Sherlockianus Delineatus: OR, THE CHARACTER of a Sherlockian occasioned By Dr. Sherlock's late Book, or Reasons for taking the Oath of Allegiance to their Majesties K. William and Q. Mary.  
DR. Sherlock having, more especially of late, since his taking the Oaths, made so great a Noise in the World, and greater since the Publication of his Famous Book, or Reasons in Justification of his doing it, and there being already some, and like to be many more grave and serious Answers to him, 'tis hoped it may prove not a little divertive to give the true Character of a Sherlockian, whereby he may see how he looks himself, and others, how they like him.  
There are three Ingredients then that go to the making up of a true Sherlockian, viz. Pride, Obstinacy and hypocrisy; to which may be added a fourth, viz. Enthusiasm, which may be not a little admired at in one, who accounted every one an Enthusiast that had more Sanctity than himself; or that had any measure of the Holy Spirit, to whose Operation he was a Stranger, and so derided at it in others. As for his Pride, it proceeds from a Self-conceit of his Parts, which boils up to such a height, that at length it breaks forth into the Itch after Popularity, a Disease almost incurable among some of the Clergy. As for his Obstinacy, it will in a short time dissolve in a sufficient quantity of Aurum Fulminans, and in the true Aqua ●egalis of Self-Interest and Convenience. And ●… hen to conceal the suddenness of the unex●… ected Dissolution, hypocrisy is ready at hand ●… ith an Expedient to instruct him how to steer ●… etween Scylla and Carybdis, with the Ballast of a ●… illiamite in Tongue and a Jacobite in Heart. ●… ut then for his Enthusiasm, 'tis apparent, in ●… at he resolves all into God Almighty's imme●… ate Act; that he sets up Kings, and pulls down ●… ings, without any hand of the People in it; ●… at Kings are Jure Divino, immediately from ●… odd, without the Choice or Consent of the Peo●… e; and that when we have a Wicked Prince, ●… o breaks the Law and subverts the Govern●… ent, we must not resist him, for he is settled 〈…〉 God's Authority; but tho' we have a mind to 〈…〉 rid of him and free ourselves, we must not 〈…〉 the Means that God has put into our Hands 〈…〉 do it, but must leave it all to Providence; 〈…〉 which to Expect, is an Enthusiasm beyond Venner's, who relied upon One's chasing a Thousand, &c. but He will not allow so much as one to stir, or resist, tho' the Knife is at their Throat, upon pain of Damnation: O the mighty Charm of Sherlockian Enthusiasm! And in this Luxuriancy of his Exalted Soul, He takes pleasure to claw his Itch after Popularity by affectation of a Name, like that of Loyola, St. Francis or St. Dominick. And now we talk of Loyola, the Sherlockian and the jesuit may shake Hands together, in regard they both are well-skill'd in Double-dealing, and both pretend to the Stating of Questions between Sovereign Princes: Only there wants the Contrivance of a Monthly-Meeting, to see the whole Gang of his Admiers walk Chicken-a-Chicken-a-train-tro, by Couples, first to a Sermon, and then to a Feast at Merchant-Taylors-Hall, for the Honour of their Leader.  
A Sherlockian may be said to and like a wicked chirurgeon, that with one Hand pours balsam into a tender Wound, and with the other strews Euphorbium upon it, to fester it, and prolong the Cure: And thus he refuses the Oath to King William to heal King James's wounded Claim; and then takes the Oath, to the end he may have a plausible Pretence to wound King William's lawful Right. Thus, as our Watermen, he looks one Way and Rows another, and is like the sergeant in Q. Mary's days, Tam pro Querente, tam pro Defendente; but he so Orders the Matter, that he may lose the Cause he seems to pled for; and so you may compare him to some Seas that by the shore at a distance seem to have good bottom, but when you come to faddom 'em, there is no Anchor-hold.  
A thorough-pac'd Sherlockian will swear to a Popish Prince the first Minute of his Accession to the Throne, and is one of the first that will lend his hand to led the Idolater up the Steps to it; though he cannot but know that by the Law a Papist ought not to inherit the Crown of England, and that therefore as good a House of Commons as we have had in England, Voted his Exclusion. And when this Popish King is settled, 〈…〉 couch and lie down like Issachar under the burden of a severe Bondage, Preaching up and Practising Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance, tho' he acts never so Arbitrarily, and Infringes Liberty and Property; nay, and the Protestant Religion too never so much: He is the Lords Anointed, and must not be touched or resisted upon Pain of Damnation. Yet for all this Doctrine, this politic Sherlockian has so much Cunning amid his bigotry, as not to assist his Popish King, when opposed by our Deliverer: Tho' that we are delivered is no thanks to him, since he would not resist the Oppressor, nor assist our Deliverer. When this Protestant Prince, and our gracious Protector is acknowledged by the Nation in general, represented in full Convention and Parliament, this proud and conceited Sherlockian will not own him; but gives it as his Opinion not to be over hasty( in doing ones duty as he accounts it now) in taking the New Oath of Aliegiance to him: and good reason for his delay, because his late Master K. James had a formidable Army in the Field, and he knew not on which side Providence would cast the success: But when he sees his late K. James's Army broken by his Majesty King William's Victory at the Boyn, then he wonders how any one can refuse it, and straight becomes as pure a Williamite by being dipped in those Waters, as any Jew is a Christian after dipping in Jordan. And thus 'tis apparent what will open the eyes of a true Sherlockian, the Waters of the Boyn are the only Waters that could have this effectual Operation upon his Sight: They are beyond the Womans Urine that never knew any Man but her own Husband, which cured the blind Egyptian King, as Herodotus tells the Story. The Waters of Jordan were never more effectual to cure Naaman's Distemper, than the Waters of the Boin to wash away the leprosy of a Jacobite Conscience. O! the Power and Efficacy of the Waters of the Boin. He was secretly concerned, that is to say, vexed in his Heart, that some, not many, of his old intimate Cronies had taken the Oaths: And tho he refused to take 'em, he never engaged in any Faction against it; nor ever made it his Business to dissuade men from it, any more than when his Opinion was asked, to declare his own Thoughts, viz. That all were perjured who took 'em: Which I believe few doubt had greater Influence on his Admirers,( who were none of the wisest, seeing they could be influenced by him, in opposition to the great Body of the Nation, Lords and Commons, and the greatest and best part of the Bishops and Clergy, &c.) to hinder 'em from taking the Oaths then, than all his Reasons, grounded on such absurd Principles, can have on 'em to take 'em now, especially when this Declaration of his own Thoughts, was backed and confirmed by his own Example of refusing 'em for above a year together.  
A genuine Sherlockian has the Arrogance to think himself wiser and Honester than any of his Brethren; for he proudly declares, That he does not know, that he has given any just Occasion to the World, to mark him out for a Dishonest Man or a Fool: Tho how he can be excused from being both, I can't see, when he does in effect call all those Rebels who resisted the late King James, and Assisted in bringing in his present Majesty King William. And how he can be Wise or Honest, that renounces not the Principles of that Foolish, Knavish, and Enslaving Doctrine of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance, I can't understand: A Doctrine, which if it had been preached and practised by others, as much as by the Sherlockians, would have impeded our Happy Revolution, more than all the King's Forces could have forwarded it; and so left us groaning under the Tyrannical yoke of Popery and Sherlocism.  
To sum up all, a right Sherlockain will live in every Air, side with every Government, and comform to all sorts of Revolutions: He will be an Advocate for the Great Mogul, the Grand signior, the French King, Count Teckley, or any other Prince or Potentate whatsoever; without respect to his Title, if he gets but once into possession: He believes that Oliver was as well settled in his Protectorship, as King William on his Throne, by Gods Authority: and so he blames his Loyal Ancestors for not swearing Allegiance then, as much as he does those who refuse to do it to King William now; by which he looks asquint on our present Government under his Majesty King William, as if i●… had no more Legal Foundation than that. I●… short, as the Heathens, and loser sort of Pr●…tenders to Christianity, adore good Fortune 〈…〉 the Female Sex; so our Sherlockian, because h●… would not seem to make his Courtship to 〈…〉 Harlot, worships her in the Male Sex, by th●… name of the Prince in Possession: and inded●… 'tis no wonder that a Disciple of the Master 〈…〉 the Temple should admire eleven Points of t●… Law, and resolve to be Vicar of Bray stil●… But upon the whole matter, 'tis apparent th●… the compliance of a Sherlockian is only forc●… by the necessity of self Interest, and comfor●…ble Importance; and therefore we may co●…clude with Hudibras,  

He that recants against his Will,  
Is of the same Opinion still.   
THE END.   

LONDON, Printed, for the Author, and are to be sold by most Booksellers. 1690.