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 O F T H E ■ 
 
 Minifters and Ruling Elders 1 
 
 O F T H E I 
 
 C H U R CH] 
 
 OF I 
 
 SCOTLAND, J 
 
 Who have taken the AB JU R AT I ON 
 
 WHEREIN i 
 
 It is made Evidei%tfiat they are not thereby Engag 
 ed in their Stations, to oblige the Succeflbr, when He j 
 comes to the Crown, to Join in Communis rt^i tljl 
 
 CHURCH of EN G L A'N J3,> 
 
 As Tome Ignorant People are made to Believe. 
 
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 Bull Clofs, and Sold by tne Bookfcllers in, Edinburgh^ Gh/S° 
 
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VINDICATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Minifters and Ruling Elders of the Church 
 
 O F 
 
 SCOTLAND,&c. 
 
 HE only Objection, that I know, againft thfl 
 Abjuration, that is worth the Noticing, 
 is, That it refers to two A£te of Parli- 
 ament, one of which contains feveral 
 Provifo's, as they are call'd, the fir ft 
 which imports, That the SuccefTor, u 
 he comes to the Crown, {hall join in'onv 
 munion with the Church of I nd. 
 Hence it is Inferred by fome, that th 
 wl ke the Abjuration, Engage to do what in them lies in 
 their Station to neceflitato the 6ucceflbr, when he comes to the 
 Boflefeion of the Crown, to ]oin in Communion with th 
 Church, ai \ take an Unlawful Oath, and con- 
 
 trary to Presbyterian Principles. If thefc Presbyterians, win* 
 thcr Minifters or others, who have r >n, ha 
 
 indeed Sworn to Oblige theSucceffor to loin in Communion 
 ;th the Church of England, when he comes to the ( n ; 
 
 For my part, that they have Sworn Sinfully, is what J ihall not 
 debate, but whither they have Sworn fo to do, we are hereto, 
 
 A 2. take 
 
ake to Confideration, and Examine. The word^rTneOata 
 ire as follows. 
 
 eAnd I do faithfully fromife to the outmofl of my Tower, to Sup- 
 forty Maintain and 'Defend the Succejjion of the Crown, as 
 the fame is, and /lands Settled hyan&iff Intitule dfi$c. i4nd 
 as the fame by another oAfl Intituled, &c. Is, and Stands Set- 
 tled and Entailed to the Trincefs Sophia and her Heirs being 
 'Trotefiants, l$c. 
 
 And in the Second of thefe Afts referred to, there are feve- 
 al Provifo's, the firft of which is, Whofoever fhall hereafter come 
 j the Tojfejfion of the Crown, fhall join in Communion with the 
 'hurch of England as by Law Eftablifhed. Now they who pre- 
 2nd, that thefe who take the Abjuration, Promife to Oblige 
 le Succeffor, when he comes to the Crown, to join in Com- 
 mnion with the Church of England, muft found on fuchan 
 Lrgument as this, viz. 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, Promife to maintain the Sue- 
 jfsion of the Crown, as it is Entailed to Princefs Sofhia and her 
 feirs, by the two Afts referred to. 
 
 But in one of thefe A&s referred to, there are feveral Provi- 
 >'s, and one particularly, which obliges her, when fhe comes 
 > the Crown, to join in Communion with the Church of Eng- 
 tnd, Therefore, 
 
 They who take the A ojuration, promife to Oblige 'Princefs Sc- 
 Vta, when fhe comes- to the Crown, to join in Communion 
 ith the Church of England. 
 
 Which Argument Imports, that they who take the Abjura- 
 mi promife to maintain the Provifo's, and make them effectu- 
 , becaufe they are contain'*! in the Aft, by which the Succefsi- 
 1 isEntail'd to Princefs Sofhia. But that will not follow. If 
 e mould promife to maintain the Confejjion of Faith, as it is, 
 idftands Ratified, in the 5th Aft of the 2dSefsion of K.Willi' 
 n's and Q. Mary's firft Parliament, we would not thereby pro- 
 ife to maintain all the other things contairi'd in, or that might 
 we been mfert into that Acl: of Parliament. 
 
 Neither 
 
!N«rner win it menu cne macuer, mac is, rrove triat tliey 
 who take the Abjuration, promife to maintain the Provifo's, if 
 the Argument be formed after this manner, 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife to maintain theSuc- 
 cefsion of the Crown, as the lame is EntaiPd to Princefs Sophia 
 by the Aft Referred to. 
 
 But by that A&, the Succefsion is Entail'd to P. Sophia, on 
 condition, that fhe join in Communion with the Church otEug- 
 Therefore, 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife to Oblige P. Sophia 
 to ioinm Communion with the Church 0$Efigkm 
 
 For, it is utterly falfe, that by th.* Act the Succefsion of the 
 Crown is Entailed to P. Sophia, on condition that flie join in 
 Communion with the Church of England; that is neither faid in 
 the Aft, nor can any fuch thing be iuferrd therefrom. She 
 indeed is obligM by the Act to join in Communion with the 
 Church of 'England, after the Succeflion which isEntailed to Her 
 has taken effect, or when She is come to the Crown : But that 
 has no Relation to the Entail of the SuccefTion, which is the on- 
 ly thing in the Aft, they who have taken the Abjuration are 
 obliged to Maintain and Defend. It is granted, that to join in 
 Communion with the Church of England, is what She is obi i 
 ed to by the eAc\, or what is Required of Her by a Claufe of 
 the fame, when the Succeflion has taken eifeft, by Her being 
 put in PoiTe/Tion; But it will not thence follow, that it is a Con- 
 dition of the Succeflion, or Entail of the Crown to Her; For that 
 only is a Condition oftheSuccef!ion,whichis requirM in order to 
 be pitched on or nominated SuccefTor, or which is neceflary to 
 the 6'uccefsion's taking efFeft, and not that which is only to be 
 ^performed by the TofTefTor. o/Jnd it will no more follow, 
 to join in Communion with the Church oodi- 
 
 tion of the Succefsion, becaufe it is required of the SuccefTor, a 
 tcr he comes to PofTeision; than it will follow, thai Good Woi 
 are the Condition of J unification, becaulc tlu required in 
 
 the Terfon Juftified. 
 
 cAm\ as little will it follow, that they who take the A -.ri- 
 on, willhaveany hand in Engaging the Su fifor in the Conv- 
 
 mi 
 
ane to v^uunueraciun, una examine, x ne woras or me wain 
 re as follows. 
 
 eAni I do faithfully promife to the outmoft of my Tower, to Stij>- 
 fort. Maintain and Defend the Succejjion of the Crown, as 
 the fame is, and /lands Settled hyan&iff Intitule d£$c. i4nd 
 as the fame by another qAB Intituled, £$c. Is, and Stands Set- 
 tled and Entailed to the Trincefs Sophia and her Heirs being 
 'Trotefiants, £jf c. 
 
 And in the Second of thefe A&s referred to, there are ieve- 
 d Provifo's, the firft of which is, Whofoever Jhall hereafter come 
 \the Toffefjien of the Crown, Jhall join in Communion with the 
 hurch of England as by Law Eftablijhed. Now they whopre- 
 :nd, that thefe who take the Abjuration, Promife to Oblige 
 le Succeffor, when he comes to the Crown, to join in Com- 
 lunion with the Church of England, muft found on fuchan 
 rgument as this, viz. 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, Promife to maintain the Suc- 
 :fsion of the Crown, as it is Entailed to Princefs Sophia and her 
 Eeirs, by the two A£ts referred to. 
 
 But in one of thefe A&s referred to, there are feveral *Provi- 
 's, and one particularly, which obliges her, when fhe comes 
 i the Crown, to join in Communion with the Church- of Eng- 
 nd, Therefore, 
 
 They who take the Atijuration, promife to Oblige Princefs Se- 
 na, when fhe comes- to the Crown, to join in Communion 
 ith the Church of England. 
 
 Which Argument Imports, that they who take the Abjura- 
 )n promife to maintain the Provifo's, and make them effectu- 
 t becaufe they are contain'^ in the A£t, by which the Succefsi- 
 1 isEntail'd to Princefs Sofhia. But that will not follow. If 
 e mould promife to maintain the Confeffon of Faith, as it is, 
 idftands Ratified, in the 5th Aft of the 2dSefsion ofK.WiUi- 
 vVandQ; Mary*s firft Parliament, we would not thereby pro- 
 ife to maintain all the other things contain'd in, or that might 
 .ve been mfert into that A& of Parliament 
 
 Neither 
 
pawner win it mena tne macrer, mar is, rrove tnat tney 
 who take the Abjuration, promife to maintain the Provifo's, if 
 the Argument be formed after this manner, 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife to maintain the Suc- 
 cefsion of the Crown, as the lame is Entail'd to Princefs Sophia 
 by the Aft Referred to. 
 
 But by that A£t, the Succefsion is Entail'd to P. Sophia, on 
 condifrion, that fhe join in Communion with the Church of E?ig- 
 Therefore, 
 
 who take the Abjuration, promife to Oblige P. Sophia 
 to loin'in Communion with the Church otEngkm 
 
 For, it is utterly iklfe, that by th.t Act the Succefsion of the 
 Crown is Entailed to P. Sophia, on condition that fhe join in 
 Communion with the Church of England: that is neither faid in 
 the Ad, nor can any fuch thing be iuferrd therefrom. She 
 indeed is obligM by the Aft to join in Communion with the 
 Church of England, after the SuccefTion which isEntailed to Her 
 has taken effect, or when She is come to the Crown : But that 
 has no Relation to the Entail of the Succeffion, which is the on- 
 ly thing in the Aft, they who have taken the Abjuration. are 
 obliged to Maintain and Defend. It is granted, that to join in 
 Communion with the Church of * England, is what She is obi i 
 ed to by the G^ft, or what is Required of Her by a Claufe of 
 the fame, when the Succeffion has taken eifeft, by Her being 
 put in PolTefTion; But it will not thence follow, that it is a Con- 
 dition of the SuccefTion, or Entail of the Crown to H-:i; For that 
 only is a Condition oftheSucce(Iion,whichis required in order to 
 be pitched on or nominated Succeflbr, or which is neceftary to 
 the Succefsion's taking effeft, and not that which is only to be 
 -performed by the 'PoifefTor. eAnd it will no m low, tl 
 
 to join in Communion with the Church oodi- 
 
 tion of the Succefsion, becaufe it isrequj 
 tcr he comes to Poflefsion; than it will follow, that Good V 
 are the Condition of Juftification, becaufe th< required 
 
 the *Perfon Juftified. 
 
 eAm] as little will it follow, that they who take the A ri- 
 
 on, willhaveany hand in Ingaging the Su or in the C 
 
 mi 
 
Communion with that Church, will enfue upon their Maintain- 
 ing and Supporting the Succefsion as fettled in the oAS:, and 
 their nlaking the fame effe&uaL The UritiJI) and Dntch enter- 
 ed into a Confederacy with others to Maintain and Support the 
 Succefsion of the Crown of Spain againfl: trance, as EntaiPd to 
 Charles' now Emperor: e4nd if they had made that Succefsion 
 effe&ual, Charles would have been oblig'd, when he came to 
 the >PoiTefsion of that Crown, to Invocate the Virgin Mary, 
 Saints and Angels, and' WorfhiptheHoftie: But Charles's Invo- 
 eating the Virgin and Worshiping the Hoftie, would not have 
 been from the \Britifi and Dutch, or their making effe&ual that 
 Succefsion, but from the S^anijh Laws, which lay fuch Obliga- 
 tions onwhofoever fhall come to the l^oiTefsion of the Crown 
 there. In like manner, the SuccefTor's joining in Communion 
 with the Church of England, will not be from the Abjuration, 
 or thefe that take it, That is, will not be from their Supporting 
 and Maintaining the Succefsion, as fettled in the Aft, and their 
 making the fame effectual; But from the Englifh Laws, and par- 
 ticularly, the firft of thefe Provifo's m this A£t we are Speaking 
 Of. 
 
 Now from what has been faid, I think itfufficiently evident,, 
 that it doth not appear, and cannot be Proven, that they who 
 take the Objuration, are engaged thereby to make effectual the 
 Proyifo's, or have Promifed, to oblige the Succeffor when He 
 or She comes to the Crown, to join in Communion with the 
 Church of England. e/4nd tho' this may be thought fufficient to 
 Vindicat thefe who have taken that Oath, yet that it may appear 
 more fully, that Blaming them as having done fomething not 
 very confonant with Presbyterian Principles, is only the effect of 
 want of Confideration, and Zeal without Knowledge, I fhall 
 let before you the following Arguments. ; 
 
 ift. They who take- the Objuration, "Promife to Support, 
 Maintain and Defend the Succefsion of the Crown, as the fame 
 is, and ftands Settled iyan O&Entituled, <An (Aft Declaring 
 the Rights and Liberties of the Subjetfs, &c. Ond as die fame, 
 by another e^& Eatituled, oAn oAii for the further Limitation 
 i °f 
 
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 of the Cmvn,tfc,ls, & ftands Settled & Entailed,&c.The 2d. of tnefo , 
 <*4&s,contains feveral Provifo's; as, That theSuccejfor when come to 
 1 PojfejfionoftheCrown y jhaUjoin inCommunionwith theChurch of 'Eng- 
 land: That He jhall not go out of the 'Dominions of England,Scotlani 
 and Ireland, without content of Parliament, S$c. Ond in the firfr 
 Oft, many things are Declared to belong to the Rights and Li- 
 berties of the Subjects, as, That the CQiumijfion fat Ere&ing the 
 late Court ofCommiJJioners for Ecclef.a all other 
 
 Commijjions and Courts of like natu,\ . e Illegal and Ve, 
 That Excejive 'Bail ought not to le required, ?:or Excejfil ;es 
 Impofed, nor Cruel nor Unufual Tuniflrments Infitled, i$c. O 
 if the Succeflbr be obliged to Obferve the Provifo's* In the fe 
 e/4&, He is no lefs obliged to have regard to theft Dectaratic 
 in the firftytffr. Ond whatever Reafoncan b. Juried to prove 
 that they who take the objuration, are engaged to do \\ hat in 
 them lies, to oblige the Succeffor to Obferve the "Provifo's in 
 the fecond Ott, the fame Reafonwill Prove are eng 
 
 to do what in them lies to Oblige Him to obfene the D^. 
 tions contain'd in the firft Oct. Ore the Provifo's let down ! 
 fide the Limitations of the oticcefsion in the fecond O 
 So are the Declarations fet down befide them in the firft 
 O&. Ond if they who take the Objuration, Eromife to 
 Maintain the Succeffion, as it is, and ftands Settled and lint 
 cd in the one Oct, they do alfo promife to Maintain the 
 Succefsion as it is, and ftands Settled by the otl 4ct. t 
 But none that we know of pretend, and it is Evident form the 
 Nature of the thing, that they who take the Ab/uration, are 
 not thereby engaged to do what in them lyes in their Station, 
 that the Succeffor, when he comes to the Crown, fulfill t 
 declarations concerning the Rights and Liberties oft 
 jedls, contained in the hrft Aft ; and by the fame Reafon it ts 
 evident, that they who take the Abjuration, are not thereby 
 engaged to oblidge the SuccefTor, when he comes to the Crown, 
 to fulfil the Pro vi fo's in the fecond y/ct. In a word, thde De- 
 clarations or Articles in the firft Aet have no Relation to t 
 Succeflion, wherefore if it be laid, that they who take the Ah 
 juration, Swear to thefc Declarations or Articles, it rnuft be 1.. . 
 
they Swear to them meerly for this Reafen, becaufe they are 4n 
 the fame p4&, and fet down in the fame Page or Leaf of Pa* 
 
 per, befide the Limitation or Settlement of the Succefl&oa; 
 and they who will Atfert that,may alfo&4iTert and with as much 
 fhewofReafon, that the takers o£the Abjuration, have Sworn 
 to all the Englifh A&s of Parliament, becaufe they are fet down 
 in the fameVoiume of a Book with or befide this c4Q:,arid Limi- 
 tation or Settlement of the Succeflion therein. It being evident 
 then, that they who take the Abjuration, are concerned with 
 no more in the firft Aft, but the Maintenance of the Succeflion 
 to the Crown Settled therein : It is by the fame Reafbn evi- 
 dent, that they are concerned with no more in the fecond A£E r 
 but the Maintainance of the Succeflion Entailed and further 
 Limited therein : and confequently, they do not promife to fee 
 the Provifo's fulfilled, or to oblige the Succeflbr to joyn in 
 Communion with the Church of England, when he comes to the 
 ?ofleflion of the Crown. 
 
 (2) They who take the Abjuration, promife to maintain ther 
 Succeflion of the Crown, as is evident from the exprefs words 
 thereof. oAnd 1 do faithfully promife to the outmofi of my , power, 
 to Support, maintain and defend the Succejjion of the Crown, gjfo 
 Hence it is evident, that by the Abjuration^ they arc not obli- 
 ged to make efFe&ual, anything bur the Succejjion or that 
 which belongs thereto, and is a Condition thereof on which it 
 doth depend. But the Provifo's in the Second &4di ( and par- 
 ticularly, the Succelfor's being obliged, when in *Pofleflion, to 
 joyn in Communion with the Church of England ) belong not 
 to the Suceeflion, and are not Conditions thereof on which it 
 doth depend, but only things ( by virtue of the English Laws t 
 and this eAd: in particular ) Incumbent on the SuccefTor, after 
 the Succeflion hath taken eiteft, by his being fet on the Throne.^ 
 This is evident, becaufe if the *Provifo*s were Conditions of 
 the Succeflion, either of the Entailing it, or of the Compleat- 
 ing it by putting inToiXeffionSP. Sophia had been obliged to fulfil 
 them, either before the Succeflion could have been Entailed to 
 her and her Heirs, or before it could beCompleated by her being 
 put in ?ofleflion, of the Crown. Thus if Faith be the Condition 
 
 J. nf 
 
of Juftification, we muft believe before we can be Jaftrfied. 
 But fo it is, that it is not Incumbent on the Succeifor, toobferve 
 the Provifo's, till after the Succeflion has taken effefr, that is, 
 till he or fhe be in a'ftual TolTeflion of the Crown. This is 
 clear from the exprefs words cf the c-AQ:, whijh Run thus, 
 That leverfiall hereafter come to the Tojjl 
 
 ft) all h i Cm, hthe h of land. eAad the 
 
 fourth PrOviib is thus, That from a\ 
 
 ther Limitation g,457 (J) all take e oA,\d you know 
 
 that the Succefsion hath been Entailed t P: S i . ral 
 
 years ago, yet fhe does not joyn in the Communion with the 
 Church of England, nor is obliged before : i put in Foflefsi- 
 on of the Crown: eAndthz reft of the Pi cannot pofsi- 
 
 ly be obierved by her, 'but when fhe is Queen acl gr. 
 
 the third, which is, That no PerfoH who (liall hereafcer come to 
 the Pojjeffion of this Crown f) all go out of the c Djmi. of Eng- 
 
 land, Scotland and Ireland without confent of "Parliament. c/4nd 
 fo of the reft. Xow feeing they who take the e,4biurati 
 promifeonly to maintain the Siiccefsion, that is, to maintain it 
 -now, and to compleat it, by bringing the Si or to the 
 Throne in due time, fo that when he once comes there, tb< 
 have no more to do with him by virtue of an) I Ration from 
 the Oath of Objuration ; and feeing the Provila 
 long to theSucceilion, nor are Conditions thereof, but \ 
 things Incumbent on the ToJJrjJor, things to be obfervul by the 
 Succeifor after* he is come to theCrown- what is more plain til 
 that they who take the Abjuration, are not engaged to obli 
 the Succeifor to obferve the Pro is come to tl 
 
 Crown. In a word, it can never be pretended, that thePrO- 
 yifo's belong to the SucceiTIon, or arc condition f, unl< 
 
 it be laid that the Parliament hath made the that 
 
 cannot be laid but for one (A theie twi Be- 
 
 caule ti> rliament hath fct them down m th t and 
 
 page, befide the Entail oi' the S n. Or : Becaufe they 
 
 are tilings which the Parliament remiii ( ter 
 
 he become* P > r . ^ .0 the firft it is R not 
 
 WO.th the noticing. As to the fecond, if it be laid, the) 
 
 B con- 
 
:onditions of the Succeflion, becaufe the Parliament requires 
 them in the Suceeffor after he becomes Poffeffor ; for the fame 
 Reafon it mud be faid, that good Works are the condition of 
 Juftifieation, becaufe GOD requires them in Perfons Juftified. 
 
 Now that this if it be poilible may be made yet more evi- 
 dent, take the following Argument. 
 
 That does not belong to the Succefsion, or is not a condition 
 thereof, which the Suceeffor is not obliged to, and is not in a 
 condition to perform, till after the Succefsion is over, that is, 
 hath taken effect, or is compleated by the Succeffor's becoming 
 Poffeffor. 
 
 But to join in Communion with the Church of England, is 
 what the Suceeffor is not obliged to r and to fulfill or obferve the 
 reft of the *Provifo's, is what he is not in a condition to do, till 
 after the Succefsion has taken effe£t, or is compleated by a£hial 
 Poffefsion. Therefore 
 
 To join in Communion with the Church of England, and ob- 
 ferve the reft of the Provifo's, belong not to the Succefsion, and 
 are not conditions thereof. Which Argument is like unto this. 
 
 Thefe things cannot be conditions of our Juftification, which 
 we cannot perform till after we are Juftified. 
 
 But good Works are things which we cannot perform till af- 
 ter we are Juftified. Therefore 
 
 Good Works cannot be the conditions of our Juftification. 
 
 It being certain then aftd manifeft, that the Trovifo's, and 
 particularly the Succeffor's being obliged to join in Communion 
 with the Church of England, belong not to the Succefsion, have 
 no Connexion therewith, and are not conditions on which it 
 ioth any manner of way depend. cAnd it being as manifeft, 
 that they who take the Abjuration, promife only to Maintain, 
 Support and Defend the Succefsion, and confequently,thefe things 
 only, which relate to the Succefsion, and on which it doth De- 
 pend : What can be more evident, than that they who take 
 the Abjuration, promife not to make Effe&ual the $>rovifo\ nor 
 to oblige the Suceeffor to join in Communion with the Church 
 pf England, when he comes to the Crown. Take this other 
 Syllogifm. 
 
 J • They 
 
They who take the Abjuration, promife to Maintain and Sup- 
 port the Succefsion, and by confequence that only, upon which 
 the Succefsion's taking effe& doth depend. 
 
 But the Provifo's have nd connection with the Succefsion,an<J 
 the Succefsions taking eiTeft in due time* does not 'Depend oo 
 them ; as is Evident, becaufe the SuccefFor is not obliged to 
 obferve them, till after the Succefsion has taken effe&.Therefore 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife not to Maintain th 
 provifo's, or to oblige the SuccefTor to join in Communion with 
 the Church of Fvgland. 
 
 It will be fatf , that they who take the Objuration, do not 
 promife fimply, to Maintain and Support the Succefsion, but 
 to M lintain and Support the Succefsion eAs it is Settled and 
 Entailed in the two A&s referred to, and particularly that 
 which contains the Provifo's : And feeing they promife to 
 Maintain and Support the Succefsion eAs it is Settled -and En- 
 tailed in that Aft which contains the Provifo's, therefore the 
 eAs muft of a necefsity Reduplicate upon the Provifo's. 
 
 But when they who take the (Objuration, promife to 
 Maintain and Support the Succefsion eAs it is Settled and En- 
 tailed in the Act which contains the Provifo's, it can never 
 be thought that the eAs Reduplicats upon the Provifo's, till firft 
 it be clearly Proven, that the Provifo's belong to the Succei 
 on, have connexion therewith, or are conditions on which it 
 doth Depend. I fhould indeed grant that the oAs would Redu- 
 plicate on the Provifo's if the Provifo's were conditions of the 
 Succefsion, or if the fulfilling them had been neceflary in order 
 to being Conftituted and Nominated SucceiTor, or if the fulfil- 
 ling them were neceflary to the completing the S aon, and 
 its taking eiftft in due time : Nay, I ihall fay, that if fulfilling 
 thefe Provifo's were any manner of way required in order to 
 thefeends, they who incline that way, might have fomething 
 to Quiblc againft. But let any pcrfon fhew, how it can be laid, 
 that they who take the e/ibiuration, promife r ) M lin ami 
 Support the Provifo's, by their promiling to Main tnd Sup- 
 port the Succefsion, eAs it is Settled and Entailed in the Art ; 
 if the Succefsion hath no connexion with the Provifo's in the 
 
 lLa *4£L 
 
Aft, nor any manner of Dependance upon them: Or, how it 
 can be imagined, that the Trovifo's (houldbe Terms or condi- 
 tions of the Succefsion, when they do not take place, but after 
 the Succefsion lias taken effeft, and is turned into Poffefsion. 
 c/2nd if people will fay, that the a/ix Reduplicats upon the Pro-. 
 vifo's, without being able to Prove Solidely and Demonftrative- 
 ly, that the Succefsion hath a Relation to the Provifo's, and De- 
 pendance on them as Terms and conditions, they muft of a ne - 
 cefsity run into that which is calPd the Popifh Circle, and affert, 
 that the eAs Reduplicats on the *Provifo's, becaufe they are 
 Terms and conditions of the Succefsion ; and that they are 
 Terms and conditions of the Succefsion, becaufe the oAs Redu- 
 plicats on them. Thus the Tapifts believe the Church of Rome 
 to be the true Church, becaufe they believe that the Scriptures, 
 which are the word of GOD, fay that it is fo : And they be- 
 lieve that the Scriptures are the word of GOD, becaufe the 
 Church of Rome, which they believe to be the true Church,fays 
 that they are fa 
 
 ^dly, They who take the Abjuration, do not promife (imply, 
 to Maintain and Support the Succefsion of the Crown, as it is r 
 and ftands Settled and Entailed in the Aft ; but as it is,and ftands 
 •Settled and Entailed in the Aft, or Limited to the P. Sophia, 
 and Her Heirs being Proteftauts. Thefe are the words of the 
 Abjuration. eAnd hence it is evident, that they who take the 
 ©Objuration, do not Swear to every thing in that Aft which it 
 referrs to, and which contains the Provifo's, but only and folely 
 to that in the Aft referred to, which Limits the Entail of the 
 Succefsion of the Crown to the P. Sophia, and Her Heirs being 
 Troteftants. Now it is certain, that the Provifo's in the Aft 
 referred to, and particularly the Succeffor's being obliged to join 
 in Communion with the Church of England, do not Limite the 
 Succefsion of the Crown to the P. Sophia, and Her Heirs being 
 Troteftants. If any Perfon can let me fee, what way it can be 
 faid, that the Provifo's Limite the Succefsion of the Crown, to 
 the P. Sophia, and her Heirs being Trot eft ants, more than to the 
 King of Fruffia, or any other Proteftant Family, that might 
 have been pitched on, erit mihi magnus (Apollo. Nothing can be 
 
 more 
 
more clear, than that the Provifc/s Limite not the Saccefsion 
 to her, but are things requir'd of her after the Limitation of the 
 Succefsion to her has taken effect by her being put in Poffefsion. 
 "What is it in the Aft then that Entails and Limits the Succef- 
 fion of the Crown to the P. Sophia, and Her Heirs being Trote- 
 fiants ? I anfwer, if you Read the A6^ you will find the Suc- 
 cefsion Entailed and Limited to them hy thefe exprefs words, 
 which we here {et down, viz. 
 
 eAnd be it EnaBed and "Declared by the Kjngs tnofl Excelled 
 Majefiy, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spi- 
 ritual and Temporal, and Commons in this prefent 'Parliament 
 cAjJembled, and by the ^Authority of the fame, that the moft 
 Excellent Princefs Sophia Ele&orefs and Dutchefs Dowager 
 of Hannover, i$c. "Be, aud is hereby declared, to be the next 
 in SucceJJion in the Proteftant Line, to the Imperial Crown and 
 Dignity of the [aid Realms of England, France and Ireland, 
 with the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, after 
 his Majefty, and the Princefs ANN o/Denmark, and in de- 
 fault of Ifrue of the faid Trincefs ANN and his Ma)eftyRe* 
 fpeHively, &c. The Crown and Regal Government of the faid 
 /(Jngdoms of England, France and Ireland, and of the Do 
 minions thereunto belonging, with the Royal State and Dig- 
 nity of the faid Realms, and all Honours, Stiles, Tipk: , 
 galities, Prerogatives, Powers, Jurisdiction and oAutlwri- 
 ties to the fame belongvig and appertaining, pall be, remain 
 and continue, to the J aid mojl Excellent Princefs Sophia, j 
 the Heirs of her 'Body being Protefiants : oAnd Itjberemtv the 
 faid Lords and Commons, pall and will in tL ofaU 
 
 the People of this Realm, moft Humbly and Faithfully Jubt 
 themfelves and their Heirs and Po/lerities; and do fait 
 promife, that after the Deceafes of his Maje/ty and Her R 
 Highnefs, and the Failure of the Heirs ff their R. 
 "Bodies, to /land to, Maintain and 'Defend th- i Prim 
 Sophia, and the Heirs of her 'Body, 
 ding to the Limitation and Sttccejfion of the Crow* in t hi 
 fpecified and contained, to the utmoft of the 
 
» T f 
 
 their Lives and Eftates, againfl all Verfons whatfoever, thai 
 pall attempt any thing to the contrary. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Thefe are the Words of the Aft, by which: the Succefsion of 
 the Crown is Settled, EntaiPd and Limited to the T. Sophia t 
 and the Heirs of Her Body : Arid I defy any Perfon to find any 
 Other Thing, Word or Claufe in that Aft, which can be faid 
 in any C onftruftion or Senfe whatfoever, to Settle, Entail or 
 Limit the Succeflion to P. Sophia, and Her Heirs being Prote- 
 ftants. Seeing then, that they who take the Abjuration, pro- 
 mife to Maintain and Support the Succeflion, as it is Settled 
 and Entailed or Limited in the e/4ft to the P. Sophia and Her 
 Heirs: oAnd feeing the Succession is not Entailed and Limited 
 by the Aft to P. Sopoia and Her Heirs, any manner of way 
 whatfoever, but in the Paragraph, or by the Words there- 
 of above mentioned and fet down : <*4nd feeing it cannot be pre- 
 tended, that the 'Provifo's contained in the *4ft, have any re- 
 lation to,or<^4iBnity with theEntailing orLimiting the Succeflion 
 to the P. Sophia and Her Heirs : It is evident that the Abjura- 
 tion touches nothing in the Act, but that Paragraph or thefe 
 Words only, and that they who have taken it, are no ways con- 
 cerned with the Provifo's fet down therein. And hence, it is 
 alfo evident, that the Coronation Oath, which the Succeflbr is by 
 this e/4ct Oblged to take, is not within the Compafs of the Ab- 
 juration. Now, what we have been faying on this head, may 
 be reduced to the following Syllogifm. 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife to Maintain and 
 Support the Succefsion of the Crown, as it is, and ftands Set- 
 tled and Entailed or Limited in the Act to P. Sophia and Her 
 Heirs being Proteftants. 
 
 But there is nothing in the Act, that has Relation to, or Affi- 
 nity with the Entailing and Limiting the Succefsion to the P. 
 Sophia and Her Heirs, excepting the above fet down Paragraph 
 or Words thereof. Therefore, 
 
 The Abjuration referrs only to thefe Words in the Act and 
 no more, and they who have taken it, are not concerned with 
 the Provifo's. What 
 
W flat we are laying, win dc iuirner nviucnc, lr iu De ^onu- 
 dered, that the Words of the Paragraph we are fpeaking of, and 
 which are above fet down, are ( in the Act it felf ) called the Li~ 
 mitationofthe <0#.The Words are, provided always ; and it is 
 hereby EzaBed, that all and every Terfon and Terfons, who (hall 
 or may take or inherite the [aid Crown, by Virtue of re. Limitati- 
 on of this frefent aAff, £ifc. And why they arecali'dthe Limi- 
 tationof the oAtl, is Viable, viz. Becaufe by them the Succejf. 
 fion of the Crown is Settled and Limited to P. Sophia by Name, 
 fto the Exclufion of all other Pretenders; and to the Heirs of her 
 Body being Proteftants, and by no other thing that is contain'd 
 in the eAGt. e/ind it being evident by what has been faid, that 
 they who take the (Objuration, are not engaged to Maintain 
 and Support the <Oft, that is, all and every thing that iscontaiu- 
 ed therein, but only the, Limitation of the qAB, they being en- 
 gaged only, To Maintain, Support and "Defend the Succeffion of the 
 Crown, as Entailed by the e4#, and Limited to P. Sophia and her 
 Heirs: What can be more plain, than, they are not engaged to 
 Maintain, or make effectual the Proviso's, which do not belong 
 to the Limitation of the <Ati ? Take this other Sylogifm. 
 
 They who take the (Objuration, do not promife to Maintain 
 all and every thing contain'd in the Aft, but only the Limi. 
 tion of the (Oft. 
 
 But fo it is, that the Provifo's contain'd in the Act, are not 
 the Limitation of the Aft. Therefore, 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, are not engaged to .Maintain 
 or make effectual the Provifo's contain'd in the Aft. 
 
 If any Perfon be Obitinate, and will alfert that theProvifo's 
 alfo are the Limitation of the Aft. Let him confider, tl 
 that only is the Limitation of the Aft, which Limits the Suc- 
 ccflion to the P.Sophia, &c. to the Exclufion of alf others, which 
 the ProYifo's do not. And that that only is the Limitation of 
 the Aft, which gives the Right and Title to the P. Sophia and 
 her Heirs to take or Inherite this Crown; for the Parliament 
 lays, Who fball or may take or Inherite tfo i Crown, byvertue 
 of the Limitation of this prefent <Ati : But the Provifo's gave not 
 the Right and Title to the P. Sophia, feeing flic lias a Right and 
 
 Title 
 
I ltle to tne bucceliion already, winch is to be Compleated by 
 Actual Pofleflion, before me can come under any Obligation to 
 
 SIfill the Provifo's; and therefore the Provifo's are not the Li- 
 gation of the Aft, and do not thereunto belong. 
 4I)'. They who take the Abjuration, promife to Maintain 
 and Support the Succeflion of the Crown, as it ftands Settled 
 arid Entailed, or Limited in the Aft, to P. Sophia, and her 
 Heirs being Vroteftants. But the Provifo's in the Aft do not be- 
 long to the Settleing, Entailing, or Limiting the Succeflion of 
 the Crown to P. Sophia and her Heirs. And this is yet more 
 evident, becaufethey are Further Securities to the Religion and 
 Liberties of 'England, viz. Further Securities, befides, ando- 
 ver and above the Limitation of the Crown, or the Entailing 
 and Limiting the Succeflion of the Crown to P. Sophia and her 
 Heirs, in the preceeding part of the A£t, and the Security Deri- 
 ved or to be Derived therefrom. And that the Provifo's are 
 Further Securities, befides, and over and above the Limitation 
 of the Crown, or the Entailing it to a Proteftant Family, is clear 
 from the exprefs words of the <Ad;, viz. oAnd whereas it is 
 Requifite and Necejfary, that fo?ne further Provlfion be made, for 
 Securing our Religion, Laws and Liberties, 65V. <^4nd thisiW- 
 t her Vrovlfion are the Provifo's. The Provifo's then do not be- 
 long to the Limitation of the Act, but are further Securities be- 
 fides and over and above the fame, and the Security that may 
 flow, or be Derived therefrom, e^nd feeing they who take the 
 e/£bjuration, promife only to Maintain and Support the Succef- 
 lion of the Crown as it ftands Settled and Entailed, and Limit- 
 ed in the Act to P. Sophia and her Heirs, it is evident, they do 
 not promife to Maintain or make Effectual the Provifo's,which 
 do not belong thereto, but are Further fecuriti.es. Thus, they 
 who take the Abjuration, fay, 1 do promife to Maintain and Sup- 
 port the Succejjionof the Crown, as by the <AH it ftands Settled 
 and Entailed, or Limited to the P. Sophia and her Heirs, But 
 fay not, I do promife to Maintain and Support the Succejfion of the 
 Crffwn, as, by the eAB, it ftands Settled and Entailed to the T. 
 Sophia and her Heirs ; aAnd alfo, Jhall Maintain the further Se- 
 curities, or Provifo!s mentioned andfpecified in the fame eAB. 
 
 And 
 
And nence it is mamreit, tnat tney wno taxe uic Abjuration, 
 promife not to Maintain or make effectual the rrpvififs, and 
 particularly that the Succefl.br fhall join in Communion with 
 the Church of England, when he comes to the Crov What 
 
 is here faid may be furnm'd up in this Syllogifm. 
 
 They who take the Abjuration promife only to maintain and 
 fupport the Succeflion, as by the Ad it is Entailed and Limited 
 to the P. Sophia and her Heirs. 
 
 But the *Provifo's do not belong to the Succeflion, as by the 
 Aft it is Entailed and Limited to the P. Sophia and her He' 
 but are further Securities and Provifion befidcs and over and 
 above the fame. Therefore 
 
 They who take the Abjuration, promife not tq Maintain or 
 make EtFe&ual the Provifo's. 
 
 5/y. The Settleing and Entailing the SuccefTion to the I 
 phia, and her Heirs, is the fame with the Limitation of the oAff 
 before mentioned ; fo that, they who promife in the Abjure 
 on, to maintain and fupport the Succeflion of the Crown, as 
 is by the Ad Settled and Entailed to the P. Sophia and her 
 Heirs, promife to Maintain the Limitation of the oAB, am! nei- 
 ther more nor lefs. But the Lmitatation of the , and the 
 Trovijb's are diiferent things, as has been made appear, and t 
 is what is yet further evident, from their being in the Act 1 
 prefly diftinguiflied from the Limitation. Thus th 
 vifo takes place, Iron: and after the time that the 
 tation by this &• keseffec And the fifth Proviib tak 
 
 place, oAfter the fah Station ft all t, And to I 
 
 fhort, not one of the Provifo's takes place, till alter the til 
 that the Limitation h en full effect* Now feeing t 
 
 vifoVare thus etfpr UilinguifhM from the Limitation, and 
 that the Limitation isonethir id the Pi\ 
 promife to M 1 fupport the Limitation, 1 
 
 mifetofuppo lmiintain, or make c theP 
 
 Whcaf , feeing they Abjuration, promife onI\ 
 
 to maintain and fupport the Limitation, it in, that t! 
 
 do not thereby promife I n or D I the 'Pro- 
 
 viib\ and to ob \ov to join in Communion with 
 
 C the 
 
tne tngnjh cnurcn, wnen ne or s>ne comes to tiie raiemon or 
 the Crown. 
 
 To conclude, if all that has been faid on this head be laid to- 
 gether, and duly pondered, it will be fo manifeft and clear, that 
 they who take the Abjuration, promife not to maintain or make 
 effectual the *Provifo's, and engage not to oblige the Succeflbr 
 to join in Communion with the Churdi o& England, after the 
 Succeflion has taken effect, that no room can be left for doubt- 
 ing. 
 
 Now, if we lay down this as a firm Conclufion, and which 
 cannot be fhaken, that the Abjuration is no ways concern'd with 
 the Provifo's, which I think we now may, after what has been 
 faid, a firm and fure Foundation will be laid, for removing any 
 difficulty that may arife from the Confideration of any thing 
 that is faid in the other oAQi, viz. aAnno decimo Tertio £5 
 Quarto Gulielmi ■$. Regis. Wliatever way the Maintenance of 
 the Church of England as by Law Eftablifhed, may be faid to 
 Depend on the two qA&ls referr'd to in the ©Objuration, and 
 particularly that which contains the Provifo's, it can never be 
 faid to Depend on that oAS:, becaufe the Provifo's contain'd 
 therein, are Sworn to in the e^bjuration. But let us hear the 
 words of this e/4&, which occafioncd fo much fcruple \ They are 
 thefe, viz. 
 
 On which qABs ( Namely that are Referr'd to in the &4bjura- 
 tion ) the Safety of Tour Majefties Royal Terfon and Govern- 
 ment, the Continuance of the Mo?iarchy of England, the 
 Maintenance of the Church of England, as by Law Efta- 
 blifhed, the Security of the (Ancient and Undoubted Rights 
 and Liberties, and the Future Te 'ace and Tranquillity efthis 
 Kingdom do ( under GOT) ) intirely Depend : To the Intent 
 therefore, that the faid oAffs may be for ever Inviolably pre- 
 ferved, and that all Future Que'ftions and "Divifions, by rea- 
 fon of any pretended Titles to the Crown, may be prevented, 
 Sec. Let it be Enabled, viz. That all Terfons Undernam- 
 ed take the following Oath, Namely the (Abjuration, 
 
 Here 
 
Here two things are aflerted, Firft, That the Security of the 
 Church of England as by Law Eftablilhed, Depends on thefe 
 A&s ; And Secondly, That it is the Intent and 'X^fign of the 
 Oath of Objuration, that thefe A£ts be for ever Inviolably pre- 
 ferved. As to the firft of thefe, That the Security of the Church 
 of England us by Law Eftablifhed, depends on thefe Afts. That 
 this may be fet in its due Ligat, it muft be confidered chat, 
 
 The Queftion is not, what way, or how much, the Main- 
 tenance of the Church of England depends on thefe o^£ls, or 
 either of them, confidered in the bulk : But what way; or how 
 much the Maintenance of that Church depends on thefe A£b t 
 in Co far as they are Sworn to in the Abjuration ? The Reafbn 
 is, becaufe weareconcern'd with thefe ^s no further than 
 Reference is made to them, or they are Sworn to in the Abju- 
 ration. The Queftion then is, if all things contained in thefe 
 A£s, that is the whole of thefe Acts, is _rr'd and Sworn to 
 in the G/2bju*Mtion, or a part of thefe Acts . that is, the 1 
 mitatiens ofthem, or Succe (lion of the Crown, which is, or as 
 it is Entailed and Limited by them. rfocMfal] and e rhing 
 contained in thefe Acts, are not referred and Sworn to in the Ab- 
 juration, but the Limitations of them only, or theEiitail of the 
 Succefsion fettled by thefe Acts, then the ( rch of England 
 can have no other Maintenance from the Abjuration, or thefe 
 who take it, that I know, excepting what flows from the Li- 
 mitation, or Entail of the Crown by thefe *4ctS> that is, from 
 the Protefhnt Succcfsion. Butcortain it is, and mad jth 
 dantly evident by the foregoing Arg ume nts, that the c-4biura- 
 ti :iis not concernM withal! things contained in thefe A ncl 
 
 particularly, that they who take it. are not thereby eng to 
 
 maintain and fupport, or make effectual the Provifo's. e,4nd 
 therefore thefe Wets, in to I Sworn to, in the objuration, af 
 
 ' ord no other Maintenance to the Church of I than 
 
 they do to the Church of Scotland, that B, fuch Maintenance as 
 may be fupposM to flow in common to them both, from the in- 
 fluence of the Protectant Succcfsion. 
 
 It would be indeed hard, and, as I think, to,ftrain the Words 
 of the e 4ft, to Exclude the Church of England altogether from; 
 
 C 2 Main 
 
Maintainance even by the (Objuration ( for that it has Main* 
 tainancc by the A£t, is what no body can doubt of; feeing the 
 
 Parliament has faid, On which eAfts the Maintainance of 
 
 the Church o/England^ -do intirely defend, to the intent there- 
 
 fore, £$c. But, as has been faid, we do not Exclud that Church 
 wholly from Maintainance by the ©Objuration, but from Main- 
 tainance by it, as taking in and Comprehending the Provifo's ; 
 not from Maintainance by it, as Securing the Succeflion in the 
 Proteftant Line. Ond hence it is evident, that this is a bad and 
 Unconcluding Argument, Namely, The Parliament intended 
 Maintainance to the Church of England by the Objuration, 
 therefore they intend that the Objuration ihould Comprehend 
 the Provifo's. Indeed if the "Parliament has faid, that they in- 
 tended Maintainance to the Church of England by the Abjura- 
 tion, and if that Church can have no Security or Suftentation 
 by the Abjuration, unlefs it comprehend and take in the Provi- 
 fo's, I confefs there will be fomething to fay. But it is mani- 
 feft Weaknefs, and difcovers defeft of Judgment, to pretend, 
 that becaufe the "Parliament intended Maintainance to the 
 Chureh of England by the Objuration, therefore they intended 
 that the Objuration fhould Comprehend and take in the Provi- 
 fo's, tho' that Church. has Maintainance by the Abjuration ano- 
 ther way, Namely, through its Securing the Succeffion in the 
 Proteftant Line, as faid is; and tho that the Parliament intend- 
 ed, that Church Ihould have Maintainance by the Objuration 
 this way, Namely, By caufing it comprehend and take in the 
 Provifo 5 s, is what cannot be made appear by any thing that 
 looks like the fhadow of a R.eafon. 
 
 But let it be obferved here, that it will by no means follow, 
 that becaufe the Maintainance of the Church of England was 
 one thing which the Parliament had perhaps in View, or intend- 
 ed by Settling the Succeilion of the Crown in the Proteftant 
 Line, and in injoining the Objuration for the further Security of 
 the faid Succeffion, that therefore they who take the Abjuration, 
 either intend or (hould intend the Maintainance of that Church, 
 by their Swearing to Support and Maintain, or by their aftual 
 Supporting and Maintaining the Succeilion in the Proteftant 
 
 j_iine# 
 
Line: The Rea Ton is; becaufe the Parliament gain their In- 
 tention, or their Intention is fufficiently fulfuTd, if they who 
 take the Objuration, do defaBo Support 2nd Maintain the Si 
 ceifion in the Proteftant Line, whether they intend the Main- 
 tenance of the Church of England by their fo doing, or not; yea 
 tho they fhould intend no other thing thereby, but the Main- 
 nance of the Church of Scotland; or if thev Support and Defend 
 the fa id SucceGion, for other more Valuihie ends, than the 
 Maintenance of the External Fo-m of tlie CIu pf England. 
 Intentions are only known to GOD, B ncrefore come not 
 under the confideration of Humane Laws. The C 
 is the only thing which the Parliament required, not regard- 
 ing what Intention, either Party, or particular *Perfons might 
 have, in their concurring to J\ .d carry on Surceffi- 
 
 on in the 'Proteftant Line, providing that they actua. 
 tain and carry on the fame. 
 
 If the R ■ Senate had 1 an Act, ordering Prayers to 
 
 b put up in all I the F ion 
 
 of the I in that A£r, that the S - of 
 
 ti nuance Mon of 
 
 ipoftbe 
 md t- j iquili 'the^r nended on 
 
 their Fix ould the Prcmitive Or 
 
 fta m Pr Emperors, cont red 
 
 Apofloli:aI I - Or would I led th >.in 
 
 te: :!cl Heathniin Wot 
 
 lion of theft there 'I 
 d fuch an Ditei 
 and Sfli i-f., ;• tiit: tho' perhaps the 
 
 among other thjngs, the Maii.tcnane the fa id 1 
 Worfliip, in and by the Pre 
 
 • Praj put up for their F ? Tq pur an < 
 
 this Point, from what has been laid, you may 1 
 tbcfe Tresl ^ 
 
 further to? the Mai of tin 
 
 thaJt Come. 1 c Cent; pus 3 in tl e fir tu 
 
 ry, or the Cluillians m the «4rmy of M. 1 sin the 
 
 CO" 
 
ond Century, who faved the whole Army by a Miraculous 
 lain from Heaven, which they procured by their Prayers ; or 
 he Thebaan Legion in. the Army of Maximianus C 'afar in the 
 rhird Century, who died Martyrs all of them; or than other 
 Primitive Chriftians concurr'd towards the Maintenance of 
 he "Pagan Temples and Worfhip, by their contributing, with 
 Sword in hand and otherways, towards the Supporting and 
 Maintaining the State of the Roman Emperours, on whom the 
 Viaintainance of thePagan Worfhip and Temples depended eve- 
 y wheet as much, as the Maintenance of the Church of England 
 :an be fuppofed to depend on the Maintenance and Eftablifh- 
 nent of the Succeffion in the Proteftant Line. So widely do 
 hefe Well-meaning Men miftake things, who are ftartled at 
 iich Maintenance of the Church of England, as the Objuration 
 ioth oblige to. 
 
 Yet after all,Mainfcenance oftheChurch of Englan J,asProteftant> 
 )r concurring toward the keeping it from being overwhelmed by 
 Popery y is a good Work to the which all the good Trot eft ants in 
 Europe fhould Contribute their bell Endeavours. And this is 
 lot in the leaft Inconfiftent with our Contributing in the mean 
 ime, and when we are call'd - of GOD, all that we can, 
 :owards a further Reformation of that Church in an 
 )rderly way, or in a way not contrary to the Laws of the Go£ 
 jel. 
 
 The fecond thing Offerted is, That it is the Intent and de- 
 tune of the Oath ofeAbjuration, that tbefe oAffs be for ever in- 
 violably freferved. Ond hence it is inferred, that it is the in- 
 :ent of the Objuration, that the Provifo's be for ^ver Inviolably 
 jreferved, in regard that the Provifo's are contained in one 
 hefe O&s : Ond hence it will follow that the Provifo's are 
 >worn to in the Objuration, elfe it could not be the intent of 
 he Parliament by the Objuration that they may be for ever 
 inviolably Preferved. I look on this as the Chief and principal 
 3bje8:iQn, and I confefs it carys with it fome fhew of Reafon, 
 therefore I fhall infift the more fully on it, hopping to fet the 
 yhole Matter in fuch a clear Light, that any Rational Man, 
 k vho will confider what we have to fay, fhall be convinced Jn 
 
his Conscience, that the Minifters of the Church of Scotland, and 
 others who have taken then ©Objuration, liave &/4&ed with 
 Judgment in that affair, and behaved as Men of Knowledge, 
 and that the 'Parliament by Impofing the Abjuration, has not 
 Impofed on Presbyterians an Oath Contrary to Presbyterian 
 Principles. 
 
 I fay then, that if the meaning of thefe words ofthe<*4&, be 
 made to be, that k was the intention of the Parliament in ma- 
 king the objuration, that thefe eA&s referred to, that is all and 
 every thing contained in thefe Acts fand confequently the Pro- 
 vifo's) fhould remain for ever Inviolable ; I know nothing V 
 can prove, but this: that the Parliament miffed one thing wliic 
 they intended by the Abjuration. For if the Provifo's are not i 
 the Abjuration, as we have proven they really are not, it will ne- 
 ver follow they are in it, becaufe it was the intention of the 
 Parliament, that they fhould be in it. Intentions can never alter 
 things. If it fhould be Voted, or aflerted in theNarrativeofane^ft, 
 That the Church does not /land in the Churchward, it will Hand 
 there notwithftanding, till it be pull'd down and Built elfe- 
 where. Tho' the Parliament had fakipofitively, it was their 
 intention that the Provifo's fhould be in the <5/4bjuration,yet they 
 will never be there, till they be really put there. And it isj 
 much more reafonable to argue after this manner, The Provi- 1 
 fo's are not really in the {Objuration, therefore k was not the| 
 intention of the Parliament that they fhould be there ; than to 
 argue thus, It was the intention of the Parliament that the Pro- 
 viso's fhould be in the Abjuration, therefore they mud: be there, 
 whither they be really there or not. 
 
 But neither are the Provifo's in the Abjuration, neither v 
 the Parliament miilaken in their intention, for they never in- 
 tended that the Provilb's fhould be in the Abjuration, nor, when 
 they faid, To the Intent therefore that the laid &4tfs \ 
 ever Inviolably 'Preferved, did they intend, that all and i 
 thing contained in thefe A&s, fhould I i ever Invioliblv P 
 ferved ; But only, that the Limitations of thefe c astfa 
 
 cxprefs it ) be for ever Inviolably Preferred, tliat is, the 
 
 cefjica 
 
ceilionof the Crown, Lmiited or 'Entailer by thefe <*4tts,to the 
 P. Sophid&nd her Heirs being "Proteftants. " So that Wjhen they 
 faid, To £#* /#£*# therefore, that tht tfai/I' 'oAfi [ s ftiay he for ever 
 Inviolably Tfeferved, by kAHs, they did not uriderftand the whole 
 of thefe oAcfs, or ail the particular things and Claufes in them, 
 but only the Limitations of * thefe oAffs, that is, the . particular 
 Claiifes in them; by which the Proteftant SUeeeflion is Settled 
 and Eftablifhed. 
 
 To fet this in a' clear Light, let it be Cbferved, that the Sue- 
 cefsioriofthe Crown, is Entailed to the P. Sophia and her Heirs 
 .in the fecond of thefe Aft£ referred to in the' AbjuratL-, : oAnd 
 nchat they have tliei'r Right to the Succefsion bfthK Trown, by 
 h/irtue of the Limitation of that e4ft, not by firths*, of that 
 whole Aft, or everything that is contained therein,, but only 
 by vertue of that part of it, which they call the Limitation \of 'the 
 oAff. This is evident, as. from the Nature of the thing, fo ifroin 
 the exprefs words of that Aft in § 2* Where it is faid, Provid- 
 ed always, and it is hereby Enaffed, that all and every Terfon 
 and Perfons, who (hall or may take [or Inherit e the faid Crown by 
 virtue of the Limitation of' this prefent e/ift, &c. .' P. .Sophia, 
 then and Her Heirs, have hot their Right from that whole 
 eAci, but from the Limitation of that &4fr. Yet Jn that iaine 
 Aft it is'faid, oAndthat every Kjng and Queen of this Realm, who 
 jhall come to Succeed in the Imperial Crown of this Kjngdom, by 
 virtue of this Aft, jhall have, i$c. What is before call'd, Li- 
 mitation of this eA& y jy here calPd theeAff. So that qAB here, 
 and Limitation of the oA5i, are Equivalent Terms, one and the 
 fame thing ; and by oAtt in this Paragraph, we are not to un- 
 derftand the whole of the oAci, or all and every thing contained 
 therein, but only apart of the qAH, namely that part of it,which 
 is calPd the Limitation of the oAff. The cafe is the fame here ; 
 when the Parliament faid, To the Intent therefore, thai the fold 
 Afts may be for ever Inviolably "Preferved, their meaning was 
 not, that the whole of thefe qABs, or all and every thing that is 
 contained in them, ma^ be for ever Inviolably Preferved,. but 
 that the Limitation of thefe oA^is, may .be for ever Inviolably 
 Preferved, or that part of them which Eftablifhes the Succefsi- 
 on 
 
I 25 ; 
 on of the Crown in the Froteftant Line. In the Aft referred to, 
 To inherit the Crown byvertue of the <Aft, and, to inherit e the 
 Crown by vertue of the Limitation of the Aft, are the fame thing : 
 Wherefore in this <Att\ To the intent therefore that the (aid Afts 
 nitty be for ever inviolably freferved, and, to the intent therefore 
 that the Limitations of * the Jaid Afts may be for ever inviolably 
 prefervedj are one. and the fame thing in like manner. 
 
 Thusalfo (in Aft 17. An. 1. Annas Reg: Paragr.- 3.; it is faid, 
 That ifanyferfon or ferfons at any time afier the fir jl day of 
 March 1702. frail endeavour to deprive or hinder any per <:ho 
 JbaJl be next in Succeffion to the Crown, for the time \eiug. accord- 
 ingto ^Limitations in the Aft, (viz,. TN firftyfft referred to 
 in the Abjuration) and according to one other oArt, <vc. (viz. 
 the fecond Aft referred to in the Abjurationj that is,accord ingto 
 the Limitation of one other a,4ft,as is farther evident frcm what 
 is there added, viz. Hinder from Succeeding, after the deceaje of 
 Her Maje/lyto the Imperial Crown of this Realm, according to 
 the Limitations in the before mentioned Afts, &c. which plainly 
 fliows, that by one other oAd, they understood Limitation oft 
 other oAci ; So that to fay oArts, inftead of Parts of *AEis, or 
 Limitations of oACts, is ordinary Parliamentary Stile in 
 Cafes. Wherefore, when it is faid here, To the Intent t >re 
 that the faid Afts may be for ever inviolalh preserved, no rti( 
 can be made of it, but thus, To the Intent ; 
 notations of the fiid Afts may be frr ever inviolably prefc 
 
 And that what we are faying may be evident, even to a d 
 monilration, and not fo much as the (haddow of a pre 
 may be left for doubting, Let us take a particular vi< 
 Tenor of this A ft under confederation, in theNa 
 it is faid, To the Intent the- '.Hit tic . Jffi 
 
 ever inviolably freferved. 
 
 Tt beginneth thus, 
 Wherta n At\ befirf 
 
 m I c client 
 
 of ever 'BJeJJed Memory, Lntituled, An Ai 
 
 D 
 
sand Liberties of the SuhjeBs and fettlelng the Succejfion of the 
 Crown, it was Enafited Efdblifhed and 'Declared, viz. That the 
 Crown and Royal Power fhould continue to King William and 
 Queen Mary, ai)d the Survivor of them ; And after their Death 
 remain to the Heirs of Q. Mary's Body ; And for default of fuch 
 IfTue, to the P. Ame<& Denmark, and her Heirs; and in de- 
 fault of them, to the Heirs of /C William's Body. Now by 
 Jtt here/ is underftood not the whole Ati, but the Limitati- 
 ens of the w'£?.This is evident i. Becaufe it is by the Limitations 
 of the A& here mentioned, that the PoiTeflion of the Crown 
 and Royal Tower was Decreed to continue to KJVilliam and Q. 
 Mary, and the Survivor of them, and after their Death to Q^ 
 Mary's Heirs; and failing them Q. Anneznd her Heirs. As to 
 tlie reft of the Things contained in that A£t, they have no man- 
 ner of relation to this purpofe. 2. This is evident by the Par- 
 liament's own glofs upon this word ; For in the fecond A6i 
 here mentioned, The Parliament fpeaking of this fame firftlAct, 
 
 and entail of the Crown made' therein, fays Tour good Sub ~ 
 
 jetris,Wioo,imder fuch LojJ es, being fevfibly put in mind, that it j land- 
 eth wholly in the fie afire ofGO'D eAlmighty, to prolong the Lives 
 ofTourMaje/Iy, and of Her Royal Highnefs, and to grant to Tour 
 Majefly, or to Her Royal Highnefs, fuch Ijue as may be inherit- 
 able to the Crown and Regal Government aforefaid, by the Refpe- 
 ftive Limitations m the faid recited A£t contained, &x. You 
 fee, that what in this place they call oA:i, in the other place 
 they call Limitations of the oAti : Here they fay, that Q. 
 jimie's and /(,• William's Heirs, were made Inheritable of the 
 Crown by the Ati ; aud there they fay, that they were made 
 Inheritable of the Crown, by the Limitations of this Ad. It is 
 clear then, that according to the Parliament's glofs, thefe words 
 in this Ati we are fpeaking of, viz. Whereas by an A& made 
 in the firf year of the Reign of your mofi Excellent Majefly, mujl 
 hcfaraphrafed thus, Whereas by the Limitations of an Aft made 
 inthefirfi Tear of the Reign of Your moft Excellent Majefly. Wh^r^- 
 fbre it is evident aboundantly, that Ati here fignifyeth not 
 whole Jtfy but only Limitations of the Ati. 
 
 After 
 
After this, this the new Narrative of this J£i we are fpeaking 
 of, goes on thus. f 
 
 <Andvoheyea< by one other A& made in the Twelfth Tear of { 
 Tour Mai e/iies Rei^n, Entituled, &4n ^ct fir the further Limi- \ 
 tartoin of the Crown, and letter Securing toe Rghts and Lilerties 
 of the S h)eBs, &c. It was Eiasfed, &z. viz. That after the 
 Death of Q. &4NNE and in default of Her IfTue, the Crown 
 and Rezai Government of this R.ealm, fhould remain to the 
 T. SoptHM, and her Heirs being Pt its, And in like 
 
 manner, by one other qAH [a this Sentence, we muft under- 
 ftand bv Limits- f g;:c other Aft, as is evident by the 
 
 I le Reafo i. Becaule it is b tatimqf that A6t 
 
 only, that the Succeflion of the CrO T is Entailed to the . 
 Sophia and her Heirs, an I by no other tiling contained then i . 
 2. Becaufethe Parliament it$?lf puttethth )fs on it, in the 
 before cited Sentence, namely, Prov'u it here- 
 
 by Enacied, that all and every perfon and ferfons. who fial] 
 fiiay take or inherit t .ejaidCroivn, by vertue of the Limitation 
 of this prefent A£h Here they fay that T. Sophia and her Hei 
 have their Right to the Crown by that one u A, v made in the 
 Twelfth Year of /G WitiianPs Reign: But in the Sentence v. 
 have cited they (ay, that P. Sophia and her Heirs b lvc their 
 Right to the Crown by vertue of the l/./rdtation ofth, 
 According to the Parliaments glofs then, thefe words of this 
 &4ct, viz. Whereas h one other Act made in the Twt lfth Tear cf 
 Tour Majeftfs Reign muft be pa manner ^ 
 
 as by the Limitation of one other A(\ mai : '. t TvQffib jf 
 
 Tour Ma]tJ!y\ Reign. Whei is no lei's evident t y 
 
 one other ^l this place, we mult uiulerftaiui the Li, m 
 
 of one other oAtf, k 
 
 After this it is added, 
 
 %Andvbh< bop ex cf ' " 
 
 Teace and Repo/e of your / 
 the pretended P. of Wales to h Tf 
 land, and Ireland, 
 Title, in Open 'Dttu 
 
 D 
 
■ % nt of iheTttle and Succeffion of the Crown by the faid feveral 
 *Aiis of "'Parliament^ .%§c. But the Provifions which they here 
 fpeak of, were made by the Limitations of thefe feveral ( or 
 two ) Acts of Parliament, wherefore by the feveral Acls here, 
 we muft ftill underftand, the Limitations of thefe feveral Jtls, 
 and not thefe whole Atts. Then it is faid, 
 
 On which faid eA&s, thefafety of your Majeftfs Royal Terfon 
 and Government^ the Continuance of the Monarchy, of England, 
 the frefervation of the Trotefiant Religion, the maintainance of 
 the Church o/*England as ly Law Eftablifhed, £$c. T)o under 
 GOT) intirely defend. On which faid A&s, that is, on which 
 faid Acts before mentioned ; but the Limitations of the 
 Acts only, are before mentioned ; therefore on which faid 
 Jets Signifies, on the Limitations of which faid ABs. Then fol- 
 low the words which occafion the Scruple, viz. 
 
 To the intent therefore that the faid Acts may be for ever invi- 
 olably freferved, fcfe. "What faid a^cts ? The faid Acts be- 
 fore mentioned, certainly, viz. That which is intituled An Act 
 declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subjects, and Settling the 
 Succeffionof the Crown, And the other intituled, An Act far 
 the further Limitation of the Croivn, &c. But the Limitations 
 of thefe Acts, only are before mentioned, and not thefe Acts 
 confidered in the bulk, as is evident from what is faid. Where- 
 fore, To the intent thefe Acts may be forever inviolably freferv 
 ed, can Import no more,fignify no more, intend no more, but 
 this, To the intent that the Limit at ations of thefe Acts may be 
 for ever Inviolably preferved : Not that all and every thing in 
 them, or the Provifo's contained in the fecond ^ct, may be for 
 ever Inviolably preferved. If it be needful to fay any more on this 
 head, confider, 
 
 i. The Title of this Ac"t,which is, J&for the further Security 
 of his Majeftie^s Terfon and the Succeffion oftheCrown in the Pro- 
 tefiant line and for extinguijhing the hops of the Tretended T. 
 of Wales, and all other pretenders, and their of en andfecret eA- 
 vaters.Hence it is Evident, that the Parliament framed theAbju- 
 ration, and oblidged all Perfons in publick Truft, therein to pro- 
 
 mife 
 
^ 
 
 mile or swear to maintain trie buccemon, as jLimtea or nntan| 
 ed by the A&s referred to, for this end, that his Majeftie's Per< 
 fon, and the "Proteftant Succeflion, might bs the more fecure^ 1 
 and that 'Popifh Pretenders to the Crown, taight be mon 
 effe&ually prevented- Wherefore when they fa id, that theii 
 intention in iniovning the Objuration was, that the two fori 
 fakl Ads might r>e forever Inviolably preferv-d, their meanin 
 behooved to be, that their intention was, that the Limit 'atio> 
 of thefe ARs, or the Proteftant Succeffion Settled by thefe *4Bi 
 might be forever Inviolably preferved, in regard, that there; 
 dering Inviolable or unalterable, the reft of the things contained 
 in thefe Acts, and particularly the Provifo'sin the lecor.d qA^ 
 could Contribute nothing at all to thefe ends, to the farther 1 
 curity of the King his Perfon, or of the Succeflion in the Prot< 
 ftantLine, and the Extinguilhing of the hopes of the *P. 
 Wales, and other Pretend ers- 
 
 2. It is fa id in the Narrative of this Aft, And whereas ft 
 FrenchKing — batftcrufed theP.Trince o/Wales to beTroclaimt 
 Kjng of England, &x\ iVbereufonhehath ajfwned the j aid Sti 
 and Title in Of en Defiance of tie Trm made fir the E ' 
 
 blifhment of the Title and Suva of the Crown by thefe aA . 
 To the intent therefore that theje might he fir ei\ 
 It was not in Open Defiance of the Provifo's, or the otherthinj 
 contained in the Afts, that the p. Pnnce of Wok s a -fumed t 
 Title and Stile of K. James xkv third, hut in Open Dcrian. 
 the Limitations of thefe *4&s, by Which alone the Provifi- 
 for the Eftablifhment of the Title and "the Cro 
 
 were made, and therefore the intention of the 
 the Objuration was, that the Limitations of tin 
 which thefe Trovifions were made mi^ht be foi Lu'iola 
 
 the making the ^rovifo\ inviolable could fignifie nothing 
 this. If, To the intent th :aybe ^la 
 
 be made to fignifie To the intent the ions c, 
 
 be fur ever Inviolable, the (BtntwiH M 
 
 ter this manner ; Seeing the P. Prince or i hat 
 
 the Title of K- James, bl Open Defiance of the I u 
 
ilVIV \Z/ JL\*\,<3 OC&AVl Ul W illVHJ UiUWV AAA H1VUJJ IV/l bilV UVVUllkV V/A LUC 
 
 )roteftant Succeflion ; therefore we will make thefe Limitati- 
 >ns forever inviolable, by the Abjuration. But if thefe Jets be 
 aken, for the whole of the Jets, the Parliament will be made 
 lere to fpeakthus. Seeing the. p. prince of Wales hath aflum- 
 :d the Title of /G James in Open Defiance of the Limitations 
 >f thefe oActs and provifions made in them, for the Security of 
 he Protectant Succeflion, therefore we will make thefe Limita- 
 ions for ever inviolable by the Abjuration, and befides we will 
 riake a great many other things inviolable by the fame Oath, 
 yhich have no Relation at all to that purpofe, either to the 
 ecurity of the Succeflion in the Proteftant Line, or towards the 
 )ppofing of the ^Defiances of the p. Prince of Wales. Wherefore, 
 hey who take Jets in this place, for whole of the Jets, caufe the 
 ^rliament fpeak Abfurdly. 
 
 3. The Parliament would by Impofeing the Abjuration, make 
 hefe A&s for ever Inviolable, that by that means, they might 
 revent all future QueftionsandDivifions, byReafon of any pre- 
 sided Tides to the Crown, as is faid in this Narrative. Hence 
 is Evident, that when they faid they would make thefe two 
 Ols Inviolable, their meaning was, they would make the Li- 
 gations of thefe A&s Inviolable, for it was by the Limitati- 
 is of thefe A£te only that they could fuppofe, that all future 
 ^ueftion§ and Divifions, by Reafon of pretended Titles to the 
 'rown, might be prevented, and they could never imagine, 
 rat the reft of the things contained in thefe A£h ( and particu- 
 rly the Provifo's ) could ferve to that purpofe, or have any effi- 
 icy that way. This is confirmed by what^ is faid in that fe- 
 >nd A&, in "the Narrative before the Limitation of the Sue- 
 :flion to. the P. Sophia, viz. And it being abfolutely necef- 
 ry,for the fafety, peace, and quiet of this Realm, tq obviat all 
 uhis ana contentions in the fame, by reafon ofanyfretented Titles 
 the Crown, and to maintain a certainty in the Succeffion thereof, 
 which your SuhjeBs mayfafely have Recourfe for theirTrotefiion 
 cafe the Limitations in the faid Recited oAti fhould determine : 
 efore let it be Enafted, viz. That the Succeflion be En- 
 tailed 
 
tailed to the P. Sophia and her Heirs being Proteftants. Whence 
 we may fee, that it was bv the Limitations of the Afts, or the 
 Settleing the SuccciTion, that the Parliament fuppofed that fu- 
 ture ^ueftions and Divifions, by Realbn of pretended Titles to 
 the Crown, might be prevented. And it is clear, that making 
 firm the Provilb's has no Relation to that Affair. In a word it 
 is manifeft both by the Title aad Tenor of the Narrative of I 
 this Aft, that the "Parliament had no other thing in view, but 
 the Security of the Limitations of the forefaid Ads, and the 
 more firm Eftablifhment of the Proteftant Succeffion, in form- 
 ing this Aft, and injoyning the Abjuration thereby ; and to the 
 Intent therefore that the faid c^&may be for ever Inviolal 
 prefcrved, cannot be drawn to fignify, to the intent the 
 that the whole ofthefe oAfts may be forever inviolably preferr- 
 ed, without, manifeft wrefting the Senfe, and perverting t 
 Scope of the whole Narrative of this &4tt. 
 
 4/ When the Parliament fpeaking of the two Aft% ft id, 
 To the Intent therefore the faid Afts may be for ever Invlola 
 Treferved y if by the firft ofthefe Afts, t d no m 
 
 but the Limitation of it, by the fecond Act they underftood tl 
 fame, that is, not the whole Aft, but Limitation of the Aft:J 
 it cannot be fuppofed, that they would take that on vd 
 
 oActs in tv rent Sejifes, by the ficft ofthe'e A 
 
 compre! , und :.ding only t ! 
 
 and by t md underftanding the \\ I-oie of the / 
 
 Would I very I 1 Unint 
 
 ner, and di t from die m v * \V 
 
 he h;re then, ifbj the firft Aft ded in th( I 
 
 woYdo-iitj they underftood t tion 1 
 
 fid Aft r 
 i^ ifc th Afl 
 
 the w h( . but only I 
 
 the 
 
 i 11 . 
 it Act, but the 1 
 they intended to make Inviolable by the Abjor ition : Ar. 
 
 
evident, becaufe the Abjuration lias no relation at all to any 
 ling in that fir ft A&, but the Limitation of it only ; for they 
 rho take the Abjuration, Swear only to Maintain theSuccefli- 
 n of the Crown as it ftands Settled and Entailed in that firft 
 ,& ; and the reft of the things therein ( ex: gr: the Abrogating 
 le Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and Subftituting two 
 thers in their Room) are fo remote from any Relation to the 
 ucceilion as fettled in that eAct, that if there be any who pre- 
 end, that the Takers of the Abjuration, do by their Swearing 
 j Maintain the Succeflion as fettled in that Act, Swear to all 
 he other tniogs contained therein, they will never be able to 
 ly any thing to juftify fuch a pretence, but what will difcover 
 vliferable Weaknefs or manifeft Partiality. 
 
 In the beginning of the Narrative of this fecond Act, the 
 \trliament ipeaking of the firft Act fays, whereas (among other 
 hings) it was Enacted, viz. That the Succefsion of the Crown 
 nould be Entailed or Limited fo and io, &c. And I would 
 inn know how it can be pretended that they who take the jib- 
 aratioi, do by their Swearing to Maintain the Succefsion as 
 Entailed and Limited in that Act, Swear to Maintain the other 
 hirtgs which are contained therein. If it be afferted, that to 
 J wear to Maintain one thing contained in an Act referred to, is 
 :o Swear to Maintain the other things contained in the Jet, for 
 ;he fame reafon it muft be afferted, that Swearing to Maintain 
 )ne Act, is to Swear to Maintain all Acts ; for two or three 
 different s^cts made at different times cannot contain things 
 pore different, than fome things which are contained in this 
 (flct we are fpeaking of. 
 
 Seeing then that the Parliament faid, that they intended to 
 make the firft Jet Inviolable by the objuration, and feeing the 
 Objuration has no relation at all to any thing in that firft oAct 
 but the Limitation of it only,and confequently can make nothing 
 3f it Inviolable but only the Limitation of it, their faying they 
 intended to make the firft Oct inviolable by the ^bjuration,could 
 .{lave no other meaning, but that they intended to make the Li- 
 mitation of that firft Act Inviolable by the Objuration. Where- 
 fore 
 
*#? J/2*-<<7tf therefore the faid Octs may he for ever Inviolably pre- 
 Jerved\ and it being certain that by tbenrftof thcfe ^cts, they 
 tmderftood no more but the Limitation of it, and feeing this very 
 thing makes it evident, that by the fecond of thefe Octs they 
 underftood no other thing but the Limitation of it in like man- 
 ner, what can be more clear than that, ^o the Intent therefore 
 the faid Octs may be for ever Inviolably preferved, has no other 
 meaning but this, Namely, To the Intent therefore the Limita- 
 tions of the fa id ^/cts may be for ever Inviolably preserved. 
 
 Now by what has been faid you may underftand, that the 
 ^Principal point in this Debate is not as is commonly thought, 
 about the fecond of the A:ts referr'd to in the Objuration, and 
 which contains the Provifo's, but concerning the firft Aox refer- 
 red to therein, and the hinge of the Controverfy lies" in this, 
 Namely, If the Takers of the Objuration are Sworn to all and 
 every tning that is contained in that firft ^ct, or only to the Li- 
 mitation of it, or Succefsion fettled therein? For if nothing 
 but the Limitation of the firft Oct is Sworn to in the Abjurati- 
 on, it will follow, that wiien the Parliament faid, it was their 
 intention by the Objuration, that the [aid oAtfs be for ever In- 
 violably *Preferved, their meaning was, it was their Intention 
 that the Limitation of the firft Oct be for ever Inviolably Pre- 
 ferred ; and hence it will follow, that it was their intention 
 next that the Limitation of the fecond Oct only be for ever In- 
 violably prefeived : Ond if their meaning was only that they 
 intended that the Limitations of the Octs fhould be for e\er In- 
 violably Preferved, it will follow that the Maintenance of the 
 Church of Em land which thev fpeak of, is fuch as depends on the 
 Limitations of the Octs; and hence it will follow, that the 
 Takers of the Objuration are not concerned with that M un- 
 tainance of the Church of England which depend* on the E 
 Provifo, and do not affoord Maintenance to theChurch of 
 land, otherways than in and by their Concurring to 
 Maintaining and Supporting the Succeflion in the 'Protefunt 
 Line; as the firft Chrillians affocrded Maintenance I lv 
 
 E 'VfrJ?/0lAt\* and 
 
o .. 
 
 in and by their concurring towards the Maintaining and Sup- 
 porting the Roman Em£?erours. 
 
 $/y. It is evident by what has already been faid, that the 
 Objuration includes not the ?rovifo's ; and that they who have 
 taken it, are not thereby Engaged to make effe&ual the fame, 
 but only to Maintain and Support the I -imitations of the two 
 A£ts, and no more, and are not concerned with the reft of the 
 things contained in them. And hence it ismanifeft, that when 
 the Parliament faid, that they intended to make the A£b Invi- 
 olable or Unalterable by the Abjuration, their meaning was no 
 other than that they intended to make the Limitations of thefe 
 Acts Inviolable thereby : For they would never pretend to 
 make thefe tilings Inviolable by the Abjuration, which they 
 knew the Abjuration did not reach, and to which it had no 
 mauner of Relation. We conclude then, that the meaning of 
 thefe words, To the Intent therefore that the faid A£ts may he 
 for ever Inviolably Treferved, can be no other than this. To the 
 Intent that the Limitations' of thefe A£ts, i. e. the Succejfion if 
 toe Crown Limited or Entailed by them, to the¥. SopKia and 
 her Heirs being Trot eft ant s^may be for ever Inviolably Treferved. 
 
 coffer all, if what has been faid be confidered, it will beeafy, j 
 to o4nfwer the Arguments, which are raifed from the words 
 Of tkh Act againft the Objuration. The firft Argument is 
 ►this. 
 
 The Parliament intended' by the Abjuration Maintainance to 
 ■the Church of [England. 
 
 But the Church of England cm have no Maintainance by the 
 objuration, unlefs it comprehend the Provifo's. Therefore 
 
 The Parliament intended that the objuration fhould compre- 
 hend the Provifo's. 
 
 Anfwer, It is evident from what has been faid, that the Mi- 
 nor of this Syllogifm is falfe. For the Church of England has 
 Maintenance by the Objuration, without its comprehending 
 theProvifo's, in regard that it fecures the Succeifion in the Pro- 
 teftant Line : And fecurity to the Proteftam Succeffion, is fc- 
 
 curity 
 
cuntyto theCiiurch ottLngiand, and to ait fne rroteitants ** 
 that Kingdom- The other Argument urged is thu s, 
 
 It was the intention of the Parliament in Forming and Im~ 
 pofmgthe Abjuratioa, tumi\k the e/4:ts referred to therein In- 
 violable for ever. 
 
 Bat the A£ts referred to in tlie Abjuration contain the Provi- 
 so's. Therefore 
 
 It was the intention-of the Parliament in Forming an-d Impo- 
 ■fing the e^bju ration, to make tlie Provifo's Inviolable for ever. 
 The Anfweris, That it was not the intention of the Parlia- 
 ment that all and every thing contained in the &4cts, but only 
 that the Limitations ol the A£tebe Inviolable. pAW whkhthings 
 are fo obvious and piiin, that it is a wonder tha- any Pco 
 fhould be found amongft us fo Ignorant as to ma e talking 
 
 *hts ' i Ground of Separation. 
 
 oAitcv all, rlrjre is one other Ol fl the tn 
 
 on, which, tho' 1 cannot call it very I 
 ted, tsverj common, and in the 
 And it is this, Mac - Rfcj a take th 
 wife to M in en. tthe ^ 
 
 fame is and ftands *Sadcd sod BfittiUd in rhetv tifh 
 
 *AHs referred to : Ani\ feeing they who take the <. 5 ttion, 
 now after the Union, by Oouv/, mull n i 
 Crown, it will ft that they fay ur Sw ; in 
 
 I, thai irtnvn Oidy, • li was 
 
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itand, buccefjionof toe Lrowntn jo far as Englifb. &€nd therea- 
 fon is manifeft, becaufe they who Swear to Support and Main? 
 tain the Succeffion of the Englifb Crown, as fettled and Entailed 
 in the faid <A£is, do thereby Swear to Maintain and fupport 
 the Succeffion of the Scottifb Crown in the Family of Hanover., 
 and that becaufe by the Union-Act* the two Crowns are joined 
 together, and Scot land and England made one Nation or King- 
 dom ; So that, as things now ftand, they who Swear to fup- 
 port and Maintain the Succeffion of r the Englifb Crown as fet- 
 tled and Entailed in the faid Acts, do thereby Swear to Main- 
 tain and Support the Succefsion of the ScottifbCmwn in the 
 Family of Hanover : aAnd on the other hand, if we had Sworn 
 to Maintain the Succefsion of the Scotiflx Crown in the Family of 
 Hanover, we had thereby Sworn to Maintain the Succefsion of 
 the EngliJJ? Crown as the fame is and ftands Limited and En- 
 tailed by the two forefaid eActs. It was not Judged Requifite 
 then, that the Succefsion of the Crown, in fo far as it belongs 
 to Scotland, (hould be mentioned in the e^bjuration, becaufe 
 by the Union the Scots went in to the Hanover Succeffion, as 
 Settled and Entailed by the laid Englifb <AHs, and thereby the 
 EngliJIi became alfo the Scotifb Succefsion. - , 
 
 2. If by SucceJJion of the Crown in the A bjuration, we under 
 ftand Succeffion of the TBritiJh Crown, the difficulty will not be 
 fo great, as Tome People imagine, and there will be no necefsr- 
 ty of fuppofing, that the Takers of the Abjuration affirm in that 
 Oath, that the Succefsion of the Crown in fo far as it belongs to 
 Scotland, was fettled and Entailed by the two forefaid Acts of 
 the Englifb Parliament before the Union. For the Sentence in 
 the Abjuration we are fpeaking of, viz. oAnd I do Faithfully 
 fromife, to the tttmoft of my Tower, to fuf forty Maintain and 
 ^Defend the Limitation and SucceJJion of the Crown, as the fame is, 
 and fiands fettled by an eAtl Intituled, 65V. o^fnd as the fame, 
 ly one other oAff intituled, if>c», h and fiands fettled and En- 
 tailed, &c. May very well be Paraphrafed after this manner, 
 viz. oAnd I do Faithfully fronafe, to the utmofi of my Tower, to 
 JuPPorty Maintain and T>efend the Limitation and Succeffion of 
 
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t/jennnm^rowT^ ascvejame, viz* wimK«pc?t totharpart 
 ©fit whicb'is'Englifh, is and [bands fettled* and Enta by an 
 oAct Intituled, $5h ^ad.t;h -sentence mu thus Pa- 
 
 raphrafed, is evident,, became . all words, whither of Private 
 perfonsorochecs, muft be taken in a^ Senfe a r e to Truth* 
 
 and matter of Fa c: f eaor € i 11 allow it; 
 
 •which thefe worric v. I not, if Partphrafed the other \\\. 
 
 .e/2ndifany take t bywords ofany Perfon or Perfons in a.Senfe 
 which cannot a: matter c Et, or imports a Falfin \ 
 
 when in-the mean tin. - _y may as Commodiouily be ta!<< 
 a Senfe which will not contradid the Truth, they do not g i A 
 
 •Candidly. Now the ^raphrafiflg that Sentence after th nJ 
 
 ner, wrffl be (@ far fro ing an offering V :e to t JsJ 
 
 that this way of Paraphrafing Sentences of that natu ordi| 
 
 nary and altogether necelTary. For all Words which rela 
 to Different things ("as Crown here, which r both to En 
 
 landznd Scotland j muft be Reftricfced to that part, wit! 
 that which i* aiTe^ted doth quadrate. Thus in thatSentenc 
 Cod lo Loved the World, Seeing I i ion to tv 
 
 Parties, the Elect and Reprobate, the Words muft be under 
 ftood thus, GOT) fa Lozed the World, ro the Ele 
 
 Tarty therein, the Reafon is, bec&ufe the Love of GOD qua 
 atsanly with the Elect party in the World, l^hus alia GO'ij 
 jent flirt h his Son made of a Woman, muft be Paraph rale J a frc| 
 manner, GU'D jent forth his Son t of a Woman, vi 
 
 ith reflect to his Humane Nature, becaiife if it were unde 
 flood with Refped to his other Nature, it would be a Falfi 
 and Contrary to matter of Fad. Neither is this way off. 
 
 to Scripture* but is ordinary even in Common D 
 com; i us if it be did, that Man is Mortal, it muft 
 
 underftood that be tlwitb KefveH to that Part ofh 
 
 which u al or "Bodily. And if it be l hat the Sovs uf M 
 
 bihai -at part of the World which is calPd the Earth, it m 
 not immediately be inferred, that fome of them dwiRig the S 
 among the Fiftes, but it muft be fa id, that the) I 
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hundreds ot bxafflples of this kind might be lnltaneed. In like- 
 manner, if SucceJJion of the Crown in the Abjuration, be under- 
 stood of the "Britifh Crown, thefe Words, eAs the fame is and 
 ftands Settled and Entailed in the two oABs y mnft be underftood 
 with refpeft to that part of the ^Britijh Crown, which is Eng- 
 lish. Wherefore there is no more! Reafon for fixing a Falfity on 
 theforefaid Sentence of the Abjuration, than there is for avert- 
 ing, that there is a Falfity in that Sentence oi Taxi's, Gal: 4. 4. 
 And if they who take the Abjuration, Swear to maintain the 
 Succeflion of the *Britifh Crown, as the fame, with refpeft to 
 that part of it which is English, is Settled and Entailed in two 
 before faid A£b, no more can be required of them with refpeft 
 to that particular. And therefore, there was no neceffity, and 
 it was not worth the 'Parliaments while, to alter the Words of 
 the Abjuration^ in order to adapt it the more to our State after 
 ihe Union. 
 
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