. _ (E . y 6%: I/'_2[._(f7:1/§~{0t¢r77C -0-1' .(/-’/277117/uelie I‘ : gigafons .dg4iI?fi;P€tIft'ig0?1iflg‘-{J92 gligng t fgifg rg/loriinig the ‘deg Nzggifl £3.34 a A prnzed $1j;)0PSiJl(“’701{t’.R¢P9nt4nCeo-ggf. »;; . ‘ Byvla Divine of the Q-Ch_urch~of. Eggzmg, . V at i t /Bea . I I ,1 O'gpetitione"KingifW£lZ1'Zm‘zj for rrefloring-thoffe"Men to their: ' "; Pxcvcnues, Digriities“ahdr Funétiorisislwrhpa think him an - ' i ‘llfurper, and ‘the 'lateiKi11g’j"ai7z’e£to'be rightful‘ King, and that all who have {vypr.r1’ Allegiance to King Wifiidm, ‘ A who had formerly,‘ {worn to the late King ffamer, are for- fworn, is, in effefi, _to31it.io;n___f;orjt_l7re‘; late Kitrgijazzzcs that he might be fer inthe rTb:o.nta’ ,é.1‘1:‘r".th;f€;t,4‘=‘.v*,»‘:*r"v'9 I€iz1.£§sl1iiS’riiighrt._Ar'rn, a‘n¥1"fdri the fuppol‘ititiou§a'nd feigned prh%eefo1?c"Waze;,_a3§§I.i fofiidolatrous Peters; it is to petition"King W7illiam'”ag'airifi hfrfnfelf, andljagainft the Parliament, and againfi the prefent Government, and- to. undoeall that hath been done, and involve threeN’ations in Confuiion, and ellalililli Popery and .S_layery for all Ge11er'atio;i§Ys fay, to" p‘etitiofiythat_thcyi may be rellored Without Repentance"tljist\he’irfyyi'cked 'E.rr01?{,iS plainly to.” e 2. The Perfonscpetitioned for_},‘;*vvh‘ilé‘. they retain’ this theitwickede Error, cannot be refiored without an ",e1l'ential Alteration of the prefent Liturgy, which the Petitioners yxthemielves are utterly againfig and the Perforrs petitioned for all alongun'to' the ‘prefent Changegihave been utter- Iy‘againI_t alfo; and muttbe fuppofed fo’,_be (0 Hill,“ unleF5“S_e-If-ilnterefl, or fome other Reafon hath made then: .cih'angeytheir_yMi1)d. .For the pre- {Cribed Forms of Prayer for K._PV'z"I[iqm and Mary, are an eilential part of the Liturgy, and no Man Can,‘ without notorious Hypocrify and diflembling, ufe them, and unfeignedly afient and confent to them, and require of Perfons to be ordained, inllituted, and indufted, unfeigned Ajfint and Con/Efzt to.the_r1_‘1,‘ WllO:fl)ii,(§k:S; in his. Confcirtice that King William and Queen Mary are U{‘ur'pers‘,' and that it_ is linful to {Wear Alle- giance to them. So that if the King and Parliament had made no Law , for {wearing Allegiance to their prefent Majeflies, but had left all'Mini- [lets free to (W68? 01‘ not, as they {aw good,’ of necellity the Perfons peti- tioned for mufi have been Non-conformilis to the Church of England in one effential Point, and to diilent in any one efiential Point is inflar omni- um, as if they had diffcnted in all. ' t » A 3. The , .l"'Th‘efi'. 2. '15.“ —‘ I ll “.~‘ 3".“ "\ . ' - 1 u r ‘A 's‘.Vcs..t ’ fit]-;_-.;~ 3._é\.‘*__ .. I [.3 2_ 3. ThesP‘erfons petitioned‘ for have ‘tirade themfelves infamous to the Nation, and to“ all the‘Reformed“€hurches, and"to the late King frames, and all his Adherents, by their own notoriouscfelf-contradiétirrg‘and {elf-" confounding_Pra¢.?tices._ or they bygtheir‘ pu_b1;iIl31ed,_ Declaration Decemlm I 1"‘688.;.'( to whichl‘IKre.fer 'thé1r1‘)_ ‘itrimedjately upon" the late King’s. withdrawing liimfelfiitatlxd; t‘eal'tAhd.ication,‘t'and§ leavitighis People as Sheep without a Shepherd, and by fubfequent Aéts purfuant to that De- claration, did i11deed;"thOifiO_”tin' Wordfrféfioutice anddifclaim all Allegi- ' ance to the late Kinggaznes, and betoolt ihémfelves to the then Prince of Orange,-as under God, the Saviour and Proteétor of the Nation from P0 cry and Slavery,’ Sqthat of a1xlWPepr{c3‘t1s,_in,5theNation«,n0ne have for lit reafdja‘ to fcrgple’Allegiancétgitheiripgfefent Majefiiestas the deprived Bifhofis. , ;’ but reeoiigile to t‘lieir,formj2r Aétions, and they t5Vviifai’1d‘c.ohfeht’ that his pfefenti Majefly is moft rightful King? For ‘the'r‘r’1!_11’ow~to {land off from A1l_€gia’nceTto' their prefent Ma- jgflies, whatis it "play fail and loofe with God and Confgience in.-» Mftejrswhiclfi eo‘gr_c3:‘rnf=,‘the Temporal grid Etért,1gi,liS;ifetiy .three~King-_ d_' _,s;,,‘which" is;ve‘_ry..f1inft1rl-'a'i1’d fc.anE1,aI‘gus,‘.fm‘ ti cjtitftrirdn Man, a'nd.,rnu' ‘J. ‘fore.’ in ‘Biihops’ pgZ'4_[}ii1q;t Jmd.‘are' contrary ‘to all Men .5 4, his alledged’_that the’Pc1fo11s1detitioned'fi3r, did‘ in the Reign of the late King ’perforrn,ai1‘,,fin‘gu1aIrly frgrieritorious, which coft them Impri- foi1nknt“hr,the,TéW'_cr}‘, P To,uch;‘ng'n?hicb,'l_eti theft: things be-impartially, weighe‘d’§f In ‘tiliejludgrneiit of theN'prefet1t]3p of H.it was no meritori- ous Aft at all, but cri_mit1 l, as his own pfibliihed Paper doth witnefs, and his lendingiabroad the la é,Kin' ’sDecIar'ation to the Clergy of his Diocefs. to publifh contrary to the ftidgment and Praétice of the imprifoned Bifltojiss T A.g'c1Yl:it_fr_'6fqxe it is ti) 'Won,dr,ed at, if his Lordfhip {hall now. in petitioning for deprived Bifhops applaud that as highly meritorious_,, which {ome Ye_ars,a_'go he did in. Print declare to all the World to beyitu-«, perable. 2., Admitting it to be fingularly meritorious,. it could merit only Temporal Glory, and this they have had, the Nation hath applauded‘ them for it. This can be no Atonement for future Crimes and Scandals. without Repentance- They have Rained the Glory of their pal} Merit," for lack of Perfeveratice, and by their Difloyalty to the ptefent Govern-.: ment: For the late ll-“ranch Invafion, and the Rebellion in Ireland, and, united Endeavours of Papifis, and other Sons of Belial, againfi their prc- int Majellies and their Government, are the genuine Confequence of this wicked Error and {editions Principle held by the deprived Bilhops, that their prefent Majefiies are Llfurpers, and that it is linful to {wear Allegiance.- to them._ 3}. The deprived Biihops about thetime.o£ their Imprifonment t ' did; I 8 did in Prifit exprcfs %Tén<§é'r711e{s%' ‘tt§v§>eir'§I9it?héJ%'DHI‘éi1féfs,;and-ptomiféd them faiithinlgs,‘ wjvhcn they’ fhould h_2;\{c -Qppbxtufrity lin .-thc.next Parliament ;nd‘.Cor1v‘oca‘t'tdn‘:,- t-115%-"’géi31eraliti5f{th€ Nafiiingr both Elcrgy and Laity, ' jpro\}é to'f9p’oitunity,0f: . perim- (ning this their Prdfltiffc‘,-1"-l5'Eif"‘fl1cy3b&¢5%‘iGE3had1thébH0mfly 2:fid_iIntcgnity fo'to do. * For it -is thé~3e'§5i*?v¢d-‘8Ii’fli6§§§-aéhdlheir z’¢‘icl'hc'rE:nfs, who rcfufc t05comcVt6 iéeaforiablc Aktcord _v'vithv't1*i‘€_ Difféhfgié, ‘mid kcep up.th:,.Bre_ach bét\3s'7ee'fi Ma‘je"fliéS Protéfiant ‘_SuBjéfl:s,5‘ihd'l1iflike.thc A& for; Tolcra- tiop, and {Q render thcEi},fe,1vé§"t1i1\Hé>|¥é{’c“sJr|1@?pefifidi0a3Pcr{dns;who9inmimc bf~‘3Pi'iflif5?I<‘)’11‘%§11a7i‘1'fi§:7ih€1’i3I_ "“€é’l‘a?l-IR?’ 3frié1k_é!j1i‘& mfl€‘equal2 .3P1'*¢'>m1'Es,. "and Wm1i‘?hé ¥k O€ic'_:i";_ féE1TE?td'pE1ff £11,5-? HI1d':iavemt7 finfu1,Sh'iftsVaud ‘EvaGb’xjs'tO‘~‘clb‘ék' ti%1tir'FA¢‘,I-Iy;}'oé'rif3,v.§ in‘ .'_;'1 A 1.? =..-«J " 2-; 3 % ‘$4.-"'j,!"’4‘n'£iri2t.<..;_; ?-:'.~ E ‘}5éfi‘i'R)fi’iiig i§’111Gt1‘«fi3'r hittt d1*beam‘11ce%an?c1 cbadercenfioai _a'w'srLié5Ir‘es bylaw ‘éfid jéi{}?‘;§§13‘Y1BP,Y[fhé‘Govtriitt§e}|atg5tx'0J'<9t indie jccm _. 'B‘_'1k‘1e?f1"13‘?,"‘to'rh3kE’€Héi?0‘eWn’}&xfis3withYhiin‘,~and‘!be'tri1y the Na‘- ? }f’{h‘ijs ‘one P‘rii1€i1§k'f,"th3t'5 ‘t_h€"1rjpr%<3fe11ft\'_{.N!:;j¢:_1’c.iVesw;aY§—U{u‘rpers, ’'‘u& that _itr‘i‘5 ,'fmfu1 fto‘ 'f\av€;ri*~‘Al1eg‘m'fi‘Ec-tc5‘them;f3and5pra‘y fifirthem as this i7éfy‘Bej1fi'gd_;¥d =f"fl_l'mda'§ti0n 95 the ‘V’ VEh'1m?§ft,a igrég "a\3t‘0f‘"a‘ tHouFandf?editiOi1§§Ifi3'diflbyal151fi&iccfs, ’1'f‘ié"é%'F1fé“‘i1ith‘,é ‘ "t fi;3‘fla‘i'1E]5<§f;ffié'S_Cli1i\'t:1‘V3lID?fOl5fiéfi’§fid'€0fift#fi0i1 ‘in i't‘§ Bowels. The APct‘fti6n“et§ 88 no‘: ;u"a1»1° defire ‘an= Mt‘ of A=uavi'ew and / A 2 Compre- ’?3 5 /1"} if . if 4 3 Comprehenfion: for all {tic‘hof_ thelr:Maic;fiies Subjeéfs as agree in all Fun- damenta1srtoWards.God afid'towards the;_Kin:g, and differ but in variable Rites and Forms, not: neccifaty to the ,B§ing.0f Church and State 3 {‘ uch an Aét would be a b1eiTed;Aé1.;;;hu§&hi§;f1?€Y .334? 383l‘1fi2' this they dread: they only delitean A<9t- fitknéftoliljgfa-‘ few peecant .Bifhops to their? Profits and Places, whofe deludediflfillifilicgaeesstwill not permit them to {wear Al- legiance to their pre{3:ntMajefiie_s"3 "that {o being in Place, and having ob- tained the efiablit1irr1£11t.of<.;t-heir~ wicked Principle by Law, they may ‘by Lawgtindo the.Govemmcnrvqt16l-al?Ii11%:i11:QQ!1fufi0!?e:gr ; ‘."::‘;= _ »_ . ; 7. -'.I‘he'Pe'tit.ion‘ersiat£ Mflyjhfit haw; {W_9f11,-Aflitgiglltggrgpifiheigprqfeflt Majefiies,' and in: thcirflpub1ic_k{Pr,ayers prayjdaily 5 :F1ra2z:»:{_z41$'¢;a£itiorz»--— Good Lord deliver us. Now if this be not a.{editious}Prit1eii§ie,that their prefent Majeflies~amK1furpers,3a11d’thanit is finful to.fwear.:Allegi;inee to‘ them, there »is'}no fad; thing;&S.:§€.d:lti°.92. .~113i‘hF1‘.~_F3.“; i‘ ib€*f1§§1‘4Ipr _their.Non-con o'rmity,_! we may,we1l=- think tl1eygwould.corifo_;ms. To which,:befides what. is already faid,,I re.-. turn thefe-: fol1owing'An{wer_s, -11, It; is§a_£aying of LmI2'ér»’:, Nunquame; ' pyriclitnuczs Rehgdp, mfi iiztcr: .Rwer:n:£]fir'xo:—.-, theState of the Church is. never in ;fo_ nmchgjggggee as from thoie who arfifliled Moll-Rave. nd. 2.,TbCfc:b€Gd;ct5»,Q£;fl3pin.., Order,.. fliled,Mq/‘I7. everenii F*niher:_o Ghmtb, who docqnfogm; andhave good proof of their Wi dam,‘ Eonfticnoc and Xhteggity, as choli: that do no£..con£orrn.r. Nowliotheaunot: ‘C §3:.—.=—7E.=‘_='L:'—‘é—- . ii .n—__2......_... t0"EdEimT"~1th“ity.;£or-thernt. ‘ [ 5 I ~ be in-the right, of neceiiity one of the two muli be in an Error,- and it is; no {mall Error, it is an Error againli the Foundation of the prefcnt Go- vernment, both of Church and State. 3. As to Things Spiritual and Eter- -nal we know no Father, but our Father which £4 in“ Heaven, Mat. 2 3, 9. and as to Worldly and Temporal Government, the Nation knoweth "no Father but King W'z'lliam;. ‘No Bifhop, no Apollle is morethan a Member of Chrifiis Body the Church, Iefus Chrill is the {ole Head, and the King is his Vieegerent, who mleth all Efiates as to Temporal Rule by the Sword’. 4. There are confcientious Heathens, ]ews,.Mahometans, Papifis, _ I\riat_1s,,.Socit1ia_ns,, (lgakers, Hereticks, and Perfecutors of God’s Saings;,.. ‘who think the? do God Service in killing. ”God’s mofi ;faithful_ Servants, john r 6. 2. fuch an one was Paul before his Converlion. Error and Su_— perfiition-,_ and: falfe Zeal, hath perverted and corrupted the Confeiences of the Perfonsjpetitioned for. Their Confcience will give them leave to Rrainata Cina§,~ari:l.fwallow a Camel‘; to be foran Oathof Obedience frgm; Presbyters; to Bvilhops"-, but not for an Oath of Allegiance from all‘ the St'1bje€is'-of‘ E -ldndzu) their prefent ;Majefiies3 -to filence, anathematize; fufpend, impri on and',L'1ndo multitudesof wife, and good, and ufcfui Min for N‘on.conformity.to things indifferent, andin their own nature not neceffary in t_he- udgment of the mofi r_igid"Conformii‘ts '3 moderate Con-A f<2r,'iiri£ist—c%-:afe€s-thern_:=to be inconvenient, tho not flatly linfuls andthe IDifl'entersi conceiveitherm»two be flatly linful. Their Confcience will give tlietrrjleiave todif enfe with and keep up Miniflers, Non-refidency, and’ Pli1ralitie‘s5(."\?v'lai¢iieven the Couneil‘of ‘Iron’: conderns ) and felling Spiri- tual Pardons and Ind ulgences for Money - in their Courts, by Commutation of honeI’t..Repmtance for filthy Lucres it will give them leave not to -la- bour iiii 'the~-Word l-and Doétrine, and yet to expeét and receive double ‘and? 'prefer.0_rdination by unlearned, ungodly, idolatrous-, per-* hefore Ordination by learned, ancient, godly, or- thodox and moli reverend Protefiant Presbyters- From fuch a.Con{cience~ I.-pray God blefs men * _ , - 9. ”Th;e,Per_fon§”petitiot1ed'fbr, and-' their Adherents, have Rood much~ upon their Loyalty to the Higher Powers, and have boalied of itand ‘glow in _it, ‘as ‘the. onlyLo'y,al Perfonszg and now by, udgmentfithemfil-ves are fallen into the Pit of Difloyalty, and theindelu _Confcienee willanot. fuffer them to come forth, and {o it is not in our power to help tli_err_i_.* Eet them in God’s Name repent, imitate A tbaenfolvesiiefore God ‘and the World by honefi and‘. oiiael; Repentillégmid Confeliion,pf7 their falfe Principles coneeririirg tlieiflovcriirnent, and themtbey? will 'rneri&’F5rdon, atrcl27we>:i}Iallnot‘t1ecd=5 101 ll 6 Cl .1o‘.7 ‘Whether King William be rightful King or no, is not lawful to difpute ; becaufc fuch a Difpute in the nature of it, doth fupnofe the matter doubtful and quefiionable‘: Whereas it is unqneflionably plain, that he is rightfully King; for he is in full Pofleflion of the Throne by common Confent, and difpenfeth I-.a}v and ]gi‘tice toall , the Realm, .and protefietli his Snbjefis -in their Civil Rights, and’ in the free exercilie of their Re- ligion, ‘and it cannot be proved that he is aitllfurper. All that can be alle‘dged is but 'Cdnjfc€h’i‘rc‘,- and uncertain Opinion, and -doubtful Difputatioii; which in a Point of this nature, fignifies nothing at all‘:;‘ . For unlefsit beiplain and clear.as the Sun at Noon-day, that he is not rightful Pojlellor of the Throne, if the Evidence-“be not fo clear, and plain, as fully toconviace th_e‘Coiifciences'of all impartial Men, fincerely lhidious of their Duty to God and _the_‘King; if ‘there be twe_iii:,y Reafonsfor, and gas inany lieafons ’“83““’.‘ '§£“8;‘l’.‘l’ém :*‘S'¢6fifiJ¢ndes of iailtmfths Na=19W=b9°fid ‘.".;°?-".“;“;’."”‘}5'.' nut to him as right lxmg, and to renounce and ;difi:Iaim ~AHeg1-ance»to theslate King 1740115, as«hav1US n0fRighD!!2a.ll.tOl3liC1Tlll"0l!Ci‘-4... cl . . ‘ -g 2 Ii: .1 _’-.."I~ I r i. ‘ ~t ~ 1 t. The Natioi; hath not depofed. the late King, ‘out he hath depofed hinifelf, and abdicated hiiiifelffrom the. .G. vernrnent, by invatlingthe Fundamental Laws of the N§ti00a Wh€l‘€l})’ El1é;' 'mi1t'gal ights of _P_iince and Reople do 'conlifl,»partict‘iIaijly by going about to impofe on three Kindonis‘afiippbfiritioiis'Prince of CtSVE§Ii iimandus: Ifi.-5.3. Ge2i.9.8,_.9,i1&c;. :ind318..2q,"2_ ,2 . 11.16; .; b, V, , 'l_'_liere is thereforq a mutual__Covonant,t’acIit ,Ql'_CXP .[c(§, ll: , leggilglitvlitpliaiai-cl‘a)I7,!i]ivli!er,9,, byaflhe egafi l'e':c%gi'1 i“ ' _ v%mlqt¥;:b¢ipgdbr?kch‘a’n , CVOlt1§_Y.)a»l'f €‘t;C§fli?bC_r’t'a"9l1l‘lO.‘A"‘_‘-' Gcd'rhe{i'ipi-‘eiini ]udgand:DiI'pofeir'ol’ Ormasmdiingdciynntimgiimfl Deqi all? Sides and Parties art: to acquiofcep fiul; Sflhfcre tliisffpippegl-caflaot b£‘;.d}£!d¢ll3y'.- the-, Sword withoutriiine of thc'Stau_c, and doing-inore hut-c,r;1ia.n_g?9d, it is not,.to be ac; Ccinptcd, tiouficmedy can be eligible _worf'c'i_l " '_‘_th‘e' Diealfe. ' '_ ',,' " :3, 'fli_i§‘ls di;'t_rue.1_§ aI_1‘b€tW.CC'l'{ noéhhic of‘?%fil'B‘i1‘ , _ gnulhoria-yjlhprealfia hf fi6ortl’i"na%e,';-ai3_&él1e' no meorade remusi ,iiio§e~9,iis:pietgna .aiaiiaiuy,isiicr_ ' hi,"-' 0b3Wsf5“‘i3|3'Cfit-Il1T036,.‘MH‘dn1rs,- g “and lnmd¢rs"of‘-)ufiai1d1laM'IIi' Rights, having no Authority fo to do. To refill Autli9r_ity'(jqiir_c;arn and fUhQfdjO3§€,‘i’ '10; go tcfifl, Man but God 5 and they who refill him, are guilty of Folly and Implety, and "E *7 Jr and can lookfot nothingbut Damnation. Not to refift thofe who pretend Authority, but really havefnone, when we are fufliciently able to refill them, and to fave our {elves fr_om their unjufl Violence, is not to be Martyrs, but Fools, unworthy of God, and thofe‘BIeffings andgood things he doth betrufl us with, which he willcall us to account for, and damn us if we have not been wife and faithful Stewards thereof. Now the Undertaking of the Prince of Omzige, and his Adhcrents, was not a refilling of Autho- rity, but a iufl Vindication of thofe Rights which the late King ]ames,without all Au- tliority, didfeektby Force and‘Fraud to deprive them ofi For the Queflion between the late King on one fide, and the Prince of Orange and his Adherents on the other fide, being plainly; this, Whether the fuppofed Prince of Wales was really bornof the Queen or not? Here itis evident, that the late King was not judg, but a Party. And it is un- reafqnable, -and againfi all Laws of God and Man, for any 'Man,_yea, for the Emperor hitnfelf, to be judgy-in his own Caufe, as Brp’ ‘U/larr gra'nts in,his Book of the Power of the_Priiice, pagg 162.. The late-Kingbeilng’ no,]1"1dgas' to this Point, he could have no Authority, his refufal togive the Nation” juTl’Kandireafona'bIe Satisfafiion, was a refufal. of common Right, contrary to the Law of Nations, and to the Fundamental I.aws ‘of this Kingdom, whereby the Throne is upheld, and ‘upon ‘which, as a Foundation, the Crown flands; which Foundation, falling, the Crown mufi needs fall with it, and the Qonfeience of the Subjeéitais di‘fchar‘ge.d from all Ties and "Bonds of f Allegiance. _ _ 14'. Admittingrthe Princeofi Wales to be feigned, t_he_ Confcien'ce‘s‘6f_ t-he latperKing.. ’ , '']Partalters;' both, Foreign and Domefiiclrgrvill compel them to yield, thatit " ‘implication of horrible Crimesagainfl all Law, both Dtvirieand Human, that all the Subjects of theft: three Nations and Kingdoms were bound in their feveral places, allthat in them lay, to withfiand and hinder fuch a Villany and Injufiice from taking efi'e&; and thatall who fight and take up Arms in defence thereof, are Fighters againft God, againfl common Honefiy, againfhthofe Fundamental Laws of the Nation, which fecure the‘mutua_1 Rights of Prim-.’¢:an'cle People, and which the late King was fwor to at qhferve inv—iolate_.-;-and that they who fight againft the Authors 'and»Abetto1‘s_. of . t iis Villanfy under the Con'du& of the Prince of Orange, in right of his Princefs and the next Heir to the Crown, are fighters for God, and for common Honefly, and have Law and Confcience on their fide. Now the late King refufed to give the Nation jufi and rea- lbnable Satisfaction, and put himfelf upontrial and decifion of his Caufeby the Sword 3 and finking in his Undertaking, withdrew himfelfi left the Throne, and the Nation to . fliiftfor it felfl and fee to its own Safety ’:.which accordingly it did, by placing their Majeflies in the Throne, and thereby fecuring publick Peace, and laying a fure Foun- dzition for future Peace and Tranquillity to all Generations. As for thofe who think it. is fhflicient for the faving their Confciences if they fwear Allegiance to King Wifliam, as King de fafio, not de jure: I do very much queftion it, mm rah’ auxilio 7786 defrnfurilms - tempws (get; this prefent Caufe needs no fuch Advocates. 1 FCC not how they can 67(- cufe and defend thofe of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Commonalty who did invite. the Prince of Orange over, and hazard their All in his Caufe after his landing. Debilc flmdamemtum fallit opwr; The Superflrufture can be no llronger than the Foundation :. and if the Prince of Orarige had no iuft ground for his Llndertalting, I fee not.how his Adherents can he juflified. I lay not that the bufinefs of the Prince of Wales was the only ground for his now Majeflies undertaking, but I think it was a principal one, which confidered in its Caufes, Concomitants,» and Effects, is abundantly fuffrcient for Vindication of the prefentsettlement, and for ever (‘topping the. Mouths of all its Op- poiers. I.do not build thejufiice-. of his Majefiies Caufe upon bare Succefsg but ye: a righte0us.Caufe I hope is not the.worfe.for;bei.nggblell‘ed. by God with wonderful and. aflonifliing Succcfs.. . A I 15. That: 0’? A (er- t.1.'7l Gr.:27d 7/0)‘ nnere cgeverely re- proree./Z by are emi-‘met, 711:1/g fin‘ ‘offer izig this Petition; n~l2i:/2 is .1 fill/;‘l“"l..‘.’7.’t E- cir./tv/re of I/r£_,_ I.’/£g.:{i- I) t!:Jc7'£(}f, A lZ’l53il" . 15. That which in my Obfervation makes the Enemies of the Governménttdbear ‘ ill-will to it,i's Hatred toimpartialGodlinefs. The Devil doth not ufe to envy Men ' Profperity in Wickednefs; butthe more they profper in Wickednefs, the more he '15 pleafed, they may take their fill of _it, he will.not difquiet them. And if the prefent S_CttlCn1€nt were only Profperity in Evil, Satan would not envy and be {'0 much a-. e he is, by his Agents and Infiruments. King David once faid, If am this day weaé, tho Anointed ‘King, and thefe Men, the seas ofzerviah, be too hard finf me 3,,- the Lord fhall reward the Deer of Evil erccarding ‘tothis Wieéedrzefi; 2 Sam. 3. 39. There‘ have been among us, and yet are Sons of zerviah, too hard for the Government ; but _ gainfiit, as it is vilib the comfort is, the Government is like the Houfe_of David, waxingffironger and flronger, and thefe Sons of Zerviah,‘ the ‘Doers of Evil, wax weaker and weaker. The Sons of Zerviah were thofe who adhered to David againfi the Houfe of Seal, and were . Men of great Interefl and Power, they were a ‘Combination and Fafiion in theSta‘t'e, who took advantage of the Weaknefs andlnfancy of the Government, to the com-*-; ‘ paflingof their own Ends and politick Defigns againfl the general good of Prince and ‘ People. The like we have among us at this day, but the Lordfhall reward the Deer of 152-5. according to he’; .WicQednef:.’ ' A * 16. Ifee not how any Man can be a good Man who is not a peaceable Man, and I ' l_'ee.not how a Man can be _peac_eable, who‘~gover_n‘s himfélf byunpeaceable ‘and fedi: tiousPrinciples. ;Loyalty,and.Allegiance,to the higher Powers 15 anee'fl'entialBr_:itn:l1A of the fifthhcommandment, comprized=.in’our Baptifmal Covenant, and taught ‘to’ Childreniin the common Catechifm. And tho many may be 10ya'1toitheir:KingaIi‘d’- Country, who are void of holy Love and Loyalty ‘towards God; yet .1 {cc notlhow a Man can be truly holy and loyal towards God, who is not a good Subject, a good‘ Common-wealths Man, who is not ‘zealous for the publick Good, who governs him- felf by Principles deliruftive of human Society. . ‘ hf *' . 17. "U "on the fame grounds that: tl1cPCI'l.0nS ‘petitioned fog. {_'c'ru_ple“1’llleg'ianc_¢:_.:t/o‘ their prefent Majeflies,.they might have fcrupled ‘Allegiance t_ ‘thofewho were laf? inthe Throne, and the Subje&s of any King‘ now on‘ Earth may_ cruple‘Allegiance td their Soveraign. For I would asli them, what better Right to the Throne had the late. King fame: after his Brother’s death, than their prefent Majeliies now have? They will fay, The Right of Succeflion. Very well. Now all fides grant, thata fucceflive Kingdom isznolnlargement of Right, but a Continuation of whatrhe Predeceilor had. For he that fucceeds, fucceeds in Imiverflem jzes defurzfii, into all’ the Right of the deceafed. Now beccuife there cannot be prace m‘ in irzfirritum, infinite proceeding, therefore of ne- cellity we mufi come to fome firl , in whom the Monarchy began. 'But‘no‘ legal"and' jufl Monarchy can begin and be confiituted without mutual Compact and Covenant tacit or exprefs between Prince and People. It were eafy to lhew this at large from Scripture, Natural Reafon, the Cufiom of Nations, and approved general Ufage, and the Corccllions of Adverfaries. Now this Right their Majefiies have, as good as Will. the C oncjueror had, and as good as Henry the 7th had. As for the grand O‘gje6‘tion of a former Obligation to the late King; the Anfwer is, that he was as truly and as lirongly ‘bound to us as we to him, and we did not firfl forfake him, but he forfook us 1',‘ we did not rciifl lawful Authority, but only thofe who pretended Authority, but really had none. For no Law, whether Divine or Humane, gave the late King Authority toimpofe upon the Confcicnccs of all in three Kingdoms a feigned Prince of Wales, to the Ex- clulioniof the right Heir, and overthrowing the'Right of Succeflion. He byengaging in dcfentclof this Villany, did engage againfi God, againfi the Law, againli common ‘llorefiy, againfi the common Good, and made himfelf no legal Monarch, but a ‘Sub- ‘V;.i'CC’l' of the Legal Monarchy, and to he did difcharge us from all ties of Allegiance o him, and it became our Duty, by force of Arms, to {land up for the legal Mo- n.u'cl:}' againli its Enemies. F 1 N I S. RARE BX 5176 .B63 1690 uunuvvcrnuun-counu ELLSPCRRERARE \II|'i(iiiiiii°II|| 01 925724 0-005