Considerations upon a printed sheet entituled the speech of the late Lord Russel to the sheriffs together, with the paper delivered by him to them, at the place of execution, on July 21. 1683.
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             Considerations upon a printed sheet entituled the speech of the late Lord Russel to the sheriffs together, with the paper delivered by him to them, at the place of execution, on July 21. 1683.
             L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.
          
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           Russell, William, -- Lord, 1639-1683.
           Rye House Plot, 1683.
        
      
    
     
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           CONSIDERATIONS
           UPON
           A
           
             Printed
             Sheet
          
           ENTITULED
           THE
           SPEECH
           Of
           the
           LATE
           Lord
           Russel
           TO
           THE
           SHERIFFS
           :
           TOGETHER
           ,
           With
           the
           PAPER
           delivered
           by
           Him
           to
           Them
           ,
           at
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           on
           July
           21.
           1683.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             B.
          
           for
           
             Joanna
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           MDCLXXXIII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           [
           
             IT
             is
             better
             to
             Obey
             God
             ,
             then
             Man
          
           ]
           says
           the
           
             Text.
             [
             It
             is
             better
             to
             Obey
             the
             Devil
             then
             God
          
           ]
           says
           the
           Comment
           .
           And
           are
           not
           those
           People
           now
           in
           a
           Happy
           State
           ,
           d'
           ye
           think
           ,
           that
           know
           not
           One
           Step
           of
           the
           Way
           to
           Heaven
           Themselves
           ;
           and
           have
           such
           Interpreters
           for
           their
           
             Guides
             ?
             This
          
           is
           the
           
             True
             Form
             
               of
               Godliness
               that
               Denies
               the
               Power
            
             of
             it
          
           ;
           And
           This
           the
           Principle
           ,
           that
           ,
           wherever
           it
           takes
           Root
           ,
           loosens
           the
           Foundations
           of
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ;
           And
           makes
           way
           for
           the
           Erecting
           of
           a
           
             Kingdom
             of
             Darkness
          
           upon
           
             Those
             Ruines
          
           .
           There
           's
           a
           Great
           Deal
           in
           That
           same
           
             Old
             Adage
             ;
             [
             Where
             God
             has
             his
             Church
             ,
             The
             Devil
             has
             his
             Chappel
          
           ;
           ]
           for
           Religion
           is
           as
           well
           the
           Pretence
           of
           the
           Worst
           of
           Men
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           ,
           and
           Business
           of
           the
           Best
           .
           Where
           Satan
           cannot
           prevail
           for
           Idolatry
           ,
           he
           'l
           content
           himself
           with
           Heresy
           ,
           and
           Schism
           ;
           And
           with
           the
           dashing
           of
           
             One
             Altar
          
           against
           Another
           .
           Where
           he
           cannot
           Overthrow
           the
           very
           Ground
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           he
           'l
           Compound
           for
           
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
          
           ;
           And
           some
           Plausible
           ways
           of
           Disguising
           it
           .
           Next
           to
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           a
           
             False
             God
             ,
          
           is
           the
           Begetting
           a
           
             False
             Opinion
          
           of
           the
           
             True
             One
             ;
          
           Which
           is
           almost
           an
           Equivalent
           ;
           Onely
           the
           One's
           a
           Material
           ;
           And
           the
           Other
           's
           a
           
             Notional
             Idol
          
           :
           The
           
             One's
             the
             work
             of
             our
             Hands
          
           ;
           And
           the
           Other
           of
           our
           Imagination
           .
           At
           this
           rate
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           
             Confound
             Realities
          
           ,
           and
           
             Apperances
             ;
             Fancy
          
           ,
           and
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           look
           perhaps
           as
           if
           I
           were
           quite
           Running
           away
           ,
           both
           from
           my
           Reader
           ,
           and
           from
           my
           Business
           :
           But
           I
           am
           ,
           in
           truth
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           Point
           of
           my
           Subject
           .
           What
           was
           it
           that
           Ruin'd
           that
           Vnhappy
           Lord
           ,
           (
           Whose
           Case
           is
           the
           Argument
           of
           this
           Paper
           ;
           And
           whose
           
             Unhappy
             Fate
             ,
             I
             Lament
             from
             my
             Soul
          
           )
           but
           the
           being
           Bigotted
           into
           
             This
             Principle
          
           ?
           
           And
           what
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           Government
           ,
           where
           it
           Obtains
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           stand
           against
           it
           ?
           If
           
             Lucifer
             himself
          
           were
           let
           Loose
           ,
           he
           would
           Preach
           upon
           
             That
             Scripture
          
           of
           Mat.
           10.
           28.
           
           And
           
             Pervert
             the
             Text.
          
           This
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           in
           case
           of
           Religion
           ,
           is
           the
           Source
           of
           all
           our
           Feares
           ,
           and
           
             Jealousies
             ,
             Seditions
          
           and
           Conspiracies
           ;
           Men
           that
           are
           Drunk
           ,
           will
           Sleep
           themselves
           Sober
           again
           .
           We
           have
           Bedlams
           for
           
             Lunaticks
             .
             Gibbets
             ,
             Pillories
             ,
             Whipping-Posts
             ,
          
           and
           Jayles
           for
           
             Common
             Criminals
          
           :
           But
           there
           's
           
             No
             Discipline
             ,
             No
             Cure
          
           for
           Enthusiasts
           .
           Is
           Religion
           at
           Stake
           ?
           Bring
           in
           [
           
             a
             Bill
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           York
           
             to
             disable
             him
             from
             Inheriting
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             .
          
           ]
           Is
           Popery
           the
           Question
           ?
           Come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           Immediately
           ,
           [
           
             That
             if
             his
             Majesty
             shall
             come
             by
             any
             Violent
             Death
             ,
          
           (
           No
           matter
           who
           kills
           him
           )
           
             it
             shall
             be
             Reveng'd
             upon
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           ]
           Is
           there
           a
           
             Popish
             Plott
          
           ?
           'T
           is
           but
           the
           Bricoling
           of
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
             Association
          
           ,
           that
           upon
           the
           
             False
             Bound
          
           shall
           Play
           upon
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           then
           we
           are
           to
           Consider
           again
           ,
           that
           
             This
             Proposition
          
           is
           not
           only
           an
           Incentive
           to
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           a
           Justification
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           makes
           the
           Concealment
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           as
           much
           a
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Treason
             it self
          
           .
           And
           how
           Ridiculous
           then
           is
           the
           Pretence
           of
           Defending
           that
           by
           Force
           ,
           which
           no
           Force
           can
           reach
           ?
           I
           never
           heard
           of
           any
           mans
           Religion
           yet
           that
           was
           taken
           away
           upon
           the
           Pad
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           This
           Maxim
           
             is
             Grounded
             all
             that
             is
          
           Mischievous
           ,
           or
           Dangerous
           ,
           
             in
             the
          
           Subject
           of
           These
           Considerations
           ;
           
             And
             I
             have
          
           done
           
             what
             I
             thought
             my
          
           Duty
           to
           Do
           
             in
             the
          
           Exposing
           
             of
             it
          
           .
           These
           Papers
           
             had
             come
             out
          
           sooner
           ,
           
             but
             that
             I
             was
          
           Trick'd
           
             into
             a
          
           Delay
           :
           But
           Julian
           is
           in
           the
           bottom
           on
           't
           ;
           And
           I
           'le
           forgive
           any
           man
           that
           stands
           up
           for
           his
           Author
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           CONSIDERATIONS
           UPON
           A
           Printed
           Sheet
           ,
           ENTITULED
           THE
           SPEECH
           Of
           the
           LATE
           Lord
           Russel
           To
           the
           SHERIFFS
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Have
           not
           set
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           without
           first
           consulting
           all
           the
           Points
           of
           Decency
           and
           Duty
           ,
           which
           I
           thought
           might
           properly
           fall
           within
           the
           Limits
           of
           this
           Discourse
           :
           As
           the
           Honour
           of
           a
           Noble
           Family
           ;
           the
           Quality
           and
           Misfortune
           of
           an
           Eminent
           Person
           ,
           together
           with
           matter
           of
           common
           Respect
           to
           
             Truth
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             Christian
             Charity
             ,
             Candor
             ,
          
           and
           
             Good
             Manners
          
           :
           Having
           no
           other
           end
           
           in
           these
           considerations
           ,
           then
           to
           do
           a
           Fair
           and
           
             Necessary
             Right
          
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           within
           
             that
             Compass
          
           ;
           I
           call
           it
           a
           Right
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           not
           
             one
             sound
             Part
          
           in
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           it
           ,
           from
           Head
           to
           Foot
           ;
           if
           this
           Paper
           may
           be
           Credited
           :
           And
           as
           the
           business
           has
           been
           Managed
           and
           
             Improved
             ,
             [
             
               The
               Cry
               of
               Innocent
               Bloud
               against
               Oppression
               and
               Injustice
            
          
           ,
           ]
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Title
           much
           more
           Suitable
           to
           the
           Air
           and
           Drift
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           that
           which
           it
           now
           bears
           .
           It
           carries
           the
           Face
           indeed
           of
           the
           Testimony
           of
           a
           
             Dying
             Man
          
           :
           But
           yet
           if
           a
           Body
           considers
           either
           the
           Style
           ,
           the
           Scope
           ,
           the
           Declarative
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Confessing
             Part
          
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           's
           nothing
           less
           in
           't
           :
           Not
           so
           much
           as
           
             one
             Period
          
           ,
           without
           a
           Starting-hole
           ,
           where
           there
           lyes
           any
           stress
           upon
           the
           Truth
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           Intention
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Fact
           in
           Question
           :
           Now
           for
           this
           Vein
           to
           run
           
             quite
             through
          
           it
           in
           a
           
             Constant
             Course
          
           of
           
             Reserve
             ,
             Mystery
          
           and
           Disguise
           ,
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           to
           Prove
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Designed
           for
           an
           Amusement
           :
           for
           Methods
           never
           come
           by
           Chance
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Artifice
           is
           not
           wholly
           to
           be
           Neglected
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           shall
           not
           lay
           more
           weight
           upon
           't
           than
           the
           Thing
           will
           bear
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Two
             Points
          
           in
           Consideration
           are
           the
           Speech
           and
           the
           Paper
           .
           Now
           some
           will
           have
           it
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Speech
           was
           certainly
           my
           Lord
           Russels
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           some
           doubt
           yet
           concerning
           the
           Paper
           that
           went
           along
           with
           it
           .
           And
           this
           Conjecture
           
           they
           ground
           upon
           the
           Ambiguities
           that
           Occur
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Title
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Speech
             it Self
          
           ,
           which
           they
           Reason
           upon
           ,
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           The
           Title
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           tells
           us
           barely
           of
           the
           Delivery
           of
           it
           by
           my
           Lord
           Russel
           :
           And
           then
           in
           the
           Speech
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           One
           Syllable
           more
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Paper
           so
           Deliver'd
           than
           
             These
             Numerical
             Words
             [
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             I
             have
             set
             down
             in
             This
             Paper
             all
             that
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             leave
             behind
             me
             .
          
           ]
           My
           Lord
           does
           not
           first
           Read
           This
           Paper
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           and
           then
           Own
           it
           .
           My
           Lord
           does
           not
           say
           [
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             The
             Contents
             of
             This
             Paper
             are
             True
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             So
             Help
             me
             God.
          
           ]
           My
           Lord
           does
           not
           say
           ,
           [
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             I
             do
             here
             deliver
             this
             Paper
             to
             you
             upon
             my
          
           Death
           ,
           
             as
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             the
             Full
             Truth
             of
             my
             Case
             .
          
           ]
           But
           my
           Lord
           says
           ,
           [
           
             I
             have
             
               Set
               down
            
             in
             This
             Paper
             .
          
           ]
           which
           
             Setting
             down
          
           imports
           no
           more
           than
           the
           
             simple
             Writing
          
           of
           it
           :
           And
           so
           goes
           forward
           [
           
             All
             that
             I
             
               Think
               fit
            
             to
             leave
             behind
             me
          
           ]
           which
           might
           have
           been
           as
           well
           said
           ,
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           if
           the
           Paper
           had
           been
           an
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           
             Testimony
             of
             a
             Dying
             Man.
          
           And
           what
           's
           the
           meaning
           again
           of
           [
           
             All
             that
             I
             think
             Fit
          
           ]
           in
           This
           Place
           ?
           These
           Words
           by
           a
           
             Scotch
             Figure
          
           ,
           may
           signifie
           ,
           as
           the
           Reader
           pleases
           ;
           either
           
             Any
             Thing
          
           ,
           or
           just
           
             Nothing
             at
             All
          
           ;
           But
           however
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           a
           Man
           may
           conclude
           that
           there
           is
           something
           More
           yet
           ,
           which
           he
           does
           
             Not
             think
             fit
             to
             set
             down
          
           ;
           And
           That
           ,
           for
           ought
           any
           
           Body
           knows
           ,
           may
           be
           All
           that
           is
           
             worth
             
               setting
               down
            
             ;
          
           Or
           (
           which
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           )
           All
           that
           the
           Reader
           will
           find
           missing
           in
           
             This
             Paper
          
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           why
           [
           
             Leave
             behind
             me
          
           ?
           ]
           (
           they
           say
           )
           unless
           in
           the
           
             Literal
             Sense
          
           ,
           That
           
             I
             do
             not
             Carry
             it
             with
             me
          
           ;
           for
           there
           's
           no
           Attestation
           ,
           Annex'd
           to
           't
           ;
           No
           Solemnity
           of
           Acknowledgment
           or
           Protestation
           to
           Accompany
           the
           Delivery
           of
           it
           ;
           no
           Circumstance
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Memorial
           of
           any
           thing
           more
           than
           the
           Transferring
           of
           the
           Paper
           out
           of
           One
           hand
           into
           Another
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           lies
           at
           Fast
           or
           Loose
           ,
           whether
           
             this
             Paper
          
           shall
           be
           
             Reputed
             my
             Lords
             Act
          
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           My
           Answer
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           Paper
           was
           Written
           by
           my
           Lord
           ,
           Subscribed
           by
           my
           Lord
           Delivered
           by
           my
           Lord
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           these
           
             Visible
             Solemnities
          
           it
           became
           
             My
             Lords
             Act.
          
           
        
         
           It
           was
           Manifestly
           
             My
             Lords
             Intention
          
           that
           it
           should
           be
           Taken
           for
           
             His
             Act
          
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           but
           
             Common
             Justice
          
           to
           allow
           and
           to
           understand
           it
           so
           to
           be
           .
           It
           has
           been
           likewise
           Published
           and
           
             made
             use
             of
          
           by
           some
           of
           my
           Lords
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           
             As
             
               my
               Lords
               Act
            
             ,
          
           and
           with
           Infinite
           Zeal
           for
           his
           Lordships
           Advantage
           and
           Behoof
           .
           Now
           after
           all
           these
           Authoritative
           and
           
             Punctual
             Formalities
          
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           any
           Man
           that
           has
           a
           Tenderness
           for
           the
           Memory
           of
           That
           
             Unhappy
             Person
          
           ,
           but
           would
           rather
           Entitle
           him
           to
           this
           Paper
           ,
           (
           how
           ill
           contriv'd
           soever
           )
           than
           charge
           him
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           with
           double-dealing
           
           and
           
             mental
             Reservations
          
           at
           his
           
             Last
             Hour
          
           ;
           As
           if
           his
           
             dying
             Thoughts
          
           had
           been
           only
           taken
           up
           with
           Studying
           how
           to
           lead
           People
           into
           the
           dark
           ;
           and
           to
           amuse
           the
           World
           with
           a
           Riddle
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           unfolded
           ,
           after
           the
           Closing
           of
           his
           Lordships
           Eyes
           ,
           till
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           But
           let
           every
           Man
           take
           it
           which
           way
           he
           pleases
           ,
           it
           comes
           ,
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           Issue
           at
           last
           ;
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Take
           the
           Speech
           and
           the
           
             Paper
             ,
             Together
          
           ;
           or
           take
           them
           apart
           ,
           't
           is
           much
           at
           one
           .
        
         
           [
           God
           knows
           (
           
             says
             the
             Speech
          
           )
           how
           far
           I
           was
           always
           from
           Designs
           against
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           or
           of
           Altering
           the
           Government
           .
           ]
        
         
           This
           Passage
           now
           according
           to
           the
           sincerity
           of
           
             Popular
             Usage
          
           and
           Construction
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           [
           
             God
             knows
             it
             ,
             I
             was
             ever
             against
             these
             ways
          
           ;
           ]
           but
           then
           if
           a
           Man
           looks
           at
           it
           through
           a
           pair
           of
           Reformation-Spectacles
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           meer
           
             deceptio
             visus
          
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           at
           all
           to
           be
           seen
           ;
           for
           a
           body
           may
           be
           up
           to
           the
           Ears
           in
           a
           Design
           ,
           and
           yet
           Cry
           out
           with
           a
           
             safe
             Conscience
             [
             God
             knows
             how
             far
             I
             am
             against
             it
             .
          
           ]
           But
           there
           follows
           another
           Clause
           that
           seems
           to
           come
           closer
           a
           great
           deal
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           
        
         
           [
           In
           the
           Words
           of
           a
           
             Dying
             Man
          
           ,
           I
           Profess
           I
           know
           of
           no
           Plot
           ,
           either
           against
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Government
           .
           ]
        
         
           These
           Words
           ,
           in
           
             plain
             ,
             honest
             English
          
           ought
           to
           pass
           for
           Current
           ,
           and
           as
           good
           as
           Sterling
           betwixt
           
           Man
           and
           Man
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           reads
           them
           with
           a
           
             Kirk
             Comment
          
           ,
           will
           put
           them
           to
           All
           Touches
           and
           Tests
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           wise
           ,
           before
           he
           Receives
           them
           .
           [
           I
           
             Never
             knew
             
               of
               any
               Plot
            
          
           ]
           would
           have
           been
           much
           Fuller
           and
           much
           Homer
           to
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           than
           [
           I
           
             know
             
               of
               no
               Plot
            
             ;
          
           ]
           For
           the
           neck
           of
           it
           is
           now
           broken
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           no
           longer
           in
           Being
           .
           And
           then
           in
           the
           Restraining
           of
           that
           Disclaimer
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Government
           ;
           There
           's
           a
           Salvo
           left
           yet
           for
           the
           
             Seizing
             of
             the
             Guards
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           
             Imprisoning
             ,
             Deposing
          
           ,
           or
           doing
           any
           
             other
             Indignity
          
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           short
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           And
           
             All
             This
          
           without
           any
           Change
           of
           Government
           too
           ;
           for
           the
           Monarchy
           is
           the
           Same
           still
           ,
           though
           the
           Crown
           perhaps
           may
           be
           Translated
           from
           
             One
             Head
          
           to
           Another
           .
           Thus
           we
           see
           ,
           Every
           
           Line
           's
           a
           Snare
           :
           But
           I
           can
           never
           believe
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           spake
           These
           Words
           with
           the
           Intention
           of
           him
           that
           Penn'd
           them
           ,
           but
           rather
           that
           Unhappily
           he
           took
           the
           Paper
           by
           Content
           ,
           and
           without
           much
           Examining
           ,
           either
           the
           Stamp
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Mettle
             pay'd
             it
             out
          
           again
           as
           he
           Receiv'd
           it
           .
           In
           One
           word
           ,
           
             Somebodyelse
             Prepar'd
          
           the
           Poyson
           ,
           Put
           it
           into
           my
           
             Lords
             hand
          
           for
           a
           Cordial
           ,
           and
           his
           Lordship
           Deliver'd
           it
           over
           to
           the
           People
           :
           Not
           but
           that
           upon
           the
           main
           of
           my
           Lords
           
             Tryal
             ,
             Sentence
          
           and
           Execution
           ,
           as
           the
           Strictness
           of
           the
           Method
           was
           
             Absolutely
             Necessary
          
           ,
           so
           the
           Process
           was
           managed
           with
           all
           possible
           Respect
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           the
           
             Paper
             it Self
          
           ,
           which
           in
           several
           Places
           looks
           liker
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Primitive
             Christian
          
           Expos'd
           to
           the
           Lyons
           in
           a
           
             Roman
             Theatre
          
           ;
           or
           That
           of
           an
           
             Unfortunate
             Heroe
          
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           than
           the
           Figure
           of
           a
           Person
           under
           the
           
             double
             Calamity
          
           of
           such
           a
           Cause
           and
           such
           a
           Sentence
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           reckon
           This
           as
           the
           Happiest
           Time
           of
           my
           Life
           ,
           tho
           Others
           may
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           the
           saddest
           .
           ]
        
         
           Can
           any
           Man
           living
           that
           has
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           about
           him
           ,
           understand
           This
           Hyperbole
           according
           to
           the
           Letter
           ,
           especially
           under
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           such
           
             Mortal
             Mistakes
          
           and
           
             miserable
             Illusions
          
           ?
           What
           could
           a
           Martyr
           at
           the
           Stake
           ,
           under
           a
           Guard
           of
           Angels
           have
           said
           Greater
           than
           This
           ?
           And
           here
           's
           
             The
             Arrow
             drawn
             to
             the
             Head
          
           again
           .
        
         
           [
           The
           Importunity
           of
           my
           Friends
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           the
           best
           and
           dearest
           Wife
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           prevailed
           with
           me
           to
           
             sign
             Petitions
          
           ,
           and
           make
           an
           Address
           for
           my
           Life
           ;
           To
           which
           I
           was
           very
           Averse
           ;
           For
           (
           I
           thank
           God
           )
           though
           in
           all
           Respects
           I
           have
           lived
           One
           of
           the
           Happiest
           ,
           and
           Contentedst
           Men
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           (
           for
           now
           very
           near
           Fourteen
           Years
           )
           yet
           I
           am
           so
           willing
           to
           leave
           all
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           without
           Difficulty
           that
           I
           did
           any
           Thing
           for
           the
           Saving
           of
           my
           Life
           ;
           that
           was
           Begging
           .
           ]
        
         
           How
           strangely
           has
           the
           Author
           of
           This
           Paragraph
           mistaken
           his
           Proportions
           !
           To
           draw
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           
             Seraphical
             ,
             Resigning
             Christian
          
           from
           the
           Copy
           of
           a
           
             Stomackful
             ,
             huffing
             Cavalier
          
           ,
           and
           to
           talk
           of
           
           the
           
             Last
             Test
          
           of
           a
           
             Dying
             Mans
             Religion
          
           and
           Profession
           ,
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           more
           in
           't
           than
           a
           
             vain
             Punctilio
          
           ,
           upon
           a
           point
           of
           Honour
           in
           a
           Sword-man
           .
           Is
           it
           become
           a
           Shame
           for
           a
           Delinquent
           to
           Acknowledg
           his
           Fault
           ?
           For
           a
           
             Condemn'd
             Person
          
           to
           Pray
           for
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           Justice
           ?
           For
           a
           Subject
           that
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           has
           done
           amiss
           ,
           to
           
             beg
             Pardon
          
           of
           his
           Soveraign
           ?
           How
           long
           has
           it
           been
           a
           point
           of
           either
           Bravery
           ,
           or
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           be
           so
           Averse
           to
           the
           
             Saving
             of
             his
             Life
          
           ,
           as
           to
           oppose
           the
           
             only
             Proper
          
           and
           possible
           (
           nay
           the
           Lawful
           and
           
             Honourable
             )
             means
          
           of
           
             preserving
             it
          
           ?
           A
           Petition
           in
           This
           Case
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           ,
           methinks
           ,
           from
           Needing
           ,
           either
           a
           
             Secondary
             Motive
          
           to
           the
           Inducing
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           an
           Excuse
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           ,
           That
           ,
           without
           being
           wanting
           to
           Himself
           ,
           his
           Family
           ,
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           how
           he
           could
           have
           Declin'd
           it
           .
           My
           
             Lords
             Signing
          
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           has
           made
           him
           become
           Answerable
           for
           every
           Part
           :
           But
           these
           
             High
             Flights
          
           were
           Undoubtedly
           the
           Strokes
           of
           Another
           Pen
           ,
           that
           took
           more
           Care
           to
           Advance
           and
           Support
           the
           Credit
           of
           a
           Faction
           than
           to
           keep
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           Sobriety
           and
           Decorum
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           Lordships
           State
           and
           Condition
           .
           There
           are
           several
           Dashes
           besides
           too
           ,
           that
           seem
           to
           be
           
             Influenc'd
             by
             the
             
               same
               Genius
            
          
           ;
           and
           Written
           and
           Publish'd
           with
           the
           same
           Design
           ;
           and
           with
           no
           more
           Regard
           neither
           ,
           to
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Pretence
           of
           the
           Paper
           .
        
         
         
           [
           I
           wish
           with
           all
           my
           Soul
           (
           
             says
             the
             Paper
          
           )
           All
           our
           Unhappy
           Differences
           were
           Removed
           ;
           and
           that
           All
           
             sincere
             Protestants
          
           would
           so
           far
           Consider
           the
           Danger
           of
           Popery
           as
           to
           lay
           aside
           their
           Heats
           ,
           and
           Agree
           against
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Church-men
           would
           be
           less
           severe
           ,
           and
           the
           Dissenters
           less
           scrupulous
           ;
           for
           I
           think
           Bitterness
           and
           Persecution
           are
           at
           all
           times
           Bad
           ,
           but
           much
           more
           ,
           NOW
           .
           ]
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ;
           My
           Lords
           Hand
           makes
           
             This
             Clause
          
           my
           Lords
           Act
           again
           :
           But
           He
           that
           Penn'd
           it
           ,
           thought
           of
           nothing
           less
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             Drawing
             of
             it
             up
          
           ,
           than
           my
           Lords
           Bus'ness
           :
           For
           what
           's
           a
           
             publick
             Reformation
          
           to
           a
           
             private
             Confession
          
           ?
           Here
           's
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           
             Agonizing
             in
             Extremis
          
           ,
           brought-in
           with
           an
           Expedient
           in
           his
           Mouth
           against
           Popery
           .
           What
           's
           
             Toleration
             ,
             Comprehension
             ,
             Association
          
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           's
           his
           Proposal
           )
           to
           a
           Man
           that
           's
           brought
           to
           his
           
             last
             Miserere
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           Critical
           and
           
             Final
             Discharge
          
           of
           his
           Soul
           to
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           ?
           Here
           's
           a
           Christian
           under
           the
           Instant
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Indispensable
             Obligation
          
           of
           
             Forgiving
             all
             Mankind
          
           ,
           brought
           in
           (
           with
           his
           
             last
             Gasp
          
           betwixt
           his
           
             Teeth
             )
             Arraigning
          
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           with
           Cruelty
           and
           Persecution
           .
           And
           what
           's
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Church-men
           that
           He
           Complains
           of
           ?
           And
           what
           's
           the
           Persecution
           ;
           but
           the
           Executing
           of
           the
           Laws
           upon
           Others
           :
           And
           living
           in
           a
           
             Dutiful
             Obedience
          
           to
           them
           ,
           
             Themselves
             ?
             Persecution
          
           (
           he
           says
           )
           is
           
             ever
             Bad
             ,
             
               but
               much
               more
            
          
           NOW
           .
           ]
           What
           an
           
             Emphatical
             
             Note
          
           is
           it
           that
           This
           Critical
           [
           NOW
           ]
           should
           be
           pitched
           upon
           for
           the
           Season
           of
           Indulging
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           which
           They
           have
           chosen
           out
           for
           the
           Season
           of
           taking
           Possession
           of
           the
           Government
           ?
           But
           the
           Humour
           is
           
             Carried
             on
          
           ;
           and
           there
           's
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           of
           the
           same
           Stuff
           still
           .
        
         
           [
           For
           Popery
           ,
           I
           look
           on
           it
           as
           an
           Idolatrous
           and
           
             bloody
             Religion
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           thought
           my self
           bound
           [
           
             in
             my
             Station
          
           ]
           to
           do
           All
           I
           could
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           ,
           I
           foresaw
           I
           should
           Procure
           such
           Great
           Enemies
           to
           my self
           ;
           and
           so
           
             powerful
             Ones
          
           ;
           That
           I
           have
           been
           now
           for
           some
           time
           Expecting
           the
           worst
           ;
           and
           
             blessed
             be
             God
          
           ,
           I
           fall
           by
           the
           Axe
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           
             Fiery
             Tryal
          
           .
           ]
        
         
           The
           
             First
             Period
          
           has
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           very
           Style
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Covenant
          
           .
           There
           's
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Resistance
           in
           't
           ;
           with
           an
           Allowance
           (
           nay
           and
           an
           Obligation
           )
           for
           every
           man
           to
           be
           Seditious
           [
           
             in
             his
             Station
          
           .
           ]
           The
           
             Second
             Period
          
           MEANS
           ,
           That
           my
           Lord
           Russel
           fell
           under
           the
           Revenge
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           for
           
             Promoting
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
          
           .
           This
           Clause
           had
           my
           Lords
           
             General
             Assent
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Rest
           ;
           but
           in
           Conscience
           and
           in
           Charity
           ,
           I
           do
           firmly
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           gain'd
           by
           a
           Surprize
           ,
           when
           the
           Disorder
           of
           His
           Lordships
           Thoughts
           ,
           and
           the
           shortness
           of
           Time
           ,
           perhaps
           would
           not
           bear
           much
           Deliberation
           ;
           For
           whereas
           the
           Death
           of
           This
           
             poor
             Gentleman
          
           is
           Invidiously
           Charg'd
           
           upon
           the
           
             Duke
             ,
             
               for
               his
               Opposing
               Popery
            
          
           ;
           the
           
             Duke
             Himself
          
           was
           to
           have
           been
           Murder'd
           (
           nay
           and
           the
           King
           too
           )
           by
           the
           
             Pretending
             
               Anti-Papal
               Party
            
             ;
          
           and
           it
           was
           my
           Lords
           heavy
           Lot
           to
           Fall
           under
           the
           Fate
           of
           That
           Conspiracy
           .
           And
           the
           
             Bare
             Murder
          
           was
           not
           All
           neither
           ;
           for
           Those
           that
           call
           themselves
           the
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           were
           to
           have
           Done
           the
           
             horrid
             Fact
          
           :
           (
           And
           according
           to
           the
           
             Vote
             )
             to
             have
             reveng'd
             it
             upon
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           The
           Pen-man
           after
           This
           ,
           makes
           the
           Unhappy
           Gentleman
           to
           
             Bless
             God
             ,
             That
             he
             fell
             by
             the
             Axe
             not
             the
             Faggot
          
           ;
           when
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           ,
           so
           far
           was
           the
           Faction
           from
           dreading
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Duke
           and
           the
           Government
           ,
           that
           
             Those
             very
             People
          
           that
           made
           the
           Greatest
           Noise
           with
           their
           
             Fears
             ,
             Iealousies
          
           and
           Apprehensions
           were
           themselves
           
             United
             in
             a
             Conspiracy
             to
             Blow
             up
             All
             ,
             
               in
               one
               common
               Ruine
            
             .
          
           Now
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           Foresight
           and
           Expectation
           of
           Mischief
           ;
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           for
           Men
           that
           run
           
             desperate
             Courses
          
           to
           live
           in
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           
             Dangerous
             Effects
          
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           did
           believe
           (
           
             says
             the
             Paper
          
           )
           and
           I
           
             Do
             still
          
           ,
           That
           
             Popery
             is
             Breaking-in
             upon
             the
             Nation
          
           ;
           and
           that
           Those
           who
           Advance
           it
           ,
           will
           stop
           at
           nothing
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           Designs
           .
           I
           am
           heartily
           sorry
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           Protestants
           give
           their
           
             Helping-Hand
             
               to
               it
            
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Was
           there
           ever
           such
           a
           Reckoning
           cast
           up
           betwixt
           the
           
             Great
             God
          
           and
           a
           
             miserable
             Sinner
          
           ,
           and
           not
           
             One
             Moment
          
           left
           to
           set
           things
           Right
           in
           ,
           betwixt
           That
           ,
           and
           
           his
           Appearance
           at
           the
           
             last
             Tribunal
          
           ?
           Here
           's
           not
           so
           much
           as
           
             One
             Syllable
          
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           to
           my
           Lords
           Case
           ,
           but
           only
           Clamours
           for
           fear
           of
           
             Popery
             ;
             Invectives
          
           against
           the
           
             Pretended
             Bringers
             of
             it
             in
             ;
             Legal
             Protestants
          
           turn'd
           over
           into
           the
           
             Popish
             Calendar
          
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           the
           
             Persecuted
             Persons
          
           are
           the
           Aggressors
           .
           God
           forgive
           the
           Man
           ,
           whoever
           it
           was
           (
           
             if
             he
             has
             not
             sinn'd
             unto
             Death
          
           )
           that
           wrought
           upon
           my
           Lord
           to
           Own
           this
           
             Enflaming
             Paper
          
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           hope
           ,
           in
           Charity
           yet
           ,
           that
           betwixt
           the
           Delivery
           of
           it
           and
           the
           Stroke
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           Repented
           of
           the
           Temerity
           ,
           and
           found
           a
           Place
           for
           Mercy
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           spell
           a
           little
           upon
           
             These
             Words
             [
             I
             Did
             Believe
             ,
             and
             I
             
               Do
               still
            
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           He
           does
           not
           say
           ,
           upon
           what
           Grounds
           ;
           He
           Propounds
           no
           
             Remedy
             ;
             Offers
          
           no
           Proof
           :
           We
           hear
           nothing
           by
           whom
           it
           is
           to
           be
           brought-in
           ,
           or
           by
           
             what
             means
          
           :
           But
           it
           seems
           ,
           there
           are
           both
           Papists
           and
           Protestants
           in
           the
           Confederacy
           .
           Why
           does
           he
           not
           tell
           us
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           of
           
             Both
             Sorts
          
           ?
           Or
           if
           it
           be
           only
           a
           bare
           Conjecture
           ,
           methinks
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Councel
           should
           be
           able
           to
           see
           as
           far
           into
           This
           Bus'ness
           as
           the
           Prevaricator
           :
           Or
           let
           it
           be
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           I
           challenge
           the
           World
           to
           shew
           any
           One
           
             Colourable
             Reason
          
           for
           the
           Printing
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           's
           Honest
           :
           To
           give
           the
           Adviser
           his
           due
           ,
           This
           Paper
           was
           never
           Calculated
           either
           for
           my
           
             Lords
             Cause
          
           or
           Service
           ,
           any
           further
           than
           to
           make
           
           use
           of
           his
           Name
           as
           a
           Vehicle
           ,
           to
           convey
           the
           Spirits
           of
           this
           Venom
           into
           all
           the
           Corners
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           .
           But
           he
           goes
           forward
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           hope
           God
           will
           preserve
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           This
           Nation
           :
           Though
           
             I
             am
             afraid
          
           it
           will
           fall
           under
           
             very
             great
             Tryals
          
           ,
           and
           very
           
             Sharp
             sufferings
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           Impiety
           and
           Profaneness
           that
           abounds
           and
           appears
           so
           scandalously
           Barefaced
           every
           where
           ,
           gives
           too
           just
           Reason
           to
           fear
           the
           worst
           things
           which
           can
           befall
           a
           People
           .
           I
           pray
           God
           prevent
           it
           ,
           and
           give
           those
           who
           have
           shewed
           concern
           for
           the
           
             Publick
             good
          
           ,
           and
           who
           have
           appeared
           Hearty
           for
           the
           
             True
             Interest
          
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           Grace
           to
           live
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           not
           cast
           a
           Reproach
           on
           that
           which
           they
           endeavour
           to
           Advance
           .
           ]
        
         
           God
           deliver
           me
           from
           a
           Confessour
           ,
           at
           my
           last
           Hour
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           have
           but
           
             one
             Moment
          
           left
           to
           make
           my
           Peace
           with
           God
           in
           ,
           shall
           put
           me
           upon
           employing
           that
           very
           Instant
           in
           casting
           Fire-Balls
           into
           a
           Nation
           ,
           to
           set
           
             Three-Kingdoms
             in
             a
             Flame
          
           :
           And
           instead
           of
           shrifting
           my
           
             own
             Conscience
          
           ,
           to
           be
           Raking
           in
           the
           Puddle
           of
           the
           Iniquities
           of
           my
           Neighbours
           .
           What
           's
           the
           End
           of
           these
           
             Terrifying
             Alarums
          
           ,
           but
           to
           Gall
           and
           Teize
           the
           People
           ,
           without
           any
           hope
           of
           Remedy
           ,
           unless
           by
           flying
           to
           that
           
             Damned
             Principle
          
           of
           
             Conditional
             Obedience
          
           ,
           to
           Embrue
           my
           hands
           in
           the
           Bloud
           of
           my
           Soveraign
           ?
           What
           's
           the
           English
           of
           this
           same
           [
           Publick-Good
           ]
           here
           ;
           Appearing
           [
           Hearty
           ]
           The
           [
           
             True
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           ]
           and
           the
           [
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ?
           ]
           What
           is
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           in
           a
           
             New
             dress
          
           ;
           And
           the
           direct
           Encouragement
           of
           a
           Schism
           ,
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           against
           the
           Authority
           both
           of
           Church
           and
           State
           ?
           And
           then
           here
           's
           still
           the
           
             never-failing
             Topique
          
           at
           hand
           ,
           of
           Impiety
           and
           Prophaneness
           with
           a
           
             Characteristical
             Note
          
           of
           the
           other
           Party
           ;
           As
           men
           Concerned
           for
           the
           
             Publick-Good
             ,
             Hearty
          
           for
           the
           
             True
             
             Interest
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           under
           which
           Notion
           ,
           the
           Shammer
           of
           this
           Paper
           upon
           my
           Lord
           ,
           did
           beyond
           all
           controversy
           ,
           Intend
           the
           Conspirators
           :
           For
           it
           does
           not
           only
           Answer
           his
           
             Ordinary
             Description
          
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           he
           would
           have
           told
           us
           in
           
             Plain
             Terms
          
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           meant
           otherwise
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           he
           would
           have
           cast
           in
           as
           much
           Schism
           and
           Rebellion
           into
           the
           
             other
             Scale
          
           as
           would
           have
           kept
           the
           
             Ballance
             Even
             .
          
           Not
           but
           that
           the
           Sedition
           and
           Prophaneness
           are
           now
           (
           God
           be
           thanked
           for
           it
           )
           come
           to
           be
           
             both
             of
             a
             side
          
           .
           And
           here
           again
           ;
        
         
           [
           What
           ever
           Apprehensions
           I
           had
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           of
           my
           own
           severe
           and
           heavy
           share
           I
           was
           like
           to
           have
           under
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           should
           prevail
           ;
           I
           never
           had
           a
           thought
           of
           doing
           any
           thing
           against
           it
           Basely
           or
           Inhumanely
           ;
           but
           what
           could
           well
           Consist
           with
           the
           
             Christian
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Laws
           and
           
             Liberties
             of
             this
             Kingdom
          
           :
           And
           thank
           God
           ,
           I
           have
           Examined
           all
           my
           Actings
           in
           that
           matter
           with
           so
           great
           Care
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           appeal
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           ,
           who
           knows
           my
           Heart
           ,
           that
           I
           went
           on
           Syncerely
           ,
           without
           being
           moved
           either
           by
           
             Passion
             ,
             By-end
          
           ,
           or
           Evil-Design
           .
           ]
        
         
           We
           are
           still
           upon
           the
           
             same
             Train
          
           of
           Uncertainties
           and
           Generals
           .
           Why
           should
           
             My
             Lord
          
           have
           these
           Apprehensions
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           
             His
             opposing
             Popery
          
           ?
           When
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
          
           are
           against
           Introducing
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           
             His
             Lordship
             :
          
           But
           if
           the
           
             Paper
             
               means
               One
               Popery
            
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Law
             Another
          
           ;
           (
           As
           't
           is
           clear
           by
           the
           Context
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Church-Protestants
           and
           the
           Papists
           are
           to
           be
           blown
           up
           into
           the
           Air
           Together
           )
           the
           Pretext
           of
           Religion
           is
           Degenerated
           into
           a
           
             Point-blank
             Sedition
          
           :
           And
           every
           man
           that
           Suffers
           for
           Treason
           ,
           shall
           presently
           at
           this
           rate
           be
           made
           a
           Martyr
           for
           the
           Reformation
           .
           And
           again
           ,
           will
           the
           Composer
           of
           this
           Paper
           have
           my
           Lords
           Suffering
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Argument
           
           that
           
             Popery
             prevails
          
           ;
           because
           his
           Lordship
           
             foresaw
             the
             Hard
             Measure
             he
             was
             likely
             to
             have
             ,
             in
             Case
             it
             should
             prevail
             ?
          
           Neither
           will
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           
             opposing
             Popery
          
           ,
           in
           any
           sort
           ,
           Excuse
           the
           Doing
           of
           it
           by
           
             Unlawful
             means
          
           .
           There
           must
           be
           no
           
             Seizing
             of
             Guards
          
           in
           the
           Case
           ;
           The
           Fear
           of
           a
           
             False
             Religion
          
           is
           no
           Defence
           ,
           either
           before
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           for
           the
           Violence
           of
           an
           
             Actual
             Rebellion
          
           .
           How
           much
           
             more
             Forcible
          
           then
           is
           the
           Condition
           of
           
             Our
             present
             Instance
          
           ;
           where
           the
           
             very
             men
          
           that
           pretend
           to
           
             Fear
             Popery
          
           ,
           are
           so
           far
           from
           
             Fearing
             it
             Indeed
          
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             one
             Branch
          
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           to
           say
           they
           Fear
           it
           :
           A
           Second
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           are
           about
           to
           
             Kill
             the
             King
          
           ;
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           to
           Resolve
           to
           do
           it
           Themselves
           :
           And
           the
           last
           Round
           of
           the
           Ladder
           ,
           is
           ,
           by
           Consent
           ,
           so
           soon
           as
           ever
           they
           have
           Executed
           the
           Villany
           ,
           to
           make
           Proclamation
           that
           the
           Papists
           did
           it
           .
           But
           now
           we
           come
           to
           the
           
             Deplorable
             Nicety
          
           of
           my
           
             Poor
             Lords
             Case
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           in
           Appearance
           ,
           seems
           to
           be
           well
           nigh
           the
           
             Single
             Proposition
          
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Confessour
           and
           the
           Penitent
           agreed
           ;
           And
           this
           was
           it
           ,
           which
           cost
           both
           Himself
           and
           that
           
             Noble
             Family
          
           so
           Dear
           .
        
         
           Popery
           was
           to
           be
           Opposed
           it
           seems
           ,
           but
           not
           Basely
           or
           Inhumanely
           ;
           The
           Guards
           were
           not
           to
           be
           Massacred
           or
           Killed
           in
           their
           Beds
           ;
           But
           if
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           Effect
           might
           have
           been
           done
           Bravely
           ,
           and
           Sword
           in
           Hand
           ,
           I
           see
           nothing
           in
           this
           Paragraph
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           substance
           it
           might
           have
           been
           Justifyed
           ;
           for
           BASELY
           and
           INHUMANLY
           are
           the
           Two
           only
           Exceptions
           that
           I
           find
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           :
           And
           they
           do
           
             Tacitly
             Imply
          
           a
           kind
           of
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Thing
           ,
           Provided
           it
           might
           have
           been
           done
           in
           a
           way
           of
           
             Reputative
             Generosity
          
           and
           Honour
           ;
           for
           here
           's
           no
           Regard
           either
           Had
           or
           so
           much
           as
           Intimated
           in
           
             That
             Particular
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Laws
           either
           of
           God
           or
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
         
           There
           follows
           indeed
           a
           kind
           of
           Restriction
           (
           by
           way
           of
           a
           Salvo
           )
           That
           the
           Proceeding
           ought
           to
           hold
           a
           [
           
             Consistence
             with
             the
          
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           
             of
             this
          
           Kingdom
           .
           ]
           And
           where
           are
           we
           then
           ?
           If
           Julian
           the
           First
           and
           the
           Second
           ;
           If
           Apostates
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Common
             Bretrayers
          
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
             Masters
          
           and
           People
           ,
           shall
           be
           made
           the
           Judges
           of
           
             That
             Christian
             Religion
          
           :
           Or
           Hunt
           and
           Ferguson
           ,
           the
           Arbitrators
           of
           our
           
             Common
             Rights
          
           ?
           Oh
           how
           I
           curse
           the
           First
           Minute
           that
           ever
           gave
           Admittance
           to
           any
           of
           these
           Mutinous
           and
           
             Sanguinary
             Levites
          
           ,
           any
           of
           these
           Popular
           or
           
             Seditious
             Boutefeus
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Roof
           of
           that
           
             Honourable
             House
             !
             Hin●
             ille
             Lachrimae
             !
          
           for
           
             That
             mistaken
             Principle
          
           was
           the
           Root
           of
           all
           this
           Evil
           ;
           And
           the
           
             Main
             Incentive
          
           ,
           (
           I
           perswade
           my self
           )
           to
           the
           doing
           of
           
             Many
             ill
             things
          
           by
           the
           Impulse
           of
           
             That
             Delusion
          
           :
           Had
           not
           a
           Man
           better
           have
           a
           
             Cloven
             Foot
          
           in
           's
           House
           ,
           then
           one
           of
           these
           
             Cloven
             Tongues
          
           ?
           The
           
             Devil
             ,
             Barefac'd
          
           ,
           puts
           a
           Man
           to
           his
           Prayers
           ;
           He
           Summons
           up
           his
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           Implores
           a
           Powerful
           and
           a
           
             Merciful
             God
          
           for
           his
           Assistance
           ,
           with
           a
           Horrour
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           for
           the
           Character
           and
           the
           Company
           of
           his
           Seducer
           :
           But
           in
           the
           Other
           Case
           ,
           a
           Man
           Abandons
           himself
           to
           the
           
             Impostor
             ;
             Consults
             no
             other
             Oracle
             ,
          
           but
           takes
           his
           Enemy
           into
           his
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Opens
           his
           Heart
           for
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             Errour
          
           to
           Enter
           in
           ,
           and
           take
           Possession
           of
           him
           ,
           Pins
           his
           Faith
           upon
           the
           Sleeve
           of
           his
           Guide
           ,
           and
           Swallows
           the
           Ruin
           both
           of
           
             Body
             ,
             Soul
          
           and
           Estate
           ,
           with
           Greediness
           .
           He
           takes
           the
           
             Broad
             Way
          
           for
           the
           Narrow
           ,
           &c.
           
           God
           Deliver
           all
           
             Honest
             Men
          
           out
           of
           the
           Clutches
           of
           
             these
             Parasitical
          
           and
           
             Rapacious
             Hypocrites
          
           !
           The
           Dictator
           of
           this
           Paper
           says
           ,
           that
           [
           
             My
             Lord
             Examined
             all
             his
             Actings
             :
          
           ]
           And
           truly
           so
           much
           the
           Worse
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           Examined
           by
           Applying
           them
           to
           
             False
             Rules
          
           and
           Measures
           :
           And
           then
           he
           Vouches
           for
           the
           Syncerity
           of
           my
           Lords
           
           Heart
           ,
           which
           Syncerity
           avails
           little
           too
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           founded
           upon
           a
           
             wrong
             Principle
          
           :
           And
           no
           Purgation
           at
           all
           ,
           neither
           ,
           of
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           in
           case
           of
           an
           
             Erroneous
             Judgment
          
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           Close
           this
           Remarque
           ;
           the
           whole
           Paragraph
           is
           Mystery
           ;
           and
           there
           may
           be
           Wrapt
           under
           it
           ,
           what
           Meaning
           soever
           the
           Reader
           shall
           find
           Reasonable
           to
           Impose
           upon
           it
           :
           for
           a
           thing
           may
           be
           Contrary
           to
           the
           Laws
           both
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ;
           and
           yet
           in
           
             His
             Sense
          
           neither
           Base
           nor
           
             Inhumane
             .
             Julian
          
           and
           Hunt
           ,
           make
           that
           which
           the
           Law
           calls
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Consistent
             with
             our
             Laws
             ,
             Liberties
          
           and
           Religion
           :
           And
           then
           for
           the
           [
           
             Examining
             
               of
               his
               Actings
            
          
           ]
           My
           Lords
           Monitor
           knows
           that
           Ravillac
           did
           as
           much
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           own
           
             Private
             Thoughts
             ,
             Approved
          
           them
           too
           .
           
             Our
             Regicides
          
           here
           at
           Home
           ,
           did
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           Actions
           never
           the
           Better
           ,
           or
           the
           more
           Warrantable
           for
           having
           stood
           
             That
             Tryal
          
           .
           We
           'l
           come
           now
           to
           his
           
             Reflexions
             upon
          
           the
           Bill
           of
           Exclusion
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           cannot
           but
           give
           some
           Touch
           about
           th●
           
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
          
           ,
           and
           shew
           the
           Reasons
           of
           my
           appearing
           in
           that
           bus'ness
           ,
           which
           in
           short
           is
           this
           :
           That
           I
           thought
           the
           Nation
           was
           in
           such
           danger
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Expectation
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Successor
          
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           in
           Parliament
           )
           put
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
          
           lik●wise
           in
           such
           danger
           ,
           That
           I
           saw
           no
           way
           so
           effectual
           to
           secure
           Both
           ,
           as
           such
           a
           Bill
           .
           As
           to
           the
           Limitations
           ,
           which
           were
           proposed
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           
             syncerely
             offered
             ,
          
           and
           had
           passed
           into
           a
           Law
           ;
           the
           Duke
           then
           would
           have
           been
           Excluded
           from
           the
           Power
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Government
           quite
           altered
           ,
           and
           little
           more
           than
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           King
           left
           .
           So
           I
           could
           not
           see
           either
           Sin
           or
           Fault
           in
           the
           One
           ,
           when
           all
           people
           were
           willing
           to
           admit
           of
           t'other
           ;
           but
           thought
           it
           better
           to
           have
           a
           King
           with
           his
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Nation
             easie
          
           and
           safe
           under
           him
           ,
           than
           a
           
             King
             without
          
           it
           ,
           which
           must
           have
           bred
           
             Perpetual
             Jealousies
          
           and
           a
           
             Continual
             Struggle
          
           .
           
           All
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           only
           to
           justifie
           my self
           ,
           and
           [
           
             not
             to
             enflame
             Others
          
           ,
           ]
           though
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           ,
           
             my
             Earnestness
             in
             That
             Matter
             has
             had
             no
             small
             Influence
             in
             my
             
               present
               Sufferings
            
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           With
           Honour
           to
           my
           
             Lords
             Reasons
          
           for
           the
           Bill
           ;
           the
           Best
           and
           the
           
             Truest
             Reason
          
           that
           ever
           I
           met
           with
           for
           't
           ,
           was
           This
           ;
           That
           the
           Exclusion
           of
           the
           Duke
           would
           certainly
           draw
           the
           Crown
           after
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Suppressing
           of
           Monarchy
           and
           Episcopacy
           was
           the
           
             Best
             Expedient
          
           ,
           that
           ever
           was
           heard
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           Preventing
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Popery
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Disease
           was
           expresly
           invented
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Remedy
           :
           In
           the
           Parliament-Case
           ,
           the
           Kings
           Life
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           was
           in
           danger
           for
           the
           Successors
           sake
           :
           And
           in
           the
           Plot-Case
           ,
           the
           Successors
           Life
           was
           in
           danger
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Kings
             sake
             :
          
           There
           were
           Limitations
           offer'd
           (
           he
           says
           )
           but
           whether
           SYNCERELY
           offer'd
           or
           not
           ,
           he
           makes
           a
           Question
           ,
           (
           for
           which
           his
           Majesty
           owes
           him
           a
           Thousand
           Thanks
           )
           but
           whether
           the
           One
           or
           the
           Other
           ,
           they
           were
           however
           very
           heartily
           Rejected
           ;
           and
           he
           gives
           This
           Reason
           for
           't
           .
           They
           would
           have
           left
           the
           Duke
           only
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           without
           the
           Power
           ;
           But
           
             my
             Lords
             Prompter
          
           was
           Resolv'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Duke
           should
           either
           have
           All
           or
           None
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Heir
           should
           be
           
             quite
             struck
             off
          
           rather
           than
           the
           
             Crown
             Maim'd
          
           .
           Now
           upon
           
             This
             Consideration
          
           ;
           (
           and
           for
           the
           saving
           of
           the
           Prerogative
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Ease
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           )
           The
           Paper-Writer
           Absolves
           my
           Lord
           from
           either
           Sin
           or
           Fault
           ,
           in
           the
           bus'ness
           of
           the
           Bill
           ;
           forgetting
           upon
           
             set
             Purpose
          
           on
           his
           Lordships
           behalf
           ,
           That
           my
           Lord
           had
           Promoted
           the
           Bill
           before
           ever
           these
           Limitations
           were
           thought
           of
           .
           Touching
           the
           Influence
           that
           my
           Lords
           
             Earnestness
             in
             That
             matter
          
           might
           have
           upon
           his
           
             After
             Sufferings
          
           ;
           I
           shall
           easily
           Agree
           with
           the
           Supposer
           of
           it
           ,
           That
           there
           might
           be
           something
           in
           't
           ;
           for
           the
           
           Pro●ect
           of
           Secluding
           the
           Duke
           ,
           was
           a
           Limb
           of
           that
           Design
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           grew
           up
           into
           a
           
             Form'd
             Conspiracy
          
           ,
           and
           Unhapp●ly
           brought
           This
           mistaken
           Lord
           to
           his
           End.
           But
           to
           impute
           any
           part
           of
           my
           Lords
           Sufferings
           to
           the
           Malice
           of
           a
           
             vindictive
             Spirit
          
           ,
           for
           what
           he
           either
           said
           ,
           or
           did
           ,
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           would
           lye
           open
           to
           so
           many
           Disproofs
           and
           Contradictions
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           place
           for
           any
           man
           in
           
             sound
             Sense
          
           so
           much
           as
           to
           imagin
           it
           .
           My
           Lord
           most
           Unfortunately
           fell
           into
           a
           Cabal
           of
           Male-Contents
           ;
           frequented
           their
           Meetings
           ;
           joyn'd
           with
           'em
           in
           their
           Councils
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Conspiracy
           Carry'd
           on
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           was
           seasonably
           Detected
           :
           My
           Lord
           ,
           with
           others
           ,
           Apprehended
           upon
           it
           ;
           brought
           to
           a
           Fair
           Tryal
           ,
           the
           Matter
           Legally
           Prov'd
           :
           And
           his
           
             Lordship
             Himself
          
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           Deny
           the
           Substance
           of
           the
           Charge
           .
           Upon
           This
           ,
           he
           was
           found
           
             Guilty
             ,
             Sentenced
          
           and
           put
           to
           Death
           .
           And
           what
           's
           
             All
             This
          
           to
           any
           
             Court-Influence
             of
             Revenge
          
           ,
           for
           his
           Lordships
           Earnestness
           about
           the
           Bill
           ?
           But
           we
           have
           taken
           up
           an
           opinion
           in
           these
           late
           Times
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           putting
           of
           an
           Indignity
           upon
           
             The
             Heir
             of
             the
             Crown
          
           were
           enough
           to
           make
           a
           Man
           Shot-free
           ,
           and
           HARD
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           And
           that
           the
           25
           Edw.
           3.
           could
           never
           Touch
           him
           after
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           I
           was
           saying
           just
           now
           ,
           The
           Faction
           had
           
             Two
             Capital
             Designs
          
           in
           Contemplation
           ;
           the
           One
           was
           the
           Destroying
           of
           the
           Duke
           and
           the
           King
           :
           And
           the
           Other
           was
           the
           Destroying
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Duke
           .
           The
           Former
           was
           to
           have
           been
           Ex●cuted
           by
           Bill
           ;
           and
           the
           Other
           by
           Gun-shot
           .
           The
           Passing
           of
           the
           Bill
           had
           absolutely
           done
           the
           Work
           ;
           but
           in
           a
           way
           of
           Form
           ,
           and
           by
           Wotes
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           found
           to
           be
           every
           jot
           as
           sure
           ,
           as
           
             Protestant
             Flayles
          
           or
           Blunderbusses
           .
           For
           
             One
             Disinherison
          
           opens
           a
           Gap
           to
           Another
           .
           And
           when
           they
           have
           once
           got
           the
           Trick
           of
           
             Putting
             by
          
           a
           Successor
           ,
           whom
           they
           do
           not
           like
           ;
           't
           is
           Fifty
           to
           One
           ,
           the
           Humour
           will
           
           take
           them
           of
           
             liking
             
               no
               Successor
               at
               all
            
             ;
          
           and
           so
           by
           Degrees
           ,
           there
           will
           follow
           a
           Transition
           from
           a
           Dislike
           of
           the
           Person
           to
           a
           Dislike
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           And
           the
           
             Monarchy
             it self
          
           will
           be
           found
           as
           Great
           a
           Grievance
           ,
           as
           the
           
             next
             Heir
          
           .
           When
           they
           are
           once
           enter'd
           upon
           this
           Train
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           care
           taken
           that
           we
           shall
           never
           want
           
             more
             work
             for
             the
             Tinker
          
           ;
           till
           the
           
             New
             State-Menders
          
           may
           come
           to
           have
           the
           stopping
           of
           
             Those
             Holes
          
           that
           they
           
             made
             themselves
             :
          
           All
           Councellors
           shall
           be
           Popish
           ,
           all
           Ministers
           and
           Officers
           ,
           the
           Guards
           ,
           the
           Militia
           ,
           and
           
             All
             Persons
             whatsoever
          
           in
           any
           Station
           of
           Trust
           and
           Power
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           Papists
           or
           
             Popishly-affected
             ,
             
               every
               Man
               of
               'em
            
          
           ;
           saving
           such
           only
           as
           shall
           stand
           the
           Test
           of
           a
           
             Secret
             Committee
          
           .
           Now
           by
           this
           time
           we
           are
           within
           
             One
             Remove
          
           of
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
             Commonwealth
          
           :
           There
           is
           
             One
             Question
          
           that
           I
           have
           put
           at
           least
           half
           a
           dozen
           times
           already
           ,
           without
           Receiving
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           Pretence
           to
           an
           Answer
           :
           And
           I
           shall
           offer
           it
           once
           again
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Exclusion-Men
           ,
           Let
           any
           Man
           shew
           me
           
             One
             Argument
          
           ,
           that
           strikes
           upon
           the
           Succession
           of
           the
           Duke
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           
             equally
             Operate
          
           upon
           the
           King
           in
           Possession
           too
           .
           For
           the
           
             same
             Popery
          
           that
           unqualifies
           the
           
             Lawful
             Successor
          
           for
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           
             Sovereign
             Power
          
           ,
           does
           as
           well
           Unquallify
           the
           
             present
             Occupant
          
           for
           the
           Exercise
           of
           it
           :
           As
           it
           is
           an
           
             Equal
             Sin
          
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Destroying
           of
           a
           Child
           in
           the
           Womb
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Squeezing
             of
             the
             Brains
             out
          
           when
           it
           comes
           into
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Consider
           now
           again
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           King
           was
           to
           be
           wounded
           through
           the
           Duke
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           matters
           were
           to
           be
           Carryed
           on
           with
           a
           Countenance
           of
           
             Authority
             ,
             Law
          
           and
           Conscience
           ;
           so
           the
           Duke
           was
           to
           be
           NOW
           wounded
           through
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           they
           found
           themselves
           driven
           upon
           a
           
             Forc'd
             Put
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           making
           of
           an
           Attempt
           by
           
           Violence
           :
           but
           still
           They
           were
           Both
           to
           be
           
             Destroyed
             ,
             
               Both
               ways
            
          
           ;
           only
           ,
           
             vice
             versa
          
           ;
           the
           Duke
           to
           go
           first
           in
           a
           Parliamentary-way
           :
           And
           as
           Hone
           said
           )
           the
           King
           to
           go
           first
           in
           an
           
             Assassinating
             way
          
           But
           wh●●'s
           All
           this
           still
           to
           the
           Case
           of
           a
           
             Dying
             Man
          
           ?
           I
           shall
           proceed
           now
           .
        
         
           [
           From
           the
           time
           of
           Ch●sing
           Sh●riffs
           ,
           I
           Concluded
           the
           Heat
           in
           That
           Matter
           would
           prod●c
           somthing
           of
           This
           kind
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           not
           much
           surprized
           to
           find
           it
           fall
           upon
           Me
           ;
           and
           I
           wish
           what
           is
           done
           to
           Me
           ,
           may
           put
           a
           Stop
           ,
           and
           
             satiate
             some
             Peoples
             Revenge
          
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           more
           
             innocent
             Blood
          
           be
           shed
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           ,
           and
           do
           still
           look
           upon
           MINE
           as
           SUCH
           ;
           since
           
             I
             know
             I
             was
             quilty
             of
             no
             Treason
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           would
           not
           Betray
           my
           Innocence
           by
           
             Flight
             ,
             &c.
          
           ]
        
         
           It
           was
           
             well
             judg'd
          
           ,
           that
           the
           City-Ryots
           would
           probably
           [
           
             produce
             somthing
             of
             this
             kind
          
           ]
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Conspiracies
           and
           Resolutions
           of
           Tumult
           and
           Rebellion
           :
           And
           the
           
             Evil
             Genius
             at
             my
             Lords
             Elbow
             ,
          
           does
           well
           enough
           Observe
           that
           there
           was
           no
           great
           matter
           of
           Surprize
           in
           't
           ;
           for
           my
           Lord
           that
           was
           Embarqu'd
           in
           the
           
             same
             Vessel
          
           ,
           to
           take
           his
           Part
           in
           the
           
             same
             Storm
          
           .
           But
           how
           comes
           
             Legal
             Justice
          
           to
           be
           call'd
           [
           
             some
             Peoples
             Revenge
          
           ?
           ]
           Or
           why
           may
           not
           
             All
             Criminals
          
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           fall
           under
           the
           dint
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           Arraign
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           upon
           the
           
             same
             Terms
          
           ?
           It
           does
           no
           more
           hold
           ,
           on
           the
           One
           side
           ,
           that
           the
           City-heats
           should
           make
           my
           Lord
           guilty
           ,
           than
           on
           the
           Other
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           make
           him
           innocent
           ;
           neither
           do
           
             Those
             Distempers
          
           ,
           in
           any
           sort
           ,
           fall
           within
           the
           Prospect
           of
           
             This
             Question
          
           :
           Beside
           ,
           That
           
             this
             way
             of
             Reasoning
          
           inverts
           the
           very
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Tendency
           of
           them
           :
           For
           they
           are
           here
           represented
           as
           a
           
             subservient
             Medium
          
           toward
           the
           Advancing
           of
           a
           
             Popish
             Interest
          
           ,
           when
           the
           Contrary
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           Day
           :
           And
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Republican
           and
           a
           
             Phanatical
             Spirit
          
           that
           stir'd
           up
           ,
           and
           Animated
           All
           those
           Broils
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           did
           it
           upon
           such
           
           Grounds
           and
           Principles
           too
           ,
           as
           shook
           the
           very
           
             Monarchy
             it self
          
           .
           But
           if
           my
           Lord
           drew
           any
           
             Ill
             Bodings
          
           to
           himself
           from
           
             Those
             Disorders
          
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           a
           
             Prophetical
             Foresight
          
           of
           the
           
             Fatal
             Miscarriages
          
           of
           the
           Sedition
           that
           was
           then
           a
           Brewing
           :
           and
           of
           his
           own
           
             Unhappy
             share
          
           in
           the
           Misadventure
           .
           We
           have
           spoken
           already
           to
           the
           point
           of
           Revenge
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           speak
           further
           to
           his
           
             Lordships
             Innocence
          
           in
           the
           due
           Place
           ;
           as
           to
           his
           [
           
             Averseness
             to
             the
             betraying
             of
             his
             Innocence
             by
             Flight
             ,
          
           ]
           either
           the
           Inference
           is
           not
           Good
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           
             All
             Those
          
           that
           are
           Fled
           are
           Guilty
           .
           The
           Paper
           says
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           [
           
             Guilty
             of
             no
             Treason
          
           ,
           ]
           but
           the
           Judges
           were
           of
           One
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           my
           Lords
           Councel
           of
           Another
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           know
           (
           
             says
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Paper
          
           )
           I
           said
           but
           little
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           it
           looks
           more
           like
           Innocence
           than
           Guilt
           .
           ]
        
         
           Can
           it
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           did
           not
           
             Defend
             himself
          
           as
           well
           as
           he
           could
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           the
           First
           Time
           perhaps
           ,
           that
           ever
           
             saying
             little
          
           to
           an
           Accusation
           ,
           was
           made
           an
           Argument
           of
           a
           
             Man's
             Innocence
          
           :
           But
           of
           this
           hereafter
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           go
           forward
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           pray
           God
           (
           
             says
             the
             Paper
          
           )
           lay
           not
           this
           [
           
             my
             Condemnation
          
           ]
           to
           the
           Charge
           ,
           neither
           of
           the
           Kings
           Counsel
           ,
           nor
           Judges
           ,
           nor
           Sheriffs
           ,
           nor
           Jury
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           I
           pity
           them
           ,
           and
           wish
           them
           well
           ;
           I
           shall
           not
           reckon
           up
           the
           Particulars
           ,
           wherein
           they
           did
           me
           wrong
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           their
           own
           Consciences
           should
           do
           that
           ;
           to
           which
           ,
           and
           the
           Mercies
           of
           God
           I
           leave
           them
           .
           ]
        
         
           Here
           's
           a
           most
           
             scandalous
             Defamation
          
           thrown
           out
           against
           the
           
             Kings
             Councel
          
           ,
           the
           
             Judges
             ,
             Sheriffs
             ,
             Jury
          
           and
           Witnesses
           ,
           all
           at
           a
           Cast
           ;
           though
           the
           Manage
           was
           so
           Fair
           in
           
             All
             Respects
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Justice
           and
           Patience
           of
           the
           Court
           was
           Acknowledged
           by
           the
           very
           Zelotes
           of
           the
           
             Party
             themselves
             :
          
           They
           could
           not
           but
           Confess
           ,
           that
           the
           Tryals
           
           were
           Candid
           and
           Clear
           ;
           they
           were
           heard
           at
           large
           ;
           the
           
             Proofs
             indubitable
          
           ,
           and
           seconded
           by
           their
           
             Own
             Confessions
          
           .
           But
           I
           must
           Observe
           again
           ,
           that
           this
           Paper
           makes
           them
           Guilty
           ,
           only
           by
           a
           Figure
           ,
           and
           prays
           for
           them
           without
           charging
           them
           .
           It
           Prays
           for
           the
           
             Witnesses
             ,
             [
             wherein
             they
             did
             my
             Lord
             wrong
          
           ;
           ]
           but
           he
           is
           not
           pleas'd
           to
           reckon
           up
           the
           Particulars
           :
           Nor
           is
           it
           said
           ,
           that
           
             they
             did
          
           him
           
             any
             Wrong
             at
             all
          
           .
           The
           Penman
           will
           not
           charge
           my
           
             Lords
             Conscience
          
           with
           Averring
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           False
           ;
           but
           he
           has
           Colour'd
           it
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           People
           Believe
           he
           had
           
             wrong
             done
          
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           will
           do
           as
           well
           .
           He
           leaves
           the
           Particulars
           ,
           however
           ,
           [
           to
           their
           
             own
             Consciences
             and
             Gods
             Mercys
          
           :
           ]
           so
           that
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           This
           Paper
           is
           only
           a
           
             Scotch
             Mist
          
           from
           one
           End
           to
           the
           Other
           .
           There
           's
           a
           
             bold
             Insinuation
          
           of
           Injustice
           ;
           but
           not
           One
           Syllable
           in
           Proof
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           to
           Colour
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           'le
           put
           the
           Case
           now
           that
           my
           Lord
           had
           
             really
             suffer'd
          
           All
           the
           Wrong
           he
           Complains
           of
           ;
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Part
           of
           a
           
             Generous
             Christian
          
           to
           close
           his
           Eyes
           with
           St.
           
             Stephens
             Prayer
          
           ;
           but
           then
           the
           printing
           of
           That
           Prayer
           stands
           in
           a
           
             Direct
             Opposition
          
           to
           the
           seeming
           Piety
           and
           Resignation
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           it
           lays
           
             Innocent
             Blood
          
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Government
           :
           And
           Exposes
           the
           Administrators
           of
           it
           to
           the
           uttermost
           Rage
           and
           Fury
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           
             Abominable
             Monsters
          
           upon
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           All
           this
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           
             Thought
             ,
             Hope
          
           ,
           or
           Possibility
           of
           any
           
             Other
             Benefit
          
           by
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Tearing
           of
           All
           to
           pieces
           ,
           and
           the
           making
           of
           
             This
             Paper
          
           to
           do
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           .
           Can
           any
           body
           think
           that
           his
           Lordship
           would
           not
           have
           laid
           his
           finger
           upon
           the
           wrong
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           suffer'd
           any
           ?
           Or
           that
           if
           he
           could
           (
           as
           he
           says
           )
           have
           
             reckon'd
             up
          
           any
           Particulars
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           have
           done
           it
           ?
           He
           says
           in
           another
           Place
           ▪
        
         
           [
           I
           do
           freely
           forgive
           All
           the
           World
           ,
           particularly
           those
           
           concern'd
           in
           taking
           away
           my
           Life
           ;
           and
           I
           desire
           and
           Conjure
           my
           Friends
           to
           think
           of
           no
           Revenge
           .
           ]
        
         
           These
           Words
           are
           only
           the
           
             same
             Prayer
          
           with
           the
           
             Former
             ,
             
               turn'd
               into
               Sin
            
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             Prophet
             David
          
           says
           )
           but
           manag'd
           
             Another
             way
          
           :
           And
           the
           
             short
             English
          
           of
           this
           Ejaculation
           is
           
             a
             Prayer
             to
             Almighty
             God
             to
             forgive
             his
             Murderers
          
           ;
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           cast
           the
           Guilt
           of
           shedding
           
             Innocent
             Blood
          
           now
           a
           
             Second
             Time
          
           upon
           the
           
             Ministers
             of
             Justice
          
           ?
           And
           what
           does
           the
           
             Artificial
             Hypocrite
          
           that
           Penn'd
           this
           Paper
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           very
           Act
           of
           
             Conjuring
             my
             Lords
             Friends
             to
             think
             of
             no
             Revenge
             ,
          
           Do
           all
           that
           is
           possible
           by
           This
           Printed
           Appeal
           ,
           to
           draw
           on
           a
           publick
           Vengeance
           from
           the
           Irritated
           and
           Seditious
           Rabble
           And
           once
           again
           now
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           never
           pretended
           to
           a
           Great
           Readiness
           in
           Speaking
           ,
           I
           wish
           those
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           who
           have
           it
           ,
           would
           make
           more
           Conscience
           in
           the
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           run
           Men
           down
           by
           Strains
           and
           Fetches
           ,
           Impose
           on
           Easi●
           and
           willing
           Juries
           to
           the
           Ruine
           of
           
             Innocent
             Men
          
           ,
           for
           to
           kill
           by
           Forms
           and
           Subtleties
           of
           Law
           is
           the
           worst
           Sort
           of
           Murder
           :
           But
           I
           wish
           the
           Rage
           of
           hot
           Men
           and
           the
           Partiality
           of
           Juries
           
             may
             be
             stopped
          
           with
           my
           Blood
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           offer
           up
           with
           so
           much
           the
           more
           JOY
           ,
           if
           I
           thought
           I
           should
           be
           the
           last
           were
           to
           suffer
           in
           such
           away
           .
           ]
        
         
           This
           is
           only
           a
           Strain
           and
           a
           Fetch
           (
           as
           the
           Paper
           says
           )
           for
           the
           running
           the
           same
           Scandal
           over
           again
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Varying
           the
           Phrase
           .
           Who
           are
           those
           
             Unconscionable
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Law
             ?
             VVhom
          
           do
           they
           run
           down
           ?
           What
           are
           the
           Strains
           and
           Fetches
           ?
           Or
           where
           are
           the
           Easie
           and
           
             willing
             Juries
          
           ?
           The
           
             Ruin'd
             Innocents
          
           ?
           Or
           the
           Murders
           according
           to
           Art
           ?
           The
           
             Outrageous
             Men
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Partial
             Juries
          
           ?
           The
           People
           are
           to
           understand
           this
           to
           be
           my
           
             Lords
             Case
          
           ,
           though
           the
           
             Author
             himself
          
           has
           not
           the
           Face
           to
           make
           it
           so
           ,
           either
           on
           the
           One
           side
           ,
           or
           on
           the
           Other
           ;
           
           and
           then
           he
           has
           wrought
           the
           Character
           too
           High
           ,
           in
           the
           Expression
           of
           my
           Lords
           
             Offering
             up
             his
             Blood
          
           [
           
             with
             the
             more
             Ioy
          
           ]
           instead
           of
           
             the
             less
             Trouble
          
           or
           Affliction
           ;
           and
           Concludes
           with
           the
           laying
           of
           
             Innocent
             Bloud
          
           again
           to
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Government
           .
           Upon
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           this
           is
           only
           more
           and
           more
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           Iniquity
           added
           to
           Iniquity
           .
           Whoever
           suggested
           
             this
             Dictate
          
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           might
           have
           minded
           him
           of
           those
           very
           Gown-men
           and
           Juries
           ,
           that
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           within
           the
           Memory
           of
           Man
           :
           and
           of
           a
           Time
           ,
           when
           People
           were
           Destroy'd
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           Forms
           and
           Subtleties
           of
           Law
           ,
           but
           by
           
             meer
             Noise
          
           and
           Tumult
           :
           and
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           that
           nothing
           may
           be
           wanting
           to
           the
           filling
           up
           the
           
             Measure
             of
             the
             Scandal
          
           ;
           the
           
             King
             Himself
          
           comes
           in
           for
           his
           share
           too
           ,
           when
           he
           prays
           [
           
             that
             He
             may
             be
          
           [
           INDEED
           ]
           
             the
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
          
           ]
           implying
           That
           he
           is
           only
           so
           as
           yet
           in
           shew
           and
           Title
           .
           It
           may
           be
           another
           Question
           now
           ,
           in
           what
           Creed
           we
           are
           to
           look
           for
           
             That
             Faith
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Contriver
           of
           this
           Paper
           would
           have
           his
           Majesty
           to
           Defend
           :
           Or
           in
           what
           Part
           of
           Dr.
           
           Burnet's
           
             History
             of
             the
             Reformation
          
           ,
           a
           body
           may
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           it
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           have
           Liv'd
           (
           
             he
             says
          
           )
           and
           now
           Dye
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ;
           A
           true
           and
           sincere
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           though
           I
           could
           never
           yet
           comply
           with
           ,
           or
           rise
           up
           to
           all
           the
           Heights
           of
           many
           People
           .
           ]
        
         
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           General
           ,
           not
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Church
             of
             England
             Protestant
          
           too
           ;
           Baring
           ,
           the
           [
           
             Established
             by
             Law
          
           ]
           
             College
             Himself
          
           went
           thus
           far
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           body
           knew
           what
           to
           make
           of
           him
           at
           last
           .
           We
           have
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           several
           sorts
           of
           
             English
             Protestants
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           in
           
             his
             Sense
          
           ,
           so
           many
           Communions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           :
           For
           
             All
             the
             several
             Sects
          
           have
           their
           
             several
             Churches
          
           ,
           
           and
           when
           they
           are
           put
           to
           the
           Touch
           ,
           Every
           Sect
           Denominates
           it self
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           :
           So
           that
           instead
           of
           the
           Simplicity
           of
           a
           Declaration
           and
           Confession
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           hitherto
           so
           much
           as
           One
           Line
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           wrapt
           up
           in
           Equivocation
           and
           Mistery
           :
           but
           the
           Only
           way
           of
           Expounding
           his
           ●ntent
           in
           
             this
             Particular
          
           must
           be
           by
           a
           Collation
           of
           Parts
           and
           Comparing
           as
           we
           do
           
             Scripture-Difficulties
             )
             One
             Text
          
           with
           Another
           .
           He
           Complains
           in
           One
           Place
           of
           Bitterness
           and
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           Charges
           the
           Church-men
           with
           Severity
           .
           He
           Reflects
           in
           
             Another
             Place
          
           upon
           [
           
             many
             Protestants
             that
             give
             a
             Helping
             Hand
             to
             Popery
             ,
          
           ]
           Now
           it
           cannot
           be
           Imagin'd
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Shame
             Confessor
          
           (
           whoever
           he
           be
           )
           reckons
           my
           Lord
           ,
           either
           among
           the
           Persecuting
           ,
           or
           among
           the
           Popishly-affected-Protestants
           ;
           So
           that
           there
           's
           no
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           Communion
           left
           him
           ,
           but
           that
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           .
           And
           what
           does
           he
           mean
           again
           ,
           now
           ,
           by
           the
           [
           
             Heights
             
               of
               many
               People
            
             ?
          
           ]
           the
           Standard
           of
           a
           
             Legal
             Conformity
          
           is
           neither
           Higher
           nor
           Lower
           ,
           than
           the
           
             Established
             Rule
          
           and
           Measure
           :
           So
           that
           upon
           the
           Unriddling
           of
           
             this
             Clause
          
           ,
           the
           wondrous
           Difficulty
           terminates
           in
           a
           very
           
             plain
             Resolution
             :
             i.e.
          
           That
           the
           Protestant
           hereby
           intended
           ,
           is
           a
           
             Dissenting
             Member
             
               of
               the
               
                 Non-Conforming
                 Communion
              
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
          
           England
           .
           Thus
           far
           we
           have
           had
           Nothing
           but
           Doubling
           and
           Shifting
           :
           But
           after
           a
           Diligent
           and
           a
           Careful
           Search
           for
           
             One
             Clear
          
           and
           
             Plain
             Dealing-Period
          
           or
           Two
           ,
           that
           might
           in
           some
           Degree
           Atone
           for
           the
           
             Oraculous
             Elusions
          
           of
           the
           Rest
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           Only
           Point-blank-Assertion
           that
           I
           find
           in
           the
           whole
           Paper
           ▪
        
         
           [
           I
           shall
           Averr
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           said
           of
           my
           not
           hearing
           Collonel
           Rumsey
           deliver
           any
           Message
           from
           my
           Lord
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           was
           TRUE
           ,
           for
           
             I
             always
             Detested
             Lying
          
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           much
           to
           my
           Advantage
           ;
           And
           I
           hope
           none
           will
           be
           so
           Unjust
           as
           to
           think
           I
           would
           adventure
           on
           it
           ,
           in
           
             These
             my
             
             last
             Words
          
           ,
           for
           which
           I
           am
           so
           soon
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           to
           the
           Great
           God
           ,
           the
           Searcher
           of
           Hearts
           and
           Judge
           of
           all
           Things
           .
           ]
        
         
           I
           take
           this
           to
           be
           the
           most
           
             Remarkable
             Passage
          
           in
           the
           Paper
           ,
           being
           the
           
             Only
             Point
          
           that
           my
           Lord
           delivers
           upon
           his
           Death
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Truth
           ,
           without
           power
           of
           Revocation
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           done
           too
           ,
           with
           a
           Solemnity
           as
           Dreadful
           as
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           
             Divine
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Judgment
             to
             come
          
           ,
           can
           make
           it
           .
           All
           the
           Rest
           is
           Loose
           and
           Dubious
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           taken
           One
           way
           as
           well
           as
           Another
           :
           But
           in
           this
           ,
           the
           Asseveration
           is
           Positive
           and
           
             Precise
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           that
           [
           
             What
             my
             Lord
             said
             of
             his
             not
             hearing
             Collonel
          
           Rumsey
           
             Deliver
             
               any
               Message
               from
               my
               Lord
            
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           
             was
             True
          
           ]
           We
           'le
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           now
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           did
           Not
           hear
           the
           Delivery
           of
           
             That
             Message
          
           :
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           Message
           from
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Shaftsbury
             ,
             [
             That
             it
             was
             High
             Time
             to
             come
             to
             some
             Resolution
             about
             the
             Rising
          
           It
           does
           not
           therefore
           follow
           ,
           that
           because
           My
           Lord
           
             did
             Not
             hear
             the
             Delivery
          
           of
           
             the
             Message
          
           ,
           he
           knew
           nothing
           therefore
           of
           the
           Contents
           of
           it
           ?
           His
           Lordship
           heard
           the
           
             Subject
             Matter
          
           of
           the
           
             Message
             Debated
          
           ;
           And
           he
           Heard
           the
           Answer
           that
           was
           Resolved
           upon
           in
           Return
           to
           that
           Message
           :
           Which
           was
           in
           Effect
           ,
           [
           That
           
             Mr.
             Trenchard
             was
             not
             Ready
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             could
             not
             as
             yet
             go
             on
             .
          
           ]
           Nay
           ,
           My
           Lord
           did
           not
           deny
           the
           Hearing
           of
           the
           Answer
           ,
           but
           put
           the
           Question
           himself
           at
           his
           
             Tryal
             ,
             [
             Whether
             or
             no
             he
             Consented
             to
             that
             Answer
             :
          
           ]
           And
           
             Collonel
             Rumsey
          
           delivered
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           both
           Advise
           about
           it
           ,
           Treat
           and
           Consent
           ;
           So
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           value
           of
           a
           Single-Hair
           ,
           (
           if
           there
           were
           
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Lives
             at
             Stake
             upon
             it
          
           )
           whether
           my
           Lord
           Heard
           that
           
             Message
             Delivered
             or
             Not.
          
           What
           's
           the
           Meaning
           then
           of
           laying
           the
           Stress
           of
           his
           Salvation
           upon
           't
           :
           He
           Purges
           himself
           of
           
             no
             Part
          
           of
           his
           Charge
           
           by
           't
           ,
           but
           rather
           by
           the
           Frankness
           of
           his
           Protestation
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           Little
           or
           
             No
             Importance
          
           ,
           and
           without
           leaving
           himself
           any
           Room
           for
           an
           Evasion
           ,
           he
           draws
           a
           Suspicion
           upon
           the
           Candor
           and
           Clearness
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           for
           it
           
             looks
             Odly
          
           to
           see
           a
           man
           so
           
             Wonderfully
             solemn
          
           ,
           and
           Particular
           in
           
             one
             single
             Case
          
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           not
           a
           farthing
           matter
           whether
           it
           be
           Cross
           or
           Pile
           :
           And
           yet
           at
           the
           
             same
             time
          
           so
           Dark
           and
           Doubtful
           in
           
             twenty
             other
             Instances
          
           ,
           where
           all
           that
           can
           be
           dear
           to
           a
           Man
           of
           Integrity
           and
           Honour
           ,
           is
           concerned
           .
           But
           the
           
             Paper
             it self
          
           gives
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           Different
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           in
           saying
           that
           my
           Lord
           [
           
             always
             detested
             Lying
          
           :
           ]
           Upon
           which
           consideration
           it
           has
           Distinguished
           betwixt
           things
           True
           and
           False
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Peremptory
             Strictness
          
           of
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           Ambiguities
           and
           Reservations
           of
           the
           Other
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             only
             Key
          
           that
           
             Opens
             the
             Meaning
          
           of
           
             this
             Paper
          
           .
           And
           there
           's
           another
           thing
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           
             This
             very
             Truth
          
           was
           designed
           as
           a
           means
           to
           lead
           the
           Reader
           into
           a
           Mistake
           ,
           as
           if
           
             My
             Lords
             not
             hearing
             the
             Delivery
             of
             the
             Message
             ,
          
           were
           sufficient
           in
           Consequence
           ,
           to
           Discharge
           him
           of
           the
           Guilt
           and
           Danger
           of
           the
           Consultation
           .
           My
           Lords
           Adviser
           has
           shewed
           himself
           a
           great
           Master
           in
           the
           Doctrin
           of
           Probabilities
           ,
           This
           Paper
           quite
           throughout
           .
           There
           's
           but
           
             One
             plain
             Truth
          
           in
           't
           ,
           and
           yet
           as
           the
           matter
           is
           ordered
           ,
           there
           is
           hardly
           
             One
             Falsity
          
           neither
           ,
           but
           it
           runs
           altogether
           in
           Appearance
           and
           Disguise
           ,
           like
           one
           of
           your
           
             Turning
             Pictures
          
           that
           shews
           you
           a
           Beast
           on
           the
           One
           Hand
           ,
           and
           a
           Man
           on
           the
           Other
           .
           It
           was
           
             Generally
             Noted
          
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           had
           very
           little
           to
           oppose
           in
           his
           own
           Defence
           at
           his
           Tryal
           ;
           and
           his
           
             Black
             Angel
          
           has
           found
           out
           a
           Shift
           for
           That
           too
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           was
           Advised
           not
           to
           Confess
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           plainly
           ;
           since
           that
           must
           certainly
           have
           brought
           me
           within
           the
           Guilt
           of
           Misprission
           ;
           and
           being
           thus
           Restrained
           from
           dealing
           
           Franckly
           and
           Openly
           ,
           I
           chose
           rather
           to
           say
           Little
           ,
           then
           to
           depart
           from
           That
           Ingenuity
           ,
           that
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           I
           had
           carry'd
           along
           with
           me
           in
           the
           former
           Parts
           of
           my
           Life
           :
           And
           so
           could
           Easier
           be
           silent
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           the
           Conscience
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           the
           Last
           ,
           and
           Solemnest
           Part
           of
           my
           Life
           so
           different
           from
           the
           Course
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           using
           
             Little
             Tricks
          
           ,
           and
           Evasions
           must
           have
           been
           .
           ]
        
         
           I
           cannot
           bring
           the
           several
           Parts
           of
           this
           Clause
           to
           a
           
             Consistence
             One
          
           with
           Another
           .
           My
           Lord
           was
           Advis'd
           against
           Confessing
           PLAINLY
           ,
           FRANCKLY
           ,
           OPENLY
           .
           He
           Follow'd
           That
           Advice
           ;
           And
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           
             Minc'd
             the
             Matter
          
           ,
           and
           Confess'd
           NOT
           PLAINLY
           Nor
           FRANCKLY
           ,
           Not
           OPENLY
           .
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ;
           he
           
             Confess'd
             Misteriously
             ,
          
           and
           kept
           himself
           upon
           his
           Guard
           :
           which
           ,
           how
           Prudent
           soever
           ,
           was
           yet
           a
           Departure
           from
           the
           
             Scrupulous
             Dignity
          
           of
           his
           Lordships
           Figure
           ,
           in
           This
           Paragraph
           ;
           and
           falls
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           the
           
             Little
             Tricks
             and
             Chasions
          
           which
           I
           find
           in
           the
           very
           
             same
             Period
             ,
             Condemn'd
          
           .
           But
           where
           's
           the
           Hurt
           now
           ,
           of
           a
           Man's
           Employing
           All
           the
           
             Honest
             Arts
          
           ,
           and
           Methods
           ,
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           his
           Life
           that
           the
           Cause
           will
           bear
           ?
           As
           desiring
           to
           know
           the
           Pannel
           ,
           for
           the
           purpose
           ;
           Time
           to
           Consider
           of
           it
           ;
           Liberty
           of
           Challenges
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           to
           Descend
           now
           from
           This
           
             Elevated
             Resolution
          
           to
           the
           very
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           I
           dare
           appeal
           to
           the
           most
           Partial
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           the
           most
           Favourable
           Friend
           my
           Lord
           had
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           whether
           he
           thinks
           that
           
             his
             Lordship
             Abated
          
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Defence
           that
           he
           could
           or
           would
           otherwise
           have
           made
           ,
           upon
           the
           reason
           here
           Alledg'd
           ;
           of
           keeping
           up
           the
           
             Congruity
             of
             his
             Character
          
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           in
           his
           Life
           and
           in
           his
           Death
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           
             all
             of
             a
             piece
          
           .
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           again
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           very
           Extraordinary
           way
           ,
           for
           a
           Prisoner
           at
           the
           Barr
           to
           be
           silent
           ,
           where
           he
           has
           any
           
           thing
           to
           say
           for
           himself
           ;
           And
           so
           to
           clear
           the
           whole
           matter
           to
           the
           Conscience
           of
           a
           Jury
           ,
           when
           in
           Conscience
           they
           must
           Necessarily
           find
           
             him
             Guilty
          
           ,
           if
           the
           proofs
           
             Reach
             him
          
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           has
           nothing
           to
           say
           ,
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
           And
           then
           there
           's
           Another
           foul
           Blot
           too
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           [
           
             Confession
             of
             the
             Fact
          
           ,
           PLAINLY
           ,
           ]
           must
           [
           CERTAINLY
           
             have
             brought
             my
             Lord
             within
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Misprision
             .
          
           ]
           That
           same
           [
           CERTAINLY
           ]
           has
           shew'd
           the
           World
           the
           very
           Bottom
           of
           the
           Business
           ;
           for
           what
           becomes
           of
           [
           
             The
             Words
             of
             a
             Dying
             Man
          
           ]
           then
           ,
           
             that
             my
             Lord
             knows
             of
             No
             Plot
             ,
             either
             against
             the
             Kings
             Life
             ,
             or
             the
             Government
          
           ]
           when
           here
           's
           a
           
             Plain
             Confession
          
           of
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           a
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           the
           Concealment
           of
           it
           ?
           There
           can
           be
           no
           Dispute
           upon
           this
           Contradiction
           ,
           but
           the
           Denial
           must
           of
           Necessity
           be
           either
           False
           ,
           or
           Double
           .
           The
           One
           Pinches
           upon
           a
           Point
           of
           Honour
           ;
           The
           Other
           looks
           only
           like
           a
           
             Trial
             of
             Skill
          
           :
           And
           so
           we
           shall
           content
           our selves
           to
           cast
           it
           into
           the
           Heap
           of
           his
           
             other
             Amphibologies
          
           .
           (
           I
           make
           use
           of
           a
           
             Hard
             Word
          
           for
           a
           
             very
             Ill
             Thing
          
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           have
           the
           
             Common
             People
          
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           .
           )
           And
           it
           is
           upon
           
             This
             Condition
          
           ,
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           Reader
           shall
           be
           at
           liberty
           to
           take
           all
           his
           
             Other
             Reservations
          
           by
           the
           same
           Handle
           ;
           for
           upon
           the
           Solution
           of
           
             This
             Difficulty
          
           ,
           depends
           the
           very
           Issue
           of
           the
           Question
           .
           There
           Remains
           One
           Slip
           more
           yet
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Author
           seems
           to
           have
           Overshot
           himself
           .
           There
           's
           a
           Reproach
           fastened
           upon
           his
           
             Lordships
             Councel
          
           ,
           as
           if
           They
           had
           Train'd
           him
           into
           a
           Snare
           ,
           by
           Misadvising
           him
           .
           'T
           is
           True
           ,
           that
           the
           Paper
           does
           not
           say
           expresly
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           
             Profess'd
             Gownmen
          
           ,
           or
           
             Particular
             Friends
          
           that
           gave
           the
           Advice
           :
           But
           yet
           for
           the
           Reputation
           of
           his
           
             Lordships
             Prudence
          
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           understood
           of
           Lawyers
           ;
           as
           the
           
             Only
             Competent
             Directors
          
           that
           my
           Lord
           could
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           in
           such
           an
           Extremity
           .
           Who
           can
           Imagine
           ,
           now
           ,
           that
           any
           Lawyer
           ,
           
           (
           though
           never
           so
           little
           Skill'd
           in
           his
           Profession
           )
           could
           Advise
           my
           Lord
           upon
           
             Fair
             Instructions
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Manifest
             Certainty
          
           of
           what
           would
           be
           Sworn
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           Smother
           ,
           or
           to
           Extenuate
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           least
           (
           as
           the
           Paper
           Insinuates
           )
           it
           should
           be
           found
           Misprision
           of
           Treason
           ?
           when
           
             Effectually
             ,
             This
             Lawyer
          
           could
           have
           told
           my
           Lord
           his
           
             Doom
             beforehand
             :
          
           And
           that
           it
           would
           undoubtedly
           have
           been
           found
           ,
           not
           only
           Misprision
           ,
           but
           
             Treason
             it self
          
           .
           In
           which
           Condition
           ;
           my
           Lords
           Councel
           ,
           would
           rather
           have
           advis'd
           him
           to
           have
           thrown
           himself
           upon
           the
           
             Kings
             mercy
          
           .
           And
           there
           is
           more
           then
           a
           
             Tacit
             Acknowledgment
          
           of
           my
           Lords
           Guilt
           ,
           In
           several
           other
           Parts
           of
           this
           Paper
           :
           But
           I
           'le
           take
           
             This
             following
             passage
          
           in
           my
           way
           to
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           [
           As
           I
           never
           had
           any
           Design
           against
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Life
           of
           any
           Man
           whatsoever
           ;
           so
           I
           never
           was
           in
           any
           Contrivance
           of
           
             Altering
             the
             Government
          
           :
           What
           the
           Heats
           ,
           Wickedness
           ,
           Passions
           ,
           and
           Vanities
           of
           Other
           Men
           have
           Occasioned
           ,
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           Answerable
           for
           ;
           nor
           could
           I
           Repress
           them
           ,
           though
           I
           now
           Suffer
           for
           them
           :
           But
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           Lord
           be
           done
           ,
           into
           whose
           Hands
           I
           commend
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           trust
           that
           Thou
           ,
           O
           most
           merciful
           Father
           ,
           hast
           forgiven
           me
           all
           my
           Transgressions
           ;
           the
           Sins
           of
           my
           Youth
           ,
           a●d
           all
           the
           Errors
           of
           my
           past
           Life
           ;
           and
           that
           Thou
           wilt
           not
           lay
           my
           secret
           Sins
           and
           Ignorances
           to
           my
           Charge
           ,
           &c.
           ]
        
         
           I
           shall
           here
           Recommend
           one
           special
           Note
           to
           the
           Reader
           :
           Which
           is
           ,
           That
           in
           
             Five
             several
             Places
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           Twice
           in
           the
           Speech
           ,
           and
           
             Thrice
             afterwards
          
           )
           this
           Paper
           Restrains
           my
           Lords
           Endeavour
           to
           discharge
           himself
           from
           the
           Dint
           of
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           to
           the
           express
           Hints
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
          
           ,
           and
           Altering
           or
           Changing
           the
           Government
           .
           As
           for
           
             Example
             :
             [
             God
             knows
             how
             far
             I
             was
             always
             from
             Designs
             upon
             the
             
               Kings
               Person
            
             ,
             or
             
               Altering
               the
               Government
            
             :
             In
             the
             Words
             of
             a
             Dying
             Man
             ,
             I
             profess
             I
             know
             of
             no
             Plot
             ,
             either
             against
             the
             
               Kings
               Life
            
             ,
             or
             
             the
             Government
             .
          
           ]
           And
           then
           afterwards
           ;
           [
           
             I
             never
             had
             any
             Design
             of
             
               Changing
               the
               Government
            
             ,
             &c.
             ]
             I
             would
             have
             suffer'd
             any
             thing
             rather
             then
             have
             consented
             to
             any
             Design
             to
             take
             away
             the
             
               Kings
               Life
            
             .
          
           ]
           And
           so
           again
           in
           the
           Clause
           
             last
             above-mention'd
          
           .
           The
           Hammering
           of
           This
           Point
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           so
           often
           ,
           was
           ,
           Undoubtedly
           ,
           to
           strike
           the
           
             Deeper
             Impression
          
           ,
           and
           to
           create
           ,
           in
           the
           
             short-sighted
             Multitude
          
           ,
           a
           
             Stronger
             Perswasion
          
           of
           my
           Lords
           Innocence
           .
           But
           why
           in
           the
           
             Same
             Words
          
           still
           ?
           And
           with
           so
           Cautious
           ,
           and
           Particular
           a
           Limitation
           ,
           to
           
             Those
             Two
             Articles
          
           ;
           if
           it
           were
           not
           to
           Accommodate
           That
           
             Popular
             Cover
          
           to
           some
           
             Hidden
             Meaning
          
           ?
           But
           the
           Fallacy
           that
           's
           Couch'd
           under
           [
           
             The
             
               Kings
               Life
            
          
           ]
           and
           [
           
             Altering
             the
             Government
          
           ]
           is
           expos'd
           already
           .
           It
           is
           said
           here
           ,
           That
           my
           Lord
           had
           no
           Design
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           
             any
             man
             whatsoever
          
           :
           'T
           is
           hard
           to
           imagine
           a
           War
           ,
           and
           no
           body
           to
           be
           Kill'd
           in
           't
           :
           But
           there
           's
           a
           Salvo
           for
           That
           too
           ;
           That
           the
           
             Individual
             Person
          
           was
           not
           thought
           of
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           believe
           that
           my
           Lord
           ever
           Design'd
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           Dr.
           Hawkins
           ,
           though
           he
           said
           in
           his
           Passion
           ,
           that
           [
           
             he
             hop'd
             to
             live
             to
             see
             him
             Flead
             and
             Hung
             up
             .
          
           ]
           That
           which
           follows
           next
           ,
           speaks
           my
           Lord
           Privy
           to
           a
           Great
           many
           
             Ill
             Things
          
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             he
             could
             not
             Repress
             them
          
           ;
           For
           they
           were
           of
           such
           a
           Quality
           ,
           that
           his
           Lordship
           was
           Bound
           ,
           both
           by
           Oath
           ,
           and
           Duty
           to
           
             Discover
             them
          
           ;
           Or
           at
           the
           least
           ,
           In
           Honour
           ,
           and
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           have
           avoided
           a
           Conversation
           that
           carried
           on
           such
           
             Dangerous
             Designs
          
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           speak
           one
           word
           to
           that
           which
           passes
           for
           his
           Lordships
           
             last
             Prayer
          
           .
           We
           have
           his
           own
           Acknowledgment
           of
           a
           
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
          
           ,
           And
           yet
           not
           one
           syllable
           upon
           
             that
             Subject
          
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Parting
             Confession
          
           .
           But
           he
           that
           wrote
           this
           Paper
           is
           a
           
             Profess'd
             Enemy
          
           I
           perceive
           ,
           to
           the
           Christianity
           of
           a
           Clear
           Confession
           .
        
         
         
           I
           hope
           no
           body
           (
           
             says
             the
             Paper
          
           )
           will
           imagine
           ,
           that
           so
           mean
           a
           Thought
           could
           enter
           into
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           go
           about
           to
           
             save
             my self
             by
             accusing
             others
             ▪
          
           The
           Part
           that
           some
           have
           Acted
           lately
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           has
           not
           been
           such
           as
           to
           invite
           me
           to
           love
           Life
           at
           such
           a
           Rate
           .
           ]
        
         
           A
           Man
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           Guess
           twice
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Sentence
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           written
           with
           the
           very
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Carguelite
           that
           makes
           Treason
           ,
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           Repentance
           a
           
             Mortal
             Sin
          
           :
           And
           my
           
             Poor
             Lord
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Anguish
           of
           his
           Thought
           ,
           is
           left
           here
           to
           Answer
           for
           the
           Lewdness
           of
           
             Another
             man
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           (
           Notwithstanding
           the
           Justness
           of
           my
           Lords
           Sentence
           ,
           )
           is
           
             Incomparably
             the
             Greater
             Criminal
          
           .
           If
           he
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           Pretended
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           (
           For
           there
           are
           
             Julians
             in
             Black-Coats
          
           ,
           and
           
             more
             Julians
          
           then
           One
           too
           )
           what
           could
           be
           more
           Luciferian
           ;
           then
           to
           turn
           Penitence
           into
           a
           Scandal
           ;
           And
           to
           Preach
           it
           for
           a
           Point
           of
           
             Religious
             Honour
          
           ,
           in
           a
           Christian
           ,
           not
           to
           Discover
           his
           Complices
           in
           a
           Rebellion
           .
           Surely
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Paper
           was
           afraid
           of
           being
           Discovered
           himself
           ;
           And
           therefore
           Inculcates
           the
           Principle
           ,
           and
           Recommends
           it
           .
           Is
           it
           such
           an
           Indignity
           ,
           for
           a
           man
           to
           [
           
             Save
             himself
             by
             Accusing
             Others
          
           ?
           ]
           What
           is
           it
           then
           for
           a
           man
           rather
           to
           Damn
           his
           Soul
           by
           the
           
             Perjurious
             Concealment
          
           of
           a
           Traytor
           ;
           then
           by
           Discharging
           his
           Duty
           ,
           both
           to
           God
           and
           to
           his
           Prince
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           
             This
             Life
          
           in
           hope
           of
           a
           Better
           ,
           through
           the
           Merits
           and
           Intercession
           of
           a
           most
           
             Mercyful
             Saviour
          
           ?
           The
           Pen-man's
           [
           
             Savin
             of
             Himself
          
           ,
           by
           
             Accusing
             Others
          
           ,
           ]
           is
           only
           the
           
             False
             Gloss
          
           of
           a
           
             Reprobated
             Seducer
          
           upon
           the
           Text.
           And
           then
           the
           Instance
           of
           his
           Reproach
           upon
           the
           
             Kings
             Witnesses
          
           ,
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           is
           a
           
             Farther
             Discovery
          
           of
           the
           Venom
           of
           him
           that
           gave
           the
           Dictate
           .
           This
           is
           a
           way
           chalk'd-out
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           Encouragement
           ,
           but
           almost
           the
           Canonizing
           of
           Conspirators
           .
           Here
           is
           an
           Acknowledgement
           however
           ,
           that
           
           my
           
             Lord
             Could
          
           have
           
             Accused
             Others
          
           ,
           if
           he
           Would
           .
           We
           shall
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact.
           
        
         
           [
           As
           to
           the
           Conspiring
           to
           seize
           the
           Guards
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Crime
           for
           which
           I
           am
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           made
           a
           
             Constructive
             Treason
          
           for
           taking
           away
           the
           
             Kings
             Life
          
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           within
           the
           Statute
           of
           Edw.
           3.
           
           I
           shall
           give
           this
           true
           and
           Clear
           Account
           .
           I
           never
           was
           at
           Mr.
           
           Shepheard's
           with
           that
           Company
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           undertaking
           then
           of
           Securing
           ,
           or
           seizing
           the
           Guards
           ;
           nor
           none
           appointed
           to
           View
           ,
           or
           Examine
           them
           ;
           Some
           Discourse
           there
           was
           ,
           of
           the
           Feasibleness
           of
           it
           ;
           And
           several
           times
           by
           Accident
           ,
           in
           
             General
             Discourse
          
           ,
           elsewhere
           .
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           Mentioned
           as
           a
           thing
           might
           easily
           be
           done
           ;
           but
           never
           Consented
           to
           as
           Fit
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           And
           I
           remember
           particularly
           ,
           at
           my
           Lord
           Shaftsburys
           ,
           there
           being
           some
           
             General
             Discourse
          
           of
           
             this
             Kind
          
           ,
           I
           immediately
           flew
           out
           ,
           and
           Exclaimed
           against
           it
           ,
           And
           ask'd
           [
           
             If
             the
             thing
             succeeded
             what
             must
             be
             done
             next
             ,
             but
             ,
          
           Massacring
           the
           Guards
           ,
           
             and
             killing
             them
             in
             Cold
             Blood
             ?
          
           ]
           which
           I
           look'd
           upon
           as
           so
           Detestable
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           so
           like
           a
           
             Popish
             Practice
          
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           not
           but
           abhor
           it
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           took
           me
           by
           the
           Hand
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           very
           kindly
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             see
             you
             and
             I
             are
             of
             a
             temper
             .
             
               Did
               you
               ever
               hear
               so
               horrid
               a
               thing
               ?
            
          
           And
           I
           must
           needs
           do
           him
           that
           Justice
           ,
           to
           Declare
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           observed
           in
           him
           but
           an
           Abhorrence
           to
           
             All
             
               Base
               Things
            
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           My
           Lord
           was
           charg'd
           by
           the
           Indictment
           of
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           for
           
             Conspiring
             ,
             Compassing
             ,
             and
             Imagining
             the
             Death
             and
             Destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             And
             the
             Raising
             of
             a
             Rebellion
             within
             the
             Kingdom
             .
          
           Now
           this
           was
           a
           Consultation
           in
           Order
           to
           that
           end
           :
           And
           for
           that
           which
           is
           here
           call'd
           a
           
             Constructive
             Treason
          
           ,
           It
           was
           much
           a
           Plainer
           Act
           of
           Treason
           then
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           Articles
           against
           my
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Scroggs
          
           ;
           And
           yet
           That
           pass'd
           for
           a
           very
           
           
             Current
             ,
             House-of-Commons-Treason
          
           .
           The
           Paper
           says
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           was
           but
           once
           at
           Mr.
           Shepheards
           with
           that
           Company
           :
           Mr.
           Shepheard
           swears
           it
           Twice
           ,
           with
           the
           
             same
             Company
          
           :
           But
           that
           Slip
           of
           Memory
           shall
           go
           for
           Nothing
           .
           There
           was
           [
           
             No
             Vndertaking
             to
             seize
             the
             Guards
             ,
          
           ]
           it
           seems
           ;
           nor
           any
           [
           
             Appointment
             to
             View
             ,
             or
             Examine
             them
             .
          
           ]
           That
           's
           because
           it
           was
           not
           yet
           come
           to
           a
           Resolution
           :
           But
           here
           's
           no
           Denyal
           at
           all
           ,
           of
           a
           Debate
           or
           Consultation
           toward
           it
           :
           The
           Exploit
           was
           found
           [
           
             Feisible
             ,
             and
             several
             Discourses
             about
             it
             .
          
           ]
           But
           said
           only
           to
           be
           in
           General
           ,
           and
           by
           Accident
           ;
           Is
           it
           meant
           that
           they
           Mett
           by
           Accident
           ,
           and
           so
           fell
           upon
           Discourse
           only
           by
           Accident
           ;
           And
           that
           
             This
             Particular
          
           of
           [
           
             Seizing
             the
             Guards
          
           ]
           fell
           in
           only
           as
           an
           
             Accidental
             Discourse
          
           ?
           This
           way
           of
           Disguising
           the
           Truth
           is
           as
           Clear
           to
           any
           man
           that
           has
           Eyes
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           
             Plain
             Confession
          
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           if
           it
           were
           meant
           
             Good
             Faith
          
           ,
           the
           Author
           would
           have
           strain'd
           himself
           for
           
             another
             Invocation
          
           of
           [
           
             the
             Great
             God
             ,
             the
             Searcher
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             Judge
             of
             All
             Things
             ,
          
           ]
           to
           bear
           Witness
           to
           the
           
             Explicite
             Truth
          
           of
           the
           Case
           .
           But
           [
           
             it
             was
             never
             Consented
             to
             as
             Fit
             to
             be
             done
             .
          
           ]
           Now
           
             That
             Fitness
          
           may
           referr
           to
           the
           Time
           ;
           the
           Means
           ;
           the
           Ways
           ,
           the
           Instruments
           .
           They
           had
           not
           yet
           Pitcht
           upon
           a
           Safe
           ,
           and
           
             Effectual
             Way
          
           perhaps
           ,
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           :
           But
           there
           was
           [
           
             More
             ,
             General
             Discourse
             now
             of
             the
             same
             Kind
             at
             my
             Lord
          
           Shaftsbury's
           ]
           And
           This
           was
           a
           
             Terrible
             General
             Discourse
          
           ,
           for
           it
           made
           my
           Lord
           immediately
           
             Fly
             out
          
           ,
           and
           Exclaim
           against
           it
           .
           I
           wish
           the
           Paper
           had
           set
           forth
           
             what
             this
             General
             Discourse
          
           was
           ;
           And
           what
           the
           Other
           was
           too
           ,
           that
           fell
           in
           by
           Accident
           ;
           And
           whether
           
             that
             General
             Discourse
          
           and
           
             This
             
               General
               Discourse
            
             ,
          
           were
           not
           as
           good
           as
           
             all
             one
          
           :
           But
           in
           short
           ;
           
             Such
             
               General
               Discourse
            
             ,
          
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           wanted
           but
           one
           step
           ,
           of
           Massacring
           the
           Guards
           ;
           Or
           
             cutting
             their
             Throats
          
           in
           their
           Beds
           ;
           which
           ,
           the
           Paper
           says
           ,
           
           [
           
             My
             Lord
             Abhorr'd
             it
             for
             ,
             being
             so
             like
             a
             Popish
             Practice
          
           ]
           A
           
             Presbyterian
             Practice
          
           would
           not
           have
           done
           a
           miss
           neither
           in
           
             This
             Place
          
           ,
           if
           a
           body
           had
           had
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           
             Late
             King
             ;
             Montross
          
           ;
           The
           Arch-bishop
           of
           St.
           
             Andrews
             &c.
          
           in
           his
           thought
           .
           But
           shall
           any
           man
           at
           last
           be
           so
           Weak
           ,
           as
           to
           swallow
           it
           ,
           that
           [
           
             Did
             you
             ever
             hear
             so
             Horrid
             a
             Thing
             ,
          
           ]
           was
           only
           an
           Exclamation
           upon
           a
           General
           and
           
             Accidental
             Discourse
             ?
          
           All
           the
           Rest
           went
           down
           well
           enough
           ,
           till
           it
           came
           to
           the
           Cut-Throat-part
           of
           it
           .
           And
           that
           was
           the
           Point
           that
           Startled
           them
           :
           The
           Doing
           of
           the
           Bus'ness
           ,
           either
           in
           a
           
             Brave
             ,
             Generous
             Way
             ,
             
               Head
               to
               Head
            
          
           ;
           or
           with
           
             Cap
             in
             Hand
          
           ;
           And
           a
           Complement
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           Respect
           ,
           to
           Desire
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           
             These
             Dangerous
             Times
             ,
             to
             sign
             a
             Demise
             of
             his
             
               Three
               Kingdoms
            
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Vse
           of
           the
           
             Councel
             of
             Six
          
           ;
           Or
           to
           a
           Band
           of
           Associators
           ,
           for
           the
           Security
           of
           his
           
             Sacred
             Person
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           find
           ,
           (
           by
           any
           thing
           I
           see
           yet
           )
           that
           the
           
             Men
             of
             Honour
          
           (
           if
           the
           Paper-Writer
           might
           have
           had
           his
           Will
           )
           would
           have
           Boggl'd
           at
           such
           a
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           ;
           But
           the
           doing
           of
           the
           Thing
           Basely
           ,
           was
           the
           Business
           ;
           And
           the
           Scruple
           that
           was
           made
           ,
           was
           upon
           a
           Point
           of
           Bravery
           ,
           not
           Conscience
           .
           But
           to
           Continue
           the
           Story
           .
        
         
           [
           As
           to
           my
           going
           to
           
             Mr.
             Shepheards
          
           ,
           I
           went
           with
           an
           Intention
           to
           taste
           Sherry
           ;
           for
           he
           had
           promised
           me
           to
           Reserve
           for
           me
           the
           next
           very
           good
           Piece
           he
           met
           with
           ,
           when
           I
           went
           out
           of
           Town
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           recollects
           ,
           he
           may
           remember
           I
           askt
           him
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           went
           and
           fetcht
           a
           Bottle
           :
           But
           when
           I
           tasted
           it
           ,
           I
           said
           't
           was
           Hot
           in
           the
           Mouth
           ;
           and
           desired
           that
           whenever
           he
           met
           with
           a
           Choice
           Piece
           ,
           he
           would
           keep
           it
           for
           me
           which
           he
           Promised
           .
           I
           Enlarge
           the
           more
           upon
           This
           ,
           because
           
             Sir
             George
             Jefferies
          
           Insinuated
           to
           the
           Jury
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           made
           a
           Story
           about
           going
           thither
           ;
           but
           I
           never
           said
           ,
           [
           
             That
             was
             the
             Only
             Reason
          
           ]
           And
           I
           will
           now
           
             Truly
             
               and
               Plainly
            
          
           add
           the
           rest
           .
           ]
        
         
         
           By
           
             this
             Paragraph
          
           ,
           the
           Reader
           is
           to
           be
           held
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           my
           Lords
           BUSINESS
           to
           Mr.
           Shepheards
           was
           
             to
             taste
             Sherry
          
           :
           And
           the
           Paper
           goes
           about
           to
           Refresh
           Mr.
           
           Shepheard's
           Memory
           ,
           by
           such
           and
           such
           Tokens
           ,
           the
           Word
           is
           [
           
             with
             an
             Intention
             to
             taste
             Sherry
          
           ]
           which
           in
           
             common
             Speech
          
           ,
           does
           fairly
           insinuate
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           
             Tasting
             of
             Sherry
          
           had
           been
           the
           
             chief
             End
          
           of
           his
           going
           ;
           Whereas
           supposing
           that
           to
           be
           in
           his
           Intention
           ,
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           nevertheless
           yet
           ,
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           Bus'ness
           :
           And
           further
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Paper
           has
           not
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           us
           any
           Sort
           of
           
             Light
             ,
             what
          
           his
           Bus'ness
           was
           :
           Nay
           ,
           Mr.
           Shepheard
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           swears
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Meeting
           by
           Appointment
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           the
           Sherry-Story
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           however
           ,
           made
           use
           of
           this
           Suggestion
           at
           his
           Tryal
           ;
           and
           Sir
           
             George
             Jefferies
          
           Reflecting
           upon
           it
           to
           the
           Jury
           ,
           this
           Paper
           undertakes
           the
           Excusing
           of
           
             One
             shift
          
           with
           Another
           :
           The
           Tasting
           of
           Sherry
           was
           
             One
             Reason
          
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           
             only
             Reason
          
           .
           But
           we
           are
           now
           to
           Expect
           a
           True
           and
           
             Plain
             Account
          
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           [
           I
           was
           the
           day
           before
           this
           Meeting
           ,
           come
           to
           Town
           ,
           for
           two
           or
           three
           days
           ,
           as
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           once
           or
           twice
           before
           ;
           having
           a
           very
           Near
           and
           Dear
           Relation
           lying
           in
           a
           very
           Languishing
           and
           Desperate
           Condition
           :
           And
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           was
           extremely
           glad
           I
           was
           come
           to
           Town
           ;
           for
           my
           Lord
           Shaftsbury
           and
           some
           
             Hot
             men
             would
             undo
          
           us
           all
           :
           How
           so
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           
             said
             I
          
           ?
           Why
           (
           
             answered
             he
          
           )
           they
           'l
           certainly
           do
           some
           Disorderly
           thing
           or
           other
           ,
           if
           Great
           Care
           be
           not
           taken
           ,
           and
           therefore
           for
           God's
           sake
           ;
           Use
           your
           Endeavours
           with
           your
           Friends
           to
           prevent
           any
           thing
           of
           this
           kind
           .
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           company
           at
           Mr.
           Shepheards
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           desired
           me
           to
           be
           at
           home
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           call
           me
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           :
           And
           when
           I
           came
           into
           the
           Room
           ,
           I
           saw
           Mr.
           Rumsey
           by
           
           the
           Chimney
           ,
           though
           he
           swears
           he
           came
           in
           after
           ;
           and
           there
           were
           things
           said
           by
           some
           with
           much
           more
           Heat
           than
           Iudgment
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           
             sufficiently
             Disapprove
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           
             these
             Things
          
           I
           stand
           Condemned
           :
           But
           I
           thank
           God
           
             my
             Part
          
           was
           syncere
           and
           
             well
             meant
          
           :
           It
           is
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           inferred
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           was
           pressed
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           acquainted
           with
           those
           Heats
           and
           
             Ill
             Designs
          
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           Discover
           them
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           but
           
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
          
           ,
           at
           most
           .
           So
           
             I
             dye
             Innocent
          
           of
           the
           Crime
           I
           stand
           Condemned
           for
           ,
           &c.
           ]
        
         
           Here
           's
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           my
           Lords
           coming
           twice
           or
           thrice
           to
           Town
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Dear
           Relation
           lying
           sick
           here
           :
           But
           whether
           he
           came
           upon
           a
           Visit
           ,
           or
           upon
           the
           
             Bus'ness
             in
             Question
          
           ,
           the
           Paper
           says
           Nothing
           .
           The
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           Complains
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           above
           ,
           of
           my
           Lord
           Shaftsbury
           and
           
             Other
             Hot
             Headed
             Men
          
           that
           would
           
             spoyl
             all
             ;
             this
             Implyes
             my
             Lords
             being
             Antecedently
             privy
             to
             the
             matter
             in
             hand
          
           ;
           for
           he
           takes
           the
           hint
           immediately
           .
           [
           
             How
             to
             my
             Lord
          
           ?
           ]
           (
           says
           he
           )
           without
           needing
           to
           Enquire
           either
           
             What
             Men
             ,
          
           or
           
             what
             Bus'ness
             ?
          
           The
           Answer
           was
           no
           more
           in
           Effect
           then
           This.
           
             There
             are
             a
             Company
             of
             mad
             Fellows
             ,
             that
             will
             out-run
             the
          
           Constable
           ,
           
             they
             will
             be
             shewing
             themselves
             too
             soon
             ,
             and
             make
             some
          
           Bedlam
           Attempt
           or
           other
           ,
           
             before
             we
             are
             ready
             for
             'em
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             are
             All
             ruin'd
             .
          
           So
           that
           it
           was
           not
           the
           
             Design
             it self
          
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           This
           Paper
           Represents
           it
           )
           the
           rash
           and
           
             imprudent
             Manage
          
           ,
           that
           was
           taken
           Check
           at
           ;
           And
           now
           follows
           the
           Meeting
           at
           Mr.
           Shepheards
           ;
           which
           this
           Paper
           calls
           [
           Company
           ]
           as
           if
           it
           were
           a
           
             chance
             Company
             ,
          
           not
           a
           Meeting
           :
           But
           Mr
           Shepheard
           speaks
           of
           it
           as
           a
           
             Set
             -
             Company
          
           :
           And
           Mr.
           Rumsey
           was
           likewise
           appointed
           to
           
             meet
             there
          
           .
           My
           Lords
           Contradicting
           Mr.
           Rumsey
           in
           a
           Circumstance
           without
           any
           Exception
           to
           him
           upon
           the
           main
           ,
           looks
           like
           a
           
             tacit
             Admittance
          
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Evidence
           .
           The
           Paper
           speaks
           further
           ,
           of
           [
           
             things
             that
             were
             said
             by
             some
             ,
             with
             
             more
             Heat
             than
             Iudgment
             :
          
           ]
           but
           neither
           says
           
             who
             spake
          
           them
           ,
           nor
           what
           the
           things
           were
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           Probable
           they
           were
           Treason
           ,
           by
           my
           Lords
           Disapproval
           of
           them
           :
           And
           it
           would
           have
           been
           well
           ,
           if
           his
           Lordship
           had
           at
           least
           told
           the
           things
           ,
           though
           without
           naming
           the
           Persons
           .
           It
           is
           Remarkable
           ,
           that
           the
           words
           are
           [
           
             with
             much
             more
          
           HEAT
           than
           JUDGMENT
           ]
           If
           it
           had
           been
           with
           much
           more
           Heat
           then
           Honesty
           ;
           my
           Lords
           Disapproval
           would
           have
           Reflected
           upon
           the
           Cause
           ;
           but
           with
           much
           more
           Heat
           then
           Iudgment
           ,
           strikes
           only
           upon
           the
           Indiscretion
           .
           The
           Paper
           thinks
           it
           hard
           ,
           that
           My
           Lord
           should
           be
           Condemn'd
           for
           the
           things
           which
           he
           Disapproved
           ,
           whereas
           my
           Lord
           was
           Condemn'd
           for
           
             Meeting
             ,
             Consulting
          
           &
           
             Agreeing
             to
             Raise
             an
             Insurrection
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           it
           is
           the
           Law
           that
           Pronounces
           the
           Sentence
           :
           My
           
             Lords
             Part
          
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           was
           Sincere
           ,
           and
           well
           meant
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           thousand
           pitties
           his
           Lordship
           was
           not
           better
           Enformed
           ,
           for
           People
           under
           a
           Mistake
           may
           do
           the
           
             worst
             things
             in
             the
             world
          
           with
           
             Good
             Meaning
          
           .
           And
           then
           methinks
           [
           Heats
           and
           
             Ill
             Designs
          
           ]
           are
           too
           soft
           a
           way
           of
           Expressing
           such
           -
           
             Horrible
             Treasons
          
           .
           The
           Paper
           calls
           it
           
             Dying
             Innocent
             of
             the
             Crime
             my
             Lord
             was
             Condemned
             for
             ,
          
           and
           but
           
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
          
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           in
           Concealing
           what
           he
           was
           Privy
           to
           .
           Here
           is
           the
           Knowledg
           of
           
             Treason
             Implyed
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Misprision
           of
           
             Treason
             Confessed
             ;
          
           And
           there
           needs
           not
           much
           Concurrence
           with
           Traytors
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           man
           Guilty
           of
           Treason
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           wish'd
           My
           Lord
           would
           have
           Declared
           ,
           what
           sort
           of
           Treason
           it
           was
           that
           he
           was
           made
           Acquainted
           with
           ;
           whether
           the
           Imprisoning
           or
           Deposing
           of
           the
           King
           :
           And
           by
           what
           Means
           and
           Instruments
           to
           be
           Executed
           .
           Once
           again
           now
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           [
           As
           for
           the
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           passed
           upon
           me
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           it
           a
           very
           Hard
           One
           ,
           for
           
             Nothing
             was
             sworn
             against
             me
          
           (
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           I
           will
           not
           now
           Examine
           )
           
           
             but
             some
             Discourses
             about
             making
             some
             Stirs
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           not
           
             Levying
             War
          
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           is
           Treason
           by
           the
           Statute
           of
           Edward
           the
           Third
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Consulting
           and
           Discoursing
           about
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           that
           was
           Witnessed
           against
           me
           .
           But
           by
           a
           strange
           Fetch
           ,
           the
           Design
           of
           
             Seizing
             the
             Guards
          
           ,
           was
           Construed
           a
           Design
           of
           
             Killing
             the
             King
          
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           was
           ▪
           in
           that
           Cast.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           have
           Truly
           and
           Syncerely
           told
           what
           my
           part
           was
           ,
           in
           that
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           more
           then
           a
           
             Bare
             Misprison
             ;
          
           And
           yet
           I
           am
           Condemned
           as
           Guilty
           of
           a
           Design
           of
           
             Killing
             the
             King.
          
           
        
         
           
             Here
             's
             an
          
           Insinuation
           
             of
             an
          
           Unjust
           Sentence
           ,
           upon
           False
           Evidence
           ,
           though
           this
           Paper
           
             Confesses
             
               as
               much
               ,
               on
               my
               Lords
               Part
               ,
               as
               was
            
          
           Sworn
           against
           him
           .
           The
           Paper
           
             calls
             it
          
           [
           Nothing
           but
           some
           Discourses
           about
           making
           some
           Stirs
           ]
           
             and
             those
          
           Sitrs
           
             are
             afterward
             Expounded
             ,
             to
             be
          
           [
           Levying
           War
           against
           the
           King
           ]
           
             And
             my
          
           Lord
           was
           Condemned
           for
           Consulting
           
             about
             those
          
           Stirs
           .
           These
           Consultations
           ,
           the
           Court
           
             Pronounces
             to
             be
          
           Treason
           :
           My
           Lord
           
             Insists
             upon
             it
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             only
             a
          
           Bare
           Misprison
           :
           
             And
             that
          
           the
           Design
           of
           Seizing
           the
           Guards
           is
           wrongfully
           Interpreted
           
             a
             
               Design
               of
               Killing
               the
               King.
            
             If
          
           this
           
             be
             so
          
           strange
           a
           Fetch
           ,
           
             what
             was
             it
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             to
             make
             the
          
           Charge
           
             against
             my
          
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Scroggs
           
             to
             be
             Treason
          
           ?
        
         
           The
           Law-Part
           has
           been
           Learnedly
           ,
           and
           Copiously
           clear'd
           already
           ,
           in
           certain
           Reflexions
           upon
           This
           Paper
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Antidote
             against
             Poyson
          
           :
           The
           
             Ouvert
             Acts
          
           towards
           the
           Accomplishing
           this
           Treason
           ,
           were
           abundantly
           made
           out
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ;
           and
           Undoubtedly
           That
           which
           was
           
             Good
             Law
          
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           my
           
             Lord
             Stafford
          
           holds
           as
           Good
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           my
           
             Lord
             Russel
          
           :
           And
           Sir
           William
           Jones's
           
             Opinion
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             will
             weigh
             certainly
             against
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             Paper
             .
          
        
         
           [
           Will
           any
           man
           deny
           (
           says
           
             Sir
             William
             Jones
          
           )
           that
           the
           
           Meeting
           and
           Consulting
           of
           several
           men
           together
           about
           Killing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           changing
           the
           Government
           is
           an
           
             Ouvert
             Act
             ?
             Lord
             Staffords
             Tryal
             ,
             p.
          
           190.
           ]
        
         
           Here
           is
           enough
           said
           ,
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           Inconsistencies
           of
           the
           
             Speech
             Spoken
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Paper
             Delivered
             
               to
               the
               Sheriffs
            
          
           :
           And
           the
           Disagreements
           of
           that
           Pap●r
           with
           it self
           in
           several
           
             Peremptory
             Denïals
          
           ,
           and
           
             Point-Blank
             Confessions
          
           of
           the
           same
           thing
           .
           That
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             Popular
             Acceptation
          
           of
           Words
           Delivered
           with
           Simplicity
           and
           Candour
           :
           But
           then
           in
           the
           
             True
             Protestant
             Latitude
          
           of
           Savings
           and
           Reservations
           ;
           The
           Connexion
           seems
           to
           be
           perfectly
           
             all
             of
             a
             piece
          
           ;
           And
           
             One
             Line
          
           serves
           to
           
             Expound
             Another
          
           ;
           to
           the
           Readers
           
             Infinite
             Satisfaction
          
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             Nothing
             Intended
          
           upon
           the
           Whole
           ,
           but
           Fallacy
           and
           Illusion
           ;
           bating
           only
           here
           and
           there
           a
           Stricture
           ,
           where
           it
           Cuts
           upon
           the
           Government
           .
           In
           few
           words
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           Reproach
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Vindication
           :
           the
           Panegyrique
           of
           a
           Pedant
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           Confession
           of
           a
           Penitent
           .
           The
           
             Last
             Prayer
          
           and
           Agonies
           of
           a
           
             Dying
             Christian
             ,
             Dissolved
          
           into
           a
           Floud
           of
           Calumnie
           and
           Bitterness
           against
           the
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           nothing
           but
           the
           Name
           ,
           to
           Entitle
           it
           to
           the
           thing
           it
           Pretends
           to
           be
           :
           After
           so
           Severe
           and
           Needful
           a
           Reflection
           upon
           this
           
             Vagabond
             Paper
          
           ,
           for
           it
           fills
           
             All
             Mouths
          
           and
           Places
           ,
           I
           reckon
           it
           a
           Duty
           to
           Accompany
           my
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Publick
           ,
           in
           
             this
             Particular
          
           ,
           with
           all
           Possible
           Justice
           and
           Respect
           to
           the
           Memory
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           The
           
             Unhappy
             Circumstances
          
           of
           his
           
             Deplorable
             Fate
          
           duly
           Considered
           .
        
         
           
             That
             my
             Lords
          
           Charge
           
             was
             Proved
             and
             his
          
           ,
           Sentence
           
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             his
             Lordship
             hath
             acknowledged
             under
             his
             own
             Hand
             (
             whatsoever
             this
          
           Ill-natured
           Paper
           
             may
             Pretend
             to
             the
          
           Contrary
           .
           )
           In
           one
           Petition
           
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             My
             Lord
             does
             [
             Solemnly
             Protest
          
           upon
           the
           Word
           of
           a
           Dying
           Man
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           had
           any
           Intention
           or
           Thought
           
           of
           doing
           hurt
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Sacred
           Person
           ,
           however
           by
           
             Interpretation
             of
             Law
          
           't
           is
           imputed
           to
           him
           ,
           And
           if
           his
           Majesty
           should
           be
           pleased
           to
           Execute
           
             the
             Rigour
             of
             the
             Law
          
           upon
           him
           ;
           he
           hoped
           that
           God
           would
           Enable
           him
           ,
           &c.
           ]
           In
           a
           second
           Petition
           ,
           
             His
             Lordship
          
           [
           Humbly
           and
           sorrowfully
           Confesses
           his
           having
           been
           Present
           at
           those
           Meetings
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           Convinced
           are
           Unlawful
           ,
           and
           justly
           Provoking
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           But
           being
           Betrayed
           by
           Ignorance
           and
           Inadvertence
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           Decline
           them
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ,
           
             &c.
             ]
             I
             have
             the
             Charity
             to
             Believe
             now
             ,
             that
             really
             according
             to
             the
             Purport
             of
             these
             Petitions
             .
             His
             Lordships
          
           Great
           Misfortune
           
             was
             rather
             an
          
           Error
           of
           Principle
           ,
           
             then
             a
          
           Factiousness
           of
           Malice
           :
           
             And
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             somewhat
          
           deeper
           Dyed
           then
           Ordinary
           ,
           
             that
             had
             (
             but
             too
             frequently
             )
             most
             desperate
          
           Seducers
           
             at
             his
          
           Elbow
           .
           
             What
             was
             that
          
           Treasonous
           and
           Atheistical
           Libel
           of
           [
           Julian
           the
           Apostate
           ]
           
             but
             the
             very
          
           Scheme
           
             of
             this
          
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           Calculated
           
             for
             the
          
           Murder
           
             of
             the
          
           King
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Dissolution
           
             of
             the
          
           State
           ?
           
             And
             it
             was
          
           the
           same
           Poysonous
           Position
           
             that
             brought
             this
          
           Unhappy
           Lord
           
             to
             his
          
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           this
           
             Pernicious
             Paper
          
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           but
           my
           
             Lord
             Signed
          
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           made
           it
           his
           Own
           ,
           by
           so
           Doing
           :
           But
           it
           holds
           so
           little
           Congruity
           with
           the
           State
           and
           Exigence
           of
           his
           Lordships
           Case
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           perswaded
           (
           under
           his
           
             Anxious
             Circumstances
          
           )
           he
           would
           have
           Signed
           a
           Blank
           upon
           the
           
             same
             Terms
          
           ,
           if
           the
           
             same
             Person
          
           had
           Presented
           it
           :
           For
           there
           is
           not
           one
           Syllable
           in
           't
           that
           Avails
           him
           to
           any
           purpose
           Imaginable
           :
           It
           Pretends
           to
           Truth
           and
           Plainness
           ;
           and
           yet
           scarce
           
             six
             Lines
          
           in
           't
           without
           a
           Riddle
           .
           It
           pretends
           to
           Discharge
           my
           Lord
           of
           the
           whole
           Indictment
           :
           And
           yet
           in
           several
           Places
           ,
           either
           Intricates
           ,
           or
           Confesses
           it
           .
           It
           pretends
           to
           Deliver
           the
           
             whole
             Truth
          
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           yet
           leaves
           out
           the
           Meetings
           
           at
           his
           Own
           and
           Mr.
           Hamdens
           House
           ,
           where
           the
           great
           Pinch
           of
           the
           Charge
           lay
           .
           Nay
           the
           Faction
           had
           proceeded
           so
           far
           to
           the
           Captivating
           of
           this
           Honourable
           Persons
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
             Montagues
             Letter
          
           to
           the
           LordTreasurer
           ,
           bearing
           date
           
             Jan.
             18.
             1678.
             
             St.
             N.
          
           that
           was
           Read
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           takes
           Notice
           how
           much
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           depended
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           Crossing
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           of
           the
           
             Court
             Measures
          
           .
           [
           Mr.
           Ruvigny's
           
             Instructions
             are
             by
             the
             Means
             of
          
           Will.
           Russel
           and
           other
           Discontented
           People
           
             to
             give
             a
             Great
             deal
             of
             Mony
             ,
             and
             cross
             all
             your
             Measures
             at
             Court.
          
           ]
           But
           to
           come
           more
           particularly
           now
           to
           the
           miserable
           Principle
           that
           led
           him
           to
           his
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Munday
           after
           my
           Lords
           Condemnation
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           Dean
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           gave
           his
           Lordship
           a
           pious
           and
           Friendly
           Visit
           :
           Expressing
           the
           Extreme
           Affliction
           as
           well
           as
           Compassion
           that
           he
           had
           for
           his
           present
           Condition
           :
           And
           not
           without
           Great
           Admiration
           at
           my
           Lords
           being
           Engaged
           in
           a
           Misfortune
           of
           that
           Quality
           :
           But
           after
           a
           little
           Discourse
           upon
           that
           Subject
           ,
           the
           Dr.
           was
           much
           more
           troubled
           ,
           to
           find
           that
           my
           Lord
           was
           not
           only
           Embarqu'd
           in
           that
           Pernicious
           and
           
             wicked
             Design
          
           ,
           but
           Possess'd
           with
           the
           Principle
           of
           his
           Chaplains
           [
           
             Julian
             the
             Apostate
          
           ]
           that
           
             Resistance
             was
             Lawful
             in
             the
             Case
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Liberties
          
           and
           
             Properties
             being
             Invaded
          
           :
           whereupon
           the
           Dr.
           Applyed
           himself
           by
           Argument
           and
           Counsel
           to
           the
           setting
           of
           his
           Lordship
           right
           in
           that
           Particular
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           
             Freedom
             ,
             Tenderness
          
           and
           
             Respect
             Imaginable
          
           :
           And
           not
           without
           Flattering
           himself
           at
           last
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           gain'd
           his
           point
           upon
           my
           Lords
           Judgment
           ,
           who
           promis'd
           the
           Dr.
           at
           parting
           ,
           
             to
             bethink
             himself
             seriously
             of
             what
             he
             had
             said
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           Dr.
           Burnet
           tells
           the
           Dean
           ,
           that
           his
           Discourse
           had
           wrought
           a
           very
           good
           Effect
           upon
           my
           Lord
           ,
           
           and
           that
           
             he
             was
             now
             Resolved
             to
             do
             All
             that
             might
             become
             a
             man
             under
             his
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             to
             Discharge
             his
             Conscience
             both
             towards
             God
             and
             Man.
          
           Hereupon
           the
           Dean
           applyed
           himself
           forthwith
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           Great
           Honour
           ,
           with
           this
           Account
           of
           his
           Success
           ,
           desiring
           that
           the
           matter
           might
           be
           Represented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           best
           Office
           ,
           which
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           the
           Dr.
           could
           render
           to
           his
           Lordship
           .
           )
        
         
           Upon
           VVednesday
           ,
           the
           Dean
           gave
           my
           Lord
           another
           Visit
           ,
           when
           taking
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           his
           Lordship
           continued
           in
           his
           Late
           Resolution
           ,
           he
           entertain'd
           him
           only
           with
           Preparatory
           Discourses
           toward
           the
           fitting
           of
           him
           for
           a
           better
           Life
           .
        
         
           Upon
           
             Friday
             Morning
          
           ,
           the
           Dean
           Administred
           to
           my
           Lord
           the
           
             Holy
             Sacrament
          
           ,
           having
           previously
           Receiv'd
           such
           Satisfaction
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           Occasion
           and
           the
           Duty
           Requir'd
           .
           But
           afterwards
           ,
           Mr.
           Dean
           finding
           him
           wavering
           ,
           went
           his
           way
           :
           And
           about
           five
           or
           six
           in
           the
           Evening
           brought
           him
           a
           Letter
           ,
           which
           was
           excellently
           well
           Accommodated
           and
           very
           pertinently
           Applyed
           to
           the
           point
           in
           Question
           .
           The
           Dean
           Deliver'd
           the
           Letter
           to
           my
           Lord
           and
           Discours'd
           at
           large
           upon
           it
           ,
           Earnestly
           beseeching
           him
           to
           Bethink
           himself
           ,
           how
           much
           it
           concern'd
           him
           not
           to
           leave
           the
           World
           under
           so
           dangerous
           a
           Mistake
           ,
           but
           my
           Lord
           seemed
           much
           colder
           now
           ,
           than
           before
           ,
           the
           Dean
           however
           pressing
           him
           to
           Enter
           into
           a
           strict
           and
           severe
           Examination
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           departed
           ,
           leaving
           the
           Letter
           in
           his
           
           Lordship's
           hand
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Morning
           (
           being
           the
           Day
           of
           his
           Execution
           )
           the
           Dean
           waited
           upon
           my
           Lord
           again
           ,
           when
           he
           found
           him
           yet
           cooler
           ,
           and
           utterly
           Declining
           any
           Occasion
           of
           farther
           Discourse
           upon
           the
           Old
           Matter
           .
           Upon
           this
           ,
           the
           Dr.
           Desisted
           ,
           and
           Attended
           him
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           Pray'd
           with
           him
           on
           the
           
             Scaffold
             :
             Discharging
          
           himself
           ,
           from
           first
           
           to
           last
           in
           All
           the
           Parts
           of
           a
           Churchman
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Friend
           .
           A
           
             True
             Copy
          
           both
           of
           the
           Letter
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Prayer
           hereafter
           follows
           ,
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   July
                   20.
                   1683.
                   
                
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               I
               Was
               heartily
               glad
               to
               see
               your
               Lordship
               this
               Morning
               in
               that
               calm
               and
               devout
               temper
               at
               Receiving
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               but
               Peace
               of
               mind
               unless
               it
               be
               well-grounded
               will
               avail
               little
               :
               And
               because
               transient
               Discourse
               many
               times
               hath
               little
               effect
               for
               want
               of
               time
               to
               weigh
               and
               consider
               it
               ,
               therefore
               in
               tender
               compassion
               of
               your
               Lordships
               Case
               ,
               and
               from
               all
               the
               good
               Will
               that
               one
               man
               can
               b●ar
               to
               another
               ,
               I
               do
               humbly
               offer
               to
               your
               Lordships
               deliberate
               thoughts
               these
               following
               Considerations
               concerning
               the
               Points
               of
               Resi●●ance
               ,
               if
               our
               Religion
               and
               Rights
               should
               be
               invaded
               ,
               as
               your
               Lordship
               puts
               the
               Case
               ,
               concerning
               which
               I
               understood
               by
               Dr.
               Burnet
               ,
               that
               your
               Lordship
               had
               once
               received
               Satisfaction
               ,
               and
               am
               sorry
               to
               find
               a
               change
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               That
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               doth
               plainly
               forbid
               the
               Resistance
               of
               Authority
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               That
               though
               our
               Religion
               be
               Established
               by
               Law
               ,
               (
               which
               your
               Lordship
               urges
               as
               a
               difference
               between
               our
               Case
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               the
               Primitive
               Christians
               )
               yet
               in
               the
               same
               Law
               ,
               which
               Establishes
               our
               Religion
               it
               is
               declared
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               not
               Lawful
               upon
               any
               pretence
               whatsoever
               to
               take
               up
               Arms
               ,
               &c.
               
               Besides
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               a
               particular
               Law
               declaring
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Militia
               to
               be
               solely
               in
               the
               King.
               And
               this
               ties
               the
               hands
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               though
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               and
               the
               General
               Rules
               of
               Scripture
               h●d
               left
               us
               at
               liberty
               ;
               which
               I
               believe
               they
               do
               not
               ,
               because
               the
               Government
               and
               Peace
               of
               Humane
               Society
               could
               not
               w●ll
               subsist
               upon
               these
               Terms
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Your
               Lordships
               Opinion
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               declared
               Doctrine
               of
               all
               Protestant
               Churches
               :
               and
               though
               some
               particular
               Persons
               have
               taught
               otherwise
               ,
               yet
               they
               have
               been
               
               contradicted
               herein
               and
               condemned
               for
               it
               by
               the
               Generality
               of
               Protestants
               :
               And
               I
               beg
               of
               your
               Lordship
               to
               consider
               how
               it
               will
               agree
               with
               an
               avowed
               asserting
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               to
               go
               contrary
               to
               the
               General
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Protestants
               ▪
               My
               End
               in
               this
               is
               to
               convince
               Your
               Lordship
               ,
               that
               You
               are
               in
               a
               very
               Great
               and
               Dangerous
               Mistake
               ,
               and
               being
               so
               convinced
               ,
               that
               which
               before
               was
               a
               Sin
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               will
               appear
               of
               a
               much
               more
               heinous
               Nature
               ,
               as
               in
               Truth
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               call
               for
               a
               very
               particular
               and
               deep
               Repentance
               ;
               which
               if
               Your
               Lordship
               sincerely
               exercise
               upon
               the
               sight
               of
               your
               Error
               ,
               by
               a
               Penitent
               Acknowledgment
               of
               it
               to
               God
               and
               Men
               ,
               You
               will
               not
               only
               obtain
               Forgiveness
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               prevent
               a
               mighty
               Scandal
               to
               the
               Reformed
               Religion
               .
               I
               am
               very
               loath
               to
               give
               Your
               Lordship
               any
               disquiet
               in
               the
               Distress
               You
               are
               in
               ,
               which
               I
               commiserate
               from
               my
               heart
               ,
               but
               am
               much
               more
               concerned
               ,
               that
               You
               do
               not
               leave
               the
               VVorld
               in
               a
               delusion
               and
               false
               Peace
               ,
               to
               the
               hindrance
               of
               Your
               Eternal
               Happiness
               .
               I
               heartily
               pray
               for
               You
               ,
               and
               beseech
               Your
               Lordship
               to
               believe
               that
               I
               am
               with
               the
               greatest
               Syncerity
               and
               Compassion
               in
               the
               VVorld
               ,
            
             
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               
                 Your
                 Lordships
                 most
                 Faithful
                 and
                 Afflicted
                 Servant
                 ,
                 
                   John
                   Tillotson
                
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Tillotson's
                   Prayer
                   upon
                   the
                   Scaffold
                   with
                   the
                   Late
                   LORD
                   RUSSEL
                   .
                
                 
                   O
                   Almighty
                   and
                   Merciful
                   God
                   ,
                   with
                   whom
                   alone
                   ,
                   live
                   the
                   Spirits
                   of
                   Just
                   Men
                   made
                   perfect
                   ,
                   after
                   they
                   are
                   delivered
                   from
                   these
                   earthly
                   Prisons
                   ,
                   we
                   humbly
                   commend
                   the
                   Soul
                   of
                   this
                   our
                   dear
                   Brother
                   into
                   thy
                   hands
                   ,
                   as
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   a
                   Faithful
                   Creator
                   ,
                   and
                   most
                   merciful
                   Saviour
                   ;
                   humbly
                   beseeching
                   thee
                   that
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   pretious
                   in
                   thy
                   sight
                   ,
                   wash
                   it
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   from
                   all
                   it's
                   guilt
                   
                   in
                   the
                   blood
                   of
                   the
                   immaculate
                   Lamb
                   that
                   was
                   slain
                   to
                   take
                   away
                   the
                   Sins
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   ;
                   That
                   whatsoever
                   Defilements
                   it
                   may
                   have
                   Contracted
                   in
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   this
                   wicked
                   World
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   lusts
                   of
                   the
                   flesh
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   wiles
                   of
                   Satan
                   ,
                   being
                   purged
                   and
                   done
                   away
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   sincere
                   and
                   unfeigned
                   Repentance
                   ,
                   through
                   thy
                   Infinite
                   Mercy
                   and
                   Goodness
                   in
                   our
                   Lord
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   presented
                   pure
                   and
                   holy
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   spot
                   ,
                   before
                   thee
                   ;
                   O
                   Lord
                   we
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   thee
                   to
                   support
                   thy
                   Servant
                   and
                   stand
                   by
                   him
                   in
                   this
                   last
                   and
                   great
                   Contest
                   ,
                   deliver
                   him
                   from
                   the
                   pains
                   of
                   Eternal
                   Death
                   ,
                   and
                   save
                   him
                   ,
                   O
                   Lord
                   ,
                   for
                   thy
                   Mercies
                   sake
                   ,
                   and
                   grant
                   that
                   all
                   we
                   who
                   survive
                   ,
                   by
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Instances
                   of
                   thy
                   Providence
                   ,
                   may
                   learn
                   our
                   Duty
                   to
                   God
                   and
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   this
                   and
                   other
                   like
                   Spectacles
                   of
                   our
                   Mortality
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   see
                   how
                   frail
                   and
                   uncertain
                   our
                   Condition
                   is
                   in
                   this
                   World
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   all
                   but
                   vanity
                   ,
                   and
                   teach
                   us
                   so
                   to
                   number
                   our
                   days
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   seriously
                   apply
                   our
                   hearts
                   to
                   that
                   holy
                   and
                   heavenly
                   VVisdom
                   while
                   we
                   live
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   bring
                   us
                   to
                   
                     Life
                     Everlasting
                  
                   through
                   
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                  
                   our
                   Lord
                   ,
                   in
                   whose
                   holy
                   Name
                   and
                   VVords
                   we
                   conclude
                   our
                   Prayers
                   .
                
                 
                   Our
                   Father
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Having
           done
           this
           Right
           to
           the
           Truth
           by
           an
           
             Impartial
             Report
          
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           And
           this
           
             Further
             Right
          
           to
           the
           Reverend
           Dean
           ,
           to
           Publish
           the
           Right
           that
           he
           hath
           done
           to
           Himself
           in
           
             this
             Affair
             ,
             I
          
           shall
           Super-add
           
             this
             Note
          
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           in
           the
           Paper
           that
           has
           made
           all
           this
           Noise
           ;
           but
           to
           Condemn
           so
           much
           as
           he
           Heard
           of
           it
           .
           And
           in
           Truth
           it
           was
           Observed
           ,
           that
           while
           my
           Lord
           and
           the
           Dean
           were
           together
           ,
           they
           had
           
             Neither
             Pen
             ,
             Ink
             ,
             nor
             Paper
             .
          
           Now
           though
           't
           is
           True
           again
           ,
           that
           when
           my
           Lord
           ,
           and
           Doctror
           Burnet
           were
           together
           ,
           there
           was
           
             Pen
             ,
             Ink
          
           ,
           and
           
             Paper
             called
             for
          
           ;
           It
           Concludes
           nothing
           yet
           as
           to
           the
           
             Writing
             of
             this
             Paper
          
           .
           It
           is
           said
           indeed
           ,
           that
           upon
           
             Captain
             Richardsons
          
           speaking
           to
           Dr.
           Burn●t
           about
           my
           Lords
           making
           a
           Speech
           ;
           he
           was
           answered
           by
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           that
           
             My
             Lord
             only
             intended
             to
             speak
             a
             
               Few
               Words
            
             upon
             the
             Scaffold
             ;
             And
             that
             what
             he
             had
             to
             say
             else
             ,
             
               He
               would
               leave
               in
               a
               Paper
               he
               intended
               to
               deliver
               to
               the
               Sheriffs
               .
            
          
        
         
           There
           is
           more
           then
           enough
           said
           in
           Reflection
           upon
           this
           
             Scandalous
             Paper
          
           ;
           that
           takes
           so
           much
           pains
           to
           possess
           the
           World
           that
           this
           Unhappy
           Execution
           was
           a
           Murder
           .
           There
           was
           ,
           Effectually
           ,
           a
           Murder
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           It
           was
           in
           the
           Law
           an
           Act
           of
           Justice
           :
           But
           it
           was
           in
           Him
           that
           
             Poyson●d
             this
             Unfortunate
             Gentleman
          
           with
           that
           
             Seditious
             Maxim
          
           that
           brought
           him
           to
           the
           Block
           ,
           and
           that
           afterwards
           Encouraged
           him
           to
           persist
           in
           't
           :
           It
           was
           in
           Him
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Basest
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Treacherous
           of
           Murders
           :
           And
           I
           look
           upon
           Julian
           ,
           with
           a
           Respect
           to
           
             this
             Conspiracy
          
           only
           as
           the
           Rule
           to
           the
           
             Example
             ,
             the
             One
             Directs
             
               the
               Rebellion
               ;
               and
               the
            
             Other
             Proves
             it
             .
          
        
         
           The
           End.