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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           
             Person
             of
             Quality
          
           To
           an
           EMINENT
           DISSENTER
           ,
           To
           rectifie
           his
           MISTAKES
           concerning
           the
           SUCCESSION
           ,
           The
           Nature
           of
           PERSECUTION
           AND
           A
           COMPREHENSION
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             B.
          
           for
           
             Randolph
             Taylor
          
           near
           Stationers-hall
           .
           MDCLXXXV
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           sent
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           to
           a
           
             Noted
             Dissenter
          
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Cousin
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Was
           very
           glad
           to
           receive
           your
           Letters
           ,
           but
           very
           sorry
           to
           find
           by
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           still
           so
           extreamly
           desirous
           of
           Innovations
           in
           a
           Government
           so
           well
           Established
           ,
           as
           that
           is
           under
           which
           you
           live
           .
           I
           perceive
           you
           are
           more
           zealous
           then
           it
           becomes
           a
           good
           Subject
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           Christian
           to
           be
           ,
           for
           carrying
           on
           a
           Project
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           as
           Unreasonable
           as
           New
           ;
           viz.
           That
           of
           
             Disabling
             a
             Papist
             to
             Inherit
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           For
           doubtless
           that
           proposal
           was
           first
           made
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           promoted
           by
           him
           ,
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           true
           Love
           to
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           Spite
           and
           Revenge
           to
           the
           D.
           of
           Y
           —
           Who
           ,
           were
           he
           not
           only
           Papist
           ,
           but
           Heathen
           or
           Mahumetan
           (
           which
           I
           think
           is
           not
           much
           worse
           )
           would
           certainly
           have
           as
           good
           a
           Title
           to
           his
           Crown
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Temporal
           Rights
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           the
           most
           Orthodox
           and
           Holy
           Christian
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           that
           my
           zealous
           Lord
           Chose
           would
           not
           be
           willing
           that
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           should
           make
           a
           particular
           Act
           ,
           to
           disable
           his
           own
           Posterity
           ,
           to
           Inherit
           the
           great
           Estate
           he
           hath
           got
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           turn
           Papists
           or
           Atheists
           ,
           as
           others
           have
           done
           before
           them
           .
           We
           all
           know
           what
           mischief
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           Damnable
           Doctrine
           has
           made
           ,
           
             That
             Temporal
             Rights
             and
             Inheritances
             depend
             upon
             Saintship
             and
             Grace
             .
          
           
           And
           if
           it
           be
           clear
           from
           Scripture
           (
           as
           nothing
           is
           more
           clear
           )
           that
           a
           King
           ought
           not
           to
           lose
           his
           Crown
           ,
           for
           not
           being
           a
           Christian
           ,
           or
           for
           renouncing
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           as
           Julian
           did
           ;
           then
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           Duke
           nor
           any
           other
           Prince
           ought
           to
           be
           debarred
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           sacred
           of
           Temporal
           Rights
           ,
           for
           not
           being
           Protestants
           ;
           or
           which
           is
           more
           ,
           for
           renouncing
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           am
           heartily
           glad
           ,
           that
           God
           gave
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           the
           Grace
           and
           Courage
           to
           defend
           her
           Doctrine
           ,
           in
           opposing
           that
           Unreasonable
           ,
           and
           truly
           Romish
           Proposal
           of
           my
           Lord
           Chose
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           had
           approved
           ,
           and
           defended
           after
           it
           was
           proposed
           ,
           they
           had
           truly
           acted
           in
           that
           like
           Prelats
           Popishly
           affected
           ,
           and
           really
           shewed
           themselves
           to
           be
           what
           their
           Adversaries
           would
           fain
           perswade
           the
           World
           ,
           they
           are
           .
           For
           't
           is
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           and
           her
           Doctors
           ,
           which
           maintain
           ,
           
             That
             Kings
             Excommunicated
             ,
             or
             Heretick
             Kings
             ,
             or
          
           (
           which
           is
           all
           one
           )
           
             that
             Kings
             that
             renounce
             the
             Apostolick
             Faith
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             Deprived
             and
             Deposed
             .
          
           But
           't
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           that
           maintains
           the
           contradiction
           of
           that
           Unscriptural
           ,
           Unevangelical
           Principle
           ;
           and
           thinks
           her self
           as
           much
           obliged
           to
           submit
           her self
           to
           a
           
             Heathen
             ,
             Atheistical
             ,
             Heretical
          
           ,
           or
           
             Popish
             Prince
          
           ,
           where
           she
           can
           ,
           as
           to
           an
           Orthodox
           King
           ;
           and
           where
           she
           cannot
           ,
           she
           thinks
           her self
           obliged
           to
           suffer
           ,
           as
           her
           Saviour
           ,
           like
           a
           Lamb
           brought
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ;
           and
           dares
           pretend
           to
           take
           up
           to
           Arms
           but
           those
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           (
           
             Whose
             true
             Copy
             she
             is
          
           )
           
             Tears
             ,
             Arguments
          
           and
           Prayers
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           
           that
           is
           of
           this
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           neither
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           nor
           the
           Kirk
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           both
           of
           which
           have
           actually
           Excommunicated
           and
           
             D●posed
             Lawful
          
           and
           
             Rightful
             Princes
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Notion
           of
           being
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           Enemies
           to
           Christs
           Kingdom
           ;
           forgetting
           both
           alike
           the
           Pr●cepts
           and
           Examples
           of
           our
           Saviour
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hath
           grounded
           the
           contrary
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           on
           right
           reason
           .
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           ,
           though
           God
           rendred
           unto
           the
           Heathen
           Caesar
           the
           things
           that
           were
           Caesar's
           ;
           he
           owned
           his
           right
           to
           the
           Empire
           ,
           both
           by
           word
           and
           deed
           ,
           although
           he
           were
           but
           the
           adopted
           Successor
           of
           the
           greatest
           Usurper
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           World.
           Nay
           furthermore
           ,
           he
           owned
           and
           submitted
           to
           the
           procuratory
           Power
           of
           Pilate
           ,
           who
           acted
           but
           by
           Commission
           from
           the
           Emperour
           Tiberius
           ;
           who
           (
           if
           there
           be
           any
           truth
           in
           the
           Character
           of
           Tacitus
           )
           was
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           most
           wicked
           men
           that
           ever
           the
           World
           saw
           .
           And
           as
           for
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Article
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           not
           even
           that
           ,
           
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           more
           clear
           in
           his
           Epistles
           ,
           than
           that
           
             Every
             Soul
             should
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ;
             that
             we
             should
             Obey
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             Wrath
             ,
             but
             Conscience
             sake
             ;
             that
             whosoever
             resisieth
             ,
             receiveth
             to
             himself
             Damnation
          
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           
             that
             all
             the
             Powers
          
           (
           and
           when
           he
           wrote
           there
           were
           none
           but
           
             Heathen
             Powers
             )
             were
             ordained
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           I
           might
           here
           insist
           upon
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           represented
           in
           their
           Acts
           ,
           and
           the
           constant
           Submission
           and
           Sufferings
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           reported
           by
           the
           
             Ecclesiastcal
             Fathers
          
           ,
           
           and
           Historiaens
           ;
           but
           the
           Scripture
           it self
           is
           sufficient
           to
           demonstrate
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           has
           not
           only
           established
           in
           her
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           her
           Fathers
           and
           Sons
           of
           late
           ,
           maintained
           in
           their
           Practices
           :
           and
           which
           the
           Kirk
           of
           of
           Scotland
           (
           agreeing
           in
           this
           and
           many
           other
           Points
           with
           that
           of
           Rome
           )
           did
           ever
           oppose
           ,
           both
           in
           Word
           and
           Deed.
           And
           since
           that
           Kirk
           and
           Nation
           have
           been
           of
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           wonder
           that
           the
           
             English
             Disciples
          
           of
           their
           Buchanan
           and
           Knox
           have
           practised
           those
           rebellious
           Principles
           ,
           which
           have
           so
           debauched
           and
           corrupted
           the
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           them
           be
           proverbially
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Kings
             of
             Devils
          
           :
           And
           which
           the
           Anababtists
           in
           Germany
           improved
           into
           this
           Maxim
           ,
           
             That
             Saintship
             was
             the
             Foundation
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Righteous
             ought
             to
             Inherit
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           And
           furthermore
           ,
           if
           Crowns
           ought
           to
           descend
           upon
           Protestants
           only
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           but
           just
           ,
           that
           the
           Estates
           of
           all
           Subjects
           whatsoever
           should
           be
           so
           Entailed
           :
           ●nd
           if
           for
           example
           ,
           the
           D
           —
           of
           Y
           —
           must
           be
           cut
           off
           from
           his
           Right
           ,
           for
           being
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ,
           then
           let
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Papists
           lose
           theirs
           ;
           they
           are
           all
           alike
           Idolaters
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           all
           alike
           suffer
           .
           And
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           Case
           to
           your
           own
           House
           ,
           can
           you
           imagine
           that
           you
           your self
           ought
           to
           lose
           your
           Right
           to
           the
           Estate
           you
           have
           ,
           or
           may
           have
           hereafter
           ,
           upon
           that
           supposition
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           turn
           Papist
           ;
           which
           men
           as
           firmly
           resoved
           against
           it
           as
           you
           have
           certainly
           done
           .
           These
           Practises
           and
           Proposals
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           left
           a
           blot
           on
           the
           memories
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           that
           seem
           more
           zealous
           than
           their
           Brethren
           .
           
           And
           I
           am
           glad
           at
           present
           ,
           that
           the
           Religious
           Lord
           Chose
           is
           the
           Chief
           Patron
           and
           Promoter
           of
           such
           and
           Unreasonable
           and
           
             Romish
             Design
          
           .
           It
           is
           unreasonable
           to
           exclude
           a
           Popish
           Heir
           from
           a
           Crown
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           derives
           his
           right
           from
           Popish
           Ancestors
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           more
           than
           ordinary
           reason
           to
           call
           it
           Romish
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           maintained
           here
           among
           all
           the
           Priests
           I
           converse
           with
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           dearly
           beloved
           by
           the
           Romanists
           :
           And
           put
           but
           the
           Name
           of
           Heretick
           to
           a
           Prince
           here
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           just
           the
           same
           case
           ,
           as
           when
           you
           call
           a
           Prince
           a
           Papist
           in
           England
           ;
           where
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           no
           more
           than
           my
           good
           Lord
           Chose
           that
           are
           Fautors
           of
           this
           
             Romish
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           my
           Country
           is
           in
           a
           far
           better
           case
           than
           I
           thought
           it
           to
           be
           .
           And
           truly
           this
           noble
           Project
           of
           the
           late
           Lord
           Chose
           was
           condemned
           by
           all
           Protestants
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           took
           air
           in
           France
           ;
           not
           only
           for
           that
           it
           was
           an
           Ungospel
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           and
           savours
           strongly
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Rome
           ,
           which
           they
           abhor
           ;
           but
           because
           it
           puts
           their
           King
           in
           mind
           of
           a
           Project
           he
           is
           very
           much
           inclined
           to
           ,
           viz.
           To
           make
           a
           like
           Law
           here
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           shall
           ever
           be
           King
           ,
           or
           bear
           any
           Office
           or
           Trust
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           certainly
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           ever
           please
           God
           ,
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           to
           suffer
           our
           Princes
           to
           backslide
           into
           
             Romish
             Idolatry
          
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           we
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           to
           pray
           ,
           and
           like
           our
           Glorious
           Ancestors
           in
           Queen
           Mary's
           days
           ,
           suffer
           quietly
           ,
           when
           we
           cannot
           flie
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           wonder
           that
           you
           would
           so
           obliquely
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           censure
           them
           for
           doing
           that
           ,
           which
           in
           Honour
           and
           Duty
           ,
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           represent
           this
           to
           their
           Disgrace
           ,
           
           which
           all
           good
           and
           well
           advised
           Protestants
           must
           needs
           Commond
           them
           for
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           be
           Impartial
           .
        
         
           But
           put
           the
           case
           such
           an
           Act
           were
           made
           ,
           who
           can
           see
           the
           bad
           consequences
           thereof
           ?
           The
           Union
           of
           
             Great
             Bri●tain
          
           will
           be
           broke
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           War
           entailed
           upon
           both
           Kingdoms
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           that
           none
           but
           a
           Protestant
           shall
           succeed
           now
           ,
           Faction
           still
           increasing
           ,
           none
           perhaps
           within
           a
           while
           ,
           will
           be
           thought
           sit
           to
           Inherit
           the
           Crown
           ,
           but
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           you
           that
           are
           used
           to
           talk
           of
           
             Numbers
             and
             Strength
          
           ,
           can
           best
           tell
           how
           Numerous
           and
           Powerful
           they
           are
           that
           are
           possessed
           with
           as
           firm
           a
           prejudice
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           it self
           ;
           denying
           Communion
           equally
           with
           both
           ;
           and
           who
           educate
           their
           Children
           in
           perfect
           hatred
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           as
           the
           genuine
           Daughter
           of
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           wrote
           all
           this
           to
           present
           to
           your
           view
           what
           (
           perhaps
           in
           the
           hurry
           of
           Zeal
           )
           you
           have
           not
           had
           time
           to
           consider
           .
           And
           though
           I
           think
           it
           very
           impious
           and
           unreasonable
           to
           debar
           any
           such
           Prince
           from
           the
           Crown
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           yet
           could
           we
           imagine
           the
           Government
           were
           to
           be
           formed
           again
           ,
           I
           would
           be
           as
           Zealous
           for
           this
           condition
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           Zealot
           of
           them
           all
           :
           And
           am
           as
           sorry
           as
           any
           other
           good
           Protestant
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           always
           one
           of
           the
           Fundamental
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           though
           now
           it
           be
           too
           late
           to
           make
           it
           such
           .
        
         
           You
           tell
           me
           also
           that
           my
           Lord
           —
           intends
           to
           come
           and
           live
           in
           London
           ;
           I
           suppose
           it
           may
           be
           under
           pretence
           to
           secure
           his
           Person
           from
           the
           Papists
           ;
           but
           I
           
           wish
           it
           may
           not
           be
           with
           a
           design
           to
           act
           over
           the
           same
           things
           ,
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           securing
           the
           Protestant
           ,
           which
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           acted
           in
           Paris
           ,
           under
           a
           seeming
           Zeal
           to
           secure
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           .
           The
           Reason
           that
           makes
           me
           fear
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           conformity
           of
           our
           times
           in
           England
           with
           those
           in
           France
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           by
           the
           following
           account
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           man
           of
           an
           
             High
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           least
           disgrace
           ,
           being
           removed
           by
           Henry
           III.
           from
           them
           most
           Rich
           and
           Honourable
           of
           his
           Court-Preferments
           ,
           became
           thereupon
           Male-content
           ;
           and
           retiring
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           which
           he
           now
           did
           hate
           ,
           went
           to
           live
           at
           his
           House
           in
           Paris
           :
           where
           ,
           by
           many
           Arts
           ,
           as
           in
           particular
           by
           the
           subtle
           Practises
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           he
           became
           in
           a
           short
           time
           the
           Minion
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           whose
           Affections
           he
           drew
           off
           from
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           representing
           him
           (
           though
           a
           hearty
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           )
           as
           a
           favorer
           of
           the
           Hereticks
           ;
           who
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Bloud
           increased
           mightily
           in
           his
           Reign
           .
           He
           also
           represented
           him
           in
           particular
           to
           be
           a
           great
           favourer
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           himself
           had
           a
           particular
           ill
           will
           ;
           and
           whom
           the
           People
           ,
           through
           the
           Instigation
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           did
           perfectly
           hate
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           Protestant
           ;
           although
           he
           was
           
             Primier
             Prince
          
           of
           the
           Blood
           (
           for
           whom
           the
           French
           commonly
           have
           a
           great
           Reverence
           )
           and
           by
           Consequence
           Heir
           Apparent
           ,
           or
           as
           a
           Friend
           of
           your
           would
           have
           said
           ,
           
             Heir
             Presumptive
          
           (
           for
           the
           King
           had
           no
           Child
           to
           Inherit
           )
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           France
           .
           After
           he
           had
           thus
           made
           the
           credulous
           People
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Priests
           and
           
           Jesuits
           ,
           zealous
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           their
           Declining
           Religion
           ,
           he
           drew
           them
           to
           League
           into
           Rebellion
           against
           their
           lawful
           Soveraign
           ,
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           securing
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           removing
           Evil
           Councellors
           from
           his
           Person
           ,
           and
           obliging
           him
           to
           employ
           his
           Royal
           Power
           in
           suppressing
           the
           Protestans
           ;
           and
           in
           particular
           by
           declaring
           the
           Heretick
           King
           of
           Navarre
           (
           afterwards
           H.
           IV.
           )
           uncapable
           of
           succeeding
           to
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           sake
           of
           Peace
           the
           King
           was
           willing
           so
           far
           to
           deny
           himself
           as
           to
           grant
           the
           two
           first
           ,
           but
           could
           never
           be
           made
           so
           false
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           as
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           by
           changing
           the
           order
           of
           Succession
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           by
           which
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           Reigned
           so
           many
           hundred
           years
           ;
           and
           which
           have
           been
           so
           long
           established
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           Religion
           ,
           by
           the
           Salique
           or
           Original
           Laws
           of
           
             France
             .
             Hereupon
          
           the
           League
           (
           in
           Imitation
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Pattern
           of
           which
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
          
           was
           formed
           )
           or
           Rebellion
           grew
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           to
           beat
           the
           King
           out
           of
           Paris
           ;
           where
           the
           Guisards
           had
           a
           design
           to
           sieze
           upon
           his
           sacred
           Person
           ,
           shut
           him
           up
           ,
           like
           King
           Chilperick
           ,
           in
           a
           Monastery
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           the
           silly
           old
           Cardinal
           Bourbon
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
           Navar
           's
           Uncle
           ,
           to
           Reign
           in
           his
           stead
           .
           But
           the
           King
           escaping
           from
           Paris
           ,
           sheltered
           himself
           in
           Chartres
           ;
           where
           to
           compose
           Differences
           ,
           he
           issued
           out
           Writs
           to
           call
           together
           the
           three
           Estates
           (
           which
           much
           resemble
           our
           Parliaments
           )
           at
           Bl●is
           .
           Thither
           the
           Deputies
           or
           Members
           repair
           ,
           some
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           far
           more
           for
           the
           Cursed
           League
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Guisards
           finding
           themselves
           more
           potent
           than
           
             the
             Royalists
          
           ,
           insisted
           almost
           on
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           
           securing
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
          
           ,
           by
           de
           claring
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           ,
           because
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           uncapable
           of
           Succeeding
           to
           the
           most
           Christian
           Crown
           .
        
         
           You
           see
           Cousin
           ,
           what
           a
           Parallel
           there
           is
           between
           those
           times
           and
           ours
           ;
           excepting
           First
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           to
           second
           such
           a
           Design
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           there
           were
           in
           France
           :
           But
           to
           supply
           that
           Defect
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           found
           men
           as
           fit
           in
           all
           points
           as
           they
           in
           Black
           ,
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           People
           to
           Discontent
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           I
           mean
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           Persons
           that
           Preached
           up
           the
           late
           Bloody
           War
           ;
           who
           really
           are
           the
           Bastard-brood
           of
           the
           Monastick
           and
           Jesuitical
           Emissaries
           ,
           though
           they
           bear
           not
           the
           Names
           of
           their
           Fathers
           ;
           but
           (
           like
           Bastards
           )
           are
           disowned
           by
           those
           that
           begot
           them
           .
           The
           Seditious
           
             Principles
             .
             Preached
          
           and
           Printed
           by
           them
           in
           the
           late
           Times
           ,
           are
           Evident
           Proofs
           of
           what
           Race
           they
           are
           come
           :
           And
           as
           a
           man
           may
           Travel
           so
           far
           West
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           he
           come
           to
           the
           same
           Eastern
           Point
           from
           which
           he
           did
           set
           out
           ,
           so
           you
           Cousin
           ,
           and
           your
           Brethren
           have
           gone
           so
           far
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           (
           some
           I
           believe
           unawares
           )
           come
           thither
           again
           ;
           as
           is
           unanswerably
           proved
           by
           
             Lysimachus
             Nicenor
          
           ,
           lately
           reprinted
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           in
           his
           Letter
           of
           Congratulation
           to
           the
           Kirk
           .
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Parallel
           fails
           in
           this
           too
           ,
           That
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           is
           not
           a
           declared
           Papist
           ,
           as
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           was
           a
           declared
           Protestant
           ;
           nor
           has
           yet
           openly
           renounced
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           which
           his
           blessed
           Father
           died
           a
           Martyr
           .
           And
           therefore
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           our
           English
           Guisards
           are
           much
           more
           to
           blame
           ,
           in
           representing
           his
           Roual
           Highness
           
           as
           a
           Papist
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           difficult
           to
           imagine
           him
           Strictly
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           But
           furthermore
           ,
           upon
           supposition
           he
           were
           a
           declared
           Papist
           ,
           the
           Proposal
           of
           my
           Lord
           Chose
           was
           very
           ridiculous
           ,
           since
           it
           did
           suppose
           a
           possibility
           of
           prevailing
           with
           his
           Majesty
           to
           Disinherit
           his
           Royal
           Brother
           ,
           who
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           much
           dearer
           to
           him
           ,
           than
           the
           King
           of
           Navarre
           was
           to
           Henry
           III
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           nearer
           in
           Blood.
           And
           for
           may
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           imagine
           at
           this
           distance
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           who
           is
           a
           Prince
           incomparably
           wiser
           and
           juster
           then
           was
           Henry
           III.
           of
           France
           ,
           must
           needs
           disdain
           and
           abhor
           such
           a
           Proposal
           ;
           which
           ,
           were
           it
           Enacted
           ,
           it
           would
           enervate
           the
           Laws
           of
           Succession
           by
           which
           He
           and
           
             His
             Ancestors
          
           have
           hitherto
           Reigned
           ,
           and
           give
           a
           greater
           Blow
           to
           the
           English
           Monarchy
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           cut
           off
           His
           Royal
           Fathers
           Head.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           here
           forborn
           to
           give
           you
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Tragical
           End
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Guise
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           Lesson
           well
           worth
           your
           Learning
           ,
           and
           may
           teach
           all
           Persons
           ,
           so
           disposed
           as
           he
           was
           ,
           how
           unsafe
           it
           is
           to
           provoke
           Soveraign
           Authority
           ;
           since
           the
           goodness
           of
           the
           best
           of
           Kings
           ,
           like
           the
           infinite
           Goodness
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           whose
           Ministers
           they
           are
           ,
           may
           at
           length
           be
           so
           injured
           and
           affronted
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           forced
           to
           sharpen
           it self
           into
           Sovereign
           Vengeance
           and
           Justice
           .
           And
           therefore
           Cousin
           ,
           let
           me
           advise
           you
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           Conscience
           ,
           yet
           for
           Wraths
           sake
           ,
           to
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           Blowing
           up
           the
           Flames
           of
           Sedition
           :
           Nor
           let
           your
           Soul
           enter
           into
           the
           secret
           of
           my
           Lord
           —
           though
           his
           Interest
           among
           the
           Senators
           (
           as
           you
           write
           )
           be
           so
           very
           considerable
           and
           strong
           .
        
         
         
           You
           likewise
           forget
           your self
           ,
           in
           miscalling
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           late
           Laws
           by
           the
           odious
           name
           of
           Persecution
           ;
           which
           if
           you
           can
           prove
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scriptural
           notion
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           
             viz.
             Infliction
             of
             Evil
             for
             Righteousness
             sake
             ,
          
           then
           will
           I
           become
           your
           Proselyte
           ,
           and
           forsake
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           I
           have
           this
           Idolatrous
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           For
           no
           man
           is
           persecuted
           ,
           but
           either
           for
           immediate
           matters
           of
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           which
           concern
           the
           First
           Table
           ;
           or
           with
           respect
           to
           matters
           of
           Morality
           ,
           or
           a
           Good
           Life
           ,
           which
           concern
           the
           Second
           .
        
         
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           First
           ;
           a
           man
           is
           persecuted
           either
           on
           a
           negative
           account
           ,
           for
           not
           worshiping
           a
           False
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           three
           Children
           in
           Daniel
           ;
           or
           for
           not
           worshipping
           the
           True
           in
           a
           False
           way
           :
           as
           St.
           Paul
           and
           the
           other
           Apostles
           were
           persecuted
           by
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           for
           not
           worshipping
           the
           True
           God
           according
           to
           the
           Jewish
           manner
           after
           it
           was
           abrogated
           :
           Or
           as
           our
           Fore
           fathers
           in
           England
           ,
           For
           not
           worshiping
           God
           and
           our
           Saviour
           after
           the
           Romish
           Rites
           .
           Or
           Secondly
           ,
           on
           a
           positive
           account
           ,
           For
           worshipping
           the
           true
           God
           in
           a
           way
           that
           is
           true
           ;
           or
           to
           express
           it
           yet
           more
           clearly
           and
           absolutely
           in
           your
           own
           terms
           ,
           
             For
             serving
             of
             God
          
           :
           as
           Daniel
           was
           cast
           into
           the
           Lyons
           Den
           ,
           for
           praying
           to
           God
           against
           the
           King's
           Decree
           .
        
         
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           Second
           ;
           A
           man
           is
           also
           persecuted
           on
           a
           negative
           account
           ,
           For
           not
           doing
           something
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           ,
           or
           by
           God
           ;
           positive
           command
           ,
           morally
           evil
           :
           as
           the
           good
           Midwives
           were
           afraid
           to
           be
           persecuted
           by
           Pharaoh
           ,
           for
           not
           
           murthering
           the
           Hebrew
           Infants
           .
           Or
           else
           on
           a
           positive
           account
           ,
           for
           doing
           some
           good
           moral
           action
           ,
           which
           ought
           in
           such
           and
           such
           circumstances
           to
           be
           done
           :
           and
           thus
           was
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           persecuted
           ,
           for
           opening
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           blind
           man
           ,
           and
           for
           healing
           on
           the
           Sabbath-day
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           distinctions
           being
           premised
           ,
           tell
           me
           
             in
             which
             of
             these
             cases
             you
             are
             Persecuted
             ?
          
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           
             for
             what
             you
             are
             Confessors
             and
             Martyrs
             ?
          
           For
           no
           man
           is
           persecuted
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           is
           persecuted
           he
           is
           a
           Confessor
           or
           Martyr
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           sufferings
           bears
           witness
           to
           the
           Truth
           .
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           Second
           head
           ,
           you
           cannot
           say
           that
           you
           are
           persecuted
           ;
           and
           therefore
           let
           me
           see
           whether
           you
           are
           so
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           first
           .
           And
           First
           ,
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           you
           do
           not
           suffer
           for
           not
           worshiping
           a
           false
           God
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           likewise
           as
           plain
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           suffer
           for
           not
           worshipping
           the
           true
           God
           in
           a
           false
           way
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           whose
           Execution
           you
           mis-call
           Persecution
           ,
           do
           not
           punish
           you
           for
           not
           worshiping
           God
           after
           our
           way
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           did
           to
           prove
           their
           Execution
           to
           be
           Persecution
           ,
           you
           must
           First
           prove
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           (
           whose
           Doctrine
           is
           down
           right
           against
           Idolatry
           and
           Superstition
           )
           does
           worship
           God
           in
           an
           Idolatrous
           and
           Superstitious
           manner
           ;
           which
           ,
           good
           Cousin
           ,
           you
           know
           can
           never
           be
           proved
           .
        
         
           There
           remains
           nothing
           then
           but
           to
           assert
           ,
           That
           you
           are
           punished
           
             for
             serving
             God
             ,
             or
             for
             Worshipping
             God
             in
             a
             way
             which
             you
             are
             sure
             is
             true
             .
          
           That
           you
           worship
           God
           in
           a
           true
           way
           ,
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           and
           could
           heartily
           joyn
           with
           you
           in
           other
           circumstances
           .
           But
           then
           you
           are
           not
           punished
           
           for
           worshipping
           God
           in
           that
           manner
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           Laws
           you
           complain
           of
           ,
           allow
           you
           to
           worship
           God
           in
           what
           fashion
           you
           please
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           you
           ,
           but
           your
           Family
           ,
           be
           it
           as
           great
           as
           it
           will
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           not
           only
           your
           Family
           ,
           but
           Five
           Persons
           more
           ;
           Which
           allowance
           ,
           were
           you
           the
           only
           Christians
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrates
           Heathens
           ;
           or
           ,
           which
           your
           Friends
           are
           more
           likely
           to
           suggest
           ,
           were
           they
           Papists
           or
           Atheists
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Persecution
           ,
           that
           were
           you
           of
           the
           temper
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           ,
           you
           would
           esteem
           it
           as
           a
           great
           priviledg
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           reviling
           ,
           thank
           the
           kind
           Magistrate
           for
           the
           same
           .
           But
           then
           if
           on
           the
           contrary
           hand
           you
           be
           considered
           (
           and
           many
           good
           English
           men
           ,
           and
           good
           Christians
           cannot
           but
           consider
           you
           )
           as
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           that
           have
           formerly
           raised
           a
           most
           Unnatural
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           now
           make
           Schism
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           Broyles
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           the
           punishments
           you
           suffer
           and
           complain
           so
           loudly
           off
           ,
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           seeming
           Persecution
           of
           you
           as
           Christians
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           rather
           seem
           your
           just
           Desert
           ,
           as
           Factious
           and
           Turbulent
           Subjects
           .
           And
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           Brethren
           in
           France
           (
           whom
           you
           falsly
           so
           call
           ,
           and
           for
           whom
           you
           pretend
           so
           great
           respect
           )
           are
           so
           far
           from
           Judging
           you
           persecuted
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           excuse
           you
           ;
           but
           wonder
           at
           your
           non-submission
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           pity
           your
           mistakes
           ,
           that
           make
           you
           stand
           out
           against
           the
           Laws
           .
           They
           that
           have
           seen
           and
           examined
           our
           English
           Liturgy
           ,
           which
           is
           Printed
           at
           Geneva
           in
           French
           ,
           cannot
           understand
           your
           Notion
           of
           Persecution
           .
           And
           
             Ministre
             Claude
          
           ,
           the
           most
           famous
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           for
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           ,
           told
           me
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           many
           others
           ,
           
           (
           after
           a
           Discourse
           ,
           wherein
           he
           said
           all
           for
           you
           that
           could
           be
           said
           )
           that
           he
           wondred
           how
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           England
           could
           rend
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           such
           little
           indifferent
           mat●ers
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           in
           England
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           of
           the
           
             Episcopal
             Party
          
           ,
           and
           heartily
           submit
           himself
           to
           the
           Discipline
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           if
           you
           would
           do
           so
           too
           ,
           how
           happy
           a
           thing
           would
           this
           be
           both
           for
           your selves
           and
           the
           Nation
           ?
           Or
           seeing
           ,
           as
           you
           pretend
           you
           cannot
           ,
           yet
           at
           least
           live
           Peaceably
           ,
           and
           forbear
           to
           trouble
           the
           World
           with
           compassing
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           doing
           all
           that
           you
           can
           ,
           like
           your
           Fathers
           the
           old
           Pharisees
           ,
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ;
           when
           yet
           you
           cannot
           shew
           any
           sinful
           condition
           of
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           nor
           prove
           your
           way
           of
           Worship
           as
           Apostolical
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           hers
           ;
           from
           which
           out
           of
           
             Pride
             ,
             Interest
          
           or
           Ignorance
           ,
           or
           partly
           altogether
           you
           Dissent
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           this
           would
           rather
           become
           the
           Dissenting
           Brethren
           ,
           then
           to
           Foment
           Divisions
           Raise
           Parties
           ,
           betake
           themselves
           to
           the
           wickedest
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           of
           late
           to
           —
           and
           cry
           up
           the
           
             Kings
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           which
           they
           formerly
           cried
           down
           ;
           which
           with
           many
           other
           self-contradictions
           ,
           confirms
           me
           in
           an
           opinion
           you
           know
           I
           was
           of
           before
           ,
           That
           in
           those
           matters
           wherein
           you
           differ
           from
           us
           ,
           you
           are
           men
           of
           no
           Principles
           ,
           and
           know
           not
           where
           to
           six
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           Enlarged
           upon
           this
           Theam
           more
           than
           I
           thought
           to
           do
           a
           first
           ,
           because
           the
           Papists
           here
           in
           France
           complain
           as
           loudly
           as
           you
           of
           the
           cruelty
           of
           our
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
          
           ;
           and
           cry
           out
           wherever
           they
           come
           ,
           how
           their
           Brethren
           have
           been
           ;
           and
           still
           are
           
             Persecuted
             among
             us
          
           ;
           though
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           
           in
           disputing
           
             ad
             hominem
          
           ,
           their
           case
           is
           far
           more
           reasonable
           and
           pleadable
           then
           yours
           .
           As
           for
           you
           ,
           I
           pro●est
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Laws
           you
           complain
           off
           look
           like
           hard
           Laws
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           you
           as
           
             Free
             born
             Subjects
          
           of
           England
           ,
           yet
           when
           I
           consider
           you
           as
           
             Head-strong
             ,
             Turbulent
          
           and
           
             Factious
             Subjects
          
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           them
           just
           and
           good
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           maintain
           that
           the
           Execution
           of
           them
           would
           not
           be
           Persecution
           ,
           altho'
           you
           〈◊〉
           the
           only
           true
           Christians
           in
           the
           World.
           For
           ,
           as
           ●●●●ted
           before
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           Liberty
           in
           your
           Houses
           so
           profess
           what
           Religion
           you
           please
           ,
           and
           to
           worship
           〈◊〉
           ●n
           what
           manner
           you
           will
           :
           And
           for
           sear
           your
           Fa●●●●
           should
           not
           be
           a
           
             just
             Congregation
          
           ,
           you
           may
           have
           〈◊〉
           ●ore
           :
           But
           for
           fear
           you
           should
           do
           as
           you
           have
           
             〈◊〉
             done
          
           ,
           you
           are
           not
           to
           have
           five
           Hundred
           ,
           or
           〈◊〉
           thousand
           ;
           which
           Liberty
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Primi
           〈…〉
           Christians
           ,
           but
           our
           own
           Ancestors
           ,
           an
           hundred
           〈…〉
           would
           have
           called
           a
           Blessing
           ,
           and
           a
           Privi
           〈…〉
           have
           heartily
           thanked
           God
           and
           the
           King
           for
           〈…〉
           e.
           And
           
             God
             grant
          
           we
           may
           never
           see
           that
           time
           England
           ,
           when
           truly
           
             tender
             Consciences
          
           will
           esteem
           so
           much
           Liberty
           as
           the
           greatest
           blessing
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           good
           Protestants
           here
           in
           France
           ,
           though
           their
           Religion
           is
           made
           an
           Obstacle
           to
           all
           State-preferments
           ,
           though
           it
           Disable
           them
           to
           sit
           in
           the
           
             Courts
             of
             Parliaments
          
           (
           except
           just
           so
           many
           as
           serve
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Edicts
           ,
           to
           decide
           Controversies
           between
           Protestants
           and
           Papists
           )
           or
           to
           have
           any
           other
           Charges
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           or
           any
           high
           Offices
           in
           the
           Army
           ,
           though
           their
           Numbers
           are
           much
           diminished
           ,
           and
           their
           Interest
           weakened
           ,
           by
           a
           Prohibition
           to
           Marry
           with
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           
             Capital
             Law
          
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           Death
           
           to
           return
           Protestants
           after
           they
           have
           once
           turned
           Papists
           ;
           and
           though
           a
           great
           number
           of
           their
           Temples
           have
           been
           demolished
           (
           some
           under
           a
           pretence
           that
           they
           were
           built
           since
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           ,
           others
           that
           they
           were
           built
           without
           License
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           they
           were
           built
           upon
           
             Holy
             Ground
          
           )
           so
           that
           hereby
           they
           are
           forced
           in
           very
           many
           places
           to
           the
           
             grievous
             Inconvenience
          
           of
           going
           
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             four
          
           or
           
             five
             Leagues
          
           to
           Church
           ,
           it
           not
           more
           :
           And
           though
           all
           the
           Places
           of
           Strength
           ,
           where
           they
           do
           abound
           are
           Demolished
           ,
           and
           Cittadels
           are
           Erected
           to
           awe
           them
           in
           other
           Towns
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           Numerous
           ;
           though
           their
           own
           particular
           Hospitals
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           their
           perpetual
           Provisions
           for
           their
           Poor
           ,
           are
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           they
           disabled
           ,
           either
           living
           or
           dying
           ,
           to
           give
           any
           setled
           Maintenance
           either
           to
           their
           own
           Ministers
           or
           People
           (
           as
           to
           
             Endowe
             Churches
             ,
             Bu●ld
             Schools
             ,
             Colledges
          
           or
           Hospitals
           ,
           &c.
           )
           nay
           ,
           tho'
           they
           are
           deprived
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           other
           Hospitals
           ,
           provide
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Subjects
           ;
           and
           although
           their
           Ministers
           are
           forbid
           to
           speak
           against
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           to
           Preach
           against
           the
           
             Romish
             Religion
          
           ,
           with
           half
           that
           freedom
           and
           plainness
           that
           you
           dare
           speak
           against
           02
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           or
           to
           Preach
           in
           any
           places
           out
           those
           few
           appointed
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           forbidden
           to
           call
           the
           Papists
           in
           their
           Sermons
           by
           any
           other
           Name
           but
           that
           of
           Catholicks
           ;
           or
           to
           make
           mention
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           Ceremonies
           ,
           without
           Reverence
           and
           Respect
           ;
           though
           they
           are
           forbid
           to
           call
           themselves
           Priests
           or
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           other
           Title
           allowed
           them
           ,
           but
           only
           
             ministres
             de
             la
             Religion
             pretenduë
             Reformée
          
           ;
           and
           thought
           it
           be
           Enacted
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           shall
           be
           called
           by
           no
           other
           Name
           in
           any
           Publick
           
             Acts
             ,
             Registers
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Though
           they
           are
           forbiddent
           
           to
           bury
           their
           dead
           in
           
             Catholick
             Churches
          
           ,
           or
           Church-yards
           ,
           even
           where
           the
           deceased
           Person
           was
           Patron
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           of
           where
           his
           Ancestors
           had
           purchased
           Buring-places
           for
           their
           Families
           ;
           Though
           they
           are
           forbid
           to
           make
           any
           
             Publick
             Exhortations
          
           or
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           to
           sing
           Psalms
           at
           their
           Burial
           :
           Though
           they
           are
           forbid
           to
           Instruct
           or
           Condole
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           in
           Prisons
           or
           Hospital
           ;
           or
           to
           pray
           with
           them
           in
           a
           voice
           so
           loud
           as
           to
           be
           heard
           by
           the
           standers
           ;
           by
           ,
           tho'
           they
           are
           forbid
           to
           make
           any
           Collections
           of
           Money
           among
           themselves
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           permitted
           and
           regulated
           by
           the
           Edicts
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           Though
           they
           are
           forbid
           to
           Work
           or
           open
           their
           Shops
           on
           Romish
           Holy-days
           ,
           or
           to
           sell
           Flesh
           on
           their
           Fasting-days
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           say
           02
           the
           good
           Protestants
           here
           in
           France
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           hard
           dealing
           ,
           are
           yet
           so
           far
           from
           complaining
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           that
           they
           shew
           themselves
           thankful
           both
           to
           God
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           for
           the
           Liberty
           and
           Indulgence
           they
           enjoy
           .
           Indeed
           they
           will
           complain
           ,
           for
           the
           aforesaid
           Reasons
           ,
           that
           their
           Religion
           is
           very
           much
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           they
           themselves
           hardly
           used
           :
           But
           Persecution
           is
           a
           Notion
           that
           they
           rarely
           think
           or
           speak
           of
           ,
           when
           they
           discourse
           of
           their
           own
           condition
           ,
           being
           very
           far
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           far
           as
           you
           ,
           from
           a
           State
           of
           Martyrdom
           ;
           which
           consists
           in
           a
           forcible
           Obligation
           to
           Suffer
           or
           Renounce
           the
           Truth
           .
           And
           therefore
           Cousin
           I
           beseech
           you
           and
           conjure
           you
           ,
           not
           to
           misuse
           the
           Name
           of
           Persecution
           again
           .
           It
           is
           a
           very
           sinful
           way
           thus
           to
           abuse
           and
           amuse
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           by
           calling
           things
           by
           their
           wrong
           Names
           :
           and
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           honest
           and
           knowing
           men
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           through
           the
           Name
           of
           Pers●cution
           ,
           you
           have
           a
           design
           to
           make
           your
           Governours
           pass
           for
           Tyrants
           ,
           and
           your selves
           for
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
         
           To
           conclude
           :
           If
           this
           which
           you
           call
           Persecution
           ,
           be
           not
           such
           indeed
           ,
           then
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           they
           who
           Miscal
           it
           so
           ,
           that
           is
           all
           presumptuous
           or
           affectedly
           ignorant
           Schismaticks
           ,
           without
           bitter
           pangs
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           will
           be
           persecuted
           by
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           himself
           to
           a
           sad
           and
           endless
           eternity
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           
             Bill
             of
             Comprehension
          
           ,
           it
           begun
           to
           be
           talked
           of
           ,
           before
           I
           left
           my
           Country
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           often
           discours'd
           it
           with
           many
           of
           the
           Projectors
           ,
           but
           could
           never
           understand
           from
           them
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           practicable
           to
           unite
           so
           many
           
             Incompossible
             Sects
          
           ,
           which
           agree
           in
           nothing
           ,
           but
           their
           opposition
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           However
           if
           the
           altering
           ,
           or
           taking
           away
           of
           a
           Ceremony
           or
           two
           could
           effectually
           unite
           the
           
             Protestant
             Partys
          
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           pleased
           to
           assert
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           would
           be
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           for
           so
           sure
           an
           end
           ,
           would
           reflect
           no
           dishonour
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           which
           acknowledgeth
           the
           few
           innocent
           and
           decent
           Ceremonies
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           ordained
           to
           be
           indifferent
           and
           alterable
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Exigency
           of
           times
           .
           Neither
           ,
           if
           this
           were
           done
           ,
           could
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           have
           the
           least
           apparent
           reason
           to
           reproach
           us
           for
           such
           a
           slight
           alteration
           ;
           seeing
           her
           own
           Missals
           and
           Breviaries
           have
           been
           so
           diverse
           and
           different
           in
           several
           times
           and
           places
           ;
           and
           have
           undergone
           so
           many
           Emendations
           ,
           or
           rather
           Corruptions
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           established
           in
           the
           present
           Form
           ,
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           Pius
           V.
           and
           the
           Decree
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           .
           But
           unless
           this
           Alteration
           would
           surely
           and
           infallibly
           produce
           this
           effect
           ,
           it
           had
           far
           better
           be
           let
           alone
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           all
           good
           Christians
           wait
           in
           Peace
           and
           Complyance
           
           with
           the
           Established
           Religion
           ,
           till
           Authority
           shall
           think
           to
           make
           this
           Alteration
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           so
           a
           poor
           English
           Traveller
           would
           not
           be
           tauntingly
           asked
           by
           every
           impertinent
           Priest
           here
           ,
           Whether
           he
           were
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           Presbyterian
           ,
           or
           Independant
           ,
           or
           Anabaptist
           ,
           or
           Quaker
           .
           And
           I
           assure
           you
           ,
           when
           they
           meet
           with
           a
           man
           that
           owns
           himself
           a
           true
           Son
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           will
           seem
           with
           great
           Formality
           to
           pity
           him
           more
           than
           any
           other
           ;
           but
           yet
           they
           will
           never
           attempt
           to
           convert
           him
           .
           But
           when
           they
           meet
           with
           one
           that
           will
           own
           himself
           of
           any
           other
           sort
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           pleased
           ,
           smile
           in
           their
           Sleeves
           ,
           and
           set
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           Person
           not
           far
           from
           their
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           Ana
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           had
           you
           seen
           or
           heard
           as
           much
           of
           their
           Idolatries
           ,
           Blasphemies
           and
           Superstitions
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           in
           one
           Christmas
           ,
           one
           Line
           and
           one
           Easter
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           so
           far
           from
           doing
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           any
           ill
           Office
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           rather
           (
           like
           St.
           Paul
           after
           his
           Conversion
           )
           preach
           against
           your
           own
           Partizans
           ,
           and
           thank
           God
           that
           you
           lived
           in
           a
           Church
           reformed
           from
           
             Romish
             Idolatry
          
           and
           Superstition
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           freely
           confess
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           since
           my
           Travels
           become
           ten
           Times
           a
           greater
           Lover
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           times
           a
           greater
           Hater
           and
           Detester
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
          
           ,
           than
           I
           was
           before
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           here
           dissemble
           the
           hearty
           Grief
           I
           have
           conceived
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           hopes
           you
           have
           ,
           that
           the
           Licenses
           (
           as
           you
           express
           it
           )
           will
           be
           once
           more
           authorized
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           the
           Declaration
           revived
           .
           For
           as
           it
           is
           that
           which
           at
           first
           was
           hammered
           out
           by
           a
           Popish
           Lord
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Patron
           and
           Idol
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           so
           't
           is
           that
           which
           the
           
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           here
           (
           especially
           the
           Priests
           )
           do
           hope
           ,
           and
           wish
           for
           as
           well
           as
           you
           .
           They
           desire
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           such
           a
           Toleration
           ,
           as
           that
           was
           ,
           knowing
           that
           it
           must
           needs
           tend
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           principal
           Butt
           of
           all
           their
           Envy
           and
           Malice
           ;
           as
           being
           the
           main
           support
           and
           credit
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           every
           where
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           hedg
           against
           Popery
           it self
           in
           our
           unfortunate
           
             British
             Isles
          
           .
           We
           meet
           with
           not
           a
           few
           Priests
           of
           several
           Orders
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           confidence
           (
           in
           our
           most
           familiar
           conferences
           )
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           just
           Judgment
           of
           God
           upon
           our
           Church
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           Her
           Ruin
           is
           at
           Hand
           ;
           the
           Nation
           it self
           being
           over-spread
           with
           Schism
           and
           Atheism
           ,
           and
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Faithful
           being
           disposed
           by
           the
           
             Spirit
             Providence
          
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           re-embrace
           the
           
             Holy
             Catholick
             Truth
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           freely
           Confess
           ,
           that
           this
           time
           of
           Distraction
           is
           their
           Harvest
           ;
           and
           withal
           express
           their
           Intentions
           and
           Zeal
           to
           Transport
           themselves
           into
           England
           at
           the
           Critical
           time
           of
           Toleration
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           Fellow-laborers
           with
           your selves
           in
           the
           Harvest
           .
           They
           seem
           to
           lament
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           complain
           as
           fast
           ,
           of
           the
           prodigious
           increase
           of
           Schism
           and
           Atheism
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           you
           are
           wont
           to
           do
           of
           the
           daily
           growth
           of
           Atheism
           and
           Popery
           .
           And
           whilst
           you
           both
           complain
           alike
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           formality
           of
           your
           complaints
           ,
           both
           alike
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           It
           is
           she
           only
           that
           is
           the
           sufferer
           ,
           and
           she
           only
           that
           truly
           laments
           the
           growth
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           sets
           up
           Banks
           to
           hinder
           the
           perfect
           Inundation
           of
           all
           the
           three
           among
           us
           !
           As
           for
           Schism
           among
           Protestants
           ,
           you
           were
           the
           first
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           continue
           the
           chief
           Fautors
           thereof
           ;
           
           all
           the
           inferior
           Sects
           having
           sprung
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           dividing
           both
           from
           you
           and
           one
           another
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           the
           same
           Reasons
           ,
           for
           which
           you
           profess
           to
           divide
           from
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           't
           is
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           even
           the
           
             Quakering
             Sect
          
           it self
           (
           the
           dregs
           of
           Schism
           )
           have
           learned
           to
           talk
           of
           Illumination
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           :
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Sectaries
           ;
           in
           what
           number
           soever
           they
           be
           ,
           differ
           no
           more
           from
           you
           than
           the
           second
           ,
           third
           ,
           or
           fourth
           ,
           &c.
           from
           the
           first
           Book
           of
           Eu●lid
           .
           Not
           that
           by
           this
           comparison
           I
           intend
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           any
           such
           Principles
           ,
           or
           Data
           among
           your selves
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           among
           ,
           Mathematicians
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           very
           well
           assued
           ;
           that
           take
           but
           any
           four
           of
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Demagogues
          
           ,
           and
           they
           can
           scarce
           agree
           amongst
           themselves
           in
           any
           four
           Particulars
           ,
           wherein
           they
           differ
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           you
           be
           not
           Schismaticks
           ,
           then
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           which
           you
           separate
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           which
           you
           have
           gathered
           Congregations
           ,
           and
           preach
           and
           administer
           the
           Sacraments
           unto
           them
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           not
           Schismaticks
           ,
           then
           our
           Church
           must
           be
           the
           Schismatick
           ,
           in
           the
           Controversie
           between
           us
           ;
           and
           be
           justly
           chargable
           with
           the
           same
           Indictment
           ,
           which
           she
           hath
           drawn
           upagainst
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           An
           Assertion
           ,
           Consin
           ,
           which
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           other
           Person
           ,
           except
           one
           or
           two
           ,
           besides
           your self
           ,
           have
           the
           confidence
           to
           aver
           ,
           and
           an
           Assertion
           ,
           which
           no
           Protestant
           here
           in
           France
           could
           hear
           us
           yet
           relate
           ,
           without
           Horror
           ,
           Impatience
           and
           Disdain
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Reformed
             Church
          
           of
           England
           ,
           from
           which
           you
           wilfully
           divide
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           by
           your
           Divisions
           you
           cause
           so
           much
           Scandal
           abroad
           and
           Evil
           at
           home
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           Schismatical
           Church
           ,
           
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           Church
           which
           requires
           some
           sinful
           conditions
           of
           Communion
           ;
           in
           what
           a
           woful
           condition
           will
           your
           unpeaceable
           ,
           seditious
           Spirits
           appear
           before
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           ?
           And
           how
           will
           you
           answer
           that
           ,
           at
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           his
           Wisdom
           and
           Justice
           ,
           which
           neither
           your
           Fathers
           ,
           nor
           you
           could
           never
           yet
           answer
           ,
           to
           those
           Instruments
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           Judicious
           Hooker
           and
           the
           Venerable
           Sanderson
           ?
           But
           whether
           you
           are
           
             Schismas
             ticks
          
           ,
           or
           whether
           you
           are
           not
           ,
           the
           Separations
           which
           you
           and
           your
           Brood
           have
           made
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Apparent
             Causes
          
           of
           the
           
             Growth
             of
             Popery
          
           ;
           and
           both
           your
           Separations
           ,
           and
           your
           
             Superstitious
             Enthusiastical
             Way
             of
             Worshipping
          
           that
           God
           ,
           whose
           People
           you
           Emphatically
           pretend
           to
           be
           ,
           are
           the
           true
           Causes
           of
           that
           abundant
           Atheism
           ,
           which
           at
           present
           makes
           England
           an
           Astonishment
           nad
           a
           Scandal
           to
           Foreign
           Nations
           .
           And
           if
           you
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Brother-hood
           ,
           think
           it
           strange
           ,
           that
           I
           charge
           yours
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Capital
             Sect
          
           ,
           with
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           or
           make
           Superstition
           ,
           which
           seemeth
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           Atheism
           the
           Mother
           thereof
           ;
           I
           offer
           ,
           upon
           the
           Challenge
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           the
           Charge
           ,
           in
           both
           particulars
           :
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           to
           shew
           you
           how
           unsafe
           it
           will
           be
           to
           provoke
           me
           to
           that
           Trouble
           ,
           I
           advise
           you
           to
           read
           one
           or
           two
           short
           chapters
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           Mr.
           
           Smith's
           Discourses
           ,
           concerning
           these
           Distempers
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           find
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           proved
           with
           more
           Plainness
           and
           Perspicity
           ,
           than
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           you
           would
           wish
           to
           see
           .
        
         
           But
           besides
           the
           Schism
           and
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           the
           Bloody
           Wars
           ,
           which
           you
           formerly
           made
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           under
           
           pretence
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Reformation
           of
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ,
           have
           given
           many
           inconsiderate
           men
           occasion
           to
           suspect
           ,
           that
           all
           Religion
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           most
           of
           your
           Leaders
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           
             Politick
             Engine
          
           which
           Men
           use
           ,
           to
           make
           themselves
           Popular
           and
           Powerful
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           afterwards
           act
           with
           good
           colour
           whatsoever
           their
           Interest
           shall
           suggest
           .
           And
           furthermore
           ,
           to
           consider
           ,
           That
           the
           great
           Pretenders
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           (
           which
           with
           respect
           to
           Magistrates
           teacheth
           nothing
           but
           to
           obey
           or
           suffer
           )
           should
           notwithstanding
           Preach
           up
           Rebellion
           against
           their
           
             Rightful
             Prince
          
           ,
           Fight
           Him
           from
           Field
           to
           Field
           ,
           Romove
           Him
           from
           Prison
           to
           Prison
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           most
           barbarously
           put
           Him
           to
           Death
           ,
           is
           such
           an
           Absurdity
           against
           the
           Principles
           of
           Right
           Reason
           ,
           so
           repugnant
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           our
           own
           Nation
           ,
           and
           so
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Peaceable
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           that
           ,
           besides
           the
           Atheists
           it
           hath
           made
           ,
           it
           hath
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           constrain
           Men
           of
           honest
           Principles
           ,
           and
           just
           Resentments
           ,
           to
           Persecute
           you
           with
           Satyrs
           and
           Exclamations
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World.
           I
           had
           not
           here
           presented
           that
           Tragical
           Scene
           of
           the
           King's
           Murther
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           have
           had
           so
           many
           unpleasant
           Occasions
           to
           hear
           Our
           Nation
           Reproach'd
           with
           the
           Scandal
           and
           Dishonour
           of
           that
           Inhumane
           Fact.
           Particularly
           ,
           it
           was
           my
           bad
           Fortune
           to
           be
           at
           a
           Station
           in
           Paris
           ;
           where
           there
           were
           met
           about
           two
           hundred
           Persons
           ,
           to
           read
           the
           Gazetts
           ,
           at
           that
           very
           same
           time
           ,
           when
           that
           of
           England
           came
           full
           charged
           with
           the
           News
           of
           Burning
           the
           Pope
           in
           Essigie
           at
           London
           .
           This
           Feat
           did
           at
           first
           surprize
           that
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           Concourse
           of
           People
           ;
           but
           after
           a
           little
           recollection
           ,
           
           collection
           ,
           they
           ceased
           to
           wonder
           ,
           saying
           in
           every
           Company
           as
           we
           passed
           along
           ;
           
             It
             is
             not
             so
             strange
             that
             the
             English
             Devils
             should
             do
             this
             ,
             who
             formerly
             Murthered
             their
             King.
          
           And
           another
           time
           ,
           it
           was
           my
           ill
           luck
           also
           to
           be
           at
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           when
           the
           London
           Gazette
           brought
           us
           the
           News
           ,
           
             That
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             had
             taken
             into
             consideration
             the
             Growth
             of
             Atheism
             in
             our
             Nation
             :
          
           Whereupon
           some
           
             French
             Gentlemen
          
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           seriously
           enquired
           of
           me
           the
           Causes
           of
           so
           much
           Atheism
           ,
           amongst
           such
           a
           Thinking
           and
           Solid
           People
           .
           I
           assigned
           the
           same
           Reasons
           which
           I
           have
           written
           above
           ,
           besides
           some
           others
           which
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           to
           mention
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           probable
           Causes
           thereof
           .
           And
           as
           I
           hope
           I
           did
           not
           misinform
           them
           ,
           so
           I
           am
           confident
           did
           not
           unjustly
           charge
           you
           in
           any
           particular
           ,
           especially
           with
           the
           
             Murther
             of
             the
             King.
          
           For
           there
           were
           no
           Accessaries
           in
           the
           Murther
           of
           that
           Sacred
           Person
           :
           neither
           was
           it
           the
           last
           stroke
           only
           that
           sell'd
           the
           
             Royal
             Oak
          
           ;
           but
           you
           and
           the
           Independants
           ,
           like
           the
           two
           Sacrilegious
           Priests
           of
           Jupiter
           ,
           are
           equally
           guilty
           of
           the
           Crime
           ;
           the
           one
           for
           Binding
           the
           direful
           Victim
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           putting
           the
           Knife
           to
           his
           Throat
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           so
           unacceptable
           ,
           I
           'le
           conclude
           my
           Argument
           with
           a
           Fable
           .
           A
           
             Principal
             .
             Ship
          
           ,
           which
           for
           many
           Years
           had
           been
           Sovereign
           of
           the
           Seas
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           Attacted
           by
           a
           
             Tempestuous
             Wind
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Devil
           raised
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Help
           that
           could
           be
           made
           to
           save
           her
           ,
           was
           driven
           by
           the
           force
           of
           that
           Malignant
           Wind
           ,
           and
           split
           upon
           a
           Rock
           .
           The
           very
           same
           Instant
           she
           dashed
           upon
           the
           Rock
           the
           Wind
           ceased
           ;
           and
           being
           afterwards
           cursed
           by
           the
           Sea-men
           ,
           for
           the
           Wrack
           of
           
           the
           Royal
           Charles
           (
           for
           so
           the
           
             Capital
             Vessel
          
           was
           called
           )
           answered
           ,
           You
           Charge
           me
           most
           unjustly
           my
           Friends
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           I
           ,
           but
           the
           Rock
           as
           you
           saw
           that
           split
           your
           Ship.
           The
           Moral
           of
           this
           Parable
           is
           very
           Obvious
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Application
           thereof
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           that
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           may
           conduce
           to
           awaken
           your
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           reclaim
           you
           from
           Schism
           ,
           I
           shall
           think
           my
           pains
           well
           bestowed
           .
           But
           if
           you
           and
           your
           seditious
           Brethren
           will
           still
           persevere
           to
           assault
           the
           Church
           on
           one
           Hand
           ,
           as
           fast
           as
           the
           
             Romish
             Priests
          
           do
           undermine
           her
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           her
           days
           are
           like
           to
           be
           but
           few
           and
           evil
           ;
           and
           except
           God
           encline
           the
           Hearts
           of
           our
           Magistrates
           to
           put
           the
           Laws
           in
           Execution
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           sind
           some
           effectual
           means
           to
           reduce
           you
           ,
           you
           may
           live
           to
           see
           her
           Ruin
           accomplished
           ,
           which
           you
           both
           alike
           desire
           and
           expect
           .
           How
           numerous
           you
           are
           ,
           the
           World
           can
           guess
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Accounts
           which
           we
           receive
           from
           the
           Fathers
           of
           Intelligence
           of
           several
           Orders
           ,
           be
           credible
           ,
           there
           are
           about
           three
           Thousand
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           sind
           Entertainment
           and
           Success
           within
           the
           King
           of
           Great
           Britain's
           Dominions
           .
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           till
           her
           hour
           is
           come
           ,
           she
           struggleth
           against
           both
           ,
           like
           her
           Saviour
           against
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           whose
           true
           Disciples
           in
           part
           you
           both
           are
           ;
           they
           representing
           those
           sworn
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           by
           the
           Cabala
           of
           their
           ridiculous
           and
           impious
           Traditions
           ;
           and
           you
           representing
           them
           in
           their
           
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             Envy
             ,
             Evil-speaking
             ,
          
           moross
           and
           censorious
           Dispositions
           ,
           &c.
           (
           which
           are
           Sins
           scarce
           consistent
           with
           Humanity
           ,
           much
           less
           with
           Grace
           )
           as
           likewise
           in
           observing
           many
           Fasts
           and
           making
           long
           ,
           Prayers
           ,
           with
           design
           not
           
             to
             serve
             God
          
           ,
           but
           to
           
             delude
             the
             People
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           wonder
           not
           that
           you
           are
           
           such
           malignant
           Enemies
           to
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           since
           that
           Pharisaical
           spirit
           ,
           which
           reigneth
           so
           much
           amongst
           you
           ,
           is
           a
           wicked
           Pusilanimous
           spirit
           ,
           that
           affects
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           Parties
           ,
           and
           Dictate
           amongst
           the
           Ignorant
           ;
           and
           loves
           as
           much
           to
           Rule
           ,
           as
           it
           hates
           to
           Obey
           .
           But
           would
           you
           once
           be
           so
           sincere
           ,
           as
           to
           subdue
           your
           Pride
           ,
           lay
           aside
           your
           Prejudice
           ,
           inform
           your
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           forsake
           your
           dearly
           beloved
           Interest
           ,
           for
           the
           Truth
           ;
           it
           would
           not
           be
           long
           ere
           we
           should
           see
           you
           joyn
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           without
           troubling
           our
           Senators
           to
           bring
           you
           in
           with
           an
           Act
           of
           
             incomprehensible
             Comprehension
          
           .
           Your
           Pride
           appeareth
           in
           
             Heading
             of
             Parties
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Pleasure
           you
           are
           seen
           to
           take
           in
           the
           Multitudes
           ,
           that
           run
           after
           you
           ;
           and
           in
           your
           boasting
           ,
           that
           without
           you
           the
           Souls
           of
           People
           would
           starve
           for
           want
           of
           Knowledg
           .
           Your
           Prejudice
           is
           an
           effect
           of
           your
           Pride
           ,
           and
           discovers
           it self
           together
           with
           your
           Ignorance
           ,
           in
           not
           submitting
           to
           those
           Invincible
           Reason
           which
           you
           cannot
           Answer
           :
           And
           as
           for
           your
           Interest
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Paradox
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           is
           evident
           enough
           to
           me
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           often
           heard
           many
           of
           you
           glorifie
           your selves
           in
           the
           Number
           and
           Riches
           of
           your
           Followers
           ,
           boast
           of
           their
           Affection
           to
           your
           sacred
           Persons
           ,
           and
           brag
           of
           the
           great
           Sums
           you
           have
           Collected
           in
           your
           Congregations
           ;
           which
           makes
           the
           
             King's
             Chapples
          
           (
           as
           you
           arrogantly
           call
           your
           Conventicles
           )
           better
           places
           than
           most
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           of
           which
           
             He
             is
             Patron
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           never
           complain
           that
           you
           live
           either
           worse
           ,
           or
           at
           greater
           uncertainties
           than
           you
           did
           before
           .
           For
           by
           your
           Pretentions
           to
           Poverty
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           by
           other
           
             unworthy
             
             Arts
          
           ,
           you
           have
           so
           wrought
           your selves
           into
           the
           esteem
           of
           your
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           few
           of
           them
           are
           either
           so
           Covetuous
           or
           so
           Poor
           ,
           but
           they
           will
           Pinch
           at
           home
           to
           supply
           you
           .
           There
           are
           several
           orders
           of
           Fransciscans
           here
           ,
           who
           have
           renounced
           not
           only
           Parsonages
           ,
           but
           all
           
             Temporal
             Estates
          
           and
           Possessions
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           vain
           Glorious
           Sanctity
           and
           Austerities
           ,
           they
           have
           got
           (
           like
           you
           )
           such
           fast
           hold
           on
           the
           Souls
           of
           the
           People
           (
           which
           is
           the
           fastest
           hold
           of
           all
           )
           that
           they
           can
           easily
           make
           most
           of
           them
           dispose
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           cashire
           their
           Servants
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           Estates
           as
           they
           please
           ;
           and
           by
           these
           Tricks
           do
           more
           effectually
           promote
           the
           
             Interest
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           
             Parish
             Priests
          
           within
           the
           Pale
           of
           that
           Church
           .
           And
           really
           ,
           when
           I
           consider
           what
           Influence
           these
           Sanctimonious
           and
           
             self-denying
             Zealots
          
           have
           o're
           all
           Families
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           where
           they
           live
           ;
           how
           they
           Steal
           away
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           People
           from
           their
           Parish-Priests
           ,
           and
           drain
           their
           Congregations
           ;
           and
           how
           the
           deluded
           People
           had
           rather
           give
           them
           the
           worth
           of
           a
           shilling
           ,
           than
           the
           dues
           of
           two
           pence
           ,
           to
           their
           own
           Curees
           ;
           it
           makes
           me
           often
           run
           the
           Parallel
           between
           you
           and
           them
           ,
           and
           think
           what
           a
           Politick
           and
           Gainful
           Pretence
           you
           have
           got
           to
           renounce
           your
           Livings
           ,
           for
           to
           secure
           your
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           to
           preach
           the
           Word
           gratis
           like
           the
           
             Primitive
             Apesiles
          
           ;
           when
           God
           knows
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           out
           of
           love
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           to
           your selves
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           protest
           to
           you
           ,
           were
           I
           a
           man
           to
           be
           maintained
           by
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           consulted
           my
           Prosit
           more
           than
           the
           Goodness
           of
           my
           Cause
           ,
           I
           should
           take
           the
           same
           course
           
           that
           you
           do
           ;
           I
           should
           rather
           be
           Mr.
           M.
           than
           Dr.
           A.
           of
           Plymouth
           ;
           and
           should
           chuse
           the
           plentiful
           Income
           of
           that
           dull
           Zealot
           Dr.
           Manton
           ,
           before
           that
           of
           his
           most
           Learned
           and
           Religious
           Successor
           of
           Govent-Garden
           .
           But
           though
           you
           live
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           better
           indeed
           than
           most
           of
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           yet
           the
           Mischief
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           you
           are
           uncapable
           of
           Dignities
           ;
           which
           makes
           you
           such
           Aerians
           ,
           and
           upon
           all
           occasions
           openeth
           your
           Throats
           as
           wide
           as
           Sepulehres
           against
           the
           Bishops
           and
           the
           Church
           .
           You
           know
           what
           an
           History
           of
           Bishops
           Mr.
           Pryn
           hath
           wrote
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           fair
           Collection
           the
           Learnes
           Smec
           .
           hath
           taken
           out
           of
           him
           ;
           as
           if
           when
           a
           Bishop
           is
           defective
           ,
           either
           in
           Piety
           ,
           Learning
           or
           the
           Skill
           of
           Government
           ,
           it
           were
           not
           the
           deplorable
           unhappiness
           ,
           but
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           Should
           an
           Heathen
           or
           Mahumetan
           ,
           make
           such
           an
           Historical
           Collection
           of
           Scandalous
           Christians
           ,
           either
           in
           this
           or
           former
           Ages
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           be
           perswaded
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           to
           prefer
           the
           Alcoran
           before
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           or
           the
           most
           exalted
           Paganism
           whatsoever
           ,
           before
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           .
           Therefore
           wise
           and
           sober
           men
           will
           make
           no
           
             Inference
             but
             this
             ,
             from
             such
             a
             malicious
             enumeration
             of
             particulars
             ;
             that
             corruptions
             will
             creep
             into
             Government
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             the
             care
             that
             can
             be
             used
             to
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             
               Princes
               (
               who
               hear
               with
               other
               mens
               ears
               ,
               and
               often
               receive
               undeserved
               Characters
               of
               Men
               )
               sometimes
               Ambitious
               ,
               sometimes
               Ignorant
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               
                 Slothful
                 ,
                 Imprudent
              
               or
               
                 Debauched
                 Persons
              
               ,
               will
               be
               Preferred
               to
               the
               most
               
                 Honourable
                 Dignities
              
               in
               the
               Church
               .
               But
               this
               ,
               as
               often
               as
               it
               happens
               ,
               is
               the
               misery
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
               England
               ,
               which
               all
               true
               
                 Church
                 men
              
               lament
            
             though
             the
             men
             of
             the
             short
             Cloke
             take
             all
             such
             occasions
             to
             expose
             her
             to
             the
             scorn
             of
             the
             
               common
               people
            
             who
             judge
             
               by
               Sense
            
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             Reason
             and
             who
             are
             taught
             by
             you
             ,
             to
             make
             no
             distinction
             between
             the
             Bishops
             and
             the
             Church
             .
             But
             were
             all
             her
             Bishops
             the
             best
             Christians
             ,
             the
             best
             Scholars
             and
             the
             best
             Governours
             in
             the
             World
             and
             should
             the
             
               Royal
               Hand
            
             place
             her
             Mytres
             on
             the
             Heads
             of
             none
             but
             Jewels
             ,
             Whit-gift's
             ,
             
             Andrews's
             ,
             
             Hall's
             ,
             
             Ushers's
             ,
             
             Morton's
             ,
             
             Taylor
             's
             ,
             and
             
             Sanderson's
             ,
             yet
             that
             Unchristian
             Spirit
             of
             Envy
             and
             Discontent
             ,
          
           ;
           ;
           ;
           which
           informs
           the
           Non-conformists
           ,
           would
           still
           fly
           upon
           her
           with
           open
           Mouth
           ,
           like
           Beasts
           upon
           the
           Saints
           of
           old
           condemned
           to
           the
           Amphitheater
           ;
           and
           make
           her
           ,
           as
           she
           hath
           already
           been
           for
           almost
           forty
           years
           ,
           a
           Speactacle
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           Angels
           ,
           and
           to
           Men.
           The
           wicked
           Lives
           of
           
             Scandalous
             Bishops
          
           and
           Priests
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           ,
           are
           her
           sad
           Misfortune
           ,
           but
           cannot
           justifie
           the
           Schism
           you
           are
           guilty
           of
           ;
           who
           are
           bound
           to
           hear
           even
           them
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Jews
           were
           bound
           to
           hear
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           those
           Hypocrites
           ,
           that
           sate
           in
           
           Moses's
           Chair
           .
           And
           in
           that
           deplorable
           state
           of
           the
           
             Jewish
             Church
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Priests
           and
           Prophets
           were
           both
           alike
           corrupted
           and
           called
           by
           the
           
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             Dumb
             and
             greedy
             Dogs
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           had
           been
           unlawful
           to
           make
           a
           separation
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           other
           Altars
           against
           that
           which
           God
           (
           who
           was
           their
           King
           )
           had
           set
           up
           .
           I
           cannot
           but
           mind
           you
           of
           the
           Schism
           of
           Jeroboam
           ,
           who
           by
           dividing
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           divide
           the
           Kingdom
           into
           two
           parts
           ,
           made
           Israel
           to
           sin
           .
           But
           to
           insist
           on
           the
           Samaritan
           Secession
           ,
           and
           write
           all
           ,
           that
           is
           
           necessary
           to
           discover
           and
           aggravate
           the
           damnable
           Nature
           of
           Schism
           ,
           would
           require
           as
           much
           more
           Paper
           as
           I
           have
           bestowed
           ,
           and
           so
           make
           me
           as
           tedious
           again
           ,
           as
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           I
           have
           already
           been
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           would
           oblige
           me
           to
           answer
           Mr.
           
           Hale's
           Treatise
           of
           Schism
           ,
           with
           whose
           Leaves
           you
           vainly
           endeavour
           to
           cover
           you
           shame
           :
           And
           I
           had
           indeed
           a
           year
           ago
           undertaken
           that
           easie
           Task
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           Western
           Gentleman
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           discovered
           my
           Intentions
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           
             Long
             Prebendary
          
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           a
           Friend
           of
           his
           had
           already
           begun
           that
           good
           Work
           :
           so
           that
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           printed
           by
           this
           time
           .
           And
           if
           either
           that
           or
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           a
           thousand
           times
           better
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           able
           to
           write
           ,
           may
           prove
           effectual
           to
           reclaim
           you
           from
           Schism
           ;
           I
           shall
           be
           as
           glad
           ,
           as
           to
           see
           some
           other
           of
           our
           Friends
           reformed
           from
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           and
           Uncleanness
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           grievous
           ,
           and
           dreadful
           Sins
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           more
           damnable
           in
           their
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           more
           destructive
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           more
           deeply
           rooted
           in
           the
           Soul
           of
           man
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           Schism
           ;
           From
           which
           ,
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           to
           Preserve
           me
           ,
           and
           Reform
           you
           ,
           through
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           our
           Lord
           ;
           to
           whose
           Protection
           I
           commit
           you
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Affectionase
             Cousins
             ,
             And
             humble
             Servants
             .
          
           
             Saumur
             :
             
               May
               7.
               1674
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           lately
           Published
           a
           Book
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Royal
             Apology
          
           :
           or
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           
             Rebels
             Plea
          
           :
           Wherein
           the
           most
           Noted
           
             Anti-Monarchical
             Tenents
             ,
             First
          
           ,
           Published
           by
           Doleman
           the
           Jesuite
           .
           to
           promote
           a
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           against
           King
           
             JAMES
             ,
             Secondly
          
           ,
           Practised
           by
           Bradshaw
           and
           the
           Regicides
           in
           the
           actual
           Murder
           of
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           
             1st
             .
             Thirdly
          
           ,
           Republished
           by
           Sidney
           and
           the
           Associators
           ,
           to
           Depose
           and
           Murder
           his
           
             Present
             MAJESTY
          
           ,
           are
           distinctly
           considered
           .
           With
           a
           Parallel
           between
           
             Doleman
             ,
             Brad
             ,
             shaw
             ,
             Sidney
             ,
          
           and
           other
           of
           the
           
             True
             Protestant
             Party
             .
             London
          
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             B.
          
           for
           
             Robert
             Clavel
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Randolph
             Taylor
          
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           .
           1684.
           
           Price
           1
           s.