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             Animadversions upon a paper entituled, The speech of the late Lord Russel, &c.
             Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.
             Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.
          
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             By John Nalson, LL. D.? Cf. Lincoln's Inn Catalogue of pamphlets, no. 1612.
             Another work with a similar title, "Animadversions on the last speech and confession of the late William lord Russell, London, 1683," is attributed to Elkanah Settle. Cf. C.E. Brown, Elkanah Settle ... life and works [1910] p. 130.
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           Russell, William, -- Lord, 1639-1683.
           Rye House Plot, 1683.
        
      
    
     
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           ANIMADVERSIONS
           Upon
           a
           Paper
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           The
           SPEECH
           OF
           THE
           LATE
           Lord
           RUSSEL
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THE
           words
           of
           Dying
           Persons
           are
           apt
           to
           give
           the
           deepest
           impressions
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           Living
           ;
           and
           though
           possibly
           there
           is
           no
           point
           in
           which
           I
           am
           more
           tender
           ,
           than
           in
           treading
           upon
           the
           memory
           of
           such
           ,
           who
           are
           out
           of
           the
           capacity
           of
           making
           their
           own
           Defence
           ;
           yet
           resolving
           to
           comport
           my self
           with
           all
           decency
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           do
           if
           the
           person
           were
           living
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           a
           necessary
           duty
           to
           endeavour
           to
           hinder
           the
           spreading
           of
           that
           Contagion
           ,
           which
           has
           proved
           so
           fatal
           to
           the
           pretended
           Author
           of
           this
           Speech
           ,
           and
           I
           fear
           will
           prove
           so
           t●●●●●rs
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           charitably
           undeceived
           ;
           and
           truly
           ,
           if
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           who
           do
           so
           g●●edily
           swallow
           down
           all
           that
           is
           said
           in
           that
           Paper
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           supposed
           Author
           were
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           as
           true
           as
           Gospel
           ,
           do
           not
           open
           their
           Eyes
           to
           see
           the
           wondrous
           Contradictions
           ,
           which
           Providence
           has
           so
           visibly
           opposed
           to
           those
           Insinuations
           ,
           my
           fears
           for
           them
           are
           extraordinary
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           hardened
           to
           their
           own
           destruction
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           be
           never
           so
           angry
           ,
           I
           will
           do
           all
           I
           can
           to
           prevent
           the
           mischief
           they
           will
           certainly
           pull
           upon
           their
           own
           heads
           ,
           whilst
           they
           prepare
           it
           for
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           confess
           I
           have
           the
           utmost
           difficulty
           to
           believe
           this
           Speech
           to
           be
           the
           Lord
           
           Russel's
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           suspect
           the
           finger
           of
           Job
           to
           be
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           my
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           so
           much
           Panegyrick
           ,
           as
           is
           not
           at
           all
           consistent
           ,
           either
           with
           the
           modesty
           or
           humility
           of
           a
           Person
           
             born
             of
             worthy
             good
             Parents
             ,
             and
             who
             has
             had
             the
             advantages
             of
             a
             Religious
             Education
             ,
          
           as
           it
           is
           there
           expressed
           ,
           for
           he
           could
           not
           then
           miss
           of
           the
           Divine
           Precept
           of
           the
           wisest
           of
           mere
           mortal
           Men
           ,
           
             Let
             another
             Man
             praise
             thee
             ,
             and
             not
             thine
             own
             Lips.
          
           The
           office
           of
           making
           Inventories
           ,
           of
           the
           Virtues
           as
           well
           as
           Goods
           of
           the
           deceased
           ,
           and
           the
           care
           of
           embalming
           their
           Memories
           as
           well
           as
           Bodies
           ,
           has
           ever
           been
           committed
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           their
           Friends
           ,
           who
           may
           without
           Vanity
           or
           Ostentation
           say
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           would
           no
           ways
           become
           themselves
           .
           And
           since
           that
           unfortunate
           Lord
           tells
           us
           ,
           He
           could
           never
           consent
           to
           do
           a
           base
           thing
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           is
           a
           service
           to
           vindicate
           him
           from
           the
           most
           indecent
           and
           abject
           of
           all
           Follies
           ,
           the
           blazoning
           himself
           ,
           and
           proclaiming
           his
           own
           Praises
           ,
           which
           is
           at
           the
           least
           one
           third
           part
           of
           that
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           let
           pass
           the
           Panegyricks
           as
           the
           most
           innocent
           ,
           though
           not
           most
           wise
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           give
           them
           this
           Remark
           :
           That
           whoever
           was
           the
           Penman
           of
           that
           Paper
           ,
           has
           not
           done
           it
           without
           a
           most
           injurious
           design
           ,
           of
           insinuating
           into
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           intoxicated
           Rabble
           such
           a
           Poyson
           as
           may
           turn
           them
           round
           ,
           since
           the
           natural
           and
           easie
           inference
           from
           thence
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           Gentleman
           being
           a
           person
           of
           those
           Excellencies
           ,
           and
           
           innocent
           as
           he
           averrs
           of
           the
           Crimes
           for
           which
           he
           dies
           ,
           the
           Loss
           is
           the
           greater
           ,
           his
           Case
           the
           harder
           ,
           and
           the
           Injustice
           done
           him
           so
           much
           the
           worse
           .
           And
           we
           are
           not
           unacquainted
           how
           far
           ill
           Men
           carry
           on
           their
           Reflections
           ,
           to
           the
           disparagement
           of
           the
           Justice
           both
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           and
           to
           run
           the
           wild
           Mobile
           into
           the
           utmost
           Frenzies
           of
           Extravagance
           against
           ,
           and
           detestation
           of
           the
           Government
           and
           their
           Governours
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           insist
           upon
           some
           Expressions
           ,
           which
           seem
           next
           to
           Equivocation
           ,
           as
           ,
           
             his
             living
             and
             dying
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             a
             true
             and
             sincere
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           and
           many
           such-like
           ;
           words
           so
           ambiguous
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           several
           Sects
           will
           pretend
           to
           an
           interest
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           scandal
           of
           suffering
           for
           High-Treason
           be
           not
           very
           reputable
           for
           any
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           glad
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Loyal
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           not
           say
           he
           is
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           of
           England
           as
           by
           Law
           established
           ,
           which
           teaches
           all
           her
           true
           Children
           not
           only
           not
           to
           conspire
           or
           act
           Treason
           upon
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           much
           as
           to
           Curse
           the
           King
           in
           a
           thought
           in
           their
           safest
           Retirement
           from
           discovery
           or
           danger
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           Bed-chamber
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           would
           chiefly
           lay
           my
           stress
           upon
           ,
           is
           the
           obviating
           some
           things
           which
           are
           of
           malicious
           and
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Dissenters
           from
           it
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           fear
           ,
           may
           for
           want
           of
           his
           giving
           Glory
           to
           God
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           become
           more
           obstinate
           ,
           in
           persisting
           in
           the
           belief
           of
           their
           mistakes
           ,
           which
           ,
           without
           Repentance
           ,
           will
           certainly
           prove
           fatal
           to
           them
           possibly
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           but
           certainly
           in
           the
           next
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           I
           observe
           that
           the
           great
           scope
           and
           drift
           of
           the
           Speech
           is
           to
           perswade
           foolish
           people
           that
           they
           are
           in
           the
           utmost
           danger
           of
           Popery
           ,
           as
           particularly
           
             P.
             2.
             
             I
             did
             believe
             and
             do
             still
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             Popery
             is
             breaking
             in
             upon
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           This
           very
           Topique
           has
           already
           cost
           this
           Nation
           40
           Millions
           of
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           100000
           lives
           ,
           and
           one
           which
           was
           more
           valuable
           than
           them
           all
           ,
           that
           of
           our
           late
           Martyred
           Soveraign
           King
           CHARLES
           the
           first
           ,
           for
           whose
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           I
           fear
           divine
           Vengeance
           is
           now
           calling
           the
           Dissenters
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           and
           making
           inquisition
           for
           blood
           .
           With
           this
           fear
           of
           Popery
           it
           is
           that
           the
           people
           have
           been
           so
           far
           mislead
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           the
           late
           Conspirators
           hopes
           to
           be
           assisted
           by
           them
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           this
           Speech
           
             to
             undo
             us
             all
          
           ,
           to
           Murder
           the
           best
           and
           most
           Gracious
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           subvert
           the
           easiest
           of
           all
           Governments
           .
           And
           now
           let
           all
           the
           world
           judge
           who
           knows
           best
           ,
           or
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           prevent
           the
           〈◊〉
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           upon
           all
           occasions
           has
           condescended
           so
           far
           as
           to
           avow
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           do
           all
           that
           lyes
           in
           his
           power
           to
           keep
           out
           Popery
           ,
           or
           my
           Lord
           
           Russel's
           Speech
           ,
           which
           affirms
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           only
           good
           manners
           to
           believe
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           is
           as
           an
           Angel
           of
           God
           ,
           rather
           than
           all
           the
           malicious
           Speeches
           of
           men
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           I
           do
           aver
           ,
           that
           whoever
           gives
           credit
           to
           this
           Calumny
           ,
           against
           the
           Kings
           avowed
           Declaration
           ,
           the
           known
           rule
           and
           practice
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           suppress
           Popery
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           an
           uncharitable
           and
           ill
           Christian
           ,
           but
           a
           most
           disloyal
           Subject
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           notorious
           ,
           that
           this
           old
           
           Shaftsbury's
           cloak
           of
           fear
           of
           Popery
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           mantle
           of
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           is
           the
           innocence
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           which
           is
           very
           positively
           aversed
           in
           the
           spoken
           Speech
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           
             in
             the
             words
             of
             a
             dying
             man
             ,
             I
             profess
             I
             know
             of
             no
             Plot
             either
             against
             the
             Kings
             life
             or
             the
             Government
             .
          
           What
           ?
           know
           of
           no
           Plot
           ?
           I
           profess
           it
           is
           boldly
           said
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           will
           be
           readily
           believed
           by
           the
           whole
           Party
           .
           But
           it
           were
           well
           for
           them
           if
           it
           had
           been
           as
           plainly
           proved
           ,
           and
           truly
           had
           the
           Speech
           stopt
           here
           without
           the
           following
           comment
           upon
           the
           Text
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           been
           some
           difficulty
           to
           have
           expounded
           it
           ,
           and
           others
           may
           do
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           chufe
           but
           attribute
           the
           Printing
           and
           industrious
           dispersing
           of
           this
           Speech
           to
           a
           superiour
           hand
           ,
           which
           has
           appeared
           so
           marvellously
           visible
           in
           the
           discovery
           of
           this
           hellish
           Treason
           .
           What
           so
           many
           discourses
           as
           are
           confessed
           ,
           
             of
             the
             feazibleness
             of
             seizing
             the
             Kings
             Guards
             ,
          
           p.
           3.
           my
           Lord
           
             exclaiming
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             asking
             if
             the
             thing
             succeeded
             what
             must
             be
             done
             next
             ,
          
           &c.
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           tells
           him
           ,
           
             my
             Lord
          
           Shaftsbury
           
             and
             some
             hot
             men
             would
             undoe
             us
             all
             ,
          
           and
           asks
           him
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           
             Did
             you
             ever
             hear
             such
             a
             horrid
             thing
             ?
          
           and
           yet
           to
           say
           he
           dyes
           innocent
           ,
           or
           knows
           of
           no
           Plot
           against
           the
           King's
           life
           or
           Government
           ,
           I
           protest
           I
           stand
           amazed
           at
           the
           contradiction
           ;
           for
           the
           Evasions
           are
           too
           silly
           and
           thin
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           the
           horrid
           thing
           was
           only
           killing
           the
           Guards
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           would
           undo
           us
           all
           ,
           was
           some
           disorderly
           thing
           or
           other
           which
           the
           hot
           men
           would
           do
           ,
           
           if
           great
           care
           were
           not
           taken
           .
           Alas
           !
           that
           any
           man
           should
           be
           so
           weak
           himself
           as
           to
           think
           to
           impose
           upon
           others
           such
           foolish
           inconsistencies
           .
           No
           certainly
           the
           horrid
           thing
           ,
           such
           as
           was
           never
           heard
           of
           ,
           that
           would
           undo
           us
           all
           ,
           must
           be
           Crimes
           of
           another
           nature
           than
           this
           palliating
           Speech
           insinuates
           ,
           and
           can
           be
           of
           no
           other
           import
           than
           Treasons
           of
           the
           blackest
           complexion
           .
           And
           after
           the
           knowledge
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           to
           say
           a
           man
           knows
           no
           Plot
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           dyes
           innocent
           ,
           cannot
           be
           said
           unless
           Plotting
           and
           knowing
           of
           it
           be
           no
           Treason
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           same
           person
           may
           be
           the
           greatest
           Criminal
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           innocent
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           fain
           be
           Answered
           one
           Question
           :
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           What
           should
           this
           discourse
           about
           seizing
           the
           Guards
           be
           so
           often
           debated
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           purpose
           can
           it
           be
           supposed
           to
           be
           done
           ?
           He
           must
           be
           stupid
           that
           does
           not
           see
           it
           carry
           Treason
           in
           the
           face
           of
           it
           ;
           either
           in
           Seizing
           or
           Assassinating
           the
           Kings
           Person
           ,
           or
           both
           successively
           ,
           but
           still
           the
           knowing
           of
           this
           must
           be
           misprision
           of
           Treason
           .
           It
           was
           well
           my
           Lords
           Council
           knew
           better
           things
           ,
           when
           they
           advised
           him
           
             not
             to
             confess
             matter
             of
             Fact
             plainly
             ,
          
           for
           if
           he
           had
           confessed
           as
           much
           as
           this
           Speech
           does
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           saved
           the
           Witnesses
           a
           labour
           ,
           and
           the
           
             easie
             and
             willing
             Jury
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Speech
           calls
           them
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           had
           occasion
           to
           withdraw
           from
           the
           Bar
           for
           their
           Verdict
           :
           The
           Law
           says
           ,
           there
           are
           no
           accessaries
           but
           all
           are
           principals
           in
           Treasons
           .
           He
           confesses
           ,
           
             he
             was
             pressed
             with
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             acquainted
             with
             these
             heats
             and
             ill
             designs
             and
             did
             not
             discover
             them
             ,
          
           page
           3.
           and
           infers
           
             this
             is
             but
             misprision
             of
             Treason
             at
             most
          
           ;
           but
           his
           Lawyers
           knew
           better
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           can
           do
           him
           no
           service
           ,
           yet
           because
           it
           may
           do
           others
           who
           think
           not
           revealing
           Treason
           no
           Crime
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           bare
           difcoursing
           it
           is
           so
           little
           a
           thing
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           the
           opinion
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Oracles
           of
           their
           Party
           Mr.
           St.
           Johns
           in
           his
           Argument
           concerning
           the
           attainder
           of
           the
           E.
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           as
           I
           find
           it
           in
           Dr.
           
             Nalsons
             2d
          
           Vol.
           of
           Collections
           published
           the
           other
           day
           ,
           folio
           196
           ▪
           where
           he
           proves
           ,
           that
           bare
           Machination
           to
           raise
           War
           ,
           is
           Treason
           :
           He
           gives
           several
           instances
           ,
           and
           one
           most
           remarkable
           as
           follows
           .
           In
           the
           3d
           year
           of
           King
           Henry
           IV
           ,
           one
           Balshal
           coming
           from
           London
           ,
           found
           one
           Bernard
           at
           plough
           in
           the
           Parish
           of
           Ofley
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Hertford
             :
             Bernard
          
           asked
           Balshal
           ,
           What
           news
           ?
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           news
           was
           ,
           that
           Richard
           II.
           was
           alive
           in
           Scotland
           (
           which
           was
           false
           for
           he
           was
           dead
           )
           and
           that
           by
           Midsummer
           next
           ,
           he
           would
           come
           into
           
             England
             :
             Bernard
          
           asked
           him
           ,
           What
           were
           best
           to
           be
           done
           ?
           Balshal
           Answered
           ,
           get
           men
           and
           go
           to
           King
           Richard.
           In
           Michaelmas
           Term
           ,
           in
           the
           3d.
           year
           of
           
             Hen.
             4th
          
           .
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           Rot.
           4.
           
           This
           advice
           adjudged
           Treason
           .
        
         
           One
           Story
           in
           Q.
           Eliz.
           time
           practised
           to
           Levy
           War
           ,
           nothing
           done
           in
           pursuance
           of
           a
           practise
           ,
           the
           intent
           adjudged
           Treason
           ,
           and
           he
           Executed
           upon
           it
           ,
           even
           before
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           XIII
           .
           Eliz.
           which
           made
           intention
           Treason
           during
           Her
           Life
           :
           For
           this
           Case
           was
           adjudged
           in
           Hillary
           Term
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           begun
           not
           'till
           the
           April
           following
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           us
           infer
           ,
           if
           Seizing
           the
           Kings
           Guards
           and
           making
           them
           Prisoners
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           done
           without
           Arms
           ,
           be
           Levying
           War
           ,
           and
           Levying
           War
           be
           Treason
           ,
           and
           the
           debating
           this
           matter
           be
           also
           Treason
           ,
           and
           there
           can
           be
           no
           accessories
           but
           all
           Principals
           in
           Treason
           ,
           and
           my
           L.
           Russel
           was
           at
           many
           of
           these
           debates
           ,
           and
           acquainted
           with
           these
           ill
           designs
           ,
           What
           becomes
           of
           his
           innocence
           ?
           most
           assuredly
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           he
           is
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           he
           so
           innocent
           neither
           in
           that
           commonly
           call'd
           Gentile
           Quality
           ,
           which
           he
           seems
           next
           to
           his
           pretended
           innocence
           so
           much
           to
           value
           himself
           upon
           ,
           that
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             he
             hopes
             no
             body
             will
             imagine
             that
             so
             mean
             a
             thought
             should
             enter
             into
             me
             as
             to
             go
             about
             to
             save
             my self
             ,
             by
             accusing
             others
             .
          
           It
           seems
           he
           could
           then
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           thought
           it
           base
           and
           mean
           ;
           but
           truly
           if
           he
           had
           too
           much
           gallantry
           to
           save
           his
           Body
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           had
           enough
           Religion
           to
           save
           his
           Soul.
           And
           I
           tremble
           to
           think
           that
           some
           persons
           ,
           who
           should
           have
           done
           otherwise
           ,
           have
           dealt
           so
           unfaithfully
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           let
           him
           dye
           glorying
           ,
           and
           impenitent
           of
           two
           most
           horrible
           sins
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           most
           manifest
           Perjury
           ,
           which
           by
           this
           not
           accusing
           all
           he
           knew
           guilty
           of
           these
           heats
           and
           ill
           designs
           ,
           he
           stands
           manifestly
           
             in
             Articulo
             Mortis
          
           ,
           convict
           of
           ,
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           .
           For
           as
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           how
           often
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           other
           capacities
           ,
           he
           hath
           fworn
           by
           the
           Omnipotent
           God
           ,
           upon
           the
           Holy
           Evangelists
           ,
           the
           Oath
           of
           Allegiance
           ,
           of
           
             3
             Jac.
             To
             do
             his
             best
             endeavour
             to
             disclose
             and
             make
             known
             to
             His
             Majesty
             his
             Heirs
             and
             Successors
             ,
             all
             Treasons
             ,
             and
             Traiterous
             
             Conspiracies
             ,
             which
             he
             shall
             know
             or
             hear
             of
             to
             be
             against
             him
             or
             any
             of
             them
             :
          
           And
           yet
           out
           of
           a
           piece
           of
           Gallantry
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           mean
           a
           thing
           to
           accuse
           others
           .
           So
           brave
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           to
           break
           the
           Oath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           without
           infinite
           Mercy
           ,
           to
           leap
           headlong
           into
           Damnation
           ,
           and
           excuse
           it
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           Bravery
           .
           O!
           wretched
           Conductors
           of
           this
           poor
           Gentlemans
           Soul
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           pass
           into
           Eternity
           with
           that
           dreadful
           Imprecation
           annexed
           to
           this
           Oath
           ,
           of
           So
           help
           me
           God
           ,
           unthought
           of
           and
           unrepented
           of
           !
           
             There
             were
             some
             things
             said
             at
          
           Shepheard
           '
           
             s
             by
             some
          
           ,
           the
           Speech
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             with
             more
             heat
             than
             Judgment
          
           .
           These
           things
           ought
           ,
           by
           the
           force
           of
           this
           Oath
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           revealed
           ,
           upon
           the
           ,
           no
           less
           ,
           danger
           than
           renouncing
           all
           help
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           hopes
           of
           happiness
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           a
           poor
           plea
           for
           a
           shivering
           soul
           before
           the
           dreadful
           Tribunal
           of
           infinite
           Justice
           ,
           to
           say
           as
           the
           Speech
           does
           ,
           
             that
             he
             did
             then
             sufficiently
             disapprove
             them
          
           ;
           when
           he
           was
           under
           the
           indispensible
           obligation
           of
           a
           most
           solemn
           and
           sacred
           Oath
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           mercy
           and
           Heaven
           bound
           to
           disclose
           and
           reveal
           them
           to
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           a
           little
           sin
           ,
           whatever
           men
           may
           think
           ,
           not
           to
           give
           Glory
           to
           God
           ,
           by
           a
           public
           acknowledgment
           and
           repentance
           for
           that
           Guilt
           and
           those
           Crimes
           ,
           for
           which
           his
           justice
           has
           brought
           any
           person
           to
           such
           publique
           and
           exemplary
           punishment
           .
           For
           besides
           the
           injustice
           which
           is
           done
           to
           the
           Righteous
           Judge
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           in
           not
           vindicating
           his
           Glory
           by
           a
           clear
           and
           ingenuous
           confession
           ;
           it
           hath
           this
           dangerous
           influence
           upon
           others
           ,
           that
           thereby
           they
           are
           hardned
           in
           their
           impenitency
           ,
           and
           even
           after
           death
           a
           person
           may
           become
           criminal
           and
           accessary
           to
           all
           the
           ill
           and
           dangerous
           consequences
           which
           may
           be
           the
           effects
           of
           this
           supressing
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
           I
           pray
           God
           some
           people
           be
           not
           sensible
           of
           this
           ,
           to
           their
           utter
           Ruins
           :
           For
           I
           cannot
           without
           strange
           apprehensions
           see
           the
           people
           swallow
           this
           deadly
           draught
           of
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           stifle
           the
           most
           horrid
           and
           barbarous
           Conspiracy
           ,
           the
           most
           clearly
           proved
           ,
           and
           most
           miraculously
           both
           detected
           and
           disappointed
           ,
           that
           any
           Age
           or
           Story
           can
           parallel
           .
           A
           Conspiracy
           which
           would
           have
           laid
           these
           Nations
           weltering
           in
           Blood
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           made
           our
           Posterity
           the
           most
           absolute
           Slaves
           to
           Tyranny
           and
           Usurpation
           of
           any
           in
           the
           Christian
           World.
           And
           it
           amazes
           me
           to
           hear
           people
           talk
           ,
           That
           what
           these
           Conspirators
           did
           ,
           was
           only
           for
           preservation
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           not
           against
           the
           King's
           Life
           ,
           when
           the
           Sun
           is
           not
           more
           clear
           than
           this
           discovery
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           so
           entirely
           have
           ruined
           the
           Government
           and
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           as
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           had
           it
           taken
           effect
           ,
           was
           designed
           to
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           a
           Thousand
           other
           things
           might
           be
           said
           ,
           and
           very
           necessarily
           ,
           but
           I
           thought
           it
           more
           proper
           ,
           though
           with
           too
           swift
           a
           hand
           ,
           to
           do
           something
           towards
           the
           stemming
           of
           the
           Tide
           ,
           than
           to
           let
           it
           overrun
           all
           the
           Banks
           for
           want
           of
           a
           little
           early
           care
           to
           stop
           the
           first
           breaches
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           some
           others
           will
           give
           this
           Speech
           a
           more
           deliberate
           Answer
           ,
           than
           can
           be
           expected
           from
           these
           hasty
           lines
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           effect
           of
           a
           perfect
           duty
           and
           Loyalty
           to
           my
           King
           ,
           zeal
           to
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           all
           my
           fellow
           Subjects
           ,
           excuses
           I
           hope
           sufficient
           to
           procure
           a
           Pardon
           for
           a
           Paper
           writ
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           with
           more
           affection
           than
           any
           other
           Ingredients
           which
           might
           have
           rendred
           the
           composure
           proportionate
           and
           exact
           .
        
         
           God
           preserve
           his
           sacred
           Majesties
           person
           ,
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           the
           Government
           ,
           our
           Religion
           ,
           Lives
           ,
           Laws
           ,
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           from
           the
           Conspiracies
           of
           such
           men
           as
           think
           Treason
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           concealing
           it
           a
           Glory
           ,
           and
           may
           all
           the
           yet
           secret
           Machinations
           of
           wicked
           Achitophels
           and
           Rebellious
           Absaloms
           be
           for
           ever
           defeated
           and
           discovered
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Dring
          
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           Inner-Temple
           Gate
           in
           Fleet-street
           ,
           1683.