With rcfpeE’t to the 56 US IN ESS OF THE mm My, 2 And all the other PRETENTIONS Of his Grace the: Duke of M 9. NM 0. UTE); . Difcufs’d' and Afferted. In a Letter toga) Friend.” L O N D‘O'N; Printe..cl.,.-i§ . the :Year, ,.‘ 66.80.. ~wwu—F-V w, THE, ‘NTEREST O F T H E ' » Three Kingdoms, With ‘Refpeét ’to the BUSINESSE ' rants Mr, er, I , . ‘§I. ‘ I‘ 7 ELL were it for thispeerdif’traé’ted Nam”, were there leis ground, than there is, for s your 0 inion, that it is not the particu~ lar Cali): of your Friend only, but ofa great many ( otherwife ) Worthy and Eminent Perfons, t to be mis-led, and intoxicated, by the plaufible pretence ' bf a Free fiflate, into a paflionate Fondne-fs, and Arlmi- , ration of a PapalarGovemment: never dif’tinguifliing , betwixt the Form and Efleflce of a Commonwealth ; the ‘ ~ - mif’take whereof ( each for the other ) has prov’d f0 fa- - tal in this Age; nor calling to mind that it was the misfortune of thol'e that Iurfeited of our [Gag/y Re~ gimem, and gap’d as impatiently after Nave/27 as any ‘ now adayes can do; to lofe the fubfiance of [Jaw/2y . and Hgginefi, in perfute of the Shadow. Nay, too too ' ‘6“ Ll lo ‘13 r" a . . ‘ ' [2‘] many, I’ fear me, there are, that facrificing all confiagf rations of Confoz'eme andVRelzgion to their Mama”, ' Interel’t, do labour with all the Vigour and Artifice ‘ imaginable to create inwth‘e Mulfg’mde a loathing ofthei-r prefent Mama, and a frelh longing for theirl’ate aflgy. prim Leek: and Garlic/6.. So that you are not to look Upon my Endeavours to let things aright, as to this Point, to be the pure EH‘eé’rsof my Compliance with-:4. your. inrestfbr the fatisfaé’tion of your Fatima, but ra-t ther o f a prefling and indifpenfable Dot}. - NEITHER yourFrz'ezzd, nor any Other Repoélz'cm» I will, ,I prefume; maintain thata Free Eflate (as they I call it 2 is fubje8t to no Violations; becaufe woful Ex- ; gerience will confute, and force them to confefs either? * that aCommonweoltb may Degenerate ; or, at leafl, that. the f0 much cry’d up Model of the Loam: was no- 4": Commonwmltbt: And "they-mun not only renounce their 1. ; Sen/ex, but even the Edith of Star] alfo, which fuflici- ' ! ently proves that Raw/Wes have been fimetz’me: in- vaded with. llfltrpation:; [ometimes debauch’d. and em.- Bas’d with Olzgaroby ; - mo/r'i’y (by reafon of their *VVeaE-.‘ : n-efs and ‘DivifiOns )‘f fobda’d or Cempell’d'to trucli'le 1111-. ; der their AVengoMriflg Prime: ; but 21271134)“ tormented l . with Foofion and "Coowlfiom. Nor in trUth, has that Party as yet been able to produce any flrgzzmemsbue fuch as, in effch, beg tlie,@cflion ; by prefuppofing great unity in the Coalition, great Probity in the Intezfi ‘ #022,, and "great Parity in the Exercije; which being ade- mitted, doubtlefs we fh’ould f0 little need to difler about Forms,that perhaps-we {hould {Earce need "any Govern- ment at all. Now for my Own part (‘on the other fide ) Itabhor Blood/bed, and deem-one Party in all War; guili ty of Mortoer; a Crime which as it cryestgb for Fem game, {0 ought it to cry. Lomdfor unit]. and Modem- ‘ aw t 19173 3 3“- ' 1...“... .h.._, -__ 7 ‘ ‘ ~ ‘ ‘ ‘ “-«—-o~_...____ . _,, ‘ ,‘ M— ,, [a] Ration; into Which blefled Path may The“ ballanee nag, :‘that we be not again Balotteel into a Field ofBlooel : l plead for Liberty 5 not the Name, but the Tbingg and defign not to allert Tyranny, but King/lap 5 (asit relates "to the Law: of the Land) to whofe protection I am en- titled by my Birth, for the prefetvation of my Freedom in Perjon and Eflateg and That with more allurancei then poliibly can be fecut’d under the, Gov: eminent of _‘Many 5 who fcruple not commonly to term that jnjlz‘ce (andwithout Remedy too) which is clown right Faéi‘z'on. ,So that With thefe thoughts about me I fhall'readily ' acknowledge (you may imagine) that even Monarchy it felf is' but as Earthen Ware, (tho' of the Finefl and Strange/l Sort) and liable to fundry Contingeneerg no- tbing under tbe Heaven: being consrpleatl} Perfiét. And" in the Confiitution of Governments, ’tis childifh tothinlt L‘ulpon ereé’ting Babel: againfi the "Deluge g but the De- fign muftbe, to embank againl’t Floodi, and ‘enelofe‘t‘he belt that may be a'gainft Trefitaflm, This being pre- mifed, I {hall proceed to handle the Matter in. debate, not Metapbyfieally, in Notiontabftraé’ted fromtheir Sub- jee‘t': (a Paftime which our Platoniqne: much delight in) but Morally, and Reaflznably 5 and enforce fuchflflrgn- went: only as are plain, jenfible, and appropriate to our own Country; leaving the L ,Notional‘to ‘ourBook-nzen, Whofe Volnnzey, calculated for all Climatea, {well big againft the Evil: of the, Rule {of M A NY, voréDenefot-j era: . , ; § 2. I SH AL L not here prefume to ,infilt Upon fuch otherInfuperableDifliculties, (of a quality'too High for a private perfon to meddle with) as muft neceflatfijie ly obviate the efiablilhing ofa popular Platform amongft us '5 But laygbefore you in the Eitgfljplace-the preteen State oftheNation, To far forth only as may carry any ‘ l ” B 2 im- ' E, 4-] immediate Relation to the Snbjeé‘t' ; andtthen applythcr Premifer to the Point in hand. This Ifland, now, is a large Continent, abundantly populous; and govern’d ( I may fly) by the Subordinate Influence of the Nobility/w and Gentry; who live plentifully, and at eafe upon their Rentr, extraéled from the Toyle of their Tenant: and Servantr; and every one of them Aé’ts the Prince - within the Bounds of his own Eflate, Where he is pure- 1y Aofolnte; his Servant: and Labourer: are in the Na- ture of his Vaflalr, his Tenants indeed are F ree,but yet ‘ in the Nature of Snbjeé't’r; whom he orders in his Conrtr, draws Supplyes from by hisFiner, and Awes by his Power and Oath: of'Fealty, to infinite Submiffil ons. The more his Manner: are, and the more indul- gently he behaves himfélf (like a good Prince)"“the lar-' get is his Territory, and the more awful are his Coma mandt. A- Neighbour more Rich and Potent‘gives Cheque to his ,Infirionr Neighbour; and brings his Petty-Princefliip into awe; He again being overawi‘d by one that is greater and more powerful than himfélf ' in Efiate and F riendr. But'none of thefe, with refpeét “ to his finality and Efiate, will admit a Parity with‘ his Inferionr Neigbbonrr, much 16% with his Tenant or Dis-«~- pendent. , IN TO the Rank of ' Gentry do our Ofiéerr, Citii zem, and Burgber: afpire to be enroll’d: So that'noi foone—r by. Army, Ofiee, 'or Trade“ do they acquire a competent Stock, but forthwith for Land it is difpos’d; and then, difowning the Title of Sonldierr, Citizenr, or Bnrgberr, they take to themfel‘ves the Degree and - Name of Gentlemen , ’with Arne: not impmper; for England Within it felf,‘ has been ‘fo “often fhilffled from - High to Low, that‘there' is {carce any Artificer but may find his Nam- in—{the geraldr-fio'ok, tho" ‘not his Pede-z gree, ,_ ._.,.,_., , , —»__ _..—-_ ‘ A im‘qdv,w-V‘ l < .‘w‘ <.—~.——— mur- _ vryfir - «a. ,T . « V‘ r' . l ., x. swaraw—vw-VW‘M A — .. u ._ gree, which Ingenuity yet and Good Will may eafily {up ply: And thus being Equipt with a Title and Eflate, they fit up fuitably the Demim'on Within their Territo- riesg which none can difpute, becaufe they have no right to intermeddle with what any manka: or does . within himfelf: For by G‘e’ntryIintend not only f‘uch as are {0 in Blood, but f0 in £2341in alfo 5 fiich as live eafily, and like Princes, upon the Labours of their De?» pendente. - O UT'of This Order are conftitutedbur Sbefifi}, juflzee: of the Peace, and all that execute the Autho- ' rity of a judgeg by the influence of which Powerr, they (0 order all Eleéfiom to Parliament, 0r otherwifé , i that the whole Countre}: Commonly follow their re- liieé’cive‘Faéfz'om, and the Commomlt} in their Vbte: are menag’d by Them, as a Horfe by his Rider. so that as~ the Agrarian or Interefl of Land, is principally in thefe Two Ranksg So is the COHlEquence thereof, Dominic» on. and Cemmandg which emboldens them to fuch a Helghtof 3151'?” (natural to our Nebilit}: and ,Ge‘ntry)“ , that they are too apt to undervalue Perlbns of Inferi‘ our 'Qlality, [,Burgeflesand Mechaniqueg] 'With Whom « to Inter-marry by our Old Law it was a szpamgement fOr a Wards, and this Spirit ofGenerofity Cannot be {up- preli, f'o riveted is it in their Natures, but by’theErae dication of their Perfo’m, or at leali their Qualities 5'to which firange effeé’t [have heard fome Grandeesivent a. I ' A'N oindeea the eflablilhing oea‘Fieefifiate-(ra @1121) we're otherwif‘e .Dcyjzemte and Imprafiicabile; and therefore it was the Cemjé- that the prevailing M€de-- ,m’qgges, amonge thegSwgflfeg, .Werefotc’d Intake; How» ~ -' “elfei; ~< ————‘~——-—’—-—vv——-—————-———-r-v—«—~ Will fubmit to be—‘ come Tributary to the Neighbour-Colony .3 If athis‘can be brought about", then perhaps (andnot-till then) may we again hope to afpire from our prefent Glo-. :rious State of King-flail), to a "Free-[fate in Clowns-flip; or at lealt, fromthe Free-giving of "Snbfidier, to the . Maje/Zyof a Scepterg to the Forced-payment of Ext - rife to .the ‘Hz‘gb and Mighty Burg/oer 5 fuch as Was that Higb and Mighty Bntcbrr, who, not many years ago was commillioned by the Smfle: ,4 as one of the Chief: to be God-Father to the French King: 8011. As Plato phanfi'd his Community, and Sir Thoma: Moor his Utopia, f0 arethef’e people bigg Witthpes of a Re- lationg therebyto reailume their Idoliz’d Model of a Commonwealth, out of the fiatter’d Gentry, in. the na- , ture of a ‘Honfle of Commonr; .But if. nothing but . New Experiment: will ferve their Turn,‘ I could.--.* with they would-find other Subjeéts to' try », Conclué : fions upon, than theEflatenjLz'oer, nay, the very Sonia, of Cbrifiianr. You,well remember l’me fure, Sir, that: we once ran the Lo]: of Tbofi, and the Hazard of. V 17061é “i , ’( <9 ) ' Tbfignpon thehopes of a C bimwra inftheBraim‘oF {omet Ih‘eword‘Lz'éerty deluded us into Patieaee, and Patience from 1648:. to two-brought forth not lefs Peg/meets, but more Servitaa’e. - And let them not hope to bring Count tenance to their .VCiagzgfe, by alledg-ing (as they did before) that they could never be permitted to letter up their Eerie to full :perfeétiomr; for that they will ever be oppo‘fed by all er and Loyatmen, who having once experimented "the Evil: of fuel: a State, will be as vigilant and indu~ firious to keep itfrom getting footing among us again, K ‘ a5? thofe that are elf/aerwz'fi’, can be to bringit 0n.» Befide that, you cannot, have forgot, Sir, that from I648 to 1.65., . they hadit from the Nmfe, and (had they find: ‘to t eir Pretencey) " might probably in» five years time have fet it‘upon its Feet; but they found the fweet;(poor - ,Wretches) of ingrofling Power to. themfelves: But then at could never have been of any long Continuance, as ma- nifel‘tly appear’d from the great {com and bitternefs that the Supporters of it were repImCh’d with,when it was def filv’el; there was not {0' much as one Bleed} No e in the defence of that High am! Mighty State .; but all the per- 'fons were held in the utmoft degree oft/eteflation, as they mol‘t jufily deferved. And though thefe Rumpers, "tis :true, came twice into play, yet were they only made ufe ' -'0f to ferve-a Tum, as being fit to be made. a Property ; for :it was-prefently feen that it was not the delire of their Rule, but of a fart/yer change," that infpirited the Peaple a- t? inft the Army, and-the Rump (as being neXt at'hand‘) ‘ , dn‘o fooner mounted the empty Saddle, but-:(befo me they Were Warm in theirSeet) they were again Waivers?! with, ‘a Pule’e/l' Leave, '33 appear’d by the ’B’a‘mfret Cupon‘T/Jet .LL‘L Occafiona that might have lighted them "to the may: -. - me], if athevhad ,dar’fd to befeen. among them; 861534? at. is plain frem'what (has been fald, that itnis notithe fee/é erglm‘z’rcfl ,of‘ a Few, that 63310138 'fwayt-aNatiw 5&3!" ‘ C » if (10). if the parallel Spin? be averfe, at the long run it will prev; 1 vail ; the moreDifpute there is with tlaat flint, .the ,more embitter’d it will be found: For, whateVe'r fuch: Eat/Jafla/Zr may dream, , even when the Multitude have the Power, the C ommaim’ yet refis in a Fan: The molt affine" Spirits lead the Hera’, and ingrofs the Place, the Profit, ‘ and the Sway : This, in- generous minds, begets Difalaz'a, and ‘2‘lyaz‘,~ Fafiion ; for when all are equal, thoufimds think themfelves as deferving of Rule, as‘thofe that car- ry it ; to fatisfie- all it is impoflible, "to pleafefiw difpleafes the Mojl;*theTranfa&ions of that Parry from 1648.1” tos _ I 6 60, have made this as finfllla, asithey made themfelves coatempz‘z’éle. In a word, the N oéilz'ty- and Gentrybf ,Eazg-i [and have Spirit; pure, naturally jul’t and generous, like Fireafpiring, as a. Pyramide, from low to [rig/a; and ne~< ver refiing till it contraéts- it fell into an Unity at top .: 80:” Goal is Oaa, or he were not God, nor could he Rule.,_.1:he world"; and if your~Friend likes not this, Prqicleat, but Ptill'continues to delight inthe Rule of May, let him he . gin a- Pattera in his own Family, andhe may t/ac’re,rp01fi- bly, have enough to do. 6. 3‘. N O W my hand’s in, Ilhall venture to fet' one Rep further, and refreflt your memory with a View/OE our C oar/lilo” Whil'ft this FreejSz‘az‘e kept aéo-ve‘Waz‘er, the; Pa/z‘being the molt certainLine to direét us in our Conjeé flares upon Futuriti‘é’s, We: were never free (you may. remember) .from the Apprehenfions of an Iafltrreélz'oaéat: Howe, or an ’lavafion from Alroaall,.and liv’d in continuali jeloulie, even of ' our very neit Neiglaloars. Thefe Fears“ ., obliged us to maintain a con-fiderable Force at Lam! and: . Sea, a which, lying idle, corrupted, as flana’z‘ag-Water in a'_P001, andeve’ryimoment threaten."d frelh Comla/lioar, as they were blown upthiéWay or that way by their new: Maflcrs 5113111: at the befidike our oldLard-Daneflthey were , . mofl: «1r ‘ as? ,- -.--_-_._-..-_~m .— 7 ,, , 7- _ I 11' (u) molt infupportably burthenfome and odious to the Court: ta, by their Qtartering; and. to keep them" as much in afiion as poiiibly we could, we were fain either to bejiper- -— petually amufing them with pretended Difcoveries 0f fome new-feigned Flat or other, or elle' to engage themifl Forrez'gn Wary. ‘For the fupport of this Army (now) we were compelled to daily Contriéntz’ons, befides great and innumerable Cufloms that were ,exaéted,’ together With the Excife, (a Brat begotten in the Low-Countries, with their State, which makes them free indeed, but then it is in Pnrfle, not in Pri-vilen/ge) a Triénte which no King of England durft demand, before they enforced us to pay it ; whichbeingever before look’d upon as Pgifén, we then took as Playflck; though in that Age, it was generally'be- liev’d that no Englz'f/a-man would ever {wallow it; and for the bare but neceflary Mention whereof, in the How of Commons, that Grant! Patriote (as they call’d him) Mr. Pym was by a young Spirit (not without great Ap—g plaufe) call’d to the Bar ; add hereunto the Benevolence)", Segueflrationy, five and tzventyt/a parts). a Tax of fifl} S n54 fm’z‘er at once, (thou h'the late'King fufler’d fomuch by the demand of twe we only) Fines and Corn qfitions, fale of Kings, BIL/730px, Deans and Chapters, an Delinquent: Lana/r, the two parts of Pnpzfflr E/tates, nay a [bare of our veryC/mrz'tz'es to the dfltrefledmver and above the con- flant Contriéntz'on: that were levy’d. How was all this devour’d by the Arm}, whofe Belly indeed Was bottom—7,7 lefs a and yet what Arrears did we owe them juft before the King’s Return 9 three MilliOns at leafi! Reform the" [my we’durfi not, and our co‘nfiant (barge could nOtbe, lefsthan two Millions year/)5 to fupply it; In a word,’ we never ufed ,to be in .a worfe condition, than when none would‘Rebel, hecaufe when the Peoplej'werequiétf we had noLanr/s either to fiyaefle'rfoié” ta] jet]. ‘- O‘urj Trade fell to nothing, out .Zfrfifijfléé wasihterrupted, Dill: ' ' " C2 ' ' " .-, " 607er ' ‘( 5 Goliwafli’d‘ mow Sea more freely than in our "W cm; tr}; and we 1in no lefs than 2000 Saii of Ships in two: .Or three years. time: There was no J/ez‘fi'lemem‘, but we; Vwere every day dancing after a new ii’iviji/e; mi Mode/n We had in Propofal at one time, and me} Fafiion ready With Blood to aver his own way to be rre befi... By our known Laws we could not be imprifonid, but byaRe- gular [firoceeding in a' C our/e of 3‘22 ice; but under our frée E/iate (on the other iide) upon the molt flight fug; geflions of a fpiteful Neiglgéour in Authority, We were prefently feiz’d. by the Serjeam‘ at Arms, with his exor~ bitant Fees 1* no Bail, no Haéed: C orpw, no regular way. of Euflice to do us right ." but, after a Twelvemom‘lyy flay. in 6041, if we could make-good Friends, and-buméle our" iblves to our potent Adoerfmy, we might poflibly be dill eharg’d; but Without amends, or knowing of our Crime... Loe thus, while we cajol’d our {elves with the Name of Freedom, ,_ we 1011 the thing , and became free, only to'be made theYnofl defpicable of Slaves. " * ' ' B Y flais, Sir, you. fee that the @cfliwi might be decided in a few words, only by alledging the Inclinatiqn of the“ People to Monarch}, as it is now eflablilhed: For as no; man can well be wrong’d with his confim‘, fo neither is a- ny man tobe oblig’d againft his will. And‘indeed how ihould a Government, founded upon inequality and one, ever‘fu’bfii‘t without it .97 Or a State that muft nece ' aril'y begthe meer 'Acfieéiivé of, anxflrm], become a $145124”!in a» With as, much-135W might I alfo objegét matter of Title, , betaufe theflzmeEfi’ate, Witha flaw in the conveying, or clogg’d with Statutes and: gadgmenis, "is n01; 'furely” of. like, value,as if it had "been‘defcended clearly from thef‘gzéat- Grdnfiaibergand LWSWIKCC "from" jCiaim‘. .fandf' [WWW 4a: But—1:: man Bethe. martian 'Qf my 31113113ng :0 thew. that the 121.56%»: efldéliflz’cl Gordémmtéflt‘as ‘it'eX‘cellently ‘ com. at e _ “ea ”a 1W m, WVWW’PV._.TW in" ,7”. ’ “A I W . ‘ . . ‘ e . ‘ ' ' '. a _ _ (t3) . t coniplies‘ with the Law}, Gonius, and Threw? of this Na. {ionic it) comprehends all the Benefits of a C om‘mon-wealtb " in” great perfeétion; and this-I {hall do as oriefl)’ as I “afl- T O demoni’crate how it complies: with our Law: and; Conflimtz'om, let it fuffice, That {Monarch}, in thefé Norg z‘z'om, being. more ancient than Story or Records moire venerable than Tradition it. felf) our Lows were born' (as- it were) under this Climate, habituated to this Diet and Air, grafted into this Stock ; and though we have (thanks be to God) forgotten our Norman, yet will it be. very hard for us to learn“ Greek; much lefsvtopim; "th atrin the ' late Dfitrper’s time, our Lawyers, with one Voice, impor- tun’d him rather‘to afl‘ume the Style and Power ofa King, to which they found all our Law: werelhaped, than re- tain that of a Protoc‘for, unknown to the Low : That no: thing render’d the late Art/gird}: ofa.Commonwealth-more“ oéooxiom, than that. (notwithfianding their ,.infinite Dz‘f con/s, in other things) they generally agreed irr the neceflt} of fubverting all our Foodamental Law, in? order to their Dqflgo; which Confideration (we are irr C/Jorz'z‘} to believe) obliged the fober men of all Parties, the true Porriores, (nay and even the chiefel‘c mom of theParZz'amenrr-Caujé too) to unite themfelves with the Ron! Intercfl; as not enduring. to hear of thofe violent and dangerous Alterations which they plainly faWw-as R5" . guélzrk Inuit necefiarily introduce. -_ ,, .. . , A , -' . " ‘F O R, its complyancewith our Geriatexaminewean - the firfl place) the various Revolutiom that have happened to this Iflcmo/ ; mime”, If Romans, Saxons, Dams and? Normqm; or(’more nooflflth’e change: in" their Defamer: fiemth‘e direc‘l Lire to the C olfiittralfi gdryers:”gazette ‘- z‘zmes I? of 'fh'flrrréfi‘z‘zon "and [lefoflng 7mg, Mara-“aria; Rivera, (both the Seconds of the flame), and We {hall find. l ‘ (I4) * l‘wgflzp 'flfillgin- fafliiom Newt/34:01” Iii/age? 9174145 mom gagtotigw, . _ for awhen-the People had in a fort. a’etégron’olhim, and fivom A/zfegiozéce to Lewis of Frame, yet When 5%}le dy’d, the fame People not only Expelled the Foreigner, but ‘ 5i13Vinggotthe Power into their own hands, they C roamed . ”lginlg‘ifi/m’s Son g being then an Infant Without Interefl or- Zd/oereoto: . No will all out Chronicles afford us one [111- o _ gle [reflemce of any Dee/2g” or Endeavour to ereét a Free ‘Eflate, (belbre the late unoatural times furniih’d the Free flo’eot) no not when Wat erler, or Foot Straw revell’d it with their Clowm. Nor. yet is this Genius ever to be . change], for. Refleét we (in the flecom/ place) that as our ,Englzfl Natare is not like the Freficl}, fupple to Oppreflon, and aptto delight in that Pomp and Mogm'ficeme of their. Lore/awhich (they knew) is fupported with their Slave- rjand Hunger; Nor like the Higlolaml-Scoty, Where the flower and [were/l of the Chief is the Glory-of the whole Clem .:. So doth it as little (or lefs) agree with. the ‘ Dutch humour, ‘addiéted only to Trafict’, Navigation, Harte/z" crafts, and fordid Tlorz’ft, and (in defiance of Heraldry) ' "every man phanfying his own Some/Jew. Fordoes not every one amongl‘t us, that has the flame of a Gentleman, labour his utmoft to uphold it 3 Every one that has eat, to, raile one? To this end, do not, Our veryTeomen-comf. monly leave theirLomz’s to the 'E/e/efl Son, and tothe o. tber nOthing buta Hail, or a Plow 9 Did not'every one. (in the days of our late bleflEd Martyr) pinch, himfelf in, his Condition, to purchafe a Knight-hood of fmall’Potent 9* What need further proof 9 You cannot-but remember, Sir, how that bare glimpfia and flmelow, offlIonarcbygun‘dei‘ C ram... toe], ' and his Son Diet, , (though perfons even at that very: time bated and fcorn’el, and, that too upOn amofl impious f: ' and {caudalous acCount)WaS for 1116617réfembléflcé'fakfiad“ hatched; fiaiited.a3tolera£/e andfin refpeét ofaCoMmooi-tpe‘o/t/J . A .,. V'ng‘zfx - / . - ( I s) . 7 _ _ which clearly .evin'ces, how gratefnli the fire/2am "mun- needs ,be‘toall true Engiz‘fl: szriz‘r." , . A S to our [were/z, briefly—,(towave--tedz'ons and Politicle ,Dz'fi‘ontfes) there is no man, but with half an Eye may forefeexthat a Repnalz'ek (were there = any poifibility 0f feta ling one) would deftroyalli our prefent Peace, and Feli; . , cit , ruinate our Trade and Trafict, involve us in a Field 0 Blood, alarm all our Neiglaéoarr, make our belt Allie: our bitterefl: Enemies; and probably draw upon us the nnited force of Cari/lenalom, to crulh the Eméryo ; which Would be. theutter deflrufiz’on and enflaw‘ng of this melt— free and pr‘ofperom Nation, (couldit but once -- be capable of a duefenfi’ of its own Felicity) to the lerannz'cal Dam? natiOn of a Foreigner. Befide, (at hell) by What Title ' can we pretend to hold Scotland and Ireland, {hould that of Defcem‘ be avoided ; for eon/ea: there is none, nor can: any be expected. = ' - ’ e. 5. B U T' Icome now directly to aHErt, That the Prefent Government eminently includes all the Perfeéi‘ionr’ of a Free-Eflaz‘e, and is the "Kernel (as it were) of a Corns; mon-wealz‘ly in the Snell of Monarch}. And, fii‘fl: I’lha‘ll'beé gin Withthe E flentz‘al Parts of’ atConrmafiW/ehpwhich are flaree, viz. the Senate pro/ooflng, the People refolw'ng, the Magi/irate executing. For the Senate (or Parliament) if ever there were a Free and Honouraéle one under the-Cape of Heavenit is here; wherethe Deputies. of the-wnaZeWa- z‘ion moltfreely chofen, do With like fleeabmmeet; pro-i pound, debate, and vote all matters of Common-Intereflléd no Dangerefcapes their reprefenting, no Grievance their complaint, no Paélz‘ct Rig/n their claim, or Good theirdefi ‘ mand: In all which, the leaft breach of Privilee/ge is: brandedwith Sacrilea’ge; and, though there lyes no Ap- (peai - fpierc’cl its very Bowelt. ('16.); P641, to the dfltfiflfiw‘of the mm; (a Decatur mam- feflly impraéticable in Geeerm’eaiflnd fitivtera' z-tind'ee’d- for Tributes to move, then Natiém‘ to” admit) iyet (Elei‘i‘iom being f0" [popularand convention: fiegaem‘) the fame and is attained With much , more fizfi'ty and convenience. The Prime may likewife (in fome ,fenfeii):be {aid to have-Only! an Executive Pow-er,“ which he exercifes by Mini/lax: and Qfieera, not; ,iny fear», but .lhvetbly ' accompméle; and though both Heand the Lord: have théir Negdtiws in paifing of Bills,and though it be the King only, that, by his - [£0ng Fiqt’makegsoutlaws; yet (no Tax being impoiia- a blebutiby the con/2n: of the Commam, nor any Law (with- Qupit)~t,0f‘fuch 714561ng that'wthe [Mini/fer: of fir/lice dare enfefce it),there is a wifi and fweet necefliiy for the King, and l‘ihewife for the Lord: to path all fuch Hills as are come piehtfbr the People, and not greatly hurtful to the Prime; aadthofe that duly weigh the Rafa”. :of things, do find. a Negative in the King to be a moi} fafe Prcfirvative of _» Peace to the People, who have asmuch comfort under the preteétion of his Prerogative, as they have Benefit by their-own Privile’dges :- For‘in truth, this Bugeéear Ne- gative (as our Repaelicam labour to reprefent it) is an impenetrable Target , to fllelter and. feture the Go- yernment Emu being alter’d at: the Will of the Com;- mom, if at any time they lhou’d prove Faétious. “And this (being in red/on manifefi) has alf'o been con— firm’d by great -EXperience; ‘our [flags having rare ly. obflruétedr..any Bill which they might fafely grant»; but on the , otherficiie, _pal§.’d many High A625“ of: mere Grace ,. ;circumfcribingtheir Prerogative, and, clippihgits :Wz'figy; may better hadit been for" us, if they had» not: ' This . [17‘] ' . THIS.- is that Triple-Cord that could “never-yet be 5m- l ken, did it has been Cut ofitnder 5 This is our Gold * flatten timer Refin’ol 5 for every Bill being Tbrioe Read, Debated, and Agreed in Either Hon/é, is at lafl brought to‘the King-for his Royal flflent 5- ("which is the Mint ”of. our Law: a: j a Tryol foiexaé}, that furely no 73mg? ' can efcape it 5 fince all Intereflr, muft thereto concur: C as truly it is but. fit they {hould1 in the Efiablilhment‘ . Of 7M which multB/iml all.) This is that flmpera- ”tent, which pur esT'our Humor", and (at once) indues . us with Health, igour, and Beauty no Vote is Precipi— tated 5 noflél Huddlcd up 5 as by (ad Events, you (am they formerly us'd to be, when the Tower Was en-grofs'd by One of theEfiotet, purg'd and moulded to the Inte- ‘refl: of a Fafliorz5 a Cbnfiqnenoe but Natural to Fuch Tremifir ! . Nothing Was (There) Weigh’d, but (as. in a Balance confifling of one Scale four‘ Law: were More: _ drake: of a Ni lit: Gram/95 and out Time: as Pickle as- the. ‘l/Vééatber o the Multitude. ' ' .~ THE King indeed has the Tower of makingIl/or, but then he has ,not the Meant-5 f0 that. it fignifies little more, then 3 Liberty to Flyif he can get Wing” or to go Beyond Sea, provided he can waft himl‘elfoa'ver with; ’ "out Slipping : He has a Sword, but 'Himfilf‘a'lone can ' neveridra‘w’it5 and the Yi'ain’oloBafid: (in whom he has the file Right) are a Weapon Which "he decently wears, 'tis true 5 but the Notion only may (in Eflfl) ' be {aid to have the Ufi and Beaeflt of it. He chuf‘e‘s his Mini/fern ( as who doth not his‘J‘er-varzt: .9) but then they pal}. through fuch a 72/2, as none but the .fo’undefl Integrity can abide: He can hinder the {troke of yufiice with his Turtle”, (tho’ Hill, the .7422); not be?“ ing mauled, it will Bite. terribly ) but then (“on me i ' D Other m w £383., . , . Other tide ) the waer of Retmmg his WM", refis in the Cammom, to Balance his Will; and influce him 1th a Correjfandence with Tarlianzents. ' ' ' ‘- THAT his Terfbn {hould 'bed’ucredjs mofi Ne—edfd, t6- nivoid Circulatiori offlccomztrg ‘Reafanable, fince it car- ties with it {he Fo‘rzfin't'of Nations-,5 7213?, that/he be- come not the meer Butt of P4390”, and Malice, and be in a Worfe Condition then the Bhfifi of Vaflalsa Honou- rable, that the Nakedmfi’of Government be not daily Uncwer'd 51W ife,in the (‘0 flu'tr‘on, that {0 We may not (at owe) both Tmfi; an :Trovoke, by 'fdrciing him to {hift for his Own 1 ndempnity 5’ 'n‘o‘ danger to the Tab- qu-ue {Eem‘ing f0 Exiremé, as-thte 01221431227 'ofa Trina 5 ' . no _T41k (by daily fxperie‘vtce) f6 difficult, as the—fl»- reigning of any Tower, whether Regal or Topfllztr; and if We make-Golden Bridge: for Flyifig’, Enéfliegmu‘ch more would‘ve afford them-to Relemiizg Sovereign: .3 (Upon which account, in outNeighbo‘Ur Kihgd'om of Trance, evenTri‘me: of tbe 810ml are not fubjeéted to Capital Tunijbmntn) Finally, very Safi'it is in the ConIEquences for {hould a Kin « he never (0 wicked; and ler‘amical, yet "being (by t e Danger threatning his Corrupt Mini/2e”) Peri-pt of Agents, his ‘Pevfiml Im- pzmitj might fignifie fomet‘hing to Himfifiiperhaps, but. i . nothing to, the Teople. 'A Revenue he has, fqr the filppor‘t of his State, and: Faml}, flthle 5‘ for the Oidinar} Tr'otefifim of his Tea; ple, Sufizfic‘imtg but. for‘ainy confiderable Undertaking, @efiéfive 5 and for Tublz'qne Oppreflz‘on f6 Incmfidemble, V that when Theragative Was mofi Rampant, our Greateji Trim/3:. ' (and fome doubtlefs We have had, the mpfi Rea. Howned Warriour: of their-fly) would never, prudent- ‘ ‘ ' ‘ , 1y, ‘ r’—'———_———_'_'—_—‘_—_——_—_—f’ - C19] . 1y, afpireto make themfelves Alfolate. The Royal Re- venue is proportioned to the Maintenance of Courts, not Camp, and'Fleet: : In fine, it is very Competent for Or? diner} ‘Dirbm'fimentr, and as For Extraordinary he re- } forts to Torliamentrg the Wifer He, and the Happier l- We! Now there is nothing more @ewonflmtiw, then F that upon Examination, we, may find the preféut Go- vernment to be (compared with all the other Model: of the Late Timer) a mighty Eefle to the Tublique Charge 5 We allow’d the Event Cromwell no'lelé then a eonflant Revenue of 1900000 l. to (‘upport him in his Ufitrpation :, and‘yet That Sum (befide all his other in- tolerable Squeezing) at the years end, clear’d not the Account by far. nder the Rump a great deal more was yearly Colleéted out of the Bowel: of the People, to. maintain the Arrays and yet We could never be at quiet neither, but were perpetually embroyl'd in War: ~- either Abroad or at Home, by our 4mm Spirits, [owe to A feed their Ambition, other: their Tar/é: : And fuch a ' Spirit We read of, working in all Free-States, Ancient and Modem. What {hall we fay now of the Expenoe: of the Late Kiizg, (if examin’d by This Standard) whofl: Revenue in Lamb, Terq‘nijiter, and Cuffoem, ex» ceeded not: 700000‘ale- [a year; and yet‘by' the good management ofrthatmofi Tory?) and neonate ‘ Prince, E that petite flnnuitl'ysfumiflt’d a gloriow Court, a Noble L, Equipage for the Honour of the Nation, and paid off a confiderable Fleet; which never was much improved afterwards by all onr'yaft‘Tejweiztr, when We were {'0 unfortunate aetofa‘llinto Other hands» Nay and our 'prefimt Charge is rather a Sport,‘then a Burtbeiz, compat- red with Their Monthly 72x. .' TRUE it is,that? while we live with Men,we {hall be - .. D 2 fubjeé’t _ i [‘20] fu-bje-éi to Tint which is the E566: of theiriNaarég'Sz‘ng ‘ nor is it poflible to reap the more Genéralfrvit 0f the: bePt Eflablifil’d Tolz‘cy,:unlefs We finbmit t.oi...(‘ome.ppfli-‘ ble I‘vzcmvcniencen But yet I (16136 your Friendg‘and all: other Trojeéfar: of Commonwealth, to contrive greater _.,.Freedom for their C’z’tizem, then is provided by'Magna‘ Charm, and The ‘Petz‘tz‘on of Rights or thew that“ his not much eafier to- Violate, then to Mend them. 5 for Thereby, our Lives, Liberties, and Eflates are, under filonarcby, fecdat’d and eR-ablifli’d ( I think) as Well as; any thing, on this lid-e Heaven, can be. It is no Soles cifm to fay, thatthe Jubjet‘} has his Trerogatz‘ve,’ as Well , as the Kings and‘fute I am, he is in as good. ,conditiOnt to maintain it 5: the Dependa'nce being lefs on his fide.. Befide that nOTrirzce ever attempted anyViolatiorr thereof, but that, at [9223.- Run, he fuifier’d inthat point of his r1”'rerogatiw that let inthe Opportunity. Hence it is that the Right: of the Teople have grown fironger and. fironger‘againf’t the Trime, and .fometiflzet have; hurried his Terfon to be a Sacrifices always, his Infime menu; whereof few, in our Hift'my, can We read, that; contrivinfg againl‘t the Law, have died; in peace; I f, pOF- fibly,-O_ne Trince ( as King Hairy) by: his High Spirit; {wept all before-him, yetghis fInfantJ’mceflor is foi'cid to make “amends fbr‘.‘ his F athetsVialatiom : So that Liberal (we Fee) is. no 16% Jared, them Maje/iys N012? we tan— gere being itsMotto likewife: And in cafe of'any, the lent-Infringement, (as chapes: in Government may ‘ha'p- a pen, ,eVen‘infihe, naofiyerfié?) ie-t-is ref‘ented as if the , -Natiwz had received a:;IQx.ozz tbe: Ear. lfiit be (as-they (by) the Glory of a Free-Jule, to Exaltg the Scandal of Drama}, to Embafe our Spirit: 5 doubtldé. the Fflab- lifld’d form is our 0121} Commonwealtba for all that we get by the. (Image; of it; was but the learning quietly ' r" ,2 to rVW————fiT V" J E 2 1.] to take the Bafiinodez ‘ Nay; and atlrhéVery mfit'hae can abe'imagin’d‘; it is much more .Eofe (Were‘itléiy; ‘ fit) for Us to difpute our Right: With aJingle Tfino‘fi; and his Trembling Agent” then ( as it was our.‘c.},fi- formerly ) with ”at Knot OFQ‘oVovere'zgn: ‘that“,*are.?ba¢ktvr ‘ with‘the Sword. . ' :’~ ‘9' 9 -" 3 WE are now again able to diflinghifh ( which we," could never do under their F re‘e-Eflate,‘ for all the fair V Promifés they made us) the Legiflative and the Mini« fierial Au-thorit y :. For tho’ bOth ofthem'hire Inherent in“ the King,yet are noc both of them histhiluPeéu-li'ar and'Perfonal AC’C.‘ We know that the" Hoyjé ofC‘ommozti-i‘ has not the Power‘of a Court-led, to givean 04:125. nor oFa f7ul7ice of the Teoo‘e, to make a Mittimm : And" this Zlffiinfiion, doubtlel}, is the moft'Vitol «part-tot" freedom, and far more confiderable: toifioor‘tldbjeifsy -~ ’ then all there mens pretended Rotation: 5 as, on the con- x trarj,the- abfolute yuwbling and Confouoidiizgi»‘df' them, is anAccomplifhment ofSeroitudefor Which all Repubk liques, -I‘fea'r,(‘and' our late one 'more'efpecially) have? more to Anfwer, then any limited Sooerez‘gn can have... And certain it is, that'as‘ Our Trince, in, histTerfoflalCaé paoity, moi/{coho Lam"; fo neither does he, by him/Elfin _ . Execute or Inier'pret any : No _7udge takes nOticeOf. Ill his fingle Command, to juftifie any Trefpafi 5 no not to much as the breaking of a Hedgs his Toweris Ci‘r'Cum-é- fe’ribed by his Vufiices he is (equally with the mean-4 . efidgofhis Jubjeéfl) concern’d in that Hone/i Maxim; 7476:0243)! do jig/i fir , much, and no More, film we have Right to do» And it is—tOlerably enough faid, 3He can do no wrong, .becaufie, ifit be wrong, he does it not; it is void in ; the 16f, and pumflmble in his Agent. His Ofiicem, as thieyaxe alike‘lyable, fo. perhaps; they are, more 01:- mxiom‘? [29;]! ”W‘W t0 Indifimewi" and Jail: ”then ‘any other 5 by 119.35} nfi‘lch theirYSrefiafi (‘cems m c ofa' Higher Nature, and-givesvgrcater fllarm : His Triwate Will canno: . l Conntermand his Tub-lique'JHis Trier} Seal fiill Buckles l tg'.hi,S:Great «Ye-a1, .asibcing (in a lénfe) the Natiom, as much ast‘: 5 His Order Superéedes no Tracefl’a and His flzfileafare threatens ho man with anhours Impriforz- meatpfiev theR‘etamofHabeae Corpm : An Undervflwrifl‘ ‘ is more firrible, am [callable more SawCy, a Bai‘lzfi‘ more Tromblefom, then He : And yet by his Gentle Authori- ' t}; by this Scabbardof‘Preragatz’ve (as {blue in derifi'on, 1 lumelewdly; Term’d it) whichfif it Would) Could Scarce ‘ f l - Opprefé an Orphan; 72mm”: are Curb’d Pacifier: Mo- _ titrated, Ufitrpation Forefiall’d , Interval: prevented, Terpetm‘tie: Obviated , Equity Adminifier’tl, Clemency EXalted, and the Teople made Happy to a degree even “Serial; and: W antenaefi. ‘ ' A? a, T0 Concludeet-his Taiat : ‘What {hall I add more P- I \L‘O The A51 enjoytfing the Keeper! of the Great _ Seal,'~un- ’ derPai’n-Offfig/J Treafim, to Summon a \Yrienm'al Tar- ‘ 7iamezzgeof,Comlhuby Virtue . of the a all}, Without Furtbw..Warraa£ 5: ';.The .2462? forbidding the. Trivj- fauna. deilltofintérmeddle withMenm @Taum 5th: "LaW ath lilh-ingt the Jtareramlv’er; HigbeCommifllm, 81c. Bran- ding all Tafl, and Bridling, all Future Enermitie: : The. Statute: limiting the King: Claims, and relieving his Tenants-N. fromg-Exafiion of 'Forfiz'turerg Befide . many Othermincipal Immunities,“ wherewith' (by the Efpe-v Cid!) Illewue ‘fifi..Ged5.~and (the; (Bevin-t} -. of our. 'Triaeex) _ We are=.;;8{ejfiid,_; far beyond any. of our Neigbbear: - . ' . Above. ail-Liane: flflaranee (by the Goodnef} and Clemen- -. e} (213'an :prel‘eneziDread favereigk)readfly to obtain“ finch {amber flelclz’tim and ?’erfieélz‘on of Liberty and Jed writ}, _ . [23] a , a . euritj,"(ii in Curb there can be) 33.1113! confit‘tmth Made/i} and Iberty it fclf, to ask :‘9/ Does nOt all this Proclaim aloud, that We are the Mirraar of'GWEl'iii- menu, Em); of Monarcbier, and quwe $5212th- 4 malt/us who cannot ’but blufh tofeetihemfelites .170 i Eclipfed and Silene’d, in all theirfl’reteneerlto Freédemfi _ And doesit not more than jufiifie my}! Cerifiepnhat 5; will: 43 the Ornaments of the NdBlefi” itngdomflne . have likem'fi afltbe Enjoyments of a'Free-‘Efia‘tc’? ’ l §.‘ 6.‘ AFTER all thefe folid Bleffing: and fldmtz— l eager, which we Reap from the molt'Exce‘llen; rofGa- . wemmentr, and of Trince: 5 the bare Fruztzon ofthe Tithe whereof, would be fuflicient to tranfimrt the .822]? i te pa 3 of our Neighbour Nation: into allthe ‘Cortfl‘ia'l and Paton‘ate ExpretfiOns of 7a} and Graithele':ifiiagin- able :" Afte’rall thefe Comfort: (I lay) a‘ Endywonld think, there '{hould {'carce be founelvone fingleMur- f‘: muting and» Difafi‘eé’ted Terfon inth‘éWhple K1” " dam, ' And yet It) bard is, our Eves our Heart:iiitifenmfilé‘j ,3 and {‘0‘ Ingenious are we in [tarting Fem: and yea-7034} C, fie:- 5 that a great part of us deprive our {elves of the; ' Enjoyment of all our prefent Felicitz’er‘,‘ throughtajed; Eager and Perilive Solicitation for "Fumfitief, Na Col milErably Hood~Wink"d ié ' our Reefirz5 that out; title‘s: t fn-lnel‘s to avoid mifcarrying upon ‘a Sal/4‘, huiriim iis i Violently intothe other Extreme of fplittingi'uponha‘ ;- ”(berjbe'lk; @opeiyand Tyranny (We cry) are‘bteaking . ; in 'Upon‘US like a Deluge 5the Trefumptive.Heir is of the", Redolfetter' hm; .+ and therefore another SeC’t‘of our; Tfiudq‘-prdteflmtr, apprehending "the fDanger and the Impraéliceblenej} of a Commonwealth-Government here amongf’t us, do hope to mend the matter mightily, by geapeuzzding the letting ”upofa Single (Perfon either Of‘a" ‘ ” Crackd "[24] ‘ . Crackd 735e, .01“, of. a? New like 5 npon the}. death of. his My: MaiéfiY'WlthWt Legitimate IiTue ~= ’ Whom. jG‘od BJISEFYC-g a: 4 ~ 9 - ‘ THERE 15 no men {hall ‘be morewilling than my {elf migrant that the T012271]: Religion (if it may deferve the Name) is little better than a C‘Qmpgyyd of meer Se- cular 17115877837, lermzz}, Hypocri/ie, Homicide, and Dell;- ‘flm‘5 end that thevery principle: Of the yefitlit: do 'in- ' Fpirit and egg them on to the infliéting of all manner of OutragiOus Violence: upon the Perfons of thofe that en- joy agreeater Light andTurit} of the Goflzel then them- (Elves, But yet Imnfi avert. (on the other hand) that, finee_.throngh ' the peculiar Mercy and Trot/Meme of icod,v'and the Indefati‘gable lnduflry and Vigilance of £31ther all- their [machinations have hitherto been defeated,and their Confiz‘mcz‘e: borh againfi our Church and State rendred Abortive; it will become .u's- both 35 Alan and Cbfifiim, to temper our (Pal/20m, and to refi famfied Withlth‘e fingular Care and Concern, that the Go-f frnment Vofichfifes continually to exprefs bOIh for our pregn'tandfitfurefafit} and prefirvatz’on, in all Refpefis. F u WEIIKIRHOWfihatnothipg is of greater Concernment ' thentheSecunty of that Religion, which by the BIO-11d of fog’rfigt‘iyflblefi‘ed andiGlorious Martyr} has (by Gods: irfiinédiate bl’effing) been fo firmly Efiablifh’d amongfl us, ' Bnt't’heane are to take fpecial heed that we lend- nott0093fi§ an Ear toifueh as cry up Religion,‘& defign Brawn, ~:‘thz‘ifit pry ,ont Z ea! for the I 0rd of H0371, when fgyiintendtyeZfitherefi5 to keep up a party 5, and}? $884351, we}, one be the we dixit of a Coimt] :_ Religi» an ha’é not gt allprol‘per’d by undue praétices to ad- ané‘eflitj‘, ’Tisflfe‘elmefi, rPartieme, {77117722171}, and there Gr‘gcbgbfthcH’J’p’irz’t;that {beam and "Comm; when , - " ~“Rz'gz'dméfi; j"; ‘1‘ .' L. . - E25] ‘ , Rigidnefl', feflfttfinggmndthed‘word Exafperate and Bar? den. Has not Godst'powe'r, 0r truth, Evidence to fecure it felf?; Let butthe Gojpel have free paflage, and it will mafteits own flay .° For all true Protefiant: do unani- moufl y dilbwn the Promotion of it by the Sword, as t6- tally 'Uncbrifiians and bequeath it to the Pope and the ’3'th Was nor","n0w, the maintenance of our Fanda- mental Law: the pretence Of our late @arrel .2 Found we not the Spirit of the Nation rouz’d up, upon the found of the flnmpet .3, Popery, was it not decrjd, and Religion, ‘ Protefiant Religion, judg’d to be in danger .3 Were We not call’d out to the Battle upon the account of Zeal, with Cn‘rfle e Meroz 5" And yet under our Free Ejtate, (as they call (1 it) our Religion ((0 much of it ell peciall y as could any way be tetm’d Proteftant) turn’d into Wantonnefi 5;- andifoti’r interwar ‘beeame fo great, that (We du‘rfi 'nOt.“~exafpe:rate,'by advancing that Idol of ‘ the Pretbjtert, 'SDijoipline; nor indeed could We, if we darfi; for the mofi aélive‘ of our Statzftx, (if they had » any Religion at all) ’twas that of the Seafarj, which they own’d As the main Snpporter 0f their Model, Whore Inte- ref? it was to give Lioentioufnefi to all. As for Law, thofe which We'a'dor’d for Excellency and Antiquity,they were (by them) of neceffity alter’d, in our Freedom: of Perfon and Efiate, wherein true Liberty is principally concern’d: For when the Honfl: of Common: (01' rather the Rnnzp of it) e-n‘grofi’dthe’Sovveraign Power,they both Inrpofed Taxes,“ and [Levj’d them, by vértne of a trifling Ordinance, which Could n'everpbe done before, but b an' 'Ati’tof Q’arliainent, foletnnly and regularly pafé’d by the King and the Thee Efiaie: .- And having of Yribnnet of the people, (as it Were) and their Bulwark “aga’inl’t High Payment: and .lnipreflnrer, demanded by the King, ad- vanc’d themfélves into thedegree of Princets they took E upon c [26'] upon them to afifiand imprgf us at pleafitre aan'd we might complain as long as we would ‘ot the Reiterated Earthen 5 but there was no rented} bnt Patience, becaufe no Appeal left us, themfelves being both Parties and 7ndger. I COULDheartily will) there were at prefent no more) reafon, to beapprehenfive of Paper) coming amongf’t us, then there was in thol‘e days: But yet, let his Royal kiighnefi’s Perfivafion be what it will, this I’m fure of, that Dr. Oates has deftofed upon Oath, that the .7efitit: were lb farfrom faying or ailing, Indiflerentl}, as to his Per- flm, that in their Hellifl: Plot, they had, mark’d him out alfo for Slaughter, with his molt Rojral, mofi Proteflant froth'er. Now the late Marqnefi of Argyle was Wont to lay it down as a Principle in Policy, That it was the Cha- . . raéfer of a wife man not to let theWorld know what Religion he woe of: But (for my own part) I cannot in Cheri-t} but hOpe the hell of a Perfon, (tillI {hall be convinc’d of the contrary, by more certain and pofitive Arguments, then any that l have yet been able to meet with) that has been (0 [.eft'nr‘d and Yiztor’cl by our late Glorione Martyr, ( as Well as by Experiencejinto a Veneration for, and a Perféverance in that Pure, Reformed Religion, the Principle: of which he fuck’d in with his very Milkand in Tefence of which his. eVer Blelred Father laid down ' his molt precious I ife, upon a. Scafiblcl. You may read his words thusg “ I do require you, (addreffing to hire »“' prefint Majefiy) as your Father and your. Kin-g, that ‘“ you. never fuff‘er your Heart to receive the leafi (heck -“ againli, or 7Jij3afié§ion from the True Religion efln— “‘ hlijlfcl in the Church of England : I tell you I have try'd “ it, and after much Search, and many szfimter, have “ concluded it to be the her? in the World, not only in “the Pi? g [37] “ the Cowmnit}, ”flirt/lion, but alfo in the fitecial No- “tion, as Reformed 5 keeping the middle way between “ the Porn of Snperflitiono Draw}, and the Meannef: of ~ “Thanh; iok Hnarcby, Sic. To this lénce, fpake he, 5 when he had no more to (peak. Nay, and fo zealonr, ‘ this way, was our Englzfl: Solomon, (the fane’s Grand- iv father) King 7417161, that rather then any of his Progeny {hould ever come to be tainted with the Error: and Ido~ latrie: of the Church of Rome, he made it his Prayer to \Alrnigbty God, that they might be taken out of the World. firfi. ' ' AS to the apprehenfions of Dunn}, I hape, by what. I have already deliver’d in the Body of this Di comfé, it is evident, that there is lefi ground to fear it, t en many people might before imagine, fogthat it is next to an In:- poflibz‘lz‘t] to introduceit. And,upon probable grounds, , , I perfwade my felf, that lhould the Zita/{e ever have the ‘- ocoafl‘on ofler’d, yet would he be wifer then to make try- al of the Experiment, knowing {'o well as he mull needs do, that lhould the Englzfl: Libertie: be violated in the example but ofany one fingle Perfon, the whole Nation. would take it felf to be coneern‘d upon that account,ap- prehend it felf ready for the Battery, and, thereby, what with Hear, what with Hatefuch a Storm would be rais’d, as might lhake the furefi Foundation: of the Govern- ment 5 and f0 very much has Moje'fi'] already felt by the Fury of the People, that it will be chary (doubtlel's) of , giving occafion to encounter it again. BUT ftis farther Objeé‘z'ed (it lbems) that there is a ,Vz‘nolz’iiioe and Implacnble Spirit in the Cafe. Now this is molt man‘ifel‘t (indeed) that there have been Provoc-atie on: to the heights but [hall we therefore continue to pro- . E 2 (yo/{13.} ' . ' d woke,becat_1fc we have began .EA’I‘isa R‘ulef you know)"; that he that doettvmngt-newfi forgives,“ butjh'g that 1,4,» wrong, may; The i‘nterefi OERe-‘U'éfz e tsgaffionate,bm , the Interclt, of Profit atifes>fi0inflalj éjfién that greva’i’ls more 5 and he is very weak, that,ante'tibfes‘ltiuétowand win Paflzon,Whtn it {tands in Competition with his S4 ‘ e- t}. To ("peak home, ,Zizterq/l rules the Whole World, and, Printer (as others) defign more the‘fc-ehrity 0f" their 0an . Cream-ff, the“ 31’9”} 1‘3"?”ng that” may’..baz.4rd*it : But for this? fearch We the Experiencevrof‘pzzfi A’ger. Hear} the Great of frame, was F0 far from puniflai'rzg any Qf‘the 6on [ eague, that labour’d, by all means poflible, to keep him from his Right, and to murtber him,» that ( on the contrary) he imploy’d thofe, very Peirfons that Were big mainC-‘ppbfites, in hisflrmz’er, in his Oficer, and in his" Chancel-5. And What (11311 We fay OEKingWa 1749,, who {any Mgflézgey, made V01v:,menac'd Revenge, and all to prevent that fatal Stroke from falling Upon his Mathemfthej Q1166]: of 56613:) under Queen Fliz. but to no effeéh Ob- ‘ ferve the mute now 5 Shortly Q; [liz.'dies, and; more very [ 0rd: that aft-ed perfonallv in‘the Mother: ‘Deatb, were the mofi forward to court the Jan to the Crown, and he became, efiablifh’d with all i’rerqgative: incident, to the Eng/[fl Scepter.‘ What? A€ts he in the way OFRe- wage; No.5 he, like a wife Prince, Feeling the W/arwtb of fo'Ricb. a Climate, is (o paflionate to confirm his own- Greatnefi, that he not only forget: the Tizjur} of his Mo- tlzér, but manages his great flfizzirr by the hands ofthgf‘e' very Perltms that were Contriver: of its~ .yet thin}; 3h; Her Bfoud did he derive his Title [:Noriddtwe retail 0? one of thefe Nelda, or their Wage, that fiiffer’d Z‘ilfiib‘u- Ham, by any Ref‘entment, upon that account. His my; Fat/yer alfo, that had been beateninto the'knowledg‘e ofthe Ewglifla inrit, Writes thus: “ Let no Paflion, (my , . a . ct son) , [29-]- ‘ “ Son) betray y‘oiqwto any find-Fm? 3.7me 31129111110th “38Vhofe ”0W0 Sin and. FOHY. Will .Hfll-‘Iiefitlx: Puniih. “t~thwxinde-‘CLTimeé BF: confidémfihakntpfi.otfiall tkak “ that ' have done flaifi, have done {‘0,» no; Out. qf M4. “lice , but Mif information , or Mifapprebenflqn of “ Things. None will be more loyal tovMelor) Jaaifithfin} “ thofe SUbj(;a.‘S., who, {enfible Of Tkeir Errgm, andOur. . “Jfiérieg will feel, in their own fault; mofi Vehgmem, “ll/fetiom t0 Repentance, and eal‘hefl @0364“. to make “ Fome Reparatiom for their former Tefefix, (gut. The like raid he at his [/1sz Pow. But What dqwe' Egg/1; 01‘ ivy”; ,2 May we not have a Protefiqrztfiaparliamnté upon- all Exigencieyt, and the diprfa] p§,_fomw4”d;g and Ofiice: {ecu-re to us,” for a Time, In cafe (If-HlexMaieh flies deceal‘e.> Have We not a Pmtefiam CWficélks a... Prote'fizmt [l/Iz'lilitz, a Proteflént Clergy, and a Prateflaéxti- . People; what can we (in-reafon) defire more ,> 1 §. 7.- A8 to the Projeét of ereé’tinga Crack; thlefiora ‘ Single (Perfiwof another line 5- C over and above; the Heinoufnefé and Impiety of the Propoition, and to wave tedious Canvaj/ings) 77w mufl qpqzueflionablyk be the mofi Tefiwrate of all other Refmedi'eyamndiinfiw . A nitely worfé then the wifwfi it 0313:,qu magma {hould fetyontFOOt a perfbizal Qéérrel 5 and (atthelaug : Rm) beyond mieafure Difgufi' the Spirit: of this Gene- rm People, in. that they Will then be qujefitedgtokthein‘ eqml 5 Who, to retain hlsavfigrfzttiqrg‘WIll nbeforc’fidtgo , repeat and accumulate more VialencqgfiWhereOf We had: " mORWOFul' E'Xperience under- the Old Proteéfor .- Other- wag/Eghe Will foon be made the Object»? of our'Contewpt 5‘- as Was'his San,.With his Eqfle and Crlemle way Offléfz’ng 5. ‘ and .hi'sENgtme be ‘uFed only as a Cloak to cover the Aoarice, gand Exorbz'tance: ofaRavmonga 61km. Nor‘ ‘ ‘ can J E 30 3 can“ This Projea prevent a Relapf'e 'into our Fotm’e‘r C‘ 414. mitiera becaufeour Fears will ever be Great and Cons tinnal, and, conféq‘uentl y, our ‘Cbnrge proportionable. In a- word, all the Evilr‘and Mi/érie: that were brought upon us by the firm}, the Rump, and by all Other Ar- chitect-r ofour Slavery in the Late Yinrer, will certainly be Found Tolerable 5 compared with the Probable , and Genuine Efifi: of fuch ea @efierate and On- ‘obrz'flian Proceeding. 5.8. YOU will not expeé’t from me, (I’m fure, Sir) that I lhould fo acquit my (Elf of every Objea‘ion, as to leave all men fitisfy’d; efpecially Fuch as carry a Bye/3’ of Preférneent, Profit, 0r Faé'lion 5;, Men that have in De fign Exorbitance: of‘Power, or l/Venltb, Will hardly, With -Argnneentr, be reclaimed: And Fome there are (I. know) that have fo long poITe-fis’d their Head: Withflrong No- tions, that they are not capable to take in“ Renfon, againflthems and thereupon, run on Frantiqne in Er~ ror, till there be a Rotation in their Brain: : Such there are, that, With Confidence, f0 often have told a Lye, that, at length, themfelves believe it to be a Trntb .- But we'fhall be too Wife .( I’m Fur‘e, (hould ever that day come) to preferr the Intere/f or Wilfirlnefi of a Few, ‘to’ the Safety and Welfare of the Wbole. I {hall not deny, ‘yet, that it is caller to demonfirate what #24} be Evil, thenpofitively. to affert what 2222'” be Good but how-- ‘ . ever, comparing Time: with Tbingr, (as is: above repre- (Ented) I doubt act to Evidence,- that to keep wbere we are, and to be contented witb onr [ot, is a Courfe much rather to be embrac’d, as that which, in great Probabi- lity, we} be Good 5 then, by pufhing at lncertaintier, to pull down molt lamentable Confuflonr and fDe/blotione updn ourown'Headx, Whiehcertainly will be Evil,- «’3 } ~ . E “41 3 , . . I therefore’ever was, anc Ptill am of opinion, that'it’is \ iborh our [mere/i and our But] to embrace, With Open Army, the Ample, Generous Ofers of his mofl: ' Gracious ‘Majefly, in order to P'roV-ifions for our fitters Seettrity, in pointof Freedom and Religion: As for the Re/t, let us bUt have our Good Old Lew: duly put in Execution ; and then (by Gods a‘flif’tance) wefliallbe in a Cdpdcit] to ‘Defie the Pope, the Devil, and all that Work, come what will come- . ”‘6. 9. Thus, Sir,have Irun through the "f'everal Head: that you were pleafed to-propound. Ivhave, in the‘Fir/i place, given you my Reofom why .I conceive the Pro. jeG: of Fixing a Free—Eftote ( as your Friend thinks. fit to {term it) herevamongl’t us, would be utterly Im- pret‘iita’bie; I have in the next place, prefented you with a Summary of thole [Vi/chiefs and Dtflrafiiom, which were the Confequents of a Like flttempt, from :I 640. to 1660. In the Third place, you find the Nam- ral Bent and Inclination of the people to Monarchy, ex— - - clufively of any other Form of Regiment whatioever, fully demonflrated ; the Royal Prerogative Anatomiz’d; and an Account of tho-Ye great Immunities, Blefli'ttgr, and Privilm’ge: which the Eng/4b do at this day enjoy. under the ,prefent Government Eflablifh’d, both Etc/e- fii/titizl and Civil, peculiarly, and above any other People or Nation in the known World. The Fourtlt, rips Up the Ground of our Fears and fealou/ie: of Popery V and teem/try Power flowing in Upon us, ihoul-d the Drive of fork ever come to Sway the fog/2% Scepter; and fumilhes Argument: for the moderating and lefl'en- . ying our zippre/tettfiom as to the One, and for the pro- , ving' the almof’t [mpofliéility of Efi‘ec’ting the Other, were: there never fo great a Will and Difpofition that way. In - E 3‘ z 1’ ‘ * . Tfl‘the Eff/7 P13C62’Y0u have lreprefénted the Danger and [”3335”, Offirefiing a Curl-kt Title, or a Single Pen-— 10’? Of 3 MW Hm; together with the probable Gala-w. mltous ffigfi” that would inevitably enfue upon f'uch: ‘ an “”67”?“ And Lit/H]: I have prefum’d to offer my. 0W}! Eagvea’z'em, in reference to the Security of our Re» ; [@2072 and Freedoms, for the Prefem and for the Fatwa, Upon the Whole Matter, if, by what I have written, I; be f0 fortunate 3510 make your Friend a Convert, ’tWill: be an‘ infinite Satisfaétion to me ;_. becaufé, thereby I}: may h0pe to fan/84 Sou! ; but, at the wUrfi‘, Imay fay With the TeXt, that [flan]! hide a multitude osz'm- NOW 3}? filouldl frame twenty Excufé: to .you-Vfor'the Length, the Inequality, the Infufiiciency, the Incoherence, the Freed-om, the Extravagant Rovings and Im pertinencies, the Unskilful Management, my and for the Boldnefét and Prefumption ofthis Difcourfe : Bur I have neither Will nor. Leifure to Trifle at fucha rate; Is an confcious, to my felf (no man more ) of my great want of Abili— ties requifite for an undertaking of inch Weight and": Importance ;¢ only I was. refolv’d- to letyou fee, that nQ, Caizfin’emtiom whatfoever were of force (with me) to ; withfiand the Authority. of your Commands. ' I have un- _ bofom’d my felf toyou, Sir, (‘under the Proteé’tionofa __; .P’rmze Letter ) with all the Franknefs and Simplicity: imaginable ; not doubting but. you will make fuchuid eiit, as may nor redound to the [Di/advantage of. “ 811?, four mofl Obediem Servant; WW EDLL SPC RRE RARE00L D448. 9. l5 M6 16 01 0-006075276