THE
REMONSTRANCE
From
the
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
FRANCIS
LORD
BISHOP
Of
ELY
,
And
several
others
,
The
most
Eminent
DIVINES
Of
the
CHURCH
Of
ENGLAND
,
Against
The
Proceedings
of
the
P
:
O.
And
The
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
▪
That
Invited
Him.
Being
an
ADRESS
,
from
the
PVLPIT
to
the
KING
,
in
fifteen
Sermons
;
Denouncing
Damnation
,
&c.
To
the
Abdicators
of
God's
Annoynted
,
and
the
Abettors
of
this
Rebellion
.
Concilia
callida
et
Inhonesta
,
pri
〈◊〉
Fronte
loeta
,
Tractatudura
,
Eventu
tristia
,
Tacitus
.
Dublin
,
Printed
for
Alderman
James
Malone
Book-seller
in
Skinner-Row
.
1689.
TO
THE
SACRED
MAJESTY
OF
God's
Annointed
AND
Vice-Gerent
to
the
Almighty
;
IAMES
The
Second
by
the
Grace
of
God
of
England
,
Scotland
,
France
,
and
Ireland
,
KING
.
In
Vindication
of
the
Principles
of
Obedience
and
Loyalty
,
always
Taught
by
the
Church
of
ENGLAND
.
This
Remonstrance
is
most
humbly
Dedicated
.
By
your
Majesties
ever
Loyal
and
Dutiful
Subject
.
JOHN
YALDEN.
To
the
Reader
.
Christian
Reader
!
PArdon
me
,
if
I
presume
to
use
the
King
words
,
at
his
Majesties
first
Accession
to
t●●
Crown
(
viz.
)
I
know
the
Principles
of
t●●
Church
of
England
,
are
for
Loyalty
;
And
I
m●●
tell
I
hee
too
,
that
Loyalty
will
be
always
co●stant
,
where
it
is
accompanied
with
True
Re●●gion
.
If
thou
doest
enquire
of
me
,
whether
the
Preachers
of
the
Gospel
,
have
fully
practice
those
indispensible
principles
,
of
primitive
a●●
pure
Christianity
,
herein
taught
and
avowed
〈◊〉
them
,
to
the
whole
world
?
I
can
only
tell
Th●●
(
with
the
Heathen
Orator
)
Omnis
laus
virtut●s
,
actione
consistit
;
If
any
of
them
have
acted
contra●●
to
what
they
delivered
to
the
People
from
t●●
Pulpit
(
where
none
but
Sacred
Oracles
should
dispenced
)
it
is
they
only
are
too
blame
,
And
t●
I
am
affraid
,
Even
my
Bishop
here
cannot
throughly
excuse
himself
,
yet
such
as
are
innocent
ca●not
,
ought
not
,
in
Justice
to
share
in
those
Bit●
Reproaches
,
which
are
most
justly
due
to
t●●
Guilty
.
Tho
the
late
Defection
in
England
,
was
ve●●
general
,
and
spread
it self
over
his
Majesties
●●minions
like
the
poisonous
infection
of
an
Epi●●mical
Contagion
,
yet
I
know
there
are
many
l●●
and
those
Protestants
too
,
that
have
not
bo●●
their
knees
to
Baal
,
nor
worshiped
the
G●●
Calf
,
that
others
have
sett
up
,
such
as
will
most
assuredly
,
joyn
with
the
King
,
upon
afair
opportunity
,
and
do
now
really
believe
it
to
be
a
kind
of
Idolatry
,
to
obey
the
Vsurper
.
This
Remonstrance
hath
followed
his
Majestie
,
through
all
the
Meanders
,
of
his
most
Barbarous
Exile
,
and
is
design'd
chiefly
to
reclaim
such
of
his
Subjects
,
to
their
duty
as
have
been
mislead
;
&
bring
them
to
a
due
consideration
of
that
natural
and
sworn
Allegiance
!
which
for
the
most
part
,
both
ways
,
They
owe
the
King
:
And
to
assure
the
Obstinat
persisting
Rebell
,
that
his
Portion
shall
be
,
amidst
all
the
dire
effects
of
Eternal
vengeance
,
accompanied
with
the
Cursed
Crew
of
Appostat
Angels
,
still
Cursing
God
,
as
they
Curse
the
King
,
because
They
can
expect
no
Mercy
,
by
being
Sunk
below
the
Depth
of
all
Repentance
.
The
first
14
of
these
Sermons
were
preach'd
on
the
9th
of
September
1683
,
being
a
day
set
apart
for
the
most
Solemn
worship
of
God
Almighty
,
a
day
of
Thanksgiving
,
for
the
great
deliverance
of
his
Majestie
and
his
Royal
Brother
,
from
the
Rye
house
Regicides
,
&c.
And
the
last
for
the
Defeat
of
Monmo●th's
Rebellion
.
So
that
Sermons
Preached
upon
such
Occasions
,
may
be
truly
taken
,
as
from
persons
filled
with
Extraordinary
Devotion
,
and
inspired
with
a
true
zeal
for
the
Honour
of
Christianity
.
To
have
printed
the
whole
of
each
Sermon
,
would
have
been
too
voluminous
as-well
too
chargable
to
thee
.
But
in
this
Abstact
,
is
contain'd
the
matter
,
and
designe
of
the
several
Discourses
the
Force
and
Strength
of
all
their
Arguments
where
any
thing
is
added
,
it
is
only
to
make
a
Connection
,
and
comes
generally
betwixt
these
two
marks
[
]
And
as
the
Divinity
of
these
Preachers
doth
extend
itself
to
an
universal
Obedience
So
I
hope
the
Reader
will
pardon
me
,
where
I
apply
such
Doctrines
,
to
the
case
of
this
Rebellion
;
In
fine
,
I
challenge
any
man
to
shew
me
,
that
I
have
wrested
any
thing
contrary
to
the
true
sence
of
my
Authors
(
Tho'
perhaps
Some
Mens
own
words
,
at
this
time
a
day
,
will
be
unsavory
even
to
themselves
,
but
such
deserve
the
Character
of
Atheists
much
better
than
that
of
Honest
Christians
)
And
to
that
purpose
I
have
directed
the
most
Malicious
Critick
where
to
find
the
Sermons
,
by
telling
him
for
whom
they
were
Printed
.
A
SERMON
ENTITULED
The
Duties
of
Fearing
God
and
The
King
,
Preach'd
on
the
9th
of
September
,
1683.
by
John
Fitz
William
D.
D.
Prov.
24.
vers.
21
,
22.
My
Son
,
Fear
thou
the
Lord
and
the
King
,
and
meddle
not
with
them
that
are
given
to
change
.
For
their
calamity
shall
rise
suddenly
,
and
who
knoweth
the
ruine
of
them
both
?
FEaring
God
and
the
King
are
Duties
inseparable
.
Indeed
all
the
Commands
are
so
chain'd
together
,
that
he
who
loosens
but
a
single
link
,
dissolves
the
whole
chain
;
who
transgresseth
one
,
is
guilty
of
all
.
For
tho
they
were
wrote
in
two
distinct
Tables
,
and
distributed
under
ten
heads
,
or
words
,
(
as
the
Jewish
Docters
speak
)
by
God
himself
;
yet
his
Authority
,
being
the
soul
which
quickned
them
,
(
like
the
soul
animating
the
several
members
of
the
body
;
gave
them
all
but
one
common
life
and
being
:
So
that
a
particular
violation
of
one
,
becomes
of
accessity
an
universal
destruction
to
all
.
And
as
the
Commands
,
so
our
obligations
to
observe
them
are
connext
;
if
not
after
that
manner
as
Zeno
affirm'd
all
virtues
were
,
(
who
promiscuously
confounded
them
together
:
)
yet
so
,
as
Ch●ysippus
hath
explain'd
that
Stoical
Doctrine
,
That
a
man
could
not
be
truly
Brave
without
the
conduct
of
Prudence
;
nor
Prudent
,
without
attending
to
Justice
;
nor
Just
,
without
the
regulation
of
Temperance
:
So
in
like
manner
,
a
man
cannot
be
piously
affected
towards
God
,
without
being
honestly
affected
towards
Men
;
cannot
express
his
Love
towards
the
one
(
in
the
instances
belonging
to
him
,
)
without
shewing
it
towards
the
other
,
in
all
points
which
concern
them
;
and
he
who
pretends
to
the
former
:
And
neglects
the
latter
,
proclaims
himself
a
liar
.
The
reason
of
this
is
plain
and
obvious
,
because
if
I
perform
the
first
from
a
right
principle
,
out
of
conscience
of
my
duty
towards
God
requiring
it
;
the
same
principle
will
engage
me
to
do
the
second
,
because
he
demands
that
likewise
.
And
on
the
other
side
,
if
the
motive
of
my
love
to
my
fellow
Creature
man
,
be
his
bearing
the
image
of
God
,
I
cannot
but
love
and
reverence
that
God
,
who
fashion'd
him
after
his
own
likeness
.
And
as
there
is
no
dividing
,
so
there
is
no
commuting
of
duties
;
our
zeal
in
one
kind
,
will
not
make
attonement
for
our
remisness
in
another
;
our
Piety
for
Injustice
.
But
tho'all
the
commands
are
inseparably
conjoyn'd
,
yet
there
is
a
closer
and
more
indissoluble
union
between
these
two
particular
ones
of
●earing
God
and
the
King
,
by
how
much
Kings
are
more
lively
expressions
of
God's
Majesty
and
Power
,
than
ordinary
images
(
other
men
)
are
.
The
wise
Man
hath
here
mention'd
them
as
one
command
;
and
St.
Peter
too
,
even
while
he
useth
two
words
for
them
,
Fear
and
Honour
,
Fear
God
,
Honour
the
King
,
for
this
honouring
the
King
I
have
said
Ye
are
Gods
:
and
again
,
Thou
shalt
not
ourse
the
Gods.
.
From
this
strict
alliance
and
union
of
these
two
commands
,
arising
out
of
the
near
resemblance
between
the
persons
,
God
and
the
King
,
and
the
Majesty
of
the
one
,
and
Soveraignty
of
the
other
;
it
is
made
as
impossible
to
adore
God
,
and
not
revere
the
King
,
who
represents
him
;
as
it
is
to
honour
the
King
,
and
cast
all
the
contumely
we
can
upon
his
Lieutenants
,
or
Vice-Roys
,
commission'd
by
him
.
And
of
necessity
it
follows
,
that
Subjects
withdrawing
their
Obedience
from
their
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Such
was
and
is
James
the
Second
.
Lawful
Prince
,
is
a
denying
the
Authority
of
God
,
a
shaking
off
His
Government
from
his
Shoulders
,
a
laying
Him
aside
,
that
he
should
not
reign
over
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The
people
of
England
.
Them.
They
have
not
rejected
Thee
,
but
Me
,
that
I
should
not
reign
over
them
,
1
Sam.
9.
7.
Treason
against
the
King
,
is
a
kind
of
Sacriledge
;
a
Revolt
from
Him
,
an
Apostacy
from
God
;
a
Resisting
Him
,
an
Opposing
God
;
Rebelling
against
Him
,
Fighting
with
God
;
the
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Is
not
this
the
case
in
England
.
Setting
up
a
counterfeit
Prince
against
the
True
One
,
an
introducing
a
plurality
of
Godheads
;
the
Obeying
of
an
Usurper
,
Idolatry
;
the
slandering
His
Annointed
and
his
Footsteps
,
a
Blaspheming
God
;
the
blaming
His
Conduct
,
a
Quarrelling
with
Providence
.
And
as
we
cannot
Fear
God
,
the
Supreme
Potentate
,
without
Honouring
the
Subordinate
,
who
bears
His
Image
and
Superscription
;
so
we
cannot
Honour
this
last
as
we
should
,
without
Fearing
the
former
as
we
ought
:
We
cannot
revere
the
Copy
of
Divinity
transcrib'd
in
the
King
,
without
revering
the
Original
,
the
Deity
,
front
whom
His
power
came
,
any
more
than
we
can
have
a
veneration
for
the
picture
of
a
man
,
and
none
for
his
person
.
We
cannot
be
for
maintaining
the
Prerogative
,
while
we
are
clipping
the
wings
of
his
Power
,
&c.
There
is
no
bearing
true
Faith
and
Allegiance
to
our
King
,
when
we
do
it
not
to
our
God
;
no
being
loyal
Subjects
to
the
One
,
while
we
are
downright
Traytors
to
the
Other
.
The
reason
of
this
is
clear
,
because
the
honouring
and
obeying
our
Prince
should
proceed
from
a
Religion
towards
God
;
a
conscientious
regard
to
his
Authority
,
exacting
the
payment
of
both
these
;
which
if
they
do
not
,
they
are
false
and
spurious
,
wanting
the
true
and
genuine
Parent
(
a
right
principle
I
mean
)
for
their
production
,
and
must
needs
be
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English
Loyalty
.
sickle
and
inconstant
,
for
not
being
grounded
upon
a
sure
and
standing
bottom
:
So
that
when
an
Inviting
Occasion
offers
,
of
promoting
our
interest
to
greater
advantage
,
of
serving
our
ambition
with
better
success
,
than
by
Honouring
or
Obeying
our
King
;
or
of
Gratifying
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Malecontents
or
disgusted
Lords
?
our
Revenge
,
of
Wreaking
our
Malice
,
then
these
are
forgot
and
withdrawn
.
Or
last
of
all
,
when
by
a
declination
in
the
state
of
affairs
He
is
grown
too
weak
,
to
compel
Us
to
render
these
,
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Too
lately
in
England
.
Practices
squar'd
,
or
rather
deform'd
by
these
enormous
rules
,
are
set
on
foot
too
;
seditious
Clubs
and
Cabals
are
erected
;
Illegal
Associations
form'd
,
and
entred
into
;
Secret
Conspiracies
hatch'd
;
next
Open
Insurrections
raised
against
them
;
and
last
of
all
,
Uillanous
Assassinations
,
&c.
A
disdainfull
pride
swell'd
Dathan
,
Abiram
and
On
,
Sons
of
Reuben
(
and
so
of
the
eldest
House
)
to
see
that
power
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such
is
the
King.
Their
Lawfull
G●vernours
,
or
Else
Renounc'd
them
and
disclaim'd
him
together
:
The
Seditious
Reubenites
were
engag'd
in
a
Schism
against
God
,
at
the
same
time
as
they
were
up
in
Mutiny
against
their
Rulers
;
joyn'd
themselves
to
Corah
,
a
Levite
,
who
had
Usurp'd
the
Priest's
Office
,
in
Burning
Incense
before
the
Lord
,
which
appertain'd
not
to
him
.
Absolom
had
his
hands
imbrewed
in
And
to
manifest
that
we
fear
God
and
honour
the
King
,
We
ought
not
to
meddle
with
those
that
are
given
to
Change
:
And
this
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The
Bishops
.
We
may
do
,
either
by
approving
the
Projects
of
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Lords
Temporal
▪
Men
Designing
a
Change
,
or
by
actually
endeavouring
One
our selves
;
and
the
concerning
our selves
either
way
is
unlawfull
:
And
first
,
the
approving
a
Change
Renders
Us
as
equally
Guilty
,
as
if
we
had
brought
it
about
;
for
it
is
consenting
to
a
Crime
,
which
derives
all
the
malignity
of
it
upon
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who
has
been
to
blame
.
Us
;
the
External
Commission
of
it
being
only
the
owning
of
that
to
the
World
,
which
we
had
before
perpetrated
within
our selves
:
Cataline
was
not
less
a
Conspirator
,
and
an
Enemy
to
Rome
,
when
he
sat
in
Consultation
within
its
Walls
,
by
what
methods
and
parties
its
frame
and
constitution
were
to
be
subverted
,
than
when
he
took
the
Feild
,
and
Usurping
the
Ensigns
and
Badges
of
Consulship
he
joyn'd
with
C.
Mallius
:
And
a
man
may
be
as
compleat
a
Rebell
as
he
was
,
without
taking
up
Arms
against
the
Government
,
meerly
by
justifying
the
Lawfullness
of
so
doing
,
a
Traytor
[
†
](B10212-e11870-b)
†
Why
did
not
the
Lords
Spiritual
abhor
,
or
disown
the
P.
of
O.
Declaration
as
the
King
required
them
.
by
Giving
a
Favourable
Ear
to
Dvertures
tending
that
way
;
deep
dy'd
in
the
Blood
of
his
Prince
,
by
being
conscious
to
a
design
of
Sheding
it
;
or
all
over
Coal-black
with
foul
Poyson
,
which
he
hath
neither
prepared
nor
mingled
,
by
being
Privy
only
to
an
intention
of
Administring
it
.
And
as
we
are
Guilty
in
the
Courts
of
Heaven
,
and
our
own
Consciences
,
of
a
Treason
or
Conspiracy
,
which
hath
once
gain'd
out
likeing
,
tho
We
proceed
not
to
Execution
;
And
secondly
the
endeavouring
a
Change
plungeth
the
person
(
tho
he
be
drawn
in
by
the
Artifice
of
others
)
over
head
and
ears
in
guilt
,
immerseth
him
as
deep
in
it
as
the
first
Contriv●●●
and
hottest
promoters
of
it
:
For
it
matters
not
to
the
aba●ement
of
that
,
what
time
he
engag'd
in
it
,
or
whether
after
engagement
he
was
active
or
supine
in
prosecuting
it
;
nor
is
it
any
what
meanes
he
chooseth
to
effect
it
,
whether
fair
or
●ou●
(
as
we
usually
distinguish
)
whether
he
be
for
Picking
his
way
,
or
Resolv'd
to
venture
through
Thick
and
Thin
:
And
in
a
Crime
of
this
Nature
,
there
are
no
accessaries
,
but
all
are
Principals
And
further
,
to
endeavour
a
Change
,
is
contrary
to
the
Duties
,
so
oft
and
so
earnestly
pressed
upon
Us
in
Scripture
,
of
not
Touching
God's
Annointed
;
of
being
Subject
Rom.
13.
à
1
ad
6.
1
Pet.
2.
13.
14.
to
the
Higher
Powers
;
of
Submitting
to
every
ordinance
(
of
every
one
Constituted
in
Authority
)
whether
to
the
King
as
Supreme
,
or
unto
Governours
,
as
those
that
are
sent
[
i.
e.
]
Commissioned
by
him
,
For
is
not
the
Assassination
of
God's
Annointed
,
contrary
to
the
Command
of
not
Touching
him
?
Is
not
the
Plucking
down
Kings
or
Rulers
contrary
to
the
Precept
of
our
Subjection
and
Submission
to
Them
?
Is
not
the
endeavouring
to
Embroyl
the
Affairs
of
his
or
their
Government
opposite
to
the
Doctrine
of
living
Peaceably
under
it
?
And
are
not
these
the
Methods
We
pursue
in
Order
to
bring
about
a
Change
?
And
if
they
are
,
they
cannot
(
with
all
the
Allowance
of
Favour
)
be
so
Construed
,
as
they
may
be
reconcil'd
with
our
Honouring
Him
or
Them
;
for
it
may
be
as
easily
made
out
,
that
you
may
Smite
Them
with
the
Fist
of
Violence
,
and
not
Touch
them
;
Raise
Combustions
,
and
not
meddle
in
their
Affaires
;
as
Salve
the
doing
these
with
Honouring
Them.
And
if
there
have
been
Men
among
us
;
who
have
taken
these
Courses
,
and
yet
have
confidently
,
or
rather
Impudently
stil'd
themselves
his
Majesties
most
Loyal
Subjects
,
They
ought
to
prove
the
before
mentioned
Texts
are
to
be
expounded
backward
,
and
shew
us
they
have
found
out
the
Misterious
Art
of
Salving
Contradictions
;
of
making
Light
and
Darkness
,
Order
and
Confusion
dwell
together
;
Peace
and
War
salute
and
kiss
each
other
,
or
Else
leave
us
at
Liberty
to
dis-believe
Their
Professions
,
when
we
see
Their
Practices
.
Again
,
the
Endeavouring
a
Change
is
contrary
to
the
duty
of
Praying
for
the
safety
of
our
Governours
,
Their
Opinions
in
it
,
their
Natural
disposition
,
or
their
Carriage
towards
them
,
for
their
Heathen
Persecutors
,
as
Tertullian
is
a
Competent
Witness
,
Nos
enim
pro
Salute
Imperatorum
Deum
in●●●amus
aternum
,
&c.
Dein
oramus
pro
Ominius
Imperatoribus
,
vitam
illis
Prolixam
,
Imperium
Securum
,
Domum
tutam
,
Exercitus
fortes
,
Senatum
Fidelem
,
Poputum
Probum
,
Orbem
quieium
,
&
quacunqn●
ho●inis
&
Caesaris
vota
sunt
;
And
so
many
[
*
](B10212-e12240-b)
*
Dioni●uis
,
bulgentius
Theodoret
,
&c.
others
Testify
.
To
endeavour
a
Change
,
is
most
opposite
to
the
tenour
of
the
Gospel
,
and
the
frame
of
Christianity
:
The
virtues
That
it
inculcates
,
and
This
makes
profession
of
,
are
,
Contentedness
in
all
Estates
;
Humility
in
the
highest
,
Patience
in
suffering
,
Meekness
in
bearing
,
and
Charity
in
forgiving
injuries
:
Whereas
Discontent
,
Pride
,
Ambition
,
Impatience
,
Anger
,
Revenge
,
are
the
Passions
and
Vices
which
instigate
men
to
endeavour
revolutions
in
Government
.
They
affect
Novelty
,
and
therefore
sit
uneasy
under
the
present
Government
,
which
will
be
always
deem'd
heavy
,
by
men
of
such
volatile
and
unquiet
spirits
.
Militis
aut
pl●bis
ingenium
observat.
Nec
impositos
unquam
cervice
volen●i
f●rre
duces
.
They
love
not
a
Constitution
wherein
Divine
Providence
hath
an
hand
,
and
are
for
One
of
their
Own
setting
up
.
This
made
the
Israelites
request
to
have
a
King
,
like
the
rest
of
the
Nations
round
about
,
when
they
were
under
a
Thescracy
,
God
reserving
the
Soveraignty
in
his
own
hands
,
but
exercising
the
act
of
it
by
Samuel
,
1
Sam.
8.
5.
Or
They
are
dissatisfied
with
their
station
and
place
in
the
Government
,
as
too
low
and
mean
for
men
of
their
abilities
and
merits
;
and
suspecting
they
are
not
like
to
rise
higher
,
or
make
themselves
greater
,
in
the
present
posture
of
affairs
,
are
for
disturbing
them
,
as
the
probablest
way
to
gain
their
point
;
or
out
of
meer
indignation
to
see
themselves
neglected
(
as
they
esteem
)
are
for
subverting
it
,
tho
they
themselves
be
opprest
with
its
fall
.
Or
if
They
stand
high
,
they
are
displeas'd
to
see
any
above
them
,
(
for
its
the
nature
of
Ambition
not
to
look
down
,
but
up
;
not
on
those
behind
,
but
those
before
)
and
therefore
they
will
unhinge
the
whole
Frame
,
in
hopes
to
get
in
their
places
;
or
tumble
all
down
,
so
they
may
advance
themselves
.
Or
They
are
Poor
and
Needy
,
and
so
would
fain
enrich
themselves
,
tho'
it
be
with
the
spoil
of
their
Countrey
,
which
they
can
never
come
to
Ransack
but
in
publick
Commotions
:
Want
engag'd
Cateline
and
his
Associates
.
And
those
in
a
Commonwealth
who
want
Power
or
Riches
will
envy
them
who
have
;
and
out
of
meer
anger
or
madness
with
their
private
Fortune
,
will
desire
and
Labour
to
have
the
Publick
State
turn'd
Topsie
turvy
.
Or
They
like
not
the
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*
or
Religion
Disposition
of
their
Governors
;
They
are
too
Mild
or
too
Severe
,
&c.
Excesses
of
Princes
are
to
be
Born
with
,
as
we
bear
overmuch
Drought
,
or
Immoderate
Rain
;
nor
are
vitious
Princes
always
Succeeded
by
such
,
but
the
good
Interpose
and
compensate
for
the
bad
;
yet
They
will
not
expect
time
to
assist
them
with
this
Remedy
,
but
are
for
immediate
discarding
them
,
and
going
in
guest
of
another
of
a
more
Sutable
Temper
,
let
the
hazard
of
the
Wild
Goose
chace
be
what
it
will
;
Cerialis
Tacit.
liest
.
l
:
4.
cap
:
73
:
74.
ita
loquitur
,
Quommodo
Sterilitatem
,
aut
nimios
Imbres
,
&
catera
naturae
mala
,
ita
Luxum
vel
Avaritiam
dominaantium
tolerate
,
vitia
erunt
,
donel
homines
,
sed
neque
hac
continua
&
meliorum
interventu
pensantur
.
Or
They
have
been
digusted
by
them
,
because
in
the
disposal
of
Honours
they
have
pass'd
them
over
,
or
have
not
had
that
High
Esteem
for
Them
in
words
or
actions
:
And
to
be
Reveng'd
for
these
neglects
and
affronts
,
they
will
Combine
to
Depase
or
Murther
Them
;
And
care
not
whether
they
confound
Heaven
and
Earth
in
one
common
Chaos
again
,
so
be
it
They
have
their
Revenge
.
Pausanius
killed
Phillip
of
Macedon
,
for
advancing
Attalas
to
the
Government
of
a
Province
,
instead
of
punishing
him
upon
his
Complaint
for
abusing
his
body
;
And
Aruns
brought
the
Goths
into
Italy
,
for
having
not
Justice
done
him
against
Lucamon
,
who
had
defiled
his
Wife
;
Lucan
Conspired
with
Piso
and
others
against
Nero's
life
for
suppressing
his
Poem
;
Quinctianus
,
for
Defaming
him
in
Song
;
Maximus
against
Valentinian
the
third
.
Iulian
(
a
noble-man
of
Spain
)
calls
in
the
Moors
thither
to
be
even
with
Roderic
for
corrupting
his
Wife
or
Daughter
;
and
even
he
was
,
for
their
Success
put
an
end
to
his
life
,
and
the
Gothique
Race
of
Kings
in
that
Country
;
Robert
of
Artois
called
the
English
into
France
,
because
a
Suit
of
Law
went
against
him
;
and
Charles
of
Bourbon
Rais'd
up
Charles
the
fifth
against
Francis
the
first
,
for
the
same
reason
;
and
Bodilus
killed
Chilpherick
for
ordering
him
to
be
Whipt
as
a
punishment
.
Or
last
of
all
their
Villanies
,
have
Render'd
them
Obnoxious
to
the
Justice
of
the
Government
from
which
they
have
no
way
left
of
Saveing
themselves
,
unless
by
committing
the
greatest
,
that
of
undermining
and
overthrowing
it
.
The
Philosopher
wisely
observ'd
.
Those
who
have
don
wrong
usually
fly
to
Sedition
to
protect
them
against
punishment
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Arist
Pol.
l.
5.
c.
3
And
the
Historian
saith
,
that
Men
fling
themselves
into
actual
dangers
,
to
secure
themselves
against
those
they
only
fear
,
Imminentium
periculum
remedium
ipsa
pericula
Arbitrati
.
Thirdly
,
the
methods
which
men
usually
take
to
bring
about
a
change
are
extreamly
Ill.
The
first
of
which
is
the
devising
and
venting
Lyes
against
their
Governors
;
And
this
of
slandering
Princes
and
their
Conduct
,
is
generally
the
first
step
Seditious
Incendiaries
make
in
their
progress
to
Rebellion
.
Absolom
began
his
Rebellion
so
,
telling
the
People
their
matters
were
good
and
Right
,
but
no
man
deputed
of
the
King
to
hear
them
2
Sam:
15.
34.
In
short
Wicked
men
Malliciously
spy
out
Faults
where
there
are
none
,
Aggravate
those
that
are
,
and
with
alike
greediness
and
pleasure
divulge
them
both
,
to
weaken
his
Credit
and
Estimation
with
his
people
,
They
make
invidious
Constructions
of
his
Designs
;
Odious
Reflections
on
his
Actions
,
and
spread
them
abroad
;
which
when
they
are
grown
the
subject
of
common
report
,
fill
the
Peoples
minds
with
Fears
and
Jealousies
,
and
so
dispose
them
,
as
combustible
matter
soon
takes
fire
,
for
Tumults
and
Insurrections
.
The
spreading
of
false
Rumours
is
to
the
multitude
as
Windes
to
the
Sea
,
makes
them
Rage
and
Swell
,
lift
up
their
voice
and
Rore
,
in
the
Elegant
Expression
of
the
Psalmist
.
Psalm
.
46.
3.
who
otherwise
;
like
that
,
smooth
when
not
blown
upon
,
would
have
lain
still
and
calm
:
And
by
insensible
degrees
it
tends
to
work
this
Effect
,
tho'
the
false
news
within
few
houres
,
dayes
at
farthest
,
can
be
disprov'd
,
for
either
the
Refutation
shall
never
reach
so
far
as
the
lye
went
,
or
if
it
doth
,
that
hath
made
too
deep
an
Impression
in
Some
to
be
erased
;
the
Poyson
of
it
hath
wrought
it self
so
far
in
,
and
lodg'd
it self
so
throughly
,
that
Truth
is
too
weak
an
Antidote
to
Expell
it
.
The
second
method
is
near
of
kin
to
this
;
viz.
False
and
Hypocriticall
pretences
.
They
who
Levell
at
the
Government
,
always
disguise
those
Aims
with
the
fair
and
specious
Colours
of
maintaining
.
Endanger'd
Religion
,
Liberty
and
Property
;
while
They
have
no
sense
of
the
first
,
intend
to
oppress
the
second
and
seise
on
the
third
;
These
are
all
such
pleasing
names
in
the
Peoples
Ears
,
that
albeit
no
attempt
towards
a
change
can
be
made
,
without
first
violating
Religion
and
its
Commands
of
Subjection
and
Obedience
;
And
it
is
always
seen
if
that
succeeds
,
that
Liberty
is
afterwards
crush'd
,
and
property
usurp'd
:
Yet
as
conspiring
Knaves
never
fail
to
make
use
of
them
;
so
nor
Easy
Fools
to
be
charm'd
and
caught
by
them
,
and
to
contribute
their
assistance
towards
the
distruction
of
them
all
in
a
change
,
for
when
that
's
Actualy
come
,
then
these
cunning
Contrivers
of
it
are
sure
to
bind
the
silly
,
giddy
helpers
of
it
forwards
with
Chains
for
Cords
;
and
instead
of
an
easy
yoke
to
put
an
heavy
burthensome
Clogg
about
their
Necks
;
for
Enjoy'd
or
Promis'd
Freedom
,
to
entayl
Slabery
on
them
and
their
Posrerity
:
And
And
●ave
the
Impudenceat
the
same
time
to
call
this
State
of
Oppression
and
Tyrany
,
an
asserting
the
Privilidges
of
the
Nation
,
and
Restoring
the
People
to
their
Birthright
as
The
Romans
when
they
had
Seised
on
Kingdoms
without
Right
,
and
wasted
them
with
Fire
and
Sword
,
call'd
that
desolation
Peace
,
Aufer●e
,
trucidare
,
rapere
falsis
nominibus
Imperium
atque
ubi
solitudinem
fecerint
pacem
appellan●
Miseriam
servitutem
falso
pacem
voca●ent
.
This
is
the
Recompence
,
and
a
deserved
one
they
meet
with
for
their
easiness
in
believing
the
pretences
,
and
forwardness
in
Aiding
them
in
their
wicked
Enterprises
Absolom
us
d
both
these
Colours
;
He
complai●'d
that
the
due
course
of
Law
was
stop'd
,
and
seem'd
grieved
that
Justice
did
not
freely
flow
in
it's
Channels
,
and
promis'd
withall
to
open
them
a
passage
,
if
he
were
made
a
Judge
;
That
thery
Man
then
who
had
a
Suit
,
and
would
come
unto
him
,
should
have
right
done
him
,
2.
Sam.
15.
And
yet
He
Uiolated
the
Law
of
Nature
in
thus
affecting
the
Soveranity
,
which
was
not
to
be
had
without
killing
,
Dethroning
or
Commanding
His
Father
And
did
not
Jeroboam
cover
his
Ambition
at
first
with
a
Zeal
for
the
purity
of
Religion
?
And
when
he
had
Vsurp'd
the
Throne
did
he
not
infringe
the
Peoples
liberties
,
and
lay
Heavier
Taxes
on
the
Revolted
Tribes
,
than
ever
Solomon
did
?
towards
the
Payment
of
the
Soldiers
and
Garrisons
it
was
necessary
he
should
maintain
for
the
holding
of
his
Ill
got
Power
;
and
those
no
doubt
harder
to
be
paid
,
in
his
Divided
and
unquiet
Vsurpation
,
than
the
same
would
have
been
under
Solomon
while
the
Kingdom
stood
En●●●
,
and
his
Reign
flowed
with
Peace
and
Wealth
The
third
method
is
Steaking
through
all
Oaths
they
stand
bound
by
,
of
bearing
True
faith
and
Allegiance
to
their
Gove●nours
;
of
discovering
all
Treasonable
Designes
and
Practices
against
their
Persons
or
Authority
:
Oaths
in
which
They
deposited
with
them
the
Richest
pawn
it
was
possible
for
them
to
stake
down
,
and
gave
them
the
Strongest
Security
the
others
could
Require
of
Their
Fidelity
and
obedience
,
viz.
Their
Salvation
;
Oaths
in
which
They
call'd
God's
Omniscence
to
witness
their
Engagements
,
and
his
Justice
and
Power
to
Revenge
The
breath
of
them
.
And
yet
,
as
if
They
were
no
more
to
be
held
by
them
than
Samson
was
with
green
wyths
or
new
Ropes
;
Or
as
if
Their
Conscieuces
were
no
more
to
be
wounded
by
Perjury
than
the
German
Hard-men
are
by
Sword
and
Sho●
,
or
last
of
all
,
as
if
They
had
a
secret
Receipe
of
being
acquainted
with
Conspiracies
,
and
not
being
infected
with
the
Treason
of
them
.
But
if
there
were
no
breaking
through
Oaths
,
(
and
yet
I
believe
there
is
scarce
any
form
of
Regiment
in
the
world
which
takes
not
this
kind
os
cautionary
Bond
from
their
Subjects
)
they
must
make
Their
way
through
all
Natural
Obligations
to
come
at
their
end
:
for
every
man
who
is
not
born
to
Empire
,
antecedent
to
all
Oaths
and
abstracting
from
the
Force
of
all
Humane
Laws
,
is
born
with
a
Tye
of
duty
and
Obedience
to
the
Government
under
which
he
was
born
;
And
he
can
no
more
Disolve
change
or
Transfer
this
Obligation
by
a
subsequent
Protectation
of
his
Obedience
to
a
Prince
or
State
,
other
than
His
Natural
,
than
he
could
before
he
came
into
the
World
choose
of
what
Parents
he
would
descend
the
Country
where
,
and
the
dominion
under
which
he
would
make
his
Entrance
into
it
.
And
now
suppose
The
Treason
meet
with
all
the
Success
the
Conspirators
could
wish
,
yet
these
Persons
are
oft
,
at
the
long
Run
,
overtaken
by
vengeance
,
and
exemplary
punish'd
in
this
World.
Innumerable
Footsteps
of
this
Justice
are
left
Us
,
standing
both
on
Sacred
and
Civil
Records
:
The
Earth
opened
her
Mouth
wide
and
swallow'd
up
Corah
Dathan
and
Abiram
,
with
their
Rebellious
Crew
in
the
very
Act
and
Height
of
Their
wickedness
:
Abimilech
,
Aunt
for
a
more
fabourable
Iuncture
)
that
she
might
Reign
,
and
Reign
without
a
Rival
,
fell
from
her
greatness
by
the
same
Bloody
steps
she
mounted
to
it
;
was
slain
by
her
Guard
within
the
Verge
of
her
Palace
:
Jeroboam
the
grand
Vsurper
of
the
And
should
I
Travel
out
of
sacred
Story
into
Prophane
for
instances
,
Time
would
faile
me
in
recounting
the
Tragical
Ends
of
Vsurpers
or
Regicides
of
Cyrns
who
Seised
on
his
Grandfathers
Kingdoms
;
of
Bessus
whose
Murther
of
Da●ius
Ochus
caused
the
Translation
of
the
Empire
from
the
Persian
to
the
Greeks
;
of
●hillip
the
Vsurper
of
the
Macedonian
Crown
,
slain
between
his
Son
Alexander
the
great
and
his
Son
in
Law
Alexander
of
Epicus
,
at
the
Espousal
of
his
Daughter
,
of
Pisistratus
who
Invaded
the
A●henian
;
Julius
Caesar
who
Invaded
the
Roman
Government
:
The
Murderers
of
Gordian
the
Emperour
,
who
fell
all
by
Their
own
hands
,
using
those
very
Swords
against
their
own
lives
,
which
They
had
before
Imployed
to
take
away
others
.
And
Infinite
Numbers
more
mentioned
by
the
Roman
Byzantine
and
other
Writers
;
only
I
can't
omit
two
Memorable
Examples
,
the
one
of
Maximus
,
who
procur'd
the
Murther
of
Valanttnian
the
third
,
Torn
afterwards
in
Peices
by
the
People
of
Rome
;
the
other
of
Phocas
,
who
through
the
Barbarous
murther
of
his
master
Mauritius
,
Ascended
the
Throne
of
Constantinople
,
he
taken
by
Pho●inus
received
a
suitable
Reward
,
and
had
his
Head
,
Hands
and
Feet
with
his
Privities
cut
off
:
In
these
(
Generally
speaking
)
is
that
saying
of
our
Saviour
verified
,
They
who
take
the
Sword
,
(
take
it
against
Lawfull
Authority
)
shall
Perish
with
the
Sword
,
(
the
Sword
of
Justice
)
And
of
St.
John
,
he
that
killeth
with
the
Sword
,
must
be
killed
with
the
Sword
;
so
David
Killed
the
Amalekite
who
slew
Saul
at
his
own
●●treaty
,
&c.
And
can
it
be
thought
,
that
he
who
Will
not
hold
him
Guiltless
that
taketh
his
name
in
vain
,
should
connive
at
the
violation
of
all
Obligations
of
Duty
and
Fidelity
contracted
in
that
name
;
and
let
such
escape
Scot-free
that
rise
up
against
them
who
wear
his
name
,
and
are
clad
in
the
Rayes
of
his
Majestie
;
That
if
men
shall
be
in
danger
of
Hell
fire
for
calling
their
Brother
Fool
,
shall
They
be
in
none
for
Rayling
against
their
Superiors
invested
with
Authority
from
above
,
and
Pet.
1.
2.
comp.
with
the
10.
Iud.
8.
comp.
with
the
13.
Acting
by
a
Commission
from
heaven
?
St.
Peter
and
St.
Iude
,
have
taught
Us
otherwise
,
viz.
That
God
Reserveth
Such
who
speak
evil
of
Dignities
unto
the
day
of
Judgment
,
to
be
punished
;
for
the
Blackness
of
Darkness
for
ever
.
If
Lyars
,
Sorcerers
,
Whoremongers
,
Murtherers
and
Idolaters
,
shall
receive
their
part
in
the
Lake
which
such
Lyars
,
who
Maliciously
Slander
Their
prince
first
to
weaken
his
Credit
,
then
his
Hands
;
such
Sorcerers
,
who
with
the
Witchcraft
of
Cunning
and
Fair
Speaking
,
alienate
the
Peoples
Affections
from
him
;
such
Whoremongers
who
are
Guilty
of
,
and
stand
answerable
to
Justice
for
all
the
Rapes
and
Destorations
Soldiers
rais'd
by
Them
to
begin
an
Insurrection
,
and
make
a
Revolt
,
in
the
heat
of
War
and
Lust
commit
,
surely
then
those
Murtherers
of
their
honest
fellow
Subjects
,
who
will
not
side
with
them
in
taking
up
Arms
;
Then
Those
Idolaters
;
who
Crown'd
with
Success
erect
a
False
Power
in
opposition
to
the
Legal
One
and
would
Compell
all
to
acknowledge
and
pay
Homage
to
it
,
like
Nibuchadnezzar
,
to
fall
down
and
worship
the
Image
,
They
have
made
and
Set
up
,
shall
be
cast
there
.
Some
there
are
who
have
(
too
lately
)
made
use
of
Their
pretended
Fear
of
God
,
to
Justle
out
the
King's
Honour
;
their
serving
God
,
to
excuse
these
disobedience
to
the
King
;
their
fits
of
Devotion
&
Extatical
Raptures
,
their
Acts
of
Disloyalty
,
Their
Asserting
the
True
Religion
,
Justifying
their
Rising
up
against
his
Majesty
.
And
now
let
every
Englishman
begin
to
examin
himself
,
whether
he
hath
not
medled
with
them
who
were
given
to
change
?
Have
not
You
shew'd
your selves
such
,
by
siding
and
going
along
with
that
Faction
which
wrought
the
last
dismal
change
,
or
by
following
men
who
Trac'd
their
steps
,
and
Practic'd
the
same
methods
of
Sedition
,
which
usher'd
in
that
Rebellion
?
did
you
not
greedily
Swallow
down
the
Calumnies
and
and
Slanders
They
F●d
you
with
against
the
Government
?
Have
you
their
persons
in
the
greatest
Admiration
,
who
made
the
Biggest
Noise
for
Religion
and
Liberty
,
while
Their
Lives
manifested
they
had
extinguish'd
the
one
,
all
but
the
Name
,
and
Their
Arbitrary
proceedings
that
they
were
Resolv'd
to
Prostitute
the
other
to
their
own
Lusts
?
such
who
had
Scrupl'd
at
Order
and
Decency
in
the
Church
,
but
had
made
none
of
involving
three
Kingdoms
in
Misery
and
Confusion
;
strein'd
at
Conformity
,
but
Swallow'd
down
Rebellion
;
slumbl'd
at
a
Ceremony
,
but
leap'd
over
the
Murther
(
or
Dethroning
)
of
Their
King.
And
after
all
this
,
did
you
not
look
upon
your selves
as
absolv'd
from
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
and
on
them
as
antiquated
Bonds
?
Or
were
you
not
for
expounding
Them
so
as
they
might
be
best
accommodated
to
Rebellion
,
or
willing
Disciples
of
such
Masters
who
did
?
That
they
were
stipulations
of
a
Conditional
Obedience
,
Provided
the
King
maintained
your
Rights
,
and
that
limitted
and
Restrain'd
to
some
Case
only
;
so
that
the
King
not
performing
the
former
,
you
were
not
bound
to
the
latter
;
or
Commanding
something
without
the
Verge
of
his
Authority
,
might
be
oppos'd
by
Arms
,
and
Forc'd
within
compass
;
Or
that
those
Sacred
Tyes
might
be
violated
without
Sin
,
for
promoting
such
great
Goods
as
the
Power
of
Godliness
and
the
Freedom
of
the
Gospell
!
did
not
the
Casuistical
Divinity
of
such
Rabbies
please
you
,
who
directed
You
,
in
Order
to
shake
the
Crown
from
off
the
Monarch's
head
,
to
break
any
Oath
with
the
deepest
sence
of
Religion
,
which
you
before
had
Sworn
with
a
Sound
Conscience
,
&c.
And
besides
the
Wickedness
of
Breaking
Through
These
Sacred
Obligations
have
you
not
bound
your selves
by
illegal
Associations
or
Covenants
(
directly
opposite
to
these
solemn
engagements
)
to
labour
a
change
?
So
Cataline
initiated
his
Complices
to
the
privacy
of
his
conspiracy
,
by
a
Sacrament
solemn
as
a
Sacrifice
to
the
Gods
,
He
drank
to
Them
in
a
mingl'd
bowl
of
man's
blood
and
wine
,
and
made
them
pledge
him
and
one
another
in
that
,
and
so
doing
their
mutual
Faith
,
devoting
themselves
with
horrid
execrations
to
suffer
all
Ills
,
in
case
they
infring'd
it
,
afore
he
ventur'd
to
acquaint
them
with
the
villany
they
were
to
be
actors
in
.
And
if
you
have
in
any
of
the
forementioned
respects
been
guilty
(
as
it
is
more
than
to
be
suspected
you
have
.
)
Let
me
exhort
you
,
to
wash
away
the
contracted
guilt
with
the
tears
of
repentance
,
&c.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
William
Nott
,
at
the
Queen's
Arms
in
the
Pall
Mall
.
1683.
A
Sermon
Entituled
,
Some
seasonable
Reflections
on
the
Discovery
of
the
la●e
Plot
,
By
William
Sherlock
D.
D.
Psal.
18.
Verse
50.
Great
deliverance
giveth
he
to
his
King
,
and
sheweth
mercy
to
his
Annointed
,
to
David
,
and
to
his
seed
for
evermore
.
MEn
of
turbulent
and
restless
spirits
will
be
sure
to
find
,
or
make
some
pretences
or
occasions
of
quarrel
under
the
most
just
and
equal
Government
.
Sometimes
They
dispute
the
right
of
Succession
;
but
this
they
could
not
do
in
David's
case
,
unless
they
would
dispute
God's
right
to
place
and
displace
Princes
:
For
he
was
immediately
chosen
by
God
,
and
annointed
by
his
Prophet
,
and
yet
this
could
not
secure
him
from
Conspiracies
and
Rebellions
.
Others
pretend
great
Oppression
and
male-administration
of
Government
,
tho'
Their
licentious
noises
and
clamours
sufficiently
confute
it
;
for
men
who
are
most
opprest
dare
say
the
least
of
it
.
And
Others
make
Religion
a
pretence
for
Their
Rebellion
;
Religion
!
the
greatest
and
the
dearest
interest
of
all
:
But
methinks
it
is
a
dangerous
way
for
Men
to
rebel
to
save
Their
Souls
,
when
God
has
Men
to
suffer
patiently
,
but
never
to
rebel
.
And
were
there
any
true
concernment
for
Religion
in
this
pretence
,
can
We
imagine
,
that
the
most
profest
Atheists
;
the
most
lewd
prostigate
Wretches
,
the
greatest
Prodigies
and
Monsters
of
wickedness
,
should
be
so
zealous
for
Religion
?
But
it
's
evident
,
it
is
not
Religion
such
men
are
zealous
for
,
but
a
liberty
in
Religion
;
that
is
,
that
every
one
may
have
his
liberty
to
be
of
any
Religion
,
or
of
none
;
which
serves
the
Atheists
turn
,
as
well
as
th●
Sectaries
;
but
is
nor
much
for
the
honour
or
interest
of
true
Religion
.
I
suppose
no
man
doubts
how
many
dangers
a
Prince
is
expos'd
to
who
flies
before
an
enrag'd
and
victorious
enemy
:
A
Prince
whose
Father
was
murther'd
,
and
himself
forc'd
into
banishment
by
his
own
Subjects
!
Who
knows
not
whither
to
go
,
where
to
hide
himself
,
whom
to
trust
:
Many
persons
who
were
in
greatest
power
,
being
concern'd
(
for
their
own
preservation
)
to
keep
Him
out
;
while
those
who
wish'd
Hi●
Return
,
durst
not
whisper
any
thing
tending
to
call
the
King
back
again
.
This
was
the
condition
of
our
dread
Soveraign
,
who
was
hunted
as
:
Partridge
in
the
mountains
,
pursued
by
his
own
rebellious
Subjects
,
who
had
usurp'd
his
Throne
,
and
thirsted
after
his
Blood.
But
then
God
found
an
hiding
place
for
Him
,
and
delivered
Him
from
the
desire
and
expectation
of
his
Enemies
:
And
,
as
the
Psalmist
says
,
This
is
the
Lords
doing
;
and
it
is
marvellous
in
our
eyes
;
now
know
We
,
that
the
Lord
saveth
his
Annointed
,
He
will
hear
Him
from
his
holy
Heaven
,
with
the
saving
strength
of
his
right
hand
,
Psal.
65.
7.
God
may
sometimes
suffer
Treason
and
Rebellion
to
be
prosperous
,
but
it
can
never
prosper
but
when
God
pleaseth
;
and
it
is
impossible
Rebels
should
ever
know
that
.
There
is
nothing
more
expresly
contrary
to
the
reveal'd
will
of
God
,
than
Treasonable
Plots
and
Conspiracies
against
Soveraign
Princes
:
And
tho
God
does
many
times
permit
those
things
to
be
done
,
which
he
has
forbid
to
be
done
,
or
else
no
man
could
ever
be
guilty
of
any
sin
;
yet
his
forbidding
of
it
is
a
plain
argument
that
he
does
not
approve
it
,
that
he
will
not
countenance
it
.
God
never
indeed
interposes
by
an
irresistible
power
to
hinder
men
from
choosing
that
which
is
wicked
,
for
he
offers
no
force
or
violence
to
mens
wills
:
but
when
this
wickedness
is
injurious
to
others
,
who
are
the
objects
of
his
care
and
providence
,
he
many
times
interposes
to
prevent
the
mischief
.
Who
ever
suspected
,
that
the
Fire
at
New-Market
,
was
sent
by
God
for
the
preservation
of
our
King
and
His
Royal
Brother
?
Christian
Religion
is
the
greatest
security
of
Government
both
i●
its
precepts
and
examples
:
It
commands
Every
Soul
to
be
subject
to
the
higher
Powers
,
and
threatens
eternal
damnation
against
Rebels
;
it
strictly
enjoyns
the
practice
of
all
sociable
virtues
,
and
charms
those
boisterous
passions
which
disturb
humane
conversation
;
it
requires
Us
to
obey
our
Superiors
in
all
lawful
things
,
and
quietly
to
submit
and
suffor
,
when
we
〈◊〉
obey
:
And
the
blessed
Jesus
,
who
was
the
Author
of
our
Religion
,
〈◊〉
our
great
Pattern
and
Example
,
did
himself
practise
these
laws
,
which
he
gave
to
US
.
He
liv'd
in
obedience
to
the
Civil
Power
,
and
though
the
Jewish
Nation
,
which
was
a
free
People
,
the
Lot
and
Inheritance
of
God
himself
,
were
then
in
subjection
to
the
Romans
,
yet
He
would
not
give
Them
the
least
encouragement
to
shake
off
the
yoke
,
but
commands
them
to
give
unto
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar's
,
and
unto
God
the
things
that
are
God's
.
He
died
himself
upon
the
Cross
,
and
made
this
the
condition
of
our
discipleship
,
To
take
up
our
Cross
and
follow
Him
;
and
thus
the
Apostles
and
Primitive
Christians
did
,
they
chearfully
follow'd
their
Master
to
the
Cross
,
and
conquered
by
suffering
.
Christianity
was
planted
in
the
world
by
no
other
arts
but
the
foolishness
Preaching
,
and
it
defended
it self
Only
,
by
a
resolute
and
patient
suffering
for
the
name
of
Christ
.
This
is
the
true
temper
and
spirit
of
Christianity
.
Under
the
most
barbarous
and
persecuting
Emperors
,
no
Christian
ever
suffer'd
as
a
Rebel
,
They
gave
no
other
disturbance
to
the
Government
,
than
by
confessing
themselves
to
be
Christians
,
and
suffering
for
it
.
Their
numbers
indeed
were
very
formidable
,
but
nothing
else
;
for
in
imitation
of
their
great
Master
,
They
went
as
lambs
to
the
slaughter
,
and
as
sheep
before
their
shearers
are
dumb
,
so
they
opened
not
their
mou●hs
.
But
notwithstanding
this
,
our
daily
experience
tells
US
,
that
when
Religion
is
divided
into
Factions
and
Parties
,
or
rather
Men
are
divided
into
Factions
and
Parties
upon
account
of
Religion
,
there
is
nothing
more
imbitters
mens
spirits
against
each
other
,
nor
gives
greater
disturbance
to
publick
Government
.
All
the
Troubles
and
Miseries
which
for
these
late
years
have
overwhelmed
this
unfortunate
Island
have
been
dooing
to
this
cause
;
Religion
has
been
made
either
the
reason
or
the
pretence
of
all
.
To
deny
that
Prosest
Protestants
have
ever
rebell'd
against
their
Prince
,
is
to
deny
,
that
there
ever
was
a
Civil
War
in
England
.
And
I
would
to
God
,
We
had
but
one
instance
of
this
;
it
might
have
left
some
hope
still
,
that
This
was
not
the
temper
nor
the
Principles
of
the
Men
,
but
some
unlucky
●●●cture
of
●ffairs
,
which
transported
Them
beyond
the
bounds
of
their
Duty
,
and
their
own
●●ow'd
Principles
.
When
Religion
turns
into
a
●●a●e
〈◊〉
to
curb
and
restrain
,
and
quell
such
pretences
,
is
not
to
invade
the
〈◊〉
Conscience
,
o●
the
●●ber●●●
of
Religion
,
but
to
secure
the
publick
〈◊〉
to
prevent
the
occasions
of
new
Rebellions
.
And
no
sob●●
man
can
〈◊〉
his
Prince
for
this
,
tho
he
may
Those
,
(
and
ought
to
express
a
just
indignation
against
Them
)
who
forfeit
this
liberty
,
by
abusing
it
for
a
cloak
of
maliciousness
.
A
great
and
passionate
Zeal
,
like
a
distemper'd
Love
,
blinds
mens
eyes
,
and
makes
them
mistake
both
their
Enemies
and
Friends
.
It
fills
their
heads
with
endless
jealousies
and
fears
,
and
makes
them
start
and
run
away
from
their
own
shadow
.
Such
a
boysterous
Zeal
is
the
frenzy
and
Calenture
of
Religion
,
which
makes
men
uncapable
of
any
sober
counsel
,
and
all
prudent
Resolves
,
and
precipitates
them
into
the
most
wild
,
extravagant
,
and
irreligious
attempts
.
There
is
nothing
more
pernicious
than
Zeal
,
when
it
gets
a-head
,
and
bears
down
all
the
considerations
of
Reason
and
Religion
before
it
.
When
men
are
conscious
to
themselves
,
that
they
are
engag'd
in
a
good
cause
,
and
have
honest
designs
,
it
makes
them
more
bold
and
venturous
:
For
tho
few
men
da●
own
it
,
yet
the
actions
of
too
many
sufficiently
proclaim
,
that
Th●●
think
they
may
strain
a
Point
,
and
dispence
with
strict
Duty
,
when
it
is
to
serve
a
good
cause
,
when
the
Honour
of
God
,
and
the
Interest
of
R●ligion
is
concern'd
:
Such
a
Zeal
does
violently
push
Men
forward
,
but
●●
does
not
steer
well
,
nor
observe
its
compass
;
and
thus
it
is
too
often
see●
that
Men
who
begin
with
a
zeal
for
Religion
,
insensibly
slip
into
Stat●
Factions
,
and
are
engag'd
vastly
beyond
what
They
first
design'd
.
L●●
Us
then
above
all
things
have
a
care
of
our
Zeal
,
that
we
may
not
mista●en
earthly
Fire
,
which
burns
and
consumes
,
for
that
divine
and
harmle●
Flame
,
which
is
kindled
at
God's
altar
.
A
true
zeal
for
Religion
,
is
nothing
more
nor
less
:
than
such
an
hearty
love
for
it
as
makes
us
very
diligent
in
the
practise
of
it
out
selves
,
and
contented
,
if
God
sees
it
fit
,
〈◊〉
lay
down
our
lives
for
it
,
and
very
industrious
to
promote
the
knowledge
and
practise
of
Religion
in
the
World
,
by
all
lawful
and
prude●●
means
.
A
true
Christian
Zeal
will
not
suffer
US
to
transgress
the
stri●●
bounds
of
our
duty
to
God
,
or
of
our
duty
to
Men
,
especially
to
King
and
Princes
,
whatever
Flattering
Prospect
of
advantage
it
may
give
.
To
lye
,
to
forswear
our selves
,
to
hate
and
revile
each
other
;
To
reproach
and
libel
Governors
in
Church
or
State
;
to
stir
up
,
or
countenance
,
with
the
least
Thought
,
any
Plots
,
Seditions
or
Rebellions
again●●
the
King
,
is
not
a
Zeal
for
God
nor
for
Religion
:
for
this
wisdom●
not
from
above
,
but
is
earthly
,
sensual
,
and
devillish
:
for
where
strife
and
co●tention
is
,
there
is
every
evil
work
.
Let
Our
past
Experience
therefore
teach
Us
,
to
watch
over
the
lea●●
stirrings
,
and
first
appearances
of
a
seditious
and
factious
spirit
,
either
in
our selves
or
others
,
however
it
may
be
disguised
with
a
pretence
of
Religion
.
Faction
,
like
other
vices
,
has
but
very
small
beginnings
;
but
when
those
beginnings
are
indulg'd
,
it
soon
improves
,
and
gets
strength
.
Omne
in
praecipiti
vitium
stetit
:
When
men
once
espouse
a
Party
,
like
those
who
are
running
down
hill
;
they
cannot
stop
when
they
please
.
Discontents
and
jealousies
are
easily
fomented
,
when
We
have
once
given
admission
to
them
;
and
the
busy
Factors
and
Agents
for
Sedition
,
when
They
find
US
never
so
little
disposed
to
receive
the
Impression
,
use
their
utmost
art
and
skill
,
all
the
methods
of
insinuation
and
address
,
to
make
us
Proselytes
.
I
doubt
not
but
many
Men
have
died
Rebels
,
and
suffer'd
as
Traytors
,
who
at
first
did
as
much
abhor
the
though●s
of
Treason
and
Rebellion
,
as
any
of
us
can
;
Thus
I
doubt
not
but
it
was
in
our
late
Troubles
;
And
thus
I
believe
it
is
at
this
Day
.
Let
such
Examples
as
these
make
Us
wary
,
how
We
begin
to
entertain
,
or
to
whisper
our
discontents
and
fears
;
how
we
begin
to
listen
to
be
suspicious
of
our
Prince
,
or
of
his
Government
;
and
to
hear
with
pleasure
,
any
scandalous
stories
or
reflections
on
either
.
Those
who
can
with
content
and
pleasure
hear
their
Prince
and
his
Government
revil'd
,
will
soon
think
him
not
fit
to
be
Their
King.
And
the
great
danger
of
such
beginnings
is
,
that
We
are
not
apt
to
observe
them
in
our selves
or
others
,
when
Religion
is
concern'd
in
the
quarrel
.
We
think
it
all
Zeal
,
pure
Zeal
!
and
can't
suspect
our selves
or
others
,
to
be
in
any
danger
of
turning
Rebels
.
But
whatever
is
in
its
own
nature
a
degree
or
tendency
towards
Rebellion
,
is
so
where-ever
,
and
in
whomsoever
it
is
found
;
and
there
is
always
more
danger
,
that
the
beginnings
of
vice
should
corrupt
the
best
temper
of
mind
,
than
any
hope
that
a
sound
and
religious
disposition
should
correct
the
malign
influences
of
such
a
vice
.
Some
mens
Religion
does
as
much
incline
them
to
Faction
,
as
secular
interest
doth
other
men
;
and
there
is
no
such
dangerous
Faction
,
as
that
which
is
bred
and
nourish'd
by
the
corruptions
of
Religion
.
The
Jewish
Zealots
,
and
the
Christian
Enthusiasts
of
all
sorts
,
are
too
plain
an
Example
of
it
.
And
therefore
when
men
,
who
make
great
pretences
to
Religion
,
begin
to
talk
or
act
factiously
,
a
fair
opportunity
is
as
like
to
make
them
Rebels
,
as
any
other
men
.
Thus
We
often
see
it
is
,
and
this
is
a
sufficient
reason
to
suspect
all
such
beginnings
,
either
in
our selVes
or
others
,
whatever
glorious
pretences
we
may
have
.
London
,
Printed
for
Tho.
Basset
at
the
George
in
Fleetstreet
.
The
Power
of
Kings
from
GOD.
A
SERMON
Preach'd
,
at
Sarum
,
By
Paul
Lathom
,
Prebendary
there
.
Prov.
8.
15.
By
Me
Kings
Reign
.
KIngs
have
their
Authority
deriv'd
immediately
from
God
,
whic●
Authority
is
not
confer'd
on
Them
,
as
a
Trust
by
the
People
.
Let
us
consider
first
what
Titles
the
Scriptures
give
to
King
They
are
called
the
Ministers
of
God
,
therefore
not
of
men
,
Rom.
1
,
4.
6.
The
Powers
that
be
,
are
said
to
be
Ordained
of
God
,
therefore
not
of
Men.
v.
i
for
the
question
concerning
St.
John's
Baptism
,
wa●
it
from
Heaven
?
or
of
Men
?
seems
to
put
this
upon
an
Issue
;
Besides
they
are
call'd
Elohim
,
Earthly
Gods
,
Psal:
82
,
6.
And
what
Peopl●
can
make
there
own
Gods
,
without
Palpable
Idolatry
.
When
God
first
Subjected
his
own
People
,
Israel
to
the
Government
of
Kings
,
the
People
had
nothing
to
do
in
conferring
the
Power
Mos●●
was
made
their
Ruler
immediately
by
God
so
Ioshuah
and
the
Iudge●
for
so
long
the
Theocracy
did
continue
visable
among
them
.
When
th●
People
desir'd
a
King
with
formality
,
God
is
not
angry
with
them
simp●●
for
desiring
a
King
;
for
he
foretold
their
having
a
King
,
and
gave
hi●
directions
for
his
Government
,
Deut.
17
but
for
some
irregularities
their
manner
of
desiring
him
,
But
how
was
he
chosen
?
not
by
the
People
,
but
by
Lot.
1
,
Sam
:
10
,
20
,
21.
the
determination
whereof
from
the
Lord
,
Prov:
16.
33.
no
hand
of
the
People
in
choosing
him
David
was
made
King
by
God's
immediate
〈◊〉
Sam:
16.
1.
H●
the
Theocracy
seems
to
end
.
Afterward
the
Government
did
descend
by
Succession
And
Those
that
pretend
directions
from
the
Scripture
in
every
thing
,
will
be
at
a
loss
where
to
finde
directions
there
for
the
People
to
take
away
or
Confer
Power
upon
their
Prince
.
We
Challenge
any
man
from
Prophane
Histories
,
to
shew
Us
any
Footsteps
of
such
beginings
of
Monarchy
,
when
the
People
did
intrust
this
Power
to
their
King
?
If
they
acknowledge
that
their
History
fails
them
,
let
not
also
reason
fail
them
;
Let
not
Loyalty
fail
Them
;
let
not
Conscience
fail
them
let
them
have
somhing
more
than
bold
Surmises
,
or
else
not
attempt
to
build
a
Supposition
of
such
dangerous
consequence
,
upon
the
meer
strength
of
imagination
.
If
therefore
they
Persist
and
Urge
Us
to
shew
,
how
Monarchy
first
came
to
Subject
men
to
Obedience
,
I
think
the
History
of
the
Bible
will
give
US
light
enough
.
That
Patriarchal
Government
,
or
the
Ruling
of
the
Father
or
eldest
of
the
Family
over
the
Rest
,
was
the
first
form
of
Government
in
the
World
,
I
think
is
generaly
own'd
;
Now
when
the
Families
increased
,
the
Subjects
multiplied
,
and
by
insensible
degrees
the
Patriarchal
Government
seems
to
have
setled
into
that
Government
of
the
Reguli
,
or
small
Kings
,
which
was
upon
the
matter
the
same
;
when
Ioshuah
Conquered
the
land
of
Canaan
,
which
is
less
in
extent
than
the
Kingdom
of
England
alone
,
he
found
and
Subdued
31
Kings
,
Iosh:
12
,
24.
And
it
seems
this
was
the
least
Jurisdiction
of
their
Reguli
.
For
after
him
Iudg:
1.
7.
Ad●●ibezek
when
he
was
Conquer'd
,
doth
own
that
he
kept
70
Reguli
in
Barbarous
Servitude
under
him
.
And
some
Hundreds
of
years
after
the
King
of
Syria
(
no
great
Prince
)
had
32
Kings
at
once
in
his
Army
,
1
Reg.
20.
1.
so
that
it
seems
their
Territories
and
power
were
then
surely
but
an
inconsiderable
alteration
of
External
Government
,
and
that
which
by
degrees
introduced
greater
Monarchy's
.
If
We
further
proceed
to
take
a
view
of
all
the
ways
,
whereby
Princes
ascend
to
the
Throne
,
it
will
appear
they
are
but
few
;
and
that
in
none
of
those
the
People
confer
the
power
on
the
King
;
first
by
D●scent
or
Succession
,
as
in
England
:
Now
who
can
say
that
the
People
hereconfe●
the
Power
?
If
they
ple●d
that
at
the
Kings
Coronation
the
consent
of
the
People
is
demanded
;
it
is
evident
that
the
King
is
King
to
all
intents
and
purposes
before
his
Coronation
,
Besides
neither
are
all
the
People
Sommon'd
,
nor
any
considerable
part
of
them
appear
at
a
Coronation
:
And
if
then
thereshould
be
any
su●ly
Sheba
,
that
should
reject
his
Prince
,
that
would
not
hinder
the
Coronation
,
so
that
this
is
but
barely
a
thing
of
course
and
doth
not
deside
the
King's
Power
from
the
People
at
all
.
Secondly
those
that
attain
a
Crown
by
conquest
,
no
man
can
say
They
expect
or
receive
the
explicit
consent
of
the
People
,
tho'
a
tacit
consequential
consent
may
be
argued
in
their
yeilding
him
a
forc'd
obedience
,
Thirdly
Those
that
Surprise
a
Throne
by
Fraud
,
tho'
they
may
impose
upon
the
People
so
as
to
gain
a
formal
consent
.
Yet
is
there
no
real
consent
in
those
that
are
thus
bewitch'd
or
cajol'd
,
Fourthly
,
there
are
some
that
come
to
a
Crown
by
Elcteion
:
And
here
our
Male-contents
think
they
are
secure
,
that
They
derive
their
Power
from
the
People
.
But
we
must
consider
the
great
difference
that
is
betwixt
Designing
the
person
,
and
conferring
the
Power
;
The
former
is
from
those
that
choose
Him
,
the
latter
by
no
meanes
,
the
Dean
and
Chapiter
of
a
Cathedral
,
by
the
Kings
leave
)
choose
a
Bishop
(
Sede
vacante
)
this
choice
designs
the
person
,
but
doth
not
confer
the
Power
,
which
is
afterwards
given
him
in
his
consecration
The
Aldermen
and
Commons
of
a
City
,
do
yearly
choose
their
Mayor
;
this
choice
doth
indeed
designe
the
person
,
but
not
confer
the
power
,
which
descends
by
virtue
of
the
Kings
Charter
,
So
when
the
seven
Electors
choose
an
Emperour
of
Germany
,
or
those
that
usually
choose
a
King
in
Poland
,
they
only
design
the
person
;
his
Power
is
not
from
them
,
but
immediatly
from
God.
And
now
,
whether
the
Power
of
Kings
be
so
immediatly
subordinate
to
God
and
depending
upon
Him
,
that
no
Earthly
:
ower
whatsoever
can
call
them
to
account
for
the
Administration
of
their
Government
,
and
discharge
of
their
Trust
?
The
Accountableness
of
Princes
to
the
People
in
their
Representatives
hath
passed
(
too
lately
)
for
currant
Doctrine
in
the
days
of
imprisoning
King
Charles
the
first
,
&c.
That
Reason
and
Conscience
may
be
satisfied
of
the
falsness
and
dangerousness
of
such
Assertions
,
I
shall
offer
what
follows
,
to
prove
that
God
Almighty
is
the
only
Ruler
of
Princes
,
and
that
to
him
only
they
owe
their
accounts
,
first
in
reason
it
is
a
contradiction
,
after
We
have
own'd
the
King
to
be
Supreme
in
all
Causes
,
and
over
all
Persons
both
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
,
to
affirm
afterwards
,
that
there
is
any
other
Power
that
hath
Right
to
call
him
to
an
account
,
and
consequently
is
in
that
respect
his
superior
.
That
We
have
own'd
the
King
as
Supreme
,
I
suppose
all
men
will
confess
,
and
the
Apostle
St.
Peter
calls
him
so
,
1
Pet:
2
,
13.
And
that
his
accountableness
to
any
other
on
Earth
,
would
render
these
persons
that
may
demand
his
account
(
to
nomine
)
Superiour
to
Him
,
is
grounded
upon
that
known
maxim
,
Par
in
parem
nou
habet
potestatem
.
If
therefore
the
King
be
Supreme
,
and
yet
hath
others
on
Earth
that
are
Superiour
to
him
,
then
is
he
Supreme
,
and
not
Supreme
,
a
palpable
contradiction
,
both
branches
of
which
cannot
be
true
.
Now
the
Kings
Supremacy
,
both
the
Law
hath
Setled
,
and
every
Good
Subject
hath
own'd
,
and
therefore
must
disown
the
Supremacy
of
the
People
,
either
Collectively
,
or
in
their
Representative
as
a
Spurious
Offspring
descended
from
Salus
Populi
,
and
Vniversis
minor
.
Secondly
,
If
We
consult
the
Scriptures
,
when
David
had
committed
those
two
great
sins
of
Adultery
and
Murther
,
either
of
which
singly
was
capital
by
the
Jewish
laws
,
yet
do
we
not
find
him
call'd
to
account
for
them
,
but
only
by
the
great
King
of
Kings
,
who
takes
the
matter
into
his
own
hands
,
sends
his
Prophet
to
him
,
Summons
him
before
himself
,
as
his
Judge
,
brings
him
to
Repentance
,
accepts
his
Confession
,
and
Remits
his
Trespass
,
as
to
the
Eternal
punishment
.
And
David
appears
very
sensible
of
his
being
accountable
to
God
only
;
when
in
his
most
penitent
Confession
he
crys
out
against
Thee
,
Thee
!
only
have
I
Sinned
,
Psal.
51
,
3.
If
therefore
We
own
the
Scriptures
for
our
guid
in
all
doubtfull
and
important
points
,
here
is
an
instance
to
guide
Us
in
a
matter
of
this
great
and
weighty
Moment
.
Thirdly
to
hold
a
Power
in
the
People
to
call
the
Prince
to
account
for
the
Administration
of
his
Government
is
most
highly
inconsistent
with
the
law
of
nature
,
and
all
the
Reason
and
Conscience
immaginable
:
For
it
makes
the
People
at
once
the
complainants
,
the
witnesses
,
the
Jury
and
the
Judge
,
For
when
we
speak
of
the
King
,
and
the
People
,
they
are
but
two
parties
.
If
therefore
the
King
must
be
impleaded
,
who
must
be
the
Complanants
&
Prosecutors
?
the
People
!
who
Witnesses
?
the
People
!
who
must
be
the
Jury
to
enquire
of
matter
of
Fact
?
the
People
!
who
must
be
the
Iudge
,
to
determin
he
hath
broken
a
Law
,
and
be
obnoxious
to
punishment●
the
People
!
at
last
when
Sentence
is
passed
upon
him
,
who
must
Execute
it
?
still
the
People
!
a
thing
never
heard
of
in
any
Judicial
proceedings
,
even
in
the
most
Barbarous
Nations
:
and
that
which
must
needs
preclude
the
doing
of
Justice
,
when
passion
or
interest
in
the
Mobile
,
would
carry
all
things
according
to
their
own
Lusts
and
Humours
.
The
Judgments
of
God
,
have
dogg'd
at
the
Heels
,
in
all
Ages
,
Those
Subjects
that
have
Risen
up
in
Rebellion
against
their
Lawfull
King
,
and
●●ther
Secretly
,
or
openly
,
taken
away
their
Lives
Had
Zimri
peace
who
●●w
his
master
?
&c.
And
how
hath
the
Justice
of
God
,
become
the
avenger
of
Blood
,
and
pursued
Those
,
who
had
killed
and
taken
possession
,
and
boasted
of
their
Wickedness
,
for
several
years
together
;
and
some
of
them
desired
it
might
be
written
on
their
Tombs
,
here
li●sens
of
the
late
Kings
Iudges
.
This
I
hope
will
not
be
forgotten
in
This
Generation
,
&c.
That
all
men
may
hear
and
fear
,
and
do
no
more
so
Presumptiously
.
If
Kings
then
have
their
Power
from
God
,
and
are
not
accountable
to
any
person
or
persons
on
Earth
,
then
is
it
a
great
Sin
,
to
Arraign
the
wisdom
or
Justice
of
his
Majesties
proceedings
,
in
the
Convention
of
men
of
unsanctified
Hearts
,
unhallow'd
lives
and
prophane
Mouths
.
Too
many
now
adays
make
it
either
a
sign
of
Grace
,
or
a
token
of
Wisdom
,
or
at
least
an
argument
of
good
affections
to
the
publick
,
to
Slander
the
Footsteps
of
God's
Anointed
;
And
as
if
they
would
investigate
their
Pedegrees
,
from
Cora●
and
his
Complices
,
do
proceed
by
Rising
up
against
Moses
and
Aaron
,
reproaching
both
Prince
and
Priest
,
as
if
They
took
too
much
upon
them
.
If
he
that
stept
out
of
his
rank
,
without
allowance
of
his
Officer
,
to
fight
an
Enemy
,
though
he
kill'd
him
,
was
condemn'd
for
deserting
his
place
,
what
censure
can
be
great
enough
for
Those
that
desert
their
Ranks
and
Stations
,
not
to
fight
an
Enemy
(
a
Forreign
Invader
,
)
but
to
encounter
their
lawful
Soveraign
?
If
God
Almighty
be
the
only
Ruler
of
Princes
,
and
neither
the
People
collectively
nor
Representatively
;
have
power
to
censure
the
actions
of
a
King
,
then
certainly
the
Individuals
,
or
little
knots
of
the
Popul●cy
,
have
much
less
power
to
censure
his
proceedings
.
When
Men
presume
to
think
that
the
King
is
the
peoples
creature
,
deriving
his
Power
as
a
Trust
from
them
;
and
when
the
fondness
and
novelty
of
the
notion
by
degrees
hath
flatter'd
them
into
a
fix'd
opinion
of
it
,
They
will
quickly
implead
his
Authority
,
as
a
conditional
and
preca●ious
thing
,
and
upon
the
least
distaste
,
will
be
tempted
to
meditate
a
revocation
of
their
trust
;
So
that
what
does
not
jump
with
one
mans
interest
,
tho
it
may
advance
anothers
,
the
King
must
answer
for
;
And
what
does
not
indulge
the
lusts
of
the
foolish
,
though
't
is
highly
acceptable
to
the
Wise
,
the
King
must
account
for
;
so
apt
are
Resty
Men
to
clamour
against
the
Settlements
of
their
own
security
and
happiness
,
and
promote
the
steps
of
their
own
ruine
and
confusion
.
But
when
Men
shall
seriously
consider
that
the
Sword
is
put
into
His
hand
by
God
himself
,
and
that
he
bears
it
not
in
vain
,
that
he
is
a
Revenger
to
execute
wrath
upon
Him
that
doth
evil
Rom.
13.
1.
This
will
oblige
them
to
obedience
and
loyalty
to
their
earthly
Soveraign
,
out
of
a
principle
of
conscience
towards
the
King
of
Heaven
;
This
will
speak
them
at
once
both
True
Christians
and
Good
Subjects
.
For
pretended
Sain●sh●p
is
con●●stent
with
Rebellion
,
but
True
Christianity
will
be
always
attended
with
Loyalty
.
This
will
clear
the
Profession
of
Religion
from
the
a●persion
of
ungovernableness
;
and
set
Us
forward
to
that
Kingdom
,
where
He
by
whom
Kings
Reign
,
shall
rule
over
all
,
and
be
all
in
all
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Joanna
Browne
at
the
Gun
at
the
West-End
of
St.
Paul's
.
A
Sermon
Preached
by
Benjamin
Calamy
D.
D.
on
the
9th
Septemb.
1683.
Ecclesiastes
10.
Verse
20.
Curse
not
the
King
;
no
,
not
in
thy
thought
,
&c.
OF
all
Rebels
they
are
certainly
the
worst
,
that
are
such
out
of
conscience
;
and
no
such
desperate
Villains
as
those
,
who
think
to
please
God
by
Murders
and
Massacres
.
Other
wicked
men
may
be
often
checked
,
are
sometimes
restrain'd
by
their
consciences
,
and
dread
of
a
future
Judgment
;
but
what
evils
shall
they
ever
boggle
at
,
who
commit
such
gross
wickedness
out
of
complyance
with
their
conscience
?
out
of
obedience
to
God
?
and
expect
to
be
rewarded
for
it
in
another
world
!
And
is
it
possible
(
by
any
thing
We
can
do
)
to
bring
greater
dishonour
to
our
Religion
,
or
more
effectually
to
prejudice
Rulers
and
Governors
against
it
,
than
by
making
it
to
patronize
and
countenance
Faction
and
Rebellion
?
If
this
were
the
true
genious
of
Religion
,
To
make
men
Unpeaceable
,
Turbulent
,
Mutinous
,
Seditious
,
&c.
It
would
then
become
the
great
interest
of
Princes
to
guard
themselves
against
It
,
as
the
very
Pest
of
Humane
Society
,
and
dangerous
to
the
Civil
Government
.
But
thanks
be
to
God
,
This
is
not
the
temper
of
Our
Christianity
:
Our
Saviour's
Religion
begets
in
men
the
most
gentle
and
meek
,
patient
and
Governable
Spirits
,
and
is
so
far
from
being
inconsistent
with
Loyalty
to
our
Prince
,
that
it
is
th●
greatest
●ye
and
Obligation
to
it
in
the
World
,
And
there
is
no
one
can
through
off
his
Allegiance
to
his
Earthly
Soveraign
,
but
at
the
same
time
He
Renounces
all
duty
and
Conscience
towards
God.
The
Doctrine
and
discipline
of
the
Church
of
England
We
all
know
what
it
is
;
It
is
stated
and
defin'd
,
and
we
are
sure
that
it
condemns
all
disloyal
Seditious
practices
,
on
any
pretence
whatever
.
We
must
not
compass
,
imagine
desire
or
contrive
(
Or
invite
)
any
thing
that
tends
to
the
damage
and
prejudice
either
of
our
Soveraign
Lord
the
King
▪
or
of
any
that
are
Commission'd
or
Authoriz'd
by
him
,
Soveraign
Kings
and
Princes
are
God's
Deputies
and
Vicegerents
,
set
up
by
himself
,
and
They
derive
their
Power
and
Authority
from
him
alone
.
God
Almighty
the
maker
of
us
all
is
the
only
absolute
Lord
and
uncontroulable
Soveraign
of
Men
and
Angels
,
part
of
his
own
Power
and
Authority
,
which
he
hath
over
his
Creatures
,
he
hath
Delegated
and
Committed
to
Kings
,
who
are
the
most
Principal
instruments
and
Ministers
of
his
providence
in
the
World
:
Hence
are
they
call'd
Gods
,
and
Children
of
the
most
High
:
Psal:
82
6.
God
hath
invested
them
with
some
part
of
his
own
Majesty
,
stamped
his
own
Character
upon
them
,
and
appointed
Them
in
His
place
to
perform
and
administer
even
some
part
of
his
Divine
Office
(
if
I
may
so
speak
)
amongst
men
;
Thus
constituting
Them
Earhly
Gods
,
as
to
their
persons
,
sacred
;
and
as
to
their
Actions
,
Accountable
to
None
,
but
that
Supereminent
Divine
Authority
that
gave
them
Commission
.
This
is
not
any
new
coyned
Divinity
,
invented
in
favour
of
Arbitra●y
Power
,
but
is
expresly
delivered
in
holy
Scriptures
,
was
professed
own'd
and
taught
by
the
primitive
Christians
and
hath
been
the
constant
Doctrine
of
the
Reformed
Church
of
England
,
Nay
it
is
agreeable
to
the
general
sence
of
mankind
,
and
might
be
made
out
by
Rational
Evidence
,
if
we
had
no
other
confirmation
of
it
.
That
Supreme
Governours
have
their
Power
and
Authority
from
God
alone
,
is
expresly
delivered
in
Scripture
;
and
that
not
only
of
the
Kings
of
Israel
(
who
were
evidently
established
by
God's
appointment
)
but
in
general
we
are
told
Prov:
8.
15.
16.
By
me
Kings
reign
and
Princes
decree
Justice
:
By
me
Princes
Rule
,
and
Nobles
,
even
all
the
Judges
o●
the
Earth
.
Thus
Cyrus
an
Heathen
Emperour
is
call'd
God's
Annointed
Isa.
45.
1.
Thus
saith
the
Lord
to
his
Annointed
to
Cyrus
;
and
in
the
last
verse
of
the
preceding
Chapter
,
he
is
call'd
God's
Shepheard
(
Prin
▪
ces
being
often
,
by
reason
of
the
Resemblance
betwixt
the
Pastoral
Offic●
and
Government
,
call'd
Shepheard●
)
I
have
made
the
Earth
saith
God
by
the
Prophet
Jeremiah
27
,
5
,
6.
and
given
it
to
whome
it
seemed
meet
unto
me
,
And
now
have
I
given
all
▪
these
lands
into
the
hands
of
Nebuchadnezzar
the
King
of
Babylon
my
servant
:
Thus
Daniel
declareth
that
the
Most
High
Ruleth
in
the
Kingdoms
of
men
,
and
giveth
it
to
whomsoever
he
will
.
And
he
tells
Nebuchadnezzar
Chap.
2
,
37.
that
it
was
the
God
of
Heaven
,
that
had
given
him
a
Kingdom
,
Power
and
Strength
and
Glory
.
In
the
new
Testament
nothing
can
be
plainer
,
than
the
begining
of
the
13
,
Rom:
where
St.
Paul
tells
us
that
there
is
no
Power
but
of
God
,
that
the
Powers
that
be
are
ordain'd
of
God
;
whence
in
the
next
verse
he
styleth
Magistracy
or
Government
,
the
Ordinance
of
God
;
and
in
the
4th
verse
the
Ruler
is
Called
the
Minister
of
God
,
To
execute
his
vengeance
upon
Them
that
do
Evil.
It
is
plain
that
this
was
always
the
Doctrine
of
the
Church
of
England
,
as
appears
from
the
Booke
of
Homilies
,
wherein
we
are
taught
▪
That
the
High
Powers
are
set
in
Authority
by
God
;
that
they
are
God's
Lieutenants
;
God's
Presidents
;
God's
Officers
;
God
▪
s
Commissioners
;
God's
Judges
Ordain'd
of
God
himself
,
Nay
,
it
hath
been
directly
asserted
in
our
Church
,
that
the
most
High
and
Sacred
Order
of
Kings
,
is
of
Divine
right
,
being
the
Ordinance
of
God
himself
,
founded
in
the
prime
law
of
nature
,
and
clearly
establish'd
by
express
Texts
both
of
the
Old
and
New
Testament
.
Nor
indeed
can
it
be
well
Conceiv'd
or
Reasonably
imagin'd
from
whence
Kings
and
Soveraign
Princes
should
have
right
to
Govern
and
Command
,
but
from
God
alone
,
since
He
is
the
undoubted
Lord
of
the
whole
Earth
,
and
alone
hath
full
Power
and
Right
to
Govern
it
:
I
cannot
see
,
but
that
whoever
shall
goe
about
to
Confer
any
Power
of
Government
,
or
take
upon
himself
,
any
such
Authority
,
over
others
,
were
it
not
●y
God's
Appointment
and
insti●ution
,
he
would
thereby
put
himself
,
upo●
disposing
of
Gods
Right
,
without
his
leave
,
or
ordering
:
so
that
Government
or
Supriority
of
o●e
,
or
more
,
over
others
,
is
all
Tyrany
and
Usurpation
upon
God's
Right
,
or
els
it
must
be
granted
,
to
be
Ordain'd
by
God
himself
.
And
whatever
the
form
of
Government
may
be
,
or
whatever
hand
the
People
may
have
in
Choosing
or
Designing
the
person
,
or
persons
,
that
shall
be
invested
with
this
Supreme
Authority
,
yet
the
Power
and
Authority
it self
,
is
deriv'd
only
from
God
,
and
is
neither
Received
of
the
People
in
Trust
,
nor
is
the
▪
Soveraign
Power
,
answerable
to
them
▪
for
the
Administration
of
it
:
which
is
sometimes
illustrated
thus
,
Tho'
the
Wife
may
choose
what
person
she
pleaseth
,
to
make
her
Husband
,
Yet
his
Authority
over
the
Wife
;
is
not
owing
to
her
,
nor
doth
she
confer
it
upon
him
,
but
it
is
of
Divine
Appointment
.
Whosoever
R●sisteth
the
Power
,
Resisteth
the
Ordinance
of
God
saith
St.
Paul
:
To
oppose
and
shake
off
his
Majesties
Government
,
To
Plot
and
Con●pi●●
against
him
is
to
Rebell
against
God
;
And
when
We
wou●d
not
suffer
our
Lawfull
Soveraign
,
whom
the
Divine
Majesty
had
appointed
to
Rule
over
Us
,
we
did
,
by
just
consequence
,
and
fair
interpretation
,
endeavour
what
we
could
to
Dethrone
God
himself
and
proved
Traytors
●ot
only
against
our
Natural
Lord
and
King
,
but
against
the
Heavenly
Monarch
himself
,
by
whose
Commission
he
Reigns
.
That
Wicked
King
Z●d●kiah
,
of
whom
it
is
expresly
said
,
2
Kings
,
24.
19.
that
he
did
that
which
was
Evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
;
yet
he
is
stile●
by
the
Prophet
Jeremy
,
Sam.
4
,
20.
The
Breath
of
our
Nostrils
The
fates
of
whole
Kingdoms
depend
upon
them
.
All
that
live
under
their
Government
are
interested
in
them
,
and
partake
with
them
:
And
a
Uillanous
Invitation
or
Treache●ous
Attempt
Succeeding
against
our
Soveraign
,
may
(
I
am
afraid
most
justly
,
will
)
stab
a
whole
Nation
to
the
Heart
,
and
fill
all
Places
with
Blood
and
Confusion
.
Is
it
not
God's
wonderfull
Providence
,
that
hath
hitherto
preserved
His
most
Sacred
Majesty
.
And
did
not
the
same
Providence
preserve
his
Royal
Brother
,
and
himself
,
from
the
Fury
and
Rage
of
those
,
who
Embrued
their
Salvage
hands
,
in
the
Sacred
Blood
of
their
Majesties
Royal
Father
?
Hath
not
the
same
good
Providence
continually
encompassed
Them
as
with
a
sheild
,
when
their
own
Subj●cts
,
then
,
and
now
again
,
in
Arms
▪
sought
both
their
Deaths
and
destructions
?
was
it
not
the
same
Providence
,
that
for
a
long
time
hid
and
Conceal'd
Them
,
from
the
most
diligent
Search
of
Blood-thirsty
Rebells
,
and
at
last
after
a
Miraculous
manner
provided
an
escape
for
them
,
and
through
Innumerable
dangers
,
conveyed
them
safe
to
a
strange
Land
?
was
it
not
the
same
God
who
deferded
and
supported
them
then
and
still
continues
so
to
do
,
in
the
unparallel'd
case
of
his
present
Majesty
,
against
the
most
unnatural
and
blackest
Treacherys
,
and
Treasons
,
that
ever
yet
saw
light
,
till
at
length
by
His
own
Right
hand
and
Ou●stretched
Arm.
He
brought
them
safe
again
to
England
,
and
Gloriously
Restored
the
King
,
to
his
three
Kingdoms
.
Tho'
it
were
realy
so
that
We
were
oppressed
,
or
treated
harshly
,
by
Governors
,
yet
We
are
not
to
give
vent
to
our
passion
,
in
undecent
Rayling
,
or
Inveighing
,
against
them
,
call'd
in
Scripture
,
Blaspheming
,
or
speaking
Evil
of
Dignities
.
Is
it
fit
saith
Elihu
to
Iob
,
to
say
to
a
King
,
thou
art
wicked
;
and
to
Princes
;
ye
are
ungodly
.
It
cannot
but
be
observed
,
almost
by
every
man
,
that
many
of
the
Heads
of
this
late
Conspiracy
,
were
persons
Infamous
throughout
the
whole
Nation
,
for
their
Immortallities
and
Debaucheries
;
Notorious
Whoremasters
!
Adulterers
!
Drunkards
!
Murderers
!
Swearers
!
and
what
not
?
Now
what
a
Fulsome
thing
is
it
,
and
to
be
abhor'd
of
all
Honest
men
,
to
hear
such
persons
as
these
set
up
for
the
great
Patriots
of
their
Country
,
and
the
assertors
of
the
Peoples
Rights
,
and
Conservators
of
their
Liberties
and
Religion
?
Are
men
of
such
Atheistical
Principles
,
and
prostitute
Consciences
,
fit
to
be
trusted
,
either
with
Religion
or
our
Liberties
?
or
can
we
desire
any
gr●ater
Argument
,
that
they
are
mov'd
by
some
other
design
;
which
they
make
under
such
plausable
pretences
.
Let
Us
all
be
warn'd
,
to
have
a
care
of
Reading
Factious
Books
,
and
of
imbibing
antimonarchical
principles
,
but
more
especially
that
cursed
Antichristian
Principle
,
which
hath
done
an
infinite
deal
of
mischief
amongst
Us
,
and
perhaps
hath
brought
more
into
This
Plot
than
any
one
thing
els
,
I
mean
,
That
it
is
Lawful
in
some
Cases
by
Force
and
Viole●ce
,
to
Resist
the
Supreme
Authority
Especially
in
defence
of
the
True
Religion
;
Particularly
,
if
the
King
or
those
commissioned
by
him
,
use
Illegal
Force
to
bring
in
another
Religion
,
or
to
persecute
the
Professor
of
the
true
Keligion
.
Let
us
have
a
care
of
the
Books
,
wherein
such
Poysonous
Doctrines
are
taught
,
or
of
the
Company
of
those
who
profess
to
believe
them
,
least
before
we
are
aware
,
they
insinuate
themselves
into
us
,
and
so
betray
us
to
infinite
mischiefs
Men
do
not
become
Traytors
,
and
Reb●lls
,
in
an
instant
,
But
first
They
begin
with
Murmuring
and
Complaining
,
then
unmannerly
talking
of
their
Superiors
,
at
length
plain
accusing
their
proceedings
,
till
by
such
undutifull
practices
,
they
become
conscious
to
themselves
,
that
They
have
offended
the
Government
,
at
so
great
a
rate
,
as
that
they
cannot
be
safe
under
it
,
and
then
in
their
own
defence
,
they
think
of
destroying
it
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Walter
Kittilby
at
the
Bishops
Head
in
St.
Paul's
Church
yard
.
Core
Redivivus
.
A
SERMON
Preach'd
by
William
Bolton
,
one
of
the
Scholmasters
of
the
Charter-House
.
Numb.
16.
26.
And
he
spake
unto
the
Congregation
,
saying
,
Depart
I
pray
you
from
the
Tents
of
These
wicked
Men
,
and
touch
nothing
of
Theirs
,
least
you
be
consumed
in
all
Their
Sins
.
TO
oppose
Our
lawful
Magistrate
,
is
against
the
sense
and
practice
of
Christ's
Church
in
all
ages
,
even
under
the
severest
persecutions
,
I
say
in
all
ages
,
even
under
the
severest
Persecutiors
of
Heathen
Emperors
,
nay
,
under
Julian
the
Apostate
.
And
if
We
shall
reflect
upon
the
Judicial
proceedings
of
God
Almighty
in
this
kind
,
we
shall
find
him
so
jealous
of
his
own
,
as
not
to
suffer
in
his
Deputys
Honour
,
and
therefore
by
some
secret
and
irresistible
power
,
He
hath
still
countermanded
the
deepest
projects
of
Traytors
.
He
hath
split
their
Councels
,
and
struck
their
most
refined
Policies
,
with
frustration
,
Or
a
Curse
.
You
have
heard
how
Corah
,
Dathan
and
Abiram
(
who
had
supplanted
,
from
their
loyalty
,
no
less
than
250
Princes
,
men
of
renown
,
upon
whom
the
Holy
Ghost
in
the
Text
,
fastens
no
other
character
,
than
that
of
Wicked
)
suffer'd
,
both
in
themselves
,
and
accomplices
,
for
their
mutiny
against
Moses
.
And
let
Absolom
steal
the
hearts
of
Israel
from
David
,
both
his
King
and
Father
,
Let
ten
of
the
twelve
Tribes
proclaim
him
King
in
Hebron
;
Let
the
Distressed
David
fly
from
his
Royal
Seat
,
and
let
his
ungrateful
and
rebellious
Son
,
possess
Jerusalem
[
London
.
]
Let
A●hi●ophel
advise
Absolo●
●o
pursue
David
,
his
counsel
shall
be
turn'd
into
folly
,
insomuch
that
he
sh●●●
lay
violent
hands
upon
himself
;
and
though
the
too
indulgent
Father
gives
command
to
spare
his
life
,
yet
rather
than
Absolom
shall
prosper
in
his
Treason
,
his
own
beloved
hair
shall
serve
for
an
halter
to
execute
him
,
2
Sam.
from
chap.
15.
to
the
19th
.
Let
Sheba
the
Son
of
Bichri
make
a
Party
in
Israel
,
against
David
,
let
him
secure
himself
,
in
the
strong
City
,
a
Woman
shall
perswade
his
own
Followers
to
cut
off
his
head
,
and
present
it
unto
David's
General
;
chap.
20
If
you
look
into
2
Kings
11.
you
will
find
the
reward
of
Athaliah's
Treason
;
She
seizeth
upon
the
Crown
of
Judah
,
and
to
s●cure
herself
in
it
,
she
(
as
she
imagin'd
)
slew
all
the
Seed
Royal
:
After
six
years
enjoyment
of
the
Throne
(
without
doubt
she
supposed
herself
safe
enough
)
when
behold
the
King's
Son
(
hid
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
for
six
years
space
)
is
brought
forth
by
the
loyal
Jehojada
,
the
High
Priest
,
and
proclaimed
King
,
and
the
Traytoress
Athaliah
is
justly
slain
.
And
in
our
English
Annals
we
may
find
Examples
enough
of
this
kind
:
Let
John
usurp
the
Throne
due
to
Arthur
,
his
elder
Brother's
Son
,
he
taught
but
his
Subjects
to
rebel
against
him
;
and
after
he
had
numbred
as
many
troubles
,
as
days
of
his
Reign
,
he
is
thought
to
end
his
life
by
poyson
.
Edward
the
Third
,
tho
otherwise
a
brave
Prince
,
yet
because
he
Dispossessed
his
Father
of
the
Crown
,
shall
rue
it
in
his
Grandson
,
his
immediate
Successor
,
whom
H.
4
(
another
Usurper
)
bereaves
first
of
his
Throne
,
and
a
little
after
of
his
life
too
;
But
Divine
v●ngeance
meets
with
him
likewise
,
in
his
Posterity
;
for
H.
6.
his
Grandson
(
tho
as
innocent
and
harmless
a
Prince
as
ever
before
him
that
enjoyed
the
Imperial
Crown
of
England
)
hath
his
own
Son
stabb'd
before
his
face
,
and
himself
some
time
after
butcher'd
by
the
same
hand●
Let
Rich.
3.
murder
his
innocent
Nephews
in
the
Tower
,
let
him
poyson
his
own
Wife
,
that
so
he
might
marry
his
Neece
;
the
only
Heiress
to
the
Throne
;
yet
God
blasts
his
designs
,
and
blesseth
this
Nation
both
with
his
death
▪
and
the
happy
Union
of
the
York
and
Lancaster
Families
,
in
the
persons
of
Eliz
and
Henry
the
Seventh
,
Which
Contest
had
cost
more
Blood
than
twice
Conquer'd
France
;
Which
,
One
would
think
,
should
make
all
true
Englishmen
pray
for
the
Succession
of
the
Crown
,
in
a
true
lineal
descent
.
From
these
,
let
us
come
some
what
nearer
,
and
behold
Edward
the
6th
upon
his
death
bed
,
whom
Northumberland
works
,
and
imposeth
to
declare
the
Lady
Jane
Gray
his
Successor
:
The
secu●ity
of
the
Protestant
Religion
was
then
,
as
now
pretended
,
To
which
They
knew
Mary
was
averse
,
And
so
soon
as
the
King
was
Dead
,
the
Lady
Gray
(
against
her
own
will
is
proclaimed
Queen
,
in
London
;
and
her
Ambitious
Father
in
Law
,
Northumberland
thinks
all
safe
,
as
having
nothing
to
oppose
him
but
a
Naked
and
defenceless
(
Tho
a
true
)
Title
;
when
no
sooner
Mary
(
tho'
a
Papist
)
asserts
her
Right
to
the
Crown
,
but
her
Subjects
(
tho'
they
were
Protestants
)
as
one
man
rise
up
in
Arms
to
Defend
[
not
to
oppose
or
invade
]
the
Succession
:
They
knew
how
many
thousand
lives
the
dispute
about
the
Crown
had
cost
but
a
little
before
;
Neither
could
they
finde
any
motive
then
,
no
more
than
We
can
now
in
the
Church
of
England
,
That
gave
any
Encouragement
against
the
Lawfull
Heire
.
P●●secution
they
might
dread
,
but
they
would
commit
that
Cause
to
God
;
and
they
had
rather
undergo
the
flames
of
Martyrdom
,
than
be
stigmatiz'd
with
the
brand
of
Rebellion
.
Upon
this
the
Conspirators
were
defeated
(
and
that
without
a
Battle
)
taken
and
Executed
.
I
might
tell
you
of
Wyat's
Conspiracy
in
the
same
Queens
time
,
and
of
many
others
in
Her
Sisters
Reign
.
And
as
we
often
see
Treason
Severely
punished
in
this
World
,
so
it
is
much
more
dangerous
to
the
Actors
thereof
in
the
World
to
come
;
I
am
sure
St.
Paul
tells
Us
so
,
Rom:
13.
2.
They
that
Resist
,
shall
Receive
to
Themselves
Damnation
,
a
very
small
Encouragement
(
God
knows
)
for
Conspirator
and
Usurpers
,
to
rise
up
against
and
Dethrone
a
Lawfull
King
;
Fortho
'
we
should
grant
(
which
seldom
happens
)
that
many
Traytors
might
so
far
prosper
here
,
as
to
secure
themselves
from
the
hands
of
Justice
;
yet
there
is
a
King
of
Kings
,
from
whom
no
power
can
shelter
Conspirators
or
such
(
whether
they
be
Lords
Spiritual
or
Temporal
)
that
shall
any
ways
Invite
,
or
encourage
an
Invader
,
against
their
Lawfull
Soveraign
;
And
this
Damnation
,
in
the
close
of
all
,
will
prove
a
sad
Prize
of
the
most
Fortunate
,
or
Succesfull
Treason
whatsoever
.
And
in
the
49
verse
of
this
Chapter
,
we
may
find
no
less
than
14700
destroy'd
,
because
they
maliciously
cryed
our
against
Moses
and
Aaron
that
they
had
killed
the
People
of
the
Lord
;
And
what
People
were
they
?
why
even
the
Blessed
Conspirators
!
Corah
and
his
Accomplices
!
Good
God!
that
any
should
be
so
bold
,
or
Foolish
to
call
those
,
whom
the
Holy
Ghost
in
my
Text
,
brands
with
the
character
of
wicked
Men
The
People
of
the
Lord
;
No!
No!
They
never
were
nor
can
be
the
People
of
the
Lord
,
who
Resist
Lawfull
Authority
.
London
,
Printed
for
James
Norris
at
the
Kings-Arms
without
Temple
Bar
A
SERMON
Preached
at
Petworth
in
Sussex
by
John
Price
,
D.
D.
1
Corinth
:
10
,
10.
Neither
Murmer
Ye
,
as
some
of
them
also
Murmured
,
and
were
destroyed
of
the
Destroyer
.
NEither
the
sense
of
a
natural
allegiance
,
nor
the
Sacred
Tyes
of
Oaths
,
nor
Preferments
,
nor
Honours
,
nor
Riches
could
keep
Some
men
,
in
the
dutifull
station
of
Subjects
;
St.
Paul
would
have
the
Corinthians
take
warning
from
the
Israelites
,
whose
Murmurings
,
and
discontents
,
are
recorded
in
Scripture
,
and
recorded
there
not
only
To
ubraid
their
ingratitude
,
but
as
the
Appostle
speaks
verse
11.
These
things
happened
to
them
,
for
Examples
,
and
they
are
written
for
Our
admonition
,
upon
whom
the
Ends
of
the
World
are
come
.
Solomon
gives
a
Caveat
,
Say
not
thou
what
is
the
cause
that
the
former
dayes
were
better
than
These
?
For
thou
dost
not
enquire
wisely
,
concerning
this
matter
;
The
Murmuring
Questionists
of
his
Age
,
had
the
like
before
them
,
and
they
have
been
since
;
and
ever
will
be
!
so
long
as
time
is
,
men
will
complain
of
the
times
,
and
the
little
portion
of
Happiness
that
God
gives
Us
in
this
life
,
is
di●●urbed
by
our
own
Restless
and
Repining
nature
,
any
little
petry
accident
,
at
present
,
doth
more
disturb
Us
than
a
load
that
is
past
,
and
gon
off
our
shoulders
,
Israel
was
under
the
Miraculous
protection
,
and
deliverance
of
Heaven
,
but
wants
some
little
convenience
;
and
presently
,
we
read
of
a
loud
and
clamarous
Murmuring
;
would
to
God
We
had
dyed
in
Egypt
!
The
hard
Bondage
they
had
felt
,
was
gon
off
now
;
and
the
want
but
of
a
meals
meat
,
in
the
Wilderne●s
,
put
them
to
Murmur
against
God
and
their
Gover●ors
.
As
if
it
were
not
enough
that
man
was
born
to
labour
,
as
the
sparks
fly
upward
,
but
we
ad
,
sparks
to
the
fire
,
when
we
are
Children
and
under
the
disciplin
of
the
Rod
,
we
complain
that
we
were
not
born
sooner
,
and
past
the
Correction
of
our
Master
;
and
when
we
are
Old
,
we
think
we
ware
never
so
happy
as
when
we
were
Children
;
indeed
we
are
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
Those
phansies
that
pleas'd
Us
,
we
are
soon
weary
of
,
and
seek
for
new
;
somthing
it
is
that
would
please
Us
better
,
but
what
it
is
we
know
not
;
Nev●bus
atque
Quadrigis
petimus
bene
Vivere
.
&c.
To
Represent
unto
you
the
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
or
Murmurer
;
first
he
is
an
Heretick
;
St.
Inde
speaking
of
false
Teachers
,
says
that
they
are
Murmurers
,
Complainers
&c.
Iquietoe
Hereticorum
Curiositates
says
Tertulian
:
They
are
always
Restless
,
and
always
Prying
;
Creep
into
Houses
,
and
then
into
affections
,
till
their
Murmuring
discontents
at
last
,
break
out
into
open
Factions
.
Secondly
,
The
Murmurer
is
certainly
the
State
sinner
,
The
little
grudgings
that
begin
in
Princes
Courts
,
are
●oon
spread
into
the
Country
;
and
they
are
like
the
Poets
F●●●
Malum
,
the
further
the
same
goes
the
greater
it
grows
,
The
Murmuring
discontents
in
the
state
,
at
last
break
out
into
open
Rebellion
(
as
We
now
sadly
see
The
Israelites
said
as
for
this
Moses
,
We
wot
not
what
is
become
of
him
,
The
next
thing
we
hear
of
them
is
,
They
make
a
Motion
Calf
,
that
is
set
up
a
Religion
and
Government
of
their
own
,
The
Tongue
is
a
little
Member
saith
St.
James
,
but
t
is
a
great
evil
:
and
the
Murmuring
Tongue
sets
the
state
still
on
fire
;
and
Hell
Fire
shall
be
the
Portion
of
such
Tongues
.
Thirdly
the
Murmurer
is
ever
an
envious
person
,
and
so
an
evil
member
of
a
Socie●y
;
Murmuring
is
a
distemper
call'd
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
a
complaining
without
cause
,
and
the
envious
man
always
doth
this
,
T
is
a
nature
that
mak●s
a
near
appreach
to
the
Devils
,
The
prosperity
of
Iob
is
an
Eye-sore
.
Fourthly
he
is
the
Malicious
man
;
delights
to
do
Mischief
where
he
lives
;
is
a
trouble
to
himself
,
and
will
be
so
to
his
Neighbour
;
and
therefore
no
wonder
if
punishment
doth
attend
him
,
for
he
is
ranked
by
Solo●on
among
the
seaven
abominable
things
,
that
God
hates
,
Him
that
soweth
discord
among
Brethren
.
In
short
a
Murmurer
is
he
that
is
every
thing
,
that
is
Mischievous
,
Blaspheams
-
God
,
the
King
the
Church
his
Neibour
;
and
he
is
a
burthen
to
the
Earth
,
and
to
himself
,
neither
good
nor
bad
wheather
pleaseth
him
,
Complains
in
War
,
and
yet
is
discontented
in
Peace
;
pines
away
in
Scarcity
,
and
yet
repines
at
plenty
;
when
●●s
Summer
,
he
longs
for
Winter
,
and
when
't
is
Winter
wisheth
again
for
Summer
,
neither
Times
nor
Manners
please
him
,
and
could
he
call
for
them
at
his
pleasure
,
yet
he
would
Murmur
still
,
of
which
we
have
a
full
iustance
in
the
Text.
Ill
Men
,
who
have
private
designs
of
their
own
to
carry
on
will
be
always
complaining
of
Publick
affairs
;
and
their
Complaints
may
somtimes
seem
so
plausible
,
that
they
may
gain
Proselytes
to
their
Faction
,
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*
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*
I
doubt
not
but
there
were
many
such
in
England
.
Some
of
whom
may
not
Mean
so
ill
,
as
they
do
.
Froward
Men
disturb
God's
method
of
Mercy
,
and
make
it
ever
Miscarry
in
the
Womb.
God
intended
quietly
and
safely
to
lead
Israel
out
of
Egypt
into
Canaan
;
and
the
March
of
so
many
years
might
have
been
accomplished
in
so
many
days
;
but
They
stood
in
their
own
light
and
stopp'd
the
way
against
themselves
:
They
tempted
God
very
oft
,
and
so
oft
,
that
a
patient
and
long
suffering
God
,
at
last
,
sware
in
his
wrath
that
They
should
not
enter
into
his
Rest
.
This
Sin
of
Murmuring
is
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
an
ill
habit
of
the
stomach
,
that
corrupts
the
best
meat
;
We
Murmur
at
Mercys
,
as
Israel
did
at
Manna
.
Some
Casuists
tells
us
,
that
Habitual
Sins
have
a
guilt
distinct
from
those
Sins
of
which
they
are
Habits
,
and
that
they
are
more
dangerous
,
because
the
Sinner
is
farther
off
from
Repentance
:
The
guilt
that
is
contracted
from
those
Habits
doth
make
a
Callus
,
and
fear
the
Conscience
,
that
the
sinner
little
thinks
on
it
,
That
he
is
going
down
into
the
Chambers
of
death
,
and
he
is
ensnared
into
damnation
,
drown'd
in
perdition
before
he
says
Domine
miserere
,
or
asks
what
he
has
done
?
The
Habit
of
Murmuring
is
so
universal
.
Hand
joyn'd
to
Hand
,
Tongue
to
Tongue
,
that
the
sence
of
the
Guilt
is
lost
;
and
because
't
is
so
't
is
a
distinct
guilt
:
for
the
greatest
Sinners
have
repented
,
as
Murderers
,
Adulterers
,
yea
and
Idolaters
too
,
who
are
in
a
peculiar
manner
Guilty
Loesoe
Majestatis
Divinae
,
and
Traytors
to
the
God
of
Heaven
.
The
repentance
of
all
habitual
sinners
is
difficult
,
but
the
repentance
of
an
Habitual
Murmurer
,
is
bes●t
with
more
than
ordinary
difficulties
;
for
the
Arguments
that
should
reach
the
guilt
,
are
not
well
reducible
to
any
single
Commandment
and
doth
scarce
affect
the
letter
of
any
;
And
yet
t
is
a
sin
of
a
complicated
guilt
,
affects
both
Tables
,
and
most
of
the
Commandments
of
Both.
Besides
the
Murmurer
is
not
so
soon
as
other
Sinners
convinced
of
his
Guilt
,
because
he
hath
fram'd
a
rule
of
rectitude
to
himself
,
and
his
Conscience
o●ens
and
shuts
by
that
Rule
,
and
so
he
strains
at
gnats
and
swollows
Camels
:
Nothing
so
much
troubled
the
Coscience
of
a
Neopolitan
Sh●pherd
,
when
he
came
to
Confession
at
Ea●ter
,
as
that
he
had
tasted
a
little
Cream
the
Lent
before
;
but
he
had
often
Robb'd
and
Murder'd
Passengers
on
the
Mountains
,
and
that
troubled
not
his
Conscience
,
because
his
Father
and
Grandfather
had
●on
so
before
:
I
believe
all
o●
Us
are
ready
to
pass
a
true
and
just
sentence
here
,
but
Reflect
,
here
are
some
,
who
cannot
digest
as●●t
Form
of
Prayers
;
are
offended
at
a
Surplice
,
startle
at
the
Cross
in
Baptism
,
&c.
And
yet
can
whisper
against
the
King
,
and
whisper
to
be
heard
too
!
talk
loudly
against
Bishops
and
P●iests
,
censure
all
men
;
complain
of
every
thing
and
be
satisfied
with
nothing
.
Remember
that
God
passed
by
some
of
the
discontents
of
Isr●el
,
but
when
They
grew
Clamorous
and
more
Combined
,
his
wrath
fell
in
amonst
them
.
And
Remember
that
God
hath
other
Eyes
to
see
Sin
,
with
than
We
have
,
and
hath
other
Scales
to
weigh
it
in
,
than
We
have
We
our selves
do
not
take
ill
Language
kindly
from
our
Neighbour
,
and
can
we
think
that
God
will
from
Us
,
when
by
our
discontents
We
dayly
Revile
his
Providence
?
When
froward
men
do
take
a
Liberty
to
speak
,
write
and
Print
what
they
please
,
and
all
with
designs
against
the
Government
they
live
under
,
't
is
plain
,
They
would
be
Governors
themselves
,
And
when
They
have
whet
their
Tongues
,
and
sharpn'd
their
Pens
,
They
are
not
far
off
from
drawing
their
Swords
.
And
surely
,
without
offence
,
I
may
now
ask
if
this
be
not
the
present
case
of
England
against
their
natural
Liege
Lord
and
King
?
LONDON
,
Printed
for
John
Fish
near
the
Fountain
Taver●
,
in
the
Strand
.
A
SERMON
Preach'd
befo●e
the
King
at
Winchester
,
by
Fra.
Turner
D.
D.
then
Dean
of
Windsor
,
but
since
Bishop
of
Ely.
Psal.
144.
9.
10.
I
will
sing
a
new
Song
unto
thee
,
O
God
,
&c.
Thou
hast
given
Victory
unto
Kings
;
and
hast
delivered
David
thy
Servant
from
the
peril
of
the
Sword.
THere
is
no
question
but
David
in
my
Text
had
an
eye
to
all
the
terrible
hazards
he
had
run
before
he
was
Crown'd
,
when
Saul
and
his
bloody
house
were
hunting
him
like
a
Partridge
upon
the
mountains
:
So
that
not
his
Own
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*
Not
our
King's
Palace
.
House
which
should
be
a
man's
Castle
,
and
his
Sanctuary
,
not
his
Own
[
†
](B10212-e20770-b)
†
His
Majesty
didisturb'd
at
midnight
.
Bed
,
which
was
made
to
be
quiet
in
;
not
those
very
places
whither
He
fl●d
for
Refuge
,
were
free
from
the
peril
of
the
Sword.
●o
keep
far
enough
off
,
not
only
from
cold
and
frivolous
parallels
,
but
also
from
odious
comparisons
.
I
will
only
say
,
Do
We
not
see
a
King
preserved
from
the
same
implacable
enemy
that
has
pursued
him
above
these
forty
years
;
but
a
much
more
formi●able
enemy
since
he
conceal'd
his
enmi●y
▪
than
when
he
declared
himself
openly
,
even
by
setting
a
price
upon
the
Most
Sacred
Head.
And
David
in
his
refl●ctions
upon
the
dangers
or
deliverances
of
his
life
,
looks
up
to
Heaven
,
he
acknowledges
,
That
the
Race
is
not
to
the
swift
,
nor
the
Battel
to
the
strong
;
and
tho
it
be
added
by
Solomon
,
that
Time
and
chance
happen
to
all
things
;
his
meaning
was
,
that
many
things
●ook
indeed
like
Chance
,
tho
guided
by
a
hand
of
Providence
,
to
most
unseen
,
which
yet
was
most
visible
to
King
David
;
in
the
whole
course
of
his
Fortunes
;
therefore
he
gives
the
Honour
to
God
alone
:
He
thanks
him
not
only
for
his
own
prosperous
success●s
,
but
in
behalf
of
All
the
Crown'd
Heads
in
the
world
,
It
is
he
that
giveth
victory
●nto
Kings
:
To
the
same
great
▪
God
of
Heaven
he
ascribes
their
Preservation
from
so
many
Horrid
Cons●iraties
,
as
while
there
is
a
Devil
in
Hell
,
and
so
many
of
his
Agents
upon
Earth
[
in
England
]
will
never
cease
to
be
carried
on
;
and
when
they
are
defeated
or
prevented
,
it
is
●e
the
King
of
Kings
that
delivers
his
Servant
David
,
or
by
parity
of
reason
,
any
other
Sovereign
Prince
,
from
the
hurtful
Sword.
Now
when
David
says
,
It
is
God
that
giveth
victory
unto
Kings
,
it
is
to
be
understood
virtually
,
and
implicitly
univer●al
;
he
does
not
say
that
God
always
gives
them
victory
:
We
know
it
has
been
given
against
the
Best
of
Kings
to
the
Worst
and
most
Ungrateful
of
all
his
Subjects
:
But
the
meaning
is
,
that
when
ever
th●se
sacred
Princes
are
so
delivered
,
as
to
be
preserved
from
the
Sword
,
't
is
by
an
extraordinary
vigilance
of
the
Divine
Providence
over
them
,
't
is
God
is
their
Guardian
,
and
not
Man
.
And
as
[
too
late
experience
teacheth
,
]
no
King
is
to
put
his
trust
in
the
number
or
the
fortitude
of
his
People
,
so
neither
is
any
People
to
confide
in
the
wisdom
of
their
Heads
,
or
in
the
vastness
of
their
Body
,
to
Oppose
their
Lawful
Prince
:
For
God
in
his
Good
Time
,
will
make
it
appear
that
He
governs
the
World
,
and
He
will
make
Them
feel
his
hand
that
[
Have
Wrested
]
or
think
to
wrest
the
Scepter
from
Himor
Them
that
hold
it
for
Him.
Whoever
They
are
that
use
indirect
&
unlawful
means
to
raise
or
establish
,
or
but
to
S●cure
Themselves
,
They
set
up
as
it
were
for
themselves
,
without
God
in
the
World
;
They
take
the
certain
course
either
to
miscarry
with
their
design
;
Or
,
if
they
do
gain
Their
Point
,
yet
their
success
it self
is
a
J●dgment
upon
Them
;
Proportionable
to
the
greatness
of
their
Sin
,
will
be
Their
punishment
;
which
,
if
It
comes
in
this
World
,
is
commonly
fetch'd
out
of
the
very
bowels
of
the
Sin
that
deserv'd
it
,
and
so
as
the
hand
of
God
is
illustriously
visible
in
it
.
Such
as
will
not
trust
in
God
as
a
Deliverer
from
any
Dangers
They
fear
,
but
will
take
the
Sword
against
Their
Lawful
Prince
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
;
Their
Sen●ence
is
read
in
the
words
of
our
Blessed
Saviour
;
They
that
take
the
Sword
shall
perish
by
the
Sword.
As
an
humble
Confidence
of
God's
Protection
over
us
(
if
We
resolve
to
live
in
his
most
holy
fear
)
is
the
most
infallible
course
We
can
take
to
continue
in
safety
;
so
,
on
the
other
side
,
all
Policy
that
swerves
from
the
strict
rule
of
Conscience
,
does
rather
procure
than
pr●●ent
extreme
danger
.
The
men
of
Israel
said
unto
Gideon
(
that
was
in
the
time
of
the
Judges
)
Rule
Thou
over
us
,
both
Thou
and
thy
Son
,
and
thy
Son's
Son
also
:
By
which
they
bind
themselves
and
their
posterity
to
be
subject
to
him
and
his
:
But
how
did
they
keep
their
Faith
with
him
?
Much
at
the
same
rate
as
the
unconstant
multitude
are
wont
to
keep
it
.
As
soon
as
G●deon
is
dead
,
Abimelech
his
Son
by
a
Co●●bine
,
insinuates
himself
into
them
;
They
fur●ish
him
with
Money
under
hand
,
wherewith
he
hires
vain
and
light
persons
to
follow
him
;
Multi
quibus
utile
Bellum
:
And
with
These
he
assassinates
all
the
seventy
legitimate
Sons
of
his
Father
upon
one
stone
;
yet
the
People
have
still
that
wicked
partiality
for
him
,
as
to
make
him
their
King
;
but
how
did
this
[
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*
And
so
is
every
Traytor
;
for
the
blood
of
all
that
is
spilt
in
the
Rebellion
,
shall
lye
upon
their
heads
.
Murdrous
Traytor
and
his
A
betters
prosper
?
Jotham
the
youngest
Son
of
Gideon
,
and
the
only
Son
that
surviv'd
the
Massacre
,
cryes
as
a
Prophet
from
God
against
the
Usurper
;
and
denounces
that
Fire
shall
come
out
of
●e
Bramble
,
(
so
in
his
parable
he
calls
that
Ba●e
Son
)
and
that
this
Fire
shall
devour
their
Cedars
of
Libanon
▪
Their
Noblemen
that
raised
[
or
invi●ed
]
him
.
And
we
are
told
afterwards
,
that
the
men
of
Sichem
dealt
treacherously
with
Abimelech
,
as
Those
that
have
been
once
F●llow
Tray●ors
to
their
lawful
King
,
do
s●l●om
long
continue
faithful
to
one
another
.
What
●umul●s
t●ere
follow'd
?
What
Insurrections
?
How
the
Fields
were
died
with
Gore
,
and
how
much
Blood
ran
down
the
Streets
of
their
City
,
you
may
read
in
that
noble
Story
.
And
all
the
evil
of
the
men
of
Sichem
did
God
render
upon
Their
own
heads
,
and
upon
Them
came
the
Curse
of
Jotham
.
But
because
this
●istrusting
of
God
,
and
(
in
stead
of
doing
that
which
David
presses
so
passionately
,
O
tarty
Thou
the
Lord's
leisure
)
being
ready
to
say
with
that
impious
Nobleman
,
Why
●arry
We
for
the
Lord
any
longer
?
Because
this
fatal
Impatience
seems
to
be
now
one
of
our
national
Sins
,
I
shall
urge
against
the
sad
effects
of
it
some
such
examples
as
shall
be
national
,
and
virtually
a
multitude
of
examples
;
Zedekiah
the
King
of
Judah
having
absolutely
submitted
to
the
great
King
of
Babylon
,
'●
is
said
he
rebelled
against
King
Nebuchadnezzar
,
who
had
made
him
swear
by
God
:
Therefore
by
the
way
▪
The
●●st●●ing
a
lawful
Prince
to
whom
an
Oath
of
Obedience
ha●h
once
been
take●
,
tho
he
be
an
Heathen
Prince
,
as
Nebuchad
ezxar
was
,
is
〈◊〉
better
than
a
down-right
P●●●ury
,
A
wicked
Rebellion
:
So
Jeremiah
the
poor
despised
Prophet
of
God
implies
it
to
be
throughout
his
Prophecy
.
But
what
if
these
were
Perjur'd
Rebels
?
yet
this
was
always
their
note
concerning
themselves
.
The
Temple
of
the
Lord
!
The
Temple
of
the
Lord
are
these
▪
i.
e.
They
were
the
Godly
,
they
were
the
Saints
;
just
as
the
True
Protestant
!
The
true
Protestant
!
is
now
the
common
Cry
of
Those
,
who
think
that
Title
,
a
good
Apology
,
&
a
sufficient
Plea
to
legitimate
Perjury
and
Rebellion
;
nay
more
,
he
is
sure
to
be
call'd
a
Factor
for
Babylon
(
as
Jeremiah
was
)
that
dares
but
call
it
Perjury
and
Rebellion
.
But
to
return
to
my
Story
,
what
became
of
that
Rebellion
I
was
relating
?
That
misguided
easy
Prince
was
utterly
lost
,
his
very
eyes
were
not
left
him
,
but
only
so
long
as
to
see
his
Sons
put
to
the
Sword
,
and
the
People
were
carried
Captives
into
that
same
Babylon
,
that
heathenish
Countrey
,
which
they
so
justly
abhorred
Again
,
the
same
tu●bulent
and
restless
People
,
being
after
many
ages
in
some
degree
re-established
by
the
valour
of
the
Maccabees
,
had
made
an
intire
and
necessary
surrender
of
themselves
to
the
Romans
,
as
to
their
Lords
and
Masters
.
For
fear
of
giving
umbrage
to
the
Romans
of
any
other
pretender
to
the
Crown
but
Cesar
,
their
cursed
Polititian
Caiaphas
was
for
putting
our
Blessed
Lord
to
death
:
These
two
words
Venient
Romani
!
the
Romans
will
come
,
and
take
away
both
our
place
and
Nation
,
were
effectual
Incentives
to
stir
up
the
People
to
cry
,
Crucify
him
,
Crucify
him
:
As
now
to
cry
loud
enough
,
Popery
will
come
in
and
swallow
Us
up
,
serves
all
the
turns
of
any
great
Incendiaries
,
to
b●e●k
through
all
Humane
and
Divine
Laws
.
What
else
could
they
intend
(
speaking
of
the
Phanatick
Plot
in
King
Charles
the
Second's
time
)
but
a
Massacre
?
What
other
thing
could
they
wish
?
What
other
cause
of
acting
so
detestable
a
Treason
?
For
to
take
off
a
most
merciful
King
,
and
his
next
Successor
;
Who
next
to
him
hath
shewed
himself
of
a
most
reconcilable
Temper
.
Complying
men
,
such
as
can
sit
still
and
be
quiet
under
any
Usurpations
,
care
not
What
In●erest
prevails
,
and
laugh
at
the
notion
of
being
State
Martyrs
:
But
I
wish
this
sort
of
men
(
who
please
themselves
w●●h
being
so
Passive
in
so
Active
times
as
these
)
would
consider
what
kind
of
censure
,
or
sentence
rather
,
an
Heathenish
Legislator
hath
pass'd
upon
them
;
Amongst
the
Laws
of
Solon
(
says
Plutarch
,
Writer
of
his
Life
)
that
is
very
peculiar
and
surprizing
,
which
makes
all
Those
infamous
,
who
stand
Neuters
in
a
Sedition
:
for
it
seems
he
would
not
have
any
One
insensible
and
regardless
of
the
Publick
,
and
securing
his
Private
affairs
,
glory
that
he
had
not
any
feeling
of
the
Distempers
of
his
Country
,
but
Presently
joyn
with
Those
that
have
the
Right
upon
their
side
,
assist
and
venture
with
Them
rather
than
shift
out
of
Harms-way
.
These
are
the
words
of
the
wise
man
,
stating
and
declaring
the
concern
that
every
private
man
ought
to
shew
,
when
his
Prince
(
in
respect
to
Rebellion
)
or
his
Country
(
by
Invasion
)
is
in
danger
.
And
David
being
yet
a
Subject
,
tells
the
people
plainly
,
as
the
Lord
liveth
(
says
he
)
Ye
are
worthy
to
dye
,
Because
Ye
have
not
kept
your
Master
the
Lord
's
Annoynted
.
Awake
then
You
that
together
with
the
Land
which
the
Lord
gave
,
to
your
Forefathers
,
inherit
their
virtue
too
the
old
English
Loyalty
and
Courage
,
Lay
out
your
thoughts
upon
some
thing
more
worthy
of
your selves
,
than
are
thoughts
only
of
your
own
security
:
Let
every
one
in
his
station
do
his
duty
fearlesly
:
And
they
that
doe
soe
,
prove
for
the
most
part
the
wisest
aswell
as
the
most
Consciencious
,
the
safest
aswell
as
the
noblest
and
best
Patriots
:
Let
Us
set
it
down
to
our selves
that
Honesty
is
the
true
Policy
,
and
let
none
make
that
cursed
conversion
of
the
proposition
,
as
if
Policy
were
the
true
Honesty
;
unless
they
mean
to
Revive
that
old
abominable
Gnostick
principle
of
Compliance
with
any
Usurpations
,
or
Impositions
,
for
fear
of
sufferings
,
for
fear
of
that
;
which
a
Christian
would
rather
wish
for
his
own
sake
,
could
it
be
without
other
mens
guilt
,
i.
e.
the
Crown
of
Martyrdom
.
The
Church
(
the
Feild
of
God
)
has
been
manur'd
and
enriched
with
the
noblest
compost
in
the
world
,
the
blood
of
Martyrs
;
The
times
and
Seasons
of
the
year
are
bounded
out
and
Signalized
by
the
dying
days
of
Martyrs
,
The
Christian
Temples
are
dedicated
to
the
Memorials
of
the
Martyrs
;
And
Miracles
were
undeniably
wrought
at
the
Monuments
of
the
blessed
Martyrs
.
After
all
this
,
men
of
soft
and
smooth-Insinuations
would
introduce
a
Principle
of
self-preservation
(
as
they
call
it
)
as
if
it
were
unworthy
,
as
if
it
were
unlawfull
to
suffer
any
thing
like
Martyrdom
,
Nay
as
if
it
were
more
Christian
like
,
to
be
Rebels
and
Regicides
,
than
to
be
so
much
as
Confessors
in
the
cause
of
Christ
.
I
hope
now
many
of
the
Kings
Enemies
will
change
their
note
,
and
sing
Our
new
Song
,
But
then
let
it
come
from
the
ground
of
the
heart
,
And
upon
these
terms
They
are
welcome
not
only
to
Our
Communion
(
to
our
Church
,
She
never
takes
the
Sword
against
her
lawfull
Soveraign
)
but
to
that
of
the
Angels
in
Heaven
;
for
there
is
joy
in
the
presence
of
the
Angels
of
God
over
one
Sinner
that
repenteth
,
then
much
more
joy
over
many
repenting
Sinners
.
What
a
noble
change
,
or
rather
what
a
Glorious
transfiguration
would
be
wrought
upon
These
men
,
that
were
lately
Instruments
of
miscief
;
would
They
now
turn
Saviours
in
their
kind
,
such
as
the
Prophet
gives
God
thanks
for
,
Thou
gavest
them
Saviours
who
saved
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their
Enemies
,
Nehem:
9.
27.
I
will
not
say
the
third
part
of
the
Stars
are
smitten
down
(
as
they
were
in
St.
Iohn's
vision
)
yet
now
so
many
who
shin'd
heretofore
in
their
proper
Orbs
are
fallen
.
And
yet
the
greatest
Courage
in
the
World
may
finde
Room
enough
to
exercise
and
shew
it self
in
a
Thorough
Penitent
;
as
t
is
excellently
argued
by
St.
Chrysostom
,
That
David
shew'd
a
more
undaunted
greatness
of
mind
in
daring
to
think
of
Surmounting
the
Sin
,
and
the
Shame
,
and
to
set
up
again
for
a
Saint
,
after
his
Foul
,
Treacherous
and
Bloody
offence
in
the
matter
of
Vriah
,
than
he
had
shewn
in
his
Single
Combat
with
Goliah
of
Gath.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Benjamin
Took
at
the
Ship
in
St.
Pauls
Church-yard
.
The
Religious
Rebel
.
A
SERMON
Preach'd
at
South-Marston
,
in
Wiltshire
by
Charles
Powel
,
M.
A.
Psal.
10
,
10.
He
falleth
down
and
humbleth
himself
,
that
the
Congregation
of
the
Poor
may
fall
into
the
hands
of
his
Captains
.
REbellion
(
says
Samuel
)
is
as
the
sin
of
Witchcraft
:
Satan
first
Rebelled
against
the
great
Monarch
of
the
World
,
and
tho
his
Ambition
tumbled
him
down
from
the
bright
Regions
of
Bliss
into
eternall
Chains
of
Darkness
,
yet
his
instruments
carry
on
the
same
Rebellion
still
;
tho'
the
scene
be
changed
,
and
the
Plot
carried
on
at
a
distance
,
the
design
is
still
the
same
,
only
that
Our
earthly
Rebels
are
in
this
the
worse
Devils
,
that
They
dare
Rebell
against
God
and
the
King
too
.
This
Psalm
in
general
is
a
pathetical
complaint
of
David
to
Almighty
God
of
the
Pride
,
Treachery
,
Malice
and
Cruelty
of
wicked
men
,
who
(
as
Solomon
says
)
seek
only
Rebellion
;
and
These
wicked
men
(
expositors
tell
us
)
are
Those
whom
he
had
maintain'd
and
preferr'd
in
his
own
Court
,
and
were
therefore
the
more
wicked
and
the
more
dangerous
;
of
which
very
persons
he
says
;
It
is
not
an
open
Enemy
that
hath
don
me
this
dishonour
,
&c.
Divisions
are
of
late
soe
dangerous
,
that
I
shall
not
dare
soe
much
as
to
divide
my
Text
,
but
will
only
raise
from
it
this
proposition
;
That
it
is
no●
new
thing
for
the
worst
of
men
to
make
use
of
the
sacred
name
of
Religion
,
to
palliate
the
most
abominable
undertakings
.
Bloodshed
,
the
Murtherer
of
the
▪
Fathers
and
Defenders
of
Religion
(
Pious
Kings
and
Princes
)
destruction
and
Massac●e
of
their
Fellow
Subjects
,
pulling
down
and
overturning
of
all
polity
in
the
World
,
must
be
all
usher'd
in
(
as
We
see
it
this
day
)
with
the
Lamb-like
harmless
voice
of
Religion
:
And
tho'
in
these
Glorious
times
of
the
Ghospel
they
cannot
possibly
think
so
,
yet
They
will
pretend
,
that
in
all
this
They
do
God
good
Service
;
so
true
is
that
of
our
Saviour
;
They
come
to
Us
in
Sheeps
Cloathing
,
but
inwardly
They
are
Ravening
Wolves
.
My
proposition
has
been
so
often
and
soe
sadly
proved
,
even
Among
Our selves
,
that
to
go
about
to
confirm
it
by
Arguments
or
precedents
were
to
light
you
with
a
Lanthorne
,
in
the
Sun-shine
,
or
to
perswade
you
that
you
are
wounded
,
when
you
are
(
now
)
Roaring
under
the
smart
and
anguish
of
the
Blow
.
An
evil
man
(
says
Solomon
)
seeks
only
Rebellion
.
therefore
a
cruel
Messenger
shall
be
sent
against
him
.
Prov:
17
,
11.
We
must
have
a
care
how
we
hearken
to
Those
men
,
that
make
the
greatest
noise
about
Religion
,
which
is
not
a
thing
of
Talk
and
Noise
and
Tumult
,
but
a
Quiet
,
Calm
,
Peaceable
thing
:
The
Author
of
it
was
the
Lamb
of
God
,
who
neither
stirred
up
the
Jews
to
Rebell
against
the
Roman
Heatken
C●sar
,
nor
did
he
ever
make
use
of
any
Sinister
,
or
Violent
meanes
to
escape
the
hands
of
his
bloody
Persecutors
and
Crucifiers
,
who
envied
him
for
nothing
more
than
his
Religion
,
which
he
came
on
purpose
to
plant
among
them
,
and
which
was
to
be
water'd
with
his
own
Blood
,
and
brought
to
perfection
by
his
own
Death
.
In
all
his
Actions
,
in
the
whole
course
of
his
Life
,
he
was
a
Pattern
to
them
of
Meekness
,
Gentleness
,
Peaceableness
,
and
Sub●ection
.
And
truly
I
am
affraid
Those
men
,
who
make
such
an
Hurry
and
Clutter
about
Religion
,
are
not
his
Disciples
,
nor
did
They
ever
learn
it
from
the
Prince
of
Peace
,
especiall
when
They
make
Relligion
the
Argument
of
Publick
Commotions
and
Disturbances
.
Let
me
now
give
you
this
Seasonable
Caution
.
Doth
any
one
come
to
you
in
Samuel's
Mantle
,
in
the
Garb
and
Posture
of
a
Prophet
,
and
in
that
Sacred
Disguise
falsy
whisper
to
you
what
that
Aparition
said
truly
to
Saul
;
That
God
is
departed
from
the
King
,
and
become
his
Enemy
(
for
such
Sprights
also
there
are
now
abroad
in
the
World
,
and
Those
in
Black
too
)
Have
a
care
now
?
and
stand
upon
your
Guard
!
Look
Diligently
about
you
!
are
you
not
got
into
Endore
e're
you
are
aware
?
Is
not
the
Witch
and
the
Devil
at
work
now
,
instead
of
Samuel
,
tempting
You
to
ill
thoughts
of
him
,
whom
that
more
sure
word
if
Prophecy
(
the
word
of
God
)
tells
you
,
ye
shall
not
dare
so
much
as
to
think
Irreverently
of
?
Remember
that
Apparition
was
an
Extraordinary
thing
,
never
permitted
but
once
,
a
thing
that
Frighted
the
Witch
herself
,
and
not
like
to
be
repeated
again
,
for
every
Fantastick
mans
●ake
,
that
would
pretend
to
Inspiration
.
'T
is
true
indeed
;
there
are
●●ch
Spirits
in
the
World
,
but
they
are
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
,
Cademons
or
Wicked
Spirits
,
Spirits
of
Rebellion
and
Mischief
and
Murder
,
as
St.
Paul
Prophecies
of
,
2
Tim:
3
,
4.
Trayterous
,
Heady
,
High-minded
,
Lovers
of
pleasure
more
than
Lovers
of
God
,
such
as
St.
Iude
describes
,
who
Despise
Dominion
,
speak
evil
of
Dignities
;
And
these
St.
Paul
tells
●s
,
have
a
form
of
Godliness
;
They
appear
like
Lucifer
himself
,
when
●e
is
Transform'd
into
an
Angel
of
Light
,
all
Clad
with
the
bright
and
Glorious
Rays
of
pretended
Sanctity
,
as
if
they
were
Sons
of
the
Morn●ng
,
some
of
the
Corps
du
Guard
to
the
great
King
of
Heaven
:
But
then
●ave
a
care
,
Mulier
formosa
superne
,
De●init
in
Piscem
.
Beware
of
the
Clo●en
Foot
under
the
Robes
of
light
;
for
tho'
they
have
the
form
of
God●iness
,
yet
you
may
be
sure
they
deny
the
Power
of
it
,
who
endeavour
to
●essen
and
vilify
those
persons
in
your
opinion
,
who
bear
the
Image
and
●amp
of
Him
,
from
whom
they
derive
their
Authority
;
By
Me
Kings
Reign
;
And
while
they
Command
nothing
▪
but
what
is
in
their
Com●●●ssion
,
are
no
less
to
be
obey'd
than
he
that
sent
Them
,
and
set
them
o●er
us
,
however
They
are
not
In
any
Case
to
be
Resisted
;
for
Who●●ever
Resist
shall
Receive
to
Themselves
Damnation
.
Rom:
●3
,
2.
And
when
his
Majesty
was
Restored
in
meer
Mercy
to
Us
;
for
I
can
●●arce
call
it
any
to
him
,
who
seem'd
to
be
brought
back
only
to
new
afflictions
,
by
the
Ingratitude
and
Repeated
Rebellions
and
Conspira●●es
of
a
Stiff-necked
and
Hypocritical
Generation
,
who
have
Repayd
●ll
those
Blessings
,
that
by
Him
were
conveyed
to
Us
,
not
only
by
Re●roachfull
and
Contumelious
language
,
which
Moses
calls
Reviling
of
●●e
Gods
,
Exod:
22
,
28.
But
by
atheistically
,
Sacrilegiously
and
Re●●lliously
Plotting
and
Contriving
his
death
,
to
whose
Mercy
[
now
]
●nd
to
his
Brothers
God-like
Act
of
Oblivion
,
so
many
among
Us
owe
●hose
lives
,
which
We
are
now
Sacrificing
to
the
God
of
Rebellion
a●ainst
him
.
A
King
so
dear
to
Heaven
,
that
it
has
shewn
as
many
Mi●acles
in
his
preservation
,
as
Hell
hath
produced
Plots
even
to
a
Miracle
,
for
his
destruction
.
I
need
not
refresh
your
Memories
which
the
wonderfull
Acts
of
Heaven
in
his
whole
life
,
which
has
had
its
black
lines
of
affliction
,
more
perhaps
than
any
other
King
we
read
of
,
in
the
Murther
of
that
glorious
Saint
;
his
Royal
Father
,
the
several
Exiles
of
himself
,
and
the
Royal
Family
,
and
the
present
Calamnities
,
which
now
attend
him
,
in
all
which
he
hath
suffer'd
and
doth
still
continue
to
suffer
more
than
I
can
relate
,
or
he
could
bear
,
were
he
not
sustain'd
by
the
right
hand
of
the
most
High
while
he
not
only
was
,
but
now
is
again
what
St.
Paul
says
of
himself
,
●n
Iournying
often
,
in
Perils
of
Waters
,
in
Perils
of
Robbers
,
in
Perils
by
his
own
Country-men
,
in
Perils
among
False
Bretheren
[
Treacherous
Favourites
]
in
Weariness
,
in
Painfulness
&c.
And
now
let
Us
pray
to
God
that
he
would
move
Us
all
to
walk
more
uprightly
,
and
more
sincerely
before
him
,
And
that
the
same
God
would
make
Us
for
the
future
more
Loyal
to
our
King
;
that
We
may
not
any
longer
deal
Hypocritically
with
the
one
,
or
Rebelliously
with
the
other
,
That
God
may
once
more
speak
Peace
to
his
People
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Walter
Kettilby
at
the
Bishops
Head
in
St.
Paul's
Church-yard
:
A
Sermon
Preach'd
in
the
Cathedral
Church
of
Norwich
,
By
William
Smith
,
Prebend
there
.
Psal.
107.
8.
O
that
men
would
therefore
praise
the
Lord
for
his
goodness
:
And
declare
the
wonders
he
doth
for
the
children
of
men
.
HAth
the
Nation
scarcely
wip'd
Their
Eyes
dry
for
the
Blood
of
the
Incomparable
Father
,
but
must
it
be
drown'd
again
in
Tears
,
for
the
murther
of
his
succeeding
Sons
?
And
that
in
a
scene
of
cruelty
more
inhumane
,
and
with
a
malice
more
infatiable
than
the
former
.
[
And
may
I
now
say
(
as
this
juncture
stands
)
being
from
Men
that
were
once
the
least
to
be
suspected
.
]
The
rage
of
the
Factions
had
then
but
the
Blood
of
one
King
for
its
present
gratification
;
but
Our
Zealo●s
for
the
Cause
could
not
glut
their
thirst
for
Royal
Blood
,
but
by
murthering
(
as
it
were
)
Two
at
one
blow
;
the
life
of
the
Dearest
Brother
too
must
be
sacrificed
to
their
fury
and
design
.
So
that
(
methinks
)
I
hear
the
Saints
of
that
complexion
say
of
him
,
Here
is
the
Heir
,
come
,
let
Us
kill
him
also
,
and
seize
on
the
Inheritance
.
[
But
let
Us
declare
the
wonders
of
God
,
for
that
the
King
hath
escap'd
the
killing
,
tho
the
Rebels
have
assisted
an
Usurper
to
seize
on
his
Majesties
Inheritance
.
]
A
Prince
who
all
along
manageth
the
conduct
of
his
own
Kingdoms
and
Government
,
with
such
a
sweetness
and
ingenuity
of
temper
,
that
he
never
did
,
or
can
,
choose
to
see
his
meanest
subj●cts
so
much
as
●neasy
,
if
Ob●●inacy
precludes
not
his
Royal
Kindness
to
relieve
Them
:
In
a
word
,
a
Prince
that
is
every
thing
,
that
a
character
of
any
the
most
gracious
King
can
represent
him
.
And
is
it
This
?
Such
a
King
!
that
was
design'd
to
be
barbarously
murther'd
by
his
own
Subjects
!
[
and
now
as
basely
betray'd
by
the
most
villanous
treacheries
!
]
O!
are
you
not
all
struck
with
such
an
horrour
at
the
thoughts
of
it
,
as
even
to
forget
You
have
a
being
at
all
?
Don't
all
the
Blood
of
Your
Ueins
chill
to
a
stone
,
at
the
very
notice
of
it
?
And
are
not
your
whole
Souls
,
and
all
their
faculties
,
swallow'd
up
with
surprize
and
amazement
?
Why
don't
You
cry
to
the
Heavens
and
the
Earth
to
be
astonish'd
,
that
it
should
ever
enter
into
the
hearts
of
any
of
the
Christian
name
,
to
attempt
such
acts
,
that
would
not
only
have
justified
the
salvageries
of
the
most
brutish
Barbarians
,
but
even
made
Hell
it self
comparatively
innocent
in
its
worst
consults
.
Such
acts
!
that
do
invert
the
order
of
the
mischievous
Regions
,
and
hath
placed
the
Bottomless
Pit
(
as
it
were
)
above
ground
,
and
hath
so
out-done
Devils
at
their
own
art
,
that
they
shall
for
ever
after
be
tormented
with
envy
,
as
with
a
new
kind
of
Hell
;
that
there
should
be
among
mankind
(
in
a
certain
Island
)
greater
Devils
than
Themselves
.
Marvel
not
that
I
discourse
in
this
rapturous
manner
,
the
Case
requires
it
,
and
it
is
a
defect
not
so
to
express
it
.
The
Devil
as
General
,
with
his
Lieutenants
in
sheeps
clothing
,
under
the
Flag
of
a
Thorough
Reformation
,
had
once
again
rallied
the
Whole
Protestancy
,
that
is
,
all
the
Heresies
that
ever
infested
the
Catholick
Church
in
all
ages
,
especially
the
Reformados
of
the
Knipperdollian
and
Knoxian
Regiments
,
to
bear
down
before
them
all
that
's
regular
and
loyal
,
learned
and
pious
.
And
let
us
now
behold
further
the
sad
consequences
that
have
already
,
and
are
still
like
to
attend
Us.
Did
you
not
see
the
enraged
Vulgar
turn
their
Plow-shares
into
Swords
,
and
their
Pruning-hooks
into
Spears
,
to
execute
what
their
bloody
Leaders
long
fermented
malice
had
before
contriv'd
?
Every
Village
is
now
likely
to
become
a
seat
of
War
,
all
united
Neighbourhoods
are
now
in
danger
of
being
turn'd
into
distinct
Hostilities
,
and
every
single
person
is
like
to
be
lysted
into
one
side
or
other
to
carry
on
the
fatal
,
the
sad
and
dismal
work
of
a
Thorough
Destruction
.
How
happy
were
We
,
when
the
armed
Troops
in
our
streets
march'd
only
as
our
Defence
and
Guard
;
When
our
Trumpets
sounded
nothing
but
the
welcome
Joys
of
our
common
Safety
;
and
our
Drums
beat
Us
every
night
to
bed
▪
for
an
unsuspected
quiet
.
[
But
alas
,
We
must
now
awake
amidst
all
the
dismal
Alarms
of
horrour
and
confusion
,
and
our
beloved
Countrey
is
like
to
be
the
Seat
of
that
War
,
which
is
most
just
against
Us
:
How
could
We
dethron
〈…〉
ted
!
]
This
Treason
!
this
late
Conspiracy
!
was
not
only
〈…〉
●betted
,
but
really
managed
and
acted
,
by
a
considerable
●art
of
〈…〉
●ility
,
[
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
]
who
having
aff
〈…〉
by
Petitioning
,
Protesting
and
Ca●alling
,
gave
the
seditious
〈…〉
f●ll
assurance
,
that
They
own'd
and
headed
their
Cause
.
Bu●
,
〈◊〉
unfortunate
Gentlemen
,
(
or
Wretches
rather
)
that
●ou
should
co
〈…〉
be
Tools
,
and
to
creep
in
the
dust
,
to
humour
a
Pievish
and
unworthy
●action
:
That
They
should
go
about
to
blend
and
extinguish
that
Light
[
the
King
]
from
whence
They
borrow'd
their
own
Lustre
;
and
choose
to
fall
from
their
own
Starry
Orbs
,
to
turn
Blinking
Meteors
in
the
●usty
Regions
,
to
shine
only
by
the
Favour
of
an
unjudicious
and
uncon
〈…〉
〈…〉nt
multitude
under
the
Reign
of
an
Vsur●er
.
This
Conspiracy
hath
been
greatly
supported
under
the
pretence
,
and
by
the
obliging
name
of
Religion
.
Now
as
Religion
bears
generally
the
most
powerful
Charm
in
the
minds
of
men
,
and
influenceth
them
to
the
highest
resolutions
of
acting
,
be
the
attempts
never
so
difficult
or
hazardous
:
So
must
the
danger
of
any
evil
procedure
be
encreased
,
that
●ath
gain'd
such
a
prevailing
abatement
.
And
such
was
our
Case
.
All
the
Factions
(
tho
in
other
things
they
may
irreconcilably
disagree
,
yet
)
●●●curr
in
this
one
common
principle
,
That
they
mans
Religion
is
●●s
own
Private
Conscience
,
which
he
is
to
believe
is
the
immediate
dic●ate
of
God
,
and
which
he
is
bound
indisputably
to
follow
.
Now
when
this
notion
of
Religion
is
entertain'd
,
it
sets
up
in
every
factious
mind
an
uncontroulable
Tribunal
,
which
governs
with
a
power
superior
to
all
●●mane
reason
,
laws
and
authority
;
and
gains
such
an
ascendant
over
●●ch
mens
thoughts
and
actions
,
that
like
the
Commanders
power
in
the
Gospel
,
I
say
to
one
Man
,
come
,
and
he
cometh
;
and
to
another
,
Go
,
and
〈◊〉
goeth
.
Go
;
saith
Conscience
,
fetch
me
a
Chain
,
to
bind
this
King
,
〈◊〉
Those
iron
Fetters
,
to
tye
down
those
Nobles
;
It
's
dispatch'd
with●ut
dispute
:
And
if
then
it
saith
,
Go
and
pluck
down
those
Idolatrus
Stru●●ures
,
and
let
those
superstitious
Ministers
be
cast
out
of
them
;
if
such
a
con●●●ence
be
but
tinctured
from
Scripture
,
that
those
are
Groves
and
High
●●aces
,
and
these
are
Baalitish
Priests
and
Dumb
Dogs
,
the
work
is
●one
in
an
instant
.
When
this
Soveraign
Conscience
enjoyns
this
Oath
●o
be
taken
;
another
,
to
be
superseded
,
or
broken
;
such
a
Jury
to
be
●ack'd
,
and
such
a
Verdict
to
be
given
,
let
an
innocent
mans
life
,
or
even
〈◊〉
safety
of
an
whole
Nation
lye
at
stake
,
He
can
no
more
suspend
his
Duty
,
than
violate
his
Credit
of
being
of
the
Godly
Party
.
Nay
if
Blood
lyes
in
the
way
of
Reformation
,
't
is
but
Whispering
into
Conscience
a
Text
or
two
,
and
it
bids
the
man
(
〈…〉
it
be
against
whom
it
will
)
Goe
,
and
utterly
destroy
those
Sinners
the
Amalakites
,
and
Fight
against
them
till
they
be
consumed
,
as
he
finds
it
,
1
Sa●
:
15.
18.
Or
if
he
Reads
,
Cursed
be
he
that
doth
the
work
of
the
Lord
negligently
,
and
that
keepeth
his
Sword
from
Blood
,
as
he
is
told
Jer:
48.
10.
Or
if
he
but
hears
a
Curse
ye
Meroz
,
unless
you
raise
a
Regiment
to
fight
the
Lords
Battels
;
The
man
of
Conscience
can
no
more
resist
such
a
call
,
than
if
a
Revelation
from
Heaven
had
set
him
at
work
.
And
what
mischief
these
and
such
like
destructive
principles
have
done
We
all
know
,
and
are
now
like
sadly
to
smart
under
the
miserable
consequence
of
them
.
But
when
shall
the
Prophecy
of
the
Royal
Martyr
be
accomplished
among
Us
,
who
told
his
Son
(
our
Soveraign
Lord
)
That
when
the
mask
of
Religion
should
be
Pull'd
off
the
Face
of
Rebellion
;
—
He
might
then
see
happy
Days
.
But
instead
of
that
,
Doe
We
not
now
see
three
Kingdoms
imbroyl'd
in
the
most
unnatural
War
,
or
which
is
worse
made
Slaves
to
the
most
unnatural
Tyrants
!
Tho'
we
have
not
yet
heard
the
sad
Tydings
of
Cities
lay
,
in
Ashes
,
or
of
,
Fields
covered
with
the
Slain
,
yet
We
have
just
;
alas
too
just
!
reason
to
fear
that
destruction
attends
Us
at
our
very
dores
;
And
We
have
seen
that
the
Innocent
and
Loyal
have
been
every
where
made
a
Prey
,
to
Satiate
the
Malice
of
a
Revengful
Faction
!
And
for
their
sakes
the
Nation
is
Now
again
become
the
Reproach
of
Christianity
,
and
Scorn
of
Man-kind
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Walter
Kettilby
.
A
SERMON
Preach'd
before
the
University
of
Cambridge
by
Miles
Barnes
,
D.
D.
St.
Luke
19.
V.
14.
But
his
Citizens
hated
Him
,
and
sent
a
Message
afoer
Him
;
saying
,
We
will
not
have
this
Man
to
Reign
over
Us.
THe
Jews
were
always
a
Moody
Head-strong
People
,
Impatient
of
any
kind
of
Government
,
Theocracy
it self
could
not
please
them
,
They
Murmured
against
Moses
and
Aaron
,
&c.
And
when
the
Messias
appears
as
Moses
had
don
before
in
this
great
Juncture
of
hardship
,
They
adhere
to
their
Oppressors
,
and
shamefully
reject
the●r
Saviour
;
by
Libelling
his
Government
in
general
,
by
throwing
contempt
upon
his
person
in
particular
,
Is
not
this
the
Carpenters
Son
?
by
traducing
his
life
and
conversation
,
making
him
a
Winebibber
,
a
Friend
of
Publicans
and
Sinners
;
by
making
base
Reflections
on
his
Disciples
and
chief
Ministers
;
by
undervaluing
his
Doctrine
,
as
inconsistent
which
the
Pomp
and
Grandeur
of
the
Roman
Empire
,
by
making
him
an
Innovator
,
a
disturber
of
the
Establish'd
Religion
;
and
lastly
(
as
the
Height
of
their
Malice
)
by
Proclaiming
him
a
Traytor
and
Enemy
to
Caesar
,
as
having
Si●ister
ends
to
set
up
a
Fi●th
Monarchy
,
in
opposition
to
the
Fourth
.
And
when
all
their
pretences
were
Ba●●●ed
,
and
they
Reduc'd
to
the
last
effort
of
Obstinate
Rebels
,
to
own
Rebellion
for
Rebellions
sake
,
then
They
Magisteriously
resolve
themselves
into
the
Soveraignty
of
their
own
Wills
,
and
conclude
against
all
Government
in
a
direct
Nolumus
Hun●
,
We
will
not
have
this
man
to
Reign
over
Us
,
But
can
they
think
he
will
not
Reign
over
them
?
Yes
he
does
and
will
too
at
his
last
terrible
Advent
,
when
he
shall
come
with
all
the
Solemnities
of
Majesty
to
Judge
the
World
,
Pronounce
Sentence
upon
These
Wicked
Citti●ens
,
and
make
Them
the
Vassals
of
Eternal
vengeance
,
The
certain
Doom
of
all
unrepenting
Rebels
!
I
am
sorry
to
tell
you
,
that
the
frequent
Tumults
and
Insurrections
which
have
infested
the
Reigns
of
our
British
Kings
,
gave
occasion
to
that
Sarcastical
saying
;
Rex
Angliae
,
Rex
Diabolorum
;
but
you
may
tell
your selves
,
that
These
Devils
never
Acted
more
like
Devils
▪
than
since
They
were
possessed
and
guided
by
the
Turbulent
Spirit
of
our
Modern
Pharisees
the
Presbyterians
;
who
are
the
very
Cittizens
,
that
from
their
first
Institution
have
shewn
their
hatred
against
Monarchs
and
Monarchy
.
John
Calvin
founded
his
Presbytery
in
Treason
and
Rebellion
,
the
Cittizens
having
prepared
his
way
by
expelling
from
Geneva
their
Lawful
Prince
and
Governor
,
Which
violent
Act
was
Encouraged
,
approved
and
confirmed
by
Calvin
;
and
it
has
ever
since
been
carried
on
by
Schism
and
Sedition
.
Never
was
it
Received
into
any
Church
,
but
it
presently
dissolv'd
the
Catholick
unity
of
Faith
,
and
broke
the
Bond
of
Peace
;
never
into
any
State
,
which
it
did
not
embroil
and
throw
into
very
dangerous
Convulsions
;
never
into
any
Family
,
which
it
did
not
divide
,
and
set
at
variance
;
never
did
it
get
possession
of
any
single
man
,
whom
it
did
not
strangely
transform
with
Pride
and
Morosness
,
made
him
unfit
for
Civil
Society
and
Common
Conversation
.
Have
the
Presbyteria●s
in
any
of
their
Synods
censured
or
condemn'd
the
pernitious
Tenets
of
Calvin
or
Beza
?
has
Any
of
them
had
the
grace
to
disown
or
write
against
their
Dethroning
Doctrines
?
if
they
have
their
Books
have
proved
very
ineffectual
,
for
if
We
pass
from
their
Principles
to
Their
Practices
,
We
shall
find
that
They
have
always
been
of
a
Turbulent
,
Imperious
and
Bloody
Spirit
.
And
there
have
not
been
wanting
Some
Church
Trimmers
,
still
retaining
a
Fellow-feeling
for
the
Cause
,
who
from
the
Pulpit
have
endeavour'd
to
clear
them
,
and
●ay
the
guilt
of
their
Horrid
Murthers
chiefly
upon
the
Popish
Priests
;
though
they
cannot
finde
the
name
of
one
Papist
in
the
whole
List
of
True
Protestant
Regicides
.
The
Principle
of
De●●roning
or
Deposing
Kings
(
charged
upon
the
Jesui●s
)
has
been
publickly
censur'd
and
condemn'd
as
impious
and
erroneous
in
several
Forreign
Unsversities
,
written
against
by
men
of
the
Romish
Communion
,
and
is
most
solidly
and
unanswerably
confuted
by
Barclay
in
his
excellent
Book
De
potestate
Pap●
,
&c.
which
book
is
dedicated
to
Clement
the
Eighth
.
The
Prerogative
never
suffer'd
,
no
great
Statesman
has
ever
been
disgrac'd
,
nor
the
Church
of
England
it self
(
nay
the
Libertys
of
the
People
)
ever
Wounded
,
But
a
dreadful
Outcry
of
Popery
has
〈…〉
ceded
,
No
man
could
shew
his
Fidelity
to
the
Monarchy
,
but
he
was
presently
blasted
with
the
odious
Title
of
a
Court
or
a
Church
Papist
.
Speaking
against
the
Bill
design'd
to
exclude
his
Royal
Highness
the
Duke
of
York
(
now
King
)
says
this
Reverend
Divine
.
To
say
nothing
to
the
Rude
form
observ'd
in
the
penning
of
this
Bill
,
that
't
was
drawn
up
by
a
person
since
accused
of
High
Treason
;
And
to
pass
by
the
Ingratitude
of
the
Contrivers
,
against
a
Prince
of
such
Eminent
virtues
;
who
has
ventured
his
Royal
Blood
as
frankly
for
the
good
of
his
Country
,
as
the
meanest
Subject
in
it
,
&
who
was
even
then
actually
manifesting
his
unalterable
Loyalty
and
affection
to
his
Soveraign
in
Reducing
Scotland
to
their
Obedience
;
and
We
have
at
this
hower
great
reason
to
be
thankful
to
him
for
his
Wise
and
Prosperous
Conduct
in
that
affaire
.
And
I
do
here
publickly
declare
;
what
was
always
my
judgment
,
that
I
doe
believe
no
human
Acts
or
Power
in
the
World
can
de
jure
hinder
the
descent
of
the
Crown
upon
the
next
Heire
,
which
is
his
unalterable
Right
by
Religion
,
Law
,
History
and
Reason
.
And
now
if
We
consider
the
quality
of
This
Hellish
Conspiracy
,
It
is
compounded
of
so
many
malignant
Ingredients
,
that
it
looks
more
like
a
confederacy
against
Religion
,
Morality
and
the
Common
Sentiments
of
Humanity
,
than
a
Conspiracy
against
the
Frame
,
Constitution
and
Administration
of
the
Government
,
Ambition
,
avarice
and
Revenge
have
often
lead
men
and
bewitch●d
them
into
Treasonable
Associations
But
This
seems
to
be
the
sole
result
of
abstracted
malice
,
of
men
abandon'd
to
the
curse
of
a
Reprobate
minde
;
who
after
having
Travell'd
through
all
the
slow
methods
of
Sedition
,
have
now
at
last
taken
Arms
and
begun
a
most
Bloody
Rebellion
against
the
Lord
's
Annoynted
.
And
now
what
storms
are
coming
upon
Us
!
what
Devastations
and
Spoyles
(
by
Fire
and
Sword
)
may
we
justly
dread
.
And
the
whole
Nation
alas
!
may
now
become
a
Theatre
of
War
and
Feild
of
Blood
;
And
the
streets
fill'd
with
the
Cryes
of
Widdows
,
and
the
Fatherless
,
with
Murders
,
Rapins
,
Incest
,
Adulterys
,
Sacriledges
,
Massacres
.
and
Conflagrations
.
And
what
satisfaction
now
can
any
Loyal
Subject
have
to
think
of
Surviving
the
Ruines
of
the
Government
?
or
to
live
in
a
Land
Polluted
and
Stain'd
with
Blood
?
to
see
daily
before
his
Eyes
the
dismal
spectacle
of
his
enslav'd
undone
Country
?
or
to
live
in
pepetual
Fears
of
being
made
a
Sacrifice
himself
?
But
it
hath
hitherto
pleased
that
God
,
who
allotteth
to
Atheists
and
Rebells
a
portion
with
the
Hypocrite
,
to
rescue
and
preserve
his
Majesty
from
the
Paws
of
these
Bloody
Miscreants
,
Hence
it
appears
,
That
good
Kings
are
the
immediate
care
of
God
;
and
that
They
should
be
so
,
seems
agreeable
to
the
Oeconomy
of
his
Providence
,
and
is
confirm'd
by
Examples
in
all
Ages
.
For
They
are
his
Annoynted
,
His
Vicegerents
,
set
over
Us
by
his
appointment
,
and
are
therefore
entituled
to
a
special
Right
in
the
Divine
Providence
.
Of
this
Truth
his
present
Majesty
,
with
the
late
King
his
Royal
Brother
have
been
very
Eminent
Examples
through
the
whole
course
of
their
Respective
Lives
.
And
that
which
seems
Truly
deplorable
in
this
Execrable
Treason
,
is
the
Hardiness
and
Impenitence
that
accompanies
This
Rebellion
,
and
pursues
the
Rebells
to
the
very
moments
of
their
Deaths
.
But
wo
!
be
to
Those
wretched
Guids
,
who
lead
Them
into
both
;
Those
Betrayers
of
Souls
!
who
instead
of
disposing
men
to
Christian
Obedience
,
have
caused
Them
first
to
Rebell
,
and
then
instead
of
disposing
Them
to
Repentance
have
encouraged
them
in
the
Rebellion
;
And
then
at
their
very
Deaths
have
forc'd
them
(
as
it
were
)
to
Publish
such
Iustifications
as
seem
written
with
designe
to
incite
their
accomplices
to
carry
on
the
work
here
,
whilst
they
are
answering
for
it
in
the
other
world
.
and
this
consideration
is
enough
to
make
the
hearts
of
all
good
Christians
Ake
.
And
We
must
now
pray
,
that
as
God
hath
hitherto
preserved
the
King
,
so
that
Justice
may
overtake
those
Rebells
and
Traytors
whom
Mercy
cannot
Reclaim
.
In
a
word
then
,
as
We
are
thankful
to
God
for
the
preservation
of
his
Majesty
hitherto
,
so
let
Us
implore
Protection
over
him
for
the
time
to
come
,
That
he
may
daily
Receive
fresh
Accessions
of
Strength
and
Splendor
,
and
be
Recompenced
for
the
times
,
wherein
He
hath
suffered
Adversity
.
O
Lord
save
the
King
,
And
bless
thine
Annoynted
;
Send
Him
help
from
thy
holy
Hill
,
And
evermore
mightily
defend
Him.
Let
the
Enemy
have
no
advantage
over
Him
;
Nor
the
Wicked
approach
to
hurt
Him.
Amen
.
Lonndon
,
Printed
for
R
:
Royston
his
Majesties
Book-seller
.
A
Se●mon
Preach'd
before
the
Lord
Mayor
&c.
of
London
,
By
Henry
Hesketh
,
Minister
of
St.
Hellens
.
1
Pet.
2
,
15.
For
so
is
the
will
of
God
,
that
with
Well-doing
you
may
put
to
Silence
the
Ignorance
of
Foolish-men
.
WE
then
most
truly
honour
God
,
when
we
express
a
great
sense
of
his
Power
and
Soveraignty
over
us
,
in
our
Lives
:
And
we
then
only
glorify
and
acceptably
praise
Him
,
when
we
live
according
to
his
Commandements
acknowledg
the
reasonableness
and
goodness
of
his
Laws
,
and
chearfully
do
those
things
,
that
are
pleasing
unto
Him.
Among
these
,
there
cannot
well
be
an
higher
instance
,
than
to
live
up
to
the
Principles
of
that
Excellent
Religion
,
that
he
has
appointed
To
be
the
Measure
of
all
our
Actions
.
To
enquire
now
what
was
The
Cavil
and
objection
which
these
Foolish
men
made
against
Christian
Religion
,
which
the
Apostle
in
the
Text
hath
respect
unto
,
and
would
have
Silenced
?
And
this
may
easily
be
resolv'd
,
by
considering
the
two
verses
immediatly
preceding
the
Text
;
In
which
the
Apostle
doth
press
the
duty
of
Obedience
and
Subjection
to
Our
Lawful
Governors
,
both
Supream
and
Subordinate
;
Submit
Your selves
to
every
Ordinance
of
Man
,
whether
it
to
be
the
King
as
Supreme
,
or
unto
Governors
,
as
those
that
are
sent
by
Him.
And
this
he
presseth
by
an
Argument
that
can
never
fail
of
effect
upon
a
good
man
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
for
the
Lord
,
and
out
of
Conscience
to
him
,
whose
Institution
Government
is
,
and
who
hath
commanded
Subj●ction
to
it
▪
Upon
which
These
words
immediatly
follow
;
by
which
We
plainly
understand
,
that
the
Objection
which
he
enjoyns
this
Subjection
in
Confutation
of
,
was
that
old
and
early
Clamour
,
that
Christian
Religion
was
an
Enemy
to
Government
,
and
the
professors
of
it
Factious
and
Seditious
persons
,
The
great
Clamour
against
the
Christians
,
upon
which
that
great
uproar
against
them
at
Thessalonica
was
stirred
,
Acts
17.
6
,
7.
was
this
,
●hese
that
have
Turned
the
World
up-side
down
,
are
come
hither
also
;
and
These
all
do
contrary
to
the
decrees
of
Caesar
,
saying
there
is
another
(
one
Jesus
)
King.
This
you
will
also
finde
the
chief
thing
in
the
accusation
against
St.
Paul
,
Acts
24
,
5.
For
we
have
found
this
Man
a
Pestelent
fellow
,
and
a
Mover
of
Sedition
,
&c.
And
I
doe
most
readily
confess
,
that
were
this
accusation
true
,
were
Christian
Religion
inconsistent
with
Government
,
an
Enemy
to
it
,
or
a
Disturber
of
it
,
there
could
not
be
an
objection
that
would
be
more
fatal
to
it
;
all
the
Reproach
and
Dishonour
that
men
could
load
it
with
,
were
just
,
there
were
no
apology
to
be
made
for
it
,
nor
any
thing
to
be
expected
,
but
that
all
the
world
should
combine
together
against
it
.
All
men
that
have
any
becoming
thoughts
of
the
Providence
and
Goodness
of
God
,
how
tender
he
is
of
the
good
of
Mankind
,
and
how
largly
he
hath
provided
for
it
,
how
wisely
he
conducts
the
course
of
humane
affairs
,
and
steers
them
by
Rules
,
which
would
make
them
,
and
all
things
else
that
is
happy
,
can
never
beleive
That
to
be
a
Divine
Religion
,
or
be
perswaded
to
accept
it
as
coming
from
God
,
which
perplexeth
the
course
of
things
,
and
defeats
these
good
purposes
of
God
in
the
World.
God
is
the
God
of
Order
and
not
of
Confusion
,
the
Author
as
well
as
Lover
of
Concord
and
Peace
,
and
not
of
Ruine
and
Dissention
among
Men
;
And
therefore
can
never
be
the
Author
of
any
Religion
that
is
destructive
of
the
One
,
and
naturally
effective
of
the
other
,
among
them
.
And
it
therefore
greatly
concerns
all
Those
that
hav●
any
Respect
for
the
Christian
Religion
,
to
be
sure
to
keep
it
clear
from
any
Objections
of
this
kind
.
The
Ancient
Apologists
have
taken
care
●in
their
Noble
defences
of
Christian
Religion
,
to
clear
it
from
this
Scandalous
Reflection
,
By
appealing
to
the
known
Doctrines
and
Principles
of
it
;
They
challenge
the
World
to
instance
in
any
one
saying
in
the
new
Testament
,
whether
there
●e
the
least
hint
or
encouragement
given
to
Rebellion
,
or
any
thing
that
can
warrant
the
least
undutifull
Carriage
towards
our
Governors
?
Or
rather
,
whether
there
be
not
enough
asserted
there
,
to
assure
Government
,
and
to
engage
all
persons
to
Subjection
,
upon
better
arguments
,
and
stronger
Reasons
,
than
a●y
yet
were
ever
made
use
of
before
,
For
here
the
Reason
of
Subjection
is
layd
deep
,
and
charged
immediatly
upon
the
Consciences
of
men
,
Resistance
is
〈…〉
〈…〉-si●●ing
the
Ordinance
of
God
,
and
Damnation
is
expressly
threat
〈…〉
●gainst
it
.
And
yet
I
must
needs
say
to
the
dishonour
of
Some
men
,
That
They
have
Robbed
Christian
Religion
of
this
way
of
Defending
itself
,
and
defeated
the
effect
of
this
appology
for
it
.
Obedience
is
not
only
recommended
,
upon
the
great
advantages
of
quietness
and
Peace
,
of
happiness
and
Order
,
that
result
to
the
World
from
it
,
nor
backed
with
the
Sanctions
of
Temporal
Punishment
to
Those
that
Rebell
;
but
it
is
pressed
upon
Reasons
of
Conscience
and
Duty
to
God
,
and
the
danger
of
incurring
that
Eternal
Damnation
that
is
prepared
in
Hell
,
for
the
Lawless
and
Disobedient
.
Kings
will
be
better
pleased
,
and
satisfied
with
the
quiet
and
peaceable
Lives
of
their
Subjects
;
their
chearful
obedience
to
their
Laws
,
and
Their
ready
complyance
with
their
pleasure
,
than
with
all
the
formal
Caresses
,
and
Protestations
of
Loyalty
and
Love.
And
I
wish
Some
men
of
late
had
not
given
Them
too
great
cause
to
conclude
,
that
Mens
Practices
and
Prof●ssions
doe
not
always
go
together
.
The
good
Christians
of
Old
were
in
all
cases
peaceable
and
submissive
,
They
readily
obeyed
,
and
heartily
pray'd
for
their
Governors
,
Even
when
mos●
Barbarously
and
unjustly
provoked
to
the
contrary
;
so
that
not
one
Christian
dyed
as
a
Rebel
or
a
Traytor
,
in
all
the
Early
Persecutions
of
Christianity
,
nor
for
several
Centuries
;
And
you
may
challenge
any
of
our
modern
Factors
for
Treason
to
instance
in
One.
Nay
,
it
is
well
known
that
even
Julian
the
Apostate
acquits
Them
from
this
aspe●sion
,
and
upbraids
his
Heathen
Subjects
,
with
the
Obedience
and
Loyalty
of
the
Galileans
(
as
he
scornfully
calls
them
)
which
is
the
more
remarkable
testimony
,
for
coming
from
the
mouth
of
the
Bitterest
Enemy
that
Christiani●y
ever
had
.
And
now
alas
!
amongst
all
the
sad
Circumstances
of
Our
late
Treasons
and
Rebellion
,
there
are
none
●e
ought
more
to
be
concerned
for
,
than
the
Impiety
and
Guilt
of
the
Conspirators
,
and
the
advantage
that
some
men
will
take
hence
,
to
Reproach
the
Protestant
Religion
.
Oh!
Cursed
Impi●ty
and
Hypocricy
!
are
these
things
becoming
True
●rotestants
?
Is
this
the
effect
of
all
your
Starch'd
and
formal
Godliness
▪
Doe
all
your
Oaths
and
Vows
of
Loyalty
,
and
service
to
Your
King
?
Do
all
Your
appeals
to
God
,
for
the
sincerity
of
your
Intentions
?
Do
all
your
Solmn
Protestations
of
care
and
concern
for
his
safty
,
come
at
last
to
this
?
good
God!
that
Plots
and
Conspiracys
against
the
King
,
Nay
●●●n
Rebellion
it self
,
should
shelter
themselves
under
the
Gospell
!
And
Religion
●e
〈◊〉
to
Colour
that
,
which
almost
above
all
things
it
abhors
.
What
shall
we
say
of
such
men
?
who
can
help
U●
to
Names
and
Characters
bad
enough
for
Them
?
who
have
put
off
not
only
Religion
,
but
Humanity
,
and
are
Actualy
commenced
Devils
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Henry
Bonnick
at
the
Lyon
near
St.
Paul's
A
SERMON
Preach'd
by
John
Harrison
D.
D.
2
Sam:
18.
28.
And
Ahimaaz
called
,
and
said
unto
the
King
,
all
is
well
.
And
he
fell
down
to
the
Earth
upon
his
Face
before
the
King
,
and
said
blessed
be
the
Lord
thy
God
,
which
hath
Delivered
up
the
Men
that
lift
up
their
hand
against
my
Lord
the
King.
THe
Rebellion
that
was
to
begin
at
Heb●on
,
did
happen
under
the
pretence
of
paying
a
vow
unto
the
Lord
,
that
is
,
under
the
Veil
or
Disguise
of
Religion
,
Absolom
said
to
the
King
,
Let
me
go
and
pay
my
vow
,
which
I
have
vowed
unto
the
Lord
in
Hebron
,
2
Sam
:
15.
7.
Nothing
more
usual
than
to
give
out
,
For
the
cause
of
Christ
!
whilst
under
that
vizor
,
They
Act
parts
quite
contrary
to
his
Holy
Doctrine
and
Blessed
Example
.
And
this
is
ever
observable
,
in
a
well
formed
Conspiracy
(
if
a
Conspiracy
can
in
any
sence
be
so
expressed
)
First
,
To
settle
it self
Under
some
Chief
Leader
,
that
by
Popular
Arts
hath
insinuated
Himself
into
the
Multitude
,
Giving
Himself
out
to
be
some
mighty
one
,
And
what
he
wants
of
a
just
Title
(
as
that
ought
ever
to
be
maintain'd
in
an
Hereditary
Kingdom
)
He
will
make
good
in
his
defence
of
the
Peoples
Religion
,
Estates
,
Lives
and
Fortunes
.
The
late
Lord
Russel
,
encouraged
by
this
Scotch
Doctrine
.
That
it
is
Lawful
to
defend
a
mans
Conscience
by
open
Force
against
any
Authority
whatsoever
,
did
dare
adventure
his
Body
(
Yea
I
●remble
)
his
very
Soul
on
this
false
bottom
,
so
his
Execreable
paper
seems
to
import
,
But
instead
of
a
Faithful
(
I
fear
)
he
met
with
a
Faithless
Confessor
:
Pride
,
Ambition
,
Spight
or
Malice
.
When
We
are
once
lead
out
of
the
Kings
High-way
of
Honnour
and
Honesty
,
into
any
By-paths
of
our
own
,
We
soon
fall
into
the
Broad
road
of
Rebellion
.
Having
taken
a
Survey
of
This
Hellish
Conspiracy
,
a
suddain
Horrour
here
Seifeth
my
trembling
heart
,
at
the
sad
apprehensions
of
what
hath
already
,
or
may
still
,
most
justly
befall
Us
,
The
dismal
consequences
of
a
Bloody
War
!
&c.
The
face
and
voice
of
an
Angel
(
which
hitherto
hath
been
for
Religion
,
Estates
,
Lives
and
Liberties
)
is
now
like
to
be
changed
into
the
hands
of
a
Devil
,
who
may
rend
those
dearest
Interests
into
a
thousand
pieces
;
And
the
bleeding
marks
of
the
Last
Rebellions
,
being
Scarse
out
of
our
sides
,
We
are
now
again
like
to
be
turned
into
avery
Shambles
.
But
surely
We
that
have
been
so
many
years
,
a
Lasting
mark
of
Infamy
(
over
the
habitable
Earth
)
for
Murdering
King
Charles
the
First
,
of
Blessed
Memory
,
and
Betraying
his
present
Majesty
,
as
Judas
did
his
Saviour
,
can
no
longer
delight
,
in
a
continuance
of
such
disgrace
,
as
wants
a
Parallel
.
Have
We
forgot
our
Oaths
of
Allegiance
?
Have
We
cast
behind
Us
all
past
favours
from
the
Crown
?
to
Betray
our
Trust
,
to
lift
up
our
hands
against
God's
Annoynted
!
sure
there
are
Some
,
the
better
they
be
dealt
with
,
the
worse
still
ye
shall
find
them
,
And
of
These
constan●ly
David
was
most
in
danger
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
William
Crook
at
the
Green
Dragon
without
Temple-Bar
.
A
Sermon
Preached
on
the
Thanksgiving
day
&c.
by
Edward
Pelling
Chaplin
to
the
Duke
of
Somersett
.
Psal.
34
,
19.
Many
are
the
Afflictions
of
the
Righteous
;
But
the
Lord
delivereth
Him
out
of
them
all
.
THe
special
Providence
of
God
is
seen
in
nothing
more
,
than
in
watching
over
Princes
,
in
preserving
Them
,
and
their
Kingdoms
,
and
in
supporting
their
Government
For
the
hearts
of
Men
are
naturally
so
impatient
of
Subjection
,
and
so
greedy
of
Power
;
their
particular
interests
are
so
divided
;
their
designs
are
so
various
;
their
Passions
are
so
violent
;
their
Principles
are
so
different
;
their
minds
are
so
sett
upon
Villany
and
Mischeif
,
(
and
what
through
Ambition
or
Covetuousness
,
or
Discontent
)
their
Spirits
are
so
restless
,
that
't
is
by
a
daily
Miracle
that
Princes
live
,
and
't
would
be
impossible
for
them
to
be
safe
one
Moment
,
did
not
the
immediate
had
of
God
(
of
whom
alone
They
hold
their
Crowns
)
Shelter
and
Protect
Their
Persons
,
and
overule
the
Madness
of
Turbulent
and
Blood-thirsty
People
.
Perhaps
noe
Prince
living
ever
had
such
ample
experience
of
this
,
as
King
David
had
;
unless
W●
will
except
our
own
dread
Soveraign
,
whose
case
comes
nearest
to
a
Parallel
:
Davia's
Title
to
the
Crown
was
Unquestionable
:
His
Government
was
equal
and
easie
;
His
heart
was
of
a
Tender
and
Compassionat
Temper
;
He
was
ready
to
forget
the
greatest
wrongs
,
and
not
only
to
Forgive
,
but
also
to
express
Kindness
to
the
greatest
Criminals
;
insomuch
that
Iob
had
the
Confidence
,
in
the
heat
of
his
Passion
,
to
tell
Him
,
That
He
Loved
his
Enemies
more
than
his
Friends
,
and
,
by
so
doing
,
Shamed
the
Faces
of
all
his
Servants
,
2
Sam:
19.
All
this
notwithstanding
,
tho'
David
was
a
Man
according
to
God's
own
heart
a
Character
which
God
himself
gave
him
)
yet
the
poor
Prince
found
Troubles
on
every
side
,
First
he
was
prese●u●ed
by
Saul
.
and
anon
forced
to
a
Controversie
with
Saul's
●ouse
One
while
he
was
in
da●ger
from
Enemies
abroad
,
and
another
while
from
disaffected
Men
at
home
.
Now
he
was
Conspired
against
by
Absalom
,
which
afflicted
hi●
the
more
Because
the
Rebel
was
his
Son.
Then
he
was
railed
at
by
S●ime●
,
that
Dog
(
as
Abishai
rightly
call'd
him
)
the
Sier
of
all
that
●yt●●r
,
which
are
continually
Yelping
at
the
Lords
Annoynted
.
Nor
was
this
all
,
For
Sheba
and
his
Fellow
Traytors
raised
a
formidable
In●urrection
against
him
,
being
frustrated
of
their
expectations
at
the
Kings
Return
:
For
David
had
been
in
Exile
,
being
Forced
to
Fly
[
or
withdraw
]
from
his
Rebellious
Subjects
,
and
upon
his
happy
Restauration
Some
Israelites
were
enraged
,
that
They
had
not
that
Interest
at
Court
which
They
hoped
for
;
and
hereupon
They
were
vexed
that
the
King
was
come
home
,
and
so
an
Alarm
was
sounded
,
Every
Man
to
his
Tents
,
O
Israel
,
2
Sam
:
20.
Had
not
the
Divine
Providence
been
David's
Shield
and
Salvation
,
that
Excellent
Prince
had
been
utterly
Ruin'd
by
This
Army
of
Troubles
,
which
continually
follow'd
him
at
the
Heels
.
But
God
was
his
support
and
stay
;
and
tho'
there
was
Plot
upon
Plot
,
and
Rebellion
after
Rebellion
,
Yet
He
trusted
still
to
the
Righteousness
of
His
Cause
.
David
Commemorates
with
thankfullness
throughout
this
his
Book
of
Psalms
God's
unwearied
goodness
and
singular
Mercy
towards
him
,
From
whence
he
draws
this
Conclusion
,
for
the
comfort
of
all
Righteo●s
Princes
,
which
should
come
after
;
that
tho'
God
may
,
and
many
times
doth
,
For
great
Ends
and
Reasons
,
suffer
Them
to
be
Evil
Entreated
for
a
Time
;
yet
he
will
not
only
be
with
them
in
their
Troubles
,
but
also
will
(
sooner
or
later
)
give
Them
a
fair
Exit
,
out
of
all
their
distress
Many
are
the
Afflictions
of
the
Righteous
,
&c.
There
are
Some
,
who
have
gain'd
such
a
perfect
Mastery
over
their
Consciences
,
that
they
can
believe
even
a
Cheat
that
serveth
their
turn
,
and
disblieve
even
a
Miracle
that
wounds
their
Interests
▪
discerning
Men
have
seen
for
several
years
last
past
,
that
our
King
and
Government
were
both
in
eminent
danger
because
those
very
●r●ifices
being
Imploy'd
again
,
which
served
effectually
to
destroy
the
Father
,
We
had
all
the
reason
to
believe
they
were
intended
to
Dethron
the
Son
too
;
it
being
impossible
,
but
the
same
means
used
in
the
same
manner
,
must
tend
to
the
accomplishment
of
the
same
Ends.
Some
Men
by
their
tacit
Confessio●s
and
Artificial
shifts
;
by
extenuating
and
mincing
matters
[
by
their
d●ny●ng
publickly
to
excuse
themselves
(
at
the
Kings
request
)
from
the
foulest
charge
that
was
ever
drawn
against
Prelates
]
did
force
all
men
to
conclude
,
that
there
was
some
great
thing
in
hand
,
which
needed
the
utmost
of
their
Art
and
Skill
[
which
they
have
since
most
lewdly
brought
to
its
accu●sed
Perfection
]
And
I
am
apt
to
think
that
These
men
who
can
call
Resistance
,
only
Innocence
,
will
so
lessen
the
matter
,
that
Cutting
of
Throats
will
be
termed
only
a
new
way
of
Triming
,
and
the
Destruction
[
or
Dethroning
]
of
Princes
,
to
be
no
more
but
a
Perfecting
the
History
of
the
Reformation
.
Who
could
imagin
,
that
after
so
many
Protestations
and
Professions
of
sorrow
for
former
miscarriages
!
after
so
many
vows
of
Loyalty
and
hearty
Obedience
!
after
so
many
Oaths
of
All●giance
and
Supremacy
,
repeated
over
the
whole
Nation
!
after
such
Acts
of
Indemnity
granted
even
to
Monsters
of
Rebells
!
after
such
prof●snes●
of
Royal
Bounty
,
whereby
Villains
were
enriched
and
grew
fat
!
after
so
many
expressions
of
Goodness
,
Tenderness
and
Clemency
,
enough
to
s●ften
any
Devils
but
Fanaticks
!
after
so
many
specious
Adresses
,
said
to
be
presented
by
his
Majesties
Most
Dutifull
and
Loyal
Subjects
!
I
say
,
who
could
imagine
,
that
after
all
This
,
any
Such
men
should
be
found
among
Us
,
that
would
not
only
Conspire
against
the
King
[
but
have
now
Hellishly
engaged
Themselves
in
an
open
Rebellion
against
Him.
]
But
methinks
if
Men
would
but
seriously
consider
,
how
the
Providence
of
God
hath
been
particularly
concerned
for
our
King
all
along
,
from
his
Birth
even
to
this
day
[
in
delivering
him
from
dangers
and
freeing
him
from
the
Mischievous
Imaginations
of
Wicked
Men
,
&c.
]
it
should
be
enough
to
turn
the
hearts
of
all
his
Enemies
,
and
prevail
with
Them
to
love
his
Government
and
Him
,
who
hath
continually
been
,
And
Still
is
,
wonderfully
preserved
by
the
immediate
Care
of
Heaven
.
I
have
heard
of
a
Iew
that
was
Converted
to
the
Christian
Faith
,
by
considering
these
Wonders
of
Christ
for
the
King.
Though
the
generality
of
Men
have
been
strangely
Blinded
and
mislead
,
by
the
Artifices
of
Those
,
who
made
use
of
Mens
Fears
of
Popery
,
to
promote
their
own
Fanatick
and
Republican
Interests
;
Yet
there
were
[
and
still
are
]
Many
that
will
not
be
wrought
upon
To
bow
down
their
knees
to
Baal
;
[
or
Worship
the
Golden
Calf
which
Same
Men
have
set
up
]
We
have
all
pretended
gr●at
Honour
and
Affections
for
his
Majesty
,
and
a
most
tender
care
for
his
safety
and
preservation
.
But
We
can
never
be
Loyal
or
good
Subjects
,
till
We
appl●
our selves
heartily
to
the
necessa●●
business
of
Repen●ance
,
and
Turn
from
the
Evil
of
our
ways
;
We
ought
to
make
it
the
business
of
our
whole
life
▪
Truly
to
Fear
and
Obey
God
,
And
then
we
●eed
not
fear
the
most
Malicious
and
Wicked
Parties
of
Those
who
have
basely
gon
off
from
the
King's
Side
(
if
ever
they
were
really
on
it
)
And
gon
off
too
,
with
all
sorts
of
Debauchery
and
Immorality
along
with
Them.
T
is
necessary
too
that
Men
repent
of
their
Follies
,
P
:
O
:
kept
to
his
Declaration
?
that
they
have
been
so
credulous
and
easy
,
In
taking
the
words
,
and
trusting
to
the
Principles
,
and
ab●tting
(
tho'
Inadvertently
)
the
Practices
of
these
Conspirators
;
And
to
beware
of
the
like
Follies
for
the
future
.
Those
Principles
which
have
been
sent
so
thick
abroad
of
late
,
That
the
King
holdeth
not
his
Crown
Jure
divino
,
but
is
the
Common
Wealths
Trustee
and
Delegate
;
That
he
is
accountable
to
his
People
;
That
all
his
Rights
are
founded
upon
Human
Laws
,
That
He
is
a
Co-Ordinat
State
;
And
that
the
Supreme
or
Soveraign
Power
is
Lodged
in
the
People
:
Whither
did
These
Doctrines
tend
,
but
to
the
Deposition
and
Destruction
[
or
B●nishment
]
of
his
Majesty
?
you
may
observe
they
were
the
Principles
which
Bradshaw
went
upon
at
the
Kings
T●yal
.
The
manifest
obstructing
the
Course
of
Justice
,
notwithstanding
full
and
pregnant
Evidence
;
The
protecting
of
the
B●sest
F●l●ows
,
and
the
greatest
Cri●i●als
,
who
had
nothing
to
recommend
them
but
this
,
that
They
were
Factious
and
Dishonest
;
The
taking
of
Oaths
,
not
in
the
sense
of
the
Law
,
but
according
to
every
Mans
priva●e
construction
;
The
justifying
of
the
most
infamous
villains
;
and
the
zealous
endeavours
which
have
been
used
,
both
to
rescue
Traytors
from
the
Law
,
and
to
cl●anse
their
Reputation
,
af●er
they
were
condemned
for
the
foulest
Malefactors
Whither
did
all
thi
's
tend
,
but
to
embolden
Conspirators
,
and
to
encourage
them
with
securities
from
all
manner
of
Penalty
,
if
they
had
but
the
Character
of
true
Protestants
?
[
*
](B10212-e26980-b)
*
A
character
of
the
Popish
●lot
.
The
Suborning
of
Wretches
,
to
say
and
unsay
,
to
speak
by
Roat
,
and
to
tell
every
thing
but
truth
;
The
Supporting
of
Perjury
as
a
Trade
,
far
more
profitable
than
any
old
English
Manufacture
;
and
the
Stitching
up
of
every
hole
,
which
any
Common
Idiot
could
see
in
an
improbable
Story
,
What
did
this
tend
to
,
but
to
keep
a
great
stock
of
Oaths
in
Bank
,
to
swear
the
King
himself
out
of
his
Honour
and
his
Life
?
The
Charge
and
Sweat
which
Thousands
have
wasted
,
to
put
the
most
Disaffected
persons
into
Places
and
Offices
of
great
Trust
,
and
Power
!
What
did
this
tend
to
,
but
to
make
Resistance
and
Rebellion
look
fair
with
the
Face
of
Authority
?
the
aspersing
of
the
Government
;
the
Calumniating
of
his
Majesty
,
and
all
Subordinate
Magistrates
,
and
Loyal
Ministers
of
State
;
The
Frightning
of
Men
with
such
a
noise
of
Popery
,
when
so
many
had
exchanged
all
Religion
for
Atheism
;
The
Out-cry
against
Tyrany
,
when
the
Licenciousness
of
those
very
men
argued
that
Common
Justice
could
not
be
done
,
no
,
not
for
the
King
himself
;
What
did
all
this
tend
to
but
to
Subvert
the
Fundamental
Constitution
both
in
Church
and
State
?
The
dispersing
of
Libells
;
The
Countenancing
of
the
most
Seditious
Pamphlets
,
that
came
from
the
Rudest
and
Fllthiest
hands
;
The
Scareing
of
Men
(
if
it
had
been
possible
)
from
speaking
Reason
,
Justice
or
Truth
;
And
the
practicing
of
every
thing
that
serv'd
for
the
diminution
of
all
that
is
Good
,
Great
,
and
Noble
;
What
did
all
this
tend
to
,
but
to
help
Evil-minded
Men
by
degrees
and
Inches
to
get
to
the
king's
Throne
,
that
they
might
Assaffinate
his
Person
with
a
full
Thrust
,
and
then
leave
it
to
the
prejudiced
and
ill
affected
world
to
make
their
Appology
.
One
would
have
thought
it
impossible
,
that
discerning
Men
should
not
be
able
to
look
to
the
end
of
these
things
,
nor
so
much
as
to
guess
at
the
Conclusion
by
the
premisses
:
But
so
it
was
that
great
multitudes
of
Men
(
Some
of
whom
I
am
perswaded
were
not
guilty
of
Black
Intentions
)
were
led
away
with
the
Common
Error
,
and
upon
false
presumptions
;
That
nothing
was
at
the
Bottom
,
but
a
tru●
Design
for
the
Interest
and
Stability
of
Religion
;
The
Stale
pretence
that
turn'd
the
Nation
into
Aceldema
once
before
!
'T
is
High
time
therefore
for
such
to
be
sorry
to
see
how
greatly
They
were
befool'd
,
and
to
consider
with
themselves
how
far
they
may
have
contributed
(
tho'
unwittingly
)
to
the
carrying
on
a
Design
Soe
Horrid
and
Barbarous
without
a
Parallel
;
and
by
their
just
Indignation
for
what
is
past
,
and
Highest
zeal
for
the
future
,
to
endeavour
(
if
it
be
possible
)
to
make
his
Majesty
Reparation
for
those
intollerable
mischiefs
,
which
Blood-thirsty
Traytors
would
(
perhaps
)
never
have
attempted
upon
the
Confidence
of
their
own
Interest
.
I
have
no
more
to
add
'
but
that
We
give
all
dilligence
Religiously
and
Honestly
to
perform
Our
Duty
to
God
,
and
to
his
Annoynted
;
and
in
so
doing
to
look
up
to
the
Hills
from
whence
all
our
help
cometh
,
and
to
trust
in
God
for
Our
deliverance
from
These
Dangers
which
Stand
now
dreadfully
before
Us
,
trusting
in
Him
,
who
hath
heretofore
delivered
Us
,
that
He
will
deliver
Us
yet
Still
;
Tho
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
be
many
,
Yet
the
Lord
delivereth
him
out
of
all
.
London
,
Printed
for
William
Abington
next
the
Wo●der
in
Lu●g●e-street
.
Samaritanisme
Revived
,
A
Sermon
Preach'd
at
Great
Yarmouth
,
by
Luke
Milbourne
Ezra
,
4.
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5.
THo'
wicked
men
of
all
kinds
are
at
never
so
great
a
distance
among
themselves
,
yet
Truth
being
equally
an
Enemy
to
them
all
,
it
moves
their
hatred
so
much
against
it self
,
that
other
disgusts
and
Broyls
are
soon
forgotten
.
So
the
Pharisees
,
Sadduces
,
and
Herodians
laboured
at
all
times
to
undermine
each
other
,
but
readily
combined
together
to
destroy
our
Saviour
.
The
more
vigorous
and
bright
Truths
luster
is
,
the
more
violent
the
assaults
of
its
opposers
,
be
:
So
it
proved
in
the
Primitive
Church
,
many
and
absurd
Heresies
sprung
up
in
it
,
The
breaches
between
the
different
Hereticks
were
irreparable
,
And
yet
They
Lived
almost
in
a
constant
Conspiracy
against
the
True
Catholick
Church
of
Christ
:
And
he
that
examins
Church
History
will
finde
,
that
when
peace
gave
the
greatest
Ornaments
to
Christianity
the
Mushroon
Heresies
and
Schisms
grew
up
the
fastest
;
as
on
the
contrary
,
when
Religion
grew
indifferent
and
the
Professors
of
it
Lukewarm
,
Hereticks
and
Schismaticks
seemed
to
lay
down
their
Weapons
,
as
if
Hell
had
no
more
employment
for
them
.
The
Devil
is
never
so
truly
dreadful
,
as
when
he
puts
on
the
shape
of
an
Angel
of
Light
,
otherwise
every
one
stands
upon
his
guard
,
but
then
the
Subtle
Serpent
insinuats
himself
into
the
bossoms
of
those
,
who
least
suspect
his
poysonous
nature
.
And
Wicked
Men
can
never
possibly
do
such
mischief
,
as
when
They
put
on
the
visor
of
Piety
;
The
servants
of
God
avoid
Them
,
when
they
appear
like
Themselves
,
But
when
the
sheeps
Clothing
has
invested
the
Wolf
,
even
he
may
pass
for
a
very
Innocent
Creature
.
It
is
not
to
be
question'd
,
but
that
the
acknowledgment
of
the
True
God
,
and
the
offering
due
sacrifices
to
him
as
God
,
is
the
main
Foundation
of
True
Religion
:
But
a
bare
Foundation
without
a
Superstructure
is
of
on
worth
,
for
upon
these
Principles
plainly
and
evidently
depend
a
great
number
of
other
things
,
which
,
if
not
observed
,
prove
that
the
Foundation
was
never
truly
own'd
;
For
if
a
man
believe
indeed
that
there
is
a
God
,
and
by
offering
Sacrifices
,
acknowledgeth
there
is
a
duty
owing
to
that
God
,
nothing
can
be
commanded
by
that
God
,
nothing
forbidden
,
but
the
man
(
if
he
hopes
for
Salvation
)
must
sincerely
,
and
to
the
utmost
of
his
power
obey
it
.
All
the
Commands
of
God
must
be
punctually
obey'd
;
Men
may
not
cull
out
this
,
or
another
,
according
to
their
own
Fancies
,
since
the
Rule
is
infallibly
Authentick
,
Iam.
2
,
10.
That
whosoever
shall
keep
the
whole
Law
,
and
yet
offend
in
one
point
,
he
is
guilty
of
all
;
The
reason
is
because
he
breaks
that
very
Foundation
he
builds
upon
viz.
)
The
confession
of
a
God
,
and
our
duty
to
Him
:
The
Apostle
makes
the
inference
,
verse
the
11
:
For
He
that
said
do
not
commit
Ad●l●ery
,
said
also
,
do
not
Kill
;
now
if
thou
commit
no
Adultery
,
yet
if
thou
Kill
Thou
art
become
a
●ransgressor
of
the
Law
:
so
then
if
any
man
pretend
,
out
of
a
sense
of
his
duty
to
God
,
to
do
one
or
more
things
,
and
yet
mindes
not
some
other
things
,
which
God
has
commanded
aswell
as
those
,
His
whole
Obedience
is
nothing
,
and
his
whole
pretence
a
Lye
,
he
really
(
with
the
Fool
)
says
in
his
heart
,
there
is
no
God.
But
if
at
last
we
look
into
the
word
of
God
,
we
shall
find
that
as
he
has
commanded
us
to
abstain
from
all
Immoralities
,
even
from
whatsoever
has
the
least
appearance
of
Evil
;
so
he
has
by
the
Apostle
enjoyn'd
Us
to
mark
,
to
set
a
brand
of
infamy
on
Those
,
which
cause
Divisions
and
Offences
,
contrary
to
the
Doctrine
We
have
learned
,
and
to
avoid
them
,
1
Thes:
5
,
22.
For
They
that
are
such
serve
not
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
but
their
own
Belly
,
and
by
good
words
and
fair
speeches
Deceive
the
Hearts
of
the
People
,
Rom:
16
17
,
18.
It
is
not
the
openess
of
a
Sin
that
makes
it
comparitively
the
greater
;
Malice
is
as
bad
as
Theft
,
yet
it
lys
close
conceal'd
within
the
dark
Recesses
of
the
heart
;
Witchcraft
is
an
obscure
Sin
,
few
know
what
it
is
,
yet
every
one
believes
it
worse
than
Drunkeness
,
Adultery
,
Covetuousness
,
&c.
And
Treason
tho'
it
hates
the
light
,
is
as
had
as
Profaness
.
To
Curse
the
King
in
Our
hearts
(
tho'
never
so
secretly
)
is
a
Damnable
Sin
,
And
't
is
the
same
To
contrive
Tumults
and
Rebellions
in
the
State
,
against
Our
Lawful
Soveraign
.
But
these
last
admit
of
one
particular
aggrava●ion
beyond
all
bare
Immoralities
whatsoever
;
and
it
is
this
,
every
one
who
pretends
to
Conscience
acknowledges
it
to
be
his
duty
,
to
abjure
all
Immoralities
,
while
many
pretend
to
be
active
in
the
other
only
for
Conscience
sake
,
And
when
Sin
is
once
abetted
by
that
which
men
call
Conscience
,
the
mischievous
effects
of
it
know
no
bounds
.
Presently
after
the
King's
Restauration
,
before
things
wre
fully
settled
Tong
,
Phillips
,
Stubbs
,
Hind
,
Sallers
,
Gibbs
,
(
all
of
'Em
men
pretending
to
tender
Consciences
)
were
executed
at
Tyburn
22
Decemb.
1662.
for
no
meaner
a
design
than
Cutting
off
Root
and
Branch
,
Kings
!
Queens
!
Dukes
!
Bishop
!
all
were
to
go
one
way
!
That
there
should
be
no
Runing
beyond
Seas
,
or
parlyes
there
,
but
a
Total
destruction
of
the
King
,
Lords
,
Bishops
and
Gentry
;
The
Plot
when
effected
to
be
Charged
upon
the
Papists
,
and
the
People
to
be
excited
to
Rise
in
Arms
under
pretence
of
a
Popish
Massacre
;
And
the
Godly
party
in
the
year
following
were
Plotting
again
(
in
the
Northern
parts
)
to
carry
on
the
same
work
their
Brethren
had
failed
in
before
;
Of
which
Treasonable
Plot
;
His
Majesty
told
the
two
Houses
,
That
it
was
of
a
large
extent
,
and
very
near
execution
,
had
not
he
by
God's
goodness
come
to
the
knowledg
of
the
Principal
contrivers
,
and
so
secured
them
from
doing
their
intended
mischief
.
But
still
the
Evil
Spirit
was
not
quite
lay'd
,
In
the
year
1666
the
several
Parties
ventur'd
once
more
upon
a
Plot
,
To
Murder
His
Majesty
,
Overthrow
the
Government
,
Surprise
the
Tower
,
Kill
the
Lord
General
and
to
Fire
the
City
of
London
,
which
Plot
was
to
have
been
executed
September
the
third
of
that
year
:
Mony
was
distributed
to
the
Conspirators
,
and
a
Council
of
the
Heads
setled
at
London
for
the
Management
of
affairs
:
For
which
Hellish
Plot
Rathbone
,
Saunders
,
Tuck●r
,
Flint
,
Evans
,
Myles
,
Westcot
,
and
Cole
,
were
executed
.
And
tho'
so
many
suffered
,
yet
one
part
of
the
Plot
was
unhappily
effected
in
that
dreadful
Conflagration
wherein
the
great
Metropolis
of
the
Kingdom
was
lay'd
in
Ashes
.
This
being
disappointed
the
Devil
of
Sedition
flew
into
Sc●tland
,
when
in
the
same
year
the
Old
Covenanters
broke
out
into
Rebellion
,
at
Pentland
hills
,
soon
after
Iames
,
Mitchel
(
a
Covenanting
Minister
)
attempted
the
Assassination
of
Dr.
Sharp
,
the
most
Reverend
Arch-Bishop
of
St.
Andrews
,
and
in
the
attempt
mortally
wounded
the
Bishop
of
O●k●●y
:
But
the
poor
Arch-bishop
escaped
not
so
;
Implacable
Fanatis●n
pursued
,
'till
he
was
effectually
Murdered
by
some
of
the
Crew
(
with
the
most
inexpressible
barbarity
)
3d
May
1679
,
The
same
month
a
new
Rebellion
(
under
the
Banner
of
the
Covenant
)
broke
out
at
Bothwell
Bridge
,
where
Their
Powers
were
crush'd
once
again
;
From
which
blow
God
grant
They
never
more
return
.
But
all
these
ill
Successes
,
have
not
yet
(
It
seems
)
so
tamed
our
numerous
Sectaries
,
and
their
Favourers
,
but
that
Religious
Treason
has
once
more
made
its
Entry
among
Us
;
The
King
himself
,
the
Duke
,
the
great
Officers
of
State
,
the
Loyal
Magistrates
of
the
City
of
London
,
all
doom'd
to
Slaughter
,
&c.
No
●op●p●
!
No
Slave●y
!
has
been
the
Common
Cry
,
They
acting
therein
like
those
Sabtle
villains
,
who
when
they
have
Killed
a
man
themselves
,
are
the
most
busie
to
find
out
the
Murderers
.
Same
tell
us
,
that
he
Members
of
the
last
Parliament
at
Westminster
were
All
Church
Men
;
But
what
●hey
were
,
their
horrid
actions
declared
,
Such
Church
Men
the
true
Church
of
England
will
always
disown
,
as
only
fit
Associats
for
Conspirators
and
Rebells
.
Is
†
This
the
True
Protestancy
some
have
boasted
so
much
of
?
Or
are
all
P●pishly
aff●ted
who
declar
can
Hearty
abhorrence
of
all
such
D●●ilish
Principles
and
P●atices
?
May
We
all
bear
that
reproac●ful
Character
,
rather
than
for
a
Popular
Ti●le
,
run
headlong
to
the
Devil
.
And
let
all
Persons
,
who
profess
Loyalty
to
their
Soveraign
be
truly
Loyal
to
that
God
,
who
is
the
great
preserver
of
Princes
;
Let
the
world
be
convinced
,
that
even
s●eming
virtues
,
which
render
Schismaticks
plausible
,
are
solid
and
real
in
all
Thos●
,
who
maintain
God's
ancient
,
solemn
&
r●g●lar
worship
;
Let
Us
Fear
God
and
Honour
and
Trust
our
Soveraign
;
Let
no
Subtle
Emissarles
of
Faction
,
make
Us
suspicious
of
our
Superiours
,
or
of
one
another
,
That
so
We
preserving
the
unity
of
the
Spirit
in
the
bond
of
Peace
and
Righteousness
of
Life
,
the
wo●k
of
God
may
prosper
in
Our
hands
;
That
Plots
Treasons
and
Rebellions
against
Our
Lawful
Prince
,
may
for
ever
be
execra●ed
and
accursed
,
And
all
England
may
hear
and
fear
,
And
no
such
W●ckedness
may
be
hea●d
of
among
Us
any
more
.
London
Printed
for
Walter
Kettilby
.
A
Sermon
Preach'd
at
Westminster
Abby
on
the
29th
of
July
1685
,
being
the
Thanksgiving
day
for
Quelling
Monmouth's
Rebellion
,
by
Edward
Pelling
,
Chaplain
to
the
Duke
of
Somersett
.
Psal:
124.
6.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
,
who
hath
not
given
us
as
a
Prey
to
Their
Teeth
.
THe
good
Providence
of
God
over
the
Sacred
Persons
and
Government
of
Princes
in
p●eserving
both
from
the
most
Malicious
designs
of
so
many
Restless
and
Sanguinary
Spirits
,
is
one
of
the
most
stupendious
works
of
God's
Omnipotence
,
that
ever
He
hath
shew'd
since
the
last
day
of
the
Creation
,
a
Miracle
which
was
the
Common
Subject
of
King
David's
thankfull
M●●itations
(
up
and
down
throughout
his
whole
Book
of
Psalms
)
and
pa●●icularly
in
this
Psalm
,
where
after
a
most
humble
manner
he
doth
adore
the
infinite
Mercy
and
Power
of
God
,
For
Delivering
Him
and
his
Subj●cts
,
from
the
●●reatning
dangers
of
a
fresh
Insurrection
:
And
that
too
,
when
the
Rebellion
was
so
formidable
,
When
the
Malice
of
Wicked
Men
was
so
outragious
;
when
their
app●tites
were
not
to
be
satisfi●d
but
with
streams
of
Blood
,
when
Ruin
was
breaking
in
upon
the
whole
land
like
a
mighty
Torrent
,
when
without
the
immediate
help
of
God
,
nothing
could
be
expected
but
utter
desolation
;
when
the
danger
was
so
emminent
,
and
seemingly
so
inevitable
,
that
Those
Men
of
Uiolence
thought
themselves
as
sure
,
as
if
the
Prey
they
sought
after
,
were
already
in
the
Gin
;
Then
was
the
time
for
God
to
lay
to
his
hand
,
to
make
bare
his
Arm
,
and
to
gain
himself
Fo●
our
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so
was
the
King
Delivered
from
Rochester
.
by
reseu●ng
Innocence
from
the
Pitt
,
as
it
lay
at
the
Brink
,
ready
to
drop
into
the
depth
of
Destruction
.
And
this
●a●ger
did
proceed
from
S●eba
and
his
Associates
;
a
desperate
Leader
of
a
Uery
Terrible
Defection
;
nothing
being
more
dangerous
to
any
Prince
,
than
the
United
Malice
of
Rebellions
Spirits
,
that
submit
,
not
for
Conscience
sake
,
but
either
upon
Constraint
,
or
for
Their
Interest
only
.
I
doubt
not
but
David
in
the
Penning
of
this
Psalm
particularly
thought
of
the
Conspyracy
of
his
Bloody
Son
Absolom
,
that
formerly
had
been
guilty
of
shameful
Murder
;
his
Ambitious
Son
Absolom
,
whom
nothing
would
satisfy
but
the
Crown
;
his
ungratful
Son
Absolom
,
that
so
basely
rewarded
him
for
his
Longings
after
him
,
when
he
fled
from
his
pres●nce
to
Geshur
,
and
for
his
pardon
,
for
his
Kisses
upon
his
return
;
His
Persidious
Son
Absolom
,
that
no
sooner
went
out
of
his
Fathers
Court
,
but
ran
to
the
Gates
,
to
steal
away
the
hearts
of
his
Fathers
Subjects
,
saying
O
that
I
were
made
Iudge
(
meaning
King
)
in
the
Land
;
His
Hypocritycal
Son
Absolom
that
pretending
a
desire
to
perform
his
vow
[
To
preserve
the
Protestant
Religion
&c.
]
would
have
Usurped
the
Throne
and
did
under
colour
of
Religion
raise
an
open
and
bare-fac'd
R●bellion
.
This
was
such
a
dreadful
Conspiracy
,
as
made
David
himself
[
the
King
]
tho'
a
man
of
such
Prowess
and
Conduct
,
presently
To
fly
for
his
Life
.
Such
a
Uiolent
agitation
were
People
in
the●●
that
they
were
ready
to
flow
to
him
from
all
Quarters
,
like
the
meeting
and
inundation
of
many
Rivers
to
make
a
Deluge
.
And
that
which
made
this
Conspiracy
the
more
Terrible
was
that
Achitophel
was
in
the
head
of
many
others
.
Achitophel
that
hardned
Traytor
,
and
cursed
Reprobate
,
that
when
his
Council
and
Bloody
endeavours
would
not
take
,
fled
for
it
presently
,
and
through
Anguish
and
Vexation
Hang'd
himself
:
A
sad
end
indeed
,
for
any
Rebel
to
be
his
own
Executioner
,
though
in
Some
Cases
't
is
pitty
that
an
Achitophel
,
an
Inveterate
and
Advising
Rebel
should
ever
dye
in
his
Bed.
When
the
Highest
Treason
was
form'd
by
such
working
Heads
,
when
't
was
Conducted
by
such
Politick
Councils
;
when
't
was
Executed
by
such
desperate
Instruments
;
when
it
prosper'd
On
a
suddain
by
such
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The
vilest
Treacherys
of
some
of
the
Nobility
,
in
the
West
.
Successful
Stratagems
,
nothing
could
be
expected
,
but
the
King
's
inevitable
Ruin
,
had
not
the
hand
of
God
been
more
concern'd
in
the
cause
,
than
the
hand
of
David's
Faithful
General
,
Joab
;
visible
in
the
surprizing
death
of
Absolom
,
Who
was
caught
in
a
wood
,
and
hung
by
his
Locks
upon
a
Tree
;
To
shew
the
World
what
a
Reward
all
They
deserve
that
take
up
Ar●s
and
Rebel
against
Their
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Is
not
James
the
2d
Son
of
Charles
the
first
and
only
brother
of
Charles
the
2d
who
dyed
without
Issue
.
Lawful
Prin●r
.
T
is
true
(
a
most
sad
and
shameful
Truth
God
knows
)
such
was
the
monstrous
Impiety
of
the
last
Age
,
that
it
afforded
one
unpresidented
,
unparallel'd
instance
of
God's
wrath
,
when
that
incomparable
Monarch
,
the
Glory
of
our
Reformation
,
and
Honour
of
the
world
,
was
forced
to
bow
his
head
down
,
and
to
fall
a
Sacrifice
,
to
the
Lusts
of
the
most
barbarous
Villains
,
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Somthing
like
the
case
of
his
present
Majesties
;
But
God
be
praysed
it
is
not
go●
so
far
!
as
if
God
had
forsaken
him
!
however
that
some
Compensation
might
be
made
for
that
superlative
(
and
otherwise
i●
reparable
)
loss
,
by
the
due
Succession
,
and
after
greatness
of
his
Posterity
,
God
hath
multiplyed
those
Temporal
Glories
upon
the
Sons
,
which
he
took
from
the
Father
,
and
gave
him
a
blessed
Eternity
in
Exchange
for
.
And
to
let
the
world
se●
,
that
Resistance
is
criminal
even
when
t
is
prosperous
,
and
to
punish
Rebellion
,
in
a
Second
Age
,
tho'
it
escaped
in
the
First
,
God
hath
delivered
the
Two
Royal
Brothers
,
from
six
Troub●es
and
s●aven
,
too
'
Sh●ba
and
Absolom
,
with
their
Wicked
Confederats
[
or
Inviters
]
joyn'd
hand
to
hand
to
execute
a
Conspiracy
,
which
had
been
long
a
forming
by
the
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For
the
People
are
alwais
deceived
by
the
beauty
of
the
Pretence
,
Religion
&c.
as
the
Serpent
deceived
Eve
,
with
the
fairness
of
the
fruit
.
And
repent
as
she
did
when
't
is
too
late
.
Se●pentine
Subtilty
of
a
twining
and
party-colour'd
Achitophel
.
This
Deliverance
was
manifestly
the
work
of
God.
Our
dangers
were
so
immense
,
and
and
yet
so
close
and
privy
,
that
it
b●●h
passed
the
Sagacity
,
and
exceeded
the
reach
of
humane
Force
to
prevent
them
,
and
nothing
can
deliver
Us
from
them
but
the
Power
and
wisdom
of
Almighty
God
,
What
were
the
Conspirators
,
but
the
most
daring
and
desperate
Villains
?
And
what
was
the
Conspiracy
itself
,
but
along
studied
,
and
now
ripe
Design
,
to
draw
in
upon
Us
an
whole
Deluge
of
Blood
to
over-whelm
Prince
and
People
with
final
Slaughter
,
To
destroy
the
very
name
,
aswell
as
to
stiflle
all
further
efforts
of
Loyalty
,
and
to
bury
Ou●
Monarch
[
or
Dethrone
him
]
beyond
all
hopes
of
a
Resurrection
?
and
what
is
like
to
be
at
the
end
of
all
this
,
but
Irreligion
and
A●●eism
,
accompanied
with
the
most
dismal
Confusions
,
and
a
Perpetual
War
,
till
by
weak'ning
and
killing
one
another
,
We
may
in
time
,
when
't
is
to
late
grow
weary
of
Our
Follies
.
Good
God!
That
ever
Atheism
should
prevail
in
such
a
Land
as
this
,
where
not
only
all
Demonstrative
Arguments
have
been
used
to
prove
a
being
infinitely
wise
,
Just
,
and
Good
,
to
preside
over
the
world
,
but
moreover
where
the
presence
of
God
hath
been
so
often
,
so
long
,
and
in
all
the
vicissitudes
and
changes
of
this
Sublunary
World
,
so
constantly
seen
and
manifested
,
as
if
he
had
taken
up
his
abode
with
Us
,
as
if
he
had
said
of
tkis
Kingdom
,
as
he
did
of
Zion
,
Psal.
132.
14.
This
is
my
Rest
for
ever
;
Here
will
I
dwell
,
for
I
have
a
delight
therein
;
And
yet
I
may
truly
say
,
but
to
our
great
shame
,
that
since
the
Creation
of
the
Universe
there
never
was
such
an
Athestical
Generation
,
no
,
not
in
the
most
dark
;
in
the
most
distant
;
in
the
most
infidel
parts
of
the
World
,
as
this
Nation
hath
groaned
under
these
late
years
.
And
yet
't
is
observable
(
tho'
it
be
very
strange
)
that
None
among
Us
have
pretended
greater
concernment
for
the
Reformation
,
than
Those
who
have
bid
open
defiance
to
all
Religion
whatsoever
Men
of
the
most
profligate
Reputation
:
Open
Drunkards
,
profest
Adul●●re●s
,
Notorious
Cheats
,
Forsworn
Rebells
,
Impudent
Lyars
,
Persidious
Hypocrites
,
and
but
the
other
day
Scoff●rs
at
God
,
and
at
the
very
shew
of
Piety
.
'T
is
enough
to
move
the
Meekest
,
the
most
Patient
Man
on
Earth
to
consider
what
Foreheads
of
Steel
and
Adamant
those
Impious
Wretches
,
haue
that
coul●
take
the
●●nsidence
Th●s
to
Gull
and
Impose
upon
the
People
,
by
a
seeming
Zeal
for
Religion
:
Especially
when
They
are
now
up
in
Arms
,
fighting
for
it
;
in
open
Rebellion
against
the
Example
of
our
Saviour
,
and
the
Precepts
of
the
Gospell
.
As
far
as
I
have
observed
,
the
whole
History
of
England
doth
not
afford
Us
an
Instance
of
God's
Providence
,
that
can
come
any
thing
near
that
account
which
Rel●tes
to
our
present
Soveraign
,
and
his
Royal
Brother
Deceased
;
unless
it
be
that
single
Story
of
King
Alfred
the
great
:
A
Prince
of
that
Learning
Wisdom
,
Clemency
,
Sweetness
of
nature
,
and
other
such
excellent
Virtues
,
as
really
made
him
an
honour
and
ornament
to
the
Throne
.
And
yet
that
excellent
Prince
was
once
Reduc'd
to
those
miserable
straights
partly
by
the
Invasion
of
Enemies
from
abroad
,
and
partly
through
the
Treachery
of
Rebels
and
Deserters
at
Home
,
that
he
was
Forc'd
to
put
himself
into
the
disguise
once
of
a
Common
Soldier
,
another
time
of
an
Herds-man
,
and
at
last
to
abscond
for
a
considerable
time
in
the
West
,
in
a
poor
Cottage
,
among
Woods
and
Moors
(
a
sad
and
wofull
place
for
a
Crown'd
Head
to
Rest
in
!
)
And
yet
such
was
his
Religious
dependance
upon
God
,
that
tho'
He
was
Forsaken
by
his
Friends
,
invioron'd
with
his
Enemies
,
and
brought
to
those
extreams
and
shameful
necessities
,
that
his
mother
and
himself
were
hardly
able
to
subsist
,
yet
He
doubted
not
but
Providence
w●uld
one
Day
Restore
Him
to
his
just
Grandieur
.
And
so
it
was
,
that
in
that
very
mean
Condition
,
in
that
most
obscure
place
he
began
the
Recovery
of
his
Fortunes
:
There
he
began
the
Foundation
of
his
Kingdom
,
Raising
it
on
still
by
degrees
,
till
in
a
little
time
he
became
the
sole
and
absolute
Monarch
of
this
Nation
,
and
made
it
a
most
Flourishing
Kingdom
,
and
gave
many
the
most
excellent
Laws
that
We
enjoy
at
this
Hour
,
or
rather
may
so
do
,
when
God
shall
Restore
the
King
,
and
we
return
to
to
Our
Allegiance
and
Duties
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Samuel
Keble
at
the
Turks
Head
in
Fleet-street
.
Error
Pag:
2
,
line
last
Read
their
Shoulders
.
POSTSCRIPT
.
NOw
Reader
!
(
after
Thou
hast
duly
consider'd
these
Firm
Doctrines
,
of
the
Protestant
Religion
)
Tell
me
truly
,
If
thou
canst
expect
ever
to
see
One
Rebel
in
Heaven
,
or
to
meet
even
any
of
Those
,
that
do
but
wish
prosperity
to
Rebellion
,
in
the
Regions
of
Bliss
?
Tell
me
,
if
thou
hast
any
dread
of
a
Future
Judgment
!
If
thou
hast
any
value
for
thy
Soul
!
what
Rewards
will
follow
Thee
!
what
vengeance
rather
will
pursue
Thee
!
if
thou
set
up
a
God
of
thy
own
Fancy
,
and
hearken
to
the
Oracles
of
Rebellion
,
instead
of
Governing
all
thy
Thoughts
words
and
Actions
,
by
the
precepts
of
the
Gospel
,
and
after
the
meek
example
of
the
Blessed
Jes●s
?
Dost
thou
think
one
Murther
enough
to
Damn
an
unrepenting
Soul
,
and
Canst
thou
wish
Success
to
those
that
take
Arms
against
the
King
,
without
Plunging
thy self
into
the
Guilt
of
every
Man's
Blood
that
is
,
or
shall
be
Spilt
,
in
such
a
Damnable
Quarrel
?
Canst
thou
Offer
in
Sacrifice
,
thy
will
and
affections
(
as
the
Indians
do
their
darling
Children
to
the
Devil
)
to
the
Monstrous
Idol
of
Rebellion
,
and
not
be
tainted
with
that
Idolatry
,
which
will
inevitably
Damn
thy
Soul
,
without
a
most
speedy
,
and
the
deepest
Repentance
?
Nay
tell
me
if
thou
canst
Repent
,
If
the
Nature
of
thy
Crime
,
will
admit
of
Repentance
in
thee
,
when
Lucifer
was
Damn'd
,
because
the
Sin
of
his
Rebellion
was
utterly
incapable
of
that
Grace
,
which
gives
a
true
Repentance
.
Fare-well
.
These
Sermons
may
be
Printed
,
Dublin
Castle
the
28th
of
July
1689.
Patrick
Clogher
.
Thanksgiving
Sermons
Preached
on
the
9th
of
September
.
1683.
-
Francis
Lord
Bishop
of
Ely
,
pag.
37
-
John
Fitz-william
,
D.
D.
pag.
01
-
William
Sherlock
,
D.
D.
pag.
15
-
Paul
Lathom
,
Prebend
of
Sarum
,
pag.
20
-
Benjamin
Calamy
,
D.
D.
pag.
25
-
William
Bolton
Scholmaster
of
the
Charter-house
.
pag.
30
-
John
Price
,
D.
D.
pag.
33
-
Charles
Powel
,
M.
A.
pag.
43
-
William
Smith
Prebend
of
Norwich
,
pag.
47
-
Miles
Barnes
,
D.
D.
pag.
51
-
Henry
Hesketh
,
Minister
of
St.
Hellens
pag.
55
-
John
Harrison
,
D.
D.
pag.
58
-
Edward
Pelling
,
D.
D.
pag.
60
-
Luke
Milbourne
pag.
65
-
A
Thanksgiving
Sermon
against
Monmouth's
Rebellion
29th
July
.
1685.
-
Edward
Pelling
,
D.
D.
pag.
68