An answer to the Bishop of Oxford's reasons for abrogating the test impos'd on all members of Parliament anno 1678, Octob. 30 in these words, I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testifie, and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at, or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation of adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Dais, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous / by a person of quality.
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             An answer to the Bishop of Oxford's reasons for abrogating the test impos'd on all members of Parliament anno 1678, Octob. 30 in these words, I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testifie, and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at, or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever, and that the invocation of adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Dais, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous / by a person of quality.
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           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           
           OXFORD's
           Reasons
           FOR
           ABROGATING
           THE
           TEST
           ,
           Impos'd
           on
           All
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           Anno
           1678.
           
           Octob.
           30.
           
        
         
           In
           these
           Words
           ,
           I
           
             A.
             B.
          
           do
           solemnly
           and
           sincerely
           ,
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           God
           ,
           profess
           ,
           testifie
           ,
           and
           declare
           ,
           That
           I
           do
           believe
           that
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           there
           is
           not
           any
           Transubstantiation
           of
           the
           Elements
           of
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           into
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           at
           ,
           or
           after
           the
           Consecration
           thereof
           by
           any
           Person
           whatsoever
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           Invocation
           ,
           or
           Adoration
           of
           the
           Uirgin
           Mary
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Saint
           ,
           and
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Mass
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           now
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           are
           Superstitious
           and
           Idolatrous
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1688.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           General
           .
        
         
           HIS
           Majesty
           ,
           having
           with
           a
           
             Grace
             exemplary
          
           not
           onely
           to
           all
           his
           Subjects
           of
           this
           Naiion
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           Christian
           Princes
           and
           States
           ,
           (
           however
           they
           may
           be
           themselves
           of
           the
           Roman
           Persuasion
           )
           design'd
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           
             avowed
             Glory
          
           and
           Stability
           of
           his
           Reign
           ,
           to
           settle
           such
           a
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           free
           discourses
           ,
           and
           debates
           concerning
           the
           Truths
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Dissents
           of
           Christians
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           so
           proportionably
           from
           the
           Press
           ;
           as
           therefore
           the
           Ministers
           and
           Fautors
           of
           that
           Church
           (
           which
           would
           be
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Catholick
           )
           have
           always
           (
           and
           will
           be
           while
           they
           are
           )
           always
           active
           with
           their
           Pens
           to
           the
           utmost
           in
           their
           Sphaer
           .
           And
           as
           we
           see
           they
           have
           Publick
           Freedom
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           not
           to
           be
           doubted
           of
           the
           Princely
           so
           Vniversal
           Grace
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           intends
           a
           Freedom
           on
           the
           other
           side
           to
           answer
           ;
           that
           there
           may
           be
           no
           Inequality
           in
           holding
           the
           Beam
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           may
           alike
           incline
           to
           all
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           specially
           now
           that
           he
           is
           making
           Credence
           of
           those
           his
           Royal
           Favours
           to
           all
           His
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           cannot
           but
           be
           deeply
           concern'd
           at
           such
           a
           Time
           as
           this
           ;
           because
           of
           the
           great
           Advantages
           ,
           the
           Interests
           of
           the
           Counter-Scale
           hope
           for
           from
           a
           Sovereign
           of
           their
           own
           Sentiments
           .
           But
           in
           no
           case
           is
           
             this
             Liberty
          
           more
           desirable
           ,
           than
           when
           an
           Amphibious-Ambidextrous
           Bishop
           ,
           who
           assumes
           ,
           like
           that
           Angel
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ,
           to
           set
           one
           
             Foot
             on
             the
             Sea
          
           ,
           and
           
           the
           
             other
             on
             the
             Earth
          
           :
           One
           Foot
           on
           the
           Protestant
           Church
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           calls
           one
           as
           if
           his
           self
           were
           of
           it
           )
           and
           the
           other
           on
           the
           Roman
           :
           In
           favour
           of
           which
           he
           so
           openly
           appeareth
           (
           to
           speak
           the
           most
           honourably
           of
           him
           )
           to
           conciliate
           toward
           it
           ,
           at
           lest
           a
           Cassandrian
           Temperament
           :
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           never
           be
           yielded
           by
           the
           
             Protestant
             ,
             so
          
           would
           it
           not
           be
           accepted
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           offer'd
           ,
           by
           the
           Papist
           .
           For
           he
           hath
           published
           (
           with
           what
           intentions
           is
           best
           known
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Conscience
           )
           a
           palliation
           of
           the
           most
           irreconciliable
           Points
           of
           the
           Popish
           Religion
           ,
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           the
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Mass
           ,
           the
           Invocation
           and
           Adoration
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
          
           swoln
           to
           such
           a
           Monstrosity
           in
           that
           Religion
           ,
           together
           with
           other
           Saints
           ,
           and
           all
           with
           Images
           too
           ;
           Points
           wherein
           the
           Wisedom
           of
           the
           Nation
           thought
           fit
           to
           fix
           the
           TEST
           ,
           as
           the
           security
           of
           Protestancy
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           Images
           of
           so
           great
           Infamy
           in
           Sacred
           Writ
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           with
           a
           Multitude
           of
           Rampant
           Words
           ;
           now
           rather
           than
           a
           Multitude
           of
           such
           Words
           should
           not
           be
           answered
           ,
           or
           a
           
             man
             of
             lips
             be
             justified
          
           ,
           even
           the
           
             very
             Stones
             would
             speak
          
           :
           Such
           Lies
           and
           Sophistry
           will
           not
           suffer
           Men
           
             to
             hold
             their
             peace
          
           ,
           and
           while
           he
           seems
           rather
           
             to
             mock
          
           than
           argue
           ,
           should
           not
           every
           one
           endeavour
           to
           make
           him
           ashamed
           ?
           For
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           his
           ways
           of
           Discourse
           are
           like
           those
           of
           the
           
             Whorish
             Woman
          
           in
           the
           Proverbs
           ,
           so
           moveable
           ,
           one
           cannot
           know
           them
           ,
           he
           comes
           out
           in
           this
           Time
           ,
           that
           he
           esteems
           a
           Twilight
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           prostituted
           Subtilty
           he
           treats
           of
           Sacred
           things
           :
           he
           is
           
             loud
             and
             stubborn
          
           ;
           his
           feet
           
             abide
             not
          
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             his
             own
          
           Church
           ,
           as
           he
           his
           self
           styles
           it
           ;
           but
           now
           he
           is
           
             in
             the
             Streets
          
           of
           the
           
             Strange
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           layeth
           wait
           in
           every
           Corner
           with
           a
           
             New
             sort
          
           of
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Polity
          
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           
             New
             
             Edition
          
           ,
           and
           his
           great
           Temptation
           is
           ,
           I
           have
           ,
           saith
           ●e●
           Peace-Offerings
           with
           me
           ,
           that
           carry
           at
           the
           same
           Time
           Reconciliableness
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           likewise
           a
           Blessing
           himself
           in
           a
           design'd
           Indulgence
           to
           his
           own
           Genius
           ,
           and
           caressing
           himself
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           his
           comfortable
           Magdalen
           Importances
           ,
           and
           though
           at
           a
           high
           Water
           of
           Papacy
           he
           would
           be
           burnt
           for
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           speak
           more
           out
           ,
           which
           without
           doubt
           he
           is
           prepar'd
           to
           do
           on
           congruous
           Occasions
           ,
           yet
           so
           much
           ,
           at
           this
           seeming
           Return
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           is
           enough
           to
           beatifie
           and
           then
           Canonize
           him
           in
           that
           present
           Kalender
           ,
           where
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           he
           stands
           markt
           with
           a
           
             Red
             Letter
          
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           a
           just
           Reason
           to
           all
           sincere
           Protestants
           to
           spue
           him
           out
           of
           their
           Mouths
           :
           The
           observation
           of
           his
           
             double
             dealing
          
           and
           appearing
           more
           like
           the
           Atheist
           than
           the
           Learned
           and
           Ingenuous
           ,
           though
           mispersuaded
           ,
           Papist
           ,
           sowetimes
           transports
           my
           Style
           beyond
           its
           own
           Intention
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           when
           I
           first
           essaid
           to
           consider
           onely
           the
           rational
           part
           of
           Discourse
           in
           those
           matters
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           much
           the
           bolder
           ,
           because
           I
           hear
           from
           all
           ,
           his
           Book
           hath
           much
           disserv'd
           His
           Majesties
           Gratious
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           created
           in
           all
           minds
           a
           Nausaea
           ;
           specially
           observing
           his
           odd
           Aspersions
           on
           so
           eminent
           a
           Person
           ,
           as
           Dr.
           St.
           who
           in
           the
           thoughts
           of
           all
           the
           World
           is
           incomparably
           (
           and
           beyond
           all
           possibility
           of
           being
           nam'd
           together
           ,
           )
           ten
           thousand
           times
           more
           ,
           the
           
             Apostolick
             Bishop
          
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           have
           offered
           too
           largely
           to
           a
           just
           Indignation
           here
           ,
           I
           having
           the
           Treatise
           it self
           mostly
           applied
           my self
           to
           the
           rational
           part
           ,
           and
           minded
           chiefly
           to
           possess
           the
           Reader
           with
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           things
           :
           I
           have
           therefore
           wav'd
           the
           persuit
           of
           his
           History
           of
           Transubstantiation
           in
           the
           several
           Stages
           of
           it
           ,
           leaving
           it
           to
           more
           learned
           Persons
           ,
           who
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           may
           observe
           in
           their
           usual
           walks
           and
           
           dail-y
           paths
           ,
           through
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           
             Ecclesiastick
             Times
          
           Many
           of
           his
           Erratick
           motions
           :
           but
           however
           the
           
             main
             point
          
           of
           truth
           ,
           or
           falshood
           on
           that
           Head
           ,
           or
           Article
           rests
           in
           this
           little
           room
           
             whether
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             believe
          
           such
           sublime
           spirituality
           (
           as
           our
           Lord
           alway
           breath'd
           )
           
             so
             little
             of
             kin
             to
             sense
             ,
             to
             matter
             ,
             to
             flesh
             ,
          
           should
           in
           his
           holy
           dying
           Institution
           ,
           forsake
           him
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           ,
           intend
           to
           engage
           his
           Blessed
           Body
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           suddenly
           to
           become
           a
           
             Spiritual
             Glorious
             Body
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Asscend
             far
             above
             all
             Heavens
          
           ,
           to
           so
           inglorious
           ,
           insipid
           ,
           inefficacious
           a
           desscent
           ,
           as
           onely
           to
           dispossess
           a
           small
           Roll
           os
           Bread
           ,
           or
           Wafer
           of
           its
           whole
           Substance
           ,
           and
           as
           by
           a
           trick
           to
           leave
           its
           Accidents
           still
           intire
           to
           fool
           and
           baffle
           all
           the
           sense
           and
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           :
           and
           
             yet
             to
             so
             little
             effect
          
           as
           to
           suffer
           the
           Bodies
           and
           the
           Souls
           too
           ,
           of
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           the
           Eaters
           to
           be
           without
           any
           Evidences
           of
           good
           ,
           as
           notorious
           and
           certain
           ,
           as
           the
           miracle
           is
           supposed
           to
           be
           stupendous
           ;
           whoever
           can
           believe
           this
           ,
           need
           not
           go
           to
           visit
           the
           dark
           and
           too
           oft
           impure
           Cells
           where
           so
           strange
           a
           Docrine
           was
           conceiv'd
           and
           foster'd
           ,
           he
           hath
           a
           Bulimy
           of
           Faith
           without
           more
           ado
           of
           search
           and
           inquiry
           to
           devour
           all
           the
           absurdities
           that
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Church
           can
           offer
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           to
           the
           points
           os
           Idolatry
           ,
           abating
           from
           things
           Pious
           and
           Learned
           ,
           (
           to
           which
           let
           the
           utmost
           allowances
           of
           deference
           and
           honour
           be
           yielded
           ,
           and
           paid
           )
           the
           Notions
           he
           would
           imprint
           of
           it
           on
           the
           minds
           of
           his
           Readers
           ,
           are
           an
           audacious
           affront
           (
           as
           he
           speaks
           in
           a
           more
           innocent
           case
           )
           to
           God
           the
           
             Creator
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
          
           in
           
             his
             Word
          
           ,
           who
           therein
           abhorrs
           all
           Distributions
           and
           Parcellings
           out
           of
           any
           the
           least
           Particles
           of
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           
             One
             God
             ,
             or
             Mediator
          
           to
           any
           of
           the
           most
           Seraphick
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           or
           Saints
           ,
           or
           the
           Mother
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           speaks
           without
           Precedent
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           hardly
           
           allowable
           in
           a
           Discourse
           of
           Idolatry
           although
           tolerated
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           Nestorian
           Heresie
           :
           Even
           so
           all
           Address
           of
           any
           Beings
           besides
           that
           God
           and
           the
           Mediator
           ,
           his
           
             Word
             doth
             de
             TEST
          
           specially
           invisible
           Beings
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           can
           make
           not
           the
           least
           Application
           ,
           but
           under
           the
           peril
           of
           Idolatry
           as
           Communicating
           them
           ,
           in
           any
           semblances
           of
           Worship
           ,
           with
           those
           Incommunicable
           Attributes
           and
           Properties
           of
           Omniscience
           and
           Omnipresence
           :
           He
           hath
           indeed
           allowed
           and
           commanded
           mutuous
           respects
           in
           the
           lower
           humane
           World
           for
           the
           settlement
           of
           the
           order
           of
           Religious
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Offices
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           figments
           of
           Men's
           own
           Brains
           concerning
           Worship
           of
           Himself
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Mediator
           through
           the
           Mediation
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           most
           notoriously
           ,
           by
           
             Graven
             Images
          
           ,
           or
           any
           kind
           of
           Similitudes
           comprehending
           other
           Figments
           ,
           he
           declares
           to
           be
           Abomination
           .
           It
           is
           a
           grand
           Audaciousness
           therefore
           to
           offer
           such
           an
           insolent
           piece
           of
           falshood
           to
           Christian
           minds
           
             as
             that
             the
             Cherub
             were
             by
             his
             appointment
             to
             be
             Worshipped
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             Worship
             directed
             to
             them
             ,
          
           because
           their
           Resemblances
           were
           placed
           as
           waiting
           at
           that
           Throne
           that
           was
           Empty
           of
           any
           Presence
           to
           sit
           upon
           it
           ;
           but
           an
           
             Invisible
             Glory
          
           and
           Grace
           had
           promised
           favour
           to
           those
           who
           ,
           
             according
             to
             his
             Word
          
           ,
           praid
           toward
           that
           place
           ,
           which
           He
           having
           fill'd
           with
           a
           visible
           sign
           of
           his
           
             Presence
             of
             Glory
          
           He
           after
           placed
           his
           Name
           there
           :
           with
           as
           much
           sense
           therefore
           it
           might
           have
           been
           said
           that
           every
           Stone
           in
           the
           Building
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           or
           whatever
           was
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           or
           specially
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             of
             Holies
          
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           Worshipped
           as
           to
           say
           the
           Cherubim
           were
           to
           be
           Worshipped
           ,
           of
           God
           in
           ,
           through
           ,
           or
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Parallell
             Essrontery
          
           it
           is
           to
           load
           the
           
             Sun
             and
             Host
             of
             Heaven
          
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           with
           all
           the
           Idolatries
           brands
           ,
           and
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           very
           letter
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Visional
           Representation
           of
           the
           
             Jewish
             Idolatries
          
           to
           Ezekiel
           ,
           Ch.
           7.
           
           distinguisheth
           that
           of
           the
           Sun
           from
           all
           the
           Rest
           ,
           I
           stand
           therefore
           in
           perfect
           Amaze
           and
           Astonish
           what
           the
           Christian
           ,
           much
           more
           the
           
             Protestant
             ,
             Bishop
          
           should
           mean
           ,
           and
           yet
           make
           so
           open
           and
           publick
           an
           appeal
           for
           his
           Integrity
           ,
           God
           and
           the
           World
           in
           the
           close
           .
           As
           to
           what
           concerns
           the
           Test
           and
           the
           Peerage
           ,
           I
           humbly
           submit
           the
           Reason
           of
           it
           to
           the
           
             higher
             Judges
          
           in
           these
           things
           ;
           begging
           pardon
           of
           any
           errors
           in
           so
           great
           matters
           ,
           as
           likewise
           taking
           example
           in
           that
           ,
           I
           beg
           of
           all
           Men
           allowance
           for
           mistakes
           of
           humane
           infirmity
           in
           so
           Critical
           a
           point
           and
           in
           so
           Critical
           a
           time
           .
        
         
           
             DRAWDEREVE
             ROFMADA
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           Bishop
           of
           
           Oxford's
           Reasons
           For
           Abrogating
           the
           TEST
           Impos'd
           on
           all
           Members
           of
           PARLIAMENT
           .
           Ann.
           1678.
           
           Octob.
           30.
           
        
         
           IN
           undertaking
           to
           give
           an
           Answer
           to
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           I
           shall
           choose
           ,
           as
           my
           particular
           Province
           ,
           to
           insist
           onely
           upon
           the
           most
           substantial
           Principles
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           most
           concern
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           usually
           speak
           )
           the
           Merits
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           with
           all
           due
           regard
           to
           the
           Character
           of
           Dignity
           ,
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Government
           thereof
           (
           both
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastick
           )
           have
           imprinted
           upon
           the
           Authour
           ;
           as
           also
           
           remembring
           the
           Admonition
           the
           
             Apostle
             Jude
          
           gives
           from
           the
           Example
           of
           the
           Arch-Angel
           ,
           who
           
             disputing
             with
             the
             Devil
          
           about
           the
           
             Body
             of
             Moses
          
           ,
           most
           probably
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           did
           
             not
             adventure
          
           to
           
             bring
             against
             him
          
           a
           
             Railing
             Accusation
          
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             rebuke
             Thee
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           will
           I
           assume
           to
           make
           the
           least
           Reflexion
           upon
           the
           Insufficiencies
           of
           the
           Discourse
           ,
           as
           to
           its
           particular
           Frame
           and
           Menage
           ,
           or
           upon
           the
           Air
           ,
           Meen
           ,
           or
           Spirit
           of
           it
           ,
           relating
           to
           either
           the
           Roman
           ,
           or
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Names
           of
           greatest
           Honour
           ,
           Authority
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           who
           have
           acted
           ,
           or
           written
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           Reformation
           :
           But
           leaving
           all
           this
           part
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           both
           Talents
           ,
           and
           Authority
           to
           support
           them
           in
           their
           just
           Censures
           of
           such
           a
           manner
           of
           Treaty
           of
           what
           deserves
           our
           highest
           Value
           and
           Veneration
           ,
           I
           will
           content
           my self
           with
           Debating
           upon
           the
           principal
           Matters
           ,
           taking
           them
           in
           the
           utmost
           Extent
           of
           the
           Offensive
           ,
           or
           Defensive
           Arguments
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Heads
           therefore
           according
           to
           which
           this
           Discourse
           is
           to
           be
           modell'd
           ,
           
           must
           be
           those
           Reasons
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           gives
           for
           the
           Abrogating
           of
           the
           Test
           :
           The
           firstof
           which
           is
           ;
           
             That
             it
             doth
             not
             onely
             diminish
             ,
             but
             utterly
             destroy
             the
             natural
             Rights
             of
             Peerage
             ,
             and
             turns
             the
             Birth-Right
             of
             the
             English
             Nobility
             into
             a
             
               Precarious
               Title
            
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           first
           place
           in
           answer
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           observe
           ;
           that
           in
           the
           very
           thought
           of
           utterly
           destroying
           this
           Right
           ,
           the
           Episcopal
           Authour
           does
           somewhat
           relent
           ,
           and
           recoyl
           from
           the
           Height
           of
           his
           Expression
           ,
           and
           abates
           it
           into
           a
           
             Turning
             that
             Birth-Right
             into
             a
             Precarious
             Title
             :
          
           Taking
           therefore
           advantage
           from
           that
           so
           natural
           ,
           and
           even
           necessary
           Recess
           ,
           or
           Condescension
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           ,
           as
           it
           very
           much
           seems
           a
           Check
           upon
           impetuousness
           
           of
           style
           from
           a
           Consciousness
           of
           its
           Excess
           ;
           I
           shall
           take
           the
           boldness
           more
           freely
           to
           assert
           ,
           That
           the
           natural
           Rights
           of
           Peerage
           are
           not
           at
           all
           destroyed
           ,
           but
           own'd
           ,
           upheld
           ,
           and
           more
           solemnly
           acknowledg'd
           by
           the
           Test-Act
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           the
           Birth-Right
           of
           the
           English
           Nobility
           is
           no
           way
           turn'd
           into
           a
           Precarious
           Title
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           this
           is
           indeed
           the
           onely
           Argument
           for
           the
           removing
           the
           Test-Act
           ,
           that
           is
           of
           true
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Merit
           in
           the
           whole
           Contexture
           ;
           it
           deserves
           the
           more
           Attent
           Consideration
           .
        
         
           For
           whatever
           shall
           attempt
           to
           shake
           such
           a
           main
           Pillar
           ,
           and
           Fundamental
           Principle
           of
           our
           English
           Government
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           both
           suspected
           ,
           and
           feared
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           indeed
           prove
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           to
           be
           surpriz'd
           and
           foreclos'd
           from
           its
           Effect
           :
           But
           the
           Invalidity
           of
           this
           Charge
           will
           thus
           appear
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           most
           evident
           the
           Right
           of
           Peerage
           in
           the
           General
           stands
           firm
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Test
           :
           Seeing
           this
           Principle
           of
           Government
           is
           not
           onely
           still
           ,
           but
           with
           strongest
           Confirmations
           even
           from
           this
           very
           Test-Act
           on
           all
           sides
           preserv'd
           most
           firm
           and
           undoubted
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           most
           just
           Right
           that
           every
           Peer
           hath
           to
           all
           the
           privileges
           of
           
             English
             Peerage
          
           :
           Accordingly
           the
           very
           Act
           is
           founded
           upon
           that
           Acknowledgment
           ,
           and
           Supposition
           ,
           viz.
           That
           every
           Peer
           hath
           such
           Right
           to
           all
           the
           Honours
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           and
           to
           that
           Right
           most
           unquestionable
           in
           it self
           ,
           for
           else
           the
           very
           Ground
           of
           the
           Law
           were
           taken
           away
           .
           2.
           
           All
           and
           every
           Peer
           submitting
           to
           that
           Law
           takes
           that
           Right
           ,
           and
           enjoys
           it
           without
           any
           Diminution
           ,
           and
           holds
           it
           not
           onely
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           whole
           Estate
           :
           the
           whole
           being
           acknowledg'd
           in
           every
           Member
           :
           And
           particularly
           sitting
           ,
           and
           voting
           in
           the
           
             Higher
             House
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           therefore
           with
           
           Honour
           to
           that
           Estate
           call'd
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           )
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           the
           just
           Right
           of
           Peerage
           without
           any
           Infraction
           upon
           the
           Right
           it self
           .
           3.
           
           Even
           those
           
             Noble
             Lords
          
           ,
           who
           do
           refuse
           ,
           or
           do
           not
           actually
           submit
           to
           the
           taking
           the
           Test
           ,
           have
           yet
           their
           Right
           of
           Birth
           ,
           Blood
           ,
           or
           other
           Title
           preserv'd
           undisputed
           ,
           and
           inviolate
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           such
           a
           Right
           and
           on
           such
           a
           Claim
           ;
           and
           therefore
           whenever
           they
           please
           to
           accept
           it
           on
           that
           Condition
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           demur
           upon
           their
           Right
           .
           But
           untill
           they
           so
           accept
           ,
           their
           Right
           is
           in
           a
           kind
           of
           Abeyance
           ,
           and
           
             Custody
             of
             Law
          
           for
           them
           ;
           and
           never
           dyes
           ,
           or
           is
           extinguisht
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Suspension
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           amounts
           no
           higher
           to
           the
           Defalcation
           of
           the
           Priviledge
           ,
           (
           nor
           indeed
           so
           high
           )
           than
           the
           Minority
           of
           
             such
             Noble
             Persons
          
           ,
           which
           cause
           's
           a
           Suspension
           of
           that
           Priviledge
           of
           voting
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           of
           Age
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           at
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           but
           requires
           the
           natural
           Course
           of
           Time
           to
           advance
           them
           to
           it
           ;
           whereas
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           they
           may
           in
           Construction
           of
           Law
           every
           day
           remove
           the
           Obstruction
           and
           enjoy
           their
           Right
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Claim
           is
           always
           allow'd
           ,
           and
           own'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           the
           Reasons
           of
           their
           refusal
           .
           5.
           
           This
           is
           made
           most
           evident
           ;
           in
           that
           all
           other
           natural
           Rights
           of
           their
           Peerage
           ,
           are
           notwithstanding
           the
           Suspension
           of
           this
           particular
           Branch
           continued
           to
           them
           .
           6.
           
           It
           is
           most
           undeniable
           ;
           their
           Right
           of
           Blood
           ,
           or
           other
           Claim
           to
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           is
           unmoved
           ;
           because
           not
           their
           taking
           the
           Test
           ,
           but
           that
           precedent
           ,
           and
           still
           continuing
           just
           Right
           ,
           gives
           them
           a
           perfect
           enjoyment
           of
           that
           particular
           Priviledge
           whenever
           they
           take
           the
           Test.
           Which
           is
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           a
           full
           Vindication
           of
           the
           natural
           Rights
           of
           Peerage
           from
           being
           utterly
           destroyed
           ;
           seeing
           it
           is
           onely
           one
           Branch
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           Question
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           onely
           suspended
           ,
           or
           rather
           deposited
           in
           trust
           with
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           ,
           and
           no
           way
           destroy'd
           ,
           or
           extinguish'd
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           I
           come
           therefore
           to
           make
           good
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           Birth-Right
           os
           the
           English
           Nobility
           is
           not
           turn'd
           into
           a
           
             Precarious
             Title
          
           ,
           nor
           that
           which
           in
           former
           Ages
           was
           forfeited
           onely
           by
           Treason
           is
           now
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           every
           Faction
           ,
           or
           every
           Passion
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           For
           that
           can
           never
           be
           Precarious
           ,
           nor
           at
           such
           mercy
           ,
           which
           subsists
           ,
           and
           rests
           upon
           the
           common
           Base
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           for
           its
           security
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Law
           of
           self-preservation
           .
        
         
           For
           when
           a
           Parliament
           consists
           of
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Vpper
             House
          
           of
           
             Two
             Estates
          
           ,
           each
           Estate
           a
           Convention
           (
           as
           is
           to
           be
           always
           presumed
           )
           of
           the
           wisest
           ,
           and
           most
           honourable
           Persons
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           the
           
             Lower
             House
          
           hath
           always
           upon
           all
           their
           Proposals
           ,
           or
           Offers
           at
           any
           Bill
           ,
           the
           curb
           and
           restraint
           ;
           that
           this
           is
           to
           pass
           the
           
             Vpper
             House
          
           ,
           or
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           rationally
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           essay
           them
           with
           any
           Law
           ,
           that
           would
           destroy
           the
           Rights
           of
           their
           Peerage
           .
        
         
           But
           suppose
           the
           
             House
             of
             Commons
          
           should
           make
           so
           unreasonable
           an
           attempt
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           be
           imagin'd
           ,
           so
           intelligent
           a
           Body
           always
           provident
           ,
           and
           watchfull
           ,
           so
           naturally
           sensible
           of
           Honour
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           should
           either
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           ,
           or
           drawn
           by
           whatsoever
           motives
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           Destruction
           of
           their
           very
           Constitution
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           stronger
           Passion
           ,
           or
           more
           binding
           Cement
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           self-preservation
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           the
           preparation
           of
           the
           
             Two
             Houses
          
           for
           the
           bringing
           forth
           a
           Law
           ,
           does
           but
           form
           the
           Materials
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           presented
           to
           the
           Royal
           Assent
           to
           to
           give
           them
           the
           form
           and
           life
           ;
           who
           as
           the
           common
           Father
           of
           the
           Countrey
           will
           judg
           ▪
           of
           all
           Bills
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           the
           Products
           of
           Passion
           ,
           or
           Faction
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           either
           live
           ,
           or
           are
           still-born
           .
        
         
         
           When
           all
           Laws
           are
           therefore
           thus
           winnow'd
           ,
           and
           sifted
           through
           these
           several
           Explorations
           of
           Persons
           suppos'd
           to
           have
           all
           manner
           of
           Talents
           for
           judging
           ,
           and
           the
           quickest
           Resentments
           of
           their
           own
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Concernment
           whether
           as
           the
           Lower
           ,
           or
           Higher
           Body
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           whether
           Civil
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiastick
           ,
           and
           then
           shall
           all
           meet
           in
           the
           common
           Head
           ,
           who
           sees
           ,
           and
           feels
           for
           the
           whole
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           adventurous
           to
           impute
           such
           Enactions
           to
           the
           Faction
           ,
           or
           Passion
           of
           a
           Parliament
           .
           Seeing
           this
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           firmest
           Foundation
           humane
           Affairs
           can
           be
           entrusted
           to
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Law
           of
           self
           preservation
           ballanc'd
           by
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
          
           ,
           and
           Commons
           ,
           e're
           any
           thing
           becomes
           a
           Law.
           And
           although
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           
             Supreme
             Prince
          
           ,
           the
           Genius
           ,
           and
           Temper
           of
           an
           Age
           ,
           or
           particular
           Inclination
           of
           Times
           ,
           the
           Configuration
           of
           various
           Co-incidents
           may
           preponderate
           to
           the
           worse
           ,
           in
           some
           Laws
           ,
           yet
           there
           must
           be
           submission
           to
           suffering
           ,
           even
           when
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           Reason
           countersways
           that
           which
           we
           call
           Active
           Obedience
           to
           such
           Laws
           ;
           or
           all
           Government
           must
           be
           unhinged
           ,
           and
           fall
           .
        
         
           And
           seeing
           it
           is
           acknowledg'd
           there
           may
           be
           a
           Forfeiture
           by
           Treason
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           Parliaments
           to
           declare
           the
           nature
           and
           kinds
           of
           Treason
           ,
           there
           is
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           greater
           danger
           to
           the
           Peerage
           in
           trusting
           themselves
           with
           the
           Suspension
           of
           one
           Branch
           of
           their
           Right
           than
           ,
           in
           trusting
           themselves
           with
           the
           whole
           of
           those
           Rights
           :
           and
           it
           is
           very
           rare
           ,
           that
           humane
           Nature
           (
           specially
           such
           sapient
           and
           honourable
           part
           of
           it
           )
           conspire
           with
           a
           Faction
           ,
           or
           Passion
           against
           themselves
           ,
           or
           receive
           a
           precedent
           srom
           a
           partial
           Infringment
           of
           their
           Rights
           to
           destruction
           of
           the
           whole
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           if
           so
           great
           an
           Estate
           hath
           overseen
           in
           a
           lesser
           concern
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           concluded
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           the
           
           more
           jealous
           after
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           whole
           is
           in
           danger
           ;
           and
           so
           there
           is
           no
           more
           consequence
           from
           the
           Precedent
           of
           the
           Test-Law
           (
           which
           is
           either
           unawares
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           sorce
           of
           Truth
           ,
           or
           of
           meer
           Grace
           ,
           it
           being
           unlike
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           granted
           by
           the
           Reverend
           Authour
           to
           have
           been
           usefull
           in
           its
           season
           )
           than
           from
           a
           necessary
           and
           prudent
           opening
           a
           vein
           to
           conclude
           the
           Person
           that
           consents
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           will
           therefore
           consent
           to
           the
           letting
           out
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood.
           
        
         
           And
           lastly
           after
           all
           that
           hath
           been
           said
           ;
           the
           Instances
           this
           Authour
           gives
           of
           the
           first
           Transubstantiation-Test
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestation
           ,
           or
           Test
           of
           Loyalty
           in
           which
           the
           priviledge
           of
           Peerage
           was
           so
           carefully
           provided
           for
           against
           injury
           by
           either
           of
           those
           Tests
           ,
           do
           rather
           strengthen
           than
           weaken
           what
           hath
           been
           insisted
           on
           ;
           for
           it
           confirms
           ,
           how
           quick
           of
           apprehension
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           have
           always
           been
           in
           that
           point
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           would
           not
           suffer
           their
           own
           Peerage
           to
           fall
           under
           any
           Eclipse
           ,
           sooner
           than
           they
           found
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           good
           arising
           ,
           as
           would
           compensate
           any
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           Parenthesis
           of
           the
           full
           Beams
           of
           that
           Glory
           on
           any
           of
           their
           Members
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           it
           should
           be
           no
           more
           than
           a
           Parenthesis
           ;
           till
           such
           Members
           mov'd
           themselves
           to
           such
           a
           position
           ,
           that
           no
           part
           of
           their
           Orb
           of
           Honour
           should
           be
           unenlighten'd
           .
        
         
           But
           in
           the
           other
           Test
           they
           seeing
           no
           Reason
           sor
           the
           shortest
           Suspension
           on
           Accounts
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           sufficiently
           otherwise
           secur'd
           ,
           lest
           there
           should
           arise
           a
           Custom
           of
           trapaning
           Peers
           out
           of
           their
           Rights
           ,
           some
           
             Noble
             Personages
          
           resolv'd
           to
           Stem
           that
           Tide
           ;
           even
           as
           in
           the
           wise
           Administration
           of
           what
           pertains
           to
           health
           ,
           extraordinary
           methods
           may
           be
           resolv'd
           against
           ;
           but
           when
           indeed
           formidable
           Symptoms
           appear
           ,
           such
           resolutions
           may
           be
           rescinded
           ;
           and
           so
           without
           any
           Dishonour
           but
           great
           Honour
           ,
           
           the
           Peers
           who
           entred
           Protestations
           against
           such
           superfluous
           Tests
           ,
           as
           were
           projected
           to
           ensnare
           and
           obtein
           upon
           them
           standing
           Orders
           of
           the
           House
           against
           any
           such
           Tests
           ,
           and
           yet
           might
           upon
           pressing
           vehement
           urgencies
           ,
           see
           it
           necessary
           for
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Peerage
           to
           have
           such
           a
           Test
           as
           might
           bring
           some
           of
           their
           Members
           under
           a
           Suspension
           ,
           till
           they
           gave
           Hostages
           of
           their
           not
           sufsering
           such
           persuasions
           to
           have
           the
           ascendent
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           destructive
           to
           a
           Protestant
           Nobility
           in
           all
           appearance
           much
           the
           Major
           part
           ;
           whereas
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           designed
           Protestation
           ,
           the
           lesser
           part
           were
           probably
           understood
           to
           have
           design'd
           by
           Degrees
           to
           have
           disinherison'd
           through
           such
           Artificesthe
           greater
           Number
           ,
           of
           which
           some
           Lords
           more
           sagacious
           ,
           being
           aware
           ,
           entred
           their
           Protestation
           to
           awaken
           others
           equally
           concern'd
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           foreseeing
           ,
           and
           whose
           foresight
           gain'd
           upon
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           And
           seeing
           no
           such
           Protestation
           was
           entred
           in
           the
           case
           of
           the
           last
           Transubstantiation-Test
           ,
           it
           assures
           the
           evidence
           of
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           it
           ,
           overweigh'd
           the
           very
           attempt
           :
           And
           so
           I
           take
           leave
           of
           the
           First
           Reason
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           more
           diligently
           attended
           in
           all
           its
           moments
           of
           appearance
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           urg'd
           not
           only
           by
           this
           Authour
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           zealous
           for
           removing
           the
           Test-Act
           .
           And
           it
           issues
           into
           this
           most
           equitable
           Maxim
           of
           Government
           ;
           That
           the
           major
           part
           of
           each
           particular
           
             Body
             Politick
          
           in
           a
           Nation
           must
           judg
           ,
           even
           as
           particular
           Persons
           do
           ,
           what
           is
           best
           for
           the
           whole
           .
           And
           the
           
             House
             of
             Peers
          
           being
           Judg
           for
           it self
           ,
           and
           most
           tender
           of
           it self
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Father
           and
           
             Fountain
             of
             Honour
          
           ,
           having
           advised
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           given
           life
           to
           a
           Law
           for
           the
           Suspension
           of
           the
           Rights
           of
           those
           Peers
           who
           neglect
           to
           take
           the
           Test
           ;
           this
           Law
           can
           by
           no
           means
           shake
           the
           general
           Rights
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           destroy
           ,
           but
           onely
           
           suspends
           the
           Right
           of
           particular
           Peers
           ,
           till
           they
           yield
           obedience
           to
           that
           Law
           ,
           which
           acknowledging
           their
           Right
           expects
           it
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           hastens
           them
           to
           a
           compliance
           with
           it self
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           proportionably
           flow
           down
           upon
           all
           parts
           ,
           and
           Persons
           concern'd
           in
           the
           Test-Act
           .
           If
           the
           
             major
             part
          
           of
           each
           distinct
           Body
           of
           Men
           in
           a
           Nation
           shall
           not
           by
           their
           Representatives
           freely
           chosen
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           whole
           Body
           it self
           summon'd
           to
           Parliament
           upon
           the
           Right
           of
           their
           Peerage
           ,
           conclude
           the
           whole
           ,
           by
           their
           most
           duely
           weigh'd
           ,
           and
           considered
           Acts
           ,
           presented
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           ,
           and
           impress'd
           by
           him
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           possible
           Rest
           ,
           Quiet
           ,
           or
           Determination
           of
           humane
           Affairs
           in
           any
           rational
           way
           ,
           or
           method
           :
           And
           all
           this
           being
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           and
           so
           cautiously
           suspending
           ,
           or
           preseerving
           ,
           as
           in
           Abeyance
           ,
           and
           not
           extinguishing
           any
           Right
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           be
           said
           to
           destroy
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           to
           submit
           to
           a
           
             Precarious
             Title
             ,
             Faction
             ,
             or
             Passion
          
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           *
           Any
           Right
           ,
           much
           less
           the
           Right
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Right
           of
           Blood
           and
           of
           Inheritance
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           therefore
           to
           the
           Bishops
           Second
           Reason
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             repealed
             ,
             because
             of
             its
             dishonourable
             Birth
             ,
             and
             Original
          
           ;
           
           
             it
             being
             the
             first
             Born
             of
          
           Oates
           
             his
             Plot
             ,
             and
             brought
             forth
             on
             purpose
             to
             give
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             to
             the
          
           Perjury
           .
        
         
           How
           far
           the
           Wisedom
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           Parliament
           shall
           concern
           it self
           for
           the
           Honour
           of
           both
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           its
           Parliaments
           to
           give
           Reputation
           to
           the
           Cross
           Wounds
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           receiv'd
           in
           that
           unhappy
           Assair
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           be
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           pry
           ;
           it
           being
           an
           Ark
           of
           State
           that
           hath
           its
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           sacred
           Retirements
           ,
           
           nor
           at
           all
           wade
           in
           so
           invidious
           a
           matter
           ;
           but
           wholly
           wave
           the
           Paragraph
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           is
           handled
           ;
           onely
           I
           will
           consider
           how
           far
           a
           dishonourable
           occasion
           may
           give
           Birth
           to
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           it self
           still
           remain
           in
           honour
           ;
           and
           then
           remark
           upon
           the
           Little
           Interest
           the
           (
           as
           the
           Bishop
           calls
           it
           )
           
             Otesian
             Plot
          
           may
           have
           in
           the
           Test-Act
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Test
           ,
           all
           Laws
           have
           this
           dishonour
           in
           their
           Original
           (
           if
           we
           might
           allow
           things
           of
           that
           Class
           ,
           or
           Rank
           to
           be
           Originals
           ;
           )
           to
           have
           such
           respect
           to
           the
           degeneracy
           of
           humane
           Nature
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           said
           ;
           
             The
             Law
             is
             not
             made
             for
             a
             Righteous
             Man
          
           but
           
             for
             the
             Lawless
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           known
           Maxime
           ;
           
             Ex
             malis
             moribus
             bonae
             nascuntur
             Leges
             .
          
        
         
           
             Out
             of
             such
             manners
             as
             cou'd
             ne'r
             be
             said
          
           
             To
             have
             been
             good
             ,
             good
             Laws
             have
             yet
             been
             made
             :
          
           
             Sic
             verè
             vertit
             —
          
           
             For
             grant
             the
             Birth
             be
             base
             ;
             don't
             Comets
             rise
          
           
             From
             Fogs
             and
             Vapours
             ,
             'fore
             they
             shine
             in
             Skies
             ?
          
           
             And
             acts
             amazing
             by
             a
             Pesant's
             Son
             ,
          
           
             As
             by
             a
             Prince's
             ,
             ha
             ve
             they
             not
             been
             done
             ?
          
           
             If
             so
             ,
             
               SA
               .
               OXON
            
             is
             
               (
               SAI
            
             not
             the
             TEST
             is
             )
             gone
             .
          
           
             —
             
               Sic
               justè
               judicat
               EHMAMP
               ARTNOCAS
            
             .
             Aliàs
             
               DRAWDE
               REVEROFMADA
            
             .
          
        
         
           Laws
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           weigh'd
           by
           the
           serviceableness
           ,
           and
           use
           they
           are
           of
           to
           the
           main
           Ends
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           Righteous
           ness
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           foulness
           of
           their
           occasional
           Originals
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           have
           indeed
           a
           much
           higher
           Original
           ,
           if
           wise
           ,
           vertuous
           and
           good
           Laws
           ;
           and
           claim
           their
           descent
           from
           the
           exemplar-Wisedom
           a
           nd
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           that
           Eternal
           Law
           of
           Reason
           ,
           Truth
           and
           Equity
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           stain'd
           ,
           or
           
           embas'd
           by
           the
           particular
           occasions
           ,
           upon
           which
           they
           are
           Enacted
           ,
           which
           give
           Being
           to
           them
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           as
           those
           Divine
           Emanations
           exert
           and
           direct
           themselves
           against
           those
           contrary
           Evils
           and
           Vices
           which
           they
           Forbid
           and
           Punish
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Birth
           ,
           or
           Original
           of
           this
           Law
           is
           not
           to
           be
           inquir'd
           into
           (
           suppose
           it
           
           Oats's
           Plot
           )
           so
           low
           as
           
           Oats's
           Plot
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Peace
           and
           Safety
           of
           a
           Community
           is
           provided
           for
           by
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           the
           
             Arteria
             Magna
          
           ,
           in
           that
           universal
           Law
           of
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           it
           concerns
           Humane
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           is
           calculated
           for
           the
           Support
           and
           Security
           of
           the
           National
           Religion
           ,
           against
           the
           Vsurpation
           of
           a
           
             Foreign
             Jurisdiction
          
           ,
           a
           nobler
           part
           ,
           than
           that
           any
           thing
           else
           can
           come
           in
           Competition
           with
           it
           .
           It
           is
           then
           a
           very
           petty
           thing
           to
           weigh
           the
           goodness
           of
           a
           Law
           by
           the
           next
           occasion
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           a
           manifest
           Blunder
           upon
           a
           
             Non
             Cause
          
           for
           the
           
             True
             Cause
          
           ,
           to
           confound
           an
           Occasion
           and
           an
           Original
           together
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           then
           consider
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           what
           Interest
           the
           (
           so
           styl'd
           )
           
             Otesian
             Plot
          
           hath
           in
           this
           Law
           :
           For
           if
           in
           effect
           it
           should
           prove
           the
           First-Born
           of
           that
           Plot
           ,
           the
           Beginning
           ,
           and
           
             Excellence
             of
             its
             strength
          
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           hath
           not
           a
           more
           Excellent
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           descending
           from
           Above
           ;
           it
           might
           be
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           Condemn'd
           to
           the
           same
           Fate
           .
           But
           whoever
           considers
           the
           Test
           it self
           ,
           will
           not
           find
           the
           least
           Cognation
           ,
           or
           Relation
           it
           hath
           to
           that
           Plot
           ,
           nor
           that
           any
           Lineaments
           ,
           or
           Strokes
           of
           it
           enter
           into
           its
           Composition
           :
           so
           that
           however
           it
           might
           receive
           occasion
           from
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           Essentials
           of
           it
           are
           such
           Sentiments
           ,
           as
           the
           Nation
           hath
           had
           for
           above
           the
           last
           hundred
           of
           years
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           hath
           upon
           greatest
           Judgment
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Experience
           confirm'd
           it self
           in
           :
           and
           according
           to
           several
           Emergencies
           added
           to
           its
           securities
           by
           Law
           upon
           Law
           ,
           against
           the
           Regurgitations
           of
           that
           usurpation
           upon
           it
           ;
           not
           barely
           because
           of
           such
           Emergencies
           ,
           
           but
           because
           of
           that
           Grand
           Reason
           ,
           the
           very
           Essence
           of
           Popery
           hath
           given
           it
           :
           whether
           therefore
           the
           particular
           Emergent
           hath
           had
           Dimensions
           Long
           and
           Broad
           enough
           for
           the
           particular
           Laws
           and
           Constitutions
           which
           have
           been
           made
           ,
           was
           not
           so
           much
           consider'd
           :
           But
           the
           whole
           Nature
           of
           the
           Evil
           Fear'd
           ,
           and
           provided
           against
           ,
           being
           large
           enough
           to
           support
           such
           Acts
           ,
           it
           hath
           given
           Reason
           to
           all
           such
           provisions
           ;
           and
           
             that
             was
          
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Religion
          
           Resettling
           and
           Re-instating
           it self
           in
           a
           
             Protestant
             Nation
          
           ,
           as
           the
           
             English
             Nation
          
           is
           and
           hath
           been
           for
           so
           great
           a
           space
           .
        
         
           Thus
           this
           
             Last
             Act
          
           for
           the
           Test
           ,
           setting
           before
           it
           only
           that
           so
           Full
           and
           Comprehensive
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Increase
           and
           Danger
           of
           Popery
           in
           this
           Nation
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           former
           good
           Laws
           had
           proved
           Ineffectual
           ,
           does
           therefore
           so
           Enact
           as
           that
           Act
           expresses
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           which
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           Reference
           to
           the
           so
           much
           
             Infam'd
             Plot
          
           ,
           nor
           any
           Line
           looking
           toward
           it
           :
           Till
           therefore
           there
           be
           a
           change
           in
           the
           very
           Essential
           Nature
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           a
           perfect
           Nullity
           of
           all
           the
           Fears
           arising
           from
           it
           made
           evident
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           This
           ,
           or
           That
           particular
           Accidental
           Cause
           quickning
           the
           
             Legislative
             Power
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           to
           branch
           out
           it self
           into
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           further
           and
           further
           particular
           Laws
           ,
           that
           may
           more
           effectually
           reach
           the
           intended
           Point
           ,
           and
           be
           new
           in
           the
           Particulars
           ;
           observing
           where
           former
           Provisions
           were
           deficient
           and
           inefficacious
           :
           which
           new
           Laws
           are
           not
           to
           be
           charged
           upon
           the
           lesser
           Accidental
           Causes
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Irreconcileableness
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           its
           Growth
           to
           the
           peace
           and
           welfare
           of
           a
           
             Protestant
             Nation
          
           .
           And
           so
           I
           have
           finished
           what
           I
           think
           necessary
           upon
           the
           
           Bishop's
           Second
           Reason
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           Inconcluding
           it
           is
           for
           the
           
             Abrogating
             of
             the
             Test.
          
           
        
         
           
           
             I
             proceed
             now
             to
             the
             Third
             Reason
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Test
               ought
               to
               be
               repeal'd
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               incompetent
               Authority
               ,
               
               by
               which
               it
               was
               enacted
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               a
               Law
               of
               an
               Ecclesiastick
               Nature
               ,
               made
               without
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               Practice
               of
               the
               Christian
               World
               in
               all
               Ages
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               1.
               
               This
               Reason
               rests
               upon
               these
               two
               Principal
               Pillars
               ,
               that
               the
               Power
               of
               making
               Decrees
               concerning
               Divine
               Verities
               ,
               is
               a
               Legislative
               Power
               ,
               given
               as
               the
               highest
               Act
               of
               Government
               by
               Christ's
               Commission
               ,
               to
               the
               Officers
               of
               his
               own
               Kingdom
               ,
               upon
               which
               the
               whole
               Fabrick
               of
               the
               Christian
               Church
               hath
               hitherto
               stood
               ,
               and
               is
               to
               stand
               to
               the
               End
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               without
               which
               ,
               it
               must
               run
               into
               confusion
               ;
               and
               that
               to
               entrench
               upon
               this
               Prerogative
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ,
               is
               to
               depose
               Christ
               from
               his
               Throne
               ,
               by
               disowning
               ,
               neglecting
               ,
               and
               affronting
               his
               Commission
               to
               his
               
                 Catholick
                 Church
              
               ;
               so
               that
               this
               Power
               cannot
               be
               usurped
               without
               Sacriledge
               ,
               and
               Blasphemy
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               daring
               Invasion
               of
               Christ's
               Kingdom
               ,
               as
               that
               nothing
               more
               imports
               Christian
               Kings
               and
               Governours
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               wary
               and
               cautious
               ,
               how
               they
               lay
               hands
               upon
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               Bishops
               sitting
               in
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               ,
               and
               (
               to
               their
               shame
               )
               consenting
               to
               this
               Law
               ,
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               make
               this
               Law
               an
               Act
               of
               
                 Church
                 Authority
              
               ;
               because
               it
               ought
               to
               have
               been
               first
               decreed
               by
               their
               own
               proper
               Authority
               ,
               without
               any
               Lay
               Concurrence
               and
               then
               to
               have
               come
               into
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               as
               they
               judged
               sit
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               abetted
               with
               Temporal
               Penalties
               ,
               a
               Practice
               never
               violated
               ,
               but
               by
               Aposlates
               ,
               and
               
                 Rebel
                 Parliaments
              
               .
               And
               lastly
               because
               
               
                 Particular
                 Bishops
              
               sit
               not
               in
               Parliament
               by
               Power
               deriv'd
               from
               our
               Blessed
               Saviour
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               meer
               Grace
               and
               Favour
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               exercising
               any
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Authority
              
               in
               that
               place
               is
               scandalously
               to
               betray
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lies
               ,
               the
               very
               being
               of
               a
               Christian
               Church
               ,
               and
               profanely
               to
               pawn
               the
               Bishop
               to
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               lastly
               because
               the
               Ecclesiastical
               Power
               is
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               England
               setled
               in
               Convocation
               ,
               and
               therefore
               to
               enact
               any
               thing
               of
               an
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Nature
              
               without
               their
               consent
               is
               to
               betray
               the
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               by
               
                 Law
                 established
              
               in
               particular
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 Catholick
              
               in
               general
               .
            
          
           
             
               But
               as
               a
               Check
               and
               Limitation
               to
               all
               this
               ,
               the
               Episcopal
               Authour
               interposes
               ;
               the
               
                 Civil
                 Power
              
               may
               restrain
               the
               Exercise
               of
               this
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Prerogative
              
               ,
               as
               they
               shall
               judge
               meet
               for
               the
               Ends
               of
               Peace
               ,
               and
               the
               Interest
               of
               the
               Common
               Wealth
               ,
               and
               punish
               it
               too
               at
               their
               own
               discretion
               ,
               if
               it
               shall
               at
               any
               time
               entrench
               upon
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               prevent
               ,
               or
               correct
               Abuses
               .
            
          
           
             I
             have
             thus
             collected
             the
             strength
             of
             this
             whole
             Reason
             without
             omitting
             any
             thing
             ,
             I
             could
             think
             material
             ;
             I
             have
             also
             subjoyn'd
             the
             Limitation
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             of
             the
             use
             the
             Authour
             design'd
             it
             ,
             and
             may
             also
             be
             consider'd
             in
             its
             place
             to
             our
             purpose
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             Expressions
             ,
             I
             desire
             in
             modesty
             and
             reverence
             to
             this
             R.
             R.
             Authour
             to
             draw
             a
             Veil
             over
             .
             1.
             
             That
             
               Parenthetic
               (
               to
               their
               shame
            
             )
             viz.
             the
             
             Bishop's
             shame
             ,
             who
             consented
             to
             the
             Test-Law
             ,
             because
             it
             seems
             so
             much
             to
             confine
             on
             
               speaking
               Evil
               of
               Dignities
            
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             same
             Reason
             ,
             2
             ly
             .
             upon
             that
             ,
             (
             
               Except
               by
               Apostates
            
             ,
             and
             Rebel-Parliaments
             ,
             )
             as
             also
             because
             I
             would
             not
             know
             the
             direct
             meaning
             of
             those
             words
             ,
             but
             go
             backward
             to
             cast
             a
             covering
             over
             them
             .
             3.
             
             On
             those
             words
             ,
             I
             draw
             the
             
             Curtain
             ;
             (
             
               profanely
               pawn
               the
               Bishop
               to
               the
               Lord
            
             )
             lest
             they
             seem
             rather
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             retyr'd
             among
             the
             
               Bishops
               Ludicra
            
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             the
             main
             purport
             ,
             and
             stress
             of
             the
             Argument
             I
             shall
             undertake
             to
             rejoyn
             these
             Assertions
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             such
             Legislative
             Power
             given
             by
             Commission
             from
             Christ
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             or
             made
             the
             Foundation
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             all
             such
             Pretensions
             of
             Church-Power
             drawn
             from
             the
             Practice
             of
             the
             
               Christian
               Church
            
             ,
             are
             very
             invalid
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             the
             
               Law
               of
               the
               Test
            
             is
             not
             a
             Law
             of
             an
             Ecclesiastick
             Nature
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             And
             if
             it
             were
             ,
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             hath
             done
             enough
             in
             Convocation
             ,
             and
             other
             Church-Acts
             to
             support
             it
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Bishops
             in
             Parliament
             not
             protesting
             against
             it
             ,
             are
             sufficient
             proof
             of
             the
             two
             last
             Assertions
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             according
             to
             the
             
             Bishop's
             own
             Limitation
             of
             Church-Power
             ;
             it
             must
             remain
             a
             good
             ,
             and
             necessary
             Law
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             the
             Parliament
             had
             
               Competent
               Authority
            
             .
          
           
             I
             begin
             with
             the
             first
             .
             1.
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             such
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             ,
             
             given
             by
             Commission
             from
             Christ
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             or
             made
             the
             Foundation
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             demonstrated
             in
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             most
             contrary
             to
             that
             
               Holy
               Book
            
             ,
             from
             whence
             we
             derive
             our
             
               Christian
               Sacred
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             soundest
             Reason
             guided
             by
             that
             ;
             for
             by
             that
             there
             is
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             any
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             in
             matters
             of
             
               Divine
               Verity
            
             but
             what
             is
             immediately
             
               from
               Heaven
            
             ,
             either
             by
             voice
             from
             thence
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             
               Ministery
               of
               Angels
            
             ,
             or
             by
             immediate
             Inspiration
             given
             to
             
               Holy
               Men
               ,
               Prophets
            
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             consigned
             
             by
             them
             into
             the
             Holy
             Writings
             we
             call
             Scriptures
             .
             All
             which
             after
             -
             Revelations
             are
             to
             be
             tryed
             ,
             and
             Tested
             by
             their
             compare
             with
             ,
             and
             Agreement
             to
             former
             Revelations
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             manifest
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             constant
             ,
             and
             continual
             Appeal
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             to
             the
             New
             :
             So
             that
             this
             
               prerogativ'd
               ,
               Legislative
               Church
            
             ,
             that
             is
             pleaded
             into
             so
             high
             and
             rampant
             a
             Power
             ,
             that
             All-seeming
             wavings
             of
             its
             Authority
             must
             be
             an
             
               Invasion
               of
               Christ's
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             a
             
               Deposing
               of
               Him
            
             ,
             an
             
               affronting
               his
               Commission
            
             ,
             smells
             strong
             of
             the
             Pride
             ,
             and
             Ambition
             of
             that
             City
             ,
             which
             ,
             first
             ,
             as
             a
             City
             ,
             and
             then
             as
             a
             Church
             hath
             always
             aspir'd
             ,
             
               to
               have
               a
               Kingdom
               over
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
            
             ;
             as
             also
             of
             the
             
               Luciferian
               Ascent
            
             of
             the
             
               Beast
               ;
               that
               carries
               it
            
             ,
             with
             and
             upon
             which
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             the
             Sacriledge
             ,
             and
             Blasphemy
             will
             be
             found
             :
             
               Who
               exalts
               himself
               above
               all
               that
               is
               called
               God
               ,
            
             or
             
               worshipped
               ,
               who
               sitteth
               in
               the
               Temple
               of
               God
               ,
            
             shewing
             
               Himself
               that
               he
               is
               God.
            
             
          
           
             But
             to
             us
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             
               one
               Law-giver
               ,
               who
               is
               able
               to
               save
               and
               to
               destroy
               .
               One
               Father
               ,
               who
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ;
               One
               Master
               ,
               who
               is
               Christ
               ,
               and
               all
               we
               are
               Brethren
               ;
               One
               Legislative-Lord
            
             ;
             and
             the
             chiefest
             in
             his
             Church
             are
             Servants
             ,
             Ministring
             his
             Word
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             
               onely
               law
               of
               Divine
               verities
            
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             this
             Prerogative-sense
             ,
             dare
             not
             receive
             the
             title
             of
             Masters
             ,
             or
             Fathers
             ;
             nor
             can
             those
             who
             
               receive
               the
               Law
            
             of
             Christ
             ,
             made
             evident
             from
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             
               his
               Law
            
             ,
             by
             their
             Ministry
             ,
             upon
             such
             Ministration
             yield
             them
             therefore
             the
             Names
             of
             Masters
             ,
             or
             Fathers
             in
             a
             Legislative
             sense
             .
             For
             they
             know
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             
               Preach
               Christ
               the
               Lord
            
             ;
             and
             themselves
             onely
             
               Servants
               for
               Christ's
               sake
            
             ,
             that
             
               they
               have
               no
               Dominion
               over
            
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christians
             ,
             (
             who
             are
             however
             called
             the
             Laity
             ,
             yet
             are
             Christ's
             Clerus
             ,
             )
             but
             only
             are
             Ensamples
             of
             the
             Flock
             who
             attends
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             
               Chief
               Shepherd
            
             ,
             the
             
               Lamb
               ,
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             ,
             whithersoever
             
               he
               goes
            
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             
               follow
               Strangers
            
             .
          
           
           
             Princes
             ,
             and
             States
             by
             Light
             offer'd
             them
             by
             the
             Ministerial
             labours
             ,
             and
             services
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             Elders
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             who
             
               labour
               in
               the
               word
            
             ,
             and
             Doctrine
             are
             to
             direct
             their
             Power
             according
             to
             that
             Light
             they
             receive
             by
             such
             Ministrations
             ,
             but
             together
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             their
             own
             search
             ,
             into
             Scriptures
             ,
             and
             constant
             meditation
             therein
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             People
             are
             to
             obey
             in
             Agreement
             with
             that
             Law
             ,
             and
             word
             of
             Christ
             ;
             which
             they
             are
             to
             
               know
               for
               themselves
            
             in
             that
             Light
             diffus'd
             by
             the
             
               preaching
               of
               the
               word
            
             to
             them
             
               in
               season
               and
               out
               of
               season
               ,
            
             which
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             
               they
               are
               to
               know
               for
               themselves
               ,
            
             and
             
               not
               others
            
             for
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             deep
             research
             of
             their
             own
             minds
             into
             Scripture
             ,
             to
             
               see
               whether
               those
               things
               are
               so
               ,
               or
               not
               .
            
             For
             
               wisedom
               hath
               written
               to
               them
               ,
               even
               to
               them
               ,
            
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             by
             
               all
               the
               Epistles
            
             of
             the
             
               Apostles
               ;
               that
               they
               might
               know
               the
               certainty
               of
               the
               words
               of
               truth
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               trust
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             and
             not
             an
             
               Implicit
               Faith
               in
               Men
            
             ,
             and
             might
             be
             able
             by
             
               Apologies
               for
               the
               hope
               that
               is
               in
               them
               ,
               to
               answer
               the
               words
               of
               Truth
               to
               those
               ,
               who
               send
               to
               them
               either
               in
               a
               way
               of
               advice
               ,
               or
               challenge
               .
            
          
           
             Whatever
             is
             contrary
             to
             this
             undoubted
             evidence
             of
             the
             
               Word
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             
               sound
               Reason
            
             ,
             seeing
             
               every
               one
            
             must
             give
             an
             
               account
               of
               himself
               to
               God
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               set
               over
               them
               ,
            
             who
             by
             faithfull
             Offers
             of
             Truth
             discharge
             themselves
             ,
             whatever
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             so
             propos'd
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             its
             prerogative
             ,
             I
             affirm
             savours
             of
             that
             
               intoxicating
               Cup
               of
               Abominations
            
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             that
             Sorceress
             ,
             that
             calls
             her self
             the
             
               Mistress
               of
               Churches
            
             ,
             and
             would
             Sit
             the
             Lady
             of
             the
             Christian
             World
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             power
             that
             bears
             it
             ,
             who
             under
             pretence
             of
             the
             
               Kingdom
               of
               Christ
            
             undermines
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             ,
             in
             the
             unsearchable
             Judgment
             of
             God
             delay'd
             ,
             thus
             long
             its
             appearance
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             
               Baalam
               lofty
               Prophet
            
             of
             that
             
               Romish
               Pergamus
            
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             The
             pretended
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             can
             give
             no
             presidency
             in
             this
             Case
             ,
             beyond
             what
             is
             thus
             asserted
             ;
             For
             in
             the
             times
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             Religious
             Princes
             ,
             did
             by
             the
             general
             advice
             ,
             and
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             Priests
             who
             kept
             their
             Faith
             
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               God
            
             ,
             themselves
             govern
             ,
             and
             reform
             according
             to
             that
             of
             which
             each
             King
             was
             to
             have
             a
             
               Copy
               Written
            
             by
             himself
             ,
             which
             was
             
               to
               be
               with
               him
            
             ,
             and
             
               he
               was
               to
               read
               it
               all
               the
               days
               of
               his
               Life
               .
            
             That
             he
             might
             
               Learn
               to
               fear
               the
               Lord
               his
               God
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               to
               keep
               his
               Laws
            
             .
             And
             whereas
             in
             that
             precedent
             Law
             ,
             enquiry
             of
             the
             
               Priest
               in
               the
               place
               God
               should
               choose
               ,
               was
               commended
            
             ;
             it
             plainly
             insinuates
             ,
             the
             divine
             Responses
             ,
             God
             gave
             at
             that
             time
             by
             the
             Vrim
             ,
             and
             Thummim
             ,
             immediately
             from
             himself
             were
             intended
             ,
             but
             yet
             all
             was
             to
             be
             founded
             in
             the
             
               Written
               Law
            
             ,
             there
             all
             was
             to
             be
             shown
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             to
             be
             learnt
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             be
             receiv'd
             ,
             no
             not
             under
             a
             power
             of
             seeming
             Miiracles
             ,
             Deut.
             12.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             times
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             for
             three
             hundred
             years
             ,
             there
             were
             no
             Christian
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             would
             wait
             for
             the
             
               Churches
               Oracle's
            
             .
             But
             for
             the
             Determination
             of
             the
             Church
             without
             a
             Lay-Concurrence
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             apparently
             opposite
             to
             that
             grand
             instance
             of
             the
             
               first
               Council
            
             ,
             wherein
             the
             people
             (
             if
             any
             )
             distinguishingly
             styl'd
             the
             Church
             ;
             and
             who
             made
             most
             manifestly
             one
             of
             the
             Estates
             ,
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             express
             it
             )
             in
             the
             whole
             Conciliary
             management
             ;
             The
             
               Apostles
               ,
               the
               Elders
               ,
               the
               Brethren
            
             ;
             and
             the
             whole
             Consultation
             ,
             and
             Determination
             mov'd
             upon
             the
             Poles
             of
             express
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             will
             be
             most
             visible
             to
             any
             enquirer
             into
             those
             
               Conciliary
               Acts
            
             ;
             For
             he
             
               that
               runs
               may
               read
            
             ,
             Acts
             15.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             days
             of
             that
             first
             and
             most
             Religious
             
               Emperour
               Constantine
            
             ,
             although
             he
             ,
             as
             all
             pious
             Princes
             ,
             and
             Christians
             would
             ,
             receiv'd
             light
             from
             the
             Ministers
             of
             
             
               sacred
               truth
            
             ,
             yet
             so
             that
             he
             us'd
             his
             own
             Judgment
             together
             with
             it
             ;
             deploring
             the
             weaknesses
             he
             observ'd
             among
             these
             who
             seem'd
             to
             be
             pillars
             of
             light
             ,
             but
             yet
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             that
             
               that
               Apostasie
            
             ,
             the
             
               Mystery
               of
               iniquity
            
             ,
             that
             
               began
               to
               work
               in
               the
               Apostles
               days
            
             was
             well
             grown
             up
             ,
             and
             advanc'd
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Legislative
               Church
            
             was
             Towring
             up
             its
             Power
             in
             the
             Christian
             World
             at
             that
             very
             time
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             undoubted
             ,
             There
             is
             nothing
             so
             Ancient
             ,
             as
             Divine
             Truth
             in
             
               the
               Law
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Testimony
             ,
             consenting
             with
             that
             
               Law
               of
               Reason
               Engraven
               in
               man's
               Heart
               ,
            
             and
             to
             these
             we
             must
             goe
             ;
             Fot
             
               whatsoever
               speaks
               not
               according
               to
               these
               ,
            
             there
             is
             no
             Morning
             
               to
               it
            
             ,
             nor
             
               from
               it
            
             ;
             but
             a
             Night
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             Midnight
             ,
             ensues
             upon
             it
             ,
             what
             Antiquity
             soever
             it
             pretends
             to
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             I
             may
             yet
             give
             a
             more
             direct
             Answer
             to
             this
             Reason
             ,
             the
             Test-Act
             is
             not
             a
             Law
             of
             an
             
               Ecclesiastick
               Nature
            
             ;
             For
             it
             is
             onely
             an
             Exploration
             ,
             and
             Touch
             upon
             Persons
             ,
             whether
             they
             are
             Romanists
             ,
             or
             not
             :
             it
             is
             no
             
               Canonical
               Determination
            
             of
             the
             Point
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             it
             binds
             no
             Decree
             with
             a
             Spiritual
             ,
             or
             
               Ecclesiastick
               Anathema
            
             ,
             or
             Excommunication
             ;
             which
             are
             of
             the
             Essence
             of
             
               Ecclesiastick
               Laws
            
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             been
             always
             Solemniz'd
             ,
             and
             Ratified
             in
             the
             Christian-Antichristianizing
             World
             upon
             light
             occasions
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             Test
             presumes
             Two
             Things
             ,
             suppos'd
             before
             to
             be
             sufficiently
             certain
             .
             1.
             
             That
             no
             Romanist
             will
             deny
             his
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             nor
             consent
             ,
             that
             his
             Invocation
             of
             the
             
               Virgin
               Mary
            
             ,
             and
             of
             
               other
               Saints
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass
            
             is
             Superstitious
             ,
             and
             Idolatrous
             .
             The
             Test
             does
             not
             determine
             ,
             nor
             pretend
             Canonically
             to
             Define
             of
             these
             Things
             :
             it
             onely
             proposes
             this
             ,
             as
             a
             certain
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Votaries
             of
             a
             
               Foreign
               Church
            
             ;
             nor
             does
             it
             mind
             to
             decide
             the
             Truth
             of
             those
             Matters
             :
             It
             is
             enough
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             know
             ,
             who
             do
             ,
             or
             
             who
             do
             not
             assent
             to
             their
             presumed
             Truth
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             discover
             Men
             ,
             not
             to
             Decree
             points
             of
             Faith.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Nor
             is
             it
             Ecclesiastick
             ,
             but
             purely
             Civil
             ,
             and
             pertaining
             to
             the
             State
             onely
             ,
             whom
             it
             will
             judg
             safe
             to
             commit
             the
             Affairs
             of
             this
             Nation
             unto
             ,
             and
             into
             what
             Hands
             to
             entrust
             its
             Interests
             ;
             and
             having
             by
             more
             than
             a
             hundred
             years
             experience
             ,
             deemed
             it
             not
             safe
             for
             a
             
               Protestant
               Nation
            
             to
             be
             overgrown
             by
             a
             
               Papal
               Power
            
             ,
             it
             hath
             thus
             Resolved
             ,
             and
             Enacted
             ;
             not
             at
             that
             Time
             enquiring
             after
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             Things
             ,
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Test
             :
             but
             satisfied
             with
             the
             Assurance
             ,
             that
             a
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             (
             as
             he
             is
             call'd
             )
             will
             not
             assent
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             there
             laid
             .
             Which
             are
             here
             onely
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             as
             
               matters
               of
               State
            
             ;
             and
             their
             Doctrinal
             Truth
             it
             supposes
             elsewhere
             to
             have
             been
             sufficiently
             Ascertain'd
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             afterward
             consider'd
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             For
             indeed
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             hath
             both
             in
             Convocation
             ,
             in
             continual
             printed
             manifestations
             of
             its
             sense
             ,
             in
             daily
             preachings
             ,
             and
             
               ministrations
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             abundantly
             ,
             and
             beyond
             all
             Controversie
             open'd
             ,
             explained
             ,
             and
             asserted
             concerning
             these
             things
             out
             of
             and
             according
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             so
             that
             not
             in
             a
             
               Humane
               Light
            
             ,
             or
             Determination
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             very
             
               Beams
               of
               Scripture
            
             ,
             and
             
               Divine
               Truth
            
             ,
             which
             are
             plainly
             to
             be
             seen
             streaming
             from
             the
             
               fountain
               of
               light
               the
               word
            
             of
             God
             ,
             there
             is
             warranty
             enough
             without
             any
             Invasion
             upon
             
               Christ's
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Rights
             of
             the
             Officers
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             supposing
             them
             what
             we
             can
             suppose
             rhem
             )
             for
             a
             Parliament
             safely
             to
             proceed
             as
             it
             did
             ;
             supported
             by
             as
             many
             Assurances
             ,
             as
             it
             could
             desire
             ;
             that
             if
             the
             Lips
             of
             the
             
               Ministry
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               preserv'd
               knowledge
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               the
               Law
               was
               to
               be
               enquired
               at
               its
               mouth
            
             ;
             the
             Resolution
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             in
             all
             those
             cases
             ,
             was
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             and
             no
             injury
             could
             be
             done
             to
             it
             .
          
           
           
             5.
             
             Of
             this
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             Bishops
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             not
             Remonstrating
             ,
             nor
             Protesting
             against
             this
             Law
             ,
             his
             consenting
             (
             however
             the
             Author
             judges
             it
             to
             their
             shame
             )
             are
             security
             enough
             :
             That
             they
             understood
             the
             Test-Law
             to
             be
             no
             Invasion
             of
             the
             
               Rights
               of
               the
               Church
            
             ,
             but
             according
             to
             the
             whole
             Doctrine
             and
             Government
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             by
             
               Law
               established
            
             .
          
           
             For
             seeing
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             before
             argued
             ,
             every
             Body
             ,
             nor
             Estate
             of
             Men
             in
             Parliament
             knew
             so
             quick
             and
             feelingly
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             specially
             such
             a
             Body
             as
             the
             Episcopacy
             of
             a
             Nation
             ;
             it
             can
             never
             be
             suppos'd
             they
             would
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             common
             Conspiracy
             ,
             agree
             to
             betray
             their
             own
             Rights
             and
             Priviledges
             ,
             having
             at
             hand
             always
             that
             freedom
             of
             entring
             their
             Protestations
             of
             Dissent
             .
             So
             that
             although
             it
             is
             acknowledg'd
             ,
             they
             
               sit
               in
               Parliament
               by
               the
               Grace
               of
               the
               King
               ,
            
             and
             by
             the
             Constitution
             of
             
               English
               Parliaments
            
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             Power
             deriv'd
             from
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             as
             a
             Convocation
             according
             to
             the
             
               Laws
               of
               England
            
             in
             that
             case
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             always
             to
             be
             forethought
             that
             they
             sit
             with
             their
             Understandings
             ,
             with
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             with
             their
             Senses
             ,
             with
             their
             Sentiments
             of
             Self-preservation
             about
             them
             :
             and
             that
             therefore
             they
             would
             not
             be
             
               Felones
               de
               se
            
             ,
             by
             consenting
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             their
             noblest
             Rights
             ;
             and
             on
             account
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             are
             judg'd
             worthy
             to
             sit
             as
             an
             Estate
             ,
             and
             to
             
               vote
               in
               Parliament
            
             ,
             viz.
             as
             Bishops
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             But
             lastly
             ,
             it
             can
             never
             be
             understood
             ,
             but
             that
             according
             to
             the
             Bishops
             own
             limitation
             ,
             (
             if
             that
             be
             the
             Standard
             )
             of
             Church-Power
             and
             Praerogative
             ,
             or
             his
             setting
             up
             another
             Power
             and
             Praerogative
             to
             mute
             it
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             have
             well
             done
             in
             this
             Test-Law
             .
          
           
             For
             seeing
             the
             Civil
             Power
             may
             restrain
             the
             Exer●ise
             of
             
               Ecclesiastical
               Praerogative
            
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             judg
             meet
             for
             the
             
               ends
               of
               Peace
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Interest
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
            
             ,
             
             and
             may
             
               punish
               it
               too
            
             ,
             at
             
               their
               own
               discretion
            
             ,
             if
             it
             shall
             at
             any
             time
             intrench
             upon
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             praevent
             or
             
               correct
               Abuses
            
             ;
             who
             can
             determine
             ,
             whether
             the
             States
             have
             not
             done
             according
             to
             what
             they
             might
             and
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             in
             preventing
             and
             correcting
             Abuses
             :
             For
             if
             they
             may
             prevent
             and
             
               correct
               Abuses
            
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             able
             to
             judg
             of
             them
             ;
             they
             must
             determine
             when
             they
             ly
             ,
             they
             must
             judge
             also
             of
             the
             
               best
               means
               to
               prevent
               them
            
             .
             And
             what
             more
             lyable
             to
             such
             judgment
             of
             Abuses
             ,
             and
             to
             undergo
             the
             best
             and
             most
             effectual
             methods
             of
             Praevention
             ,
             than
             the
             things
             to
             be
             declar'd
             against
             in
             the
             Test
             ;
             as
             shall
             be
             manifestly
             prov'd
             in
             the
             following
             Reason
             .
             And
             seeing
             that
             upon
             these
             very
             accounts
             it
             is
             notorious
             ,
             that
             even
             in
             this
             Nation
             
               Church
               Power
            
             and
             Prerogative
             hath
             swoln
             beyond
             all
             bounds
             ,
             and
             entrench'd
             with
             a
             vengeance
             upon
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             why
             then
             may
             not
             the
             State
             
               continue
               the
               correction
            
             and
             punishment
             of
             it
             by
             After
             -
             Acts
             (
             seeing
             the
             Bishop
             allows
             these
             punishments
             at
             their
             own
             discretion
             )
             and
             restrain
             and
             lock
             down
             men
             ?
             Certainly
             all
             the
             Avenues
             to
             such
             an
             Exercise
             and
             Notions
             again
             of
             that
             Power
             ,
             that
             they
             hav
             found
             in
             all
             Ages
             so
             destructive
             to
             the
             Peace
             and
             
               Interest
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
            
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             reflect
             upon
             the
             strange
             Irreconcileableness
             of
             the
             
               Bishop's
               Church-Prerogative
            
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Civil
               Power
            
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             stated
             it
             .
             For
             that
             such
             a
             
               Seeing
               Judging
               Prerogative
            
             and
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             ,
             that
             can
             alter
             ,
             
               make
               Decrees
            
             concerning
             
               Divine
               Verities
            
             ,
             should
             not
             know
             how
             to
             keep
             within
             its
             own
             bounds
             ,
             nor
             so
             to
             learn
             its
             Power
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             must
             be
             restrain'd
             for
             
               the
               Ends
               of
               Peace
            
             ,
             and
             
               the
               Interest
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
            
             ,
             and
             be
             
               punish'd
               too
               at
               discretion
            
             for
             its
             aptness
             to
             praesume
             ,
             and
             to
             intrench
             upon
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             nay
             ,
             and
             beyond
             all
             this
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             extravagant
             ,
             that
             its
             Abuses
             may
             have
             need
             to
             be
             praevented
             and
             corrected
             .
          
           
           
             Who
             can
             imagine
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             should
             be
             so
             nearly
             concern'd
             in
             such
             a
             Prerogative
             and
             
               Legislative
               Power
            
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             
               disown'd
               ,
               neglected
               ,
               affronted
            
             ,
             if
             that
             he
             be
             Christ
             risen
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             usurpation
             of
             it
             should
             lie
             so
             near
             Sacriledge
             and
             Blasphemy
             ,
             as
             that
             his
             Kingdom
             should
             be
             invaded
             ,
             and
             
               Himself
               deposed
            
             ?
             and
             on
             such
             an
             account
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             such
             a
             Seeing
             and
             
               Holy
               Catholick
               Church
            
             ;
             and
             yet
             that
             this
             
               Civil
               Power
            
             that
             is
             suppos'd
             to
             know
             so
             little
             in
             Divine
             Verities
             ,
             may
             
               bind
               its
               hands
               ,
               punish
               ,
               praevent
               ,
               correct
            
             its
             Abuses
             .
             What
             must
             Christ
             ,
             so
             closely
             importuned
             in
             it
             ,
             suffer
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ?
             What
             kind
             of
             Kingdom
             and
             Power
             is
             here
             allow'd
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ?
             What
             Governour
             would
             
               accept
               such
               a
               Power
            
             as
             this
             of
             Christ's
             ?
             or
             how
             can
             the
             
               King
               of
               Kings
               ,
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               ,
               Prince
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             be
             such
             an
             Underling
             ?
          
           
             Certainly
             this
             is
             is
             a
             
               precarious
               Power
            
             ,
             with
             a
             witness
             :
             Surely
             in
             this
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             a
             most
             
               profane
               pawning
               the
               Bishop
               indeed
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             or
             how
             can
             ever
             one
             Firmament
             bear
             two
             such
             Suns
             ,
             or
             the
             Consciences
             of
             Man
             ever
             be
             at
             rest
             between
             them
             both
             ?
             or
             
               serv
               two
               such
               Masters
            
             ?
             They
             must
             adhaere
             to
             
               one
               ,
               and
               despise
               the
               other
            
             ;
             But
             since
             the
             Bishop
             must
             be
             Reverenced
             as
             a
             man
             of
             Sense
             and
             Reason
             ,
             certenly
             it
             cannot
             be
             the
             
               Roman
               Holy
               Catholic
               Church
            
             ,
             that
             may
             be
             thus
             treated
             by
             the
             
               Civil
               Power
            
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             any
             
               Protestant
               Civil
               Prince
            
             ,
             or
             State
             that
             hath
             these
             Powers
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             Caesar
             ,
             or
             State
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Character
               ,
               Image
            
             ,
             and
             Superscription
             hath
             this
             Power
             ,
             and
             only
             on
             Protestant
             Churches
             under
             their
             dominion
             .
          
           
             And
             so
             I
             pass
             with
             the
             Fatigue
             of
             this
             confounding
             ,
             perplexing
             Reason
             ,
             and
             com
             to
             the
             last
             but
             longest
             Reason
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             yet
             but
             in
             brief
             consider
             .
          
           
             
               The
               fourth
               Reason
               for
               which
               the
               Test-Act
               ought
               to
               be
               repealed
               ,
               is
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               uncertainty
               and
               falshood
               of
               the
               matters
               contained
               in
               the
               Declaration
               it self
               ,
               as
               ,
               
                 
                 
                   First
                   ,
                   That
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Transubstantiation
                   in
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   of
                   our
                   Saviour's
                   Body
                   and
                   Blood.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   Secondly
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Invocation
                   of
                   Saints
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Mother
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   is
                   Idolatrie
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             reason
             so
             plainly
             divided
             by
             the
             Bishop
             into
             its
             two
             parts
             ,
             that
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Mother
             of
             God
             ,
             must
             be
             distinctly
             considered
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             I
             proceed
             upon
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             object
             ,
             That
             this
             Test
             is
             not
             fairly
             quoted
             ,
             for
             in
             so
             great
             a
             concern
             every
             word
             ought
             to
             have
             its
             due
             place
             ,
             and
             no
             pretence
             of
             keeping
             the
             substance
             ,
             will
             justifie
             the
             variation
             of
             an
             Iota
             from
             the
             very
             Letter
             ,
             except
             my
             apprehension
             exceedingly
             deceive
             me
             :
             the
             Sence
             is
             much
             more
             injured
             ,
             than
             the
             Letter
             is
             varied
             :
             Indeed
             the
             Author
             hath
             been
             so
             fair
             ,
             as
             to
             prefix
             the
             Text
             of
             the
             Act
             ,
             that
             his
             unfair
             Repetition
             may
             be
             convinced
             by
             it
             ;
             but
             the
             unwary
             ,
             or
             unthinking
             Reader
             ,
             may
             easily
             slide
             into
             Errour
             by
             it
             ,
             one
             being
             in
             the
             Title-page
             ,
             where
             it
             may
             miss
             being
             considered
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             the
             
               body
               of
               the
               Book
            
             .
             Observ
             then
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             the
             Text
             of
             the
             Test
             and
             the
             
             Bishop's
             Quotation
             ;
             the
             Test
             runs
             thus
             :
             
               I
               believe
               there
               is
               no
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Bishop
             quotes
             as
             a
             proposition
             ,
             
               There
               is
               no
            
             ▪
             &c.
             
             It
             may
             be
             a
             much
             more
             uncertain
             proposition
             ,
             and
             more
             liable
             to
             falshood
             ,
             to
             asfirm
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Transubstantiation
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ,
             than
             so
             say
             ,
             I
             do
             believe
             ,
             There
             is
             none
             ;
             and
             so
             proportionably
             ,
             
               I
               believe
            
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             supplied
             to
             the
             second
             member
             of
             the
             
               Declaration
               ,
               viz.
            
             And
             I
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             Invocation
             or
             Adoration
             of
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Now
             although
             ,
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             ,
             that
             every
             Christian
             ought
             to
             be
             fully
             assured
             of
             the
             propositions
             themselves
             ,
             to
             be
             declared
             in
             the
             Test
             ;
             yet
             ,
             plain
             and
             down-right
             Doctrinal
             Propositions
             are
             not
             the
             proper
             subjects
             of
             
               solemn
               
               sincere
               Profession
               ,
               Testification
               ,
            
             and
             
               Declaration
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             But
             such
             
               solemn
               sincere
               Professions
               ,
               Testifications
            
             ,
             and
             Declarations
             ,
             properly
             fall
             upon
             the
             belief
             of
             a
             man's
             mind
             ;
             which
             he
             knows
             ,
             and
             hath
             judgment
             of
             ,
             as
             a
             rational
             man
             ,
             becaus
             they
             are
             within
             him
             ;
             for
             the
             Apostle
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               The
               spirit
               of
               a
               man
               knows
               the
               things
               that
               are
               within
               him
               .
            
             So
             that
             a
             man's
             belief
             ,
             that
             is
             within
             him
             ,
             may
             be
             wel
             declared
             and
             testified
             ,
             even
             as
             all
             matters
             of
             sence
             and
             of
             trust
             ?
             and
             becaus
             they
             are
             within
             him
             ▪
             known
             onely
             to
             himself
             ;
             There
             are
             therefore
             many
             just
             occasions
             to
             declare
             and
             testifie
             it
             to
             others
             :
             Of
             which
             the
             denial
             of
             lawful
             Authority
             ,
             as
             a
             Qualification
             for
             Places
             of
             Trust
             and
             Power
             ,
             are
             justly
             to
             be
             accounted
             among
             the
             principal
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             very
             observation
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             and
             grounded
             on
             undeniable
             evidence
             by
             a
             compute
             of
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Test
             ,
             set
             down
             by
             the
             Bishop
             himself
             ,
             in
             the
             Title-page
             ,
             and
             
               Fourth
               Reason
            
             ,
             page
             9.
             )
             does
             indeed
             make
             vain
             ,
             frivolous
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             possible
             avail
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             significancie
             .
             All
             that
             follows
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Test
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             thing
             in
             quaestion
             ,
             and
             under
             debate
             ,
             and
             brings
             it
             into
             this
             narrow
             compass
             ,
             Whether
             persons
             so
             devoted
             to
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             may
             for
             the
             ends
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             the
             Interest
             of
             a
             
               Protestant
               Common-wealth
            
             ,
             be
             secluded
             from
             Power
             ,
             and
             trust
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             major
             part
             of
             their
             own
             particular
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             of
             each
             other
             Body
             ,
             or
             Estate
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Supreme
               Prince
            
             assenting
             ,
             in
             so
             considerable
             and
             solemn
             an
             Act
             ,
             as
             an
             
               Act
               of
               Parliament
            
             must
             needs
             be
             ;
             which
             hath
             been
             already
             discours'd
             .
          
           
             For
             which
             soever
             side
             of
             the
             Propositions
             should
             be
             true
             ,
             yet
             stil
             ,
             what
             a
             man
             within
             himself
             believes
             ,
             he
             truly
             knows
             ,
             and
             truly
             may
             declare
             and
             testifie
             :
             And
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Test
             is
             not
             to
             determine
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             which
             part
             of
             either
             of
             the
             Proposions
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             what
             
             belief
             each
             person
             admitted
             to
             Trust
             ,
             and
             Power
             is
             of
             ;
             that
             so
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             Protestant
             ,
             may
             consult
             its
             own
             safety
             against
             the
             growth
             of
             Popery
             into
             a
             National
             strength
             and
             interest
             ,
             and
             further
             confirms
             all
             that
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             no
             
               Ecclesiastic
               Act
            
             ,
             but
             a
             pure
             perfect
             Magistratic
             Act
             ,
             as
             the
             Administring
             an
             Oath
             in
             all
             other
             cases
             concerning
             the
             Trust
             of
             matters
             of
             Faith
             is
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             the
             affirming
             ,
             that
             those
             two
             Propositions
             are
             by
             this
             Law
             to
             be
             solemnly
             and
             sincerely
             in
             the
             
               Praesence
               of
               God
               ,
               Protested
               ,
               Testified
            
             and
             Declared
             ,
             is
             a
             down-right
             unfaithfulness
             (
             not
             to
             say
             ,
             out
             of
             reverence
             to
             the
             Author
             ,
             Falshood
             )
             in
             the
             very
             sight
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             in
             the
             sight
             ,
             if
             I
             may
             so
             speak
             ,
             of
             the
             Frontispiece
             of
             the
             Book
             ;
             which
             Title-Page
             gives
             of
             necessity
             the
             Lye
             to
             this
             
               Ninth
               page
            
             ;
             and
             is
             enough
             to
             discredit
             ,
             and
             to
             call
             into
             just
             suspicion
             ,
             the
             badness
             of
             the
             whole
             Cause
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             insincerely
             handled
             by
             a
             person
             of
             such
             a
             Character
             of
             Dignity
             ,
             and
             Sacredness
             of
             Office
             ,
             as
             a
             
               Christian
               Bishop
            
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             do
             so
             much
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             all
             the
             unfaithfulness
             of
             the
             
               Episcopal
               Author
            
             ,
             in
             recounting
             the
             Test
             ,
             he
             is
             arguing
             against
             ;
             for
             whereas
             the
             Declaration
             in
             the
             Act
             runs
             thus
             :
             
               I
               believe
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               
                 Lord's
                 Supper
              
               ,
               there
               is
               not
               any
               Transubstantiation
               of
               the
               Elements
               of
               the
               Bread
               and
               Wine
               into
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             The
             Bishop
             represents
             his
             Proposition
             thus
             :
             
               That
               there
               is
               no
               Transubstantiation
               in
               the
               Sacraments
               of
               our
               Saviour's
               Body
               and
               Blood.
               
            
             Now
             it
             is
             easie
             for
             every
             person
             ,
             that
             does
             but
             in
             the
             lest
             apply
             his
             mind
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             perceive
             ,
             that
             the
             Test
             leaves
             it
             free
             to
             every
             person
             to
             frame
             any
             
               Mystical
               ,
               Spiritual
               ,
               Analogical
               ,
               Figurative
            
             sense
             in
             his
             own
             thoughts
             concerning
             Transubstantiation
             ;
             and
             which
             may
             sufficiently
             satisfie
             and
             exhaust
             the
             sense
             of
             more
             than
             most
             words
             of
             the
             
               Greek
               Fathers
            
             import
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             observabl
             ,
             
             they
             have
             no
             word
             strictly
             Greek
             ,
             for
             Transubstantion
             .
             And
             onely
             foreprize's
             that
             so
             monstrous
             contradiction
             to
             all
             our
             Faculties
             ,
             is
             the
             Transubstantiation
             of
             the
             Elements
             into
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             And
             whereas
             the
             Test
             runs
             thus
             :
             
               And
               that
               the
               Invocation
               and
               Adoration
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Marie
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Saint
               ,
               and
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               now
               used
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               are
               Superstitious
               and
               Idolatrouus
               .
            
             The
             Bishop
             thus
             :
             
               That
               the
               Invocation
               of
               the
               Mother
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               Saints
               ,
               is
               Idolatrous
               .
            
             Leaving
             out
             Adoration
             ,
             and
             as
             
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             and
             for
             Superstitious
             and
             Idolatrous
             ,
             putting
             in
             the
             word
             ,
             is
             Idolatrous
             .
             But
             although
             greater
             exactness
             in
             this
             Proposition
             ,
             had
             been
             more
             becoming
             ;
             yet
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             in
             my
             own
             sense
             ,
             the
             Amount
             is
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             
               These
               things
               being
               thus
               adjusted
               ,
               how
               empty
               of
               sound
               Sense
               and
               Reason
               must
               that
               Tragical
               Harangue
               ,
               that
               follows
               ,
               be
               in
               ;
               of
               the
               Monstrousness
               ,
               and
               Inhumaneness
               of
               the
               Barbarity
               ,
               that
               could
               never
               have
               entred
               into
               the
               Thoughts
               of
               any
               Man
               ,
               but
               the
               Infamous
               Author
               ,
               to
               oblige
               the
               whole
               Nobility
               of
               a
               Nation
               ,
               to
               swear
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               such
               abstruse
               and
               uncertain
               Propositions
               ,
               which
               they
               neither
               Do
               ,
               nor
               Can
               ,
               nor
               Ought
               to
               understand
               ;
               and
               this
               upon
               the
               Penalty
               of
               forfeiting
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               their
               Birth-right
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               same
               Nature
               is
               ,
               That
               which
               comes
               after
               ,
               for
               what
               immediately
               follows
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               ,
               as
               uncertain
               in
               ,
               as
               the
               Argument
               it self
               is
               ,
               as
               also
               in
               the
               two
               Famous
               Burgesses
               of
               Oxon.
               
            
          
           
             
               But
               those
               Words
               ,
               (
               viz.
               what
               is
               meant
               by
               Transubstantiation
               is
               altogether
               unknown
               to
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               Gentry
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               being
               onely
               the
               Wars
               between
               School-men
               ,
               who
               have
               quarrelled
               about
               nothing
               more
               ,
               than
               the
               Notion
               of
               Transubstantiation
               :
               And
               that
               therefore
               ,
               
               it
               is
               more
               uncapable
               to
               impose
               upon
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               Gentry
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               to
               Abjure
               a
               thing
               that
               is
               morally
               impossibl
               for
               them
               to
               understand
               ;
               and
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               a
               profane
               Affront
               to
               Almighty
               God
               in
               whose
               Presence
               they
               Swear
               ,
               and
               shews
               men
               will
               Swear
               to
               any
               thing
               before
               the
               Searcher
               of
               Hearts
               ,
               rather
               than
               lose
               any
               Worldly
               interest
               )
               are
               to
               be
               cast
               into
               the
               main
               Heap
               .
            
          
           
             Together
             with
             all
             this
             ,
             an
             Appeal
             is
             subjoyn'd
             to
             the
             
               Honourable
               Members
            
             of
             both
             Houses
             ,
             whether
             they
             have
             any
             distinct
             Idea
             ,
             or
             Notion
             in
             their
             minds
             ,
             about
             what
             they
             Renounce
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             every
             man
             gave
             his
             own
             account
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             Babel
             ▪
          
           
             This
             is
             what
             is
             declaim'd
             with
             relation
             to
             the
             first
             Proposition
             ,
             on
             which
             Fallacie
             the
             Historical
             Account
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             design'd
             certainly
             on
             purpose
             to
             amuse
             ,
             for
             it
             doth
             not
             add
             one
             Cubit
             to
             the
             Stature
             of
             the
             Argument
             ,
             above
             ,
             and
             beyond
             what
             is
             here
             summ'd
             up
             .
          
           
             Taking
             therefore
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Test
             ,
             as
             they
             stand
             in
             the
             Test
             it self
             ;
             I
             will
             sum
             up
             the
             Answer
             in
             these
             two
             Heads
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               That
               all
               the
               
                 Abstruseness
                 ,
                 Darkness
              
               ,
               and
               difficultie
               in
               the
               Notion
               of
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               and
               this
               Bishop's
               amusing
               Historie
               of
               it
               ,
               doth
               not
               in
               the
               lest
               prejudice
               the
               reasonableness
               of
               the
               Test
               ,
               but
               make
               it
               more
               reasonable
               .
            
             
               II.
               That
               the
               very
               Point
               of
               Transubstantiation
               is
               the
               most
               reasonabl
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               to
               settle
               the
               Test
               upon
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               reasonable
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               difficultie
               of
               that
               Notion
               .
            
          
           
             1.
             
             Let
             the
             first
             be
             consider'd
             with
             Relation
             to
             the
             most
             Unknowing
             ,
             and
             Uninquiring
             Men
             of
             all
             ,
             who
             can
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             be
             concern'd
             in
             the
             taking
             the
             Test.
             And
             after
             
             the
             word
             made
             common
             English
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             very
             ordinary
             use
             does
             to
             most
             Men
             in
             the
             Nation
             ,
             much
             more
             to
             any
             likely
             to
             be
             concern'd
             ,
             whether
             they
             can
             sound
             the
             Word
             ,
             or
             hammer
             the
             Notion
             or
             not
             ,
             is
             not
             material
             ;
             For
             still
             ,
             what
             is
             more
             easy
             then
             to
             declare
             their
             Belief
             according
             to
             their
             Senses
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             that
             they
             see
             before
             the
             Words
             of
             Consecration
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             they
             are
             agreedly
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             are
             the
             same
             Bread
             ,
             and
             Wine
             after
             Consecration
             .
             Who
             would
             be
             afraid
             to
             Declare
             ,
             and
             Profess
             ,
             they
             Believe
             it
             so
             ?
             and
             that
             it
             is
             unchang'd
             ,
             Vntransubstantiated
             into
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             Bloud
             of
             a
             Human
             Body
             .
             Let
             a
             Man
             be
             Unprejudic'd
             ,
             Unprepossess'd
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             least
             Shade
             of
             Doubt
             could
             fall
             upon
             him
             in
             this
             Matter
             ?
             Call
             in
             Thousands
             together
             ,
             to
             observe
             the
             Progress
             from
             the
             beginning
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Celebration
             ;
             And
             would
             they
             not
             consent
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             that
             they
             fully
             believed
             there
             was
             no
             such
             Transubstantiation
             ?
             Let
             but
             their
             minds
             be
             free
             ,
             undisturb'd
             ,
             unperplex'd
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             world
             of
             Touch
             ,
             of
             Taste
             ,
             of
             Sight
             ,
             of
             Smell
             ,
             of
             Hearing
             (
             so
             far
             as
             hearing
             can
             have
             interest
             in
             the
             trial
             )
             would
             be
             at
             perfect
             agreement
             concerning
             it
             ,
             their
             minds
             and
             understandings
             judging
             by
             the
             senses
             alike
             in
             all
             .
          
           
             Let
             such
             persons
             hear
             there
             are
             many
             Disputes
             ,
             and
             much
             variety
             of
             Opinions
             concerning
             it
             ;
             and
             how
             little
             would
             it
             affect
             them
             ,
             except
             with
             wonder
             at
             the
             folly
             and
             madness
             of
             any
             difference
             ?
          
           
             And
             let
             them
             know
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             wisest
             and
             most
             learned
             men
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             are
             of
             their
             Opinion
             ,
             or
             rather
             of
             their
             Knowledge
             ,
             by
             their
             senses
             ,
             although
             there
             are
             others
             of
             a
             contrary
             Opinion
             ,
             men
             of
             Name
             too
             for
             Knowledg
             and
             Learning
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             know
             whose
             minds
             they
             would
             be
             of
             ,
             viz.
             of
             theirs
             whose
             Learning
             and
             Senses
             go
             together
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             let
             the
             thing
             be
             brought
             within
             the
             Verge
             of
             Scripture-judgment
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             so
             very
             controverted
             ;
             
               This
               is
               my
               body
            
             ,
             and
             discussed
             before
             the
             most
             plain
             and
             inartificial
             apprehensions
             ;
             and
             let
             the
             general
             manner
             of
             Scripture
             expressing
             it self
             oft
             in
             familiar
             Figures
             be
             laid
             before
             them
             :
             They
             would
             easily
             conclude
             on
             the
             side
             of
             their
             Senses
             ,
             and
             that
             Scripture
             intended
             no
             violence
             on
             their
             Faith
             ,
             against
             their
             Senses
             ,
             on
             the
             side
             of
             so
             incredible
             a
             change
             of
             the
             Elements
             into
             a
             
               Humane
               Body
            
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             but
             the
             charms
             or
             inchantments
             rather
             of
             a
             false
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Sorcery
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             things
             to
             be
             discover'd
             by
             the
             Test
             ,
             the
             slavery
             of
             an
             
               implicit
               Faith
            
             ,
             (
             except
             under
             the
             terror
             of
             a
             severe
             Persecution
             ,
             for
             a
             contrary
             Perswasion
             )
             can
             endanger
             any
             mans
             falling
             into
             such
             an
             unaccountable
             ,
             wilful
             ,
             professed
             blindness
             .
          
           
             The
             Test
             therefore
             requires
             not
             onely
             the
             easiest
             ,
             most
             unperplexed
             Assent
             ,
             Belief
             ,
             and
             Declaration
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             all
             Mankind
             with
             violence
             runs
             into
             (
             if
             not
             bewitcht
             with
             Superstition
             )
             upon
             the
             lest
             motive
             of
             apprehension
             about
             the
             matter
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             If
             sense
             goes
             thus
             far
             with
             the
             plainest
             and
             most
             unthinking
             men
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             doth
             Reason
             and
             rational
             Faith
             assure
             the
             thinking
             and
             intelligent
             ?
             who
             not
             onely
             by
             Sense
             determine
             the
             Bread
             is
             Bread
             ,
             and
             the
             Wine
             Wine
             ;
             but
             know
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             no
             other
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             circle
             of
             Absurds
             ,
             that
             crowd
             in
             upon
             the
             change
             into
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             so
             often
             arang'd
             against
             such
             a
             Figment
             ,
             encompass
             them
             ,
             that
             with
             highest
             reason
             and
             assurance
             ,
             they
             can
             declare
             their
             Belief
             ,
             as
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Test
             requires
             them
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             Whatever
             then
             may
             be
             the
             various
             shapes
             this
             Proteus
             ,
             or
             Camelion
             of
             Transubstantiation
             hath
             put
             on
             throughout
             the
             long
             Historie
             of
             the
             Metamorphos'd
             Notion
             ,
             whatever
             dress
             of
             Representation
             ,
             the
             Eloquence
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             
             the
             Canon
             of
             the
             Ecclesiastics
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Difficiles
               Nugae
            
             or
             the
             vain
             curiosities
             and
             subtilties
             of
             the
             School-men
             have
             Attyr'd
             it
             in
             ;
             the
             sincere
             honest
             mind
             ,
             and
             the
             intelligent
             Christian
             ,
             leaving
             all
             the
             cramping
             Difficulties
             of
             Transubstantiation
             to
             its
             Slaves
             ,
             can
             declare
             freely
             with
             the
             Test
             ,
             There
             is
             not
             any
             Transubstantiation
             of
             the
             Elements
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Lord's
               Supper
            
             ,
             into
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ.
             Whatever
             spiritual
             Communion
             there
             may
             be
             between
             Christ
             in
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             the
             
               true
               Believer
            
             ,
             is
             most
             humbly
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             owned
             and
             prayed
             for
             :
             which
             is
             the
             first
             thing
             that
             was
             to
             be
             shewn
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Head
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             very
             point
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             is
             of
             all
             others
             the
             most
             reasonable
             to
             settle
             the
             Test
             upon
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             reasonable
             in
             all
             regards
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             so
             exceeding
             difficulty
             of
             the
             Notion
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             What
             can
             a
             civil
             Power
             have
             greater
             indignation
             against
             ,
             or
             be
             more
             willing
             to
             settle
             upon
             ,
             as
             an
             exclusive
             Test
             of
             all
             from
             places
             of
             Honour
             ,
             Trust
             ,
             and
             Power
             ;
             than
             the
             being
             Vassals
             to
             such
             an
             Imposture
             as
             destroys
             all
             the
             Truth
             and
             Certainty
             that
             is
             in
             the
             World
             ?
             Who
             can
             be
             believ'd
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Apostle
             says
             is
             the
             end
             of
             all
             strife
             )
             if
             there
             be
             no
             more
             credit
             to
             sense
             ,
             then
             that
             Bread
             may
             be
             a
             
               Humane
               Body
            
             ,
             and
             
               Wine
               Blood
            
             ,
             though
             it
             hath
             all
             the
             evidences
             to
             sense
             possible
             ,
             it
             is
             what
             it
             judges
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Bread
             ?
             And
             what
             more
             heed
             can
             be
             given
             to
             Reason
             ,
             if
             its
             main
             Foundations
             can
             be
             thus
             overturn'd
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             the
             principles
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             humane
             Converse
             ,
             are
             overthrown
             ?
             What
             may
             not
             such
             Bigots
             be
             screwed
             into
             ,
             who
             leave
             themselves
             naked
             of
             the
             defences
             of
             Sense
             and
             Reason
             ,
             at
             the
             Command
             of
             a
             
               tyrannic
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             Pope
             ,
             and
             become
             meer
             Tools
             in
             such
             Hands
             ?
             Who
             can
             concredit
             to
             them
             the
             Interest
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             who
             couch
             down
             like
             Asses
             under
             such
             a
             Burden
             ,
             and
             especially
             for
             a
             Notion
             so
             dark
             and
             slippery
             ,
             
             that
             no
             one
             knows
             where
             to
             have
             it
             ?
             And
             what
             would
             become
             of
             humane
             Commerce
             ,
             if
             such
             Things
             multiplied
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Upon
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             the
             Test-Act
             doth
             most
             deservedly
             fall
             ;
             because
             ,
             when
             the
             foundations
             of
             general
             Reason
             ,
             and
             common
             Sense
             are
             laid
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Reason
             ,
             and
             Honour
             of
             that
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             National
             ,
             comes
             next
             to
             be
             consider'd
             ?
             that
             it
             may
             bear
             up
             it self
             ,
             and
             invite
             both
             the
             People
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             Nations
             round
             about
             ,
             to
             a
             just
             veneration
             of
             it
             :
             But
             Transubstantiation
             being
             made
             the
             great
             ,
             and
             most
             tremendous
             Mystery
             of
             the
             Roman
             Religion
             ,
             yet
             carrieth
             in
             the
             very
             judgment
             of
             sense
             ,
             the
             Countenance
             ,
             mean
             ,
             and
             appearance
             of
             the
             most
             notorious
             Cheat
             ,
             and
             Juggle
             ,
             that
             the
             Name
             of
             Religion
             ever
             offered
             to
             the
             World
             ;
             for
             there
             being
             a
             most
             contemptible
             ,
             poor
             ,
             and
             low
             outside
             onely
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             of
             Power
             ,
             or
             Puissance
             ,
             or
             any
             the
             thinnest
             resemblance
             of
             a
             Miracle
             ;
             demands
             a
             Belief
             of
             the
             Highest
             ,
             and
             most
             constant
             Miracle
             ,
             daily
             to
             be
             performed
             by
             the
             most
             Profligate
             oftentimes
             ,
             and
             most
             Ignorant
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             depending
             upon
             their
             Intention
             too
             ,
             which
             may
             defeat
             the
             Miracle
             .
             All
             this
             dishonours
             the
             very
             Name
             of
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             is
             so
             heavy
             ,
             and
             intollerable
             a
             Gabel
             ,
             Excise
             ,
             and
             Tax
             upon
             the
             Religious
             Sense
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             as
             must
             needs
             eat
             out
             the
             whole
             Life
             ,
             Power
             ,
             and
             Reverence
             of
             it
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             worthy
             the
             
               Notice
               ,
               Prevention
            
             and
             Correction
             of
             so
             grand
             an
             Assembly
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             
               Lords
               ,
               Spiritual
            
             and
             Temporal
             ,
             and
             Commons
             of
             the
             Nation
             met
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             and
             the
             Seclusion
             of
             all
             Persons
             from
             so
             sage
             and
             awful
             a
             Convention
             ,
             who
             are
             under
             so
             great
             a
             Slavery
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             renounce
             it
             :
             For
             as
             Moses
             testifies
             ,
             The
             wife
             Laws
             of
             a
             Nation
             in
             Religion
             give
             it
             an
             Estimation
             of
             a
             
               Wise
               ,
               Great
            
             ,
             and
             
               Honourable
               Nation
            
             .
             If
             therefore
             a
             Parliament
             secures
             
             the
             Rights
             and
             Properties
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             from
             any
             Impositions
             upon
             their
             Estates
             ,
             but
             with
             their
             own
             Consent
             :
             How
             justly
             may
             it
             doe
             the
             same
             against
             any
             Illegal
             Impositions
             upon
             their
             Faith
             ?
          
           
             And
             whereas
             this
             Transubstantitaion
             is
             attempted
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             Parallel
             ,
             and
             placed
             in
             the
             Rank
             of
             other
             great
             Mysteries
             of
             the
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             
               Blessed
               Father
               ,
               Son
            
             ,
             and
             
               Spirit
               ,
               One
               God
            
             ,
             of
             the
             
               Hypostatical
               Vnion
            
             ,
             and
             Incarnation
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             besides
             the
             Intrinsick
             difference
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             :
             There
             is
             this
             vast
             distance
             ,
             That
             those
             Supreme
             Revelations
             are
             Heavenly
             ,
             Divine
             ,
             retir'd
             in
             Meditation
             ,
             Holy
             Rational
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             Spiritual
             Adorations
             .
             But
             this
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             while
             it
             does
             nothing
             ,
             offers
             nothing
             to
             Sense
             ▪
             to
             Reason
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             to
             Faith
             from
             
               Divine
               Revelation
            
             ,
             but
             by
             
               Gross
               Letter
            
             ,
             a
             
               Figurative
               ,
               Spiritual
            
             Proposition
             into
             condensating
             ,
             pressing
             ,
             and
             incrassating
             ,
             it
             pretends
             to
             a
             real
             Operation
             ,
             or
             conversion
             of
             Bread
             into
             the
             Body
             without
             any
             such
             thing
             .
             But
             yet
             ,
             as
             if
             such
             a
             thing
             were
             seen
             to
             be
             indeed
             done
             ;
             Mercenary
             Priests
             play
             all
             the
             Tricks
             of
             Gesture
             ,
             Posture
             ,
             Elevation
             ,
             Geniculation
             ,
             with
             the
             whole
             Train
             of
             Attendant
             Frauds
             ,
             too
             many
             to
             be
             mention'd
             ,
             upon
             the
             Score
             of
             a
             dull
             coarse
             Cheat
             even
             in
             Handicraft
             ,
             and
             Legerdemain
             in
             Mechanicks
             .
             All
             which
             Imposture
             is
             indeed
             ,
             not
             onely
             Morally
             ,
             but
             Naturally
             impossible
             ever
             to
             be
             understood
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             ought
             above
             all
             other
             Points
             in
             Popery
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Subject
             of
             a
             Test-Act
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             above
             all
             other
             Points
             of
             Popish
             Falshood
             ,
             been
             made
             the
             Test
             of
             Vassalage
             and
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             that
             very
             Mark
             of
             the
             Beast
             joyn'd
             with
             the
             Idolatrie
             of
             Adoration
             ,
             and
             Image-Worship
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             Receiving
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             
               Worshipping
               his
               Image
            
             ,
             which
             all
             must
             receiv
             ,
             or
             be
             kill'd
             ;
             and
             none
             must
             
               buy
               or
               sell
            
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Psuedo
               Spiritual
               Excommunication
            
             
             may
             be
             pursued
             with
             
               secular
               Anathema's
            
             upon
             all
             who
             will
             not
             bear
             this
             Cognisance
             of
             the
             Bestian
             Usurpation
             .
             In
             short
             ,
             This
             hath
             been
             the
             central
             Point
             ,
             from
             which
             ,
             and
             into
             which
             have
             Flowed
             all
             the
             Cruelties
             ,
             Persecutions
             ,
             Massacres
             ,
             deluges
             of
             Bloud
             that
             have
             been
             pour'd
             out
             :
             Bloud
             of
             Men
             ,
             Women
             ,
             and
             Children
             ,
             Sacrific'd
             at
             this
             Altar
             ,
             that
             have
             made
             it
             indeed
             an
             Altar
             of
             Bloud
             ,
             an
             Altar
             where
             real
             Flesh
             and
             Bloud
             have
             been
             Offered
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             ,
             The
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             have
             been
             so
             Transubstantiated
             into
             the
             Body
             and
             Bloud
             of
             Martyrs
             ,
             were
             much
             nearer
             Truth
             .
             Here
             have
             been
             the
             so-much
             unheard-of
             Barbarities
             and
             Inhumanities
             ,
             that
             would
             make
             a
             Historie
             of
             Transubstantiation
             Truth
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             could
             it
             be
             had
             ,
             worth
             th'
             having
             ,
             to
             justifie
             the
             Test
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             that
             certainly
             could
             never
             upon
             the
             Account
             of
             so
             blessed
             a
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Sacrifice
             of
             such
             infinite
             Grace
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             Jesus
             Christs
             
               Offering
               himself
               once
               for
               all
            
             for
             Mankind
             ,
             have
             entred
             into
             the
             Heart
             of
             any
             Man
             ;
             were
             it
             not
             that
             such
             a
             very
             detestable
             Bestial
             Power
             ,
             that
             bears
             at
             this
             very
             time
             ,
             and
             hath
             long
             born
             a
             Citie
             ,
             or
             
               False
               Church
            
             ,
             in
             which
             wil
             be
             found
             the
             
               Bloud
               of
               Prophets
            
             ,
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Drunk
             with
             the
             
               Bloud
               of
               Saints
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Martyrs
               of
               Jesus
               ,
            
             is
             made
             known
             unto
             us
             in
             the
             Revelation
             .
          
           
             Now
             all
             this
             is
             matter
             of
             known
             Historie
             ,
             and
             of
             evident
             Fact
             ;
             How
             justly
             therefore
             is
             Power
             ,
             and
             Trust
             ,
             endeavour'd
             to
             be
             surprized
             by
             a
             
               Protestant
               Parliament
            
             ,
             from
             such
             hands
             that
             dare
             not
             disown
             Principles
             so
             doub
             le
             dyed
             in
             Bloud
             ,
             on
             the
             account
             of
             which
             such
             Butcheries
             ,
             and
             Burnings
             of
             Men
             alive
             ,
             have
             been
             committed
             ;
             that
             the
             so
             mis-stil'd
             Barbaritie
             and
             Inhumanitie
             of
             the
             Test-Act
             compared
             herewith
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             Mercie
             andHonor
             to
             the
             Persons
             concerned
             ,
             but
             a
             Monument
             of
             greatest
             Equitie
             and
             Philanthropie
             or
             Love
             to
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             
             to
             endeavour
             to
             extinguish
             out
             of
             the
             Nation
             the
             very
             Principles
             of
             so
             much
             Bloud-Guiltiness
             ,
             and
             Bloud-Thirst
             ,
             of
             the
             greater
             heinousness
             ,
             becaus
             if
             the
             Bishop
             be
             to
             be
             credited
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             it
             was
             for
             not
             believing
             a
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             which
             it
             was
             
               Morally
               impossible
               for
               those
               Martyrs
               to
               know
               ,
            
             and
             such
             abstrusities
             which
             they
             neither
             did
             ,
             nor
             could
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             ought
             to
             understand
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             press
             and
             force
             a
             litteral
             Sense
             upon
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             Free
             Familiar
             Condescension
             to
             our
             Weakness
             ,
             in
             expressing
             things
             of
             a
             high
             Spiritual
             Nature
             in
             such
             Language
             ,
             as
             we
             in
             Humane
             Bodies
             most
             easily
             take
             things
             into
             our
             minds
             by
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             the
             real
             Spiritual
             Union
             ,
             and
             Communication
             of
             the
             Value
             ,
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             Efficacy
             of
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             Christ
             Himself
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Union
             of
             ,
             and
             Communion
             ,
             and
             Communication
             of
             his
             Spirit
             to
             us
             ,
             is
             express'd
             by
             eating
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             drinking
             his
             Bloud
             :
             Now
             I
             say
             ,
             to
             force
             ,
             a
             litteral
             Sense
             upon
             this
             ,
             is
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             Rudeness
             ,
             Barbaritie
             ,
             and
             Ingratitude
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             same
             measure
             were
             meeted
             to
             all
             other
             parts
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             would
             even
             in
             the
             Judgment
             of
             those
             very
             Men
             ,
             who
             are
             either
             Atheists
             or
             Bigots
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             not
             only
             turn
             it
             into
             Horrible
             ,
             and
             Abominable
             Burlesque
             ,
             but
             even
             Martyr
             and
             Murther
             those
             two
             Witnesses
             ,
             as
             some
             have
             expounded
             them
             *
             .
             To
             vindicate
             therefore
             ,
             those
             Sacred
             Volumes
             ,
             the
             Pandects
             of
             our
             most
             Holy
             Religion
             ,
             from
             having
             to
             do
             with
             so
             mid-night
             ,
             and
             Sphingian
             a
             Riddle
             ,
             in
             so
             plain
             ,
             and
             merciful
             an
             Institution
             ,
             so
             humble
             ,
             and
             even
             Domestic
             (
             in
             a
             spiritual
             Sense
             )
             as
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             is
             ;
             a
             Riddle
             ,
             set
             on
             work
             to
             so
             much
             Cruelty
             and
             Bloud-shed
             ,
             is
             worthy
             the
             Spirit
             of
             a
             truely
             Christian
             ,
             and
             nobly
             
               English
               Senate
            
             ,
             and
             to
             set
             the
             danger
             of
             its
             return
             into
             use
             ,
             at
             the
             utmost
             impossibility
             ,
             Humane
             Providence
             could
             attain
             ,
             without
             the
             expectation
             of
             Miracle
             .
          
           
           
             For
             what
             is
             meant
             by
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             himself
             says
             ,
             is
             altogether
             unknown
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             especially
             to
             the
             persons
             chiesly
             concern'd
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             the
             Nation
             ;
             and
             which
             they
             neither
             
               do
               ,
               can
            
             ,
             nor
             
               ought
               to
               know
            
             :
             What
             obligation
             can
             they
             then
             have
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             except
             with
             such
             a
             blind
             Faith
             as
             all
             Religion
             and
             Reason
             abhors
             ?
             However
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             no
             Faith
             concerning
             so
             fugitive
             a
             thing
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             shadow
             ,
             cannot
             be
             catch'd
             ,
             or
             like
             the
             Phantom
             of
             a
             Body
             that
             hath
             no
             flesh
             and
             bones
             to
             be
             seen
             and
             felt
             ,
             as
             all
             Bodies
             have
             ,
             and
             as
             Christ
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             prophetically
             ,
             expos'd
             
               his
               Body
            
             to
             the
             Experiment
             of
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             really
             there
             ,
             that
             no
             such
             Imposture
             concerning
             it
             should
             be
             palm'd
             upon
             the
             World
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             have
             no
             Faith
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             why
             may
             they
             not
             profess
             and
             declare
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             it
             ?
          
           
             For
             the
             Bishop
             seems
             either
             not
             to
             be
             awake
             ,
             or
             to
             dissemble
             a
             slumber
             ,
             that
             his
             Discourse
             of
             mens
             
               swearing
               to
               any
               thing
            
             ,
             his
             Burlesque
             on
             the
             
               famous
               Burgesses
               of
               Oxon
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Appeal
             to
             the
             
               Honourable
               Members
            
             concerning
             their
             Idea's
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             and
             the
             Babel
             thence
             arising
             ,
             [
             the
             whole
             Notion
             is
             indeed
             a
             Babalism
             ,
             or
             pertaining
             to
             
               Babylon
               the
               Great
            
             ]
             had
             been
             very
             good
             ,
             if
             the
             Test
             had
             requir'd
             them
             to
             declare
             their
             belief
             of
             such
             a
             Transubstantiation
             .
             But
             now
             his
             Arguments
             hunt
             counter
             ,
             and
             impeach
             the
             
               Roman
               Tyranny
            
             of
             horrid
             Murthers
             upon
             persons
             ,
             for
             not
             believing
             what
             they
             neither
             
               do
               ,
               can
            
             ,
             nor
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             what
             they
             can
             so
             hardly
             pronounce
             the
             sound
             of
             ,
             much
             less
             hammer
             the
             sturdy
             sullen
             Notion
             it self
             :
             For
             who
             can
             know
             what
             there
             is
             no
             knowledge
             of
             ?
             But
             what
             more
             innocent
             than
             to
             declare
             ,
             when
             lawfully
             requir'd
             ,
             though
             before
             the
             
               Searcher
               of
               Hearts
            
             ,
             a
             man
             does
             not
             believe
             what
             he
             cannot
             nor
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             anvil
             a
             Notion
             of
             ?
             If
             it
             were
             never
             so
             true
             ,
             
             real
             ,
             knowable
             ,
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             any
             one
             might
             ,
             without
             guilt
             ,
             (
             when
             justly
             demanded
             to
             do
             so
             )
             declare
             he
             did
             not
             believe
             it
             ,
             while
             he
             knew
             it
             not
             so
             as
             to
             find
             reason
             to
             believe
             it
             ;
             it
             were
             double
             Hypocrisie
             to
             do
             otherwise
             :
             and
             all
             the
             
             Bishop's
             arguing
             and
             storying
             ,
             can
             never
             make
             it
             otherwise
             .
             Indeed
             the
             whole
             recoyles
             upon
             himself
             ,
             and
             dashes
             out
             the
             brains
             of
             all
             he
             hath
             writ
             upon
             it
             ;
             which
             ,
             sure
             ,
             he
             crasly
             oversaw
             ,
             or
             thought
             all
             his
             Readers
             were
             such
             Fools
             as
             to
             be
             couzen'd
             with
             the
             gloss
             .
          
           
             For
             if
             the
             infidelitie
             were
             ever
             so
             culpable
             ,
             it
             were
             a
             Dutie
             ,
             when
             adjur'd
             by
             a
             Law
             to
             declare
             it
             ;
             but
             how
             can
             the
             infidelitie
             be
             blam'd
             ,
             when
             after
             the
             
             Bishop's
             hunting
             down
             the
             Notion
             through
             the
             whole
             Historie
             of
             the
             Controversie
             ,
             
               He
               hath
               prey'd
               only
               upon
               a
               Ghost
               ,
               miss'd
               of
               all
               comprehension
               ,
               and
               he
               pronounces
               the
               summ
               ,
               and
               result
               of
               all
               to
               be
               what
               is
               meant
               by
               that
               
                 Transubstantiation
                 is
                 a
                 thing
                 altogether
                 uncertain
                 and
                 unknown
              
               ;
               and
               there
               is
               no
               one
               thing
               in
               which
               Christendom
               more
               both
               agrees
               and
               differs
               ;
               all
               Parties
               agree
               in
               the
               Thing
               ,
               and
               differ
               in
               the
               manner
               .
            
             Now
             it
             so
             happens
             ,
             the
             Test
             was
             so
             sagaciously
             compos'd
             ,
             though
             it
             might
             lawfully
             have
             done
             much
             more
             ,
             that
             it
             modestly
             leaves
             the
             Thing
             free
             ,
             and
             requires
             only
             to
             declare
             a
             Belief
             of
             such
             Manner
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Elements
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             into
             the
             Bodie
             and
             Bloud
             of
             Christ
             ;
             and
             requires
             the
             Declarers
             own
             Belief
             alone
             ,
             and
             nothing
             of
             censure
             upon
             any
             others
             Belief
             in
             this
             branch
             of
             the
             Test
             ;
             which
             surely
             any
             man
             may
             lawfully
             make
             ,
             that
             makes
             it
             truly
             :
             and
             seeing
             the
             whole
             Issue
             of
             the
             Notion
             is
             Scepticism
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             himself
             being
             Judg
             ,
             (
             and
             
               what
               can
               the
               man
               do
               that
               comes
               after
               the
               ishop
               ?
            
             )
             may
             not
             every
             man
             then
             say
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             comprehend
             it
             ,
             therefore
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             it
             .
          
           
           
             Indeed
             if
             there
             were
             Revelation
             for
             it
             ,
             like
             what
             there
             is
             concerning
             the
             
               Father
               ,
               Word
            
             ,
             and
             
               Spirit
               ,
               one
               God
            
             ;
             concerning
             the
             Incarnation
             and
             
               Hypostatic
               Vnion
            
             of
             the
             
               Eternal
               Word
            
             with
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             leaning
             not
             on
             figurative
             expression
             ,
             but
             plain
             assertion
             ,
             wrought
             into
             all
             the
             discourse
             ,
             and
             whole
             Argument
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             all
             Disputes
             were
             silenc'd
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             there
             is
             no
             pretext
             of
             Revelation
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             manner
             of
             speaking
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             press'd
             alike
             into
             a
             literal
             sense
             ,
             through
             the
             whole
             Book
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             must
             overthrow
             all
             Theologie
             .
             To
             refuse
             then
             a
             Figure
             there
             where
             it
             is
             so
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             that
             else
             Christ
             must
             eat
             his
             own
             flesh
             ,
             while
             it
             remain'd
             entire
             before
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             drink
             his
             own
             bloud
             ,
             while
             it
             was
             circulating
             in
             his
             Veins
             ,
             and
             no
             amaze
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             question
             upon
             it
             ,
             is
             such
             a
             setting
             the
             Scripture
             to
             be
             broken
             upon
             the
             Wheel
             ,
             such
             a
             Barbarity
             ,
             as
             exceeds
             a
             thousandfold
             all
             the
             Barbarities
             and
             Inhumanities
             spoken
             of
             throughout
             the
             Bishop's
             whole
             Book
             :
             Especially
             when
             our
             Lord
             declares
             in
             a
             like
             manner
             of
             speaking
             ,
             and
             doubts
             upon
             it
             ;
             
               His
               words
               were
               spirit
               and
               life
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               flesh
               profited
               nothing
            
             .
             Why
             then
             should
             men
             bring
             the
             Scripture
             to
             the
             Engine
             ,
             to
             torture
             it
             into
             the
             confession
             of
             what
             (
             as
             God
             speaks
             )
             
               never
               came
               into
               his
               heart
            
             ?
          
           
             And
             so
             I
             may
             fairly
             dismiss
             the
             
             Bishop's
             longsom
             Historie
             of
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             seeing
             the
             mouth
             of
             his
             Canon
             turns
             upon
             himself
             for
             what
             he
             can
             ;
             and
             what
             should
             a
             man
             be
             shie
             of
             in
             declaring
             his
             Non-belief
             of
             what
             is
             against
             all
             the
             sense
             and
             reason
             of
             mankind
             ,
             what
             hath
             no
             ground
             in
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             what
             all
             the
             Wits
             and
             Subtilties
             the
             Canonists
             and
             School-men
             ,
             yea
             the
             very
             Councils
             of
             the
             Roman
             Vassalage
             can
             ,
             when
             set
             upon
             the
             utmost
             stretch
             ,
             make
             nothing
             of
             ,
             but
             a
             meer
             Babel
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             in
             what
             he
             determines
             upon
             the
             
             whole
             search
             in
             favour
             of
             it
             .
             Not
             like
             
               Solomon's
               conclusion
               of
               the
               matter
            
             into
             the
             
               whole
               of
               man
            
             ,
             but
             like
             the
             conclusion
             of
             Babel
             ,
             all
             was
             
               Jargon
               ,
               Nonsense
               ,
               Confusion
            
             ,
             and
             Rubbish
             ;
             and
             worse
             than
             that
             ,
             the
             conclusion
             will
             be
             like
             that
             of
             Babylon
             the
             Great
             ,
             a
             perpetual
             Desolation
             and
             Burning
             .
          
           
             They
             therefore
             who
             have
             like
             Slaves
             
               bor'd
               their
               Ears
            
             to
             this
             
               spiritual
               Egyptian
               slavery
            
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             Plague
             of
             its
             Darkness
             to
             be
             
               even
               felt
            
             ,
             how
             just
             is
             it
             to
             disengage
             them
             from
             taking
             the
             Rights
             of
             their
             Prince
             and
             Country
             into
             their
             trust
             ,
             whether
             their
             contented
             Slavery
             rise
             from
             some
             weak
             part
             ,
             or
             a
             worse
             depravedness
             ,
             which
             inclines
             their
             always
             
               bowed
               down
               Backs
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Eyes
             laden
             with
             slumber
             under
             such
             a
             monstrous
             Bigottism
             .
          
           
             I
             come
             therefore
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             second
             Proposition
             ,
             which
             ,
             however
             it
             runs
             in
             the
             
             Bishop's
             Text
             ,
             is
             thus
             express'd
             in
             the
             Test
             :
             
               And
               that
               the
               Invocation
               or
               Adoration
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Mary
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Saint
               ,
               and
               the
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               now
               used
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               are
               superstitious
               and
               idolatrous
               .
            
          
           
             In
             which
             ,
             although
             I
             confess
             in
             my
             own
             Judgment
             ,
             the
             very
             Extremity
             ,
             as
             of
             Sense
             ,
             that
             the
             words
             can
             reach
             ,
             are
             supported
             by
             the
             demerit
             of
             the
             things
             Declared
             against
             :
             Yet
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             Test
             ,
             publickly
             offered
             ,
             the
             refusal
             of
             which
             suspends
             so
             great
             an
             Interest
             ,
             as
             all
             share
             in
             Government
             ,
             as
             the
             Bishop
             expresses
             it
             .
             It
             will
             not
             be
             unfit
             to
             observe
             all
             the
             Lenitives
             ,
             that
             are
             by
             the
             Prudence
             of
             the
             Composers
             ,
             (
             whoever
             they
             were
             ,
             it
             makes
             no
             matter
             )
             contriv'd
             into
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Therfore
             ,
             
               I
               do
               believe
            
             is
             prefix'd
             to
             the
             whole
             Test
             ,
             by
             common
             Equity
             of
             Construction
             to
             be
             supplyed
             .
             I
             do
             believe
             the
             first
             Proposition
             ,
             
               That
               in
               the
               Sacrament
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             in
             the
             second
             ,
             
               I
               do
               believe
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Invocation
             ,
             &c.
             
             
             Now
             it
             is
             Evident
             ,
             a
             Man
             may
             Swear
             to
             his
             own
             Belief
             ,
             if
             he
             knows
             he
             does
             really
             so
             Believe
             ,
             although
             he
             be
             mistaken
             in
             the
             grounds
             of
             his
             Belief
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             onely
             matter
             of
             Fact
             within
             himself
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             There
             is
             a
             Limitation
             ,
             
               As
               these
               things
               are
               us'd
               ,
               and
               now
               us'd
               in
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             whether
             by
             express
             Command
             ,
             or
             by
             Approbation
             ,
             or
             Connivence
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             very
             grossness
             and
             stupidity
             of
             the
             most
             Dull
             and
             Ignorant
             ,
             who
             stick
             in
             the
             very
             thick
             Matter
             ,
             and
             are
             able
             to
             extricate
             themselves
             ,
             as
             the
             finer
             Wits
             pretend
             to
             do
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             into
             that
             Vsage
             ,
             and
             that
             most
             Meritoriously
             ,
             seeing
             if
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             leads
             such
             unwary
             ,
             and
             unapprehensive
             Persons
             in
             Obedience
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             brink
             of
             the
             Precipice
             into
             so
             deep
             ,
             and
             impure
             a
             Mud
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             unnecessarily
             ;
             it
             is
             to
             be
             chang'd
             with
             the
             Vsages
             ,
             as
             in
             it self
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             those
             words
             of
             the
             
               Test
               ,
               As
               it
               is
               now
               used
            
             ;
             signifies
             the
             first
             beginnings
             of
             these
             things
             were
             not
             so
             fresh
             ,
             as
             now
             they
             are
             arriv'd
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             that
             ,
             the
             word
             Superstitious
             is
             first
             set
             ,
             as
             the
             lesser
             ,
             and
             most
             undoubted
             ,
             and
             then
             not
             the
             downright
             full-out
             word
             Idolatry
             ,
             but
             Idolatrous
             .
             It
             takes
             off
             the
             full
             Blow
             of
             the
             Censures
             ,
             for
             Idolatry
             imports
             a
             great
             danger
             ,
             suspicion
             ,
             and
             nearness
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             but
             not
             absolute
             Idolatry
             it self
             .
             And
             this
             the
             Bishop
             ought
             in
             all
             candid
             dealing
             to
             have
             taken
             Notice
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             allowed
             the
             Caution
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Test
             is
             worded
             ;
             for
             the
             Stabbing
             ,
             and
             Cut-throat
             word
             Idolatry
             is
             not
             used
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Piquancy
             of
             that
             his
             remark
             false
             .
          
           
             But
             letting
             slip
             all
             things
             that
             do
             not
             enter
             into
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             matter
             ,
             it
             is
             first
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             absolutely
             and
             in
             earnest
             ,
             all
             that
             dreadful
             Representation
             of
             the
             punishment
             of
             Idolatry
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             is
             disown'd
             by
             all
             sober
             Christians
             :
             and
             those
             rigid
             Laws
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             
             Zelotic
             Spirit
             of
             Elias
             ,
             as
             among
             the
             Jews
             on
             the
             account
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             are
             reversed
             under
             the
             milder
             temper
             ,
             and
             more
             moderate
             climate
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             compassionate
             Spirit
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             repeated
             by
             
               our
               Saviour
            
             expresly
             in
             those
             words
             to
             the
             Disciples
             ,
             that
             were
             for
             demanding
             
               Fire
               from
               Heaven
               upon
               the
               Samaritans
               ,
            
             Luke
             9.54
             .
             To
             which
             our
             Lord
             rejoyned
             ,
             
               Ye
               know
               not
               what
               spirit
               ye
               are
               of
               :
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               came
               not
               to
               destroy
               mens
               lives
               ,
               but
               to
               save
               them
            
             ▪
             We
             disown
             all
             such
             torrid
             Enthusiasm
             where-ever
             it
             is
             found
             ,
             upon
             this
             Authority
             ,
             and
             such
             Ravagings
             upon
             the
             Lives
             of
             men
             meerly
             for
             their
             (
             notwithstanding
             so
             great
             )
             delusions
             in
             so
             plain
             a
             point
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             are
             not
             so
             much
             as
             thought
             of
             in
             the
             Test
             :
             Cruelties
             and
             inhumanities
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             are
             left
             as
             the
             proper
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Idolatrous
             ,
             who
             indeed
             cut
             Throats
             ,
             and
             cause
             innocent
             Persons
             
               to
               pass
               through
               the
               Fire
            
             alive
             ,
             in
             the
             rage
             of
             their
             Moloch-Sacrafice
             :
             And
             I
             am
             fully
             perswaded
             the
             principal
             end
             of
             the
             Test-Act
             was
             to
             secure
             the
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             of
             a
             
               Protestant
               Nation
            
             from
             the
             fury
             and
             blood-thirstiness
             of
             that
             name
             of
             Religion
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             as
             much
             known
             (
             as
             the
             Scarlet
             and
             Purple
             it
             is
             arraied
             in
             )
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Historie
             of
             some
             Ages
             past
             ,
             and
             so
             cannot
             but
             be
             still
             suspected
             .
          
           
             The
             prevention
             indeed
             of
             such
             ,
             the
             public
             practise
             of
             those
             Superstitions
             and
             Idolatrousnesses
             ,
             is
             worthy
             the
             care
             of
             a
             
               Protestant
               Magistracy
            
             to
             prevent
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             care
             the
             Contagion
             may
             not
             spread
             ,
             much
             less
             that
             a
             
               Protestant
               Kingdom
            
             should
             come
             under
             the
             Girdle
             of
             its
             Ministerial
             Government
             ,
             (
             although
             with
             all
             Loyalty
             ,
             it
             owns
             their
             Soveraign
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Christian
             Law
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Nation
             )
             and
             then
             for
             to
             set
             such
             Bounds
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             may
             most
             indemnifie
             it self
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             the
             securities
             of
             Divine
             Justice
             upon
             Idolatry
             ,
             whenever
             they
             com
             to
             be
             manifested
             ;
             they
             wil
             be
             just
             ,
             and
             bring
             their
             conviction
             along
             with
             them
             ;
             which
             may
             be
             
             speedier
             than
             men
             are
             aware
             ,
             the
             Measure
             of
             
               Iniquity
               growing
               now
               full
            
             ,
             as
             of
             more
             then
             one
             God
             ,
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             so
             of
             more
             than
             
               one
               Mediator
            
             is
             a
             
               Parallell
               Idolatry
            
             .
             And
             as
             letting
             fall
             any
             glances
             of
             Respect
             upon
             any
             Creature
             ,
             Person
             ,
             or
             Thing
             ,
             Angel
             ,
             or
             Diamon
             ,
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             or
             Stars
             ,
             or
             the
             inferiour
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             partial
             Gods
             conveying
             the
             Benifits
             of
             the
             Supreme
             God
             to
             us
             ,
             is
             foul
             Idolatry
             :
             so
             any
             partial
             or
             inferiour
             Mediators
             ,
             are
             alike
             Idolatry
             ,
             under
             the
             Gospel
             .
             And
             as
             the
             making
             to
             our selves
             any
             likeness
             either
             in
             
               Heaven
               above
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Earth
               beneath
            
             ,
             &c.
             as
             a
             Medium
             to
             Worship
             God
             by
             :
             so
             the
             making
             to
             our selves
             any
             likeness
             of
             the
             Mediator
             ;
             (
             For
             though
             we
             
               had
               known
               him
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               yet
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               we
               know
               him
               so
               no
               more
               .
            
             )
             are
             alike
             Idolatrous
             .
             How
             certainly
             then
             are
             the
             Invocations
             of
             the
             Virgin
             ,
             of
             
               Saints
               Idolatrous
            
             ,
             as
             giving
             them
             a
             share
             of
             the
             incommunicable
             Mercy
             ,
             Omnisciency
             ,
             Omnipresence
             ,
             seeing
             they
             are
             not
             visible
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             cannot
             speak
             with
             them
             at
             certain
             times
             or
             places
             ,
             we
             know
             them
             not
             ,
             we
             know
             not
             they
             know
             us
             ;
             there
             are
             no
             kinds
             of
             Communion
             between
             us
             ;
             a
             Vail
             of
             thick
             Darkness
             is
             spread
             betwixt
             us
             ,
             which
             nothing
             but
             Infinity
             can
             pierce
             .
             The
             Infinity
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Infinity
             of
             the
             Mediator
             ,
             God-man
             :
             Men
             indeed
             whom
             we
             see
             ,
             whom
             we
             converse
             with
             ,
             to
             whom
             we
             can
             make
             our selves
             and
             our
             condition
             known
             ,
             we
             are
             allowed
             by
             God
             to
             Address
             ,
             to
             give
             and
             receive
             mutual
             Religious
             Respects
             ,
             and
             of
             Civility
             and
             Kindness
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Stations
             of
             Honour
             and
             Subordination
             we
             stand
             in
             one
             to
             another
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             both
             Senseless
             ,
             and
             Idolatrous
             ,
             would
             it
             be
             with
             hope
             of
             good
             to
             pray
             to
             any
             Person
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             at
             great
             ,
             or
             even
             at
             the
             smallest
             distance
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             where
             no
             Communication
             passes
             by
             Word
             ,
             Messages
             ,
             and
             Letters
             ,
             as
             in
             our
             private
             Closets
             ,
             and
             Thoughts
             ;
             
             this
             were
             to
             make
             them
             ,
             as
             God
             Omniscient
             ,
             Omnipresent
             .
             And
             to
             pray
             to
             Saints
             or
             Angels
             ,
             as
             Mediators
             ,
             is
             Idolatry
             committed
             against
             the
             Mediator
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             not
             that
             whole
             Sum
             of
             Mediatorial
             Mercy
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             Priviledges
             in
             himself
             .
             How
             certainly
             then
             are
             their
             Invocations
             continually
             us'd
             at
             Rome
             ,
             not
             only
             Superstitious
             ,
             but
             Idolatrous
             :
             And
             indeed
             all
             Superstition
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             against
             the
             
               Second
               Commandment
            
             ;
             Devising
             an
             Image
             ,
             a
             Likeness
             to
             go
             to
             God
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             How
             certainly
             are
             those
             abundance
             of
             
               Images
               ,
               Pictures
               ,
               Statues
               ,
               Representations
               ,
            
             us'd
             at
             Rome
             :
             Their
             
               Incensing
               ,
               Bowing
               ,
               Kneeling
               ,
               uncovering
               the
               Head
               ,
            
             to
             Images
             and
             Pictures
             ,
             us'd
             at
             
               Rome
               ,
               Idolatrous
            
             ?
             For
             even
             
             Job's
             Mouth
             kissing
             
               his
               Hand
               ,
               was
               an
               Indication
            
             sufficient
             of
             an
             
               enticed
               Heart
            
             .
             Their
             
               Elevation
               ,
               Adoration
               ,
               Geniflexian
            
             ,
             given
             to
             the
             Bread
             ,
             as
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             of
             the
             same
             guilt
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             was
             never
             Worshipped
             Bodily
             on
             Earth
             ,
             when
             his
             Apostles
             were
             daily
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Emanations
             of
             his
             Divinity
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             (
             now
             we
             are
             
               to
               know
               him
               no
               more
               after
               the
               flesh
            
             )
             therefore
             are
             we
             not
             to
             Worship
             him
             Bodily
             ,
             not
             in
             an
             Imaginary
             Transubstantiation
             of
             the
             Elements
             )
             into
             Flesh
             :
             Doth
             not
             he
             abhor
             such
             a
             Worship
             ?
          
           
             For
             whatever
             we
             do
             in
             pretence
             of
             Worship
             to
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             either
             the
             pure
             Issues
             of
             that
             Law
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Natural
             Conscience
             it self
             ,
             or
             is
             revealed
             to
             us
             in
             his
             Word
             :
             The
             Worship
             (
             call
             it
             how
             you
             will
             ,
             Dulia
             ,
             or
             an
             inferiour
             Worship
             )
             not
             so
             warranted
             ,
             passes
             before
             God
             for
             no
             other
             ,
             but
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             .
             Even
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
            
             onely
             ,
             as
             united
             to
             the
             
               Eternal
               Word
            
             ,
             is
             justified
             by
             Divine
             Revelation
             :
             so
             tender
             and
             severe
             a
             thing
             is
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Jealous
               God
            
             ,
             who
             as
             he
             is
             separated
             from
             all
             Creatures
             in
             his
             Purity
             and
             Perfection
             ,
             so
             in
             his
             Worship
             ,
             and
             tne
             manner
             of
             his
             Worship
             appointed
             
             only
             by
             himself
             .
             And
             so
             
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
               ,
               Holy
            
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             separate
             from
             all
             Creatures
             is
             IEHOVATH
             the
             Mediator
             ,
             with
             whom
             none
             can
             be
             named
             ;
             even
             as
             none
             can
             know
             but
             by
             the
             Revelation
             of
             the
             Father
             .
             All
             Worship
             therefore
             given
             to
             Creature-Mediators
             ,
             all
             Worship
             given
             to
             him
             not
             according
             to
             his
             Word
             ,
             is
             but
             Superstitious
             and
             Idolatrous
             in
             his
             Account
             .
          
           
             How
             near
             therefore
             is
             it
             to
             the
             Blasphemy
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Author
             confesses
             ,
             Idolatry
             is
             a
             principal
             instance
             ;
             when
             he
             speaks
             of
             the
             Cherubins
             being
             worshipp'd
             ;
             who
             indeed
             ,
             had
             by
             God's
             immediate
             Command
             ,
             a
             Place
             of
             Attendance
             ,
             by
             the
             Mercy-Seat
             :
             this
             Type
             of
             Christ
             ,
             over
             which
             God
             filling
             the
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Temple
             after
             with
             his
             Glory
             ,
             that
             none
             could
             enter
             ,
             and
             so
             only
             gave
             a
             remaining
             Symbol
             of
             his
             Presence
             there
             ;
             but
             likewise
             of
             God
             to
             be
             seen
             ;
             but
             the
             People
             are
             warn'd
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             to
             take
             notice
             they
             saw
             no
             Likeness
             or
             Similitude
             of
             God
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             any
             direction
             of
             Worship
             to
             those
             Cherubins
             ;
             but
             to
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             was
             pleas'd
             to
             promise
             his
             Presence
             there
             ,
             where
             his
             Glory
             had
             appear'd
             ,
             in
             Christ
             the
             propitiation
             ;
             so
             that
             by
             pure
             spiritual
             Acts
             ,
             they
             might
             pray
             towards
             that
             place
             ,
             
               call'd
               by
               his
               Name
            
             ,
             without
             any
             prophaning
             God
             by
             sense
             :
             From
             which
             he
             is
             always
             in
             an
             infinite
             retirement
             ,
             for
             sense
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             Idolatry
             .
             And
             agreeably
             what
             was
             in
             the
             Holy
             of
             Holies
             ,
             not
             being
             seen
             ,
             was
             a
             warning
             to
             retire
             all
             into
             a
             spirituality
             ,
             and
             a
             sense
             of
             the
             incomprehensibleness
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             him
             being
             in
             pure
             spirituality
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             false
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Scripture
             speaks
             onely
             of
             the
             Idolatry
             of
             Worshipping
             the
             Heavenly
             Body
             .
          
           
             For
             from
             the
             heights
             above
             ,
             to
             what
             is
             most
             below
             ,
             
               the
               changing
               of
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               incorruptible
               God
               ,
               with
               any
               corruptile
               Image
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Worship
             directed
             by
             the
             Mediation
             of
             any
             Image
             ,
             is
             Abomination
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             in
             numberless
             
             places
             of
             Scripture
             
               (
               besides
               the
               Second
               Commandment
            
             )
             particularly
             Duet
             .
             4.16
             .
             Rom.
             1.23
             .
             For
             that
             I
             can
             hardly
             believe
             my
             eyes
             in
             reading
             the
             Bishop's
             Definition
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             is
             as
             to
             the
             Redeemer
             ,
             or
             one
             Mediator
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
             by
             any
             Image
             of
             his
             Humanity
             ,
             nor
             by
             so
             despicable
             a
             Thing
             as
             Bread
             ,
             which
             he
             made
             only
             the
             Element
             of
             a
             spiritual
             Communication
             of
             himself
             ,
             as
             a
             most
             familiar
             Emblem
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             design
             of
             Worship
             to
             it
             ,
             most
             abhorred
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Most
             false
             it
             is
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Idolatry
             if
             Men
             do
             not
             worship
             Images
             of
             
               false
               Gods
            
             ,
             or
             make
             
               corporeal
               Images
               of
               his
               divine
               Nature
               :
            
             For
             Angels
             ,
             thô
             his
             Servants
             ,
             and
             
               Saints
               departed
            
             ,
             become
             
               false
               Gods
            
             ,
             and
             Names
             of
             Blasphemy
             ,
             when
             worshipped
             with
             any
             sort
             of
             Worship
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Apocaliptick
               Angel
            
             testifies
             ,
             chap.
             21.
             v.
             22.
             and
             the
             Host
             so
             worshipped
             ,
             is
             the
             Symbol
             of
             
               a
               false
               God
            
             ,
             as
             turn'd
             into
             a
             Likeness
             ,
             and
             Image
             ,
             before
             the
             jealous
             God
             ,
             and
             Mediator
             ,
             who
             will
             have
             all
             pure
             Spirituality
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             yet
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             I
             must
             acknowledge
             that
             the
             Bishop
             hath
             rightly
             observed
             concerning
             that
             Idolatry
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             allow
             to
             be
             Idolatry
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               Worship
               of
               the
               heavenly
            
             Bodies
             (
             and
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             will
             follow
             of
             all
             other
             Idolatry
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             to
             be
             proportionably
             admeasur'd
             to
             )
             
               It
               is
               an
               iniquity
               to
               be
               punished
               by
               a
               Judge
               ,
            
             viz.
             By
             the
             
               Civil
               Magistrate
            
             .
             And
             this
             determination
             concerning
             Idolatry
             ,
             is
             recorded
             in
             that
             admirable
             Book
             of
             
               Natural
               Religion
            
             ,
             the
             Book
             of
             Job
             .
             Now
             the
             Laws
             of
             
               Natural
               Religion
            
             are
             irreversible
             ,
             and
             unchangeable
             ;
             so
             that
             were
             it
             not
             that
             in
             the
             great
             degeneracie
             of
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             World
             were
             early
             drench'd
             ,
             and
             even
             plung'd
             in
             this
             great
             evil
             ,
             Natures
             Laws
             had
             always
             so
             prevail'd
             :
             Whereas
             ,
             alas
             ,
             too
             too
             soon
             that
             Government
             grew
             to
             weak
             too
             establish
             it
             
             self
             ;
             and
             were
             that
             Government
             ,
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
               written
            
             in
             
               Mans
               Heart
            
             restor'd
             ,
             it
             must
             proceed
             with
             all
             Efficacy
             to
             the
             extirpating
             this
             Evil
             ;
             and
             where
             it
             was
             so
             much
             restored
             ,
             as
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             enforced
             with
             further
             Positive
             and
             Ceremonial
             Sharpness
             of
             Laws
             ,
             the
             Rigors
             on
             Offenders
             were
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             the
             Bishop
             has
             Recounted
             :
             But
             yet
             the
             mercy
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             of
             
               Christian
               Religion
            
             ,
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             although
             in
             Governments
             able
             and
             equal
             for
             it
             ,
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             no
             abatement
             of
             Severity
             against
             the
             Sin
             it self
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             by
             Christ
             ,
             a
             Relaxation
             ,
             as
             to
             Persons
             Lives
             ,
             where
             the
             most
             guilty
             Circumstances
             of
             Presumption
             ,
             Obstinacy
             ,
             Danger
             of
             bad
             Example
             ,
             do
             not
             inflame
             the
             Account
             of
             the
             Evil
             :
             All
             means
             of
             Conversion
             and
             Reformation
             being
             first
             used
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             great
             justification
             of
             the
             lawfulness
             ,
             and
             necessity
             of
             the
             Test
             ,
             in
             a
             Protestant
             Government
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Sin
             ,
             hath
             been
             at
             no
             time
             too
             big
             for
             Divine
             Vengeance
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             hath
             appeared
             from
             Heaven
             upon
             Idolatrous
             Powers
             ,
             and
             Nations
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             good
             ;
             And
             the
             time
             is
             approaching
             ,
             when
             a
             better
             State
             of
             the
             renewed
             World
             growing
             on
             ,
             will
             ,
             by
             degrees
             ,
             but
             with
             signal
             Vials
             powred
             out
             upon
             the
             whole
             Race
             of
             Idolaters
             and
             their
             Idolatries
             ,
             make
             way
             for
             the
             perfection
             of
             that
             Renovation
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             Idolatry
             will
             not
             in
             one
             single
             example
             be
             endured
             .
             For
             Satan
             ,
             that
             old
             Serpent
             ,
             that
             hath
             deceiv'd
             the
             Nations
             into
             it
             so
             long
             ,
             will
             be
             seal'd
             up
             into
             his
             own
             Abyss
             at
             the
             same
             time
             .
             
               But
               this
               hath
               been
               by
               way
               of
               Digression
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             time
             to
             return
             now
             to
             the
             just
             Remarks
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             be
             made
             upon
             the
             
             Bishop's
             Discourse
             upon
             Idolatry
             ;
             so
             contriv'd
             ,
             as
             to
             lead
             the
             Unthinking
             ,
             yea
             ,
             the
             not
             closely
             observant
             Reader
             ,
             thorough
             a
             Variety
             of
             Matter
             ,
             far
             off
             from
             suspecting
             the
             Roman
             Worship
             of
             Idolatries
             ,
             where
             yet
             Scripture-Prophesie
             hath
             settled
             it
             upon
             
             its
             own
             Base
             ,
             in
             that
             Land
             that
             is
             Spiritually
             called
             Shinar
             ,
             or
             
               Mystical
               Babylon
            
             :
             His
             Discourse
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             is
             blended
             sometimes
             with
             better
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             convey
             more
             Artificially
             the
             intollerably
             bad
             ,
             sometimes
             with
             things
             doubtful
             and
             uncertain
             ,
             that
             the
             notoriously
             False
             may
             hope
             to
             skulk
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             brevity
             I
             have
             resolv'd
             ,
             retail
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             so
             ambagious
             ,
             or
             tedious
             an
             Account
             of
             Idolatry
             .
             There
             are
             two
             things
             among
             his
             own
             Notions
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             taken
             his
             Measures
             by
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             steerd
             him
             much
             better
             ,
             
               viz.
               First
            
             ,
             The
             observation
             of
             the
             
               Great
               Care
            
             God
             took
             by
             all
             his
             Dealings
             with
             his
             People
             ,
             Descendants
             from
             Abraham
             ,
             to
             secure
             them
             by
             the
             Mosaick
             Mediatorship
             in
             the
             acknowledgment
             of
             the
             
               One
               God
               ,
               Creator
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
            
             the
             Universal
             and
             most
             Natural
             Standard
             against
             Idolatry
             ,
             together
             with
             those
             particular
             assurances
             of
             himself
             to
             them
             ;
             by
             his
             Covenant
             with
             Abraham
             ,
             by
             bringing
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             speaking
             to
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Cloud
             ,
             and
             Fire
             on
             Mount
             Sinai
             ,
             by
             his
             filling
             the
             Tabernacle
             with
             his
             Glory
             ,
             which
             is
             especially
             to
             be
             remark'd
             ,
             both
             in
             
             Moses's
             Tabernacle
             ,
             and
             
             Solomon's
             Temple
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             true
             Reason
             of
             the
             Worship
             toward
             the
             Holy
             of
             Holies
             .
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             as
             a
             peculiar
             Commemoration
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             further
             Manifestation
             of
             the
             same
             true
             God
             ,
             Creator
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             particularly
             the
             God
             of
             
             Abraham's
             Posterity
             .
          
           
             Had
             these
             two
             Observations
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Types
             ,
             which
             the
             Episcopal
             Author
             ,
             with
             Dr.
             Spencer
             ,
             and
             other
             Learned
             men
             ,
             not
             without
             Reason
             ,
             make
             Fences
             between
             Israel
             and
             the
             Idolatrous
             Nations
             ,
             and
             their
             Idolatries
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             it
             ,
             Partition-Wall
             ;
             these
             would
             have
             led
             to
             the
             
               One
               Mediator
            
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             Who
             is
             
             that
             very
             Propitiation
             and
             Mercy-Seat
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Holy
             of
             Holies
             was
             but
             the
             Type
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             Type
             sake
             the
             Shecinah
             ,
             or
             Glory
             once
             came
             ,
             and
             sate
             in
             its
             filling
             the
             Temple
             ;
             as
             between
             the
             Cherubims
             ,
             or
             Attendant
             
               Angels
               ,
               Simbolycally
            
             Represented
             in
             an
             Adoring
             Posture
             ,
             stooping
             down
             ,
             and
             prying
             upon
             the
             Mercy-Seat
             ,
             as
             that
             Type
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             Peter
             alludes
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             1.12
             .
             Worshipping
             ;
             but
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             whom
             they
             resemble
             ,
             would
             have
             abhor'd
             to
             be
             Worshipped
             ;
             As
             he
             most
             injuriously
             to
             Truth
             ,
             would
             bear
             his
             Readers
             in
             hand
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             be
             deceived
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             as
             Redemption
             parallell's
             Creation
             ;
             so
             the
             One
             Mediator
             ,
             the
             
               One
               God
            
             ;
             as
             our
             Lord
             himself
             teacheth
             .
             
               This
               is
               Life
               Eternal
               ,
               to
               know
               Thee
               the
               onely
               true
               God
               ,
            
             and
             whom
             thou
             hast
             sent
             ,
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Apostle
             tells
             us
             :
             
               There
               are
               Gods
               many
               ,
               and
               Lords
               many
               in
               the
               World
               ,
            
             Counterfeits
             of
             the
             
               One
               God
            
             ,
             and
             
               One
               Mediator
            
             .
             As
             the
             
               Heathenish
               Gods
            
             ,
             and
             Baalim
             ,
             or
             Daimons
             ,
             who
             were
             esteem'd
             a
             middle
             Region
             of
             Gods
             ,
             or
             
               Mediators
               ▪
               But
               to
               us
            
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               There
               is
               but
               One
               God
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               Whom
               are
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               we
               in
               ,
               or
               for
               ,
               or
               unto
               him
               ;
               and
               One
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               by
               whom
               are
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               we
               by
               him
               .
            
             So
             to
             Timothy
             ,
             There
             is
             One
             
               God
               ,
               and
               One
               Mediator
               ,
               between
               God
               and
               Man
               ,
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
            
             which
             one
             God
             is
             now
             known
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             the
             God
             and
             
               Father
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
            
             which
             Title
             drinks
             up
             ,
             as
             the
             Antitype
             doth
             the
             Type
             of
             the
             former
             Titles
             ,
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             God
             that
             brought
             
               from
               Egypt
               ,
               that
               sits
               between
               the
               Cherubins
               :
            
             that
             Title
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             of
             Creator
             ,
             Lord
             of
             
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
            
             ,
             is
             not
             in
             the
             least
             ececlips'd
             ,
             but
             shines
             together
             upon
             ,
             and
             with
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Redeemer
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ.
             
          
           
             And
             as
             a
             Testimony
             and
             standing
             Plea
             of
             all
             this
             ▪
             the
             Sabbath
             of
             Creation
             ,
             is
             remov'd
             from
             the
             Seventh
             ,
             
             into
             an
             Union
             with
             the
             
               First
               Day
            
             ,
             the
             Sabbath
             of
             Redemption
             ,
             or
             
               Lord's
               Day
            
             .
          
           
             Thus
             there
             is
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Apostle
               John
            
             speaks
             ,
             
               the
               true
               God
            
             ,
             and
             
               eternal
               Life
            
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             mention
             of
             which
             ,
             as
             foreseeing
             the
             great
             
               Antichristian
               Idolatry
            
             coming
             upon
             the
             Christian
             World
             in
             
               other
               Mediators
            
             ,
             (
             the
             same
             thing
             with
             other
             Gods
             )
             he
             makes
             the
             Conclusion
             and
             Farewel
             of
             his
             Epistle
             ,
             
               little
               Children
               ,
               keep
               your selves
               from
               Idols
               :
            
             and
             seal's
             it
             with
             a
             passionate
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             
               One
               God
            
             ,
             and
             this
             one
             Mediator
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             worship
             ,
             and
             only
             to
             know
             ,
             and
             only
             to
             serv
             ,
             all
             introducing
             other
             Mediators
             ,
             either
             of
             Man
             ,
             or
             of
             other
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             in
             honour
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             worship
             Him
             ,
             or
             Jesus
             Christ
             by
             them
             ,
             join'd
             with
             some
             Ceremonies
             of
             a
             Service
             ,
             as
             
               Kneeling
               ,
               Bowing
               ,
               Incensing
               ,
               Invoking
               ,
            
             &c.
             is
             Idolatrous
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             to
             draw
             the
             whole
             matter
             of
             Idolatry
             to
             a
             conclusion
             ;
             I
             confess
             ,
             it
             seems
             necessary
             ,
             that
             whoever
             takes
             the
             Test
             ,
             being
             ,
             as
             the
             Bishop
             truly
             observes
             ,
             of
             the
             Alloy
             of
             an
             Oath
             ,
             it
             is
             necessary
             he
             should
             take
             it
             in
             Judgment
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             Righteousness
             ,
             and
             in
             Truth
             .
          
           
             That
             any
             one
             may
             so
             do
             it
             ,
             he
             must
             carry
             about
             him
             a
             Gauge
             ,
             or
             certain
             Notion
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             some
             general
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Usages
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             
               Invocation
               of
               the
               Virgin
            
             ,
             of
             Saints
             ,
             the
             adoration
             of
             them
             in
             
               their
               Images
            
             ,
             with
             the
             
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               Mass
            
             ;
             which
             by
             a
             little
             enquiry
             will
             be
             easily
             known
             ,
             if
             it
             can
             be
             at
             all
             unknown
             to
             any
             Persons
             ,
             who
             can
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             have
             possible
             obligation
             to
             take
             the
             Test
             :
             For
             the
             
               Roman
               Church
            
             does
             not
             hide
             its
             Sin
             ;
             but
             carries
             the
             Title
             on
             its
             Forehead
             ,
             the
             Title
             its
             
               Idolatrous
               Fornications
            
             ;
             and
             its
             Papal
             Prince
             carries
             his
             Names
             of
             
               Blasphemy
               ,
               Idolatry
            
             ,
             on
             her
             Heads
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             to
             be
             earnestly
             prayed
             ,
             these
             things
             may
             not
             be
             more
             vulgerly
             known
             among
             us
             ,
             against
             which
             the
             Test
             is
             one
             great
             security
             .
          
           
           
             To
             give
             then
             in
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             a
             very
             short
             ,
             and
             portable
             Gauge
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             I
             should
             chuse
             to
             do
             it
             best
             ,
             by
             all
             I
             have
             said
             ;
             as
             encas'd
             ,
             or
             ench●s'd
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             words
             ,
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ,
             truly
             explain'd
             .
             The
             first
             of
             which
             imports
             any
             religious
             Act
             ▪
             either
             to
             Persons
             dead
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             now
             alive
             ,
             and
             conversant
             with
             us
             ,
             though
             above
             ,
             as
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             or
             Saints
             departed
             or
             else
             and
             (
             as
             may
             most
             agree
             )
             
               Super
               Statutum
            
             ,
             above
             the
             Rule
             and
             Law
             of
             all
             religious
             Actions
             ,
             viz.
             the
             very
             Law
             and
             Light
             of
             Nature
             ,
             teaching
             us
             natural
             Religion
             ,
             which
             consists
             only
             in
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             and
             expressed
             only
             in
             the
             most
             necessary
             
               Rational
               Latria
            
             ,
             or
             Service
             of
             our
             Bodies
             ;
             or
             else
             which
             best
             explains
             all
             Religion
             to
             us
             :
             
               The
               Word
               of
               God
            
             ;
             seeing
             ,
             there
             we
             find
             nothing
             of
             such
             Invocation
             ,
             or
             Adoration
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             in
             any
             dark
             Line
             of
             either
             of
             these
             Laws
             ;
             but
             much
             written
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             Sun-Beam
             against
             them
             ,
             who
             even
             knows
             ,
             and
             believes
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             may
             boldly
             call
             the
             usages
             of
             Rome
             superstitious
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             to
             Idolatry
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Service
             to
             an
             Apparition
             of
             a
             God
             ,
             to
             our
             dark
             and
             
               foolish
               Imagination
            
             ,
             for
             the
             
               One
               God
            
             ,
             that
             
               made
               Heaven
            
             ,
             and
             Earth
             ;
             or
             the
             Apparition
             of
             a
             Mediator
             ,
             besides
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             the
             
               One
               Mediator
            
             ,
             who
             redeem'd
             us
             by
             his
             Death
             :
             Both
             which
             are
             against
             the
             
               first
               Commandement
            
             ,
             for
             Idolatry
             is
             a
             worship
             of
             any
             thing
             whatever
             that
             is
             believ'd
             to
             be
             God
             ,
             and
             Christ
             ,
             from
             the
             highest
             Heavens
             to
             the
             lowestCentre
             ,
             by
             any
             Image
             ,
             or
             
               sensible
               Representation
            
             ,
             (
             as
             against
             the
             second
             Commandement
             .
             )
          
           
             Now
             he
             may
             be
             sure
             of
             this
             Idolatry
             ,
             whoever
             considers
             the
             
               Romish
               Church
               ,
               (
               falsely
               so
               call'd
               )
            
             the
             
               spiritual
               Babylon
            
             ,
             the
             City
             made
             of
             
               graven
               Images
            
             ;
             so
             certainly
             that
             
               headed
               Babylon
            
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             days
             of
             
               John's
               receiving
               the
               Revelation
               ,
               reign'd
               over
               the
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             and
             was
             
             then
             (
             five
             of
             its
             Governments
             so
             notorious
             in
             History
             ,
             being
             fallen
             ,
             or
             gone
             off
             from
             their
             Principality
             )
             under
             its
             
               sixth
               King
            
             ,
             the
             
               Heathen
               Emperor
            
             ;
             and
             for
             a
             
               little
               space
            
             under
             the
             
               Christian
               Emperor
            
             its
             
               seventh
               King
            
             ,
             but
             
               no
               Head
            
             ,
             and
             hath
             been
             under
             its
             
               eighth
               King
            
             ,
             that
             was
             of
             those
             
               seven
               Kings
            
             ,
             who
             were
             ever
             Heads
             ,
             ever
             since
             the
             expiration
             of
             
             Augustulus's
             Line
             ,
             the
             late
             Emperor
             ,
             
               An.
               Dom.
            
             475.
             
          
           
             For
             till
             Rome
             be
             utterly
             destroy'd
             ,
             and
             
               sink
               like
               a
               Milstone
               into
               the
               Sea
            
             ▪
             That
             
               eighth
               King
            
             ,
             the
             Beast
             ,
             or
             Pope
             ▪
             shall
             not
             be
             utterly
             destroyed
             ;
             but
             Rome
             ,
             and
             its
             
               eighth
               King
            
             ▪
             shall
             fall
             within
             few
             years
             ,
             from
             its
             
               Ten-king'd
               Principalities
            
             ▪
          
           
             All
             which
             may
             be
             thus
             demonstrated
             ,
             the
             Bounds
             of
             the
             Prophesies
             stand
             eminent
             and
             unmoveable
             ,
             even
             to
             demonstration
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               Heathen
               Empire
            
             therein
             being
             at
             one
             end
             ,
             and
             the
             final
             ruin
             of
             Rome
             at
             the
             other
             ;
             in
             the
             middle
             just
             as
             the
             short
             liv'd
             
               Christian
               Empire
            
             expiring
             ,
             run
             forty
             two
             prophetic
             Months
             ,
             or
             Times
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             amounting
             to
             1222
             prophetic
             years
             ,
             which
             accounted
             from
             475
             ,
             must
             end
             1697.
             
          
           
             Now
             this
             Rome
             ,
             and
             it
             s
             so
             call'd
             Church
             ,
             is
             Mysteries
             of
             Idolatries
             ▪
             and
             the
             Pope
             its
             Balam
             ,
             or
             
               High
               Priest
            
             ,
             or
             Prophet
             carrying
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             describ'd
             in
             the
             Revelation
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             there
             Prophecied
             ,
             so
             fulfill'd
             in
             all
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             Ears
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Blasphemies
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             that
             dwell
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             these
             Idolatries
             ;
             that
             then
             can
             be
             no
             hazard
             ,
             if
             there
             was
             liberty
             to
             demonstrate
             the
             thing
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             be
             demonstrated
             :
             It
             would
             put
             
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               the
               Worship
               of
               the
               Virgin
               ,
               of
               Saints
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Adoration
             of
             the
             Mass
             ,
             and
             its
             Sacrifice
             out
             of
             all
             Dispute
             ,
             although
             the
             things
             may
             be
             otherwise
             set
             ,
             enough
             beyond
             Controversy
             ,
             yet
             not
             so
             suddenly
             or
             surely
             ,
             as
             by
             this
             Prophecy
             is
             well
             explain'd
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             to
             say
             all
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             make
             
             great
             doubt
             ,
             whether
             the
             Bishop
             with
             so
             great
             pretence
             ,
             and
             yet
             such
             thin
             Sophisms
             in
             the
             room
             of
             Reason
             ,
             and
             with
             those
             Unepiscopal
             ,
             Unchristian
             ,
             Ungentile
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             highly
             Senseless
             Reflections
             upon
             a
             Person
             of
             so
             great
             Learning
             ,
             Gravity
             and
             Piety
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             ,
             (
             as
             Dr.
             St.
             )
             did
             indeed
             design
             any
             more
             ,
             than
             to
             Ridicule
             what
             he
             would
             seem
             to
             Favor
             ,
             things
             so
             False
             ,
             so
             Fallacious
             ,
             so
             Inconclusive
             ,
             could
             never
             else
             have
             been
             so
             laid
             together
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             a
             fresh
             Remembrance
             .
             At
             the
             last
             he
             concludes
             his
             Book
             under
             a
             transparent
             Tiffany
             ,
             with
             a
             downright
             Falshood
             ,
             viz.
             As
             if
             the
             not
             taking
             the
             Test
             ,
             did
             wrap
             up
             the
             Refusers
             in
             a
             Conviction
             of
             Recusancy
             ;
             to
             which
             purpose
             he
             foist's
             in
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Test-Act
             ,
             leaving
             out
             what
             would
             have
             convicted
             him
             of
             sensless
             Fraudulency
             :
             For
             he
             well
             knows
             ,
             not
             the
             Refusal
             of
             the
             Test
             ,
             but
             the
             Refusal
             ,
             and
             yet
             invading
             Offices
             contrary
             to
             the
             Test
             ,
             brings
             any
             one
             under
             that
             Conviction
             :
             Whether
             therefore
             he
             was
             in
             earnest
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             
               Sathanic
               Fanaticism
            
             ,
             when
             he
             writ
             all
             this
             ,
             I
             much
             doubt
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             were
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             in
             earnest
             ,
             he
             deserves
             the
             Character
             of
             the
             weakest
             of
             Men
             ,
             in
             a
             disguise
             of
             a
             Man
             of
             Parts
             and
             Learning
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             of
             the
             most
             infidelious
             and
             dishonest
             Sophister
             in
             the
             Lawn
             of
             a
             
               Protestant
               Bishop
            
             .
          
           
             But
             without
             any
             railing
             Accusation
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             ,
             I
             pray
             as
             I
             begun
             ,
             
               the
               Lord
               rebuke
            
             them
             .
          
           
             
               DRA
               .
               LOCNIL
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48813-e1470
           
             Reas.
             1.
             
          
           
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             (
             Words
             most
             injurious
             to
             the
             very
             Nature
             of
             Parliaments
             .
             )
          
           
             Reas.
             2.
             
          
           
             Reas.
             3.
             
          
           
             Assert
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.
             
          
           
             *
             Rev.
             11.