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             The true way to loyalty a sermon preached by John Owen, chaplain to the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Grey of Ruthin.
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           THE
           True
           Way
           TO
           LOYALTY
           A
           SERMON
        
         
           PREACHED
           By
           
             JOHN
             OWEN
          
           ,
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Henry
           ,
           Lord
           Grey
           of
           Ruthin
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Samuel
             Eddowes
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Three
           Chairs
           next
           Door
           to
           the
           
             Fleece
             Tavern
          
           in
           Cornhil
           .
           MDCLXXXIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           Sir
           
             Jonathan
             Raymund
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           And
           Alderman
           of
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           great
           and
           many
           Obligations
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           received
           from
           your self
           and
           good
           Lady
           ,
           made
           it
           easie
           to
           determine
           to
           whom
           I
           ought
           in
           Duty
           to
           direct
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           as
           a
           publick
           Testimony
           of
           my
           Gratitude
           and
           Thankfulness
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           I
           have
           had
           a
           very
           great
           Longing
           ,
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           to
           meet
           with
           an
           Opportunity
           of
           paying
           my
           Respects
           to
           you
           in
           some
           eminent
           ,
           visible
           way
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           the
           World
           might
           see
           and
           know
           ,
           what
           a
           grateful
           Sense
           I
           have
           of
           those
           Favours
           which
           I
           am
           never
           able
           to
           requite
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           was
           another
           Consideration
           which
           did
           mightily
           prevail
           with
           me
           to
           ascribe
           this
           Sermon
           to
           your
           Patronage
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Agreeableness
           of
           this
           Subject
           of
           Loyalty
           with
           your
           Practice
           and
           Inclinations
           ,
           who
           gave
           sufficient
           and
           the
           most
           convincing
           Proofs
           of
           it
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Tryal
           ,
           when
           Loyalty
           was
           going
           down
           the
           Wind
           ,
           and
           when
           some
           People
           who
           had
           no
           just
           or
           
           material
           Objection
           against
           Sir
           
             Jonathan
             Raymund
          
           upon
           account
           of
           his
           fitness
           to
           serve
           the
           Publick
           ,
           yet
           reflected
           upon
           his
           Loyalty
           ,
           as
           his
           Crime
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           ,
           in
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           did
           spoil
           all
           other
           Qualifications
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           This
           has
           much
           redounded
           to
           your
           Honour
           and
           Reputation
           among
           all
           good
           Men
           ,
           that
           you
           did
           so
           slight
           the
           Censures
           of
           some
           malevolent
           People
           ,
           who
           had
           ill
           Will
           against
           you
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           because
           you
           had
           such
           good
           will
           to
           His
           Majesty
           and
           his
           Government
           ,
           as
           to
           shew
           your self
           such
           a
           brave
           Example
           of
           steddy
           and
           unshaken
           Loyalty
           ,
           in
           unstable
           Times
           ;
           and
           one
           that
           out
           of
           pure
           Choice
           would
           undertake
           to
           come
           in
           in
           the
           very
           heat
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           steer
           the
           Affairs
           of
           a
           great
           City
           ,
           when
           the
           Government
           was
           in
           great
           Distress
           ,
           and
           pester'd
           with
           powerful
           and
           implacable
           Enemies
           on
           all
           sides
           .
           Nay
           ,
           such
           is
           your
           Love
           of
           Majesty
           and
           Zeal
           for
           Loyalty
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           promoting
           it
           in
           all
           Companies
           wherever
           you
           come
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           particularly
           observed
           ,
           you
           take
           singular
           Care
           to
           train
           up
           your
           Children
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           and
           encourage
           nothing
           more
           ,
           both
           in
           Children
           and
           Servants
           ,
           than
           Loyalty
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           〈…〉
           such
           is
           your
           Temper
           and
           Humour
           ,
           that
           you
           〈…〉
           not
           easily
           admit
           any
           as
           your
           Friend
           or
           Ser●●●●
           〈◊〉
           who
           is
           not
           a
           true
           and
           trusty
           Subject
           .
           Your
           
           House
           seems
           to
           me
           a
           kind
           of
           School
           and
           Seminary
           of
           Loyalty
           ;
           and
           you
           have
           so
           large
           a
           Stock
           and
           Treasure
           of
           it
           in
           your Self
           and
           Family
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           able
           to
           plant
           and
           furnish
           a
           whole
           Town
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           fear
           I
           may
           be
           thought
           a
           Bold
           and
           Conceited
           Man
           ,
           for
           venturing
           such
           a
           plain
           and
           easie
           Discourse
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           Numbers
           of
           excellent
           Discourses
           upon
           this
           very
           Subject
           ,
           which
           are
           no
           less
           elegant
           than
           profitable
           .
           But
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           dare
           undertake
           to
           vindicate
           my Self
           and
           Sermon
           too
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           Subject
           I
           now
           treat
           on
           is
           so
           great
           and
           excellent
           in
           it self
           ,
           that
           it
           needs
           no
           Flourishes
           or
           Advantages
           of
           Oratory
           ,
           to
           recommend
           and
           set
           it
           off
           :
           And
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           that
           the
           plainer
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           fitter
           it
           will
           be
           for
           the
           plainer
           sort
           of
           People
           ,
           which
           are
           most
           numerous
           ;
           and
           if
           others
           shall
           blame
           me
           ,
           for
           not
           whetting
           my
           Style
           ,
           and
           using
           that
           Tartness
           of
           Expression
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           the
           modish
           way
           of
           treating
           all
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           Persons
           that
           appear
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Government
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           Severity
           ,
           in
           any
           sort
           ,
           is
           much
           against
           my
           Nature
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           have
           studiously
           declined
           all
           Satyr
           and
           Invectives
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           Reason
           ,
           Because
           I
           have
           known
           many
           hardned
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           but
           never
           any
           converted
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           Sir
           ,
           not
           to
           detain
           you
           any
           longer
           ,
           I
           here
           present
           you
           with
           a
           plain
           Discourse
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           and
           only
           way
           to
           preserve
           all
           People
           in
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           which
           as
           I
           am
           confident
           it
           will
           gain
           your
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           its
           Subject
           ,
           so
           I
           hope
           it
           may
           do
           some
           general
           Good
           in
           the
           World
           in
           that
           way
           it
           is
           designed
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           earnest
           Wish
           ,
           and
           principal
           Aim
           of
           ,
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             Servant
             ,
             
               JOHN
               OWEN
            
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             
               TITUS
               3.
               vers
               .
               1.
               
            
             
               Put
               them
               in
               mind
               to
               be
               subject
               to
               Principalities
               and
               Powers
               ,
               to
               obey
               Magistrates
               ,
               to
               be
               ready
               to
               every
               good
               Work.
               
            
          
        
         
           THIS
           Text
           is
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           standing
           Monitor
           ,
           and
           perpetual
           Remembrancer
           to
           us
           of
           the
           Subjection
           and
           Obedience
           which
           we
           owe
           to
           our
           Superiours
           :
           And
           I
           suppose
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           takes
           occasion
           to
           preach
           up
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Obedience
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           commonly
           suggested
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           Days
           and
           Rise
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Religion
           which
           brought
           perfect
           Freedom
           and
           Liberty
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           which
           tended
           to
           level
           all
           Orders
           and
           Distinctions
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           ,
           high
           and
           low
           ,
           bond
           and
           free
           ,
           Master
           and
           Servant
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           every
           Body
           alike
           Gentlemen
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           it
           was
           taught
           ,
           and
           maintain'd
           ,
           by
           a
           vile
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           call'd
           Gnosticks
           ,
           That
           Christianity
           was
           a
           brave
           ,
           frank
           ,
           and
           generous
           Religion
           ,
           whose
           main
           Design
           was
           ,
           to
           dissolve
           all
           Ties
           and
           Obligations
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           set
           all
           People
           free
           from
           a
           state
           of
           Subjection
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           how
           that
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           out
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           Care
           to
           prevent
           this
           growing
           Error
           and
           Mistake
           ,
           which
           People
           were
           so
           prone
           to
           fall
           into
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           natural
           Love
           and
           Desire
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           takes
           
           the
           Pains
           ,
           in
           several
           of
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           to
           discourse
           this
           Matter
           plainly
           and
           fully
           ,
           and
           more
           especially
           in
           part
           of
           the
           fifth
           and
           sixth
           Chapters
           of
           the
           Ephesians
           .
           He
           there
           runs
           through
           all
           those
           Bonds
           and
           Relations
           wherein
           we
           stand
           ingaged
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           either
           as
           Husband
           and
           Wife
           ,
           Master
           and
           Servant
           ,
           or
           Father
           and
           Children
           ;
           and
           shews
           ,
           how
           that
           the
           Gospel
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           do
           not
           consist
           in
           bursting
           these
           Bonds
           asunder
           ,
           or
           in
           untying
           the
           Knot
           of
           Government
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           knit
           together
           in
           mutual
           Relations
           and
           Dependencies
           .
           Nor
           do
           the
           Doctrines
           contain'd
           in
           the
           Gospel
           teach
           any
           thing
           tending
           to
           such
           Licentiousness
           and
           Disorders
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           least
           prompt
           or
           encourage
           Men
           to
           lessen
           or
           draw
           off
           their
           Obedience
           to
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           of
           what
           Quality
           or
           Degree
           soever
           they
           be
           :
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           't
           is
           manifest
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Doctrines
           so
           auspicious
           and
           friendly
           to
           Government
           ,
           that
           do
           so
           much
           preserve
           the
           Rule
           and
           Order
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           fasten
           the
           Bonds
           and
           Ligaments
           of
           Humane
           Societies
           in
           a
           due
           Subordination
           of
           one
           part
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           a
           very
           happy
           Influence
           upon
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           and
           Order
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           were
           as
           truly
           practised
           as
           they
           are
           plainly
           taught
           and
           delivered
           in
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           though
           Religion
           does
           so
           well
           provide
           for
           the
           Safety
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           yet
           ,
           of
           late
           Years
           ,
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           have
           been
           things
           very
           much
           out
           of
           Fashion
           and
           Request
           ,
           and
           Doctrines
           which
           some
           could
           not
           hear
           ,
           or
           bear
           with
           any
           Patience
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           we
           have
           had
           the
           Unhappiness
           to
           live
           in
           an
           Age
           ,
           wherein
           Loyalty
           has
           been
           persecuted
           and
           punish'd
           ,
           as
           the
           worst
           of
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           even
           now
           it
           is
           a
           hard
           thing
           to
           perswade
           some
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           either
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           
           or
           a
           Duty
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           little
           esteemed
           of
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           less
           practised
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           did
           foresee
           how
           apt
           Men
           would
           be
           to
           flag
           and
           faulter
           in
           this
           great
           Point
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           commands
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Obedience
           be
           preach'd
           up
           ,
           and
           Men
           often
           be
           reminded
           of
           their
           Duty
           in
           this
           Particular
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Put
             them
             in
             mind
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             Principalities
             and
             Powers
             ,
             to
             obey
             Magistrates
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           discoursing
           of
           which
           Words
           ,
           I
           shall
           first
           set
           my self
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           a
           necessary
           and
           indispensable
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Prescribe
           some
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           how
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           this
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           I
           shall
           set
           my self
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           a
           necessary
           and
           indispensable
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           Duty
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Sacred
           Volume
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           plain
           and
           legible
           than
           this
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Magistrates
           :
           and
           yet
           some
           of
           late
           years
           have
           been
           so
           stupid
           ,
           or
           rather
           ,
           willfully
           blind
           ,
           as
           to
           over-look
           it
           ;
           and
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           strange
           ,
           have
           pretended
           Power
           and
           Skill
           to
           discover
           and
           spell
           out
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           from
           the
           Thirteenth
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           famous
           Sermon
           and
           Discourse
           of
           Obedience
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           and
           evident
           Proof
           how
           unconscionably
           some
           People
           will
           sophisticate
           and
           pervert
           the
           plainest
           Scripture
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           to
           serve
           a
           turn
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           carry
           on
           a
           desperate
           Design
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           Men
           may
           industriously
           oppose
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           hoodwink
           their
           Understandings
           when
           they
           desire
           to
           delude
           themselves
           and
           others
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           as
           true
           
           as
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           Resistance
           of
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           is
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             They
             that
             resist
          
           ,
           says
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             Damnation
             .
          
           But
           I
           defie
           the
           most
           four
           Patrons
           ,
           and
           stiff
           Assertors
           of
           this
           evil
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           ,
           to
           produce
           one
           Place
           or
           Sentence
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           sounds
           or
           looks
           that
           way
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           I
           can
           confidently
           and
           truly
           affirm
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           several
           great
           Expressions
           concerning
           Obedience
           to
           our
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           a
           huge
           Vein
           of
           Loyalty
           that
           runs
           all
           along
           throughout
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           some
           Instances
           whereof
           are
           these
           ,
           
             Touch
             not
             mine
             Anointed
             ,
             nor
             do
             my
             Prophets
             no
             harm
             .
             Fear
             God
             ,
             Honour
             the
             King.
             Let
             every
             Soul
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
          
           ;
           with
           many
           other
           Phrases
           of
           the
           like
           Importance
           .
           And
           't
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Duty
           which
           is
           pressed
           with
           more
           Vehemency
           ,
           or
           the
           Threatnings
           of
           a
           severer
           Penalty
           ,
           or
           more
           largely
           insisted
           on
           than
           this
           of
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           the
           
             unum
             necessarium
          
           of
           Religion
           .
           And
           we
           may
           farther
           take
           notice
           ,
           That
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           gives
           us
           the
           greatest
           Example
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           paying
           Tribute
           when
           he
           might
           have
           lawfully
           refused
           :
           and
           to
           remove
           and
           prevent
           all
           Exceptions
           to
           this
           heavenly
           Doctrine
           of
           Obedience
           ,
           acquaints
           the
           Jews
           ,
           that
           albeit
           they
           might
           look
           upon
           themselves
           as
           a
           free
           and
           peculiar
           People
           ,
           and
           stand
           highly
           upon
           their
           singular
           Grants
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           think
           scorn
           to
           truckle
           or
           bend
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Subjection
           to
           any
           Power
           on
           Earth
           ,
           yet
           seeing
           it
           was
           their
           Fate
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           who
           were
           now
           uppermost
           ,
           and
           become
           their
           Masters
           by
           absolute
           Conquest
           and
           Victory
           ,
           they
           were
           as
           things
           now
           stood
           with
           'em
           to
           pay
           all
           dutiful
           Homage
           and
           Submission
           to
           'em
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           .
           And
           
           St.
           Paul
           is
           very
           brisk
           and
           positive
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           commands
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           subject
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Nero
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Monster
           of
           Wickedness
           and
           Tyranny
           .
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           see
           with
           what
           pretence
           of
           Reason
           or
           Conscience
           Men
           can
           dispute
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           in
           all
           just
           and
           lawful
           Commands
           .
           And
           I
           do
           much
           wonder
           how
           a
           whole
           Generation
           of
           Men
           can
           have
           the
           Face
           to
           pretend
           to
           extraordinary
           Religion
           and
           Sanctity
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           live
           in
           such
           a
           known
           Sin
           and
           Wickedness
           ,
           as
           is
           that
           of
           Disobedience
           to
           Superiours
           ;
           and
           I
           much
           more
           wonder
           ,
           how
           they
           can
           call
           upon
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           to
           rule
           altogether
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           when
           they
           themselves
           are
           such
           lawless
           People
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           such
           a
           manifest
           Violation
           ;
           and
           Defiance
           of
           all
           those
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           which
           are
           made
           in
           Favour
           and
           Confirmation
           of
           Obedience
           .
           But
           I
           would
           that
           all
           Men
           would
           know
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           That
           a
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           Subjection
           to
           Authority
           is
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Capital
           Laws
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           :
           and
           therefore
           ;
           for
           Men
           to
           make
           nothing
           to
           break
           such
           a
           plain
           Fundamental
           Law
           ,
           and
           disregard
           such
           an
           essential
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           sign
           ,
           that
           they
           make
           very
           little
           Conscience
           of
           their
           ways
           ,
           and
           a
           shrewd
           Argument
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           little
           or
           no
           Religion
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Proposition
           which
           I
           promised
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           make
           out
           and
           maintain
           ,
           viz.
           That
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           a
           necessary
           and
           indispensable
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           prescribe
           some
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           ,
           how
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           .
           Which
           was
           the
           thing
           I
           principally
           intended
           .
        
         
         
           As
           first
           ,
           By
           renouncing
           ill
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           dangerous
           to
           Government
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           By
           suppressing
           our
           Passions
           and
           first
           Inclinations
           to
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           By
           entertaining
           good
           Thoughts
           and
           Opinions
           of
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           By
           avoiding
           evil
           and
           factious
           Company
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           By
           ceasing
           to
           envy
           and
           mutter
           at
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           By
           praying
           for
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           satisfie
           those
           Scruples
           and
           Jealousies
           which
           make
           some
           People
           so
           restless
           and
           unquiet
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           .
           And
           all
           this
           ,
           I
           promise
           to
           perform
           with
           that
           Softness
           and
           Candor
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           no
           just
           Provocation
           or
           Offence
           to
           the
           most
           passionate
           Dissenter
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           should
           be
           here
           present
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           one
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           renouncing
           ill
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           dangerous
           to
           Government
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           natural
           for
           Men
           to
           act
           according
           to
           their
           Principles
           ,
           and
           follow
           the
           tendency
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           which
           they
           have
           been
           taught
           ,
           there
           being
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           the
           same
           Relation
           between
           Mens
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ,
           as
           between
           the
           Cause
           and
           Effect
           .
           Now
           ,
           ill
           Principles
           will
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           turn
           into
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           :
           but
           ,
           when
           Men
           are
           once
           strongly
           perswaded
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           a
           thing
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           unlawful
           in
           it self
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           act
           it
           with
           as
           much
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           in
           the
           most
           righteous
           Cause
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           ,
           one
           of
           an
           erroneous
           and
           misguided
           Conscience
           ,
           will
           
           be
           as
           fierce
           and
           active
           in
           his
           way
           as
           he
           that
           has
           the
           most
           tender
           and
           pure
           Conscience
           .
           So
           that
           none
           are
           so
           mischievous
           and
           fatal
           Enemies
           to
           the
           Government
           as
           those
           that
           think
           themselves
           bound
           ,
           in
           Duty
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           subvert
           and
           overthrow
           it
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Truth
           and
           Confirmation
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           will
           appeal
           to
           our
           late
           Experience
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Bustles
           and
           Stirs
           which
           some
           People
           make
           at
           present
           .
           'T
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           the
           Government
           is
           always
           in
           danger
           from
           Men
           of
           ill
           Principles
           ,
           because
           they
           lye
           under
           a
           perpetual
           Temptation
           to
           rebell
           .
           Now
           of
           those
           many
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           which
           have
           for
           some
           Years
           so
           mightily
           prevail'd
           ,
           and
           pester'd
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           recount
           two
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           to
           be
           of
           as
           pernicious
           a
           Consequence
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           had
           as
           great
           an
           Influence
           in
           disturbing
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           any
           others
           that
           can
           be
           named
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Principles
             and
             Doctrines
             are
             these
             two
             ;
          
           
             That
             Dominion
             is
             founded
             in
             Grace
             ;
             and
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             lawful
             to
             fight
             for
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           The
           one
           takes
           away
           all
           consideration
           of
           Right
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           authorises
           and
           sanctifies
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           And
           tho
           some
           among
           us
           take
           a
           peculiar
           Pride
           ,
           and
           would
           be
           thought
           the
           more
           religious
           for
           clamouring
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           as
           altogether
           unsufferable
           ,
           upon
           account
           of
           their
           dangerous
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           ;
           yet
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           ,
           what
           Difference
           there
           is
           between
           these
           two
           Opinions
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           deposing
           Kings
           for
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           fighting
           for
           Religion
           :
           The
           one
           is
           a
           pure
           Jesuitical
           Principle
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           a
           Fanatick
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           both
           accord
           and
           jump
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Sentiments
           and
           Opinions
           in
           Opposition
           to
           Government
           ,
           save
           only
           ,
           that
           the
           latter
           has
           the
           
           Cunningness
           to
           lick
           the
           Jesuits
           Principles
           into
           another
           Form
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           a
           different
           Dress
           .
           But
           this
           has
           been
           the
           Trick
           of
           all
           those
           who
           have
           had
           any
           Spleen
           or
           Design
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           disguise
           their
           Malice
           and
           wicked
           Intentions
           with
           the
           plausible
           and
           specious
           Titles
           and
           Pretences
           of
           Religion
           and
           Reformation
           :
           and
           when
           they
           have
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           rebell
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           put
           a
           good
           Face
           and
           a
           fair
           Gloss
           upon
           the
           matter
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           find
           Fault
           with
           their
           Prince
           for
           some
           personal
           Failings
           or
           Enormities
           of
           Life
           ,
           or
           not
           being
           so
           close
           a
           Friend
           to
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           so
           godly
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           have
           him
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           else
           quarrel
           at
           the
           Administration
           of
           Publick
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           wanting
           Conduct
           and
           Policy
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           agreeable
           to
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           .
           And
           this
           we
           have
           seen
           practis'd
           all
           along
           ,
           by
           that
           Party
           of
           Men
           who
           are
           a
           continual
           Plague
           and
           Burthen
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           how
           that
           they
           are
           always
           picking
           Flaws
           in
           their
           Prince's
           Religion
           or
           Government
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           some
           Defects
           in
           his
           Morals
           ,
           or
           some
           Error
           and
           Miscarriage
           of
           State
           ;
           and
           so
           represent
           him
           as
           a
           Person
           not
           fit
           ,
           or
           religious
           enough
           ,
           to
           govern
           :
           for
           this
           Principle
           ,
           That
           Dominion
           is
           founded
           in
           Grace
           ,
           lies
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Foundation
           ,
           of
           all
           our
           Dissenters
           Rage
           and
           implacable
           Aversion
           to
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           .
           For
           ,
           they
           looking
           upon
           themselves
           as
           the
           Godly
           Party
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           love
           or
           practice
           Religion
           like
           themselves
           ,
           do
           thereupon
           think
           that
           none
           but
           the
           Godly
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           govern
           :
           and
           though
           a
           Prince
           were
           as
           Holy
           as
           an
           Angel
           ,
           yet
           ,
           unless
           he
           be
           righteous
           in
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           their
           Standard
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           rejected
           as
           unfit
           to
           rule
           over
           '
           em
           .
        
         
         
           And
           hence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           late
           Times
           of
           Usurpation
           this
           sort
           of
           Men
           made
           no
           Scruple
           to
           plunder
           and
           spoil
           others
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           seat
           themselves
           in
           their
           Possessions
           ,
           giving
           out
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           That
           the
           Wicked
           did
           forfeit
           all
           Right
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           could
           hold
           an
           Estate
           by
           any
           Tenure
           but
           that
           of
           Holiness
           ;
           and
           so
           made
           a
           shift
           ,
           under
           the
           Pretences
           of
           a
           singular
           Piety
           ,
           and
           a
           confident
           engrossing
           Holiness
           to
           themselves
           ,
           to
           convert
           the
           Sinners
           Lands
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           all
           Rich
           and
           Loyal
           Persons
           ,
           into
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Saints
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           themselves
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Truth
           is
           ,
           wherever
           this
           Principle
           prevails
           it
           will
           mightily
           provoke
           and
           stir
           up
           People
           against
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           the
           least
           Failure
           in
           point
           of
           Morality
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           they
           account
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Qualification
           for
           Government
           .
           And
           who
           can
           ever
           be
           quiet
           or
           safe
           in
           their
           Possessions
           when
           a
           Company
           of
           enthusiastick
           and
           hot-headed
           People
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           this
           Perswasion
           are
           ,
           shall
           take
           an
           occasion
           to
           quarrel
           with
           others
           for
           their
           Impieties
           ,
           and
           grow
           very
           angry
           with
           'em
           for
           their
           Sins
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           have
           some
           colour
           and
           grounds
           to
           justifie
           their
           Plunder
           and
           Sequestration
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           are
           so
           mightily
           for
           putting
           the
           Government
           altogether
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           apt
           to
           strike
           in
           for
           their
           own
           Preferment
           ;
           for
           ,
           generally
           such
           kind
           of
           People
           are
           mightily
           conceited
           of
           their
           own
           worth
           ,
           and
           are
           always
           Righteous
           in
           their
           own
           Eyes
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           this
           Doctrine
           has
           done
           a
           world
           of
           mischief
           in
           causing
           People
           narrowly
           to
           inspect
           and
           animadvert
           upon
           all
           the
           Failings
           and
           Miscarriages
           of
           their
           Superiours
           ,
           (
           so
           seeking
           Occasions
           against
           'em
           )
           even
           to
           the
           despising
           them
           for
           some
           Weaknesses
           and
           Imperfections
           ,
           which
           are
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           unavoidable
           in
           their
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           than
           some
           sad
           Instances
           of
           humane
           Frailty
           :
           so
           likewise
           that
           other
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           fighting
           for
           Religion
           ,
           has
           equalled
           the
           former
           in
           its
           mischievous
           Effects
           .
           And
           tho
           some
           who
           have
           dip'd
           their
           Hands
           in
           Royal
           and
           Innocent
           
           Blood
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           exercis'd
           in
           the
           Slaughter
           of
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           have
           called
           it
           fighting
           the
           Lord's
           Battels
           ,
           and
           assumed
           to
           themselves
           the
           Name
           of
           strict
           Professors
           and
           Reformers
           of
           Religion
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           fight
           for
           Religion
           ,
           and
           promote
           it
           by
           the
           Sword
           ,
           have
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           .
           For
           ,
           Religion
           is
           a
           peaceable
           ,
           quiet
           thing
           ,
           and
           Fighting
           and
           Quarrels
           are
           as
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           most
           dissonant
           things
           in
           Nature
           ;
           as
           are
           the
           Lamb
           and
           the
           Wolf
           ,
           the
           soft
           Airs
           of
           Musick
           ,
           and
           that
           raging
           ,
           merciless
           Element
           the
           Ocean
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           verily
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           these
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           which
           I
           have
           now
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           no
           time
           to
           recite
           or
           display
           in
           their
           proper
           Colours
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           Occasion
           of
           vast
           Troubles
           and
           Distractions
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           And
           doubtless
           ,
           this
           very
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           and
           opposing
           Princes
           ,
           in
           case
           we
           do
           not
           like
           their
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           maliciously
           intended
           ,
           and
           so
           boldly
           maintained
           by
           a
           late
           Mercenary
           Pen
           ,
           in
           a
           Book
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Life
             of
          
           Julian
           
             the
             Apostate
          
           ,
           has
           tended
           very
           much
           to
           dissettle
           some
           in
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           others
           in
           their
           Rebellious
           Principles
           .
           And
           perhaps
           the
           Arguments
           which
           were
           there
           used
           to
           confirm
           and
           propagate
           that
           wicked
           Position
           ,
           might
           very
           much
           heat
           and
           spur
           on
           that
           unhappy
           Gentleman
           the
           late
           Lord
           Russel
           ,
           to
           those
           Consults
           and
           Debates
           which
           cost
           him
           his
           precious
           Life
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           to
           such
           an
           inglorious
           end
           .
           And
           besides
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           great
           Danger
           is
           ,
           That
           these
           turbulent
           and
           ill
           Principles
           ,
           may
           ,
           like
           Errors
           ,
           not
           dye
           with
           their
           Authors
           ,
           but
           convey
           themselves
           to
           Posterity
           :
           and
           we
           have
           too
           plain
           a
           Demonstration
           in
           this
           Age
           ,
           that
           Rebellion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           some
           natural
           Diseases
           ,
           runs
           in
           a
           Blood
           ,
           and
           propagates
           it self
           from
           one
           Generation
           to
           another
           .
           The
           Way
           then
           to
           be
           rooted
           and
           grounded
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           have
           our
           Minds
           seasoned
           with
           sound
           ,
           wholesome
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           Principles
           ;
           for
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           our
           Principles
           ,
           
           such
           also
           will
           be
           our
           Practices
           :
           and
           no
           Man
           that
           has
           imbibed
           ill
           Principles
           ,
           or
           gives
           ear
           to
           treasonable
           Doctrines
           ,
           will
           ever
           make
           a
           good
           Christian
           or
           a
           good
           Subject
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           renouncing
           ill
           Principles
           and
           Doctrines
           dangerous
           to
           Government
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           suppressing
           our
           Passions
           and
           first
           Inclinations
           to
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           When
           we
           once
           deliver
           up
           our selves
           to
           the
           Sway
           and
           Predominancy
           of
           our
           unruly
           Passions
           and
           Affections
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           other
           likelyhood
           but
           that
           the
           Government
           should
           suffer
           ,
           and
           be
           molested
           by
           us
           :
           for
           ,
           most
           certainly
           ,
           the
           great
           Blustrings
           and
           Storms
           ,
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           arise
           from
           our
           swelling
           and
           unmortified
           Passions
           of
           Ambition
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           these
           which
           imbitter
           and
           fire
           our
           Spirits
           against
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           by
           Continuance
           boil
           up
           into
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           ,
           and
           so
           help
           to
           put
           the
           whole
           Nation
           into
           a
           Flame
           .
           'T
           is
           these
           which
           ,
           like
           Gun-powder
           ,
           tear
           up
           the
           Foundations
           of
           Peace
           and
           Government
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           be
           not
           timely
           check'd
           and
           curb'd
           some
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           will
           hurl
           all
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           unhinge
           the
           World.
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           'T
           is
           these
           which
           first
           raise
           a
           Tumult
           within
           our
           own
           Breast
           ,
           and
           then
           fly
           and
           break
           out
           into
           publick
           Mischiefs
           and
           Disorders
           ;
           and
           can
           there
           be
           any
           Peace
           and
           Quietness
           as
           long
           as
           these
           reign
           and
           domineer
           ?
           But
           then
           as
           to
           our
           bad
           Inclinations
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           check'd
           and
           over-ruled
           equally
           with
           our
           Passions
           ;
           and
           we
           must
           be
           sure
           to
           crush
           both
           in
           their
           first
           Risings
           and
           Motions
           against
           the
           Government
           :
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           bad
           Inclinations
           do
           not
           presently
           deprave
           the
           Mind
           ,
           but
           corrupt
           and
           taint
           it
           by
           degrees
           .
           They
           lye
           hovering
           over
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           play
           Fast
           and
           Loose
           about
           it
           ,
           till
           
           by
           length
           of
           time
           they
           come
           to
           be
           fix'd
           and
           radicated
           ,
           and
           grow
           into
           Temper
           and
           Constitution
           .
           Rebellion
           ,
           like
           all
           other
           Wickedness
           ,
           has
           it's
           Rise
           and
           Beginnings
           ,
           its
           several
           Steps
           and
           Stages
           ,
           and
           gradual
           Progressions
           ,
           to
           open
           Violence
           and
           Hostility
           :
           for
           ,
           as
           
             nemo
             repente
             fit
             turpissimus
          
           ,
           no
           Man
           grows
           desperately
           wicked
           on
           the
           sudden
           ,
           so
           no
           Man
           turns
           a
           Rebel
           without
           some
           pausing
           and
           Consideration
           ,
           without
           some
           previous
           discontents
           and
           disaffections
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           The
           Seeds
           of
           Sedition
           must
           have
           some
           time
           to
           settle
           in
           before
           they
           will
           spring
           up
           into
           actual
           Mischief
           and
           Danger
           ;
           but
           ,
           except
           they
           are
           nip'd
           in
           the
           very
           Bud
           ,
           they
           will
           insensibly
           vitiate
           the
           Heart
           and
           Affections
           ,
           and
           breed
           in
           us
           a
           desperate
           and
           plaguy
           Itch
           of
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           I
           do
           really
           believe
           ,
           that
           some
           Persons
           who
           have
           appear'd
           in
           actual
           Rebellion
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           did
           at
           first
           as
           little
           dream
           they
           should
           be
           guilty
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           as
           Hazael
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           first
           suggested
           to
           him
           that
           he
           should
           make
           such
           Havock
           and
           a
           bloody
           Slaughter
           in
           Israel
           ;
           saying
           ,
           with
           great
           Abhorrence
           and
           Detestation
           ,
           
             What
             ,
             is
             thy
             Servant
             a
             Dog
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             do
             this
             great
             thing
             !
          
           But
           yet
           ,
           by
           giving
           way
           to
           bad
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           the
           evil
           Instigation
           of
           others
           ,
           have
           been
           toled
           on
           actually
           to
           engage
           in
           a
           most
           horrid
           and
           bloody
           Rebellion
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           Men
           can
           scarce
           apprehend
           what
           will
           be
           the
           Issue
           and
           final
           Result
           of
           their
           Passions
           and
           bad
           Inclinations
           ,
           when
           they
           first
           consent
           to
           'em
           :
           they
           don't
           know
           whither
           they
           will
           lead
           'em
           ,
           or
           into
           what
           furious
           and
           unlawful
           Actions
           they
           may
           hurry
           and
           transport
           'em
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           a
           sad
           and
           miserable
           end
           they
           may
           bring
           'em
           in
           process
           of
           Time
           ;
           for
           all
           Passions
           and
           bad
           Inclinations
           do
           improve
           and
           gather
           Strength
           by
           Indulgence
           ;
           if
           they
           continue
           for
           any
           while
           ,
           they
           soak
           into
           Mens
           Natures
           ,
           and
           strangely
           pervert
           the
           very
           Temper
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           their
           Minds
           :
           so
           that
           by
           continual
           
           yielding
           and
           giving
           way
           to
           these
           boysterous
           Passions
           of
           Spite
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           Men
           at
           length
           come
           to
           be
           fierce
           ,
           turbulent
           ,
           and
           unruly
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           keeping
           'em
           within
           Compass
           ,
           or
           reducing
           them
           to
           a
           quiet
           ,
           peaceable
           ,
           and
           good
           Behaviour
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           sound
           and
           wholsome
           Advice
           to
           resist
           the
           Beginnings
           of
           Evil
           ,
           whether
           of
           Body
           or
           Mind
           ;
           for
           just
           as
           an
           ill
           Wound
           which
           may
           soon
           be
           cured
           by
           a
           timely
           Care
           and
           Application
           of
           proper
           and
           fitting
           Remedies
           ,
           but
           if
           long
           neglected
           will
           ranckle
           and
           fester
           into
           an
           incurable
           Gangreen
           ;
           so
           our
           turbulent
           Passions
           and
           evil
           Inclinations
           may
           easily
           be
           supprest
           ,
           by
           striving
           against
           'em
           at
           first
           :
           but
           if
           they
           are
           let
           alone
           to
           go
           on
           and
           prosper
           ,
           they
           will
           then
           prove
           fatal
           to
           Government
           ,
           and
           swell
           into
           the
           most
           outrageous
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           And
           this
           is
           another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           suppressing
           our
           Passions
           and
           first
           Inclinations
           to
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           entertaining
           good
           Thoughts
           and
           Opinions
           of
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           a
           very
           proper
           Method
           and
           Means
           to
           secure
           our
           Obedience
           to
           Government
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Certainty
           or
           Security
           of
           Obedience
           unless
           Mens
           Hearts
           are
           right
           and
           sincere
           towards
           their
           Governours
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           always
           seen
           ,
           that
           where
           Men
           have
           ill
           Thoughts
           or
           Opinions
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           they
           can
           never
           heartily
           love
           or
           be
           truly
           reconciled
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           yet
           think
           well
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Actions
           :
           they
           may
           indeed
           make
           a
           fair
           shew
           ,
           and
           carry
           it
           smoothly
           to
           outward
           Appearance
           ,
           but
           there
           can
           never
           be
           any
           real
           or
           sincere
           Friendship
           .
           And
           it
           is
           the
           very
           same
           in
           case
           of
           Obedience
           to
           Superiours
           ;
           for
           ,
           where
           Subjects
           have
           no
           honourable
           
           Thoughts
           or
           venerable
           Opinion
           of
           their
           Prince
           ,
           they
           can
           then
           never
           obey
           him
           out
           of
           any
           Principle
           of
           Love
           ,
           but
           purely
           as
           Slaves
           ,
           out
           of
           Constraint
           and
           fear
           of
           Punishment
           .
           Now
           where
           Obedience
           is
           the
           Result
           of
           such
           a
           slavish
           Fear
           ,
           it
           will
           never
           last
           longer
           than
           till
           Men
           are
           afraid
           to
           rebell
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           fear
           no
           longer
           when
           they
           once
           get
           an
           Opportunity
           and
           Power
           to
           rebell
           :
           so
           that
           that
           Obedience
           which
           is
           altogether
           grounded
           and
           establish'd
           upon
           Fear
           ,
           is
           of
           a
           most
           uncertain
           Date
           and
           Tenure
           ;
           and
           the
           Government
           which
           so
           depends
           can
           never
           be
           safe
           or
           happy
           for
           the
           Prince
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           we
           desire
           to
           approve
           our selves
           good
           and
           obedient
           Subjects
           ,
           we
           must
           ground
           our
           Obedience
           in
           hearty
           Love
           and
           Affections
           to
           our
           Prince
           ;
           and
           this
           we
           can
           never
           do
           ,
           unless
           we
           resolve
           to
           chide
           away
           and
           banish
           far
           from
           us
           all
           unkind
           and
           uncharitable
           Thoughts
           and
           Suspicions
           of
           our
           Prince
           ,
           either
           as
           touching
           his
           Religion
           or
           his
           Government
           :
           for
           if
           a
           Prince
           be
           never
           so
           wise
           and
           religious
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           are
           resolved
           not
           to
           think
           him
           so
           ,
           this
           ill
           Nature
           and
           morose
           Temper
           of
           ours
           will
           make
           us
           extreamly
           censorious
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           an
           ill
           Construction
           upon
           all
           his
           Actions
           and
           Proceedings
           .
           Tho
           a
           Prince
           should
           deserve
           never
           so
           well
           of
           his
           Subjects
           by
           his
           prudent
           and
           kind
           Government
           ,
           as
           certainly
           our
           King
           is
           the
           most
           meritorious
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           in
           both
           Respects
           ;
           who
           if
           he
           had
           no
           other
           divine
           Qualities
           but
           his
           vast
           Wisdom
           and
           Clemency
           ,
           is
           the
           fittest
           Person
           on
           Earth
           to
           be
           God's
           Vicegerent
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           should
           a
           Prince
           be
           never
           so
           wise
           and
           gracious
           ,
           yet
           if
           Subjects
           will
           be
           peevish
           and
           cross-grain'd
           ,
           and
           have
           an
           utter
           Aversion
           and
           Antipathy
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           't
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           obey
           him
           from
           the
           Heart
           ,
           when
           let
           him
           do
           the
           best
           he
           can
           he
           shall
           never
           please
           '
           em
           .
           And
           therefore
           Solomon
           takes
           the
           best
           way
           to
           secure
           our
           Love
           and
           Obedience
           to
           our
           Superiours
           ,
           when
           he
           
           forbids
           us
           to
           curse
           the
           King
           even
           in
           our
           Thoughts
           .
           He
           knew
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           preserving
           Majesty
           from
           Contempt
           unless
           we
           retain
           a
           secret
           Reverence
           for
           him
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ;
           for
           evil
           Thoughts
           are
           next
           door
           to
           evil
           Practices
           ,
           and
           a
           fair
           Introduction
           to
           Rebellion
           .
           He
           was
           sensible
           ,
           That
           nothing
           could
           so
           facilitate
           and
           secure
           Obedience
           to
           Governours
           ,
           as
           a
           real
           Love
           and
           Liking
           to
           'em
           ,
           and
           an
           honouring
           'em
           from
           the
           very
           bottom
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
           We
           know
           that
           Love
           always
           follows
           Liking
           ;
           and
           where
           there
           is
           not
           a
           real
           Liking
           there
           can
           never
           be
           a
           true
           and
           hearty
           Love
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           for
           a
           People
           to
           obey
           their
           Prince
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           do
           when
           they
           have
           no
           good
           Opinion
           or
           Conceit
           of
           him
           :
           and
           therefore
           we
           should
           labour
           to
           possess
           our
           Minds
           and
           Hearts
           with
           good
           Thoughts
           and
           candid
           Opinions
           of
           our
           Rulers
           and
           Governours
           ,
           which
           will
           dispose
           us
           to
           put
           the
           best
           and
           fairest
           Construction
           upon
           all
           their
           Actions
           :
           and
           then
           will
           our
           Obedience
           come
           so
           freely
           and
           sweetly
           from
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           find
           Pleasure
           in
           obeying
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           King
           in
           governing
           .
           And
           this
           is
           another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           entertaining
           good
           Thoughts
           and
           Opinions
           of
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           ,
           By
           avoiding
           Evil
           and
           Factious
           Company
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           you
           what
           Prejudice
           or
           Advantages
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           receiving
           from
           Company
           ,
           the
           good
           or
           evil
           Conversation
           of
           others
           ,
           what
           Power
           or
           Influence
           it
           has
           to
           improve
           Men
           in
           Virtue
           or
           Vice
           :
           but
           generally
           ,
           bad
           Company
           alters
           Men
           soonest
           ,
           and
           most
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           infectious
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           ascribed
           to
           our
           stronger
           natural
           Propensions
           to
           Evil
           ,
           and
           our
           greater
           Susceptibleness
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           really
           good
           and
           vertuous
           .
           But
           so
           it
           is
           ever
           known
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           Men
           ,
           by
           
           keeping
           Company
           ,
           contract
           a
           likeness
           of
           Temper
           and
           Disposition
           with
           those
           with
           whom
           they
           usually
           and
           frequently
           converse
           ,
           and
           make
           Friendship
           ;
           with
           the
           froward
           Men
           will
           grow
           froward
           ,
           with
           the
           Meek
           they
           will
           grow
           meek
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Solomon
           advises
           ,
           
             not
             to
             keep
             Company
             with
             an
             angry
             Man
          
           :
           which
           He
           might
           do
           upon
           a
           double
           account
           ,
           either
           as
           that
           might
           prove
           fatal
           and
           dangerous
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           or
           else
           infect
           his
           Mind
           with
           the
           same
           Passion
           .
           And
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           some
           honest
           and
           well-meaning
           Men
           ,
           who
           at
           first
           detested
           all
           Practises
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           have
           been
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           drawn
           into
           Plots
           and
           treasonable
           Designs
           purely
           by
           keeping
           Company
           with
           such
           as
           were
           factious
           ,
           and
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Government
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           hard
           matter
           for
           him
           that
           is
           a
           Companion
           of
           base
           People
           ,
           to
           preserve
           his
           Integrity
           or
           escape
           Defilement
           ;
           and
           one
           may
           shrewdly
           guess
           at
           the
           Temper
           and
           Principles
           of
           a
           Man
           by
           the
           Company
           he
           keeps
           .
           'T
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           whilst
           Men
           indulge
           themselves
           the
           Liberty
           of
           tatling
           about
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           against
           it
           ,
           in
           Seditious
           Clubs
           and
           Conventicles
           ,
           they
           will
           ,
           by
           continual
           Discourses
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           envenome
           their
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           steep
           their
           Language
           in
           the
           Gall
           of
           Bitterness
           :
           for
           as
           it
           is
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           frequent
           talking
           of
           some
           Vices
           infects
           the
           Fancy
           and
           vitiates
           the
           Mind
           ,
           and
           so
           procreates
           a
           Love
           and
           a
           Longing
           to
           them
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           often
           seen
           ,
           that
           by
           treasonable
           Talk
           Men
           slide
           and
           fall
           into
           actual
           Rebellion
           ;
           for
           from
           evil
           Discourses
           to
           evil
           Actions
           ,
           is
           a
           natural
           Progression
           .
           And
           therefore
           Solomon
           gives
           very
           proper
           Advice
           for
           the
           preventing
           all
           Treasonable
           Practices
           ,
           when
           he
           says
           ,
           Prov.
           24.21
           .
           
             My
             Son
             ,
             fear
             thou
             the
             Lord
             and
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             meddle
             not
             with
             them
             which
             are
             given
             to
             change
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           Do
           not
           associate
           and
           hold
           Correspondency
           with
           Men
           of
           roving
           Heads
           and
           unsettled
           Minds
           ,
           
           who
           are
           governed
           by
           no
           steddy
           good
           Principle
           ,
           but
           are
           restless
           and
           uneasie
           under
           all
           Governments
           .
           No
           Body
           knows
           ,
           no
           not
           themselves
           ,
           what
           will
           please
           'em
           :
           they
           are
           dissatisfied
           with
           any
           Government
           long
           ,
           and
           affect
           Novelty
           and
           Change
           in
           Government
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           other
           things
           :
           with
           such
           Persons
           hold
           no
           Commerce
           at
           all
           ,
           have
           no
           Dealings
           with
           'em
           ,
           nor
           interest
           your self
           in
           their
           Designs
           and
           Projects
           :
           when
           you
           chance
           to
           meet
           with
           Persons
           so
           very
           whimsical
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           fickle
           and
           unstable
           Minds
           ,
           be
           sure
           you
           contract
           no
           Friendship
           with
           'em
           ,
           but
           decline
           their
           Society
           ,
           as
           what
           will
           prove
           dangerous
           to
           your self
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Government
           .
           See
           then
           that
           you
           carefully
           and
           studiously
           avoid
           the
           Company
           of
           such
           People
           as
           are
           always
           contriving
           ,
           and
           hankering
           after
           new
           Forms
           and
           Models
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           meddle
           not
           with
           them
           which
           are
           given
           to
           change
           .
           And
           this
           is
           another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           avoiding
           factious
           and
           pestilent
           Company
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           Another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           ,
           By
           ceasing
           to
           envy
           and
           mutter
           at
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Could
           we
           who
           are
           placed
           in
           a
           remote
           and
           lower
           Sphear
           ,
           be
           sensible
           of
           the
           Cares
           and
           Incumbrances
           of
           a
           Crown
           ,
           we
           should
           ,
           I
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           be
           so
           far
           from
           envying
           the
           Glory
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           heartily
           pitty
           and
           lament
           their
           Condition
           .
           Did
           we
           but
           consider
           their
           many
           thoughtful
           and
           busie
           Hours
           ,
           how
           watchful
           they
           are
           for
           our
           Good
           ,
           when
           perhaps
           we
           are
           sleeping
           and
           snoring
           in
           our
           Beds
           ;
           how
           they
           are
           bandying
           of
           things
           and
           racking
           their
           Brains
           in
           deep
           Consults
           and
           Debates
           for
           the
           publick
           Welfare
           ,
           at
           such
           times
           as
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Minds
           are
           at
           perfect
           Ease
           and
           Rest
           ;
           how
           they
           have
           their
           Hands
           and
           Heads
           full
           too
           ,
           when
           we
           
           have
           little
           or
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           busie
           and
           disturb
           us
           ,
           and
           how
           difficult
           and
           laborious
           a
           Province
           it
           is
           to
           rule
           and
           govern
           .
           Did
           we
           thus
           consider
           the
           great
           Cares
           and
           Difficulties
           of
           Government
           ,
           certainly
           it
           would
           mightily
           abate
           and
           take
           off
           our
           Spleen
           and
           Envy
           against
           our
           Superiours
           ;
           it
           would
           make
           us
           more
           tender
           of
           adding
           any
           greater
           Load
           of
           Troubles
           to
           that
           mighty
           weight
           of
           Business
           which
           they
           already
           sustain
           .
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           have
           Cares
           enough
           (
           God
           help
           'em
           )
           in
           the
           very
           best
           Juncture
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           when
           their
           Government
           is
           most
           easie
           and
           safe
           ,
           when
           all
           things
           go
           on
           in
           a
           due
           and
           orderly
           Course
           ;
           yet
           they
           find
           work
           enough
           to
           preserve
           Peace
           and
           Quietness
           in
           their
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           need
           not
           be
           put
           to
           the
           Trouble
           of
           quelling
           Riots
           ,
           or
           appeasing
           the
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           a
           factious
           Multitude
           :
           they
           find
           enough
           to
           do
           to
           defend
           us
           from
           our
           Enemies
           abroad
           ,
           to
           watch
           their
           Motions
           ,
           and
           dive
           into
           their
           Policies
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           Mind
           ,
           great
           Cruelty
           and
           Baseness
           to
           force
           them
           upon
           the
           same
           Guard
           and
           Watchfulness
           at
           home
           ,
           by
           our
           intestine
           Broils
           and
           Dissentions
           ,
           and
           making
           continual
           Stirs
           and
           Commotions
           in
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           that
           we
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           would
           have
           ,
           or
           can
           reasonably
           expect
           or
           desire
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           more
           than
           now
           we
           do
           ?
           What
           is
           it
           that
           we
           so
           much
           grumble
           and
           are
           discontented
           at
           ?
           Are
           we
           troubled
           that
           our
           Rulers
           are
           studying
           and
           projecting
           continually
           for
           our
           Good
           and
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           Publick
           ?
           Are
           we
           troubled
           that
           we
           have
           such
           excellent
           Laws
           to
           protect
           and
           defend
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           Justice
           is
           administred
           with
           so
           much
           Temper
           and
           Moderation
           ?
           Are
           we
           troubled
           that
           our
           Superiours
           will
           take
           upon
           'em
           the
           Pains
           and
           Trouble
           to
           govern
           us
           who
           cannot
           govern
           our selves
           ?
           Or
           ,
           Are
           we
           troubled
           that
           our
           Religion
           prospers
           ,
           and
           grows
           every
           day
           more
           and
           more
           victorious
           
           over
           those
           who
           have
           been
           given
           up
           to
           strong
           Errors
           and
           Delusions
           .
           Do
           any
           of
           these
           things
           trouble
           us
           ?
           If
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           we
           are
           arrant
           Knaves
           ,
           and
           resolve
           to
           quarrel
           and
           find
           fault
           out
           of
           pure
           Crossness
           ,
           and
           design
           to
           vex
           the
           Government
           .
           But
           if
           they
           do
           trouble
           us
           ,
           then
           we
           deserve
           to
           be
           troubled
           another
           way
           for
           being
           such
           Fools
           as
           not
           to
           understand
           our
           own
           Interest
           and
           Advantage
           ;
           then
           nothing
           can
           prevent
           our
           troubling
           our selves
           ,
           or
           proving
           troublesome
           to
           Authority
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           whetting
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           making
           us
           feel
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           publick
           Rods
           and
           Axes
           :
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           have
           something
           to
           trouble
           us
           indeed
           .
           But
           if
           we
           can
           find
           no
           just
           Matter
           or
           Occasion
           of
           Offence
           upon
           any
           of
           the
           former
           Accounts
           ,
           why
           then
           do
           we
           not
           humbly
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           Determinations
           of
           our
           Superiours
           ,
           and
           yield
           up
           a
           ready
           and
           quiet
           Obedience
           to
           all
           the
           lawful
           Commands
           and
           Injunctions
           of
           Authority
           ?
        
         
           If
           some
           People
           ,
           who
           live
           under
           other
           Governments
           where
           the
           Prince's
           Will
           is
           an
           absolute
           Law
           ,
           and
           who
           many
           times
           requires
           Obedience
           as
           well
           without
           Reason
           as
           without
           Law
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           these
           People
           should
           understand
           the
           great
           Liberty
           and
           Immunities
           of
           the
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           how
           sweetly
           and
           bravely
           we
           live
           ,
           even
           more
           like
           Princes
           than
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           every
           one
           may
           live
           as
           he
           lists
           ,
           and
           serve
           God
           as
           much
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           if
           he
           do
           either
           as
           he
           ought
           and
           should
           ,
           they
           would
           stand
           amazed
           at
           our
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           wonder
           what
           ails
           the
           People
           of
           England
           that
           they
           are
           no
           quieter
           ,
           nor
           better
           satisfied
           ,
           under
           such
           a
           gentle
           and
           fine
           tempered
           Government
           .
           For
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           often
           ,
           in
           my
           private
           Musings
           and
           Retirements
           from
           the
           World
           ,
           lifting
           up
           my
           Heart
           and
           Hands
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           humbly
           adoring
           the
           great
           Mercy
           and
           Goodness
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           in
           giving
           me
           
           my
           Lot
           and
           Station
           under
           such
           an
           equal
           and
           favourable
           Government
           ,
           where
           all
           People
           may
           be
           as
           happy
           as
           they
           can
           wish
           or
           desire
           ,
           and
           are
           debarr'd
           the
           Liberty
           of
           nothing
           but
           making
           themselves
           and
           others
           unhappy
           by
           their
           foolish
           Divisions
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           if
           we
           grumble
           and
           mutter
           now
           ,
           we
           grumble
           and
           mutter
           for
           we
           know
           not
           what
           :
           and
           I
           wish
           ,
           with
           all
           my
           Heart
           ,
           that
           we
           live
           not
           to
           see
           those
           Times
           wherein
           we
           may
           have
           Reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           and
           smart
           soundly
           for
           our
           present
           Petulancy
           and
           Wantonness
           .
        
         
           Alas
           ,
           poor
           foolish
           People
           that
           we
           are
           !
           We
           do
           not
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           ,
           understand
           our
           own
           Happiness
           !
           And
           what
           an
           easie
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           obey
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           it
           is
           to
           govern
           :
           I
           see
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           perswaded
           or
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           great
           Priviledges
           and
           Comforts
           of
           a
           private
           Life
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           Subjects
           enjoy
           more
           Ease
           and
           Quietness
           in
           one
           Day
           ,
           than
           perhaps
           their
           Rulers
           and
           Governours
           do
           all
           the
           Days
           of
           their
           Lives
           :
           but
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           ghess
           by
           the
           Troubles
           and
           Cares
           belonging
           to
           the
           Rule
           and
           Government
           of
           a
           private
           Family
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           such
           sweet
           and
           pleasant
           thing
           to
           govern
           ,
           as
           some
           People
           may
           imagine
           .
           A
           Crown
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           is
           a
           glorious
           Thing
           to
           behold
           ,
           and
           People
           do
           naturally
           stare
           and
           gaze
           upon
           its
           outward
           Pomp
           and
           Splendour
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           not
           the
           Sagacity
           to
           discern
           with
           what
           Cares
           and
           Thorns
           this
           glittering
           thing
           is
           stuff'd
           and
           lined
           within
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           not
           what
           others
           may
           think
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           ever
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           since
           I
           could
           make
           any
           true
           Judgment
           of
           things
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           infinitely
           beholding
           to
           our
           Rulers
           for
           the
           Pains
           and
           Care
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           undergo
           in
           managing
           the
           Publick
           Concerns
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           which
           redounds
           so
           much
           to
           every
           individual
           Mans
           Interest
           and
           Advantage
           :
           and
           ,
           I
           think
           we
           can
           never
           thoroughly
           recompence
           or
           pay
           a
           sufficient
           Tribute
           of
           Thankfulness
           and
           Obedience
           to
           our
           Governours
           for
           
           their
           accepting
           the
           Charge
           and
           Trouble
           of
           so
           vast
           a
           Conduct
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           very
           ill
           done
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           an
           unpardonable
           Crime
           in
           those
           that
           make
           it
           their
           Business
           out
           of
           the
           Malignity
           of
           their
           Spirits
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           sow
           the
           Seeds
           of
           Discord
           and
           Faction
           ,
           to
           cherish
           private
           Animosities
           and
           Discontents
           among
           People
           of
           different
           Perswasions
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           grieve
           Majesty
           and
           make
           more
           Work
           for
           their
           Superiours
           ;
           and
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           have
           laboured
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           might
           and
           main
           ,
           to
           misrepresent
           and
           bespatter
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           by
           infamous
           Libels
           ,
           and
           false
           ,
           scandalous
           Stories
           ,
           thinking
           ,
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           to
           make
           Majesty
           more
           uneasie
           in
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           both
           Him
           and
           his
           Government
           universally
           odious
           ?
           Whereas
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           the
           Practice
           ,
           of
           every
           good
           Subject
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           by
           a
           ready
           and
           quiet
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           a
           peaceable
           Behaviour
           ,
           to
           alleviate
           and
           sweeten
           those
           Cares
           and
           Troubles
           which
           are
           so
           essential
           to
           Government
           .
           And
           this
           is
           another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           ceasing
           to
           envy
           and
           mutter
           at
           our
           Superiours
           .
        
         
           Sixthly
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           Another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           Praying
           for
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           Government
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Blessings
           that
           can
           be
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           a
           prime
           Instrument
           of
           humane
           Felicity
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           Men
           would
           live
           and
           act
           like
           Salvages
           ,
           and
           worry
           one
           another
           like
           so
           many
           Beasts
           of
           Prey
           :
           without
           Government
           the
           World
           would
           be
           a
           miserable
           and
           a
           dangerous
           place
           to
           live
           in
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           would
           run
           into
           the
           greatest
           Disorder
           and
           Confusion
           .
           'T
           is
           from
           the
           Benefit
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           Laws
           that
           all
           Societies
           keep
           and
           maintain
           their
           Rights
           
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           that
           Men
           have
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Freedom
           to
           get
           Estates
           ,
           and
           to
           enjoy
           'em
           quietly
           and
           peaceably
           when
           they
           have
           done
           .
           'T
           is
           by
           the
           Force
           and
           Power
           of
           Laws
           that
           we
           have
           our
           Lives
           and
           Liberties
           guarded
           from
           continual
           Violence
           and
           Invasion
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           'T
           is
           Government
           that
           secures
           us
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           befriends
           us
           with
           so
           much
           Time
           ,
           and
           Leisure
           ,
           and
           Opportunities
           for
           Devotion
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           considering
           all
           these
           happy
           Effects
           of
           Government
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           pray
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Interest
           ,
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Success
           of
           their
           Government
           ,
           that
           under
           them
           we
           may
           live
           peaceable
           and
           quiet
           Lives
           ,
           in
           all
           Godliness
           and
           Honesty
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           had
           the
           Misfortune
           to
           be
           inform'd
           against
           ,
           by
           some
           of
           their
           malicious
           and
           implacable
           Adversaries
           ,
           as
           Persons
           dangerous
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           very
           Religion
           and
           Principles
           naturally
           led
           and
           prompted
           'em
           to
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           against
           the
           State
           ;
           yet
           this
           is
           known
           to
           be
           a
           false
           and
           malicious
           Lye
           ,
           and
           that
           none
           were
           greater
           Friends
           to
           the
           Government
           than
           they
           ,
           tho
           the
           Government
           was
           an
           utter
           Enemy
           to
           them
           :
           which
           is
           confirm'd
           by
           their
           quiet
           and
           peaceable
           Behaviour
           under
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           their
           assiduous
           and
           fervent
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Empire
           under
           which
           they
           lived
           .
           Which
           stand
           upon
           Record
           in
           the
           Writings
           of
           several
           of
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           have
           of
           late
           been
           transcribed
           and
           produc'd
           by
           several
           Learned
           Men
           ,
           in
           Testimony
           of
           their
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           to
           shame
           and
           reproach
           the
           Disloyalty
           of
           some
           Christians
           in
           these
           days
           if
           they
           had
           any
           Shame
           in
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           all
           needs
           know
           and
           confess
           ,
           That
           Government
           was
           ordained
           and
           instituted
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           the
           better
           that
           succeeds
           and
           prospers
           ,
           the
           better
           it
           will
           be
           for
           us
           .
           And
           if
           some
           cannot
           be
           brought
           to
           pray
           for
           its
           Prosperity
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           Sign
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           
           regard
           their
           own
           private
           Interest
           and
           Welfare
           which
           are
           involved
           in
           the
           Publick
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           they
           have
           no
           kindness
           for
           their
           Superiours
           or
           their
           Fellow-Subjects
           ,
           in
           wishing
           ill
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           so
           those
           that
           sit
           at
           the
           Helm
           may
           appear
           odious
           to
           the
           People
           :
           or
           else
           ,
           rather
           than
           not
           to
           be
           gratified
           in
           their
           private
           Piques
           and
           Animosities
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           care
           not
           if
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           be
           ruined
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           if
           some
           Men
           that
           are
           Lovers
           of
           Anarchy
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           perswaded
           that
           Government
           is
           useful
           and
           profitable
           ,
           I
           could
           almost
           wish
           that
           such
           People
           (
           if
           others
           that
           are
           wiser
           and
           better
           could
           be
           safe
           )
           might
           for
           some
           while
           have
           their
           own
           choice
           ,
           and
           try
           the
           Experiment
           of
           such
           Dissolution
           and
           Disorders
           ;
           or
           others
           that
           declare
           for
           Government
           ,
           but
           are
           mightily
           set
           against
           that
           kind
           of
           Government
           which
           is
           Monarchical
           and
           which
           it
           is
           our
           Happiness
           to
           enjoy
           ,
           shall
           hereupon
           oppose
           it
           ,
           or
           not
           pray
           for
           the
           Prosperity
           and
           Continuance
           of
           the
           present
           Government
           ,
           that
           they
           also
           might
           have
           their
           own
           Wishes
           and
           Hearts
           desire
           in
           suffering
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Distraction
           of
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           if
           that
           were
           possible
           ,
           without
           a
           real
           Change
           of
           that
           happy
           and
           blessed
           Government
           which
           we
           are
           now
           under
           .
           But
           it
           is
           a
           vain
           and
           fruitless
           Attempt
           for
           a
           man
           of
           my
           small
           Moment
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           dispute
           with
           such
           Persons
           about
           the
           Duty
           and
           Obligation
           of
           praying
           for
           our
           Governours
           and
           Government
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           they
           despise
           an
           Apostolical
           Rule
           whereby
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           pray
           for
           Kings
           and
           all
           in
           Authority
           over
           us
           .
           And
           truly
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           so
           that
           People
           shall
           think
           much
           to
           pray
           for
           their
           Rulers
           ,
           they
           will
           as
           certainly
           think
           much
           to
           obey
           'em
           ;
           or
           ,
           where
           they
           shall
           only
           pray
           formally
           and
           to
           avoid
           the
           Suspicion
           of
           Disloyalty
           ,
           they
           had
           even
           as
           good
           not
           pray
           at
           all
           ,
           for
           God
           accepts
           not
           of
           the
           Prayers
           of
           such
           insincere
           and
           hollow-hearted
           Hypocrites
           ,
           neither
           will
           the
           Government
           thrive
           one
           
           Jot
           the
           better
           for
           '
           em
           .
           Yet
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           God
           has
           hitherto
           preserved
           our
           Gracious
           Sovereign
           and
           his
           Government
           from
           the
           sundry
           Attempts
           and
           nefarious
           Designs
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Violence
           ,
           as
           the
           Fruit
           and
           Blessing
           of
           the
           numerous
           fervent
           Prayers
           of
           pious
           and
           good
           Men
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           incessantly
           offered
           up
           to
           Heaven
           for
           the
           Conservation
           of
           both
           .
           And
           this
           is
           another
           way
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ;
           viz.
           By
           praying
           for
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Government
           .
        
         
           Having
           now
           prescribed
           several
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           how
           to
           preserve
           and
           establish
           us
           in
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           proceed
           to
           satisfie
           those
           Scruples
           and
           Jealousies
           which
           make
           some
           People
           so
           restless
           and
           unquiet
           under
           the
           present
           Government
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           these
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           must
           be
           grounded
           either
           upon
           a
           Suspition
           of
           their
           Prince's
           Firmness
           and
           Constancy
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           or
           else
           upon
           a
           Suspicion
           of
           a
           Change
           of
           Government
           ;
           upon
           both
           which
           Accounts
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           Mens
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           to
           be
           altogether
           groundless
           and
           unreasonable
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           If
           these
           Fears
           are
           grounded
           upon
           a
           Suspicion
           of
           their
           Prince's
           Firmness
           and
           Constancy
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           (
           I
           speak
           out
           what
           others
           by
           their
           Whispers
           and
           Muttrings
           have
           given
           us
           too
           much
           Reason
           to
           believe
           they
           suspect
           and
           think
           )
           they
           are
           then
           altogether
           groundless
           and
           unreasonable
           .
           For
           it
           is
           highly
           improbable
           that
           a
           Prince
           should
           waver
           in
           his
           Religion
           ,
           or
           incline
           to
           part
           with
           it
           in
           his
           Prosperity
           ,
           when
           he
           could
           not
           be
           overcome
           to
           change
           it
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Adversity
           ,
           and
           when
           some
           who
           went
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           strict
           Professors
           and
           Protestants
           had
           done
           enough
           ,
           by
           their
           cruel
           and
           unchristian
           Practices
           towards
           him
           ,
           to
           put
           him
           out
           of
           Conceit
           with
           it
           .
           But
           't
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           
           that
           during
           the
           Time
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Exile
           and
           Banishment
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           under
           great
           Temptations
           to
           change
           his
           Principles
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           Spite
           and
           Malice
           of
           his
           Subjects
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           Kindness
           and
           Friendship
           which
           was
           proffer'd
           him
           abroad
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           these
           great
           Provocations
           on
           the
           one
           Hand
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           Allurements
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           still
           he
           had
           the
           Courage
           and
           Bravery
           to
           preserve
           his
           Faith
           and
           Conscience
           inviolable
           .
           And
           when
           his
           Religion
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Test
           and
           Tryal
           ,
           't
           is
           manifest
           ,
           That
           the
           Impressions
           of
           Religion
           were
           so
           strong
           and
           well-grounded
           in
           him
           ,
           that
           no
           power
           of
           Art
           ,
           or
           force
           of
           Disputation
           ,
           could
           alter
           or
           controul
           'em
           ,
           not
           the
           greatest
           Subtilty
           and
           cunning
           Sophistry
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           could
           win
           upon
           him
           ,
           or
           so
           far
           insinuate
           any
           contrary
           Perswasion
           into
           his
           Mind
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           least
           to
           stagger
           him
           in
           his
           Faith
           :
           but
           he
           continued
           firm
           and
           stedfast
           to
           his
           first
           Principles
           ,
           and
           came
           off
           a
           brave
           ,
           stout
           Confessor
           ,
           and
           Defender
           of
           that
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           for
           which
           his
           Father
           died
           a
           Glorious
           Martyr
           .
           So
           that
           Mens
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           coming
           in
           ,
           upon
           a
           Suspicion
           of
           their
           Prince's
           Firmness
           and
           Constancy
           to
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           is
           (
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           )
           very
           unkind
           and
           uncharitable
           ,
           and
           a
           Diminution
           to
           that
           Glory
           he
           did
           himself
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           when
           he
           stood
           out
           and
           maintained
           his
           Ground
           under
           so
           great
           a
           Tryal
           of
           Afflictions
           and
           Temptations
           too
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Mens
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           coming
           in
           ,
           upon
           a
           Suspicion
           of
           a
           Change
           of
           Government
           ,
           are
           highly
           absurd
           and
           unreasonable
           .
        
         
           The
           Protestant
           Religion
           is
           now
           of
           long
           Continuance
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           united
           and
           incorporated
           into
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           that
           Church
           and
           State
           must
           live
           and
           fall
           together
           .
           And
           such
           was
           the
           Care
           and
           Policy
           of
           those
           who
           attempted
           the
           first
           Reformation
           ,
           
           that
           they
           so
           ordered
           the
           matter
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           it
           Mens
           temporal
           Interest
           to
           preserve
           and
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           by
           alienating
           the
           Church-Lands
           and
           Revenues
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Laity
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           most
           of
           the
           best
           and
           greatest
           Estates
           in
           England
           consist
           and
           lie
           chiefly
           in
           those
           Lands
           which
           formerly
           belonged
           wholly
           and
           entirely
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           So
           that
           it
           is
           against
           one
           of
           the
           most
           common
           and
           received
           Maxims
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           Men
           will
           be
           of
           that
           Religion
           which
           is
           most
           for
           their
           present
           Interest
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           ever
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           will
           desire
           or
           consent
           to
           a
           Change
           of
           Government
           ,
           when
           by
           that
           means
           they
           will
           hazard
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           losing
           all
           .
           If
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           Popery
           would
           be
           for
           Mens
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           add
           to
           their
           Revenues
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           vast
           Numbers
           would
           be
           tempted
           to
           embrace
           it
           .
           But
           ,
           when
           it
           will
           so
           indanger
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           if
           not
           beggar
           'em
           quite
           ,
           I
           can
           never
           believe
           ,
           or
           imagine
           ,
           That
           the
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           who
           have
           either
           Lands
           or
           Brains
           ,
           will
           change
           or
           turn
           to
           Popery
           ,
           whatever
           they
           may
           turn
           to
           else
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           as
           I
           hinted
           before
           ,
           is
           now
           of
           a
           considerable
           Standing
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           has
           had
           time
           to
           settle
           ,
           which
           it
           had
           not
           when
           People
           flew
           off
           from
           it
           in
           Queen
           
           Mary's
           Days
           .
           Then
           the
           Reformation
           was
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           but
           in
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           impossible
           it
           should
           be
           confirm'd
           and
           ratified
           when
           People
           had
           only
           some
           small
           Taste
           and
           Relish
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           so
           many
           repeated
           Laws
           in
           the
           Successions
           of
           several
           Princes
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           no
           wonder
           that
           People
           were
           so
           soon
           perswaded
           to
           turn
           off
           a
           new
           Religion
           ,
           and
           revert
           to
           the
           old
           one
           ,
           But
           now
           that
           we
           are
           grown
           better
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           are
           so
           well
           convinc'd
           of
           its
           great
           Excellency
           and
           Reasonableness
           ,
           
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           Romish
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           a
           hard
           thing
           to
           introduce
           Popery
           at
           this
           time
           of
           Day
           ;
           because
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           Genius
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           That
           when
           they
           take
           to
           a
           thing
           ,
           especially
           to
           Religion
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           leave
           or
           part
           with
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           possibly
           help
           it
           .
           and
           so
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           has
           had
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           be
           most
           agreeable
           to
           their
           Minds
           and
           Perswasions
           ,
           of
           any
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           considering
           it
           is
           their
           great
           Diana
           ,
           none
           that
           knows
           the
           English
           Zeal
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           hardy
           or
           foolish
           as
           to
           attempt
           to
           change
           or
           ravish
           it
           from
           '
           em
           .
           And
           besides
           this
           ,
           before
           there
           can
           be
           a
           Change
           of
           Government
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           effected
           by
           a
           Change
           of
           Religion
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           such
           a
           repealing
           of
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Alteration
           of
           Properties
           ,
           and
           such
           vast
           Changes
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           in
           the
           Revolutions
           of
           an
           Age
           :
           so
           that
           although
           some
           Men
           may
           fear
           the
           coming
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           considered
           what
           a
           great
           and
           strange
           Alteration
           there
           must
           be
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Constitutions
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Temper
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           in
           all
           humane
           Probability
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           prevail
           in
           our
           days
           .
           And
           ,
           tho
           some
           People
           are
           possess'd
           with
           such
           mighty
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           its
           prevailing
           among
           us
           ,
           yet
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           speak
           my
           Mind
           freely
           ,
           and
           without
           Offence
           ,
           I
           see
           more
           Reason
           to
           fear
           ,
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Atheism
           and
           Wickedness
           of
           the
           Times
           ,
           we
           shall
           come
           shortly
           to
           be
           of
           no
           Religion
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           Fear
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           boundless
           and
           ranging
           Passions
           belonging
           to
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           and
           which
           prevails
           more
           or
           less
           according
           to
           the
           Variety
           and
           Difference
           of
           Mens
           Tempers
           and
           Constitutions
           ;
           but
           ,
           where
           it
           meets
           with
           a
           Person
           whose
           Faculty
           of
           Imagination
           is
           quicker
           and
           more
           operative
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           there
           it
           swells
           and
           multiplies
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           transforming
           every
           
           weak
           and
           idle
           Fancy
           into
           a
           prodigious
           Monster
           and
           Bugbear
           .
           And
           therefore
           't
           is
           observed
           ,
           That
           those
           who
           appear
           so
           mightily
           afraid
           of
           the
           Introduction
           of
           Popery
           among
           us
           ,
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           that
           are
           naturally
           suspicious
           and
           jealous
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           in
           whom
           Fear
           is
           the
           most
           prevailing
           and
           governing
           Passion
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Business
           of
           Popery
           ,
           if
           People
           will
           indulge
           their
           Fears
           and
           Jealousies
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           they
           may
           as
           much
           fear
           a
           thing
           that
           will
           never
           come
           as
           that
           which
           may
           come
           :
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           way
           to
           cure
           some
           Peoples
           desperate
           .
           Fears
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           to
           advise
           them
           to
           consult
           their
           Reason
           touching
           the
           Probability
           of
           Events
           ,
           more
           than
           their
           Passions
           ,
           which
           are
           often
           very
           vain
           and
           extravagant
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           convinc'd
           I
           have
           done
           my
           Duty
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           in
           preaching
           upon
           this
           necessary
           and
           material
           Subject
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           yet
           I
           fancy
           that
           some
           People
           may
           object
           against
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           because
           it
           is
           a
           Sermon
           of
           that
           Nature
           and
           Strain
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           ,
           judge
           it
           unreasonable
           and
           improper
           for
           such
           an
           Auditory
           ,
           where
           none
           but
           Loyal
           and
           conformable
           Persons
           are
           suppos'd
           to
           be
           .
           This
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           trifling
           and
           silly
           Cavil
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           hardly
           believe
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           know
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           People
           to
           cry
           out
           ,
           that
           a
           Sermon
           is
           unseasonable
           and
           improper
           ,
           only
           because
           they
           have
           no
           mind
           to
           hear
           of
           a
           Duty
           which
           they
           have
           no
           Mind
           to
           practise
           .
           And
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           those
           that
           so
           flounce
           and
           carp
           at
           a
           Discourse
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           ,
           must
           have
           a
           sore
           place
           somewhere
           ,
           some
           little
           Ailing
           and
           Infirmity
           of
           Mind
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Point
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           which
           they
           cannot
           endure
           should
           be
           touch'd
           or
           rubb'd
           up
           .
           But
           I
           am
           strongly
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           no
           
           Man
           will
           ever
           grumble
           to
           hear
           handsomly
           of
           a
           thing
           he
           loves
           :
           and
           therefore
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           whoever
           is
           offended
           at
           a
           Sermon
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           can
           have
           no
           real
           Love
           or
           Liking
           to
           the
           thing
           it self
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           Answer
           to
           this
           slight
           and
           poor
           Cavil
           ,
           I
           say
           this
           ,
           That
           I
           think
           a
           Sermon
           of
           Loyalty
           to
           be
           always
           seasonable
           ,
           and
           that
           Ministers
           are
           as
           much
           bound
           to
           preach
           it
           up
           as
           any
           other
           necessary
           Duty
           of
           Religion
           ,
           whether
           People
           will
           hear
           ,
           or
           whether
           they
           will
           forbear
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Objection
           lies
           against
           all
           Sermons
           as
           well
           as
           this
           of
           Loyalty
           :
           for
           if
           we
           preach
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           new
           ,
           and
           not
           tell
           People
           of
           their
           Duty
           because
           they
           pretend
           to
           know
           it
           already
           ,
           then
           all
           preaching
           will
           soon
           be
           at
           an
           end
           .
           But
           we
           think
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           did
           ,
           meet
           and
           necessary
           ,
           to
           put
           People
           in
           Mind
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           reason
           that
           we
           put
           'em
           in
           mind
           of
           all
           other
           Duties
           ;
           viz.
           not
           because
           they
           don't
           know
           'em
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           will
           not
           practise
           what
           they
           know
           .
           And
           moreover
           ,
           I
           think
           that
           a
           Sermon
           of
           Loyalty
           is
           more
           especially
           in
           season
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           considering
           how
           the
           World
           now
           goes
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           the
           Government
           is
           threatned
           by
           a
           sort
           of
           Factious
           and
           ungovernable
           Men.
           And
           I
           think
           none
           of
           us
           can
           be
           too
           perfect
           in
           this
           Lesson
           of
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           some
           People
           may
           not
           be
           so
           perfect
           as
           they
           take
           themselves
           to
           be
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           a
           Sign
           that
           they
           need
           to
           be
           taught
           Loyalty
           ,
           when
           they
           cannot
           endure
           to
           hear
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           appear
           so
           very
           uneasie
           and
           nettled
           at
           a
           Discourse
           that
           tends
           that
           way
           .
           But
           let
           not
           such
           Persons
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           an
           Opinion
           of
           their
           great
           Loyalty
           ,
           when
           they
           resent
           it
           so
           very
           ill
           to
           be
           told
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           ,
           this
           Impatience
           and
           Dislike
           must
           needs
           proceed
           from
           Lukewarmness
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           cold
           and
           imperfect
           Love
           of
           Obedience
           to
           Authority
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           according
           to
           some
           Mens
           bitter
           way
           of
           arguing
           ,
           no
           Subject
           
           can
           be
           very
           pleasing
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           it
           may
           occasion
           some
           People
           to
           fly
           quite
           off
           from
           their
           Duty
           which
           they
           had
           but
           little
           mind
           to
           before
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           I
           have
           all
           along
           been
           careful
           not
           to
           offend
           any
           through
           hot
           and
           fiery
           Language
           ,
           or
           provoke
           'em
           by
           hard
           Names
           and
           odious
           Appellatives
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           mighty
           unbecoming
           this
           Sacred
           Place
           ,
           where
           a
           Decency
           ought
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           our
           Words
           as
           well
           as
           Actions
           .
           Herein
           ,
           then
           ,
           do
           I
           comfort
           my self
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           handled
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Obedience
           with
           those
           gentle
           ,
           but
           solid
           Arguments
           ,
           that
           I
           presume
           the
           most
           violent
           Fanatick
           cannot
           justly
           quarrel
           at
           'em
           ,
           and
           I
           defie
           the
           wisest
           and
           most
           conceited
           Fanatick
           of
           'em
           all
           ,
           either
           to
           answer
           or
           confute
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .