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 Daniel De FoeV Addrefs to Her Majesty. 
 
 ALL Mec know this i&an Addrefliag 
 Age and tbe Author of this 
 Pap^c being a new Convert,tbinks 
 
 bim&tf oblig'd to come 'in It is true, 
 
 ^that baviog been bred up always in Wlig- 
 gifi Piinciples, kepc Wbigg^ Company, 
 be could not join, in the Modern Addreiles 
 
 of the Age and thh forfundty foolja» 
 
 veak ReaTons— which to fpeai in the firS 
 Perfcn, wqce fuch as chcfe, 
 
 i.Icouldnotjoin wich oar Brethren and 
 Frieods , of th= High-Flyers, in their 
 talking of RepuMicap Tcinclples, in this 
 (^afe ; |>ecai)re I fee none of thole Prin* 
 dpiea broach'd, or aoj «jy concerned in 
 In the .Debacr ; I could not join in the Cry 
 agaioft Blafphemous Books, Acd Principles 
 DeflrufiiTe of all Rsligicn, as weD Natu- 
 sil as ^eveal'd, beiqg Printed, Pnblilh'd, 
 and Difperfed among as, becinfe itally 
 
 tjiots, of onr own Patty ; almoft every 
 one of.theit Authors, are ^icobi%esyKan- 
 ^urori, or profefs'd ffigk-M'j.srs, ' 
 
 . BatcuWjGentlemen.thcr^ ss no holding" 
 anyluiger, and lam reaOy come over- And 
 being tainted «ita a powerful Icpfiioo, of 
 •High-Church Frenzy, bthnjd lamt^come 
 an Frao^ick, as any ,if tbira— - being re- 
 folv'd icrat leafi ei^r aiid forty Hourf, 
 toSea jF«M4i»ej a Son-^uror, and a Bigi- 
 tljtr,.'m the PriiniciM abftra.aed Sinte ; 
 and while this Operation lafletb, wonder 
 sot, if you fee me much more Lonatick 
 than my Brethren. 
 
 The fitft flep I ftill take, to (hew you 
 I am coinpleatly puffefs'd, is to ibin in, 
 and wheaever theypleareio;derirenie, to 
 fet both my Hands |to, and to6 up my 
 Cap for a late Addrefs, faid to be prefent- 
 ed to bet iMajefty ,■ from the Towji of 
 BtHburf,-'n Oxfordjhffe—^— Which be- 
 fCauff; it is. very pecnliar, and thefirflof the 
 kind, that«ver I could heartily join in, I 
 mnft gire yon an Abftra£l of, as I fiod it 
 Printed aqd Pabiilh'd, by our tru^ Friend, 
 ,and zealous Affiftint, Mr. Pofi'Bo/, as 
 
 ,Tbe Hamble^xddws. of the Mayof, 
 
 High-Steward, Recorder, Aldetinen, 
 
 fiorgf^es, AffiftanJij and Princjpal 
 
 lobabitaocs ,of. the Qoroi^lT oT 
 
 'iJimikr, h tfae Geiiity ai OioL ' 
 
 Mofl Gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE rev aujeflj's moH Dutiful ani 
 L>ia,itd>')eSf, beipg tlrotjs truly 
 fenfiUe : of jour OAt)eftj'i ptous Cue of, sni 
 fervent Zeal far tie Welfare tni Profperiij. of 
 our moji holj Religion, and htm ConSitution, 
 crave letve to ressn our AJfuroicet of our 
 inviolable Dutj tni Loyatt) to Tdur Majefy, 
 hj/teSifyingour jufl Dei^ationani Abbtir- 
 reuce of the Seditious Principles oftbofe, totdf 
 tuider tie fpeciout pretence offecuritig ' the 
 Rigbtt, Liberties, ani Properties of the. 
 People, have, of late, openl} profejfei, ■ itni 
 endeavour'i to proptgae the DoBnne of 'Ke- 
 fiflance 1 a DoSrine e^uoBj deftruSive of 
 your juft Prerogative, aniof(v>bat it wmll 
 feem to fic'ure to us) tbt IVeU-being of 'pur 
 People \ contrary to the Law of God, and the 
 PraSiees both of the jtpo^les, ani Primitive 
 •ctn iuu m i i, •v ^ Lmtii iH ims t ^ rt rtnwrnmes ; 
 t»d the Ai^e abominthle^ 'at thit JunHure, 
 {as it is a.Sin, -without Temptation) under the 
 bell and allien of Governments. 
 
 Toe SerCs of our Duty to God, Tour Ma- 
 jeay, ani our mo3 hippy ConHitvtion, jbtU 
 ilwtys h)p IIS firm to our old Englifh Princi- 
 ples of lyialty to out Sovtreign, and teach 
 us to trmmit the fame to our litefl Posterity • 
 That if (^d Almighty JhaB deny us the Bleffing 
 of Jjfue fkm your MijeSy^ to reign over us, 
 After- Agfj may enjoy, under the Oovernmsnt 
 eSablilb'Mby Law in the lUuP.riout ffouje of 
 Haonovel , the fame Bleffmgs me now, and 
 long miAloe, in']oy, under Tour MajeH/s 
 moS fereie and aujpicious Keqn. 
 
 • This "flfext needs no Comment, it is an 
 evident ;jioof, to what a Degree of Loyalty 
 we ateatoming, and I hope you will aQ 
 improve p. it, by my Example ; for being 
 ent^r'd njoiijhis ficftftep. of Convetfion, 
 and come^he length of onr Banbury Friends, 
 it is a pieffary Confeqnence of fo much 
 7-al, tl[<t we Oiould go forward •, and 
 rhcreforelf I can obtainher'Majefty'sCon- 
 jent> (*H have the Honour to be Intro- 
 -^Wj)^! Duke, e?f.) that my Addrefs 
 ftAHbdtftce'iv'd — I wonld refolve to pre ' 
 Xeol anclier moft humble, and equaQy 
 dutiful Addrefs to Her Majefty, as ths 
 ebii'fequrace "of this famons Addrefs from 
 B4»Jur;,'^'h1ch has fo effy*««tty Convett- 
 .«ttb'.e>^My Addrefi would no doubt, 
 
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 hive a gfeat many Hands, not can I believe, 
 but the GeDClemcD of Btnburf, win give 
 ftie leave to make ofe of their Nataes, 
 fince it is rodired a Coorequence of thtir 
 Addref] already Publifbed ; and the Con- 
 tents of it IhaU be as follows. 
 
 The Humble Addrefs of, <Sc, 
 
 We YourMajefty's mott Dutiful aod 
 " Loyal SubjcQs, being deeply fenfible of 
 " thejuft Anger of Heaven, againft tWs 
 " whole Nation, as well yoar Majefty as 
 ''your People, for the many Heinous 
 *' Sids } wflete'of we artf ill avowedly 
 " Guilty, and for which we nave great 
 " Reafon to fear, that fomeimmineat 
 " Judgment (ball fuddenly befall us ; and 
 " being more particularly afftded, with 
 f the great Goilt that lies on the Nation, 
 " for.Traiteroilfly efponfingthift Abomi- 
 " nabte tioftrine of Refifianee; a' Sin 
 f' without a Temptation , and a Sin we 
 '< were never fo much as Cow, truly fen- 
 f' fible of ; do mofl humbly Addrefs your 
 \^ Majefty, and in theloweft manner pofli- 
 *' ble, ^f«ech your Majefty, That, you 
 V will be pleafed t6 Iffue out yonr Royal 
 *' Proclamation, appointing a Solemn Day 
 '' of Rafting and Humiliation, tbtuUgbout 
 *' Your Majefly's Dominions, onfuchcer- 
 *' tain Day or Days, as to your Majefty 
 " (hall feem meet— In' order to Depre- 
 *' cate the jufl Anger of Heaven, and to 
 •* avert tie Judgments we b: . e fo juft Rea- 
 " fon to feart .are Impending over us. for 
 " being Naciopally Guilty of RefTfliiig, 
 
 " aad rifins in l>^l»»Uion ,, ajrjiijft onr 
 
 " Lawful and Anointed King, you Ma- 
 " jefly'i Royal Father, who we un- 
 " righteoufly Oppos'd, and.Depos'd, as 
 •• we to our great Grief and Sorrow, now 
 *' anderftand ; Ktifltnce of tkc Sovereign 
 " being utterly unlawful, upon tnf pretence 
 ** vbitfoevefi and that bumble Prayers- 
 *' may at the fame, time be made, by all 
 " Your Majefly's good SobjeSf, that the 
 ''..Heir Maleof r^c faid Sovereign, and 
 *' yonr Majefty't Royal Father , and his 
 '' Adherents, may be profper'd io all their 
 *' Righteous Ecdeavours, to rftftore him 
 " to the Throne of his Anceftors, from 
 *< which be was thus Illegally thruft ont, 
 " by an ungodly Refiftance, and of which 
 
 anr txirfoaded, none of our BmhrfVnenii 
 
 fR s; will fuggeft, that I have done 
 
 fh^m thfcltaft Injury, or that I have not 
 Pxpreffed the clear Senfe of the Party, 
 and what they will allow to be thegenoioc 
 meaning of their Addrefs, for certai()*y ^j(e- 
 Mine he a St» mw,\t wat *:k stft^ears ago; 
 »/ Hie t Truth,' tl>at no^tiendi^h^tfoeter, 
 could jufllfie Refifciftce then rif'muft fol- 
 low, that Popery, Invafion of Law, Liber- 
 ty, Church, College, Property, ChafJity, 
 ■ Life, or anything, can be no juft pretence 
 now 5 nor could be then'— — KK.fdmet 
 could not|nf»ly«f^fyf/?e4, much lefs couM 
 he, be jufHy, Vep«fed; neither could his 
 ^<mott juftiSi the feoplej ;» (^t aby 
 Body on his Throne, but hii io'n, or to 
 
 keep his Son Out, when he was Dead 
 
 And therefore the Sin is entailed, there is 
 
 no doubt And the Nation is as 
 
 Guilty under this Reign of continuing Ox 
 Revolution EftaWiOiment, as they were in 
 the la ft of making it. 
 
 If it be a I^atitnal Sin, it ought to be 
 repented oi Nation illj, and Nationalij re- 
 form'd; for Repentance without Reforma- 
 tion, Divinity it/elf agrees, is mOcking our 
 Maktfr, and is really no Repentance at all 
 — Now as we hope we are beginning in 
 a right Cbriftian Method, tttre is no deabt 
 but we Ihall go on too. 
 
 The firft ftep>«u inow towards Heaven, 
 in a Convert, is ConviSien ; this appears 
 in our Banbury Cbrifiians ; Humiliation is 
 the next, and that I propofe— -___ 
 There is nothing remains but ^firmmon 
 that is, breaking off the Wicked Conrfir' 
 retnrning/to the former ReQItude ofConfti- 
 
 tutm— Without which, all the reft 
 
 Is Botfrfng ar an ooc wotKcry, ano lotlitc- 
 iogpnr Maker— And whe,T this is done 
 the Nation may hope to be deliver'd. * 
 
 1 might Dilate a little hete, upon the 
 terrible Judgments this Land groans uoder 
 at this Time; occafion'd by thus long con- 
 tinuing in this great Sin of KebeUion and 
 Refiatnce, fuch as tie Curfe of Liberty, the 
 TIague of Parliaments, tie Deformln of 
 being Govern'd by Law , the »^t^^■ Di- 
 fiemper of Union, the ^ng's Evil, called by 
 a modern Name Protertaot Succeffioo, the 
 Fren^ of Proteftant Religion, and the lite ; 
 which if it would pleafeGod hot to deliver 
 
 _ . . which us from , and to free os from this deadly 
 
 " Your Majefty byyirtue of tha ungodly Sin of Refiftance, we might in time, come 
 
 "" -••-.• ^ ♦*<» ^gil^.r I'll* T«...I_-LI- «■! /r f - .^ 
 
 *' Redftaoce, is poflefb'd. 
 
 " God preferve your MaM%*s Royal 
 " Perfoo, aod give ycur Majefty is long, as 
 *' profperous, aod as glorious a Reigoi as- 
 *: may coolift-^witb our juft Senfe of the 
 " Heinous Sios abovefaid, and with that 
 *' Repentance which we deGre to exprefs, 
 *' for our faid Refiftance and Rebellion, a- 
 " gaittft oar Lawful King, wbefe Divine 
 ** Right we are iioce lnftru£)ed, oo Hu- 
 '* mane Power could fuperfede.^ 
 
 Now Gentlemen, if I am not a true 
 Conviert, ;er any one judge ; I hope, and 
 
 to enjoy the Invaluable Bleflings, of Popifii 
 "Devotion, Arbitrary Domination, French 
 Confticution, Golden Chains, molt Beauti- 
 ful Wooden-Sboet, Jure Divino Primes, 
 Paffivelyobedient SUverf, and Unjverfal 
 
 Bondage of Sub'^ai '^-i— With all the 
 
 Wealth , Plenty , Commerce, aod Peace 
 that conftantly attends Tyranny——^' 
 Things which have brought the //■««/; jsj,. 
 tion to that height of Profperity rStar»iog; 
 that we nowfee them happily arriv'd to-— 
 But Ihave not R^offl to enlarge on thefe 
 thiogi at prefent- 
 
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