
           be
           lamented
           Divisions
           ,
           which
           now
           furiously
           rage
           amongst
           us
           ;
           and
           have
           shewed
           you
           the
           Spring
           from
           whence
           they
           flow
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           other
           Emissaries
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           It
           is
           that
           Church
           which
           hath
           ,
           ever
           since
           our
           
             Blessed
             Reformation
          
           ,
           industriously
           sown
           the
           Seeds
           of
           Contention
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           ,
           it
           is
           much
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           She
           hath
           now
           more
           than
           ever
           ,
           a
           pleasing
           Prospect
           of
           a
           plentiful
           Harvest
           .
           It
           was
           that
           Church
           which
           was
           the
           Source
           and
           Origin
           of
           all
           the
           late
           Troubles
           and
           Confusions
           ;
           and
           She
           still
           endeavours
           with
           the
           same
           implacable
           Malice
           to
           set
           us
           at
           Variance
           and
           Strife
           amongst
           our selves
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Engine
           which
           the
           Romanists
           have
           all
           along
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           and
           still
           do
           ,
           to
           effect
           our
           Ruine
           and
           Destruction
           .
           They
           very
           well
           understand
           ,
           that
           Discord
           is
           the
           only
           Gate
           which
           can
           possibly
           give
           Popery
           an
           entrance
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           That
           this
           hath
           been
           their
           constant
           Practice
           ,
           I
           could
           produce
           infinite
           .
           Testimonies
           out
           of
           very
           Authentick
           Historians
           ;
           but
           now
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           recommend
           these
           Two
           
             following
             Letters
          
           to
           your
           serious
           Perusal
           and
           Consideration
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           only
           of
           unquestionable
           Authority
           ,
           but
           clearly
           evince
           ,
           and
           sufficiently
           discover
           the
           Roman
           Contrivances
           and
           Designs
           .
        
         
         
           I
           pray
           God
           we
           may
           obviate
           them
           by
           our
           Vigilance
           and
           Circumspection
           ,
           by
           our
           timely
           seeing
           the
           Things
           which
           belong
           unto
           our
           Peace
           ,
           by
           a
           vigorous
           and
           inviolable
           Resolution
           ,
           to
           be
           all
           of
           one
           Heart
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           Mind
           ,
           and
           
             to
             be
             henceforth
             no
             more
             Children
             ,
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             with
             every
             Wind
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             by
             the
             Sleight
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             cunning
             Craftiness
             ,
             whereby
             they
             lie
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           from
           Sir
           
             William
             Boswell
          
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           Reverend
           
             William
             Laud
          
           ,
           late
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           remaining
           with
           Sir
           Robert
           Cotton's
           choice
           Papers
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Reverend
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           I
           am
           here
           employ'd
           by
           our
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           your
           Grace
           can
           testifie
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           left
           no
           Stone
           unturn'd
           for
           his
           Majesty's
           Advancement
           ;
           neither
           can
           I
           omit
           (
           whenever
           I
           meet
           with
           Treacheries
           or
           Conspiracies
           against
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           of
           England
           )
           the
           sending
           your
           Grace
           an
           Account
           in
           general
           .
           I
           fear
           Matters
           will
           not
           answer
           your
           Expectations
           ,
           if
           your
           Grace
           do
           but
           seriously
           weigh
           them
           with
           Deliberation
           :
           For
           be
           you
           assur'd
           ,
           the
           
             Romish
             Clergy
          
           have
           gull'd
           the
           misled
           Party
           of
           our
           
             English
             Nation
          
           ,
           and
           that
           under
           a
           
             Puritanical
             Dress
          
           ;
           for
           which
           the
           several
           Fraternities
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           have
           lately
           received
           Indulgencies
           from
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           Council
           of
           Cardinals
           ,
           for
           to
           educate
           several
           of
           the
           young
           Fry
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           who
           be
           Natives
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Realms
           and
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           instruct
           them
           in
           all
           manner
           of
           Principles
           and
           Tenents
           contrary
           to
           the
           Episcopacy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           There
           be
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Hague
           ,
           to
           my
           certain
           Knowledge
           ,
           two
           dangerous
           Impostors
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           have
           given
           notice
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           who
           have
           large
           Indulgences
           granted
           them
           ,
           and
           known
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
           Rome
           ,
           although
           they
           seem
           Puritans
           ,
           and
           do
           converse
           with
           several
           of
           our
           
             English
             Factors
          
           .
           The
           one
           ,
           
             James
             Murray
          
           ,
           a
           Scotch
           Man
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           
             John
             Napper
          
           ,
           a
           Yorkshire
           Blade
           .
           The
           main
           Drift
           of
           these
           Intensions
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           
             English
             Episcopacy
          
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           chief
           Support
           of
           the
           
             Imperial
             Crown
          
           of
           our
           Nation
           :
           for
           which
           ,
           purpose
           above
           Sixty
           Romish
           Clergy-men
           are
           
             gone
          
           within
           these
           two
           Years
           out
           of
           the
           Monasteries
           of
           the
           French
           ●ing's
           Dominions
           ,
           to
           preach
           up
           the
           Scotch
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Knox
           his
           Descriptions
           and
           Rules
           with
           in
           that
           Kirk
           ,
           and
           to
           spread
           the
           same
           about
           the
           Northern
           Coasts
           of
           England
           .
           Let
           therefore
           his
           Majesty
           have
           an
           inkling
           of
           these
           Crotchets
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           persuaded
           ,
           whenever
           Matters
           of
           the
           Church
           come
           before
           you
           ,
           to
           refer
           them
           to
           your
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           Episcopal
           Party
           of
           the
           Realm
           :
           For
           there
           be
           great
           Preparations
           making
           ready
           against
           the
           Liturgy
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           all
           evil
           Contrivances
           here
           and
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           Protestant
           Holdings
           ,
           to
           make
           your
           Grace
           and
           the
           Episcopacy
           odious
           to
           all
           Reformed
           Protestants
           abroad
           .
           It
           has
           wrought
           so
           much
           on
           divers
           of
           the
           Foreign
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           that
           they
           esteem
           our
           Clergy
           little
           better
           than
           Papists
           .
           The
           main
           things
           ,
           that
           they
           hit
           in
           our
           Teeth
           ,
           are
           ,
           our
           Bishops
           to
           be
           called
           Lords
           ;
           the
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           the
           Cross
           in
           Baptism
           ;
           Confirmation
           ;
           Bowing
           at
           the
           Name
           of
           Jesus
           ;
           the
           Communion
           Tables
           placed
           Altar-ways
           ;
           our
           Manner
           of
           Consecrations
           :
           And
           several
           other
           Matters
           which
           be
           of
           late
           buzz'd
           into
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Foreign
           Clergy
           ,
           to
           make
           your
           Grievances
           the
           less
           regarded
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Change
           ,
           which
           is
           aimed
           at
           ,
           if
           not
           speedily
           prevented
           .
           Your
           Grace's
           Letter
           is
           carefully
           delivered
           by
           my
           Gentleman
           's
           own
           Hands
           unto
           the
           Prince
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           craving
           your
           Grace's
           hearty
           Prayers
           for
           my
           Vndertakings
           abroad
           ,
           as
           also
           for
           my
           safe
           Arrival
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           have
           the
           Freedom
           to
           kiss
           your
           Grace's
           Hands
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           you
           more
           at
           large
           of
           these
           Things
           .
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             Hague
             ,
             
               
                 June
                 12.
                 1640.
              
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Grace's
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               W.
               B.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           LETTER
           from
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           
             J.
             Bramhall
          
           ,
           Bishop
           of
           Derry
           (
           afterward
           Primate
           of
           Ireland
           )
           to
           the
           most
           Reverend
           
             James
             Vsher
          
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Armagh
           .
        
         
           
             Most
             Reverend
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Thank
           God
           I
           do
           take
           my
           Pilgrimage
           patiently
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           but
           condole
           the
           Change
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           of
           England
           :
           And
           more
           in
           my
           Pilgrimage
           than
           ever
           ,
           because
           I
           dare
           not
           witness
           and
           declare
           to
           that
           straying
           Flock
           of
           our
           Brethren
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           have
           misled
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           they
           are
           that
           feed
           them
           .
           But
           that
           your
           Lordship
           may
           he
           more
           sensible
           of
           the
           Church's
           Calamities
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Dangers
           she
           is
           in
           of
           being
           ruin'd
           ,
           if
           God
           be
           not
           merciful
           unto
           her
           ,
           I
           have
           sent
           you
           a
           Part
           of
           my
           Discoveries
           ,
           
           and
           it
           from
           credible
           Hands
           ,
           at
           this
           present
           having
           so
           sure
           a
           Messenger
           ,
           and
           so
           fit
           an
           Opportunity
           .
        
         
           It
           plainly
           appears
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Year
           1646
           ,
           by
           Order
           from
           Rome
           ,
           above
           a
           Hundred
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           were
           sent
           into
           England
           ,
           consisting
           of
           
             English
             ,
             Scotch
          
           ,
           and
           Irish
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           educated
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Italy
             ,
             Germany
          
           ,
           and
           Spain
           ;
           part
           of
           these
           within
           the
           several
           Schools
           there
           appointed
           for
           their
           Instructions
           ▪
           In
           each
           of
           these
           Romish
           Nurseries
           ,
           these
           Scholars
           were
           taught
           several
           Handicraft
           Trades
           and
           Callings
           ,
           as
           their
           Ingenuities
           were
           most
           bending
           ,
           besides
           their
           Orders
           or
           Functions
           of
           that
           Church
           .
           They
           have
           many
           yet
           at
           Paris
           a
           fitting
           up
           to
           be
           sent
           over
           ,
           who
           twice
           in
           the
           Week
           oppose
           one
           the
           other
           ;
           one
           pretending
           Presbytery
           ,
           the
           other
           Indepency
           ;
           some
           Anabaptism
           ,
           and
           other
           contrary
           Tenents
           ,
           dangerous
           and
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           here
           abroad
           .
           But
           they
           are
           wisely
           preparing
           to
           prevent
           these
           Designs
           ,
           which
           I
           heartily
           wish
           were
           considered
           in
           England
           among
           the
           Wise
           there
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Romish
           Orders
           do
           thus
           argue
           Pro
           and
           Con
           ,
           there
           is
           appointed
           one
           of
           the
           Learned
           of
           those
           Convents
           to
           take
           Notes
           and
           to
           judge
           :
           and
           as
           he
           finds
           their
           Fancies
           ,
           whether
           for
           
             Presbytery
             ,
             Independency
             ,
             Anabaptism
             ,
             Atheism
             ,
          
           or
           for
           any
           new
           Tenents
           ,
           so
           accordingly
           they
           be
           to
           act
           ,
           and
           to
           exercise
           their
           Wits
           :
           Vpon
           their
           Permission
           when
           they
           be
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           they
           enter
           their
           Names
           in
           the
           Convent
           Registry
           ,
           also
           their
           Licences
           :
           if
           a
           Fransciscan
           ,
           if
           a
           Dominican
           ,
           or
           Jesuit
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Order
           ,
           having
           several
           Names
           there
           entered
           in
           their
           Licence
           ;
           in
           case
           of
           a
           Discovery
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           then
           to
           fly
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           change
           their
           Names
           or
           Habit.
           
        
         
           For
           an
           Assurance
           of
           their
           Constancy
           to
           their
           several
           Orders
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           give
           Monthly
           Intelligence
           to
           their
           Fraternities
           ,
           of
           all
           Affairs
           wherever
           they
           be
           dispers'd
           :
           so
           that
           
           the
           English
           Abroad
           know
           News
           better
           than
           ye
           at
           home
           .
           When
           they
           return
           into
           England
           ,
           they
           are
           taught
           their
           Lesson
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           (
           if
           any
           enquire
           from
           whence
           they
           come
           ,
           )
           that
           they
           were
           poor
           Christians
           formerly
           that
           fled
           beyond
           Sea
           for
           their
           Religion
           Sake
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           returned
           ,
           with
           glad
           News
           to
           enjoy
           their
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           The
           Hundred
           Men
           that
           went
           over
           ,
           1646.
           were
           most
           of
           them
           Soldiers
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           Army
           ,
           and
           were
           daily
           to
           correspond
           with
           those
           Romanists
           in
           our
           late
           King's
           Army
           ,
           that
           were
           lately
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           and
           pretended
           to
           fight
           for
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           :
           For
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           there
           were
           some
           Roman-Catholicks
           who
           did
           not
           know
           the
           Design
           a
           contriving
           against
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           of
           England
           .
           But
           the
           Year
           following
           ,
           1647.
           many
           of
           those
           Romish
           Orders
           ,
           who
           came
           over
           the
           Year
           before
           ,
           were
           in
           Consultation
           together
           ,
           knowing
           each
           other
           .
           And
           those
           of
           the
           King's
           Party
           asking
           some
           why
           they
           took
           with
           the
           Parliament's
           Side
           ,
           and
           asking
           others
           .
           Whether
           they
           were
           bewitch'd
           to
           turn
           Puritans
           ?
           not
           knowing
           the
           Design
           :
           But
           at
           last
           ,
           secret
           Bulls
           and
           Licences
           being
           produced
           by
           those
           of
           the
           Parliament's
           Side
           ,
           it
           was
           declared
           between
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           better
           design
           to
           confound
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           than
           by
           pretending
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           .
           It
           was
           argued
           then
           ,
           That
           England
           would
           be
           a
           Second
           Holland
           ,
           a
           Common-Wealth
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           what
           would
           become
           of
           the
           King
           ?
           It
           was
           answered
           ,
           Would
           to
           God
           it
           were
           come
           to
           that
           Point
           .
           It
           was
           again
           reply'd
           ,
           Your selves
           have
           Preached
           so
           much
           against
           Rome
           ,
           and
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           that
           Rome
           and
           her
           Romanists
           will
           be
           little
           the
           better
           for
           that
           Change
           :
           But
           it
           was
           answered
           ,
           You
           shall
           have
           Mass
           sufficient
           for
           100000
           in
           a
           short
           space
           ,
           and
           the
           Governors
           never
           the
           Wiser
           .
           Then
           some
           of
           the
           mercifullest
           of
           the
           Romanists
           said
           ,
           this
           cannot
           be
           done
           unless
           the
           King
           die
           :
           Vpon
           which
           Argument
           ,
           the
           Romist
           Orders
           thus
           licenced
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
           Parliament
           Army
           ,
           wrote
           unto
           their
           several
           Convents
           ,
           but
           especially
           to
           the
           Sorbonists
           ,
           whether
           it
           may
           be
           scrupled
           to
           make
           away
           our
           late
           
             Godly
             King
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           his
           Son
           ,
           our
           King
           and
           Master
           ;
           who
           ,
           blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           hath
           escaped
           their
           Romish
           Snares
           laid
           for
           him
           ?
           It
           was
           returned
           from
           the
           Sorbonists
           that
           it
           was
           lawful
           for
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           to
           work
           Changes
           in
           Governments
           for
           the
           Mother-Churches
           Advancement
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           in
           an
           Heritical
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           so
           lawfully
           make
           away
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Thus
           much
           ,
           to
           my
           Knowledge
           ,
           have
           I
           seen
           and
           heard
           since
           my
           leaving
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           thought
           it
           very
           requisite
           to
           inform
           your
           Grace
           ;
           for
           my self
           would
           hardly
           have
           credited
           these
           things
           ,
           had
           not
           
             mine
             Eyes
          
           seen
           sure
           Evidence
           of
           the
           same
           .
           Let
           these
           things
           sleep
           within
           your
           gracious
           Lordship's
           Breast
           ,
           and
           not
           awake
           but
           upon
           sure
           Grounds
           ,
           for
           this
           Age
           can
           trust
           no
           Man
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           great
           Fallacy
           amongst
           Men.
           So
           the
           Lord
           preserve
           your
           Lordship
           in
           Health
           ,
           for
           the
           Nations
           Good
           ,
           and
           the
           Benefit
           of
           your
           Friends
           ;
           which
           shall
           be
           the
           Prayers
           of
        
         
           
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               J.
               DERENSIS
            
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         FINIS