Good advice to the pulpits deliver'd in a few cautions for the keeping up the reputation of those chairs, and preserving the nation in peace.
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             Good advice to the pulpits deliver'd in a few cautions for the keeping up the reputation of those chairs, and preserving the nation in peace.
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           Good
           Advice
           to
           the
           PULPITS
           ,
           Deliver'd
           in
           a
           few
           CAUTIONS
           For
           the
           keeping
           up
           the
           Reputation
           of
           those
           CHAIRS
           ,
           And
           Preserving
           the
           Nation
           in
           Peace
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             with
             Allowance
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Henry
             Hills
          
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           King
           's
           Most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           His
           Houshold
           and
           Chappel
           ;
           And
           are
           sold
           at
           his
           Printing-house
           on
           the
           Ditch-side
           in
           Black-Fryers
           ,
           1687.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           WE
           have
           been
           a
           distracted
           Nation
           these
           many
           Years
           ,
           and
           some
           are
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           amongst
           other
           Causes
           ,
           the
           Pulpits
           have
           in
           no
           small
           measure
           contributed
           to
           the
           improving
           its
           Misfortunes
           .
           I
           here
           meddle
           not
           with
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Supposition
           ;
           whilst
           in
           this
           Time
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           every
           one
           may
           be
           of
           what
           Judgment
           they
           please
           ;
           But
           being
           heartily
           sensible
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           do's
           at
           this
           Time
           earnestly
           desire
           the
           Peace
           and
           Welfare
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           Concern
           of
           every
           good
           Subject
           ,
           to
           endeavor
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           to
           remove
           all
           Obstacles
           that
           may
           any
           ways
           possibly
           hinder
           the
           effecting
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           And
           because
           amongst
           the
           many
           Engines
           ,
           that
           move
           
           the
           People
           ,
           the
           Pulpits
           have
           the
           strongest
           Influence
           ;
           't
           is
           of
           some
           Concern
           ,
           that
           all
           Abuses
           should
           be
           secluded
           from
           those
           Chairs
           ,
           by
           the
           Moderation
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           a
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           a
           Wise
           Spirit
           .
           What
           I
           speak
           here
           is
           of
           all
           Pulpits
           ,
           whether
           of
           Conformists
           or
           Dissenters
           ,
           of
           what
           sort
           soever
           ,
           whether
           Protestant
           or
           Papist
           ;
           and
           not
           at
           all
           concerning
           my self
           with
           their
           several
           Interpretations
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           differing
           Sentiments
           in
           Mysteries
           of
           Faith
           ,
           I
           only
           desire
           ,
           that
           however
           they
           disagree
           in
           these
           ,
           they
           be
           yet
           perfectly
           united
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           in
           desiring
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           And
           to
           this
           end
           I
           know
           of
           no
           better
           Rule
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           
             Congregational
             Persuasion
          
           ,
           in
           their
           Address
           to
           his
           Majesty
           from
           
             Great
             Yarmouth
             :
             We
             faithfully
          
           
           
             promise
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             we
          
           
           
             will
             neither
             Preach
             nor
             Teach
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             so
             Preach'd
             or
             Taught
             amongst
             us
             ,
             which
             may
             any
             ways
             tend
             to
             alienate
             the
             Hearts
             of
             your
             People
             from
             your
             Majesty's
             Person
             and
             Government
             ;
             but
             shall
             endeavor
             to
             contribute
             the
             uttermost
             Assistance
             thereunto
             we
             are
             capable
             of
             ,
             in
             our
             several
             Stations
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           Promise
           and
           a
           Rule
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           I
           wish
           't
           were
           writ
           over
           every
           Pulpit
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           there
           stand
           as
           a
           Test
           for
           Preachers
           ;
           that
           nothing
           might
           be
           Dispens'd
           from
           those
           Places
           ,
           but
           what
           did
           agree
           with
           these
           Measures
           .
           I
           would
           not
           have
           any
           Preacher
           boast
           of
           his
           Loyalty
           ,
           till
           his
           Sermons
           have
           pass'd
           this
           Trial
           :
           for
           if
           it
           be
           the
           part
           of
           an
           
             Open
             Enemy
          
           and
           a
           
             Treacherous
             Mind
          
           ,
           to
           alienate
           the
           
           Peoples
           Hearts
           from
           their
           Sovereign
           ;
           I
           cannot
           tell
           how
           he
           that
           do's
           this
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           should
           be
           Loyal
           ,
           when
           he
           that
           should
           do
           it
           in
           the
           Field
           would
           be
           a
           Traitor
           .
           To
           the
           end
           therefore
           that
           these
           Abuses
           may
           have
           no
           access
           to
           Pulpits
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           may
           contribute
           to
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           the
           removing
           all
           Animosities
           ,
           and
           establishing
           a
           general
           Satisfaction
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           all
           his
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           ,
           to
           the
           uniting
           them
           in
           one
           Knot
           of
           Loyalty
           and
           Love
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           may
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           lay
           down
           a
           few
           Cautions
           ,
           which
           may
           give
           some
           Directions
           in
           order
           to
           the
           arriving
           at
           this
           End.
           'T
           would
           be
           a
           bold
           Presumption
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           ,
           to
           undertake
           to
           Teach
           the
           Teachers
           ;
           but
           if
           it
           be
           so
           contriv'd
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           the
           Teachers
           Teach
           themselves
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           so
           obnoxious
           to
           Censure
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Design
           is
           so
           General
           a
           Good.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Good
           Advice
           to
           the
           PULPITS
           .
        
         
           
             First
             Caution
             .
          
           
             FOR
             the
             preserving
             a
             Firm
             Peace
             ,
             and
             good
             Understanding
             amongst
             his
             Majesty's
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             shutting
             a
             Gate
             against
             all
             the
             Endeavors
             of
             Malice
             and
             Envy
             ;
             't
             is
             very
             convenient
             for
             every
             Division
             of
             Believers
             in
             this
             Nation
             to
             take
             care
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             
               Wicked
               Villains
            
             ,
             or
             
               Prostitute
               Wretches
            
             ,
             should
             appear
             against
             any
             one
             Party
             ,
             blackning
             it
             with
             Infamous
             Crimes
             ,
             charging
             it
             with
             the
             foulest
             of
             Wickedness
             ,
             and
             then
             back
             all
             with
             Protestations
             and
             Oaths
             ,
             and
             pawn
             their
             Souls
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             they
             assert
             ;
             't
             is
             very
             convenient
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             Men
             of
             all
             other
             Persuasions
             ,
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             should
             take
             care
             ,
             that
             these
             Accusations
             do
             not
             presently
             get
             up
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             ;
             and
             that
             their
             Teachers
             be
             Cautious
             ,
             not
             to
             catch
             at
             every
             thing
             they
             hear
             thus
             protested
             at
             the
             Bar
             by
             an
             Informer
             with
             a
             Bible
             at
             his
             Lips
             ,
             nor
             dispense
             it
             to
             their
             Congregation
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             discover'd
             it
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             they
             hold
             in
             their
             Hands
             .
             This
             difference
             
             betwixt
             the
             Bar
             and
             the
             Pulpit
             ought
             to
             be
             carefully
             observ'd
             ,
             because
             the
             Pulpit
             is
             only
             for
             the
             Delivery
             of
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
            
             ;
             and
             all
             that
             is
             at
             the
             Bar
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             many
             times
             
               Lies
               ,
               Perjuries
               ,
               Malicious
               Inventions
               ,
               Putid
               Calumnies
            
             are
             there
             advanc'd
             :
             And
             ,
             besides
             ,
             that
             these
             do
             ill
             become
             the
             
               House
               of
               God
            
             ;
             what
             a
             violation
             must
             there
             be
             of
             Charity
             ,
             when
             the
             Oath
             of
             a
             Miscreant
             is
             made
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             taught
             to
             hate
             those
             for
             Conscience
             sake
             ,
             whom
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             they
             are
             commanded
             to
             love
             ?
          
           
             This
             Caution
             all
             Preachers
             ought
             to
             carry
             along
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             be
             not
             Instrumental
             in
             disturbing
             the
             Peace
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             which
             't
             is
             their
             Duty
             ,
             both
             as
             they
             are
             Christians
             and
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             preserve
             .
             And
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Parties
             accus'd
             happen
             to
             be
             such
             whose
             Principles
             they
             dislike
             ,
             and
             to
             whose
             Interest
             they
             are
             highly
             disaffected
             ▪
             The
             Matter
             is
             of
             Concern
             ,
             and
             therefore
             't
             will
             not
             be
             improper
             to
             elucidate
             it
             by
             Example
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             Aversion
             against
             those
             call'd
             Papists
             is
             most
             general
             ,
             I
             'll
             let
             them
             be
             the
             Instance
             .
             Suppose
             therefore
             that
             they
             were
             accus'd
             by
             Men
             of
             Infamous
             Lives
             ,
             of
             the
             worst
             of
             Crimes
             ,
             of
             Designing
             against
             the
             Life
             of
             their
             Sovereign
             ,
             against
             the
             Religion
             Establish'd
             ,
             against
             the
             Liberty
             and
             Property
             of
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             ,
             and
             these
             Accusations
             shou'd
             be
             press'd
             against
             them
             with
             the
             most
             
               Sacred
               Protestations
            
             and
             
               Repeated
               Oaths
            
             of
             the
             Accusers
             :
             yet
             would
             it
             not
             be
             convenient
             for
             the
             Teachers
             of
             any
             
               other
               Persuasion
            
             ,
             to
             proclaim
             these
             Men
             Guilty
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             incense
             their
             Congregation
             against
             the
             
               suppos'd
               Criminals
            
             ,
             however
             advantageous
             
             their
             Downfall
             might
             be
             to
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             Party
             .
             And
             therefore
             't
             would
             be
             very
             Rash
             and
             Unchristian
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             if
             any
             Minister
             should
             get
             up
             into
             his
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             declaim
             against
             that
             People
             at
             a
             
               Country
               Assizes
            
             ,
             and
             declare
             them
             Guilty
             of
             all
             the
             Crimes
             of
             which
             they
             stand
             accus'd
             .
             Suppose
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             Of
             late
             they
             have
             given
             us
             the
             Compendium
             
             and
             Abstract
             of
             all
             their
             Villanies
             ,
             in
             that
             Horrid
             and
             Execrable
             Plot
             ,
             which
             is
             yet
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             which
             in
             despite
             of
             all
             Discoveries
             and
             Opposition
             that
             can
             be
             made
             ,
             they
             have
             the
             Face
             and
             Insolence
             still
             to
             push
             forward
             and
             manage
             with
             the
             utmost
             of
             a
             restless
             and
             implacable
             Vigor
             and
             Malice
             .
             A
             Design
             so
             horrid
             and
             ghastly
             in
             its
             Aspect
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             all
             true
             Sentiments
             of
             Piety
             ,
             Humanity
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             that
             I
             do
             not
             wonder
             ,
             that
             they
             use
             all
             their
             Arts
             ,
             either
             to
             stifle
             its
             Discovery
             ,
             or
             to
             divert
             the
             Odium
             of
             it
             from
             themselves
             upon
             others
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             ,
             Of
             all
             those
             former
             Practices
             ,
             
             there
             is
             no
             one
             can
             parallel
             that
             execrable
             ,
             hellish
             Plot
             ,
             which
             was
             now
             set
             on
             foot
             against
             us
             ,
             and
             is
             still
             going
             on
             ;
             and
             if
             God
             have
             not
             mercy
             upon
             us
             ,
             doubts
             not
             of
             success
             ,
             to
             sink
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             which
             we
             profess
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             never
             to
             rise
             again
             .
          
           
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Our
             Enemies
             slept
             not
             ,
             they
             were
             
             contriving
             how
             to
             make
             us
             return
             back
             into
             Egypt
             ,
             or
             submit
             ,
             not
             our
             Necks
             only
             ,
             but
             our
             Souls
             and
             Consciences
             ,
             to
             that
             Tyrannical
             Yoke
             of
             the
             Roman
             Slavery
             ;
             and
             thought
             the
             Design
             so
             well
             laid
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             being
             Executed
             .
             Then
             did
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             God
             was
             still
             watching
             over
             us
             for
             Good
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             saw
             all
             these
             secret
             Contrivances
             ,
             so
             closely
             carry'd
             ,
             and
             cemented
             with
             so
             many
             sacred
             Ties
             ,
             disappointed
             all
             their
             Councils
             ,
             and
             brought
             all
             their
             Designs
             to
             light
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             least
             aware
             of
             it
             ;
             being
             ,
             tho'
             sensible
             of
             a
             great
             Danger
             hanging
             over
             us
             ,
             yet
             little
             apprehensive
             that
             it
             was
             so
             near
             us
             ,
             and
             was
             to
             break
             out
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Their
             loud
             Cry
             is
             not
             for
             Diana
             ,
             
             but
             for
             the
             Silver
             Shrines
             ;
             not
             for
             the
             State
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             State
             and
             Pomp
             of
             the
             Church-men
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Clergy
             absolute
             Lords
             of
             all
             Powers
             ,
             and
             Pleasures
             ,
             and
             Profits
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             late
             horrid
             Plot
             for
             the
             Subversion
             of
             our
             Religion
             and
             Government
             ,
             we
             find
             they
             design'd
             for
             themselves
             
             the
             most
             beneficial
             Places
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Providence
             hath
             discover'd
             another
             Plot
             and
             Confpiracy
             ,
             contriv'd
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             act
             according
             to
             their
             Principles
             .
             A
             dangerous
             Plot
             ,
             deeply
             laid
             ,
             secretly
             carry'd
             on
             ,
             and
             that
             stumbles
             at
             nothing
             that
             lies
             in
             their
             way
             ;
             not
             at
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             King
             himself
             ,
             tho'
             a
             Prince
             of
             so
             much
             Clemency
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             inferior
             to
             none
             that
             sways
             a
             Scepter
             ,
             or
             sits
             upon
             a
             Throne
             .
          
           
             And
             therefore
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             (
             My
             Lords
             )
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Great
             Council
             
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             who
             have
             now
             the
             weighty
             Concerns
             both
             of
             Church
             and
             State
             before
             you
             ,
             will
             consider
             ,
             that
             
               ad
               Triarios
               deventum
               est
            
             ,
             the
             Concerns
             of
             your
             Religion
             ,
             your
             Sovereign
             ,
             your
             Laws
             ,
             your
             Lives
             are
             before
             you
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             any
             love
             of
             your
             Religion
             (
             as
             I
             know
             you
             have
             great
             love
             for
             it
             .
             —
             If
             you
             have
             any
             love
             of
             that
             True
             ,
             Reform'd
             ,
             Approv'd
             Religion
             ;
             any
             Abhorrency
             of
             the
             Grossest
             Superstitions
             ,
             —
             If
             any
             Regard
             for
             the
             Life
             and
             Safety
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             If
             any
             Concernment
             for
             the
             Peace
             and
             Welfare
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             If
             any
             Care
             of
             
             Self-preservation
             ,
             to
             escape
             horrid
             Massacres
             ,
             and
             the
             utmost
             Rage
             of
             Persecution
             ;
             —
             It
             highly
             concerns
             you
             to
             take
             into
             your
             speedy
             and
             serious
             Consideration
             ,
             what
             Remedies
             are
             fit
             and
             suitable
             to
             be
             apply'd
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             O
             that
             God
             would
             give
             us
             all
             Hearts
             to
             consider
             this
             ,
             —
             That
             so
             we
             may
             
             no
             longer
             expose
             our selves
             and
             our
             Country
             ,
             our
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Religion
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             the
             Advantages
             of
             Blood-thirsty
             and
             deceitful
             Men
             ,
             who
             have
             at
             this
             day
             conspir'd
             against
             us
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             both
             our
             Place
             and
             Nation
             .
             
               —
               But
            
             it
             seems
             that
             we
             are
             not
             yet
             quite
             cast
             off
             ,
             by
             that
             wonderful
             Discovery
             which
             God
             hath
             made
             amongst
             us
             of
             a
             Hellish
             Plot
             ,
             for
             the
             Assassinating
             of
             our
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Subversion
             of
             our
             Government
             and
             Religion
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             How
             visibly
             and
             near
             did
             God
             in
             his
             infinite
             Mercy
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             warning
             ,
             
             hold
             it
             
               (
               the
               Rod
            
             )
             forth
             to
             us
             in
             his
             late
             discovering
             that
             Hellish
             Plot
             of
             our
             Blood-thirsting
             Enemies
             ,
             the
             Popish
             Priests
             ,
             who
             had
             contriv'd
             to
             Murder
             ,
             not
             only
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             but
             our
             Souls
             also
             ,
             by
             taking
             from
             us
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             our
             
             Souls
             ,
             and
             to
             cast
             us
             into
             the
             Dungeon
             of
             Popish
             Darkness
             ?
             —
             Truly
             there
             needs
             no
             more
             than
             the
             Popish
             Priests
             ,
             whom
             tho'
             you
             banish
             the
             whole
             Land
             ,
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             they
             will
             not
             sit
             idle
             Abroad
             ,
             but
             Night
             and
             Day
             labor
             to
             make
             assisting
             Parties
             in
             
               Italy
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             and
             France
             .
             We
             find
             they
             have
             all
             contributed
             Mony
             to
             carry
             on
             that
             Devilish
             Work
             ;
             and
             doubtless
             they
             will
             go
             on
             to
             contribute
             both
             Mony
             and
             Men
             also
             ,
             as
             occasion
             shall
             serve
             ;
             they
             will
             not
             easily
             sit
             down
             and
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             baffled
             in
             this
             Design
             ,
             they
             thought
             themselves
             so
             sure
             of
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             The
             Instances
             are
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             
             so
             very
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             I
             need
             not
             name
             them
             :
             but
             if
             they
             were
             all
             forgot
             ,
             the
             late
             ,
             shall
             I
             say
             ,
             or
             the
             Present
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
             for
             the
             taking
             away
             the
             Life
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             Subverting
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Establish'd
             Government
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             now
             brought
             to
             light
             ;
             This
             alone
             ,
             tho'
             all
             the
             other
             Instances
             were
             worn
             out
             of
             Memory
             ,
             would
             sufficiently
             shew
             us
             ,
             what
             we
             are
             to
             expect
             from
             these
             Roman
             Principles
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Security
             either
             of
             our
             Prince
             ,
             our
             Liberties
             ,
             or
             our
             Religion
             .
          
           
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             At
             this
             very
             time
             ,
             since
             the
             discovery
             
             of
             so
             barbarous
             a
             Design
             ,
             and
             the
             highest
             Provocation
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             by
             the
             treacherous
             Murder
             of
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             a
             very
             good
             Man
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             excellent
             Magistrate
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             active
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             this
             Plot
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             the
             continu'd
             and
             insupportable
             insolence
             of
             their
             Carriage
             and
             Behavior
             ,
             even
             upon
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             no
             Violence
             ,
             nay
             not
             so
             much
             as
             any
             Incivility
             ,
             that
             I
             ever
             heard
             of
             ,
             hath
             been
             offerd
             to
             any
             of
             them
             .
             —
             And
             now
             what
             remains
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             our
             most
             devout
             and
             thankful
             Acknowledgment
             to
             Almighty
             God
             —
             for
             the
             wonderful
             discovery
             of
             the
             late
             horrid
             and
             barbarous
             Conspiracy
             against
             our
             Prince
             ,
             our
             Peace
             ,
             and
             our
             Religion
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Even
             this
             hath
             enrag'd
             our
             Adversaries
             
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             the
             more
             restless
             to
             destroy
             it
             ,
             
               (
               the
               Reformation
               ;
            
             )
             and
             to
             stick
             at
             no
             Means
             ,
             which
             they
             thought
             might
             tend
             to
             its
             Ruin.
             O
             Blessed
             Jesus
             !
             That
             ever
             thy
             Holy
             Name
             should
             be
             assum'd
             by
             Traytors
             and
             Murderers
             ;
             or
             that
             the
             promoting
             thy
             true
             Religion
             ,
             should
             
             be
             made
             the
             Colour
             for
             the
             most
             wicked
             Practices
             !
             —
             Be
             astonish'd
             ,
             O
             ye
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             tremble
             ,
             O
             Earth
             ,
             that
             hast
             brought
             forth
             such
             a
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
             ,
             who
             are
             continually
             making
             way
             through
             the
             Bowels
             of
             their
             Mother
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             have
             design'd
             to
             destroy
             the
             Father
             of
             their
             Country
             .
             If
             these
             be
             the
             kind
             Embraces
             of
             one
             that
             pretends
             to
             be
             the
             Mother
             Church
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             the
             Paternal
             Affection
             of
             the
             Holy
             Father
             at
             Rome
             ;
             if
             this
             indeed
             be
             the
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Catholic
             Cause
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             the
             way
             to
             reconcile
             us
             to
             their
             Communion
             :
             have
             we
             not
             great
             reason
             to
             be
             fond
             of
             returning
             into
             the
             Bosom
             of
             such
             a
             Church
             ,
             which
             may
             strangle
             us
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             gets
             us
             within
             her
             Arms
             ?
             —
             But
             there
             are
             some
             whose
             Concernment
             it
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             Men
             believe
             there
             was
             no
             such
             dangerous
             Plot
             intended
             ;
             I
             meddle
             not
             with
             that
             Evidence
             ,
             which
             lies
             before
             you
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             one
             Notorious
             Circumstance
             obvious
             to
             all
             Persons
             ,
             and
             sufficient
             to
             convince
             any
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             horrid
             Murther
             actually
             committed
             on
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             in
             cold
             Blood
             ,
             with
             great
             contrivance
             and
             deliberation
             .
             
             Do
             Men
             imbrue
             their
             Hands
             in
             Blood
             for
             nothing
             ?
             Why
             no
             other
             Person
             ?
             Why
             at
             such
             a
             Time
             ?
             Why
             in
             such
             a
             Manner
             ?
             There
             was
             a
             Reason
             for
             all
             this
             ;
             He
             had
             taken
             the
             Examinations
             ;
             He
             knew
             too
             much
             to
             be
             suffer'd
             to
             live
             ;
             and
             they
             hop'd
             by
             his
             Death
             to
             stifle
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             to
             affrighten
             others
             from
             searching
             too
             far
             :
             and
             they
             manag'd
             that
             Matter
             so
             ,
             as
             tho'
             they
             had
             no
             other
             end
             in
             taking
             away
             his
             Life
             ,
             but
             to
             prevent
             a
             farther
             discovery
             .
             And
             they
             whom
             his
             Death
             doth
             not
             convince
             ,
             neither
             will
             they
             be
             convinc'd
             ,
             tho'
             he
             should
             rise
             agen
             from
             the
             Dead
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             That
             we
             heard
             it
             bluster
             abroad
             for
             so
             many
             Years
             together
             in
             a
             formidable
             
             Tempest
             ,
             which
             hath
             drench'd
             and
             drown'd
             so
             great
             a
             part
             of
             Christendom
             in
             Blood
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Storm
             hath
             hitherto
             flown
             over
             us
             ;
             That
             the
             Clouds
             have
             been
             gathering
             at
             home
             too
             ,
             and
             so
             long
             hung
             black
             o're
             our
             Heads
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             pour'd
             themselves
             forth
             in
             Showers
             of
             Vengeance
             ;
             That
             Gebal
             ,
             and
             Ammon
             ,
             and
             Amalek
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             ;
             That
             Hell
             and
             Rome
             ,
             and
             their
             Partizans
             ,
             our
             Enemies
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             both
             Foregn
             and
             Domestic
             ,
             
             have
             been
             so
             long
             Confederate
             against
             us
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Come
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             root
             them
             out
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             no
             more
             a
             People
             ,
             that
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Reform'd
             Church
             of
             England
             may
             be
             no
             more
             in
             Remembrance
             ;
             that
             they
             have
             so
             long
             look'd
             Grim
             and
             Soure
             ,
             and
             Roar'd
             and
             Rampt
             upon
             us
             .
             —
             And
             now
             when
             restless
             and
             unquiet
             Men
             (
             the
             true
             Spawn
             of
             him
             ,
             whose
             Tail
             drew
             the
             third
             part
             of
             the
             Stars
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             to
             the
             Earth
             )
             would
             fain
             by
             their
             Hellish
             Plots
             and
             Contrivances
             bring
             us
             down
             agen
             from
             thence
             ,
             even
             down
             to
             the
             very
             Ground
             ,
             and
             lay
             all
             our
             Honor
             in
             the
             Dust
             :
             When
             by
             their
             secret
             Machinations
             they
             are
             at
             work
             on
             all
             hands
             to
             hurry
             us
             back
             into
             the
             old
             Confusions
             ;
             in
             hope
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             that
             disorder'd
             Mass
             ,
             they
             may
             at
             length
             rear
             up
             a
             new
             World
             of
             their
             own
             ;
             (
             but
             what
             a
             World
             ?
             a
             World
             made
             up
             of
             a
             new
             Heaven
             of
             Superstitions
             and
             Idolatries
             ,
             a
             new
             Earth
             too
             of
             Anarchy
             first
             ,
             and
             pretended
             Liberty
             ,
             but
             of
             Tyranny
             insufferable
             at
             next
             Remove
             )
             —
             The
             Devils
             of
             Sedition
             and
             Faction
             ,
             of
             Treason
             and
             Rebellion
             ,
             those
             Familiars
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             Rhemes
             and
             St.
             Omers
             ,
             (
             the
             Jesuits
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             have
             
             so
             long
             possess'd
             and
             agitated
             a
             wretched
             part
             of
             this
             Nation
             )
             will
             never
             go
             out
             from
             hence
             ,
             and
             leave
             us
             at
             quiet
             ,
             no
             not
             by
             Prayer
             and
             Fasting
             only
             .
             Nay
             ,
             the
             best
             Laws
             we
             have
             ,
             the
             best
             you
             can
             make
             (
             if
             they
             be
             not
             steddily
             and
             severely
             Executed
             )
             will
             prove
             too
             slight
             a
             Conjuration
             for
             those
             sturdy
             Evil
             Spirits
             of
             Disobedience
             .
             There
             is
             another
             and
             a
             better
             
               Flagellum
               daemonum
            
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             
               Hieronymus
               Mengis
            
             and
             his
             Fellow
             Exorcists
             .
             Holy
             Water
             is
             a
             Trifle
             ,
             and
             holy
             Words
             will
             not
             do
             it
             .
             There
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             
               Medicina
               per
               verba
            
             ,
             Words
             and
             Talk
             will
             never
             cure
             the
             Distempers
             of
             a
             Nation
             .
             Deaf
             Adders
             refuse
             all
             the
             Voice
             of
             the
             Charmer
             ,
             Charm
             he
             never
             so
             wisely
             .
             If
             in
             good
             earnest
             we
             would
             be
             rid
             of
             this
             Legion
             ,
             and
             say
             as
             our
             Lord
             to
             the
             deaf
             and
             dumb
             Spirit
             ,
             Go
             out
             ,
             and
             enter
             no
             more
             ;
             (
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             ?
             )
             
             Solomon's
             Rod
             for
             the
             Back
             of
             Fools
             that
             grow
             troublesom
             or
             dangerous
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             may
             be
             prepar'd
             and
             manag'd
             )
             is
             a
             very
             powerful
             and
             effectual
             Exorcism
             .
             Untam'd
             Horses
             ,
             and
             Skittish
             Mules
             ,
             that
             will
             have
             no
             Understanding
             ,
             are
             not
             edifi'd
             by
             calm
             Reasonings
             and
             Instructions
             ,
             and
             meek
             Remonstrances
             ,
             
             nor
             in
             any
             other
             Method
             so
             well
             as
             by
             
             David's
             Expedient
             ;
             
               In
               Fraeno
               &
               Camo
            
             ,
             their
             Mouths
             must
             be
             kept
             in
             with
             Bit
             and
             Bridle
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             possible
             for
             them
             to
             fall
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             may
             be
             secure
             of
             them
             
               —
               Viriliter
               agite
            
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             upon
             these
             Grounds
             ,
             should
             after
             these
             ,
             or
             other
             such
             like
             manners
             ,
             declaim
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             against
             these
             People
             ,
             and
             assert
             them
             Guilty
             of
             all
             the
             Crimes
             ,
             that
             by
             villanous
             Informers
             are
             charg'd
             against
             them
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             't
             would
             be
             highly
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             much
             against
             Charity
             and
             the
             Love
             we
             owe
             to
             our
             Neighbor
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Christian
             Spirit
             of
             Meekness
             recommended
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             consequently
             a
             very
             severe
             Reflection
             upon
             those
             that
             shall
             proceed
             in
             this
             manner
             .
             These
             and
             infinit
             other
             ill
             Consequences
             are
             the
             necessary
             Attendants
             of
             such
             Proceedings
             :
             For
             what
             Peace
             can
             there
             possibly
             be
             expected
             ,
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             in
             the
             power
             of
             Men
             of
             Prostitute
             Consciences
             to
             distract
             the
             Nation
             ,
             to
             fill
             it
             with
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             influence
             the
             Pulpits
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             them
             square
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             the
             Support
             and
             Proof
             of
             their
             Calumnies
             ?
             What
             Charity
             can
             there
             be
             in
             those
             ,
             who
             upon
             such
             Mens
             Suggestions
             ,
             can
             be
             positive
             in
             pronouncing
             their
             Neighbors
             Guilty
             of
             the
             blackest
             of
             Crimes
             ?
             And
             what
             Meekness
             ,
             whilst
             upon
             such
             Motives
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             easily
             fill'd
             with
             Gall
             and
             Bitterness
             ,
             and
             change
             their
             Gospel
             of
             Peace
             into
             such
             exasperating
             Invectives
             ?
             And
             whilst
             these
             Christian
             Endowments
             are
             wanting
             
             in
             Teachers
             ,
             how
             low
             must
             their
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             sink
             with
             all
             sober
             Men
             ,
             who
             know
             that
             where
             these
             Qualities
             are
             not
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             more
             of
             a
             Preacher
             besides
             the
             Name
             and
             a
             Noise
             ?
          
           
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             think
             't
             is
             the
             Common
             Interest
             of
             all
             that
             call
             themselves
             Christians
             ,
             to
             be
             careful
             in
             avoiding
             these
             Inconveniences
             ,
             which
             do
             ill
             suit
             with
             that
             Name
             ;
             and
             most
             especially
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             Concern
             of
             all
             Pulpits
             ,
             of
             what
             sort
             soever
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             the
             Spirit
             that
             moves
             there
             ,
             should
             be
             only
             that
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
             For
             if
             once
             it
             be
             permitted
             ,
             that
             in
             those
             Sacred
             Places
             there
             be
             access
             for
             
               Interest
               ,
               Affection
               ,
               Prejudice
            
             or
             Passion
             ,
             &c.
             and
             that
             the
             Doctrins
             from
             thence
             enforc'd
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             be
             not
             only
             according
             to
             the
             Dictates
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             but
             likewise
             what
             is
             suggested
             from
             the
             Information
             and
             Narratives
             of
             such
             vile
             Men
             ;
             't
             will
             bring
             all
             Preaching
             into
             a
             Disrepute
             ,
             and
             give
             too
             plausible
             an
             Occasion
             to
             Atheists
             of
             ridiculing
             all
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Will
             it
             not
             be
             a
             Temptation
             likewise
             to
             Thinking
             Men
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             less
             value
             for
             those
             Chairs
             ,
             when
             they
             find
             them
             subject
             to
             these
             Infirmities
             :
             when
             they
             see
             them
             lie
             as
             open
             to
             Passion
             and
             Railing
             and
             such
             like
             Weaknesses
             ,
             as
             
               other
               Places
            
             ,
             which
             for
             that
             Reason
             are
             esteem'd
             Prophane
             ?
             Men
             are
             willing
             generally
             ,
             where
             they
             trust
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             to
             find
             something
             above
             the
             ordinary
             Mass
             ,
             some
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Sanctity
             ,
             a
             steddy
             Conduct
             ,
             a
             Conquest
             over
             the
             common
             Frailties
             and
             Temptations
             of
             other
             Ranks
             ,
             and
             such
             other
             like
             Qualities
             ,
             which
             may
             naturally
             work
             a
             Confidence
             in
             Men
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             Arguments
             to
             convince
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Spirit
             that
             there
             moves
             is
             above
             Nature
             ,
             and
             capable
             of
             directing
             
             others
             in
             order
             to
             Vertue
             and
             Truth
             .
             But
             where
             they
             find
             not
             Men
             thus
             Qualifi'd
             ,
             when
             they
             experience
             those
             ,
             who
             pretend
             to
             be
             Guides
             ,
             to
             fall
             in
             with
             the
             Mobile
             ,
             to
             be
             expos'd
             to
             their
             Levities
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             take
             Fire
             at
             every
             Flash
             ;
             when
             they
             see
             them
             instill
             Jealousies
             ,
             look
             Grim
             and
             Soure
             ,
             Roar
             ,
             Ramp
             ,
             and
             Insult
             over
             the
             Oppressed
             ;
             't
             will
             only
             breed
             a
             Disesteem
             of
             them
             in
             the
             Observers
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             upon
             thinking
             ,
             that
             however
             they
             may
             go
             to
             Church
             to
             Hear
             for
             fashion
             sake
             ;
             yet
             to
             rely
             upon
             such
             Mens
             Directions
             will
             not
             be
             very
             safe
             ,
             whilst
             they
             see
             them
             go
             to
             the
             Bar
             for
             their
             Doctrins
             ,
             and
             fetch
             their
             Proofs
             more
             out
             of
             the
             Law
             than
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             if
             any
             should
             hold
             forth
             in
             any
             of
             the
             
               Forms
               above
            
             ,
             what
             a
             Scandal
             would
             it
             be
             to
             their
             Profession
             ?
             How
             odious
             would
             it
             appear
             to
             Considering
             Men
             ,
             to
             hear
             Preachers
             out
             of
             their
             Pulpits
             ,
             inciting
             Judges
             against
             the
             Defendants
             at
             the
             Bar
             ;
             stirring
             up
             their
             Gall
             ,
             and
             imbittering
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             so
             to
             prepare
             them
             to
             a
             Hearing
             of
             the
             Cause
             ?
             And
             how
             much
             worse
             would
             it
             still
             be
             ,
             to
             hear
             them
             from
             those
             Chairs
             of
             Peace
             ,
             pronouncing
             Sentence
             against
             the
             suppos'd
             Criminals
             ,
             and
             then
             calling
             for
             the
             Halter
             and
             Ax
             for
             Execution
             ,
             and
             the
             Effusion
             of
             Blood
             ?
             To
             hear
             all
             this
             at
             a
             Sessions-house
             might
             be
             something
             tolerable
             ;
             but
             to
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Text
             out
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             hear
             so
             much
             of
             Severity
             and
             of
             the
             
               Instruments
               of
               Death
            
             ,
             makes
             it
             look
             more
             like
             a
             Slaughter-house
             ,
             than
             the
             House
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             lays
             Grounds
             enough
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             such
             Harangues
             as
             these
             are
             only
             for
             the
             filling
             the
             Judges
             and
             Law-givers
             with
             Fury
             and
             Vengeance
             ;
             and
             that
             't
             is
             fear'd
             These
             would
             be
             
               too
               Meek
            
             and
             
             Merciful
             ,
             unless
             some
             Clergy-Cruelty
             were
             instill'd
             into
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Pulpits
             .
             And
             then
             how
             convincing
             an
             Argument
             will
             this
             be
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             only
             the
             State
             that
             Persecutes
             ,
             and
             is
             for
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Church
             too
             ;
             whilst
             the
             State
             being
             Hearers
             ,
             and
             for
             receiving
             Direction
             ;
             these
             Churchmen
             are
             inciting
             them
             to
             the
             speedy
             and
             
               severe
               Execution
            
             of
             the
             Laws
             ;
             conjuring
             them
             by
             the
             
               Love
               they
               have
               for
               the
               Approv'd
               and
               Reform'd
               Religion
               ,
               to
               take
               into
               their
               speedy
               and
               serious
               Consideration
               ,
               what
               Remedies
               are
               fit
               and
               sutable
               in
               such
               a
               Case
               :
            
             Assuring
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             Best
             Laws
             will
             not
             serve
             ,
             
               if
               they
               be
               not
               speedily
               and
               severely
               Executed
               ?
            
             Will
             not
             this
             sound
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             and
             Blood
             all
             over
             ?
          
           
             But
             above
             all
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             fit
             Preachers
             should
             run
             out
             into
             these
             Cruel
             Extravagances
             ;
             because
             ,
             if
             after
             the
             Preaching
             up
             such
             Accusations
             and
             
               Horrid
               Crimes
            
             taken
             up
             against
             Men
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             it
             should
             prove
             that
             the
             Informers
             were
             Villains
             ,
             and
             the
             Accused
             appear
             Innocent
             ,
             what
             a
             Reflection
             would
             this
             prove
             upon
             such
             Teachers
             ,
             and
             upon
             their
             Religion
             ;
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             manifest
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             They
             have
             Preach'd
             up
             so
             many
             notorious
             Lies
             in
             their
             Pulpits
             ,
             have
             asserted
             the
             Truth
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             spread
             so
             many
             unjust
             Calumnies
             against
             their
             Neighbor
             ,
             have
             Expounded
             Libels
             and
             Narratives
             instead
             of
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             been
             as
             positive
             in
             such
             Doctrins
             of
             
               Perjur'd
               Knights
               of
               the
               Post
            
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             deliver'd
             by
             the
             Evangelists
             ?
             And
             if
             these
             Preachers
             happen
             to
             be
             Men
             of
             Honesty
             and
             Conscience
             ,
             will
             it
             not
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             ,
             be
             a
             disturbance
             to
             their
             inward
             Peace
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             the
             Men
             ,
             they
             have
             so
             severely
             traduc'd
             from
             their
             
             Pulpits
             ,
             and
             blackn'd
             with
             the
             Foulest
             Crimes
             ;
             to
             be
             Clear
             and
             Innocent
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             Villanies
             they
             so
             positively
             laid
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
             prove
             only
             Calumnies
             and
             
               Malicious
               Forgeries
            
             ?
             What
             a
             damp
             must
             this
             be
             upon
             their
             Souls
             ,
             when
             they
             consider
             how
             Instrumental
             they
             have
             been
             in
             wronging
             the
             Innocent
             ,
             in
             attesting
             Lies
             and
             Perjuries
             ,
             and
             promoting
             the
             Devil's
             Cause
             instead
             of
             God's
             ?
             How
             will
             those
             Characters
             they
             have
             given
             of
             their
             Neighbor
             in
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             look
             Ghastly
             and
             Tormenting
             ,
             when
             they
             reflect
             upon
             them
             ;
             when
             they
             consider
             how
             they
             have
             proclaim'd
             them
             Guilty
             of
             an
             
               Execrable
               and
               Horrid
               Plot
               ;
               Of
               Insolence
               and
               implacable
               Malice
               ;
               Of
               want
               of
               Piety
               and
               Humanity
               ;
               Of
               a
               Hellish
               Plot
               ;
               Of
               its
               being
               upon
               the
               Point
               of
               being
               Executed
               ,
               for
               the
               Subversion
               of
               the
               Religion
               and
               Government
               ;
               Of
               designing
               to
               themselves
               the
               most
               Beneficial
               Places
               both
               in
               Church
               and
               State
               ;
               Of
               a
               Dangerous
               Plot
               ,
               deeply
               laid
               against
               the
               Life
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               against
               the
               Peace
               and
               Welfare
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               for
               horrid
               Massacres
               ,
               and
               the
               utmost
               rage
               of
               Persecution
               ;
               Of
               being
               blood
               thirsty
               and
               deceitful
               Men
               ,
               engag'd
               in
               a
               Hellish
               Plot
               ,
               for
               Assassinating
               our
               King
               ,
               and
               Subversion
               of
               our
               Government
               and
               Religion
               ;
               Of
               being
               Traitors
               and
               Murderers
               ,
               a
               Generation
               of
               Vipers
               ;
               Of
               being
               the
               Spawn
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               designing
               Hellish
               Plots
               and
               Contrivances
               for
               the
               setting
               up
               of
               Anarchy
               and
               Tyranny
               ;
               Of
               being
               Devils
               of
               Sedition
               and
               Faction
               ,
               of
               Treason
               and
               Rebellion
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             How
             will
             these
             Characters
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             look
             ,
             when
             they
             discover
             ,
             they
             have
             thus
             injur'd
             and
             abus'd
             their
             Innocent
             Neighbor
             ,
             in
             such
             Choleric
             and
             Blood-drawing
             Expressions
             ,
             in
             so
             vile
             and
             unworthy
             a
             Manner
             ?
          
           
           
             And
             if
             they
             consider
             again
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             not
             only
             done
             this
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             but
             likewise
             before
             the
             Judges
             and
             the
             
               Greatest
               Tribunal
            
             in
             the
             Nation
             ;
             may
             not
             they
             have
             some
             Scruples
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             question
             ,
             whether
             they
             have
             not
             been
             Instrumental
             ,
             and
             concurr'd
             to
             the
             Death
             of
             such
             Persons
             ,
             as
             wrongfully
             suffer'd
             for
             these
             Forgeries
             ?
             May
             not
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Tenderness
             in
             them
             ,
             begin
             to
             be
             troublesom
             ,
             and
             suggest
             to
             them
             such
             afflicting
             Thoughts
             as
             these
             ?
             
               So
               many
               Men
               were
               put
               to
               Death
               ,
               condemn'd
               for
               those
               Crimes
               ,
               which
               we
               pronounc'd
               them
               guilty
               of
               in
               the
               Pulpits
               :
               and
               who
               knows
               how
               far
               the
            
             Magistrates
             and
             Judges
             
               were
               Influenc'd
               by
               our
            
             Sermons
             ?
             
               and
               that
               they
               receiv'd
            
             Directions
             
               from
               our
            
             Preaching
             ,
             
               as
               well
               as
               from
               the
            
             Evidences
             ,
             
               which
               they
               could
               not
               but
               have
               some
               reason
               to
               suspect
               of
            
             Malice
             and
             Subornation
             ?
             
               It
               may
               be
               likely
               our
            
             Seconding
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             Pleading
             their
             Cause
             ,
             
               by
               urging
               the
            
             Circumstances
             ,
             the
             Time
             ,
             the
             Place
             ,
             the
             Person
             ,
             
               and
               then
               asserting
            
             that
             They
             whom
             this
             do's
             not
             convince
             ,
             neither
             will
             they
             be
             convinc'd
             ,
             tho'
             one
             should
             rise
             from
             the
             Dead
             ;
             
               It
               may
               be
               likely
               that
               this
               might
               work
               more
               upon
               the
               Auditory
               ,
               than
               all
               the
            
             Affidavits
             
               at
               the
            
             Bar.
             
               And
               if
               the
            
             Judges
             
               did
               not
               pronounce
               Sentence
               ,
               nor
            
             Jury
             
               bring
               them
               in
            
             Guilty
             ,
             
               meerly
               upon
               the
               Authority
               of
               our
            
             Attestations
             ;
             
               yet
               't
               is
               very
               probable
               ,
               that
               by
               our
            
             bitter
             Exaggerations
             
               and
               severe
            
             Reflections
             ;
             
               we
               did
               heighten
               their
            
             Aversion
             ,
             
               and
               incline
               them
               to
            
             Believe
             all
             
               that
               was
               urg'd
               against
               the
            
             Prisoners
             ,
             
               and
               by
               this
               means
               ,
               tho'
               not
               as
            
             Instruments
             ,
             
               yet
               by
               way
               of
            
             Disposers
             ,
             
               did
               concur
               to
               the
               Condemnation
               of
               the
            
             Accus'd
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             Effusion
             of
             Innocent
             Blood.
             May
             not
             the
             Consciences
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             
             of
             such
             as
             have
             rashly
             inveigh'd
             against
             Innocent
             Men
             ,
             suggest
             to
             them
             such
             afflicting
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             disquiet
             their
             Minds
             ,
             for
             fear
             the
             many
             
               Wrongs
               ,
               Abuses
               ,
               Affronts
               ,
               Banishments
               ,
               Pillories
               Imprisonments
               ,
               Chains
               ,
               Racks
               ,
               Starvings
               ,
               Gibbets
               ,
            
             and
             Blood
             of
             those
             that
             suffer'd
             upon
             the
             score
             of
             those
             suppos'd
             Crimes
             ,
             should
             in
             some
             part
             lie
             at
             their
             door
             ,
             and
             be
             requir'd
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             Sermons
             did
             so
             far
             contribute
             to
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             to
             the
             incensing
             the
             People
             ,
             the
             Juries
             and
             Judges
             ?
             'T
             is
             very
             possible
             such
             may
             be
             the
             Effects
             of
             their
             more
             sedate
             and
             serious
             Thoughts
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             they
             expect
             Mercy
             from
             God
             ,
             't
             is
             their
             Obligation
             to
             make
             Restitution
             of
             all
             the
             Wrongs
             they
             have
             done
             their
             Innocent
             Neighbor
             ,
             and
             publicly
             declare
             them
             Guiltless
             ,
             whom
             to
             their
             Congregations
             they
             have
             so
             often
             proclaim'd
             for
             Criminals
             .
          
           
             These
             and
             many
             other
             may
             be
             the
             Consequences
             and
             Mischiefs
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             therefore
             't
             is
             evidently
             much
             better
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             for
             the
             Good
             of
             our
             Neighbor
             ,
             for
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             to
             forbear
             all
             such
             kind
             of
             Reflections
             and
             Invectives
             in
             their
             Sermons
             :
             If
             they
             leave
             State-Affairs
             to
             the
             State
             or
             
               Civil
               Magistrate
            
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             Enclosure
             of
             their
             Province
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             't
             would
             be
             much
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             my
             First
             Caution
             and
             Desire
             that
             it
             be
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Second
             Caution
             .
          
           
             THAT
             ,
             if
             Preachers
             do
             at
             any
             time
             think
             fit
             to
             lay
             open
             the
             Crimes
             of
             any
             People
             to
             their
             Auditory
             ,
             they
             be
             careful
             not
             to
             urge
             their
             Accusations
             farther
             ,
             than
             they
             are
             certain
             and
             know
             them
             to
             be
             True.
             And
             therefore
             for
             Instance
             ;
             If
             there
             be
             found
             an
             ungrounded
             and
             ill-told
             Tale
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Papists
               contriving
               the
               Death
               of
            
             Charles
             I.
             
               Of
               a
               Jesuit
               flourishing
               his
               Sword
               when
               the
               fatal
               Stroke
               was
               given
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             'T
             is
             not
             convenient
             nor
             Christian
             ,
             that
             this
             should
             be
             presently
             made
             a
             
               Pulpit
               Truth
            
             ,
             nor
             infinuated
             into
             the
             People
             for
             a
             Matter
             beyond
             question
             ,
             to
             the
             defaming
             of
             so
             many
             Thousands
             .
             And
             therefore
             methinks
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             warrantable
             ,
             that
             upon
             such
             Grounds
             as
             these
             ,
             any
             one
             should
             thus
             hold
             forth
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Before
             God
             and
             the
             World
             ,
             I
             confess
             my self
             abundantly
             satisfi'd
             ,
             that
             Popish
             Jesuits
             
             were
             in
             that
             Horrid
             Plot
             ,
             
               (
               the
               King's
               Murder
            
             )
             to
             execute
             which
             some
             Protestant
             Jesuits
             were
             the
             Instruments
             and
             Hands
             .
             —
             That
             Roman
             Priest
             and
             Confessor
             is
             known
             (
             saith
             my
             Author
             )
             who
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             fatal
             Stroke
             given
             to
             our
             Holy
             King
             ,
             flourish'd
             with
             his
             Sword
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             
               Now
               the
               Greatest
               Enemy
               that
               we
               have
               in
               the
               World
               is
               gone
               .
            
             And
             when
             the
             News
             of
             that
             Horrible
             Execution
             came
             
             to
             Roan
             ,
             some
             Jesuited
             Persons
             there
             told
             a
             Protestant
             Gentleman
             (
             of
             good
             Credit
             )
             
               That
               now
               they
               were
               reveng'd
               upon
               the
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               for
               not
               Re-establishing
               the
               Catholic
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             It
             will
             be
             no
             improper
             thing
             ,
             to
             shew
             you
             how
             justly
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             is
             
             accus'd
             of
             this
             
               (
               the
               King's
               Murder
            
             )
             and
             how
             unjustly
             it
             is
             cast
             on
             those
             of
             the
             Reform'd
             Religion
             .
             —
             What
             hand
             they
             had
             in
             this
             Execrable
             Crime
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             they
             disguis'd
             themselves
             into
             all
             the
             Forms
             and
             Divisions
             about
             Religion
             ,
             that
             were
             among
             us
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             positively
             assert
             ,
             it
             has
             been
             done
             with
             very
             much
             assurance
             ,
             by
             Persons
             of
             great
             Worth
             and
             Credit
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             many
             Probabilities
             to
             induce
             us
             to
             believe
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             From
             the
             same
             Place
             
               (
               Rome
            
             )
             our
             
             late
             Dreadful
             Confusions
             were
             highly
             fomented
             :
             and
             that
             Sacred
             and
             Royal
             Blood
             ,
             which
             so
             much
             sully'd
             the
             Honor
             of
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             still
             cries
             so
             loud
             for
             Vengeance
             ,
             was
             not
             shed
             without
             their
             Concurrence
             and
             Assistance
             ;
             the
             Mischievous
             and
             Busie
             Jesuit
             being
             so
             Wicked
             ,
             as
             to
             promote
             the
             Design
             ,
             
             and
             so
             Impudent
             ,
             as
             to
             boast
             of
             it
             when
             it
             was
             done
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             there
             be
             a
             Story
             amongst
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             sort
             of
             Men
             help'd
             to
             Fire
             the
             City
             ;
             't
             is
             not
             Prudent
             for
             any
             ,
             unless
             upon
             certain
             Grounds
             ,
             to
             deliver
             this
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             and
             thence
             endeavor
             to
             convince
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             it
             :
             As
             thus
             .
          
           
             There
             might
             be
             evil
             Instruments
             in
             this
             
             Judgment
             
               (
               of
               the
               Fire
               of
               London
               )
            
             and
             it
             seems
             ,
             we
             are
             satisfi'd
             ,
             who
             they
             were
             —
             The
             Year
             1666
             ,
             had
             been
             long
             presag'd
             to
             be
             a
             Fatal
             Year
             ,
             and
             been
             often
             assign'd
             for
             the
             Downfall
             of
             Rome
             ,
             by
             some
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             too
             busie
             with
             Apocalyptic
             Visions
             .
             There
             could
             never
             therefore
             be
             a
             fitter
             Time
             for
             them
             to
             consute
             these
             bold
             Predictions
             ,
             nor
             any
             Confutation
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             probability
             would
             more
             affect
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             advantage
             their
             Cause
             ,
             than
             to
             cause
             London
             to
             fall
             ,
             just
             then
             when
             it
             expected
             Rome
             should
             ;
             and
             it
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             how
             they
             have
             glory'd
             and
             triumph'd
             in
             this
             thing
             .
             For
             that
             supposing
             them
             their
             Craft-masters
             (
             and
             we
             have
             too
             many
             Reasons
             to
             think
             them
             to
             be
             so
             )
             it
             could
             not
             be
             well
             thought
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             Opportunity
             would
             be
             let
             slip
             ,
             or
             some
             
             such
             Counsel
             not
             pitch'd
             upon
             .
             —
             Such
             things
             as
             these
             are
             now
             become
             their
             last
             Refuge
             ,
             it
             seems
             ;
             and
             the
             Arguments
             in
             which
             (
             I
             am
             persuaded
             )
             they
             expect
             most
             Success
             :
             they
             find
             how
             miserably
             fruitless
             all
             Rational
             Attempts
             against
             us
             are
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             still
             recoil
             against
             themselves
             ;
             and
             they
             despair
             of
             ever
             convincing
             us
             like
             Men
             ,
             and
             therefore
             are
             resolv'd
             to
             beat
             out
             our
             Brains
             (
             if
             they
             can
             )
             like
             Beasts
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             If
             there
             be
             a
             Popular
             Rumor
             ,
             that
             Jesuits
             in
             Disguise
             insinuate
             themselves
             among
             Dissenters
             ,
             and
             from
             their
             Pulpits
             Preach
             to
             them
             Schism
             and
             Sedition
             ;
             it
             do's
             not
             look
             Rational
             that
             this
             Relation
             should
             be
             made
             a
             Sermon-Discourse
             ,
             preach'd
             up
             as
             a
             Truth
             ,
             unless
             upon
             surer
             Grounds
             than
             a
             Report
             ,
             or
             the
             Assurance
             ,
             that
             
               such
               a
               one
               knows
               the
               Person
               that
               saw
               the
               Man
               beyond
               Sea
               that
               did
               it
               .
            
             And
             therefore
             how
             Vn-pulpit-like
             would
             such
             a
             Discourse
             as
             this
             look
             in
             a
             Sermon
             ?
          
           
             It
             is
             their
             Business
             and
             Endeavor
             to
             keep
             
             us
             at
             odds
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             own
             Designs
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             have
             their
             Emissaries
             up
             and
             down
             to
             Preach
             Schism
             and
             Sedition
             into
             Peoples
             Ears
             .
             By
             such
             Arts
             as
             these
             they
             insinuate
             themselves
             among
             the
             poor
             deluded
             People
             of
             our
             Separate
             Congregations
             ,
             and
             joyning
             with
             them
             in
             their
             
             Clamors
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             crying
             it
             down
             for
             Superstitious
             and
             Popishly
             affected
             ,
             they
             pass
             there
             for
             Gifted
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             real
             Popery
             is
             carry'd
             on
             by
             such
             Disguises
             .
          
           
             Preachers
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             Cautious
             ,
             how
             they
             carry
             up
             such
             kind
             of
             Stories
             as
             these
             into
             the
             Pulpits
             ;
             because
             ,
             tho'
             there
             may
             be
             Grounds
             enough
             to
             make
             them
             a
             Table
             or
             Coffee-house
             Discourse
             ;
             yet
             scarce
             enough
             to
             qualifie
             them
             for
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             them
             a
             fit
             Attendance
             for
             a
             Text
             out
             of
             the
             Gospel
             :
             I
             am
             for
             having
             nothing
             have
             admittance
             into
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             besides
             what
             is
             certainly
             and
             unquestionably
             True
             :
             That
             Place
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             Sacred
             ,
             and
             nothing
             have
             access
             there
             ,
             that
             is
             Prophane
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             likelihood
             may
             prove
             to
             be
             a
             Lie.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             necessary
             this
             Caution
             be
             observ'd
             ,
             that
             so
             all
             Preachers
             and
             Sermons
             be
             maintain'd
             in
             their
             Just
             Authority
             and
             Respect
             .
             For
             nothing
             can
             more
             contribute
             to
             the
             lessening
             their
             Reputation
             with
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             to
             hear
             
               Vulgar
               Rumors
               ,
               Ill-grounded
               Stories
               ,
               Peevish
               Jealousies
               ,
            
             held
             forth
             ,
             and
             as
             passionately
             defended
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             
               Inspir'd
               Truths
            
             .
             What
             Respect
             can
             I
             possibly
             have
             for
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             that
             makes
             no
             better
             choice
             of
             what
             he
             delivers
             ?
             Is
             it
             likely
             he
             should
             prevail
             upon
             my
             Understanding
             or
             Will
             ,
             that
             suffers
             himself
             to
             be
             impos'd
             on
             ?
             When
             I
             go
             to
             Church
             ,
             I
             expect
             to
             hear
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             such
             
               Solid
               Truths
            
             expounded
             to
             me
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             a
             Comfort
             to
             my
             Soul
             ,
             
             and
             direct
             my
             Steps
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             Bliss
             .
             But
             if
             with
             a
             light
             Sprinkle
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             am
             put
             off
             with
             
               Fulsom
               Invectives
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Relation
             of
             such
             Stories
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             knows
             no
             more
             the
             Truth
             of
             than
             my self
             ;
             I
             cannot
             but
             be
             Scandaliz'd
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             fear
             ,
             that
             such
             an
             one
             is
             better
             conversant
             in
             the
             News
             of
             the
             Town
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             
               Sacred
               Text
            
             or
             Fathers
             ;
             and
             me-thinks
             ,
             it
             has
             so
             much
             the
             Relish
             and
             Air
             of
             a
             Coffee-house
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             but
             look
             about
             me
             ,
             to
             see
             where
             we
             are
             .
             And
             now
             if
             People
             should
             once
             seriously
             reflect
             on
             this
             ,
             and
             consider
             with
             what
             
               empty
               Stories
            
             Preachers
             content
             themselves
             ,
             for
             the
             patching
             up
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             it
             cannot
             choose
             but
             raise
             a
             great
             Prejudice
             in
             their
             Minds
             ,
             and
             discourage
             them
             from
             relying
             much
             upon
             their
             Teachers
             ,
             whilst
             they
             see
             them
             either
             so
             very
             Credulous
             ,
             in
             thus
             taking
             up
             every
             
               Vulgar
               Rumor
            
             for
             a
             Truth
             ;
             or
             very
             Insincere
             ,
             in
             delivering
             that
             to
             their
             Auditory
             ,
             which
             they
             don't
             believe
             themselves
             .
             Either
             of
             which
             is
             a
             very
             ill
             Quality
             to
             recommend
             a
             Minister
             to
             his
             Congregation
             .
          
           
             Upon
             which
             Score
             I
             cannot
             but
             heartily
             desire
             all
             Preachers
             ,
             of
             what
             sort
             soever
             ,
             to
             take
             this
             into
             a
             serious
             Consideration
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             very
             careful
             in
             the
             Choice
             of
             the
             Matter
             and
             History
             ,
             which
             they
             deliver
             to
             their
             People
             .
             I
             conjure
             them
             by
             their
             
               Sacred
               Function
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Gospel
             they
             expound
             ,
             by
             the
             Truth
             they
             pretend
             to
             ;
             that
             they
             would
             think
             of
             nothing
             but
             Truth
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             preach
             up
             nothing
             but
             Truth
             ,
             and
             consequently
             that
             they
             would
             deliver
             nothing
             in
             their
             Sermons
             for
             a
             Truth
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             a
             Lie
             for
             all
             as
             they
             know
             .
             This
             I
             press
             the
             more
             earnestly
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             sensible
             how
             
             much
             Preachers
             may
             lose
             themselves
             for
             want
             of
             this
             Care.
             For
             besides
             the
             Offence
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Wrong
             they
             may
             do
             their
             Neighbor
             ,
             't
             is
             certain
             they
             ruin
             their
             own
             Reputation
             .
             'T
             is
             no
             small
             Reflection
             upon
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             with
             Truth
             said
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             teaching
             the
             Gospel
             in
             Meekness
             ,
             he
             has
             preach'd
             up
             Lies
             in
             a
             Passion
             .
             Every
             Man
             ought
             to
             be
             true
             in
             his
             Way
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             that
             puts
             off
             Counterfeit
             Wares
             in
             his
             Shop
             for
             True
             ones
             ,
             must
             of
             Necessity
             pass
             for
             a
             Cheat
             ;
             how
             circumspect
             is
             it
             necessary
             every
             Preacher
             should
             be
             ,
             whilst
             to
             him
             his
             Pulpit
             is
             his
             Shop
             ;
             and
             the
             Injury
             ,
             if
             done
             there
             ,
             is
             the
             more
             considerable
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Soul
             and
             Eternity
             ,
             are
             above
             all
             the
             Concerns
             of
             this
             World
             ?
          
           
             And
             as
             these
             kind
             of
             Stories
             do
             not
             suit
             well
             with
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             so
             neither
             do
             they
             agree
             with
             a
             
               Dedicatory
               Epistle
            
             ,
             especially
             from
             a
             
               Faithful
               Pastor
            
             addressing
             himself
             to
             his
             Parishioners
             :
             And
             therefore
             when
             Dr.
             Tenison
             ,
             making
             Apology
             for
             his
             
             Expressions
             of
             more
             Warmth
             and
             less
             Strength
             ,
             in
             a
             Conference
             held
             about
             Religion
             with
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             pretends
             that
             he
             has
             reason
             above
             most
             others
             ,
             to
             give
             severe
             Language
             to
             
               that
               sort
               of
               Men
            
             ,
             because
             his
             Father
             being
             turn'd
             out
             of
             his
             Living
             by
             a
             Committee
             ,
             and
             another
             taking
             his
             Place
             and
             Revenue
             ,
             without
             restoring
             any
             thing
             ,
             who
             after
             a
             few
             Years
             ,
             Preaching
             up
             Purgatory
             ,
             and
             other
             Points
             ,
             was
             turn'd
             out
             again
             by
             the
             same
             Committee
             ,
             and
             soon
             after
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             vanish'd
             away
             .
             When
             he
             makes
             this
             Apology
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             for
             his
             peevish
             and
             severe
             Language
             to
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             he
             do's
             not
             seem
             to
             do
             the
             Office
             of
             a
             Good
             and
             
               Faithful
               Pastor
            
             ;
             for
             
             besides
             the
             giving
             that
             ill
             Example
             to
             his
             Flock
             ,
             of
             entertaining
             a
             Grudge
             in
             his
             Mind
             near
             about
             
               Thirty
               Years
            
             ,
             and
             giving
             now
             ill
             Language
             to
             a
             Stranger
             ,
             for
             a
             suppos'd
             Injury
             done
             his
             Father
             in
             the
             last
             Age
             ,
             and
             so
             letting
             
               one
               Evil
            
             be
             the
             Excuse
             for
             another
             :
             besides
             his
             being
             mov'd
             with
             Indignation
             against
             a
             Person
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             he
             tells
             the
             Story
             )
             did
             not
             turn
             his
             Father
             out
             of
             his
             Living
             ,
             but
             did
             only
             take
             Possession
             of
             it
             ,
             when
             his
             Father
             had
             been
             before
             outed
             by
             the
             Committee
             .
             Besides
             ,
             his
             conceiving
             an
             Hatred
             against
             a
             
               whole
               Body
            
             of
             Men
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             
               one
               suppos'd
               Member
            
             thereof
             ,
             and
             being
             fill'd
             with
             Suspicion
             and
             Jealousie
             against
             them
             all
             ,
             upon
             his
             score
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             piece
             of
             Christianity
             and
             Justice
             fitly
             to
             be
             retaliated
             by
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             be
             Jealous
             of
             every
             Parson
             they
             met
             ,
             for
             fear
             he
             should
             by
             Perjury
             Swear
             them
             to
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             because
             one
             of
             that
             Coat
             help'd
             Five
             of
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             their
             Livings
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             most
             infamously
             and
             barbarously
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             last
             Age
             but
             only
             Seven
             Years
             ago
             ;
             besides
             the
             spiteful
             Insinuation
             into
             his
             Parishioners
             ,
             that
             the
             Father
             he
             Discours'd
             with
             ,
             was
             a
             Hypocrit
             and
             a
             Dissembler
             ,
             something
             of
             the
             
               like
               nature
            
             with
             his
             own
             Father's
             old
             Friend
             ,
             and
             by
             this
             vile
             and
             undeserv'd
             Character
             ,
             raising
             a
             Prejudice
             in
             the
             Minds
             of
             his
             Readers
             ,
             that
             being
             thus
             prepossess'd
             ,
             they
             might
             the
             easier
             give
             the
             Doctor
             the
             Victory
             over
             his
             Antagonist
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             found
             knock'd
             down
             in
             the
             very
             first
             Leaf
             with
             a
             Calumny
             .
          
           
             Besides
             all
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             a
             very
             uncharitable
             Presumption
             in
             the
             Doctor
             ,
             thus
             by
             Insinuation
             to
             make
             a
             Jesuit
             of
             that
             Oubbard
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             his
             
             Father
             ,
             and
             Preaching
             up
             Purgatory
             prov'd
             an
             Hypocrit
             and
             Dissembler
             ?
             Do's
             the
             Doctor
             know
             he
             was
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             that
             he
             so
             confidently
             ,
             not
             now
             in
             the
             Heat
             of
             Dispute
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             cooler
             management
             of
             his
             Pen
             ,
             exposes
             all
             the
             Body
             of
             Jusuits
             ,
             as
             infamous
             ,
             to
             his
             Parishioners
             ,
             upon
             his
             score
             ?
             Is
             he
             certain
             he
             was
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             that
             now
             he
             serves
             up
             this
             Story
             to
             confirm
             his
             Flock
             ,
             that
             the
             Jesuits
             in
             Disguise
             ,
             become
             Teachers
             to
             the
             Dissenters
             ?
             If
             the
             Doctor
             knows
             it
             to
             be
             a
             Truth
             ,
             't
             is
             more
             than
             he
             has
             yet
             made
             appear
             ;
             for
             all
             as
             I
             see
             in
             the
             Story
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             told
             it
             ,
             't
             is
             as
             likely
             he
             was
             a
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Dissembler
            
             ,
             as
             a
             Jesuit
             .
             Don't
             every
             body
             know
             ,
             there
             's
             many
             a
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Divine
            
             has
             had
             Popery
             enough
             in
             them
             ,
             to
             be
             mark'd
             for
             
               Jesuits
               ,
            
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             censur'd
             and
             turn'd
             out
             for
             such
             ,
             by
             the
             Men
             that
             made
             up
             the
             Committee
             in
             those
             Days
             ?
             What
             if
             Mr.
             Thorndike
             had
             Preach'd
             to
             such
             a
             Congregation
             his
             Doctrin
             of
             
               Praying
               for
               the
               Dead
            
             ,
             and
             requested
             of
             them
             (
             as
             he
             did
             in
             his
             Will
             )
             that
             they
             would
             
               Pray
               for
               his
               Soul
            
             ,
             when
             departed
             ?
             Don't
             the
             Doctor
             think
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             said
             enough
             of
             Purgatory
             to
             have
             been
             cashier'd
             by
             the
             Committee
             ,
             and
             outed
             for
             a
             Papist
             ?
             If
             M.
             Montague
             had
             deliver'd
             there
             his
             Opinion
             of
             the
             use
             of
             Images
             ,
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             of
             Traditions
             ,
             of
             admitting
             the
             Pope
             for
             Arbitrator
             in
             Controversie
             ,
             &c.
             would
             not
             they
             as
             certainly
             have
             cast
             him
             by
             for
             a
             Papist
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             Gubbard
             ?
             So
             that
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             if
             the
             Doctor
             will
             seriously
             consider
             upon
             the
             Point
             ,
             he
             'll
             find
             ,
             that
             many
             Church-of-England-men
             have
             had
             Popery
             enough
             in
             them
             to
             have
             been
             turn'd
             out
             in
             those
             Times
             for
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             pass'd
             for
             so
             many
             Gubbards
             .
             This
             I
             say
             as
             
             to
             his
             Popery
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             his
             
               pretending
               a
               Kindness
               to
               their
               Cause
               ,
            
             't
             is
             more
             likely
             again
             he
             was
             a
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Divine
            
             than
             a
             Jesuit
             ;
             whilst
             't
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             what
             the
             Church-Divines
             did
             at
             that
             Time
             for
             Livings
             :
             of
             the
             Ten
             thousand
             Benefic'd
             Men
             ,
             there
             being
             many
             hundreds
             ,
             that
             comply'd
             with
             the
             Times
             ,
             whether
             really
             or
             pretendedly
             ,
             let
             the
             Doctor
             determine
             .
             If
             he
             can
             shew
             only
             
               Five
               Jesuits
            
             that
             did
             as
             much
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             more
             than
             ever
             was
             done
             yet
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             should
             ,
             't
             will
             be
             still
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             a
             thousand
             to
             one
             ,
             that
             his
             Friend
             Gubbard
             was
             a
             
               Church
               of
               England
               Divine
            
             ,
             rather
             than
             a
             Jesuit
             .
             And
             yet
             the
             Doctor
             will
             have
             him
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             Jesuit
             ,
             he
             's
             still
             angry
             at
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             for
             his
             sake
             ;
             and
             he
             tells
             his
             Parishioners
             the
             occasion
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             this
             wrought
             upon
             him
             when
             he
             was
             young
             ,
             and
             he
             cannot
             yet
             wear
             it
             off
             ;
             but
             I
             hope
             there
             are
             some
             amongst
             them
             that
             will
             have
             so
             much
             compassion
             on
             him
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             sorry
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             this
             time
             the
             Doctor
             has
             not
             worn
             out
             the
             Impressions
             of
             his
             Childhood
             :
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             to
             find
             such
             a
             malicious
             Story
             set
             forth
             by
             a
             Pastor
             to
             his
             Parishioners
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             has
             so
             little
             Consideration
             and
             Charity
             ,
             as
             to
             expose
             the
             Reputation
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Body
             ,
             under
             the
             black
             Colours
             of
             Dissimulation
             and
             Hypocrisie
             upon
             such
             a
             bare
             Presumption
             .
             Would
             the
             Doctor
             like
             well
             to
             be
             thus
             serv'd
             ;
             and
             that
             He
             and
             his
             Brethren
             should
             be
             thus
             trampl'd
             upon
             ,
             upon
             such
             slight
             Imaginations
             ?
             These
             Methods
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             serve
             well
             enough
             ,
             to
             keep
             fast
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             them
             averse
             to
             the
             Jesuits
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             those
             whom
             the
             Doctor
             has
             endeavor'd
             to
             make
             appear
             as
             Hypocrits
             ,
             will
             shew
             themselves
             
             Men
             of
             better
             Consciences
             ,
             than
             to
             follow
             him
             in
             so
             ill
             an
             Example
             .
             But
             let
             us
             now
             proceed
             to
             our
             Cautions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Third
             Caution
             .
          
           
             THAT
             if
             any
             Preacher
             be
             zealous
             to
             prevent
             his
             Flock
             from
             going
             over
             to
             any
             other
             Communion
             ,
             which
             he
             judges
             to
             be
             Erroneous
             ;
             he
             would
             be
             careful
             ,
             not
             to
             use
             any
             Insincere
             or
             Unwarrantable
             Means
             ,
             for
             the
             working
             this
             Effect
             :
             That
             he
             would
             not
             be
             so
             Passionately
             earnest
             in
             the
             discouraging
             his
             People
             from
             such
             a
             Change
             ,
             as
             to
             forget
             both
             
               Honesty
               ,
               Justice
               ,
               Truth
            
             and
             Charity
             ,
             while
             he
             's
             Warm
             in
             his
             Dissuasives
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             for
             the
             Setling
             his
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             ridding
             them
             of
             all
             Uneasiness
             ,
             Scruples
             and
             Pangs
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             chooses
             that
             Topic
             of
             
               Making
               the
               other
               Party
               Odious
            
             ;
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             Cautious
             in
             his
             Charges
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             lay
             blacker
             Colours
             on
             them
             ,
             than
             in
             Truth
             and
             Justice
             belongs
             to
             them
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             very
             difficult
             Task
             to
             make
             Characters
             of
             Adversaries
             ,
             for
             such
             especially
             ,
             whose
             Interest
             it
             is
             they
             should
             be
             contemn'd
             and
             thought
             Ridiculous
             .
             How
             easily
             do
             
               Passion
               ,
               Aversion
               ,
               Interest
               ,
               Education
            
             here
             insensibly
             steal
             in
             ?
             And
             when
             these
             influence
             the
             Pencil
             ,
             there
             never
             wants
             any
             thing
             of
             Deformity
             or
             Monster
             ,
             that
             's
             requisite
             to
             make
             the
             Bugbear
             out
             ▪
             'T
             is
             advisable
             therefore
             here
             ,
             that
             Preachers
             be
             watchful
             that
             none
             of
             These
             stand
             at
             the
             Elbow
             while
             they
             are
             laying
             on
             the
             Colours
             :
             That
             they
             abstain
             from
             all
             indirect
             and
             unjustifiable
             Methods
             ,
             while
             they
             are
             exposing
             their
             Neighbor
             :
             That
             they
             
             describe
             not
             the
             Doctrins
             of
             a
             Church
             from
             the
             Opinions
             of
             
               Private
               Authors
            
             ,
             from
             the
             Extravagances
             of
             some
             Professors
             ,
             from
             the
             
               Loose
               Practices
            
             of
             others
             :
             That
             they
             take
             not
             every
             thing
             by
             the
             
               Wrong
               Handle
            
             ;
             give
             not
             out
             their
             own
             
               wrested
               Interpretations
               ,
               horrid
               Misconstructions
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             especially
             that
             they
             give
             not
             too
             much
             Rope
             to
             their
             
               Inferring
               Faculty
            
             .
             This
             one
             thing
             of
             
               Drawing
               Consequences
            
             ,
             is
             enough
             to
             ruin
             the
             soundest
             Reputation
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             not
             any
             Church
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Profession
             or
             Persuasion
             ,
             of
             all
             that
             call
             themselves
             Christians
             that
             is
             so
             securely
             fenc'd
             ,
             but
             may
             be
             soon
             made
             as
             deform'd
             as
             Turcism
             by
             this
             single
             Artifice
             ,
             All
             these
             sinister
             Ways
             are
             therefore
             to
             be
             avoided
             ,
             especially
             in
             Pulpits
             ;
             for
             no
             Character
             can
             be
             Just
             where
             these
             are
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             I
             instance
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             the
             Papists
             :
             If
             any
             one
             to
             discourage
             his
             Auditory
             from
             looking
             that
             way
             ,
             should
             call
             in
             any
             of
             these
             Auxiliaries
             to
             his
             Assistance
             and
             thus
             describe
             Them
             or
             their
             
               Religion
               ,
               viz.
            
             
          
           
             Their
             different
             Orders
             of
             Religion
             amongst
             
             them
             ,
             are
             neither
             better
             nor
             worse
             than
             so
             many
             Sects
             and
             several
             Casts
             of
             Religion
             ;
             only
             they
             have
             that
             advantage
             in
             managing
             their
             Divisions
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             not
             ,
             to
             pack
             up
             their
             Fanatics
             in
             Convents
             and
             Cloisters
             ,
             and
             so
             bring
             them
             under
             some
             kind
             of
             Rule
             and
             Government
             .
          
           
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             In
             the
             Roman
             Church
             it
             
               (
               the
               Sacrament
            
             )
             
             must
             now
             be
             no
             longer
             a
             Representative
             ,
             but
             a
             Real
             Propitiatory
             Sacrifice
             for
             the
             Living
             and
             for
             the
             Dead
             ;
             and
             Christ's
             Natural
             Body
             must
             be
             brought
             down
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             a
             thousand
             Altars
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             there
             Really
             broken
             and
             offer'd
             up
             again
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             his
             Blood
             actually
             spilt
             a
             thousand
             times
             every
             day
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Popery
             is
             the
             worst
             Religion
             ,
             or
             
             Pretended
             Religion
             in
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             for
             she
             puts
             out
             the
             Understandings
             of
             those
             of
             her
             own
             Communion
             ,
             and
             tears
             out
             the
             Hearts
             of
             all
             others
             :
             whom
             she
             cannot
             deceive
             ,
             she
             will
             destroy
             .
             Upon
             which
             account
             she
             is
             the
             Common
             Enemy
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             of
             us
             in
             particular
             ,
             whom
             she
             has
             threatned
             with
             Extirpation
             .
             —
             It
             would
             be
             endless
             to
             rip
             up
             the
             absurdity
             of
             
               Auricular
               Confession
            
             ,
             where
             a
             Man
             unlades
             himself
             of
             all
             his
             Sins
             ,
             by
             whispering
             them
             into
             Priests
             Ears
             .
             —
             Of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             where
             Men
             must
             renounce
             all
             their
             Five
             Senses
             at
             once
             .
             —
             The
             Doctrin
             of
             the
             Pope's
             Infallibility
             keeps
             a
             good
             decorum
             with
             the
             rest
             .
             For
             tho'
             he
             has
             by
             his
             Authority
             spread
             those
             false
             and
             
             absurd
             Doctrins
             over
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             tho
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             unreasonable
             ;
             yet
             they
             are
             really
             true
             ,
             because
             he
             that
             delivers
             them
             is
             out
             of
             a
             possibility
             of
             Erring
             ;
             he
             alone
             cannot
             Err
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             ,
             without
             some
             of
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             cannot
             but
             Err.
             But
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             one
             single
             Man
             in
             the
             World
             is
             more
             than
             a
             Man
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             less
             than
             Men
             ;
             That
             if
             he
             place
             himself
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             he
             cannot
             Err
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             ,
             and
             that
             others
             lie
             under
             as
             Fatal
             a
             Necessity
             of
             Erring
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             left
             to
             themselves
             ,
             without
             his
             Guidance
             and
             Direction
             ,
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             She
             professedly
             edifies
             the
             People
             
             in
             Ignorance
             ,
             by
             Praying
             and
             Prophesying
             in
             an
             unknown
             Tongue
             ;
             She
             makes
             no
             other
             use
             or
             account
             of
             Confession
             ,
             than
             what
             professed
             Drunkards
             do
             of
             Vomiting
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             It
             is
             still
             more
             detestable
             in
             the
             
             Practice
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             a
             Beadrol
             of
             Saints
             shall
             be
             Invoked
             by
             a
             Rabble
             of
             Worshippers
             in
             a
             solemn
             Procession
             ,
             as
             if
             neither
             they
             nor
             God
             could
             be
             prevail'd
             upon
             without
             abundance
             of
             Importunity
             or
             Clamor
             .
             —
             It
             is
             much
             less
             lawful
             to
             pay
             our
             Devotions
             to
             any
             Saints
             departed
             ,
             
             however
             Pious
             and
             Exemplary
             they
             may
             have
             been
             ;
             and
             much
             less
             to
             those
             that
             have
             been
             Canoniz'd
             for
             Mony
             or
             for
             Treason
             ,
             and
             owe
             their
             Saintship
             to
             their
             Friends
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             ,
             which
             is
             still
             more
             horrid
             and
             detestable
             ,
             to
             their
             Crimes
             and
             Villanies
             on
             the
             other
             ;
             who
             are
             prefer'd
             to
             Heaven
             for
             disturbing
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             mounted
             into
             the
             blessed
             Regions
             of
             Light
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Love
             ,
             as
             a
             Reward
             of
             Strife
             ,
             Disobedience
             ,
             Hatred
             and
             Contention
             ,
             and
             every
             evil
             Work.
             —
             Neither
             is
             it
             sufficient
             to
             say
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             that
             his
             
               (
               God's
            
             )
             Substance
             being
             invisible
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             discern'd
             by
             Mortal
             Eyes
             ,
             or
             Human
             Senses
             ,
             there
             is
             therefore
             need
             of
             a
             sensible
             Memorandum
             ,
             altho'
             the
             Worship
             be
             terminated
             in
             Himself
             ;
             for
             at
             this
             rate
             all
             the
             Idolatry
             of
             the
             Heathen
             World
             may
             be
             excus'd
             ;
             for
             no
             Man
             is
             so
             sensless
             to
             believe
             their
             Worship
             was
             terminated
             in
             a
             Stick
             or
             Stone
             ,
             at
             least
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             without
             very
             good
             Proof
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             could
             be
             prov'd
             ,
             yet
             even
             this
             would
             be
             parallel'd
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             where
             they
             Pray
             
               (
               p.
            
             26.
             )
             to
             the
             Crucifix
             of
             Wood
             or
             Stone
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             to
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             and
             attribute
             as
             
             much
             Satisfaction
             and
             Expiation
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             to
             the
             Blood
             of
             their
             Crucifi'd
             Redeemer
             ,
             as
             appears
             undeniably
             from
             the
             Romish
             Missals
             ,
             which
             are
             extant
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             may
             at
             any
             time
             be
             produc'd
             against
             them
             .
             —
             God
             do's
             not
             expect
             
               (
               p.
            
             ●0
             .
             )
             that
             we
             should
             make
             a
             particular
             Confession
             of
             our
             Sins
             to
             Men
             ,
             the
             consequence
             of
             which
             is
             only
             to
             make
             our selves
             uneasie
             in
             the
             Company
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             we
             have
             Confess'd
             ,
             to
             run
             an
             apparent
             hazard
             of
             being
             undone
             in
             many
             Cases
             ,
             by
             Knaves
             for
             Interest
             ;
             or
             by
             Fools
             out
             of
             Levity
             ,
             Inconstancy
             ,
             and
             a
             blabbing
             Humor
             ;
             and
             indeed
             I
             know
             nothing
             it
             can
             be
             good
             for
             ,
             but
             to
             let
             Men
             ,
             that
             have
             nothing
             to
             do
             ,
             to
             pry
             into
             such
             Matters
             ,
             into
             the
             Secrets
             of
             Families
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             our selves
             perfectly
             at
             the
             Mercy
             of
             a
             Priest
             ,
             who
             will
             sometimes
             be
             treacherous
             as
             well
             as
             other
             Men
             ;
             besides
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             keeping
             up
             a
             wholsom
             Discipline
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             way
             to
             corrupt
             it
             ,
             and
             tends
             to
             the
             debauching
             both
             Laity
             and
             ●l●rgy
             ,
             in
             as
             many
             ways
             as
             there
             are
             Sins
             to
             be
             committed
             ,
             when
             the
             Confession
             and
             the
             Penitent
             begin
             to
             discover
             and
             understand
             one
             another
             .
          
           
           
             
               Or
               tbus
            
             .
             They
             have
             all
             along
             consecrated
             their
             devilish
             Practices
             by
             these
             glorious
             
             Names
             .
             The
             Churches
             Interest
             is
             the
             Center
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             their
             Consciences
             turn
             upon
             the
             same
             Pin
             ;
             That
             every
             thing
             is
             Pious
             ,
             Conscientious
             and
             Meritorious
             ,
             that
             makes
             for
             the
             Cause
             ;
             and
             there
             's
             no
             Sin
             with
             them
             like
             Ill-luck
             and
             Miscarriage
             —
             The
             supernumerary
             Articles
             of
             the
             Trent
             Conventicle
             ,
             have
             almost
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             Plot
             in
             them
             ,
             either
             to
             destroy
             others
             ,
             or
             advance
             themselves
             .
             But
             their
             Politic
             Creed
             ,
             wich
             serves
             to
             keep
             up
             the
             State
             and
             Grandeur
             of
             Holy
             Church
             ,
             is
             most
             fatally
             pernicious
             ,
             tending
             to
             the
             Subversion
             of
             all
             Christian
             Monarchs
             in
             the
             World
             :
             The
             Articles
             whereof
             are
             such
             as
             these
             .
             —
             That
             the
             King
             is
             the
             Pope's
             or
             the
             Peoples
             Creature
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             indifferent
             to
             their
             great
             Machiavils
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             whose
             he
             is
             ,
             so
             he
             do
             but
             belong
             to
             either
             ;
             Take
             him
             whole
             ,
             or
             divide
             him
             ,
             or
             how
             you
             please
             ,
             so
             that
             God
             ,
             to
             whom
             alone
             he
             belongs
             and
             is
             accountable
             ,
             may
             have
             the
             least
             share
             in
             him
             .
             —
             If
             the
             People
             contend
             to
             have
             him
             all
             to
             themselves
             ,
             the
             
             Jesuit's
             a
             fair
             Chapman
             ,
             and
             will
             rather
             
             give
             up
             the
             Spiritual
             Interest
             of
             the
             Chair
             ,
             than
             dispute
             it
             .
             That
             if
             the
             People
             do
             but
             Depose
             him
             ,
             
               (
               p.
            
             17.
             )
             be
             it
             for
             Tyranny
             ,
             be
             it
             for
             Heresie
             ,
             nay
             ,
             be
             it
             for
             Popery
             ,
             or
             Suspicion
             of
             Popery
             ,
             do
             but
             Depose
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             contented
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Whatever
             Doctrin
             gives
             licence
             
             to
             Sin
             ,
             must
             needs
             proceed
             from
             the
             Devil
             .
             —
             Yet
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             such
             Doctrins
             as
             these
             are
             solemnly
             constituted
             as
             Essential
             Parts
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             impos'd
             upon
             the
             Christian
             World
             with
             the
             same
             Authority
             as
             the
             most
             Fundamental
             Articles
             of
             the
             Christan
             Faith.
             
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Would
             we
             but
             change
             our
             Scripture
             into
             Legends
             ,
             our
             Service
             into
             a
             Mass-Book
             ,
             
             our
             Prayers
             into
             Beads
             ,
             our
             Sacraments
             into
             Shows
             ,
             our
             Priests
             into
             Puppets
             ;
             would
             we
             Communicate
             in
             one
             Kind
             ,
             Read
             Prayers
             in
             an
             unknown
             Tongue
             ,
             Adore
             the
             Pope
             little
             less
             than
             we
             do
             God
             ,
             Preach
             Purgatory
             instead
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             sell
             Masses
             for
             a
             Groat
             ,
             bestow
             Indulgences
             and
             Absolutions
             to
             the
             worst
             of
             Men.
             —
             Tho'
             instead
             of
             Scripture
             we
             set
             up
             rotten
             Tradition
             ;
             Tho'
             instead
             of
             Faith
             we
             Preach
             up
             Faction
             ;
             
             Tho'
             instead
             of
             Obedience
             we
             became
             guilty
             of
             Treason
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             should
             we
             murther
             Princes
             ,
             and
             prove
             false
             and
             deceitful
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             yet
             
               Euge
               bone
               serve
            
             ,
             all
             would
             be
             well
             ,
             and
             we
             in
             an
             instant
             thought
             worthy
             of
             a
             better
             Kingdom
             
               by
               the
               Papists
               .
            
             —
             If
             they
             
               (
               Jesuits
            
             )
             cannot
             peaceably
             compass
             the
             same
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             do
             it
             by
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             Halter
             or
             Poyson
             ,
             never
             minding
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             the
             Means
             ,
             provided
             the
             Thing
             be
             but
             done
             .
             —
             I
             confess
             ,
             I
             should
             admire
             their
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             applaud
             their
             Order
             ;
             but
             since
             one
             of
             them
             must
             go
             with
             Dagger
             in
             his
             Hand
             ,
             another
             with
             a
             Pistol
             ,
             a
             third
             with
             a
             Bowl
             of
             Poyson
             ,
             (
             most
             of
             them
             with
             one
             Mischief
             or
             other
             )
             to
             murder
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             massacre
             the
             People
             ,
             to
             breed
             Confusions
             ,
             and
             unhinge
             the
             Government
             ,
             to
             destroy
             Religion
             ,
             and
             plant
             Idolatry
             ;
             I
             cannot
             but
             utterly
             quarrel
             and
             blame
             their
             Zeal
             ;
             and
             yet
             no
             Pharisee
             ever
             
             compass'd
             Sea
             and
             Land
             like
             them
             :
             No
             Difficulties
             scare
             them
             ,
             no
             Improbabilities
             amaze
             them
             ,
             no
             Dangers
             repel
             them
             :
             
               Tu
               Regina
               jube
            
             ;
             Let
             but
             the
             Pope
             (
             He
             or
             She
             )
             command
             them
             ,
             and
             away
             they
             go
             with
             as
             much
             alacrity
             and
             readiness
             ,
             as
             the
             Evil
             Spirit
             
             to
             persuade
             A●ab
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             go
             up
             and
             fall
             at
             
               Ramoth
               gilead
            
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             There
             is
             great
             boast
             made
             of
             Alms
             in
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             they
             sound
             the
             
             Trumpet
             of
             them
             perpetually
             in
             our
             Ears
             .
             But
             what
             is
             the
             End
             to
             which
             a
             great
             part
             of
             this
             Charity
             tendeth
             ?
             —
             The
             Scope
             they
             too
             often
             vainly
             aim
             it
             ,
             is
             the
             Blessing
             of
             a
             presumed
             Saint
             ,
             who
             is
             ignorant
             of
             them
             ;
             Security
             from
             the
             External
             force
             of
             Evil
             Spirits
             ,
             by
             the
             Charms
             and
             Spells
             of
             Monkish
             Conjuration
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             Ecclesiastic
             Magic
             ,
             which
             those
             very
             Spirits
             invent
             and
             encourage
             —
             Nay
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             Scope
             is
             that
             very
             wicked
             one
             of
             Compounding
             with
             Heaven
             by
             their
             liberal
             Alms
             ,
             for
             their
             unforsaken
             Sins
             .
             And
             here
             in
             this
             Nation
             (
             whilst
             the
             Island
             was
             enchanted
             with
             Popery
             )
             there
             were
             granted
             Indulgences
             ever
             for
             what
             they
             call
             
               Deadly
               Sins
            
             ,
             for
             many
             thousand
             Years
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             A
             Jesuit
             being
             once
             ask'd
             ,
             What
             
             Ways
             and
             Means
             the
             Papists
             design'd
             to
             take
             for
             the
             introducing
             their
             Religion
             into
             England
             ?
             Gave
             this
             Reply
             .
             
               —
               We
               intended
               at
               first
               to
               do
               it
               either
               by
               persuading
               and
               convincing
               the
               People
               with
               strength
               of
               Reason
               and
               Argument
            
             ;
             
             
               but
               because
               these
               have
               prov'd
               so
               often
               vain
               ,
               therefore
               of
               late
               Years
               we
               have
               pitch'd
               upon
               two
               new
               Methods
               and
               Resolutions
               .
               The
               one
               is
               to
               debauch
               and
               vitiate
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               them
               off
               by
               degrees
               from
               all
               Sense
               ,
               and
               Care
               ,
               and
               Kindness
               for
               Religion
               ;
               which
               is
               easily
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               by
               representing
               to
               them
               a
               Sinful
               ,
               Pleasurable
               Life
               ,
               both
               Lawful
               and
               Safe
               .
               The
               other
               is
               to
               divide
               the
               Commons
               into
               several
               Sects
               .
               —
            
             Now
             how
             far
             the
             Papists
             have
             thriven
             in
             these
             Designs
             ,
             I
             shall
             leave
             to
             the
             Judgment
             and
             Determination
             of
             every
             sober
             and
             unprejudic'd
             Reader
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             For
             maintenance
             whereof
             
               (
               their
            
             
             
               Prelatical
               Pride
               and
               Rapacity
            
             )
             all
             their
             Pious
             Frauds
             and
             Cheats
             ,
             all
             their
             Lying
             Miracles
             ,
             Indulgences
             ,
             Purgatories
             ,
             Limbusses
             ,
             Crosses
             ,
             Images
             ,
             —
             Fopperies
             ,
             Plots
             ,
             and
             Sham-plots
             are
             calculated
             ,
             design'd
             and
             contriv'd
             .
             I
             do
             not
             think
             that
             every
             silly
             Papist
             knows
             these
             things
             ;
             for
             they
             (
             poor
             Puppets
             )
             dance
             ,
             creep
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             cringe
             ,
             bow
             ,
             drop
             Beads
             ,
             Cross
             themselves
             ,
             sprinkle
             themselves
             with
             Holy-Water
             ,
             mumble
             their
             Aves
             ,
             and
             shew
             Tricks
             ,
             as
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Puppet-Play
             ,
             with
             Wires
             (
             within
             the
             Curtain
             )
             actuate
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             Frisk
             so
             ridiculously
             ,
             Curvet
             ,
             and
             shew
             
             
             such
             Gambols
             in
             Religion
             ,
             especially
             at
             Processions
             (
             which
             I
             have
             seen
             in
             Portugal
             )
             that
             the
             soberest
             Countenance
             cannot
             forbear
             a
             Smile
             ,
             mixt
             with
             Pity
             .
             But
             there
             's
             never
             a
             Jesuit
             amongst
             them
             ,
             Pope
             nor
             Cardinal
             ,
             but
             knows
             that
             I
             here
             write
             God's
             Truth
             ,
             and
             cannot
             forbear
             Laughing
             among
             themselves
             at
             these
             Frauds
             ;
             only
             they
             Sanctifie
             these
             Cheats
             with
             a
             mollifying
             Epithet
             ,
             calling
             them
             
               Pious
               Frauds
            
             .
          
           
             They
             hold
             
               (
               p.
            
             33.
             )
             that
             the
             Pope
             is
             
               Alter
               Deus
               in
               terra
            
             ,
             God
             upon
             Earth
             ;
             And
             others
             say
             ,
             
               Christus
               in
               Coelo
               praesidet
               ,
               Papa
               in
               terris
               residet
            
             ;
             Christ
             is
             Prince
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             Pope
             on
             Earth
             .
             Nay
             ,
             their
             Hebrew
             Gloss
             upon
             Deut.
             17.
             11.
             says
             ,
             
               Si
               dixerint
               tibi
               quod
               Dextra
               sit
               Sinistra
               ;
               talis
               Sententia
               tenenda
               est
               .
            
             If
             they
             (
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             Emissaries
             )
             tell
             thee
             ,
             that
             thy
             Right-hand
             is
             thy
             Left-hand
             ,
             or
             thy
             Left-hand
             is
             thy
             Right-hand
             ,
             yet
             you
             ought
             to
             believe
             them
             ,
             and
             be
             of
             that
             opinion
             .
             Another
             says
             ,
             
               Sit
               ergo
               Domina
               nostra
               Roma
               Baculus
               in
               aqua
               fractus
               ,
               absit
               tamen
               ut
               crederem
               ,
               quod
               viderim
            
             ;
             Let
             our
             Mistriss
             Rome
             be
             a
             Stick
             that
             in
             the
             Water
             seems
             crooked
             ,
             yet
             God
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             believe
             my
             own
             
             Eyes
             .
             —
             No
             Man
             therefore
             (
             I
             say
             )
             can
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
             but
             he
             whose
             Eyes
             are
             blinded
             by
             Education
             ,
             or
             he
             who
             puts
             his
             own
             Eyes
             out
             by
             Atheism
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             This
             Council
             
               (
               of
               Trent
            
             )
             expresseth
             
             its
             allowance
             of
             Picturing
             the
             Divinity
             it self
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             Pictures
             of
             the
             Blessed
             Trinity
             ,
             (
             Oh
             hateful
             Sight
             !
             )
             are
             ordinarily
             to
             be
             beheld
             in
             Popish
             Churches
             .
             —
             Nay
             they
             Pray
             unto
             them
             
               (
               Images
            
             )
             not
             only
             for
             Temporal
             or
             Ordinary
             Blessings
             ,
             but
             for
             Spiritual
             and
             Supernatural
             ,
             such
             as
             the
             Pardon
             of
             their
             Sins
             .
          
           
             What
             think
             you
             of
             their
             Doctrin
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ?
             This
             is
             the
             most
             prodigiously
             contradictious
             ,
             Doctrin
             ,
             that
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             say
             ,
             the
             Wit
             ,
             but
             the
             Madness
             of
             Men
             can
             possibly
             invent
             ;
             't
             is
             a
             most
             wonderful
             complication
             of
             most
             horrid
             Contradictions
             ,
             and
             absolute
             Impossibilities
             .
             But
             this
             is
             not
             the
             worst
             of
             it
             ;
             it
             is
             also
             the
             Foundation
             of
             so
             Gross
             and
             Foul
             Idolatry
             ,
             as
             is
             scarcely
             to
             be
             nam'd
             among
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             or
             to
             be
             found
             parallel'd
             
             in
             Peruvia
             it self
             ,
             or
             the
             most
             Barbarous
             Parts
             of
             
               India
               .
            
             —
             Here
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             are
             Worshipped
             by
             them
             ,
             not
             as
             Representations
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             as
             God
             himself
             .
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             to
             their
             Doctrin
             of
             
               Purgatory
               ?
            
             —
             By
             this
             Doctrin
             the
             poor
             People
             are
             brought
             into
             a
             most
             slavish
             State
             ;
             by
             the
             means
             hereof
             their
             merciless
             Tyrants
             the
             Priests
             hale
             them
             into
             worse
             than
             an
             Egyptian
             Bondage
             ;
             who
             instead
             of
             enjoyning
             them
             the
             most
             Reasonable
             Duties
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             Precepts
             of
             their
             Saviour
             oblige
             them
             ,
             and
             which
             are
             most
             admirably
             adapted
             to
             the
             cleansing
             of
             their
             Natures
             ,
             &c.
             impose
             upon
             them
             a
             great
             number
             of
             ridiculous
             Services
             of
             their
             own
             Invention
             .
             —
             And
             as
             this
             Doctrin
             of
             theirs
             is
             groundless
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             as
             wicked
             ;
             it
             being
             a
             most
             vile
             Affront
             to
             the
             Merits
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             :
             For
             in
             order
             to
             the
             establishing
             of
             this
             Doctrin
             they
             teach
             ,
             that
             the
             Passion
             of
             Christ
             takes
             away
             only
             the
             Gullt
             of
             Mortal
             Sins
             ,
             
               (
               p.
            
             19.
             )
             not
             their
             Eternal
             Punishment
             ;
             which
             is
             as
             Nonsensical
             ,
             as
             False
             and
             Impious
             .
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             to
             their
             well-known
             Doctrin
             
             of
             the
             Non-necessity
             of
             Repentance
             before
             the
             imminent
             point
             of
             Death
             ?
             —
             What
             say
             you
             to
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             
               Opus
               operatum
            
             ?
             which
             makes
             the
             meer
             Work
             done
             in
             all
             Acts
             of
             Devotion
             ,
             sufficient
             to
             Divine
             Acceptance
             :
             particularly
             the
             bare
             Saying
             of
             Prayers
             ,
             without
             either
             minding
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             or
             understanding
             it
             :
             and
             agreeably
             hereunto
             ,
             the
             Romish
             Church
             enjoyns
             the
             saying
             of
             them
             in
             a
             Language
             unknown
             to
             the
             generality
             of
             her
             Children
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             He
             
               (
               the
               Pope
            
             )
             takes
             out
             of
             their
             Hands
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Gift
             
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             —
             And
             instead
             of
             it
             puts
             a
             Legend
             ;
             For
             the
             Word
             of
             Life
             and
             Truth
             ,
             undeniable
             fabulous
             Traditions
             ;
             For
             Bread
             ,
             a
             Stone
             ;
             For
             Fish
             ,
             a
             Serpent
             .
             —
             He
             takes
             from
             them
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Prayers
             offer'd
             in
             their
             Name
             ,
             and
             lets
             them
             not
             understand
             their
             own
             Desires
             .
             So
             are
             the
             People
             to
             appear
             before
             God
             dumb
             and
             sensless
             ,
             like
             one
             of
             their
             Idols
             .
             All
             is
             to
             be
             referr'd
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
             the
             Pardon
             of
             their
             Sins
             is
             to
             depend
             on
             his
             Discretion
             .
             —
             That
             Princes
             may
             not
             complain
             of
             Respect
             of
             Persons
             ,
             they
             Absolve
             in
             some
             Cases
             from
             the
             
             Obedience
             of
             God
             himself
             ;
             and
             avowedly
             allow
             what
             he
             as
             positively
             forbids
             :
             authorize
             Incestuous
             Conjunctions
             ,
             and
             licence
             Perjury
             ,
             
               O
               monstrum
               horrendum
            
             !
             Pass
             Pardons
             for
             all
             Sins
             committed
             against
             the
             Divine
             Majesty
             .
             —
             They
             give
             Divine
             Honor
             to
             Bread
             ;
             which
             they
             call
             
               (
               p.
            
             18.
             )
             a
             God
             :
             and
             to
             an
             Image
             ;
             which
             to
             the
             Eye
             they
             might
             better
             Transubstantiate
             :
             And
             to
             cover
             their
             Idolatry
             ,
             they
             commit
             Sacrilege
             ,
             steal
             away
             one
             of
             the
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             
               Index
               Expurgatorius
            
             blot
             the
             two
             Tables
             themselves
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Tho'
             they
             
               (
               the
               Papists
            
             )
             have
             nothing
             
             of
             good
             Works
             at
             all
             ;
             nay
             ,
             tho'
             they
             be
             guilty
             of
             very
             great
             Immoralities
             ,
             yet
             ,
             if
             they
             Confess
             to
             a
             Priest
             ,
             and
             receive
             Absolution
             (
             which
             may
             be
             had
             at
             an
             easie
             rate
             )
             they
             are
             then
             declar'd
             as
             Innocent
             as
             the
             Child
             that
             is
             new
             born
             —
             Nor
             is
             it
             necessary
             to
             this
             Absolution
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             Contrite
             ,
             or
             heartily
             Sorry
             ;
             for
             Attrition
             ;
             with
             Auricular
             Confession
             ,
             shall
             pass
             instead
             of
             Contrition
             :
             that
             is
             to
             effect
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             but
             sorry
             for
             the
             Penance
             ,
             tho'
             they
             be
             not
             sorry
             for
             their
             Sin
             ;
             or
             if
             all
             this
             should
             fail
             ,
             't
             is
             but
             
             being
             at
             the
             charge
             of
             an
             Indulgence
             or
             Pope's
             Pardon
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             purchase
             so
             many
             Penyworth
             of
             other
             Mens
             Merits
             ,
             —
             which
             remain
             stor'd
             up
             in
             the
             Church's
             Treasury
             ,
             to
             be
             dispended
             at
             the
             Pope's
             Pleasure
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             will
             give
             so
             much
             Mony
             for
             them
             .
             —
             And
             this
             is
             what
             they
             require
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Commutation
             ,
             instead
             of
             Regeneration
             ,
             Sanctification
             ,
             Holiness
             and
             a
             Godly
             Life
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             We
             must
             not
             use
             any
             unlawful
             or
             indirect
             Means
             .
             —
             This
             is
             the
             most
             pernicious
             
             and
             damnable
             Doctrin
             of
             Rome
             ,
             tho'
             not
             always
             publicly
             own'd
             ,
             yet
             greedily
             swallow'd
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             prov'd
             sufficiently
             from
             their
             unwearied
             Practices
             ;
             that
             in
             order
             to
             the
             propagation
             of
             their
             Faith
             or
             Church
             ,
             any
             thing
             ,
             every
             thing
             becomes
             lawful
             ;
             Killing
             and
             Massacring
             no
             Murder
             ,
             Lying
             and
             Perjury
             no
             Sin
             or
             Injury
             :
             that
             so
             good
             and
             great
             an
             End
             will
             Sanctifie
             all
             Actions
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             For
             
               Auricular
               Confession
            
             ,
             their
             great
             Intelligencer
             and
             Lieger-Nuncio
             ,
             the
             main
             
             Curb
             of
             the
             Laity
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Clergy
             hold
             them
             in
             awe
             ,
             in
             being
             admitted
             to
             all
             the
             Secrets
             of
             States
             and
             Families
             ,
             thereby
             to
             work
             their
             Purposes
             ,
             their
             Plots
             and
             Projects
             ;
             
             and
             should
             that
             go
             down
             ,
             then
             farewel
             Popery
             .
             —
             These
             and
             many
             other
             Doctrins
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             ,
             are
             Matters
             of
             meer
             Interest
             and
             Advantage
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             were
             no
             Gain
             to
             be
             reap'd
             from
             them
             ,
             their
             chiefest
             Champions
             would
             be
             asham'd
             of
             them
             .
             To
             these
             we
             may
             add
             many
             other
             Inventions
             of
             that
             Church
             ;
             as
             Ignorance
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             their
             Devotion
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             vow
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             severest
             Penalties
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             is
             a
             Mortal
             Sin
             so
             much
             as
             to
             doubt
             of
             any
             part
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             And
             this
             is
             their
             Children's
             Play
             ,
             to
             blind-fold
             Men
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             beat
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             Religion
             ,
             whose
             avow'd
             
             Principles
             ,
             are
             to
             keep
             the
             People
             in
             Ignorance
             as
             much
             as
             they
             can
             ;
             for
             with
             them
             Ignorance
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             Devotion
             .
             —
             It
             is
             a
             Religion
             ,
             in
             which
             you
             are
             so
             far
             from
             being
             permitted
             to
             try
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             hold
             to
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Apostle's
             Command
             ,
             that
             you
             must
             wholly
             submit
             your
             Reason
             and
             Understanding
             to
             the
             Dictates
             of
             an
             Infallible
             Judge
             ,
             even
             so
             far
             (
             if
             one
             of
             their
             greatest
             Authors
             say
             true
             )
             to
             be
             bound
             to
             believe
             Vertue
             to
             be
             Bad
             ,
             and
             
             Vice
             to
             be
             Good
             ,
             if
             it
             shall
             please
             his
             Holiness
             to
             say
             so
             .
             —
             It
             is
             a
             Religion
             that
             will
             bring
             you
             back
             to
             the
             old
             Paganish
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             which
             is
             as
             near
             it
             as
             can
             be
             .
             —
             Nay
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Religion
             ,
             that
             will
             engage
             you
             in
             a
             more
             unnatural
             Idolatry
             ,
             than
             ever
             the
             Pagans
             were
             guilty
             of
             ,
             &c.
             —
             All
             these
             things
             put
             together
             ,
             may
             perhaps
             rid
             you
             of
             a
             great
             many
             Uneasinesses
             and
             Scruples
             ,
             and
             Pangs
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             with
             which
             you
             might
             
               (
               p.
            
             32.
             )
             otherwise
             be
             troubled
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             not
             be
             so
             easily
             cur'd
             in
             the
             Way
             that
             you
             are
             now
             in
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             Would
             the
             Doctors
             go
             to
             School
             again
             ?
             A
             School
             where
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             
             better
             Manners
             ,
             than
             to
             rely
             upon
             the
             all-sufficient
             Merits
             of
             their
             Saviour
             ;
             than
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             any
             other
             Power
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Pope
             .
             And
             in
             order
             thereunto
             ,
             they
             must
             learn
             a
             new
             Lesson
             ,
             to
             live
             a
             Single
             Life
             ,
             (
             whether
             they
             can
             do
             it
             honestly
             or
             no
             ,
             it
             makes
             no
             matter
             )
             for
             fear
             lest
             having
             Wives
             and
             Children
             ,
             they
             should
             give
             the
             State
             Security
             of
             their
             Obedience
             to
             their
             undoubted
             and
             lawful
             Sovereign
             .
          
           
           
             If
             any
             Preachers
             (
             I
             say
             )
             in
             hopes
             to
             discourage
             their
             Flocks
             from
             looking
             towards
             Popery
             ,
             should
             make
             use
             of
             these
             or
             such
             like
             Dissuasives
             ,
             't
             would
             be
             a
             severe
             Reflection
             upon
             their
             Reputation
             ,
             upon
             their
             Charity
             ,
             upon
             their
             Prudence
             ,
             upon
             their
             Sincerity
             ,
             with
             most
             Sober
             and
             Thinking
             Men.
             For
             who
             is
             there
             ,
             that
             would
             not
             discover
             these
             to
             be
             Invectives
             and
             Satyrs
             ,
             instead
             of
             Sermons
             and
             the
             delivery
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
             How
             much
             Heat
             and
             Passion
             do's
             appear
             in
             them
             at
             first
             sight
             ?
             How
             do
             they
             seem
             drench'd
             in
             Choler
             and
             Gall
             ?
             And
             what
             satisfaction
             can
             it
             be
             to
             a
             Christian
             Congregation
             ,
             to
             see
             their
             Directors
             thus
             hurry'd
             away
             into
             all
             the
             Extravagances
             of
             an
             exasperated
             Mind
             ,
             and
             laboring
             to
             blow
             up
             their
             Flock
             to
             the
             same
             degree
             of
             Animosity
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             as
             Furious
             as
             themselves
             ?
             'T
             is
             certain
             ,
             Anger
             and
             Passion
             never
             look
             so
             ill
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Pulpit
             :
             and
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             chiefest
             care
             of
             a
             Preacher
             ,
             to
             shake
             of
             those
             Weaknesses
             before
             he
             gets
             up
             into
             that
             Chair
             .
             For
             if
             once
             Men
             come
             to
             take
             the
             Bible
             in
             Hand
             ,
             as
             others
             do
             the
             Sword
             ,
             with
             a
             Mind
             embitter'd
             and
             gall'd
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             if
             they
             strike
             blindly
             ;
             no
             wonder
             if
             they
             do
             more
             than
             is
             warrantable
             ,
             and
             if
             for
             the
             working
             their
             Ends
             ,
             they
             at
             last
             seem
             to
             st●er
             by
             that
             Principle
             of
             
               Dolus
               an
               Virtus
               ,
               quis
               in
               hoste
               requirit
               ?
            
             No
             question
             't
             was
             the
             ill
             Effects
             of
             this
             kind
             of
             
               Holding
               forth
               ,
               Luther
            
             discover'd
             in
             his
             Days
             ,
             when
             he
             complain'd
             ,
             The
             
             
               World
               grows
               every
               day
               worse
               ;
               Men
               are
               now
               more
               Revengeful
               ,
               Covetous
               and
               Licentious
               ,
               than
               they
               were
               ever
               in
               the
               Papacy
               .
            
             And
             upon
             the
             same
             score
             ,
             no
             question
             ,
             Erasmus
             made
             this
             Challenge
             ;
             
               Bring
               forth
            
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               but
               One
               ,
               whom
               this
            
             (
             Reform'd
             )
             
               Gospel
               has
            
             
             
             
               made
               Sober
               ,
               Gentle
               ,
               Meek
               ,
               Modest
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               shew
               you
               many
               ,
               that
               by
               it
               are
               made
               Worse
               than
               they
               were
               before
               .
            
             And
             a
             little
             after
             :
             
               Truly
               it
               never
               happen'd
               to
               me
               ,
               to
               know
               any
               one
               Man
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               the
               Worse
               for
               this
               kind
               of
               Gospelling
               .
            
          
           
             And
             indeed
             ,
             what
             better
             Fruit
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             such
             kind
             of
             Preaching
             as
             this
             ?
             When
             the
             Guides
             go
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             ,
             ten
             thousand
             to
             one
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             under
             their
             Conduct
             ,
             will
             keep
             'em
             Company
             in
             all
             their
             Extravagances
             .
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             ,
             that
             the
             Congregation
             should
             come
             out
             Meek
             and
             Sober
             ,
             when
             Those
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             have
             been
             for
             a
             whole
             Hour
             beating
             an
             Alarm
             to
             them
             upon
             their
             Cushions
             ,
             and
             sounding
             to
             Battel
             ?
             How
             should
             they
             be
             otherwise
             than
             Furious
             and
             Revengeful
             ,
             when
             so
             much
             Venom
             has
             been
             infus'd
             into
             them
             from
             those
             High-Places
             ?
             'T
             is
             natural
             for
             the
             Sheep
             to
             follow
             their
             Pastors
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             of
             no
             Benefit
             possibly
             to
             be
             reap'd
             from
             such
             Furious
             Invectives
             ;
             but
             only
             such
             as
             the
             Lacedemonians
             intended
             to
             their
             Children
             ,
             when
             they
             shew'd
             'em
             
               Drunken
               Men
            
             ,
             thinking
             there
             could
             be
             no
             more
             powerful
             Argument
             to
             discourage
             them
             from
             being
             in
             love
             with
             that
             Vice
             ,
             than
             to
             let
             'em
             see
             the
             Deformity
             and
             Beastliness
             of
             it
             in
             those
             who
             were
             overtaken
             by
             it
             .
             Such
             as
             this
             indeed
             may
             be
             expected
             from
             these
             Pulpit-Satyrs
             ;
             for
             to
             behold
             ,
             how
             ill
             that
             Railing
             and
             Haffing
             Humor
             looks
             in
             those
             Places
             ,
             is
             Caution
             enough
             to
             any
             reasonable
             Man
             ,
             to
             make
             him
             take
             care
             of
             preventing
             the
             like
             Distempers
             in
             himself
             .
             And
             this
             most
             especially
             ,
             if
             he
             considers
             the
             Manner
             and
             Methods
             by
             which
             these
             work
             .
          
           
           
             For
             such
             kind
             of
             Dissuasives
             as
             These
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             bare
             Dissuasives
             ,
             laying
             down
             solid
             Grounds
             and
             Reasons
             ,
             why
             their
             Flock
             should
             not
             joyn
             with
             such
             a
             Communion
             ;
             But
             they
             are
             made
             up
             of
             Prophane
             Scurrility
             ,
             Unmannerly
             Jeers
             ,
             Spiteful
             Exaggerations
             ,
             Groundless
             Inferences
             ,
             Unworthy
             Charges
             ,
             Empty
             Sophistry
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             Petty
             Artifices
             ,
             which
             Wit
             and
             Malice
             can
             possibly
             invent
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             Adversary
             odious
             .
             And
             what
             can
             be
             more
             odious
             than
             all
             this
             in
             a
             Pulpit
             ?
             To
             see
             a
             Man
             ascend
             into
             that
             Seat
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             with
             a
             Gospel-Gown
             ,
             a
             Gospel-Look
             ;
             and
             the
             Gospel
             in
             his
             Hand
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             has
             taken
             his
             Text
             out
             of
             that
             Sacred
             Volume
             ,
             with
             a
             short
             Preamble
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             immediately
             to
             fall
             to
             Character-making
             ,
             to
             an
             exposing
             of
             his
             Neighbor
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Arguments
             that
             Passion
             and
             Prejudice
             can
             suggest
             to
             him
             ,
             is
             so
             detestable
             an
             Entertainment
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             of
             nothing
             like
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             the
             Jews
             taking
             up
             
             Stones
             in
             the
             Temple
             to
             sling
             at
             Christ
             .
             For
             all
             this
             Declaiming
             is
             really
             nothing
             better
             than
             
               Flinging
               of
               Stones
            
             ,
             't
             is
             to
             knock
             down
             their
             Neighbor
             ,
             and
             break
             his
             Head.
             And
             those
             who
             will
             but
             look
             back
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             many
             Heads
             have
             been
             broken
             by
             these
             kind
             of
             Stones
             slung
             out
             of
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             will
             easily
             be
             of
             my
             mind
             .
             Such
             as
             this
             may
             however
             be
             tolerable
             in
             a
             Rabble
             ,
             who
             are
             suppos'd
             to
             know
             no
             better
             ,
             and
             whose
             Complements
             are
             to
             
               Shout
               ,
               Revile
            
             and
             Abuse
             :
             but
             to
             hear
             this
             from
             Scholars
             ,
             from
             Gown-men
             ,
             from
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             from
             the
             Pulpits
             ,
             is
             a
             most
             Absurd
             Prophanation
             ,
             and
             most
             unworthy
             especially
             of
             those
             who
             pretend
             to
             a
             Reformation
             .
          
           
           
             I
             cannot
             therefore
             but
             advise
             all
             sorts
             of
             Preachers
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             fear
             their
             Congregation
             may
             be
             seiz'd
             with
             Doubts
             ,
             and
             tempted
             to
             leave
             their
             Communion
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             seek
             other
             sorts
             of
             Arguments
             to
             Secure
             and
             Settle
             them
             .
             For
             however
             these
             kind
             of
             Ungentile
             Satyrs
             ,
             may
             perhaps
             rid
             them
             of
             a
             great
             many
             Uneasinesses
             ,
             and
             Scruples
             and
             Pangs
             of
             Conscience
             ;
             yet
             I
             cannot
             think
             the
             Method
             to
             be
             Apostolical
             .
             'T
             would
             certainly
             be
             more
             according
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             Preach
             nothing
             but
             
               Gospel
               Truths
            
             ,
             to
             be
             Meek
             and
             Moderate
             ,
             and
             Peaceable
             ;
             to
             spread
             no
             Calumnies
             ,
             inculcate
             no
             Falsities
             ,
             to
             exaggerate
             nothing
             ,
             to
             Misconstrue
             nothing
             ,
             to
             make
             no
             
               False
               Inferences
            
             ,
             and
             Half-Descriptions
             ;
             and
             as
             not
             to
             encourage
             or
             connive
             at
             Vice
             ,
             so
             neither
             to
             practise
             it
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Preaching
             against
             it
             .
             'T
             is
             very
             Ridiculous
             to
             see
             a
             Man
             doing
             the
             very
             thing
             he
             condemns
             ;
             to
             hear
             a
             Man
             pronouncing
             Sentence
             against
             Equivocating
             and
             Lying
             ,
             with
             an
             Equivocation
             or
             Lie
             in
             his
             Mouth
             :
             To
             hear
             another
             condemning
             Cruelty
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             inspiring
             his
             Auditory
             with
             Blood
             and
             Revenge
             :
             To
             hear
             a
             Third
             reproving
             some
             Principles
             to
             be
             the
             
               Doctrin
               of
               Devils
            
             ,
             with
             such
             Arguments
             ,
             as
             require
             the
             assistance
             of
             a
             Fiend
             at
             the
             Elbow
             .
             These
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             are
             very
             Ridiculous
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             look
             upon
             it
             more
             becoming
             all
             Pretenders
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             to
             avoid
             all
             such
             indirect
             and
             unjust
             Means
             .
             If
             they
             have
             any
             thing
             to
             say
             against
             the
             Doctrins
             or
             Practices
             of
             their
             Neighbors
             ,
             let
             'em
             do
             it
             as
             becomes
             Christians
             .
             Honesty
             and
             Plain-dealing
             are
             commendable
             every
             where
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             all
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ;
             and
             amongst
             
             all
             sorts
             of
             Cheats
             ,
             there
             are
             none
             worse
             than
             the
             Pulpit-Cheat
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Papists
             Religion
             be
             judg'd
             to
             be
             False
             and
             Erroneous
             ,
             the
             way
             to
             shew
             it
             ,
             would
             be
             to
             produce
             their
             Avow'd
             and
             Receiv'd
             Doctrins
             ,
             and
             prove
             them
             to
             be
             contrary
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             ;
             this
             done
             without
             Passion
             and
             
               Indirect
               Means
            
             ,
             would
             not
             be
             unjust
             nor
             so
             offensive
             :
             but
             why
             should
             False
             things
             ,
             and
             such
             Doctrins
             as
             they
             Disavow
             ,
             be
             laid
             to
             their
             Charge
             ?
             Why
             should
             it
             be
             positively
             asserted
             in
             the
             Pulpits
             ,
          
           
             
               1.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 different
                 Orders
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 so
                 many
                 Sects
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 but
                 Fanatics
                 pack'd
                 up
                 in
                 Convents
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Sacrament
                 with
                 them
                 is
                 a
                 Real
                 ,
                 Propitiatory
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 a
                 Representative
                 Sacrifice
                 .
                 And
                 that
                 Christ's
                 Body
                 is
                 really
                 broken
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Blood
                 actually
                 spilt
                 on
                 their
                 Altars
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 That
                 in
                 Transubstantiation
                 they
                 renounce
                 all
                 their
                 Five
                 Senses
                 .
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Pope
                 in
                 his
                 Chair
                 cannot
                 Err
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 others
                 ,
                 without
                 his
                 Assistance
                 ,
                 cannot
                 but
                 Err.
                 
              
            
             
               5.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 Prophesie
                 in
                 an
                 Vnknown
                 Tongue
                 .
              
            
             
               6.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 make
                 no
                 other
                 use
                 of
                 Confession
                 ,
                 than
                 what
                 Profess'd
                 Drunkards
                 do
                 of
                 Vomiting
                 .
              
            
             
               7.
               
               
                 That
                 their
                 Saints
                 are
                 Canoniz'd
                 for
                 Treasons
                 ,
                 detestable
                 Villanies
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Reward
                 of
                 Strife
                 and
                 every
                 Evil
                 Work.
                 
              
            
             
               8.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 Pray
                 to
                 a
                 Crucifix
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 to
                 Christ
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 attribute
                 as
                 much
                 Satisfaction
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Blood
                 of
                 their
                 Redeemer
                 .
              
            
             
               
               9.
               
               
                 That
                 Confession
                 tends
                 to
                 the
                 Debauching
                 both
                 Laity
                 and
                 Clergy
                 .
              
            
             
               10.
               
               
                 That
                 every
                 thing
                 is
                 Meritorious
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 for
                 the
                 Church's
                 Interest
                 .
              
            
             
               11.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 change
                 Scripture
                 into
                 Legends
                 ,
                 the
                 Sacraments
                 into
                 Shews
                 ,
                 Preach
                 Purgatory
                 instead
                 of
                 Repentance
                 ,
                 and
                 Faction
                 instead
                 of
                 Faith.
                 
              
            
             
               12.
               
               
                 That
                 to
                 be
                 False
                 and
                 Deceitful
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 become
                 worthy
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
            
             
               13.
               
               
                 That
                 sometimes
                 with
                 Mony
                 they
                 Compound
                 with
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 unforsaken
                 Sins
                 .
              
            
             
               14.
               
               
                 That
                 if
                 the
                 Pope
                 and
                 his
                 Emissaries
                 say
                 the
                 Right-hand
                 is
                 the
                 Left
                 ,
                 the
                 Papists
                 are
                 bound
                 to
                 believe
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               15.
               
               
                 That
                 no
                 Man
                 can
                 be
                 a
                 Papist
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 whose
                 Eyes
                 are
                 blinded
                 by
                 Education
                 ,
                 or
                 he
                 who
                 puts
                 out
                 his
                 Eyes
                 by
                 Atheism
                 .
              
            
             
               16.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 Pray
                 unto
                 Images
                 for
                 Pardon
                 of
                 their
                 Sins
                 .
              
            
             
               17.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Passion
                 of
                 Christ
                 takes
                 away
                 only
                 the
                 Guilt
                 of
                 Mortal
                 Sins
                 ,
                 not
                 their
                 Eternal
                 Punishment
                 .
              
            
             
               18.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 bare
                 Saying
                 of
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 without
                 minding
                 what
                 they
                 say
                 ,
                 are
                 acceptable
                 to
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               19.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 appear
                 before
                 God
                 in
                 their
                 Churches
                 Dumb
                 and
                 Sensless
                 ,
                 like
                 an
                 Idol
                 .
              
            
             
               20.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 avowedly
                 allow
                 ,
                 what
                 God
                 positively
                 forbids
                 .
              
            
             
               21.
               
               
                 That
                 to
                 Confess
                 and
                 be
                 Absolv'd
                 ,
                 is
                 sufficient
                 for
                 the
                 Forgiveness
                 of
                 Sins
                 ,
                 tho'
                 there
                 be
                 no
                 Sorrow
                 for
                 the
                 Sins
                 at
                 all
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 Penance
                 .
              
            
             
               22.
               
               
                 That
                 an
                 Indulgence
                 or
                 Pope's
                 Pardon
                 purchas'd
                 with
                 Mony
                 ,
                 serves
                 with
                 them
                 instead
                 of
                 Sanctification
                 and
                 a
                 Godly
                 Life
                 .
              
            
             
               
               23.
               
               
                 That
                 Auricular
                 Confession
                 is
                 the
                 Means
                 whereby
                 the
                 Clergy
                 work
                 their
                 Plots
                 and
                 Projects
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 meer
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 there
                 no
                 Gain
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 their
                 Chief
                 Champions
                 would
                 be
                 asham'd
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               24.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 are
                 bound
                 to
                 Vow
                 Ignorance
                 under
                 the
                 severest
                 Penalties
                 .
              
            
             
               25.
               
               
                 That
                 their
                 avow'd
                 Principles
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 People
                 in
                 Ignorance
                 .
              
            
             
               26.
               
               
                 That
                 they
                 teach
                 their
                 People
                 better
                 Manners
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 rely
                 upon
                 the
                 all-sufficient
                 Merits
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
            
             
               27.
               
               
                 That
                 their
                 Clergy
                 must
                 live
                 a
                 Single
                 Life
                 ,
                 whether
                 Honestly
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 it
                 makes
                 no
                 matter
                 .
              
            
             
               28.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Reason
                 why
                 they
                 must
                 live
                 Singly
                 ,
                 is
                 for
                 fear
                 ,
                 lest
                 having
                 Wives
                 and
                 Children
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 give
                 the
                 State
                 Security
                 of
                 their
                 Obedience
                 to
                 their
                 Sovereign
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Why
             should
             these
             things
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             be
             so
             positively
             charg'd
             against
             them
             from
             the
             Pulpits
             ?
             'T
             is
             certain
             the
             Papists
             disown
             these
             Doctrins
             ,
             and
             Preach
             against
             them
             as
             much
             as
             those
             very
             Doctors
             who
             appear
             so
             zealous
             to
             condemn
             them
             .
             If
             the
             Representer
             had
             but
             read
             such
             Sermons
             as
             these
             ,
             he
             needed
             not
             have
             look'd
             farther
             ,
             to
             have
             made
             good
             his
             Charge
             of
             Misrepresenting
             .
             The
             most
             that
             can
             be
             said
             of
             these
             Points
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             them
             are
             Mistakes
             of
             the
             Preachers
             ;
             others
             Exaggerations
             ;
             others
             Inferences
             from
             some
             single
             Author
             ,
             or
             some
             Abuse
             in
             Practice
             others
             Absolute
             Falsities
             ,
             and
             Wicked
             Calumnies
             .
             And
             which
             of
             all
             these
             sorts
             of
             Arguments
             are
             fit
             for
             the
             Pulpit
             ?
             'T
             is
             certain
             whatsoever
             is
             deliver'd
             thence
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             weigh'd
             with
             the
             greatest
             Caution
             and
             Exactness
             possible
             ,
             because
             't
             is
             deliver'd
             with
             the
             Bible
             in
             
             Hand
             ,
             which
             is
             little
             less
             than
             Swearing
             with
             the
             Hand
             upon
             the
             Bible
             ;
             t
             is
             accepted
             by
             the
             People
             as
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
            
             and
             Truth
             ;
             't
             is
             suppos'd
             to
             be
             their
             Duty
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             God.
             And
             now
             if
             instead
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             
               Mistakes
               ,
               weak
               Inferences
               ,
               peevish
               Exaggerations
               ,
               Falsities
            
             and
             Calumnies
             are
             advanc'd
             ,
             and
             as
             positively
             laid
             down
             ,
             as
             the
             very
             Scripture
             ;
             Good
             God!
             what
             an
             Abuse
             both
             of
             the
             Place
             ,
             the
             Time
             ,
             the
             Function
             and
             the
             Flock
             !
             What
             a
             Wrong
             to
             Neighbors
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             most
             unjustly
             traduced
             ,
             made
             contemptible
             and
             scandalous
             !
             And
             what
             a
             Disturbance
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             whilst
             Animosities
             are
             created
             and
             fomented
             among
             Subjects
             !
             And
             the
             Pulpit
             (
             I
             am
             asham'd
             to
             say
             it
             )
             become
             the
             Fountain
             of
             these
             Mischiefs
             both
             to
             Soul
             and
             Body
             .
             Is
             not
             this
             to
             turn
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             into
             a
             
               Chair
               of
               Pestilence
            
             ?
             This
             is
             so
             Visible
             and
             Great
             an
             Abomination
             both
             before
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             there
             's
             no
             need
             of
             Arguments
             to
             lay
             it
             open
             ;
             't
             is
             to
             be
             hop'd
             ,
             that
             none
             that
             takes
             up
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             will
             so
             lay
             by
             his
             Conscience
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             as
             to
             fall
             into
             these
             Unchristian
             Extravagances
             .
             For
             ,
             to
             say
             all
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             He
             that
             will
             accuse
             his
             Neighbor
             falsly
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             may
             with
             the
             same
             Conscience
             do
             the
             like
             at
             the
             Bar.
             The
             latter
             may
             be
             more
             Infamous
             ;
             but
             the
             Former
             is
             the
             Greater
             Crime
             .
          
        
         
           
             Fourth
             Caution
             .
          
           
             THAT
             ,
             when
             Preachers
             pretend
             to
             refute
             the
             Tenets
             of
             any
             other
             Church
             ,
             they
             would
             forbear
             all
             
               Scurrility
               ,
               Prophaneness
               ,
               Irreverent
               Expressions
               ,
            
             and
             
               Comical
               Declamations
            
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             at
             all
             
             suit
             with
             the
             Subject
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             are
             no-where
             so
             Absurd
             as
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             in
             the
             Confuting
             some
             Doctrins
             or
             Practices
             of
             the
             Catholics
             ,
             any
             Minister
             should
             deliver
             himself
             after
             this
             manner
             :
          
           
             Pilgrimages
             ,
             going
             Bare-foot
             ,
             Hair
             Shirts
             
             and
             Whips
             ,
             with
             other
             such
             Gospel
             Artillery
             ,
             are
             their
             only
             Helps
             to
             Devotion
             .
             —
             It
             seems
             that
             with
             them
             a
             Man
             sometimes
             cannot
             be
             a
             Penitent
             ,
             unless
             he
             also
             turn
             Vagabond
             ,
             and
             Foot
             's
             it
             to
             
               Jerusalem
               .
            
             —
             He
             that
             thinks
             to
             expiate
             a
             Sin
             by
             going
             Bare-foot
             ,
             do's
             the
             Penance
             of
             a
             Goose
             ,
             and
             only
             makes
             one
             Folly
             the
             atonement
             of
             another
             .
             Paul
             indeed
             was
             scourg'd
             and
             beaten
             by
             the
             Jews
             ;
             but
             we
             never
             read
             ,
             that
             he
             beat
             or
             scourg'd
             himself
             :
             and
             if
             they
             think
             his
             keeping
             under
             his
             Body
             imports
             so
             much
             ,
             they
             must
             first
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             Body
             cannot
             be
             kept
             under
             by
             a
             vertuous
             Mind
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Mind
             cannot
             be
             made
             vertuous
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             Scourge
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             that
             Thongs
             and
             Whipcord
             are
             Means
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             if
             Mens
             Religion
             lies
             no
             deeper
             than
             their
             Skin
             ,
             it
             is
             possible
             they
             may
             scourge
             themselves
             into
             very
             great
             Improvements
             .
             —
             But
             they
             will
             find
             that
             Bodily
             
             Exercise
             touches
             not
             the
             Soul
             ;
             —
             and
             consequently
             that
             in
             this
             whole
             Course
             they
             are
             like
             Men
             out
             of
             the
             Way
             ;
             let
             them
             Slash
             on
             never
             so
             fast
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             at
             all
             the
             nearer
             to
             their
             Journeys
             end
             .
             And
             howsoever
             they
             deceive
             themselves
             and
             others
             ,
             they
             may
             as
             well
             expect
             to
             bring
             a
             Cart
             as
             a
             Soul
             to
             Heaven
             by
             such
             Means
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             What
             say
             you
             to
             the
             Popish
             Doctrin
             
             of
             the
             
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass
               ?
            
             —
             According
             to
             this
             Doctrin
             ,
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             must
             still
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             World
             be
             laid
             hold
             on
             by
             Sinners
             ,
             be
             ground
             with
             their
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             sent
             down
             into
             their
             impure
             Paunches
             ,
             as
             often
             as
             the
             Priest
             shall
             pronounce
             this
             
               Charm
               ,
               Hoc
               est
               enim
               Corpus
               meum
               :
            
             and
             it
             seems
             that
             he
             was
             a
             false
             Prophet
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             upon
             the
             Cross
             ,
             
               It
               is
               finished
            
             ,
             seeing
             there
             was
             such
             an
             infinit
             deal
             of
             
               Loathsom
               Drudgery
            
             still
             to
             be
             undergone
             .
          
           
             
               Or
               thus
            
             .
             For
             Purgatory
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             material
             in
             it self
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             ,
             or
             where
             it
             be
             ,
             no
             
             more
             than
             the
             World
             in
             the
             Moon
             :
             but
             so
             long
             as
             that
             false
             Fire
             serves
             to
             maintain
             a
             true
             one
             ,
             and
             his
             Holiness's
             Kitchin
             smoaks
             with
             the
             Rents
             he
             receives
             for
             releasing
             Souls
             
             from
             thence
             ,
             which
             never
             came
             there
             ,
             it
             concerns
             him
             and
             his
             to
             see
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             not
             suffer'd
             to
             go
             out
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Minister
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             in
             Confuting
             the
             Doctrins
             or
             Practices
             of
             the
             Catholics
             ,
             should
             deliver
             himself
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             't
             would
             be
             a
             thing
             very
             unbecoming
             the
             Pulpit
             :
             because
             all
             things
             that
             concern
             Religion
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             treated
             with
             a
             certain
             
               Modesty
               ,
               Gravity
            
             and
             Decorum
             .
             Every
             Minister
             should
             bear
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             is
             distinguish'd
             from
             other
             Ranks
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             by
             the
             Modesty
             and
             Decency
             of
             his
             Habit
             ;
             so
             he
             should
             be
             careful
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             
               Good
               Qualities
            
             appear
             in
             the
             performance
             of
             every
             part
             of
             his
             Duty
             ;
             and
             that
             every
             Action
             should
             speak
             as
             plainly
             his
             Character
             ,
             as
             the
             Habit
             he
             wears
             .
             Upon
             this
             score
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             would
             be
             very
             scandalous
             ,
             to
             see
             Ministers
             Habited
             like
             Men
             of
             other
             Stations
             ,
             of
             the
             Street
             ,
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             of
             the
             Stage
             ;
             so
             is
             it
             as
             Ridiculous
             ,
             to
             hear
             them
             in
             their
             Pulpits
             ,
             under
             shew
             of
             expounding
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             fall
             into
             all
             the
             Scurrility
             of
             the
             Stage
             ,
             the
             Profaneness
             of
             the
             Mobile
             ,
             and
             the
             Drolling
             of
             Petty
             Declamators
             .
             'T
             is
             certain
             ,
             no
             Men
             love
             to
             be
             laugh'd
             out
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             And
             even
             those
             who
             have
             made
             choice
             of
             the
             Wrong
             ,
             yet
             through
             Mistake
             are
             so
             fasten'd
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             turns
             their
             Worship
             or
             Belief
             to
             Ridicule
             ,
             shall
             most
             certainly
             raise
             their
             Animosity
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             Peevish
             ,
             but
             never
             win
             them
             from
             their
             Error
             .
             For
             who
             can
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             see
             that
             which
             is
             most
             Dear
             to
             them
             ,
             abus'd
             ,
             and
             treated
             in
             Pulpits
             with
             the
             rudeness
             of
             the
             Streets
             ?
             If
             
             any
             Churchmen
             have
             so
             much
             Charity
             ,
             as
             to
             labor
             for
             the
             recovery
             of
             such
             ,
             whom
             they
             judge
             to
             be
             in
             Error
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             deal
             with
             them
             with
             all
             the
             Moderation
             imaginable
             ,
             open
             their
             Wounds
             with
             a
             Tender
             Hand
             :
             for
             as
             Compassion
             softens
             and
             heals
             ,
             so
             Roughness
             and
             Inhumanity
             serve
             only
             to
             gall
             and
             increase
             the
             Sore
             .
          
           
             When
             Men
             have
             done
             their
             best
             to
             secure
             their
             Salvation
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             having
             search'd
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             examin'd
             Antiquity
             and
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             amongst
             other
             Points
             of
             their
             Faith
             take
             the
             
               Real
               Presence
            
             ,
             for
             Instance
             ,
             for
             a
             Christian
             Truth
             ;
             't
             is
             certain
             they
             must
             have
             a
             Respect
             for
             the
             Mystery
             ,
             and
             adore
             the
             Goodness
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             wonderful
             in
             all
             his
             Works
             .
             And
             when
             they
             are
             thus
             affected
             ,
             how
             must
             it
             move
             them
             ,
             to
             hear
             this
             scoff'd
             and
             mock'd
             at
             under
             the
             Irreligious
             and
             Prophane
             Terms
             ,
             of
             
               Legerdemain
               ,
               Hocus
               pocus
               ,
               A
               Trick
               ,
               A
               Cheat
               ,
               A
               Drudgery
               for
               Christ
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Can
             any
             thing
             appear
             to
             them
             more
             unworthy
             of
             a
             Christian
             Spirit
             ,
             than
             this
             sort
             of
             barbarous
             Logic
             ;
             than
             this
             inhuman
             and
             enflaming
             Eloquence
             ?
             To
             see
             things
             most
             Sacred
             thus
             daub'd
             over
             with
             Pulpit
             Dirt
             and
             Mire
             ,
             far
             beyond
             all
             the
             Prophanation
             of
             Belshazzar
             ,
             who
             only
             drank
             out
             of
             the
             Sacred
             Vessels
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             but
             never
             so
             vilifi'd
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             expose
             them
             to
             the
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Mobile
             !
             But
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             to
             be
             fulfill'd
             ;
             these
             assure
             us
             there
             shall
             come
             
               Mockers
               in
               the
               last
               time
            
             :
             and
             the
             next
             Verse
             tells
             us
             who
             they
             are
             
               Th●se
               be
               they
               ,
               who
               Separate
            
             
             
               themselves
               ,
               Sensual
               ,
               having
               not
               the
               Spirit
               :
            
             For
             tho'
             Michael
             ,
             as
             't
             is
             observ'd
             by
             St.
             Jude
             ,
             in
             Disputing
             even
             with
             the
             Devil
             ,
             brought
             no
             
               Railing
               Accusation
            
             
             against
             him
             ;
             yet
             these
             sort
             of
             Men
             ,
             shall
             both
             Rail
             and
             Blaspheme
             ;
             their
             very
             Mark
             being
             to
             
               Speak
               evil
               of
               those
               things
               which
               they
               know
               not
               .
               Hi
               autem
               ,
               quaecunque
            
             
             
               quidem
               ignorant
               ,
               blasphemant
            
             .
             As
             therefore
             Preachers
             desire
             to
             have
             no
             share
             in
             this
             Character
             ,
             I
             think
             't
             is
             convenient
             they
             should
             be
             careful
             to
             avoid
             all
             kind
             of
             contemptuous
             and
             mocking
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             Religion
             of
             their
             Neighbor
             ;
             treating
             all
             Parties
             with
             a
             becoming
             Modesty
             ;
             and
             as
             not
             to
             approve
             of
             Errors
             ,
             which
             soever
             they
             be
             ,
             so
             neither
             to
             forget
             themselves
             while
             they
             undertake
             to
             refute
             them
             .
             Let
             all
             Mockery
             and
             Drolling
             be
             left
             to
             the
             Stage
             ,
             and
             a
             decent
             Gravity
             be
             observ'd
             in
             the
             Pulpits
             .
          
        
         
           
             Fifth
             Caution
             .
          
           
             THAT
             ,
             if
             any
             Preacher
             should
             in
             his
             Sermon
             peevishly
             lash
             out
             against
             the
             Religion
             of
             his
             Prince
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             careful
             not
             to
             Dedicate
             such
             a
             Sermon
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             Religion
             he
             has
             expos'd
             as
             Infamous
             and
             Ridiculous
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             any
             Doctor
             should
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             his
             Zeal
             in
             this
             or
             the
             like
             manner
             inveigh
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Guilt
             of
             the
             Former
             ,
             
               i.
               e.
            
             of
             the
             
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             whom
             in
             the
             Parallel
             I
             here
             call
             Israel
             ,
             will
             not
             their
             Usurped
             Supremacy
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             the
             Doctrin
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
               Mat.
            
             20.
             25.
             and
             afterwards
             their
             pretended
             Infallibility
             ,
             the
             only
             Prerogative
             of
             Heavens
             
             Crown
             ,
             taken
             in
             to
             justifie
             that
             and
             every
             other
             Usurpation
             whatever
             ,
             too
             too
             nearly
             resemble
             the
             Apostacy
             of
             Israel
             ?
             And
             what
             have
             these
             Calves
             of
             Dan
             and
             Bethel
             (
             to
             follow
             the
             Allusion
             )
             ever
             since
             bleated
             out
             ,
             but
             the
             Excommunicating
             ,
             Deposing
             and
             Extirpating
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Hell
             and
             Damnation
             to
             all
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             joyn
             with
             them
             in
             the
             Holy
             Cheat
             ?
             The
             ill
             Consequences
             whereof
             ,
             have
             been
             felt
             no-where
             more
             than
             in
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             whereof
             we
             are
             ;
             witness
             the
             Slavery
             in
             which
             
               (
               p.
            
             27.
             )
             Prince
             and
             People
             ,
             for
             so
             many
             Ages
             together
             were
             held
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Yoke
             was
             cast
             off
             ,
             what
             Plots
             ,
             Conspiracies
             and
             Treasons
             were
             still
             hatching
             by
             those
             of
             that
             Communion
             ?
             So
             notorious
             ,
             so
             hateful
             were
             their
             Practices
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             all
             that
             befel
             the
             Nation
             ,
             was
             suspected
             to
             arise
             from
             thence
             ;
             so
             general
             was
             the
             Odium
             of
             that
             Name
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             common
             Thief
             ,
             every
             Felony
             ,
             by
             whomsoever
             committed
             ,
             is
             charg'd
             upon
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             any
             Doctor
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             should
             in
             this
             manner
             inveigh
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Preacher
             ought
             to
             be
             careful
             ,
             when
             he
             Prints
             his
             Sermon
             ,
             not
             to
             Dedicate
             it
             to
             his
             Sovereign
             ,
             a
             Member
             of
             that
             Communion
             .
             For
             certainly
             ,
             a
             Sermon
             that
             accuses
             
             the
             Church
             and
             Religion
             of
             Catholics
             ,
             of
             
               Tyranny
               ,
               Vsurpation
               ,
               Cheating
            
             ,
             of
             being
             Hateful
             and
             Odious
             ,
             do's
             not
             seem
             very
             fit
             for
             the
             Patronage
             of
             a
             
               Catholic
               King.
            
             I
             think
             there
             can
             be
             no
             greater
             Affront
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             Preacher
             thus
             to
             expose
             his
             
             Prince's
             Religion
             under
             all
             the
             hateful
             Forms
             that
             can
             be
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             desire
             his
             
               Prince's
               Protection
            
             for
             the
             Infamy
             he
             has
             cast
             upon
             it
             .
             This
             is
             just
             as
             if
             he
             should
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               I
               have
               Abus'd
               and
               Ridicul'd
               your
               Religion
               behind
               your
               back
               to
               your
               Subjects
               ;
               and
               now
               I
               am
               come
               to
               do
               it
               over
               again
               before
               your
               Face
               ,
               and
               I
               expect
               you
               shall
               uphold
               me
               in
               it
               .
            
             What
             greater
             piece
             of
             Confidence
             and
             Presumption
             can
             there
             be
             than
             this
             ?
             'T
             is
             a
             thing
             not
             to
             be
             ventur'd
             on
             to
             a
             Subject
             ,
             tho'
             but
             of
             a
             middle
             Rank
             ;
             for
             who
             is
             there
             so
             Phlegmatic
             amongst
             them
             all
             ,
             that
             can
             hear
             his
             Religion
             derided
             and
             render'd
             odious
             ,
             and
             think
             himself
             oblig'd
             by
             the
             Abuse
             ?
             I
             am
             confident
             at
             least
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             Preacher
             whatsoever
             ,
             would
             take
             it
             for
             a
             Complement
             ,
             to
             have
             his
             People
             and
             Persuasion
             made
             Contemptible
             in
             Print
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             have
             a
             Present
             made
             to
             him
             of
             the
             Satyr
             .
             What
             a
             Rashness
             then
             must
             it
             needs
             be
             ,
             to
             do
             this
             to
             a
             Prince
             ?
             Is
             it
             to
             be
             thought
             ,
             he
             has
             not
             as
             much
             Kindness
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             as
             any
             Gown-man
             for
             his
             ?
             Can
             he
             spend
             so
             many
             Hours
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             be
             so
             Exemplary
             Pious
             in
             his
             Devotions
             ,
             and
             so
             Exact
             in
             all
             Observances
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             after
             all
             take
             it
             kindly
             to
             see
             his
             Church
             vilifi'd
             and
             contemn'd
             ?
             At
             least
             ,
             can
             it
             enter
             into
             the
             Heart
             of
             any
             Rational
             Man
             ,
             that
             a
             Prince
             who
             has
             hazarded
             Three
             Kingdoms
             for
             his
             Religion
             ,
             should
             be
             welcom'd
             to
             his
             Crown
             with
             the
             Present
             of
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             
             in
             which
             his
             Religion
             is
             thus
             expos'd
             to
             the
             Scorn
             of
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ?
             Certainly
             none
             can
             be
             so
             absurdly
             stupid
             .
             I
             hope
             therefore
             there
             's
             no
             necessity
             of
             enforcing
             this
             Caution
             with
             any
             farther
             Arguments
             ,
             the
             improbability
             of
             the
             Attempt
             making
             that
             needless
             .
          
           
             Neither
             would
             it
             be
             a
             Piece
             of
             much
             better
             Manners
             ,
             if
             a
             Prince
             of
             the
             
               Catholic
               Communion
            
             being
             come
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             having
             call'd
             a
             Parliament
             to
             Settle
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             a
             Doctor
             of
             another
             Communion
             should
             in
             these
             Terms
             Hold-forth
             to
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Lower
             House
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             I
             would
             desire
             you
             to
             observe
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             a
             
               Church-of-England
               Loyalty
            
             
             I
             persuade
             you
             to
             ;
             This
             our
             King
             Approves
             ,
             Commends
             ,
             Relies
             on
             ,
             as
             a
             Try'd
             and
             Experienc'd
             Loyalty
             ,
             which
             has
             Suffer'd
             with
             its
             Prince
             ,
             but
             never
             yet
             Rebell'd
             against
             him
             ;
             A
             Loyalty
             upon
             firm
             and
             steddy
             Principles
             ,
             and
             without
             Reserve
             .
             And
             therefore
             to
             keep
             us
             true
             to
             our
             Prince
             ,
             we
             must
             be
             true
             to
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             Religion
             .
             It
             is
             no
             Act
             of
             Loyalty
             ,
             to
             Accommodate
             or
             Complement
             away
             our
             Religion
             ,
             and
             its
             Legal
             Securities
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             change
             our
             Religion
             ,
             we
             must
             change
             the
             Principles
             of
             our
             Loyalty
             too
             ,
             and
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Crown
             will
             gain
             nothing
             by
             that
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             
             Lasting
             and
             Immoveable
             Loyalty
             as
             that
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
               .
            
             —
             I
             deny
             not
             ,
             but
             some
             who
             are
             Papists
             ,
             in
             some
             Junctures
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             may
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             very
             Loyal
             ;
             but
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             the
             
               Popish
               Religion
            
             is
             not
             ;
             the
             English-man
             may
             be
             Loyal
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             Papist
             ;
             And
             yet
             there
             can
             be
             no
             security
             of
             those
             Men's
             Loyalty
             ,
             whose
             Religion
             in
             any
             Case
             teaches
             them
             to
             Rebel
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Doctor
             should
             Hold-forth
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             in
             these
             Terms
             ,
             't
             would
             not
             be
             a
             Piece
             of
             the
             best
             Manners
             ;
             Because
             there
             can
             be
             no
             greater
             Rudeness
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             than
             for
             a
             Minister
             thus
             abusively
             to
             Reflect
             upon
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             a
             Sovereign
             ,
             whose
             
               Religion
               teaches
               to
               Rebel
            
             .
             What
             greater
             Affront
             can
             there
             possibly
             be
             offer'd
             to
             a
             
               Crown'd
               Head
            
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             thus
             vilely
             expos'd
             to
             his
             own
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             Subject
             too
             ?
             'T
             is
             certain
             ,
             to
             a
             Generous
             and
             
               Noble-Hearted
               Prince
            
             ,
             who
             knows
             how
             to
             value
             his
             Word
             ,
             and
             makes
             Conscience
             of
             his
             Duty
             ,
             nothing
             can
             be
             no
             more
             Displeasing
             ,
             than
             to
             hear
             of
             
               False-heartedness
               ,
               Treachery
            
             and
             Disloyalty
             ;
             to
             hear
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             even
             in
             Subjects
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             Odious
             to
             him
             :
             and
             what
             must
             it
             be
             ,
             when
             his
             own
             Subjects
             are
             assur'd
             from
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             that
             even
             He
             himself
             professes
             a
             Religion
             ,
             which
             encourages
             Disloyalty
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             Cases
             ,
             even
             teaches
             to
             Rebel
             ?
             Can
             a
             Prince
             who
             has
             an
             Abhorrence
             to
             Treachery
             and
             Disloyalty
             ,
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             hear
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             so
             much
             detests
             in
             others
             ,
             is
             
             found
             in
             the
             Religion
             ,
             he
             nourishes
             with
             in
             his
             own
             Breast
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             next
             to
             the
             Striking
             at
             his
             Crown
             ,
             as
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             Disrespectful
             ,
             so
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             Offensive
             than
             this
             .
             Besides
             ,
             must
             not
             a
             Prince
             be
             very
             sensible
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             Mockery
             in
             Preaching
             ,
             whilst
             his
             Subjects
             are
             encourag'd
             to
             be
             Loyal
             ,
             but
             with
             an
             Argument
             in
             the
             Close
             ,
             which
             is
             enough
             to
             blow
             a
             Trumpet
             to
             Rebellion
             :
             For
             what
             more
             powerful
             Argument
             to
             ill-designing
             Men
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             this
             Assurance
             of
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Prince
             ?
          
           
             And
             then
             again
             ,
             when
             a
             Prince
             has
             call'd
             a
             Parliament
             in
             order
             to
             a
             Settlement
             of
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             what
             a
             kind
             of
             good
             Subject
             must
             he
             be
             ,
             who
             in
             this
             manner
             sets
             himself
             to
             raise
             an
             Aversion
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             this
             Assembly
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             by
             exposing
             his
             Religion
             under
             so
             vile
             a
             Character
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             impossible
             ,
             where
             the
             Charge
             is
             believ'd
             to
             True
             ,
             to
             entertain
             very
             kind
             Thougts
             for
             any
             that
             is
             a
             Professor
             of
             such
             Unnatural
             Principles
             ?
             'T
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             when
             a
             Prince
             and
             Parliament
             meet
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             
             Sovereign's
             Desire
             ,
             there
             should
             be
             a
             mutual
             good
             Understanding
             between
             ●imself
             and
             that
             Council
             ;
             and
             that
             none
             can
             more
             affront
             the
             Prince
             ,
             than
             to
             raise
             Jealousies
             in
             their
             Heads
             ,
             and
             disturb
             their
             Minds
             with
             Foul
             Idea's
             touching
             Himself
             and
             his
             Religion
             :
             What
             need
             then
             of
             further
             Arguments
             to
             discourage
             such
             kind
             of
             Preaching
             ;
             since
             ,
             however
             it
             may
             sound
             big
             of
             being
             Loyal
             and
             
               True
               to
               the
               King
            
             ,
             it
             do's
             notwithstanding
             work
             the
             quite
             contrary
             Effect
             ,
             and
             even
             answer
             the
             Wishes
             of
             the
             most
             wicked
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Crown
             ?
          
           
           
             In
             this
             manner
             it
             injures
             Him
             as
             Sovereign
             ;
             and
             were
             there
             nothing
             of
             this
             in
             it
             ;
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             very
             unwelcome
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             hear
             such
             a
             Character
             of
             the
             Subjects
             of
             
               his
               own
               Communion
            
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             
               no
               Security
               in
               their
               Loyalty
            
             ;
             since
             being
             but
             newly
             come
             to
             the
             Crown
             ,
             he
             cannot
             but
             remember
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             but
             a
             little
             time
             since
             he
             was
             a
             Subject
             himself
             .
             And
             how
             near
             this
             comes
             to
             his
             own
             Person
             ,
             let
             every
             one
             consider
             .
             I
             meddle
             here
             nothing
             with
             the
             Controversie
             ;
             but
             I
             believe
             ,
             that
             all
             
               Honest
               Men
            
             ,
             that
             know
             how
             hearty
             a
             Lover
             this
             our
             Sovereign
             is
             of
             Loyalty
             and
             Fidelity
             ,
             and
             how
             Sincere
             in
             his
             Religion
             ,
             need
             no
             other
             Argument
             to
             conclude
             him
             a
             Calumniator
             ,
             who
             has
             thus
             Aspers'd
             his
             Religion
             ,
             and
             set
             it
             forth
             as
             Disloyal
             ,
             and
             teaching
             to
             Rebel
             :
             Since
             if
             it
             really
             were
             so
             whosoever
             profess'd
             a
             Love
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             Loyalty
             together
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             a
             Dissembler
             on
             the
             one
             Side
             or
             the
             other
             ;
             there
             being
             no
             possibility
             of
             being
             
               heartily
               Loyal
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             True
             to
             a
             Church
             ,
             which
             teaches
             to
             Rebel
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             remains
             here
             worthy
             of
             Consideration
             ,
             is
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             Wise
             or
             Mannerly
             for
             Preachers
             ,
             to
             make
             their
             
               Prince's
               Religion
               Odious
            
             and
             Contemptible
             to
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             tho
             they
             make
             no
             Dedications
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             do
             not
             Preach
             it
             to
             a
             Parliament-House
             ?
             The
             Reasons
             for
             the
             Doubt
             are
             these
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             Because
             it
             do's
             not
             look
             like
             the
             part
             of
             a
             good
             Subject
             ,
             to
             undervalue
             his
             Prince
             to
             his
             own
             People
             .
             And
             yet
             he
             that
             inveighs
             against
             his
             Religion
             ,
             seems
             to
             do
             so
             :
             For
             when
             such
             and
             such
             Points
             of
             his
             Faith
             are
             painted
             out
             and
             condemn'd
             as
             
               Ridiculous
               ,
               Nonsense
               ,
               Prophane
               ,
               Impious
               ,
               the
               Effects
               of
            
             
             
               Madness
               ,
               full
               of
               Contradictions
               ,
               contrary
               to
               Sense
               and
               Reason
               ,
               Charms
               ,
               Hocus-pocus
               ,
               Cheats
               ,
               gross
               Idolatry
               ,
               worse
               and
               more
               Vnnatural
               than
               that
               of
               Barbarians
               and
               Pagans
               .
            
             Are
             not
             all
             these
             most
             severe
             Reflections
             upon
             his
             Sense
             ,
             his
             Judgment
             and
             Reason
             ?
             Whilst
             He
             being
             suppos'd
             to
             approve
             and
             embrace
             all
             those
             Tenets
             ,
             that
             are
             stampt
             with
             these
             Ignominious
             and
             Unworthy
             Titles
             ,
             is
             at
             the
             same
             time
             suppos'd
             not
             to
             know
             the
             difference
             between
             Sense
             and
             
               Nonsense
               ,
               Reason
            
             and
             
               Contradictions
               ,
               Judgment
            
             and
             
               Madness
               ,
               Christianity
            
             and
             Idolatry
             ;
             and
             especially
             when
             after
             these
             Black
             Characters
             this
             Conclusion
             brings
             up
             ,
             
               These
               things
               are
               so
               Plain
               ,
               that
               any
               Man
               of
               Sense
               ,
               any
               Child
               may
               see
               it
               .
            
             Is
             not
             this
             within
             one
             Step
             of
             ranking
             all
             of
             that
             Communion
             in
             the
             List
             of
             Madmen
             or
             Fools
             ?
             It
             leaves
             'em
             all
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             at
             the
             Mercy
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             by
             their
             
               Inferring
               Faculty
            
             ,
             to
             make
             what
             they
             please
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Because
             such
             a
             way
             of
             Preaching
             Reflects
             upon
             the
             Government
             of
             their
             Sovereign
             .
             The
             Reason
             is
             evident
             ;
             because
             when
             They
             set
             forth
             the
             Religion
             of
             their
             Prince
             ,
             as
             teaching
             and
             encouraging
             Usurpation
             ,
             Tyranny
             ,
             Massacres
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Cruelty
             and
             Treachery
             ,
             of
             introducing
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             making
             no
             Conscience
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             Mother-Church
             :
             This
             certainly
             fills
             the
             Subjects
             with
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             makes
             them
             uneasie
             under
             such
             a
             Government
             ,
             and
             indisposes
             them
             for
             giving
             a
             hearty
             Service
             to
             such
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             ,
             they
             are
             made
             to
             fear
             ,
             intends
             nothing
             better
             for
             them
             ,
             than
             Violence
             and
             Slavery
             .
             Whosoever
             considers
             the
             Temper
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             how
             susceptible
             the
             People
             are
             of
             Fears
             ,
             how
             jealous
             
             of
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             how
             credulous
             at
             the
             Noise
             of
             Plots
             and
             Designs
             ;
             cannot
             but
             know
             ,
             how
             far
             a
             Hint
             or
             sly
             Insinuation
             will
             go
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             one
             Innuendo
             ,
             that
             touches
             upon
             the
             right
             String
             ,
             will
             set
             them
             more
             in
             a
             Ferment
             ,
             than
             open
             Danger
             will
             do
             any
             other
             Nation
             in
             the
             World.
             'T
             is
             strange
             ,
             how
             sensibly
             the
             Noise
             of
             a
             Cloud
             ,
             or
             a
             Storm
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Snake
               in
               the
               Grass
            
             ,
             works
             upon
             them
             ,
             tho'
             in
             the
             Quiet
             of
             a
             general
             Calm
             :
             To
             talk
             to
             them
             of
             
               Patience
               ,
               Non-resistance
               ,
               of
               being
               ready
               to
               suffer
               all
               that
               God
               shall
               permit
               for
               their
               Sins
               ,
            
             is
             to
             fill
             their
             Heads
             with
             Fire
             and
             Fagots
             ;
             and
             a
             Word
             of
             Slavery
             carries
             their
             Fancies
             into
             the
             middle
             of
             Egypt
             .
             Now
             when
             a
             People
             is
             thus
             dispos'd
             ,
             how
             can
             those
             Preachers
             be
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             who
             cannot
             get
             six
             Steps
             above
             their
             Congregation
             ,
             but
             immediately
             they
             discover
             Clouds
             hanging
             over
             the
             People's
             Heads
             ,
             they
             fright
             them
             with
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             and
             then
             pretending
             to
             allay
             their
             Fears
             with
             the
             Comfort
             of
             
               Have
               but
               Patience
               ,
               be
               ready
               to
               suffer
               ,
               all
               this
               will
               blow
               over
               ,
            
             they
             fright
             them
             ten
             times
             worse
             than
             before
             ,
             and
             slily
             improve
             their
             Comforts
             into
             a
             
               Second
               Storm
            
             ?
             Now
             what
             kind
             of
             Subjects
             must
             these
             be
             ,
             and
             how
             wonderfully
             Loyal
             ,
             that
             by
             these
             Contrivances
             and
             subtle
             Insinuations
             ,
             can
             fill
             his
             Majesty's
             People
             with
             as
             much
             Disturbance
             ,
             and
             render
             them
             as
             Vneasie
             under
             the
             most
             benign
             Influence
             of
             a
             Gracious
             and
             Indulgent
             Prince
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             the
             heavy
             Weight
             of
             Tyranny
             galling
             their
             Shoulders
             ?
             I
             know
             the
             Pretence
             is
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             preferve
             them
             from
             Error
             :
             and
             't
             is
             no
             more
             than
             a
             Pretence
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             certain
             ,
             Men
             may
             be
             taught
             to
             be
             
               Good
               Christians
            
             ,
             without
             being
             made
             
               Bad
               Subjects
            
             ;
             
             and
             the
             disturbing
             the
             Government
             ,
             is
             no
             necessary
             Preparation
             for
             directing
             People
             the
             Way
             to
             Heaven
             .
             Patience
             and
             Resignation
             may
             be
             easily
             taught
             without
             the
             help
             of
             Storms
             ;
             the
             Scripture
             furnishes
             Matter
             and
             Examples
             enough
             without
             going
             up
             into
             the
             Clouds
             .
             And
             I
             wish
             this
             Modern
             way
             of
             teaching
             Patience
             ,
             be
             not
             a
             new
             kind
             of
             Pulpit-Drum
             to
             alarm
             People
             into
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             not
             be
             for
             raising
             Scandals
             against
             any
             Society
             of
             Men
             much
             less
             against
             those
             who
             pretend
             to
             the
             Gospel
             .
             But
             when
             I
             see
             the
             Effects
             of
             such
             kind
             of
             Preaching
             ,
             how
             it
             raises
             Discontents
             and
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             becomes
             an
             Aggrievance
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             wish
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             follow
             this
             Method
             ,
             and
             intend
             the
             Mischief
             ,
             were
             more
             Loyal
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             
               intend
               it
               not
            
             ,
             were
             more
             Wise
             .
             Howsoever
             it
             be
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             the
             Method
             is
             unwarrantable
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             all
             becoming
             those
             ,
             who
             would
             willingly
             be
             thought
             the
             
               Best
               Preachers
            
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Best
               Subjects
            
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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