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- T is very obfervab'le that Calvin and Loyola were ContempOraries, and much
about the fame time that the firi’t Ereéted the Geneva Confifimjy the «z-thcr F oun-
ded the Society of the JESUITES; and I. think Without breach of Charity,
_' ‘ 'cOnfidering it is to be iufiified by apparent matter of Faéi: , one may ‘fay too truly
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Their joynt defigia is to pull leWVn .
-. . . The Priefl, the Prelatc,,an‘d the Crown.

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- fHowinfirumentaithe Difguifed Jefuite ,was inith'e Contriving an'di-Eitecuting the
Ni Tragedy of thislfland,.-is averted by the Teliimo ' ..of a perfon fito'mrwhom the
Diffentens pretend, thatto differ, or disbcl'ieve-his Evi enee, is a Crime next to Capi-
tal: and yet all the art of man, and all the arguments that have been ufedto perfuade
them, *they'rfiillaétby the'very fame Principleshf the Jefuites , do-no more :affeét them
than if . they wereyidle Tales, and in nothingdoes the Witchcraft of Rebellion ' appear
more potent than in the charms it gives to- mensConfciences, whereby they become
Wholly invulnerable, and'irot to be touched with the molt pointed "truths.

There is nothingfo {acredin Humane Society as a folemn Oaths this is the founda-é
tionl'of. Leaguesand. Commerce, the end oiStrife, and the cement of Friendfhips, the-
Bond of Subjeé’ts Allegiance , and the :fecutity'of the Sovereigns Government, Re-
move once this antient Landmark, and Humane Society is diffolved 5 for there {can be
no‘Faith, no Trul’t, where Oaths become weak,fufpe6ted, or not regarded :- Jet‘aloufies
and eternal Sufpicions will like Vultures gnaw the Soul of the Prince, and likeSerpents,
lodgein the bofoms of the People, divorce their Afleéiions, difi'raét their Counfels,
divide their lnterefls, and introduce all the miferies and mifchiefs-which attend abroken
and disioynted State. - ‘ - t ; . . J . .

, For corrupting thisFountainof Honor andHonefly, Truth and Juflice, andvprofli-
tuting the reputation of Religion, while they make it only a Panda 'to Luff, Interefl‘
and Arnbition, the-Jefuitesate molt defervedlyinfamous, and by all fober men even of
the Rotniih Religion, .efle‘emed the Pefls of Chrii’eenclom , hated and detelied as Rene— .
gadoes from Truth. .__ ;; ; .- ._; - .

And what is the Jefuites Crime in this particular . but undoing the credit and efleem
of Solemn and Sacred Oaths, while they teach the Doélrines of Evalions, Equivocati-
ons and Mental Refervations. to be lawful), by which means they may take any Oaths,
{wallow any Tetis, outwardly protelt one thing, and yet mean another , eyen dircétly
comrarzy.

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Should any pe'rfon have charged this Guilt upon Proteftant D-iffetiters a and thofe
who would be thought the bell of them, guides of the Blind , ini‘t‘ruéte‘rs of the Igno-
rantg'a‘n‘d the very {alt of the Earth, hewould find as little credit-with- theirrnifledPro
felytes, as if he {hould charge them with Mahometanifm or Heatheniih Idolatry. But
Ex are tun, Out of thy awn mouth will I 'judge thee, thou wicked firmnt. And if 1 make
it plain that thefe blind Guides are leading their ,blinder Difc’iples into the Ditch of Po-
pery, and the deepefi of it Jefuitifm, to the overthrowing of Society, .and, not only
the Protel‘tant, but all true Religion, I hope it may be a means to reclaim many from

their pernicious ways, and if the charity of the defign (hall failin relcuing them “9!.“ '

perditidn, yegityill returntin‘tgymfown bofom, and I thall 'thereby'both @tisfie my
own confchniee‘ atjd delivei my'fifdulgffiOm being aeceflary by? finfulhlenee to"‘;tlfi:eir
eternal rufiiei' -‘ eare obliged to themfbr the’clear difcovery of this their ‘J‘efuitieal
Doé'trine, in a fheet of Paper, Printed the lal‘t year about the time of Eleétiou of She2
riffs for London and Middlefex; and no perfon' taking notice of it , they have upon the
fame occafion Reprinted and Publiihed that Paper, with fuch Evafions, as, if allowed for
found Doe’trine, will enable all perfons,_Papilis, Diilenters, or whatever enemies the Go-
vernmentmay have, to take any Olaths, and yet avoid the Obligations of them; ‘~‘
TheP-aperis called The Sheriff Cali, and the defign'ot‘ it is , notonly- toperfuade

the Candidates for the 0; ice of Sheriffs for London and Middlefix, but all other Difl‘en- '

ters from the Church of England, that they may lawfully capacitate themfelves for all
Otiices'of Aldermen, Sheriffs, (he by'taking (h? 03th for the» Regulating 0f Capo??-
tions; for'fo the Quellion is itatedfin the Title: - ’ - -- ‘ ‘

Ifuppofe th‘emNon-conforming' Minil’ters by; their talking of) iE'difying ,. and indeed
they have edified 'us‘EXCe‘edingly; for having laid it down as .a'Rule, that an .Oathis't‘o
be taken in the fenfe of the Laniver, the Margin correéts‘ this truth, and inforinszdu
that to this Rule there is a double extreme: the tirl‘t is , of thofe who think it is to be
taken literally, and this they tell you-his too rigid; for then weflhall {train at all Oaths.
The fecond, is of thofe, who if‘they‘can Frame any interpretation ofit that is but rea—
fonable, think they may take the wotdsin .thatfenfe and’beifatisfied : and this they fay
is fo loofe, that nothing can'ibe impofed but. welhall {wallo.wit.. {This I defire the Rea-
der to take particular notice of, in regard itis the, perfeét Doc‘ltrine of the Jefuitesx, and
though here difilaimed by‘thefe JefuitessinlDil'guifl: gamete fiiall' fee theitittholedrift
of the Paper, is to quit the too rigid litteral fenfe of the Oath , tand'fix'upo'n itian‘ in;
terpretation, and mere Jefuitical Diabolical Evafion, by the‘help‘of' which theyima’y';
take any thingithat is impofed.‘ ' ‘ = ‘ :

There is-rmthing more undoubted than that all-framers of Oaths to be imported by
Law, detign they lhonld be taken in the lifer‘aHEhfe and no Other §‘arid unlefs this be"
granted, all Oaths are vain and ufelefs: 'for if the Oath dOth {gainly‘exprefs the fenfe
of the Compilers and Legillators in its- words’and letters, which certainly muii be'their
intention, then according to thefe mens ailertion the literal [mic is the will-of? the Law-
givers,and {0 it is to be taken they con‘fefs 2 and to fay it has any other meaningaor is cao'
pable of any other interpretation than the plain literal common meaning of the WOdeals
to accufe the Legiflators offolly,as not knowing how to exprefs their lenfe without am-i
biguity, and to render the Oath, by reafon of its ambiguity and doubtful Enfe, unlaw-
ful to be taken in Veritate, judicio (9r jtdfitifi, in Truth, Judgment, and Righteoufnefs,
which no doubtful Oath can be, and at belt to render it ufelefs, by leaving ‘it to the
interpretation of the Taker, whole fenfe (though he believes it to be the fenfe of the
Lanivers, which they make the true medium between the former extremes) may be
far ditfcrent , if it follows not the letter of the Oath, from the (craft: of the Impo-
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What the fenfe of the Legiflators was in impoiing this Oath, and that they—intem
ded it lhould betaken in the plain and littetal meaning of the words will be evident
both from the Proem of the AC}, and from the reafon of impoling it. The Proem or
Preamble of the Ad? runs thus , And to the end that the Succeflion in fuch Carporation:
"fay!" mryi probably perpetuated in the hand: of perfimr well afieaed to bi: Majejfiy and the
12'1d51i/7'I6d Government , it being too well known, that notwithfl'anding” all his Majeflie:
Endtdl'ourt, and unparallel’d Iudulgence in pardoning all that i: pajt , unmhelefi ma”); evil
mm are jtill working ', wherefore for prevcntion of the like mzflthieffar the time to come,
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Now the Hifiory will explain this, and the matter of Faéi informs'us of the reafon
of this AC? of Parliament, which was a precaution, for the Peace of the Nation, and
the Eliablilhed Government in Church and State. There were a fort of People, of
whom it is very probable the Authors of this Paper might be fome, who having entred
intoa folemn League and Covenant without and againl'i the confent of the King for
the extirpation of Popery sdid under that notion aboliih Epifcopacy and the Eliablilhed
Church,and thereby ruin a third Efiate of the Kingdom, as the Bifhops are proved to
be, by the Author of the Grand Qieliion, and others beyond all anfwering a thef e men,
Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptifts and other Seetaries, after they had entred into
this unlawful ( as this Paper confellts it) Combination, railed an Army, feized the
Kings Forts, Ships, Magazines, and made Waragainl’t their Sovereign 5 and to take off
the Odium of doWnright Rebellion, they by the help of the Jefuits received an old
traiterous Polition of the Spencer;~ condemned in two Parliaments, That a defenfive
War was lawful, and that they fought not againl‘t the Kings Authority, but his evil
Counfellors, and by diflinguiihing between‘the Perfon and the Office of the King,
they made it lawful to fight againfl his Perfon‘s pretending that at the fame time that
his Perfon was at Kinton, Nafehy, or Oxford, his Authority was with the two Houfes of
Parliament; and thus by firii dividing his Subjeéts from him,their Duty and Allegiance,
and then dividing his Authority from his Perfon, they fo far prevailed, that at the hit
by the mofi execrable Murder that ever the Sun faw, except thatfrom which he hid his
face by a miraculous Eclypfe, they divided his Head from his Body; overturn’d the
whole Frame and Conflitution of the Government, banilhed the King that now is,
( whom God preferve) brought in Arbitrary, power, and Eiiabliihed a Common;
Wealth or F ree-State, as they were pleafed to call the mofi horrid Slavery that ever the
generous Englijh groaned under. '

But» the Nation growing weary of their infupportable Tyranny,,and their ambition
breaking the Tyrants into F aél’ions, Providence miraculoufly reflored tous our Graci-
0115 Sovereign, and with him our ancient Laws, Liberties and Religion; and his
Majefly, the molt merciful Prince that ever wore the ,Brz’tifh Diadem, with an unex-
ampled clemency, even beyond the hopes of the Criminals, many of which had with-4
drawn themfelves into Foreign parts, was gracioufly pleafed by a General A6: of Oh-
livion to pardon all who had been in a€tual Rebellion againfi him and his Royal F ather,
and reflore them to all their Lives, Liberties, Eflates, Charters, Immunities and Fran-t
chifes which they had forfeited to the Jufliee ,of the, Law; nor were any excepted
from this extenfive mercy befides the Murtherersof’ hisFather.’ _ I ‘ ,

Had nor there Dilienting Seetaries been the” moi} ingrateful Race of men in the
whole. World, or were they capable of being obliged, fo much goodnefs, and the warm
Sunihine of Royal Bounty would have obligedthem to throw off the Cloak. of Mali—
croufnefs, and have rendered them the moli dutiful and loving Subjeéts 5 for according
to our Saviours Rule, They to whom much irforgiven, one would think, jhauld .loye much,
but fo far were they from the leaii pr0pen£ities of good Nature and Ingenuity, Thar
like the Dog they returned to their V omit, and like the Saw that that war/heel to their wallowing
in the Mire , and having got the feeurity of a Pardon, they be un to air over again and
repeat their former Guilt, and who fo bufie as the Difcontente evil Spirits the Seaaries,
to poifon the minds of his Majeliies Subjeéts with falfe Principles, Fears and Jealoufres,
the Original and Source of the late Rebellion, and to alienate the afl'eétions of the
Peeple from their natural Liege. Lord and Sovereign.

The King and Parliament obfcrving this, did in their Wifdom indeavour to obviate
the growing mifchiefs and knowing the dangerous influence the difloyalty of Corpo-
rations, whofe Reprefentatives compofe the more numerous part of the Houfe of Com-
mons might have upon the publiclt Peace,did in their Wifdom provide this Law to
prevent mifchief for the timeto come, by keeping the Government of Corporations
fuccelfively in {rich hands, as might be of different Principles from thefe Diffenrers;
Friends to his Majcfly, and the Efiablilhed Government in Church and State; and in
plain Englilh s to Exclude all fuch as thought thcmfclves under any obligation from
that wicked Covenant,or that it was lawful upon any pretence whatever to take up
Arms againfi the Kings That is, to keep out all DiiTenters, whofe Principles thefe

were, and whofe Practices had been fuitable, from any. {hare in the Government of

Corporations; and to difcriminate fuch Seflaries, as avoid the Communion of the
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Ellablflhed Religion, from others who own and embrace it, and its Principles of Loy-
alty, by this Tell or Oath, the plain. literal meaning of which obviates the Principles
of Famous DilTenters. ,' ' . ' ; ’ .

Now comc- your Proteflant Jefuites,'anel tell their Credulons Difciples, whom they
have made Enemies to the Efiablilhed Religion under the notion of Popcry, as they did
before, and it is to befufpefied hy theirfe'ditious Libel's, are no friends either toll-is
Maiefiy and the Monarchy, or EliabliihddGovernment,thefe men of Difpe‘n fition tell
them, True it ia, the Defign of the 116? we: to kgepyou out if place: of Yrafl 2'11 Corporatéemj
but there i! afineeeflit} that nowymfbould gee in,For fay they, page 4. It i: of great concern'at
rbia time. that fuck mboldS/oenfr wboare willing to deny their 0% advantage for the fake
of the fablique 5 audit it yet of greater aoncem,tbat by the ”Hi/hing our groandy foi- their
fatiyfaéirlon,many in dzji‘rej} about the Oxford Adi may be relieved, and a may opened for ”’4’5‘
of the like fabliantial Citizen: of known Pfety, Loyalty and Abiliiy‘tobe brought into Corpo-
ration: throughout the Nation, to the great fervice of the King and Kingdom; ‘ This. very
Speech betrayes them to be Galileam, for the good of the King and Ki: gdom was all the
pretence of the late Rebels,of 'whomitiStnbe luppofed theft: are {on}: reliquesa all
they did was for the good of the King and Kingdom , they took the Protellation, the
Covenant, Allociatcd, Rebelled,raifed Taxes, Plundre‘d, Murdered all that they could,
that oppofed them, andeven the King himfelt‘ at lall, for the good of the King and
Kingdom 5 and thele men of Piety and Loyalty who are in fuch Dilirefs about the
Oxford Adi, who are to be brought into Corporationsfor the ter‘vice of the King and
Kingdom 1 who 3”? theyrbut-tfie very perfons whom thc'King and Parliament, the
Wildom of the Nation, for the preferyationof publique‘ Pita“, and the lafety of the
Government, thought neceflaiy by thofe A613 to be kept out of Corporations?

Such who it may be have not been at Church this 15, 16 or 20 years, who are made
believe by thefe the“ Teachers, ‘7 55? t6 ioyn with the Congregations in Common-
Prayer is unlawful, that to kneel at the Sacrament is Idolatry, that the Common-Prayer
is notheg but the Mafsin Engkfi,-that Bilhnps are Antichriflian, and Lord-Bilhops m-
tolerable,-thatthe Reformatiomsimperw, that the Government is let to mtroducc
Popfly, that it walks the 3 tRm'ii-Qafldckagnd Circingles as that illiterate Fellow Care
hasltlnoneofhislhl ,' . . , .- they“: ”5930.230 Church are Cheetah Papilfl,
“Minnie W W a?“ W "PM III-Paul 112:3» > ’ ’ own-3w, and 'rartimlerbr
mmemr,mJMW ea indemmer to gafmfi' oufzof common by" ebeir get-
“flg {be}? men of known PM} 4061 Loyalty infd’CorPor‘ztignL’ a: mayfl) far a: they Cd}: "[0104
or abate thefeverigy of the Ed”: oguinfl- Difl'eritm. So that it is clear, that the P6530 0f
the King and Parliament,“ of- fihflfe‘fldfiers gf Fit“??? and Di{ nfations, are
Myoppofiros ‘0'“de f sinten' _ flashy this stir and Abre-
Mailer“? the Covenant, comp , , ,‘mm of 0' 45min fiery and Loyalty out of

e; theirs is, in ‘fpitc of Levi and Confcien'ce to bfing them in, 5' now) Whe-
ther the King and Parliament who were for keeping them nut, or theft: Fellbws, who
before hclp’d to fubvert the Government, and have once been! pardoned {Or it, and are
whinging them in, are bell Judges Mtge isbefi for the {entice of the King and King-
dorm! ehirdr needs no determination, ‘ ’ ' g ‘

We“! but in they mullconic, into Corporations throughout the Nation, though it
be ogainli the Winof the King, and the Intention of the Law; thelc great Diaarors
fayit isfoe (hegreat ferviceof the King and Kin dom, and their little Popelhips are
infallible ; and becaufe there is no coming in wi out taking the Oaths, and no taking

. them in the fl-riét and literal (cock, out tonnes a Difpenfation from thefe men of Au-

thority to relieve the many h-Diflrd’s shoot the Cor ration A35. .

- Ida verily believe thefc men have not taken thefc . arbs thernfelves, and [do further
believe they think them unhWFul; they confefs it in the literal fenfe, p. 4. and though
their Sheet comes out with! Murine Comedian“, that is only as the Pope grants Dif—
pczfuiohse‘o others to take Carl’s, whichvhc thinks unlawful and would nOt take him-
(el . . , .. . . ‘

But pay lee osfce how they handle the matter to make the Oath go down.

Tmnrn elaofeof the Oath thcfcis no difficulty inlay they, for any objcétiOn may be
NM!“ 5'1"“?! “I’m RRM‘i-Ao 3- ma (mar that 3 halo it unlawful to raise
053%th MO the it ( orhis flightful Government) upon any pretence lobar:
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titremote from the meaningof the Legiflators? have thefe into either Sence or Con-
fcitnce? The Oath is pofitive as words can make it, that it is unlawful upon any pre—_
fence Whatfoever, to take Arms againft the King. Aly fay Mr. Interpreters, That is true,
"but th—z‘ntelligz’tnr by the King ( or his Rightful Government ) that is, you may f wear
to a contradiction, and yet {wear true ; you may {wear that you hold it unlawful to take
up Arms againti the King upon any pretence whatfoetrer, and at the fame time, that you
believe it is lawful to take up Arms againl’t him, under pretence that his Government is
not Rightful,fo that you {wear with a direé’c contradifiiOn againli all pretC’nces, and
yet witha Refervation of one pretence, and fueh an Evalion, as no perfons who had
been pardoned for one Rebellion would have made, but they 'who intend by this to
fltelter their Confciences, and prepare them for a fecond. ‘ '
Why, pray who {hall judge of his. Rightful Government? or does not this Oath 0h«
lige all that have taken it abfolutely, are they not periored if upon any pretence whate
foever'they take up Arms againft the King? Is not flaying they meant his Rightful Go-
vernment a pretence, a mere Evafion and contradiél'ion to the (knife of the Oath? are
not the words any and whatfliever fuch Univerfals, as eXclud-e all exceptions and limi—
tations, all interpretations, and even that of your Rightfnl Government. ‘ _
To reduce the matter into F aft, we will fuppofe one of thefe men of Piety and
Loyalty at the head of a CQmpany, or Regiment, for the great fervice of the King and
Kingdom, to indeavour by force of Arms to extirpate Popery and RefOrm the Church
and States come I to him, and with all becoming humility, reprefent to him the danger
of Perjury : Sir, You have taken a folemn Oath, calling the God of Heaven and Earth

to witnefs, that you did believe it unlawful to take up Arms againft the King upon any)

pretence whatfoever, and yet now you are in aé’tual Arms againfi his Majetiy, how will
you efcape Damnation? to which he replies in form fcornful Indignation, Fellow, I
am not to he infiméied hyyou, I am new in Arm: to pull down the Whore of Babylon that
man of ' S in, tofet up the Kingdom Qf j’efiu Chijl,nnd what I [were I am now about to 12er-
form,fbr I f more that it was unlawful to take up Am: again]? the King upon any pretence
whatfoemr; the King, that it hit Rightfitl Government, hat the King would have m Governed
by Bilhopr, and that 2': not Rightfnl, hnt Antichri/linn-Government,fit that I take not zap AI?!“
again/l the King, but for him and hi: Rightfnl Government. - A '
Thus by {wearing according to the Interpretation of this jefuitical DifpenfatiOn,
and avoiding the literal fence of the Oath,_a man may without perjury by the help of
this Evafion aét direétly contrary to the Tenour and Intention of the Oath and the
Legiflators, who impofed it, to £26th Govemmem in Church and State againl‘t tlt
attempts of any perIbns under any pretence wh'atfoever,who {hauld fbr the time to ctff'lc
take up Arms againfi the King“, and allow but this liberty of Interpreting Oathgflfi1
fayin g you verily believe this is the meaning of the Legiflators, and an Oath will '8‘“"
fie juli what the taker pleafes, andthat is jufl nothing : Thus [hall a Papifl tak? all the
Oaths and Tells intended to fame the Government againfi- Pepery, and yet no“ , If
them, though he indeavousrs to introduce that Refighra for by this Rule rvl' {wearing
according to the literal meaning, which is too rigid, but according to th‘ Interpreta-
tion which he believes is the (mic of the Law-givers, when he fwens Aflcgmnca or
Supremacy to the King, that is his Rightful Government. And if fills be "0‘ Pullmg
down the Walls of our Troy, to kt in the Wooden Horfe With hi! belly full 0f Prftfis
and jefuites, Icannot tell what is; and the Government is certaitly infiflifd)’. Ob“ 55‘
to thefl: Protefiantt Jefuites for difmantling its Fortifications, and taking away the 0. ll-
gation of Oaths,- and thereby the poliibility of diflinguiflrhrg Friends from Enemies;
(or by this changing of Armour with the Jefuites, both may enter fecure and harptizc
the Town .- ’Tis but as ’tis {worn they have done, putting on the chfgurfe of Pro-
te’t‘raiu-Diifenters, and the bufinefs is. done. .,

Murmur Clypeor, Dmmque infignt'a whit
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In the Margin they put two Cafes, the full of a Princes attempting a Virgins Challi:
ty is frivolous. the other of fuppofinga Princedelignstoruine his Country, or alie‘-:
nate his Kingdom, they anfwer in this Cafe, they are not to return Violence Upon his
Perl'on for all that, and as for his Officers, Followers, or Armies, thefolution follows ,,
in the next claufe. The lal‘t Rebels fought rot againl’t the King in his liolitick, but
his perlonal capacity, and fo by their Doctrine, when they cut off the Ht ad of Charla:
Stewart, they never hurt the King. But now the Sand, the quickiand of Rebellion
is lhifted to the other lide of the Channel, and there’s no Violence to be olfered to the
Kings perfon: Oh! that all of a fuddain is become Sacred and lnvulnerable with
them, but then his Authority mufl go to wrack : fo that a King, as they have divided
him, mull one half of him be fore to fuller; And I pray who you have difarmtd him
of his Authority, what is a Kirg but aNoble Pageant? once take away jupz'terr
Thunder, and his Altars will find as few Sacrifices, as his Temples Worlhipers 3 Where
westward of a King is, rbereir power, that is, Authority is an infeparable and incom—
municable prerogative of Sovereignty 5 but our DilTenters are Wifer than Solomon, and
can take away power, and yet leave the King fafe and found, this Doéirine like light‘
ning melts the Sword and leaves him only the Scabbard of Authority; for pray what
is the meaning of the folution of the fccond claufe'? ’

And I do abhor, ( That is difown or difclaim) that Traiterous Polirion, of taking
Arms by his Authority againlt his perfon, or againfl any Comm l‘fionated by him.
That is, fay they, legally Commiflionated by him in the legal purfuit of fuch Como
millions. ' . a .. .

Oblerve pray, firfi here is a Parenthelis upon the word aAbbor, Oh ! ’tis a fad thing
to be an Abborrer, a man may fuller Martyrdom in Efligie upon (lueen Elizabeth’s day
for being an Abborrer ; but pray why fo loft words as your Parcnthelis of difown and
difclaim ? may not that which a man {wears is Treafon be Abborrea’? Why fuchfavour
to a Traitcrous Polition, that it muft only be difown’d and dilclaim’d? Oh dear old
acquaintance which has done them fuch fervrce! if it mull fall lctit fall gently! requi-
efcant malliterqfl'a, the bones of the god old caule mul’t be gently treated. But the

- [1911'an of the Arrow liesherc, in the. Interpretation, legally Commiffionated, and
~1€galplirfuitof (itch Commilfions 3 tor here is‘a Sally-port for Rebellion to enter at,

thu, 6W1; limits: ’twas thmghctand intended barricaded all the Gates and ,
Kite again“ it. ' This is indeed fuch a Jefuitical: Eva‘fio’n and” Refervation upon '
he, ::,'th;fthat I do not wonder to hear them thank God the moli fcrupulous man may
{Jolv'edly' take this Oath 3 for I dare lay, even Oliver Cromwell might fafely with this
imitation fet up for Sheriff or Alderman and take the Oath.
,' for, {ayes 015w, look youfientlemend have been as great a Villain as any of you
in generation, butthc King has pardoned- rne, ard I- have a mind tobe at the old

. Tfodgfikrotea’or again; which I mull firll do by getting into an Office that may

ihfl"¢05;'alfi{t and encourage my Party; the truth is, here is a rigid Oath, which if
[do "9‘ m'c l mull be kept out, and if l‘takeit in the rigid literal fenfe, that IAlzbor
the "almou-Pofition, (re. I mull be periur’d and damtf'd ', 'but d’ye mark me Gentle-
men, there isa htdium between the two extreams, and Ibeliev’e the meaning of the
chmamrs was tits“ thougbthe rigid literal fenfe feems to contradiélt it, and to deal
thly With you Wil not l'crve our purpolc ) .that to Albe taking up Arms againfl
‘he Kidg” 0‘ any Conmillionated by him is only meant fuch as are legally Commiflio-
natedby himin thcl lpurfuitof {uch Commiflioners, but pray obferve me, if the
King intends to ruineciht Countrey by thefe Guards which are fo illegally kept up and
Commillionated by him, he Law. givers never intended to fet up Arbitrary power by
this Oath, and therefore if I take it Arms againl’t his Officers, Followers, of Armies,
who are nor legally Commiflionatc by him, nor do legally purfue 'fuch Ccmmilfions, '
the Oath does not at all rellrain me and you, my fellow Souldiers, to dcfend our Lives,
Liberties, Property, and the true Protefiant Religion againlt them: as for the King
(and here methinks [fee him clap his hand upon his breat’t ) God forbid I {hould re-
turn Violemc to his perfon, no,lhave (wow that [hold it unlawful to take up Arms
againllthc King, ( that is his Rightful Government ) upon any pretence whatfoever‘,
But here are a Company of rude indigent yotangcr Brothers, Penfioners, Popilhlyo
atfeélcd-Torics, Malqueradcrs, who being incouraged by the tantivy fur: Diving/tr,
the Lawn Sleeves,(.alfock and Circingles, would fet up Arbitrary Government and
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i . theCommon-prayer-tha’t abominable Porridge, ,r’fglow, Gentlemen fellow‘ ..Sr.t1leliers,

thongh 3:01;“;111411. haveallifvt’orn we wdifim’m kind". dlfclaim ( for \I, cannot: (y Ahhor ) -.
that traitcrousiPOfitionof takmgArms byhis Majeliies}Authority. 'a'gailr‘lt hisp‘e'rl‘on,
orany'Comtnimonated by'hit'n mpmfintof fuch, 'Coifirnimons‘,‘.iwhieh Oath 11min.“
GOdi had noifaehvferuplesahotit; asifiéme Of‘yogr Ql'titiiienrconftienc d .‘fe‘llOWS‘haVe, .
but took it refolvedly, in. this («ligand that. 'Witsqthe fenfe QEIhC Legiflamrs , asl' Verily -

' believe, thatit wasonly meant offeieh as are legally {i orntfi'ifliohated, ajnd‘in legal; per-
fuit of thefe‘Comrniflionsleht an {aid before,iththeC‘ommil‘fimis areillegal and ille-
gally pnrfued reintroduce Arbitrary. Power and Popery , and .thertfore , gargairnfi 'thcfe
Officers, Followers, ”andiAfrmies; of. the King," You may andgmmt fight lawfully, and ’tis
no RebelliOn nor Perjury,but {hr the great Serviee of wetting andKingdom, ‘ ' ’

Thu-S is this excellent intention of fecuring the pUbliek‘Peaee‘_and Ci'fety if the. ~00;

vernment, and preventing Rebellion for the timeftocome under any pretence-s ,Wh,atfo~
ever, which was the intentir m of the Oath, entirely defeated, lay-Ia littlejeluites'Powdcr
given by the Diderrtirig Dofiors,.«wh'o Will cure the mofl gagged Conference (“flallfit—s
hot and cold fits, quakings and fhiv,erings'at:Peer1ry andDamnation, bYtWoor three
Parenthefis, of Rightfnl Governmeht,inl’tead ofthe rigid literal word King , ' andfllegn/ly
Commiffioned in the legal, purfm't of fetch Commifliont ,t infiead of fan); Coinenifli'tnnted,i'in
purfitit of fuchCommzflionJ, 3 ' V - . ; , , , ,1 . '_ . _ ’ 4-,,
And, I pray what Government Can he fate or feeure if folemn and faered, Oaths, {edi-
ling God to witnel's between them for the truth and fincerity of their intention‘s ,1 triay
be-thus eafily evaded, and mens confeiences feared, with this red hot iron againfi the
horrid fin of Perjury ? ' . -. ' . , . ?
There is no Oath but atlthis rate, the greatefl Villains may take if 3 31551 yetpllrfue
his Villany, the greatefi Rebel‘may {wear it , endiyet perlill either o'biiinate'lyhj aéhiai
Or feeretly in the intentional defign Of Rebellion." ‘ h ' " ' ' ' ' '

I would gladly now be inference! how it is 130511316 for the deernmenteiifher toei-
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tlrpate Popery or fecure us agarn‘l’tlt, We have longlaboufed :under}h¢5dtfl3culty ofthe
Jefiriteg flipping their necks. outof‘the Collar, oft e ,La'ws, bysEqu‘yncf‘twfis‘:«MfP‘a‘
Refervations and Evafions :, but their Dilienting Brethren ha'Ve'glveij" the'finilhing
flroke’ to the work, and have, by this cafe, brought {wearing to that.perfeetionhth'aggi
man may [a ear to palpable‘Contradiflions without feruple, or reindfifi 0f COhféifihCC,
Or danger Of Perjury. ’ "’ ‘ ' “ ' ' '

You have heard Oliver harangue in the Language and by the 'Prinhiples of th'éfg DH“.
falters” NOW “1311' you hear Nedcozeman , .by.,‘thc help dithere gains. ofiilldit'a‘nicé
from theCohfifiory, ontJ-do his'Declaration ,1 and prone himféif; aftr'qe‘_P§Q‘ta{g.{g;*§¢d
that he'int'cfids to keep out Poper .4. yet When he isf rerotved to bring it’ iti‘, we ref-g},
fays Ned,”‘that t‘hereir a Pefiilent é"? 1e which her long dominee'red’oher‘thefi Mrrthernpbrtt
of the‘world Which it to he fuhdued, and the, RoniZzn- Cdtholick'-_Apoflolick Religio‘n ,tojh‘e
E/tahIi/hed.‘ I Now this I can never hope to efeé‘f, unlqfl I; icdnferne', ’y [elf i771", beSécifg'tfigy
of S tote-5 hut thi: I ,mujf 'nbt’Ihépé'to do without 41458.2,1/79’04hbfi0f Alley}??? “42.93%“
mac}, ””4 $5114“ 4gi'i’llff'f4iiéfiéméflifl i071 -‘. Sheet '1 fig? threw}? the [item], ARI-1F," that i;
‘0" ”fit-'13 ”it???" the “twentieth “powwow-15,5194, that ro‘o too/"e threw:
midi/{W4} hetween thefe been extreme: 5 férI verily heliepe the f n]? 21nd meaning of theLfiw-

. giver: met to [home the "true" Religion! rend IVorfloi : hffijlmight‘y'GOd [gythaje goth}, died in
that fin]? I the‘h‘k GodI cén’withou't ‘firuple' flitear that i believe the King to‘he 314231801!
6008771473 and that 110 F ore’in 'Pome'r' "bar any jnrifdiéiion we? the King, thxt ii’ hit Right/ill
Government, which ought to he under the Pope : That there it no Tranfuhjta’ntintjon in f-bfi Sa-
crament.’ for there heing’no’Prie/I‘: among the-Hérht'gkp there~ eaér'hé no Trapfighyi;neigeinn ;
the: 2), I fused): ,all thefe a: they are intended to [game the 7M9 Edgy”.- Fz‘g “riding? the
Law-giver: could have no other' intention 5, ,and it itahfurd to think they had; They and I 1'"-
deed dimer 4 iliitle about the point of ,771m ReliinOn, :41, when! ’theg'DtflEnterr' [elfo do 3' hut
thnt 11': but 4‘t’rifle, and weagree'z’nthe main, :tmfm‘e Religion” to he jéenre‘d , Maintained,
propagated and defended .7 And thn’e‘gh I mufl taQchfie; CH?)??”4".30'1,04"”9 yetif i??? (34,, hut
get an Army of; Catholiclq into‘th’e F z'eld, We milljn‘ot‘ 'tc‘zfie'flg Armor Fight ngainfi‘ the King,
that it, hit ri’ htful Governrnent, or againli floggiLegaqy ‘Co‘hiniiflionated by him, hire only
again}? thofe p‘efi'len't Here'ticlg whaere Illegally: otntnigfion’ed,nndllfeqalgt ”"8“ 452,29???

nmifl'iont to ddhroy the True'Relt‘gien of, the HOD'CathéIiék APQ/onbzk' Roman Size, f :1 ”J ”if"
fir alte‘ring the Religion, fitted! heeerat'tempt thatr'ge 1x15; ego! Autlmi‘gzrffa'rhg.
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mm, which when we have overcome the Hereticl'q ,, we wil? ca?! tadiqufl’éj} thrfe' Heretical"

Bi1hnpr, Dean:,and Chapterr, and” hefl'ow them upon the Cathalieiq :' and [are we came: fail
in the Defign, having fir great a Party even among the” Dimmer: , who though they , may he.
do not mean exaalythe fame with m, yet'agree 2'21 Efieafling, theft Bifhopr Antiehrz'fl'ian anal
valatvful, and will lend ma hand to the pulling than: alumna: they did'hefore. However
if we'ean h‘ut [it the]? Hexetick: together by the cart, rat-have at Noble Hero within a‘ mile of
an Oak, who may jiep over the Ditch, and when both Parties have worried themfez'ver aim]?
to death, may part the frayhy conquering hath. ' ‘ -' .

Have n0t thefe Interpreters now think you {pun .3 fine tin-ed- on’t ? will not thefeef-
feéts of eluding Oaths, bollle‘ring Confciences, relieving Difirdies of their many Loy-
al and Pious men, conduce much to the fervice of the King and Kingdom, the peace
and fafety of the Church and State.

The ihort of the matter is this, we fee it‘ daily in theirPrints, in their Difeourfe , in

their Aétions, the Wifdom of the Nation, the King with the Advice and Confent of
hisParliamen't, by thefe Oaths intended to {rapport the Government by Monarchy in
the State, and the‘Hierarchy in theChurch, and to prevent their Ruine by a {econd‘
Rebellion, and by exdnding men of Dillenting Principles from any Power in Corpom,
tions, thereby to keep'them‘ out of Parliaments, and to prevent even that way the. at-
tempts of altering the Ellablifhed Frame and Conflitution of the Government by King,
Lords Spiritual andTemporal, and Commons; and that by the very literal fenfe of
thefe Oaths.

Now come om great Governors and Guiders of Confcienee , and teach their Difci-
les 3 way to elude the meaning oithefe Oaths, and thereby to get into Corporations 3'
ham thence to get into‘ the Hodfeof Commons, and there to endeavour thofe alterati-
ons they think fit and necell‘arys and if they can get a Party {trong enorJgh, and wicked
enough‘to take the Field, to avoid their!) tation of Rebellion , and the force of the
Oath Which they have (worn, that they old it unlawful upon any pretence whatfo-
ever ‘tb take up Arms againll the King, 67:. by thefe Evafions and Interpretations. .

‘ Thus are men taught to {wear direét contradiétionss for, faith the Sweater, ,I hold rt-
ttnlaw'ful upon any pretence whatfoever, and yetI hold it Iawfirl upon pretence that I
fighf'htit' "di’nif his Rightlu’l Govemm'ent. I abhor or difown,’ the. taking up Arms
agalnttttro e Corfimimbfiatefl by th‘eKing' in the legal purfuit of thofe Commiffionsa
but} donor abhor or difown Fighting againfl thoie that, are illegally Commifiionated
by'l'iim, .I. e. the Guards, or thofe who are illegally purfiaing thofe Comtnitfions. I
{wear that I Will nOt er ideavOur any alteration of the Government in Church or State,
thatis, as! am a private man 3 but I will as I am a‘ private man get into an Office In a
Corporation 'in Order tobe ehdten’tnto the Hobie of Commons , to endeavour the Re-
peal. of an Statutes againit Diflenret’s,‘ and‘thefe rigidCorporation Oaths , to help for-
ward the great Work of Reformation, by pur mg the Boole of Lords of the Biflrops,
the dead weight, and the Church of this Popi Service-Book. . . .

I Having thus levell’d the way,the dingrging of the Covenant is eafie; and indeed
the Obligation of that Oath exPires {hortly ; and ’twas thought few who had takenit,
if any, could be alive at the 25 of March 1682. but to a Wonder many are and are like
to be, God giving them a long time of Repentance, lwiflr they may make better, aft:
of it than hitherto they have done; and time they have in their high and mighty
iud ent in their Paper condemned that COnbinatiOn as unlawful, I give my fuflrage
for it fe‘ntence.

There are feveral Other things by the by which are crowded into this {beet of Paper
of "malicious influence Inpon the Government. ‘

As lirll, that by Parliament they mean one Corporation of Kings , Lord and Com-
inons, Which is to make the King only one of the three Efiates, and from thence to in-
feta ‘co-ordinac of Power. Now that this is dircétly contrary to Law and Reafon is
mot} evident : I'Xirll the Law makes three ERates in Parliament , whereof the King is
the Head, as may be (ten atlarge in the Grand Quill“; and 0th“ BOOks, and particu—
la”)! in the Statute or A& of Parliament held at IVg/iminfler the 23 of fan. 1 Rich. 3.
wherc'the three Ellatcs re cXprefly, with a, that is to fay) declared to be the Lords
Spiritual, TempOral,.and COWmoni- - Secondly a l.‘ is agamll Reafon , for the Parlia-
ment, that is, the threeEIiatcs may bedillolveds that is. “are to be at all, or to have
any Authority, andbe reduced to their private condition: and if the King he one of

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the three Eftates, he mufr be diifolved as well as the Other two : and let them have a care
of teaching thisfor Law or Gofpel, for fear of High Treafon. Nay their Predecelfors
were either more knowing or more honeliin this point: for if you had demanded of
them, who they fought for, they would have told you, for King and Parliament;
which had they been one Corporation, as they fancy, was non—fenfe 5 for it was only
for the Parliament, the King being only a part of it, and one of the three Eliates.

Secondly, To fhew us what they would be at, that it is lawful upon fome pretence to
take Up Arms againfi the King, they bring in David by the head and lhoulders, and tell
us he was aétually in Arms to defend himfelf againti Saul's Forces, which is diretflly
giving the lye to the Holy Gholi in the plain matter ofFaft 3 for he never made the leali
reliliance , but fled from place to place out of his Native Country, hid ltimfelf in
W 00d5 and Caves, and Rochsz and when Saal hunted him as a Partridge upon the
Mountains, never offered by three to attempt any thing againl’t him, or his Forecss but
it was very unlucky their telling us how his heart fmote him for cutting off the skirt of
Saul’s garments from whence we may be informed of the difference of the temper,
between their hearts and David’s, whofe Confciences, never yet fmote them for cut-
ting off one Kings Head, and another Kings Crown from his Head, which went a
little higher than the Skirts.

Thirdly, their infiance of Rahah and the Spies , is of molt dangerous confequence,
as they draw this inference from it, that no body can be engaged any farther by an
03th than what he agrees ‘02 in the taking it; Where he declares beforehand he will not
be bound, he is free. Which is inch a latitude , and. playing fall and loofe with Oaths,
and juggling With God and Man, as that no Oath can be of any value, or lay any ob-
ligation upon the Confcience more than the taker pleafes. ,

Lat‘tly, Obferve in their reafons for Printing this Paper , to take the Oath and fub-
fcribe the Declaration in the literal firiét conl‘trué’tion, appears in our judgment unlaw-
ful, fay they, and yet it is plain that the lmpofers meant theliteral fenfe : but the Oath
mutt be taken to ferve a turn, and a fenfe mutt be found out to juttifie the taking, and
make it appear lawful: So that aman may for Raggz‘ane dz' jiato, take what they in their
judgment think is unlawful in theliteral fcnfe, and by conllruéiion make it lawful to
fervea turn. If the Pope and Conclave , and all the Jefuites in the world can find
out a more damnable DOflIinC to elude the force and Obligation of Oaths than this,
or any other perfon, Erit mihi magma Apollo.

l have only one thing to add to the ferious confideration of all fober, loyal and con-
fcientious Protefiants, that befides the infinite danger which mutt attend all Humane
Societies, which can no longer be lafe or fecure, if Oaths, the molt facred of all ties and
Obligationss may 1‘ “115 we be eluded and evaded, and the fenfe of the Law-givers
Pervelted and contradicted, Perjury will belo common and familiar, that it will pafs
for Piety, and the Whole Nation will fall under the danger of Gods feverefi Judgments a
and while there will be no difference between him that fweareth , and him that feareth
an Oath, we mull, expeé}, and particularly thofe perfons who, encouraged by this Do-
é’trine, venture to take.thcfe Oaths, to fall within the reach of Zechariah’s flying Roll,
\ Zech.5.4. of which God faith, I will bring it forth, faith the Lord of Hoflr, and it

I’M” 0"" into the 5011/6 0f the thief, and of him that fweareth falfly by my name, and it
flaall remain in themidji of hi: houfe, and [ball confume it , and the timber thereof 4nd the
[form thereof. It isafearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Who is a
confirming fire, and the dreadful avenger of Perjury , which certainly is one of the
greatefi 351003 that can be offered to the Divine Majel‘iy of the God of Truth.

If this may in any meafure contribute towards the preventing thofe mifchiefs and
miferies, which the teaching this damnable Deanne threaten to bring upon the Peace
of the Nation, the Eltablilbed Government, and the Souls of the mif informed , Iihall
elieem it a great happinefs to have been infirumental in fo great, {0 good a work a but
if God, for our fins, has deligned us for fufferings, Iiheram’ am’mirm meant. I have fhew-
ed you, from the Watch-tower of truth, that the Sword is coming, I have founded the
Trumpet, if any manperilh, his blood will be Upon his own head.

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