To
my
Country-Men
,
The
ROMAN
CATHOLICKS
of
IRELAND
.
Gentlemen
,
Sect
1.
I
May
with
Reason
expect
that
you
should
give
some
Regard
to
the
following
Admonitons
,
since
They
Result
from
the
Compassion
of
a
Gentleman
,
the
Charity
of
a
Christian
,
and
the
Affection
of
a
Friend
;
and
their
Design
is
to
promote
the
Safety
and
Happiness
of
the
Kingdom
in
general
,
and
of
You
in
particular
.
Sect
2.
Nor
ought
it
to
disoblige
you
,
that
I
explain
my
Friendship
not
to
extend
to
your
Popory
,
or
your
Vices
;
since
't
is
the
Design
of
this
Epistle
to
Reform
both
These
.
'T
is
better
that
my
Affection
should
be
founded
,
as
it
is
,
upon
the
Good
Qualities
you
are
endued
with
,
and
the
Disposition
I
think
I
perceive
in
You
at
This
Time
to
a
General
Conversion
,
and
to
become
Good
Subjects
and
Good
Christians
.
Sect
3.
And
since
't
is
your
Interest
to
be
so
,
That
you
may
live
Comfortably
in
This
World
,
and
be
Happy
in
the
Next
,
you
ought
to
be
Diligent
in
Finding
out
,
and
Careful
in
Pursuing
the
proper
Methods
for
Attaining
those
Important
Ends.
Sect
4.
But
because
they
are
most
Obedient
to
their
Physician
,
who
are
throughly
Convinced
that
their
Distemper
is
Dangerous
,
I
ought
first
to
Enquire
how
far
you
are
from
being
Good
Sabjects
or
Good
Christians
,
whilst
you
continue
Papists
,
in
hopes
it
may
prepare
you
to
receive
my
Directions
the
more
readily
for
your
Amendment
in
both
,
Sect.
5.
How
far
too
many
of
You
are
from
being
Good
Subjects
to
a
Protestant
King
,
whom
you
believe
Damn'd
,
and
wish
Dethron'd
,
your
own
Hearts
can
testifie
,
as
your
Tongues
do
every
day
,
whilst
they
express
the
Exultations
of
your
Souls
at
every
Misfortune
that
befalls
the
English
,
and
the
Dissatisfaction
of
your
Minds
at
the
Glorious
Successes
of
Our
Victorious
King
:
Examine
your
own
Hearts
,
How
much
were
you
griev'd
at
that
Common
Good
of
a
General
Peace
?
How
loth
were
you
to
believe
it
,
even
after
it
was
Proclaim'd
?
How
many
Ridiculous
and
Improbable
Stories
did
you
either
Invent
or
Promote
to
keep
up
the
Spirits
of
your
Party
,
during
the
War
,
and
particularly
that
groundless
Sham
of
England's
being
left
out
of
the
Peace
?
How
often
have
you
wish'd
Success
to
those
Enemies
of
Christianity
the
Turks
,
in
hopes
it
might
divert
the
Confederate
Princes
,
and
promote
the
Designs
that
were
formed
to
Enslave
Christendom
?
How
zealous
were
you
for
Arbitrary
Power
in
the
late
Reigns
,
in
order
to
bring
in
Popery
upon
the
Ruines
of
the
Laws
and
Liberties
of
your
Country
?
But
not
to
insist
upon
the
Words
of
your
Mouths
,
or
the
Meditations
of
your
Hearts
,
Let
us
resort
to
Action
,
and
Enquire
how
it
has
been
in
former
Times
;
and
sure
it
could
not
be
well
with
Those
who
stifled
the
operations
of
their
own
Reason
,
and
gave
themselves
up
to
the
Conduct
of
Popish
Clergy
,
whose
Oath
is
so
strict
,
that
as
the
Friar
confessed
,
They
must
be
perjur'd
to
the
Pope
,
if
they
prove
True
to
the
King
.
Sect
6
As
to
the
Time
before
the
Conquest
,
your
own
Procurator-General
,
Peter
Walsh
confesses
,
Tha●
never
any
Nation
upon
Earth
came
near
the
Milesian
Irish
,
in
the
most
Unnatural
Feuds
that
have
been
heard
of
;
Feuds
(
says
he
)
so
prodigiously
Bloody
,
that
as
they
were
first
Founded
,
so
they
still
increased
and
Continued
in
Blood
,
from
the
Foundation
of
the
Monarchy
in
the
Blood
of
Heber
,
to
the
Murder
of
the
Penultimate
Monarch
,
Moriurta
Mac
Neil
;
Feuds
continued
with
the
greatest
Pride
,
most
Hellish
Ambition
,
and
cruellest
Desires
of
Revenge
,
and
followed
with
the
most
horrible
Injustices
,
Rapines
,
Desolations
,
Perfidiousness
,
Rebellions
,
Treacheries
and
Murders
,
for
almost
2000
Years
.
He
proceeds
,
and
says
,
That
we
never
read
of
any
other
People
in
the
World
,
so
Implacably
,
so
Furiously
,
so
Eternally
set
upon
the
Destruction
of
one
another
.
He
tells
you
of
600
Battels
fought
Cruelly
and
Unnaturally
by
Men
of
the
same
Country
,
Language
;
Lineage
,
and
Religious
Rites
,
Tearing
out
the
Lives
of
one
another
for
Dominion
or
Revenge
;
and
that
118
Irish
Monarchs
were
slaughter'd
by
their
own
Subjects
,
whereof
94
were
Murder'd
,
and
86
of
them
succeeded
by
the
Regicides
,
Sect
7.
And
now
,
Gentlemen
,
pray
consider
whether
any
Christian
ought
to
boast
of
the
Loyalty
of
such
Ancestors
,
or
glory
in
the
Religion
of
such
Fore-fathers
.
Sect
8.
But
as
it
was
thus
bad
before
the
Conquest
,
it
has
not
been
much
better
since
;
for
it
is
manifest
that
there
have
been
more
Rebellions
in
Ireland
since
the
Conquest
,
than
there
have
been
in
any
two
Kingdoms
of
Europe
within
that
period
.
Sect
9.
But
because
the
greatest
Pretensions
of
Irish
Loyalty
were
made
to
the
Royal
Family
of
the
Stuarts
,
who
(
they
say
)
were
of
their
Milesian
Blood
and
Lineage
,
and
Descended
from
the
Ancient
Monarchs
of
Ireland
,
it
will
be
fit
to
give
you
a
Summary
View
of
your
Ancestors
Behavior
,
and
your
own
,
in
their
Reigns
.
Sest.
10.
And
first
for
King
James
I.
'T
is
certain
that
he
had
but
little
respect
from
the
Irish
;
for
as
soon
as
they
understood
him
to
be
a
Protestant
,
and
Resolv'd
to
continue
so
,
they
oppos'd
his
Government
:
Even
the
great
Cities
and
1603.
Towns
that
had
been
stanch
in
former
Rebellions
,
were
deeply
Engaged
in
this
.
Limrick
,
Kilkenny
,
Clonmel
,
and
Wexford
,
were
of
this
Number
;
but
Waterford
and
Cork
were
more
obstinate
than
the
rest
,
so
that
the
Lord
Mountjoy
found
it
necessary
to
march
in
Person
with
the
Army
to
Reduce
them
.
Sect
11.
This
was
follow'd
by
the
Gun-Powder-Treason
in
England
;
and
soon
after
was
the
Conspiracy
of
the
Earls
of
Tyrone
and
1607.
Tyrconnel
,
and
their
Accomplices
in
Ireland
,
which
being
discovered
,
they
fled
to
Spain
,
and
the
next
year
,
upon
promise
of
their
1608.
Return
with
Succours
,
Sir
Cahir
O
Dogherty
seiz'd
Derry
and
Culmore
,
and
murdred
the
Governour
and
took
the
Field
;
but
about
five
months
after
he
was
defeated
and
slain
,
which
discouraged
all
other
Rebellions
in
that
Reign
;
tho'
the
Seditious
Behaviour
of
the
Popish
Members
in
the
Parliament
,
Anno
1613.
came
very
near
one
,
and
did
in
effect
Threaten
it
.
Sect
12.
The
next
that
Ascended
the
Throne
was
King
Charles
I.
Who
without
doubt
had
as
good
Title
as
his
Son
King
James
II
,
And
yet
the
Irish
did
Rebel
against
him
(
Anno
1641.
)
at
a
time
when
he
was
very
much
distress'd
and
in
a
manner
more
Barbarous
and
Bloody
than
ever
had
been
known
before
;
And
when
that
Kings
Affairs
requir'd
a
Peace
,
the
Irish
Papists
,
and
especially
those
of
the
Nuncio's
Party
,
(
tho'
they
boasted
of
Loyalty
then
,
as
loudly
as
they
do
now
)
undutifully
held
him
to
Difficult
and
Destructive
Conditions
,
and
Vary'd
and
Inhanc'd
upon
him
,
as
his
Necessities
increas'd
;
and
when
the
Peace
of
1646.
was
made
,
it
was
within
three
weeks
after
Perfidiously
Broken
by
Publick
Edict
of
the
Clergy
at
Waterford
Those
that
did
observe
it
,
were
Excommunicated
by
the
Nuntio
;
and
the
Kings
Heralds
that
went
to
proclaim
it
,
were
basely
Affronted
both
at
Waterford
and
Limrick
,
to
the
great
hazard
of
their
Lives
,
and
contrary
to
Allegiance
,
Good
Manners
,
and
the
Law
of
Nations
.
Sect
13.
Nor
were
they
more
dutiful
in
His
Majesties
Extremities
,
for
they
delayed
the
Peace
of
1648
until
a
Fortnight
before
his
Death
,
and
even
then
Forc'd
Conditions
upon
Him
that
Hastned
his
Fate
:
And
this
Peace
also
was
perfidiously
violated
,
as
well
as
the
former
;
not
only
because
Limrick
,
Waterford
and
other
great
Towns
,
would
not
obey
the
Lord
Lieutenant
(
Ormond
)
according
to
Stipulation
,
but
also
because
they
Persecuted
him
with
a
Thousand
Affronts
and
Indignities
,
and
at
last
Drove
him
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
even
whilst
he
was
Cloathed
with
the
Royal
Authority
.
And
they
were
no
less
Undutiful
to
the
Lord
Deputy
(
Clanrickard
)
tho
he
was
of
their
Own
Religion
;
so
that
they
had
no
other
Quarrel
to
him
,
but
that
he
was
the
King
of
England's
Deputy
;
and
yet
without
his
Concurrence
or
Knowledge
,
they
sent
Agents
to
Offer
the
Kingdom
to
the
Pope
,
the
French
King
,
the
Duke
of
Lorain
;
or
indeed
any
Body
that
would
take
it
from
the
English
.
Sect
15.
As
to
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
II.
they
lived
in
too
much
Hopes
,
to
plunge
themselves
into
Open
Rebellion
:
However
,
they
gave
this
Demonstration
of
their
Inclinations
,
That
in
a
National
Synod
held
by
Extraordinary
Favour
at
Dublin
,
Anno
1666.
They
refused
to
let
the
People
take
an
Oath
of
Allegiance
,
which
their
own
Procurator-General
,
P.
W.
had
fram'd
for
them
;
but
on
the
contrary
,
Persecuted
him
and
his
Adherents
for
endeavouring
to
Bind
them
to
a
Heretick
Government
by
so
strict
an
Oath
;
and
they
also
refused
to
beg
Pardon
for
the
Rebellion
of
1641.
one
of
their
Bishops
publickly
averring
,
That
he
knew
none
at
all
guilty
of
any
Crime
for
any
thing
done
in
the
War
.
Sect
▪
16.
And
as
for
King
James
II.
You
must
allow
that
your
Partiality
was
to
his
Popery
,
and
not
to
his
Person
,
or
his
Title
;
and
that
you
valued
him
as
your
Popish
Friend
,
and
not
as
an
English
King
,
since
you
paid
him
no
more
Respect
or
Loyalty
,
than
your
Own
Interest
required
;
and
when
that
varied
,
you
shewed
little
Respect
to
Him
or
His
Interest
,
but
on
the
contrary
us'd
him
very
ill
in
many
things
,
and
particularly
in
the
Instances
following
.
Sect.
17.
First
,
Whereas
nothing
could
more
Prejudice
or
Disoblige
the
People
of
England
,
or
Defeat
King
James's
hopes
of
being
Restor'd
there
,
than
the
ill
Usage
of
the
Protestants
,
especially
Clergy-men
,
in
Ireland
;
yet
did
you
Barbarously
and
Ungratefully
abuse
the
English
in
all
parts
of
the
Kingdom
;
you
Assaulted
and
Wounded
some
of
the
Clergy
,
and
forc'd
from
them
several
of
their
Churches
,
contrary
to
Law
,
and
contrary
to
King
James's
Express
Command
,
whom
you
Aw'd
to
that
degreee
,
That
thô
he
issued
a
Proclamation
to
prevent
seizing
any
More
Chnrches
,
yet
he
did
not
think
fit
to
insert
a
Clause
for
the
Restitution
of
those
that
were
illegally
taken
before
.
Sect
18.
Secondly
,
Contrary
to
King
James's
Interest
and
Inclination
,
and
to
the
Fundamental
and
Inherent
Right
of
the
Crown
of
England
,
you
made
This
Kingdom
Independent
of
That
;
You
forc'd
him
to
call
a
Parliament
Unseasonably
,
when
he
had
need
of
the
Members
to
promote
the
Siege
of
Derry
You
baffled
Poyning's
Law
,
and
Repeal'd
the
Act
of
Settlement
,
and
Prohibited
Appeals
and
Writs
of
Error
from
hence
to
England
.
Sect
19.
Thirdly
,
Whereas
you
had
Cried
Up
and
Asserted
King
James's
Dispensing
Power
in
England
,
and
therefore
should
have
done
so
in
Ireland
,
that
we
might
have
thought
you
in
Earnest
,
yet
you
were
so
far
from
this
,
that
by
your
Severe
Bill
of
Attainder
,
whereby
you
endeavour'd
to
Ruine
Women
and
Children
,
some
that
were
never
in
Ireland
,
and
more
that
had
never
done
you
any
harm
,
you
took
away
the
King's
Power
to
Pardon
,
which
is
the
Inherent
Right
of
the
Crown
.
Sect
20.
Fourthly
,
Thô
the
Chancellorship
and
Treasurership
of
Christ-Church
Dublin
,
were
founded
by
Queen
Mary
,
and
the
Namination
to
those
Dignities
reserved
to
her
and
her
Successors
;
yet
did
the
Titular
Archbishop
of
Dublin
clandestinely
obtain
Bulls
from
Rome
,
and
put
in
two
Priests
into
those
Places
against
King
James's
Will
;
and
thô
he
offer'd
them
Equivalents
,
yet
they
Contested
the
matter
so
Obstinately
with
him
,
that
he
was
forc'd
to
pronounce
the
Bulls
Surreptitious
,
and
to
write
to
Rome
to
Justifie
himself
in
a
long
Letter
,
wherein
he
complains
heavily
of
this
Undutiful
Attempt
upon
his
Undoubted
Right
,
lamenting
that
the
Clergy
were
not
satisfied
to
Invade
his
Prerogative
in
other
matters
,
without
Intruding
even
into
his
Chappel-Royal
.
Sect
21.
So
that
't
is
manifest
that
the
Pretended
Loyalty
of
Superstitious
and
Bigotted
Papists
,
especially
Clergy-men
,
is
appropriated
to
the
Court
of
Rome
,
and
not
to
the
Crown
of
England
:
And
if
you
will
consider
that
you
in
Ireland
,
who
believe
the
Supremacy
and
Infallibility
of
the
Pope
.
(
whenever
the
Pope
Excommunicates
the
King
,
as
Paul
III.
did
Henry
VIII
.
and
Pius
V.
did
Queen
Elizabeth
)
must
either
renounce
your
Allegiance
or
your
Religion
,
and
turn
either
Protestants
or
Rebels
;
and
if
you
will
likewise
consider
Father
John
Talbot
the
Jesuit's
Assertion
,
That
it
is
to
no
purpose
to
Exact
an
Oath
of
Allegiance
from
Papists
,
because
't
is
lawful
in
Point
of
Conscience
to
break
that
Oath
the
next
hour
,
provided
you
follow
the
Doctrine
of
Probabilities
,
and
understand
that
any
one
Doctor
is
of
that
Opinion
:
You
will
perhaps
be
of
my
Sentiment
,
That
't
is
difficult
for
one
that
is
Govern'd
by
a
Popish
Priest
,
to
be
a
Good
Subject
to
a
Protestant
King
.
And
this
may
lead
you
to
Examine
,
and
consequently
to
Detest
,
and
shake
off
a
Religion
so
Inconsistent
with
True
Loyalty
.
Sect
22.
My
next
Enquiry
should
be
,
Whether
you
are
good
Christians
,
or
can
be
so
,
whilst
you
are
wrap'd
up
in
so
much
Superstition
and
Ignorance
:
Pray
consider
whether
your
Religion
does
not
consist
too
much
in
Outward
Shew
and
Pageantry
,
without
the
Power
of
Godliness
in
your
Hearts
:
How
formal
and
vain
is
your
Devotion
,
that
is
satisfied
with
the
Number
of
Prayers
,
without
regarding
the
Words
or
understanding
the
Meaning
,
and
without
any
Intention
or
Attention
of
the
Mind
?
How
hypocritical
are
your
Mortifications
,
whilst
they
are
perform'd
sometimes
by
Deputy
,
and
sometimes
in
a
Trivial
and
Ridiculous
Pennance
?
Is
it
not
a
Mockery
to
pretend
to
Fast
upon
the
best
Fish
Fruit
,
White-meats
,
and
Wine
,
that
can
be
got
?
In
a
word
,
Do
not
you
place
your
Piety
in
being
of
a
Party
,
and
make
Vnity
and
Communion
with
the
Pope
,
the
Sum
and
Substance
of
Christian
Religion
,
and
expect
your
Salvation
from
meer
Chimerical
Notions
,
such
as
the
Treasures
of
the
Church
,
the
Indulgence
of
the
Pope
,
the
Absolution
of
the
Priest
,
and
the
Purifications
of
Purgatory
,
with
very
little
regard
to
Holiness
,
without
which
no
Man
shall
see
the
Face
of
GOD
?
Sect
23.
And
hence
it
is
that
the
two
Crying
Sins
of
the
Nation
,
Theft
and
Perjury
,
which
are
rarely
found
amongst
Protestants
,
are
so
common
among
you
,
that
the
one
is
become
an
Epithet
,
and
the
other
Proverbially
Scandalous
:
The
Protestants
know
,
they
must
make
Restitution
,
if
possible
,
or
b●
Damn'd
;
and
therefore
few
of
that
Communion
,
but
notorious
profligate
Reprobates
,
will
either
Forswear
or
Steal
.
But
you
are
not
under
this
Awe
,
having
too
often
some
Sophistical
Pretence
or
other
to
Justifie
or
Excuse
you
;
and
at
worst
fancying
that
you
may
be
absolved
at
an
easie
Rate
,
either
by
Confession
and
slight
Pennance
,
or
if
that
fails
,
by
a
few
turns
in
Purgatory
.
Sect
24.
And
thus
have
many
by
these
Loose
Notions
been
deluded
to
the
Gallows
,
and
more
to
Hell
,
who
had
never
been
thus
miserably
cheated
of
their
Lives
and
their
Souls
,
if
they
had
been
used
to
Sound
Doctrine
and
good
Sermons
,
or
suffered
to
Read
the
holy
Scriptures
,
and
other
good
Books
,
that
might
better
instruct
them
.
Sect
25.
But
the
Priest
will
say
,
He
does
warn
you
of
these
Vices
,
and
preach
Restitution
;
but
Experience
has
convinc'd
us
,
that
whatever
he
says
on
that
Subject
,
is
very
Cold
and
Ineffectual
,
and
that
he
does
countenance
the
contrary
Practice
;
since
all
is
discover'd
to
him
in
Confession
,
and
yet
no
Restitution
is
made
but
to
special
Friends
,
or
such
whom
the
Priest
is
afraid
of
:
And
since
without
Restitution
he
gives
Absolution
,
and
administers
the
Sacrament
not
only
to
Petty
Thieves
,
but
to
Proclaim'd
Tories
and
Rapparees
,
who
were
to
Rob
and
Murther
again
the
next
Day
.
Sect
26.
For
GOD's
sake
,
Gentlemen
,
do
not
suffer
your selves
to
be
thus
Impos'd
upon
:
Pray
look
back
a
little
,
and
enquire
,
Was
it
not
the
Priests
that
were
the
Original
of
Rapparees
?
Did
not
they
enjoyn
every
one
upon
pain
of
Excommunication
,
to
bring
a
Rapary
,
or
Half
Pike
,
in
his
hand
to
Mass
?
Did
not
they
Head
the
Rabble
,
and
in
many
Places
at
Noon-Day
with
Bag-Pipes
and
other
Circumstances
of
Jollity
and
Insolence
plunder
their
Protestant
Neighbours
?
Were
there
ever
more
Perjuries
,
or
greater
Villanies
committed
in
so
short
a
time
,
than
whilst
the
Popish
Clergy
had
the
Ascendant
?
Or
would
your
greatest
Enemies
desire
more
,
than
Liberty
to
Copy
afttr
your
Example
,
and
to
serve
you
Now
,
as
barbarously
as
you
served
Them
Then
?
Sect
27.
In
short
,
How
can
you
pretend
to
be
Good
Christians
,
and
to
obey
the
Will
of
GOD
,
whilst
you
are
so
ignorant
what
it
is
,
and
know
so
little
of
it
?
You
are
utter
Strangers
to
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
which
are
the
Word
of
GOD
;
and
even
the
Prayers
and
Offices
of
your
Church
,
are
in
a
Language
you
do
not
understand
:
Scarce
one
in
a
Tbousand
of
you
can
give
a
Tolerable
Account
of
the
Christian
Faith
,
or
the
Hope
that
is
in
him
,
but
is
contented
with
a
Jingle
,
To
believe
as
the
Church
believes
,
which
is
,
He
knows
not
what
;
and
in
effect
,
he
thinks
that
a
blind
Obedience
to
the
Avarice
and
Ambition
of
the
Clergy
,
will
serve
him
instead
of
the
Practice
of
Christian
Vertues
.
Sect
28.
And
Gentlemen
,
Since
it
is
not
to
Upbraid
,
much
less
to
Scandalize
you
,
that
I
have
insisted
upon
this
Ungrateful
Theam
,
but
purely
for
your
Service
,
to
open
your
Eyes
,
and
Undeceive
you
.
That
you
may
plainly
see
you
want
Help
and
Advice
:
And
since
that
Chyrurgion
is
more
your
Friend
that
Searches
your
Wound
to
the
bottom
,
that
he
may
cure
it
throughly
,
than
he
that
Skins
it
over
,
and
lets
it
fester
and
break
out
again
;
you
will
excuse
me
,
if
for
the
same
Reason
,
and
for
your
Thorough
Cure
,
I
put
you
upon
the
Enquiry
,
Whether
you
are
not
defective
in
your
Language
,
Obnoxious
to
the
Laws
,
and
Incapable
of
Preferment
?
And
whether
too
many
of
you
are
not
Slovenly
in
your
Habit
and
in
your
Houses
,
Unjust
in
your
Actions
,
even
to
Perjuries
and
Forgeries
innumerable
,
shamefully
countenanc'd
and
favour'd
by
some
of
your
Courts
of
Justice
in
the
late
Reign
;
Barbarous
in
your
Designs
to
Extirpate
the
Protestants
,
Poor
in
your
Fortunes
,
Low
in
your
Reputations
,
and
by
your
Ingratitude
and
Cruelty
Nakedly
Exposed
to
the
Just
Resentments
of
a
Provok'd
People
,
to
whom
GOD
Almighty
has
Given
,
and
(
notwithstanding
frequent
Rebellions
)
Continued
the
Dominion
over
you
.
Sect
29.
And
is
there
any
way
to
Extricate
you
out
of
all
these
Misfortunes
,
but
a
Total
Conversion
and
Conformity
to
the
Laws
,
Language
,
Habit
,
Manners
,
and
Religion
of
England
?
Sect
30.
And
would
not
your
Miserable
Country-men
,
now
begging
and
starving
in
France
,
be
over-joy'd
to
Return
to
their
Native
Soyl
upon
these
Terms
?
How
gladly
would
they
conform
,
if
they
might
be
Restor'd
!
Why
then
should
you
lose
the
Present
Opportunity
of
making
your selves
and
your
Posterity
happy
,
by
your
Conformity
to
Things
that
are
in
Themselves
so
Excellent
,
and
so
much
for
your
Advantage
both
as
to
Body
and
Soul
?
Sect
31.
I
will
not
deny
but
that
I
press
this
the
more
Earnestly
upon
you
,
because
I
think
you
are
Originally
English
,
and
of
Brittish
Extraction
:
To
prove
this
,
I
shall
not
wholly
Rely
on
the
Testimonies
of
Tacitus
,
Polybius
,
and
many
other
Ancient
Historians
and
Geographers
,
who
affirm
,
That
Ireland
was
Peopled
from
Britain
;
but
shall
demonstrate
it
from
the
Nature
of
the
thing
,
which
could
not
be
otherwise
:
For
before
the
Use
of
the
Compass
was
discover'd
,
they
could
make
no
other
than
Coasting
Voyages
in
sight
of
the
Shoar
.
Hence
't
is
that
all
Countries
were
first
Peopled
by
their
next
Neighbours
;
Greece
from
Asia
,
Italy
from
Greece
,
France
from
Italy
,
England
from
France
,
and
Ireland
from
Great
Britain
:
So
that
what
the
Old
Irish
Chronicles
report
to
the
contrary
,
is
not
only
False
,
but
utterly
Impossible
.
32.
To
this
I
might
add
many
of
the
Customs
of
the
Ancient
Brittons
retain'd
in
Ireland
to
our
own
days
;
your
Bows
and
Arrows
,
Bolyes
,
Mantles
,
Glibs
,
Bards
,
Druids
,
and
even
your
Gavelkind
,
are
derived
thence
.
But
what
need
we
say
any
more
,
but
that
your
Character
is
Saxon
,
and
your
Language
Originally
Welsh
?
Sect
33.
Besides
,
Two
Thirds
of
those
that
are
called
Irish
here
,
are
beyond
Controversie
of
English
Extraction
,
and
the
Progeny
of
the
First
Conquerours
,
or
of
such
as
came
over
afterwards
from
England
to
support
them
:
Of
this
sort
in
Munsier
,
we
have
the
Barryes
,
Courcyes
,
Skiddyes
,
Golds
,
Coppingers
,
Galways
,
Lumbards
,
Heas
.
Hodnets
,
Cogans
,
Lacyes
,
Roches
,
Rices
,
Miaghs
,
Purcels
,
Sarsfeilds
,
Powers
,
Barrets
,
Fitzmaurice
,
Condons
,
&c.
In
Conaught
,
Burks
,
Briminghams
,
Dillons
,
Browns
,
Frenches
,
Kirevans
,
Bodkins
,
Linches
,
Athys
,
&c.
In
Leinster
,
Butlers
,
Fitz-Geralds
,
Nettervills
,
Plunkets
,
Aplmers
,
Prestons
,
Wogans
,
Barnwells
,
Cusacks
,
Flemings
,
Nugents
,
Hussyes
,
Nangles
,
Keatings
,
Talbots
,
Sherlocks
,
Eustaces
,
&c.
And
in
Vlster
,
Savages
,
Dowdals
,
Russels
,
Peppards
,
&c
,
And
many
more
.
And
when
I
have
added
,
That
there
have
been
so
many
Cross-Marriages
between
the
old
English
and
old
Irish
,
that
there
is
scarce
a
Man
of
any
Note
,
but
has
of
the
Old
or
New
English
Blood
in
his
Veins
,
I
have
said
enough
to
convince
the
World
that
you
are
of
English
Extraction
.
Sect
34.
And
pray
Gentlemen
,
consider
what
greater
Honour
can
you
desire
,
than
to
be
accounted
English
?
Since
they
are
a
People
Famous
all
the
World
over
,
as
well
for
Arts
and
Arms
,
as
for
Honesty
,
Industry
,
Courage
,
and
Good
Nature
;
They
have
for
a
long
time
held
the
Ballance
of
Europe
,
and
more
than
once
preserved
the
Liberty
of
the
Christian
World
from
the
Attempts
of
an
Universal
Monarchy
;
and
which
is
yet
more
,
when
they
have
subdued
Others
,
they
have
at
the
same
time
Generously
Conquer'd
Themselves
,
and
have
post-pon'd
their
Resentments
to
their
Compassion
and
their
Justice
,
else
there
had
been
no
occasion
for
this
Monitory
Epistle
at
this
time
.
S.
35.
As
for
the
Laws
,
one
ought
to
refer
you
to
the
Flourishing
Condition
of
England
,
that
is
Govern'd
by
them
:
They
cannot
but
be
Excellent
,
since
they
are
derived
from
the
Law
of
GOD
,
the
Laws
of
Nature
and
Reason
,
Common
Customs
,
which
long
Experience
has
found
to
be
Useful
,
and
made
into
Law
,
and
Acts
of
Parliament
made
by
your selves
,
or
your
Ancestors
,
and
as
occasion
requir'd
,
adapted
to
Our
or
Their
Necessities
.
Nor
can
you
deny
but
that
the
Administration
of
these
Laws
is
Just
and
Equal
,
without
regard
to
Shiboleth
,
or
Siboleth
;
and
not
as
it
was
in
your
Time
,
when
few
but
those
of
your
Party
could
have
any
Success
in
the
plainest
Cases
:
In
short
.
I
appeal
to
your
own
Consciences
,
whether
you
do
not
live
much
better
under
the
Government
of
the
Laws
of
England
,
than
ever
your
Ancestors
did
under
their
Lords
and
Brehoos
.
Sect
36.
As
for
your
Language
,
it
is
Originally
Welsh
,
to
which
there
are
added
some
Words
of
Latin
,
and
some
of
English
;
so
that
you
are
deceiv'd
in
believing
that
Irish
is
a
pure
Original
Language
.
But
whatever
it
be
,
why
you
should
not
forsake
it
for
the
English
Tongue
,
which
is
much
more
Copious
,
and
which
is
by
Law
the
Language
of
this
Kingdom
?
No
Reason
can
be
assigned
but
Priestcraft
,
to
keep
you
in
Ignorance
,
and
to
uphold
a
Feud
between
us
.
Otherwise
,
by
using
the
English
Tongue
,
one
is
better
qualified
for
the
Cas●●e
,
the
Courts
of
Justice
,
and
the
Market
,
more
capable
of
Preserment
,
and
of
Charity
,
and
of
the
Benefit
of
Clergy
,
and
in
a
word
,
more
fit
for
the
best
Company
and
Conversation
:
So
that
it
seems
to
me
they
are
Bewitched
who
live
under
a
Government
,
and
Refuse
to
Learn
the
Legal
and
Received
Language
thereof
.
Sect
37.
As
to
the
Habit
and
Manners
of
the
English
,
you
cannot
deny
but
the
former
is
Neat
,
Tight
,
and
Clean
;
and
the
other
,
Correct
and
Genteel
;
and
therefore
as
many
of
you
as
come
to
any
Understanding
or
Fortune
in
the
World
,
do
imitate
us
in
both
,
but
with
this
difference
,
That
such
Irish
as
turn
Protestants
conform
entirely
to
our
Habit
and
Mannors
;
whereas
those
who
continue
Papists
,
are
generally
more
Slovenly
and
Unfashionable
,
more
Slattering
in
their
Cloaths
,
and
more
〈◊〉
in
their
Houses
,
But
sure
there
will
be
no
difficulty
to
perswade
your
Conformity
to
us
in
these
Points
,
since
all
we
desire
of
you
is
,
but
to
be
Neat
and
Clean
about
your
Persons
,
and
in
your
Houses
;
and
to
be
Civil
,
Genteel
and
Orderly
,
in
your
Conversation
;
to
which
in
Truth
you
are
Naturally
inclin'd
.
Sect
38.
Nor
can
I
see
why
you
should
scruple
to
Conform
to
the
Religion
of
the
Church
of
England
,
since
we
believe
all
that
our
Blessed
Saviour
has
Reveal'd
,
or
the
Apostles
Taught
;
all
that
the
holy
Scriptures
Contain
,
or
the
Primitive
Christians
Believ'd
,
or
the
first
Four
General
Councils
Approv'd
,
Sect
39
And
accordingly
,
The
Symbols
of
our
Faith
are
the
Apostolical
,
the
Athanasian
,
and
Nicene
Creeds
;
And
after
this
Manner
which
you
call
Herefie
,
do
we
Worship
the
GOD
of
our
Fathers
.
Sect
40.
And
suitable
hereunto
,
the
Precepts
of
our
Religion
are
Holy
,
Exhorting
to
all
sorts
of
Vertue
,
and
forbidding
all
manner
of
Vice
:
It
enjoyns
Good
Works
without
the
Foppery
of
Merit
,
and
without
Derogating
from
the
Value
of
our
Saviour's
Sufferings
and
Mediation
:
It
admits
of
no
Repentance
but
what
produces
a
Reformation
of
Life
and
Manners
;
and
it
indispensibly
Asserts
,
That
without
Holiness
no
Man
shall
be
saved
.
Sect
41.
Hence
you
may
perceive
which
is
the
Ancient
Religion
,
since
we
press
you
to
believe
no
more
but
the
Doctrines
of
Primitive
Christianity
,
which
were
from
the
Beginning
,
and
which
your
Church
dare
not
deny
,
and
which
indeed
you
believe
already
,
whilst
the
Church
of
Rome
obliges
you
to
believe
all
the
New
Articles
she
has
Coyn'd
,
or
shall
hereafter
Coyn
for
her
own
Profit
and
Advantage
.
Sect
42.
We
that
perceive
her
Designs
,
and
are
deliver'd
from
her
Tyranny
,
and
converted
from
her
Errors
,
being
desirous
,
according
to
the
Divine
Precept
,
to
strengthen
our
Brethren
,
Call
out
to
you
with
a
loud
Voice
,
and
fore-warn
you
of
the
Danger
:
We
beg
you
to
consider
whether
you
are
not
over-laden
with
Superstition
and
Idolatry
,
and
whether
the
Popish
Clergy
do
not
make
Tools
of
you
,
to
Enrich
and
Aggrandize
themselves
;
we
offer
to
Demonstrate
the
Cheat
,
and
to
shew
it
to
you
in
divers
Instances
,
and
we
offer
to
prove
by
the
Word
of
GOD
,
That
your
Church
has
Apostatiz'd
from
her
Primitive
Purity
in
many
Articles
both
of
Doctrine
and
Practice
.
Sest.
43.
Now
supposing
the
Priest
were
a
Deceiver
,
and
had
a
mind
to
Impose
upon
you
,
(
as
we
say
he
has
)
what
part
could
he
Act
but
as
he
does
?
He
would
exhort
you
to
stop
your
Ears
,
and
shut
your
Eyes
,
and
not
to
hear
or
read
a
word
against
the
Church
;
Probably
he
would
try
to
Frighten
you
,
and
tell
you
,
That
he
that
Doubts
is
Damn'd
:
'T
is
certain
he
would
advise
you
to
an
Implicit
Faith
,
blind-fold
to
believe
as
the
Church
(
that
is
,
the
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*
By
the
word
Church
,
we
understand
its
Head
the
Pope
,
Greg
,
Val.
34.
Pope
)
believes
;
to
be
Liberal
and
Charitable
to
the
Clergy
,
and
to
trust
him
to
direct
you
right
to
Heaven
,
thô
perhaps
he
does
not
know
one
step
of
the
way
thither
himself
.
Sect
44.
And
will
not
you
reply
to
such
a
one
,
That
since
GOD
has
given
you
Reason
and
Eyesight
,
and
has
Publish'd
the
Holy
Scriptures
for
your
Direction
,
and
has
commanded
you
to
Try
all
things
,
that
you
may
hold
fast
2
Thes.
5.
21.
ohat
which
is
Good
;
that
therefore
you
desire
to
be
inform'd
in
the
Way
you
are
to
go
,
that
you
may
examine
whether
it
be
Right
or
Wrong
.
And
since
our
daily
Prayer
To
strengthen
our
Faith
,
shews
there
are
degrees
of
it
,
it
must
needs
follow
,
That
such
Scruples
in
Faith
,
as
put
Men
upon
Enquiry
Why
they
believe
This
or
That
,
are
so
far
from
being
Damnable
,
that
they
are
subvervient
to
a
great
Duty
of
Searching
the
Scriptures
,
in
order
to
increase
our
Faith
,
which
will
certainly
grow
stronger
,
according
to
the
Satisfaction
we
receive
of
its
being
well
Founded
.
Sect
45.
Besides
,
This
false
Principle
is
the
Parent
of
Ignorance
and
Obstinacy
,
and
if
generally
received
,
would
hinder
all
Conversion
,
and
all
Discoveries
of
Truth
;
for
if
it
be
Damnable
to
Doubt
,
it
is
Damnable
to
Examine
:
'T
is
true
,
't
is
Damnable
to
Doubt
the
Veracity
of
GOD
;
but
't
is
Sophistical
to
argue
from
hence
that
't
is
Damnable
to
Doubt
Indefinitely
,
or
particularly
to
Doubt
whether
This
or
That
be
the
meaning
of
what
GOD
hath
said
.
It
is
indeed
a
sure
way
of
keeping
your
Proselytes
,
if
you
can
perswade
them
to
be
so
Stubborn
as
not
to
hearken
to
any
Body
else
,
or
so
Bigotted
as
not
to
submit
to
Reason
,
when
they
do
hear
it
:
If
my
Country-men
are
of
this
sort
,
't
is
in
vain
to
Reason
with
them
;
they
are
not
sui
Juris
,
any
more
than
an
Idiot
under
the
Conduct
of
a
Guardian
,
but
are
in
that
case
become
helpless
,
abandon'd
to
Spiritual
Slavery
,
and
in
great
danger
of
Eternal
Destruction
;
and
one
has
no
more
to
say
,
but
Populus
qui
vult
〈…〉
.
Sect.
46.
But
because
I
have
a
better
Opinion
of
them
,
and
that
they
will
be
so
wise
to
assert
their
Natural
Right
of
Using
their
Reason
,
both
in
Examining
and
Choosing
;
I
proceed
to
ask
,
If
I
should
tell
you
,
That
Popery
is
a
Meer
Artifice
to
Enrich
and
Aggrandize
the
Clergie
at
the
Expence
of
the
People
;
That
it
has
been
your
Ruine
,
and
drawn
you
into
many
Rebellions
and
Forfeitures
,
and
has
prompted
you
to
many
Barbarities
against
your
Friends
and
Country-Men
;
That
it
has
Ecclipsed
your
Understandings
,
Debauch'd
your
Morals
,
Impoverish'd
your
Families
,
sophisticated
your
Religion
,
Degenerated
your
Manners
,
and
in
a
Word
,
has
render'd
you
so
stupid
,
that
thô
you
are
the
greatest
Slaves
to
the
most
Arbitrary
Tyrants
that
ever
were
in
the
World
,
yet
you
tamely
acquiesee
,
and
suffer
your selves
to
be
Insulted
and
Abus'd
,
and
thankfully
Kiss
the
Spiritual
Rod
that
Chastises
you
.
Sect
47.
I
say
,
When
I
tell
you
this
,
and
the
Priest
tells
you
the
contrary
,
the
Question
will
be
,
Which
of
us
should
a
wise
Men
believe
?
Not
the
Priest
sure
,
1.
Because
generally
he
is
Vicious
and
Ignorant
,
and
knows
little
or
nothing
of
the
matter
:
But
2dly
and
chiefly
.
Because
he
speaks
for
his
Profit
,
his
All
is
at
stake
;
Superstition
is
his
great
Diana
,
and
if
the
People
forsake
That
,
he
is
undone
On
the
contrary
,
I
have
no
other
End
or
Profit
by
your
Conversion
,
but
the
Satisfaction
of
being
an
Instrument
of
Doing
You
Good
,
and
making
you
happy
,
so
that
you
cannot
suspect
my
Sincerity
:
However
,
I
don't
desire
to
be
Trusted
;
Tbey
who
do
Evil
,
hate
the
Light
,
but
I
desire
to
be
brought
to
the
Test
:
I
advise
you
to
Examine
and
Consider
what
I
say
,
and
I
refer
my Self
to
your
own
Experience
and
Observation
,
for
Matters
of
Fact
;
and
to
the
Scriptures
,
Primitive
Ages
and
Creeds
,
for
Matters
of
Faith
.
Sect
48.
If
I
say
,
That
your
Church
,
neglecting
Piety
,
makes
it
her
Business
to
surport
a
Faction
,
and
enrich
a
Party
,
Don't
I
prove
it
,
if
I
shew
that
she
Encourages
Superstition
,
by
equalling
the
Number
of
the
Saints
she
worships
,
to
those
of
the
Heathen
Gods
,
and
like
the
Pagans
assigning
to
one
the
Guardianship
of
Geese
,
to
another
the
Protection
of
Cattel
,
and
making
a
Third
Tutelar
of
a
Parish
,
and
a
Fourth
Patron
of
a
Kingdom
:
And
by
using
fantastical
Ceremonies
,
more
like
the
Orgies
of
Bacchus
,
than
the
Plain
Rites
of
the
Primitive
Church
▪
And
if
I
shew
that
she
encourages
Rebellion
,
by
the
Bulls
of
Gregory
XIII
.
and
Clement
VIII
.
and
those
of
later
date
by
Urban
VIII
.
anno
1643.
Granting
a
full
Pardon
of
all
Sins
to
the
Irish
Rebels
,
and
encouraging
them
to
continue
so
;
and
that
she
makes
Disobedience
to
the
Church
a
more
hainous
Crime
than
Disobedience
to
the
Commands
of
GOD
;
as
the
Priest
found
who
was
condemned
for
having
a
Wife
,
but
was
absolved
when
he
proved
her
his
Concubine
;
and
as
many
of
you
find
,
who
more
easily
get
Absolution
for
Stealing
the
Cow
,
than
for
Eating
the
Flesh
.
And
if
I
shew
that
she
prefers
the
Treasures
of
the
Church
before
the
Merits
of
her
Saviour
,
which
she
cannot
esteem
Infinite
,
if
the
Former
is
made
to
supply
the
Defects
of
the
Latter
,
in
Delivering
Souls
out
of
Purgatory
.
Sect
49.
And
if
to
this
you
will
add
what
Archbishop
Spotswood
has
recorded
.
That
the
Scots
had
a
Dispensation
to
take
the
Oath
of
Supremacy
,
provided
they
thought
otherwise
in
their
Hearts
,
and
kept
in
Communion
with
the
Pope
:
And
if
you
will
reflect
on
the
Extravagance
of
Dispensations
and
Indulgences
,
and
the
Doctrines
of
Equivocation
and
Probability
.
you
will
easily
perceive
that
Popery
is
very
different
from
the
Purity
and
Simplicity
of
the
Gospel
,
and
advances
Notions
offensive
to
the
Integrity
of
an
Honest
Man
.
Sect
50.
It
is
enough
to
make
any
wise
Man
Suspect
and
Examine
Popery
,
when
he
sees
that
almost
every
Article
we
differ
in
,
contributes
something
to
the
Honour
or
Profit
of
the
Clergy
;
but
if
besides
this
,
we
can
prove
these
Articles
New
or
False
,
sure
then
we
have
gain'd
our
Point
.
Sect.
51.
will
try
what
I
can
do
within
the
Narrow
Compass
of
a
Letter
,
not
thinking
it
for
your
Service
to
be
more
Prolix
,
since
few
have
the
Leisure
or
Patience
to
read
Volumes
:
And
those
who
are
Inquisitive
after
Truth
,
may
be
farther
Informed
in
any
Point
they
doubt
of
,
by
some
of
our
Learned
Divines
,
who
are
more
than
ever
to
be
found
in
every
Diocess
of
the
Kingdom
.
Sect
52.
But
first
let
us
Examine
the
Foundation
of
your
Religion
,
as
differing
from
ours
,
and
try
what
Grounds
you
have
for
that
Supremacy
and
Infallibility
you
ascribe
to
the
Pope
;
for
if
that
sinks
,
the
whole
Fabrick
will
fall
;
Bellarmine
thinks
the
whole
of
Christianity
depends
upon
it
;
and
therefore
sure
it
should
be
well
(
I
think
Infallibly
)
proved
;
but
instead
of
that
,
we
are
put
off
with
Precarious
Assumptions
,
strain'd
Arguments
,
groundless
Inferences
,
Loose
Conjectures
,
and
Sophistical
Conclusions
.
Sect
53.
Your
Grand
Argument
is
,
That
to
preserve
Unity
,
and
prevent
Confusion
,
A
Papal
Vicar
and
Infallible
Iudge
was
appointed
by
our
Saviour
to
determine
Controversies
,
and
Govern
the
Church
;
which
is
very
absurd
,
not
only
because
our
Saviour
prophesied
against
this
Unity
,
and
that
There
should
be
Schisms
and
Divisions
in
the
Church
;
and
because
there
were
many
Heresies
in
the
Primitive
Times
,
which
must
have
been
soon
supprest
,
if
they
had
Then
known
of
this
Supremacy
:
But
because
it
is
little
less
than
Blasphemy
to
assert
,
That
an
Infinite
Wisdom
should
Institute
Means
so
improper
and
ineffectual
for
Attaining
the
End
design'd
;
since
the
Person
and
Power
of
this
Infallible
Iudge
,
is
not
at
all
,
or
so
obscurely
described
in
Scripture
,
that
there
is
more
difference
,
even
amongst
Papists
,
about
this
Previous
Article
,
than
about
all
the
rest
.
Sect
54.
But
to
proceed
,
Since
you
are
to
make
out
your
Title
to
the
Iurisdiction
you
claim
,
I
desire
your
Priest
to
prove
,
if
he
can
,
First
,
that
Christ
appointed
any
one
Vicar
or
Pope
to
succeed
him
in
the
Supream
Government
of
the
Church
,
or
that
a
Visible
Governour
or
Head
of
the
Vniversal
Church
,
is
necessary
or
practicable
:
On
the
contrary
,
our
Saviour
assures
us
,
His
Kingdom
is
not
of
this
World
,
and
exhorted
his
Followers
not
to
strive
for
Preheminence
as
Worldlings
do
:
And
Luk.
IX
.
46.
He
rebuked
their
Reasonings
who
should
be
greatest
.
Sect
55.
Secondly
,
Let
him
prove
that
S.
Peter
was
the
Vicar
or
Pope
so
appointed
by
our
Saviour
.
On
the
contrary
,
the
Commission
was
to
all
the
Apostles
,
John
XX.
23.
He
said
unto
THEM
,
Whosoever
Sins
YE
remit
,
they
are
remitted
unto
them
,
&c.
Matth.
XVIII
.
18.
Whatsoever
YE
shall
bind
on
Earth
,
shall
be
bound
in
Heaven
.
Matth.
XXVIII
.
19.
Go
YE
therefore
and
teach
all
Nations
.
And
S.
Paul
tells
us
,
That
to
HIM
was
committed
the
Care
of
ALL
THE
CHVRCHES
,
That
HE
was
not
behind
the
very
Chiefest
Apostles
;
and
HE
withstood
Peter
to
his
Face
,
because
he
was
to
be
blamed
;
and
I
think
that
the
single
Text
in
St.
Paul's
Epistle
to
the
Galatians
,
Chap.
II.
vers.
9.
is
of
it self
sufficient
to
confute
this
pretended
Supremacy
:
It
runs
thus
:
And
when
James
,
Cephas
(
that
is
,
Peter
)
and
John
,
who
seemed
to
be
Pillars
,
perceived
the
Grace
that
was
given
to
me
(
Paul
)
they
gave
to
me
(
Paul
)
and
Barnabas
the
right
Hand
of
Fellowship
;
that
we
should
go
unto
the
Heathen
(
Romans
,
Grecians
,
&c.
)
and
they
unto
the
Circumcision
(
the
Jews
,
)
Sect
56.
Thirdly
,
Let
him
prove
that
Peter's
Power
,
whatever
it
were
,
was
to
go
in
Succession
?
On
the
contrary
,
Peter's
Authority
was
Personal
▪
as
his
Gifts
and
Graces
for
the
Exercise
of
it
were
;
He
was
filled
with
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
so
was
Qualified
to
be
Christ's
Vicar
:
No
body
will
say
so
of
those
many
Atheists
,
Hereticks
,
Blasphemers
,
Sodomites
and
Murtherers
,
that
have
pretended
to
be
his
Successors
.
Sect
57.
If
the
Supremacy
was
to
survive
Peter
,
why
should
it
not
descend
to
St.
John
the
Beloved
Apostle
,
who
out-lived
Peter
many
years
,
rather
than
to
the
Bishop
of
Rome
?
What
Title
has
that
Bishop
to
it
?
Did
our
Saviour
order
it
so
?
Or
who
else
did
?
Sect
58.
Let
your
Priest
shew
that
Peter
was
Bishop
of
Rome
,
and
who
made
him
so
:
On
the
contrary
,
being
an
Apostle
,
he
could
not
properly
be
a
Bishop
of
any
particular
See
,
any
more
than
the
King
can
be
said
to
be
Governour
of
Limrick
.
Besides
,
He
was
the
Apostle
of
the
Circumcision
,
or
of
the
Jews
,
and
so
could
not
be
Bishop
of
Rome
;
nor
can
you
prove
he
was
there
at
all
:
At
least
the
Popish
Tradition
of
his
being
there
25
years
,
is
certainly
False
;
nor
have
you
more
than
a
doubtful
Historical
Testimony
of
his
being
ever
at
Rome
,
which
is
not
sufficient
for
such
an
Important
Point
,
upon
which
the
whole
of
Popery
does
depend
,
and
to
which
you
require
a
Divine
Infallible
Faith
.
Sect
59.
Besides
,
Your
Learned
Men
do
not
yet
agree
,
Whether
Peter
alone
was
Bishop
of
Rome
,
or
Peter
and
Paul
together
,
or
who
were
the
Immediate
Successors
to
Peter
;
so
Uncertain
is
their
History
or
Tradition
in
this
matter
;
and
if
you
add
your
received
Doctrine
.
That
want
of
Intention
in
the
Priest
or
Bishop
,
makes
a
Nullity
in
the
Sacrament
of
Order
,
you
cannot
be
sure
that
Innocent
XII
.
is
a
Bishop
at
all
,
much
less
Successor
to
St.
Peter
.
Sect
60.
Thus
is
the
Divine
and
Infallible
Certainty
you
boast
to
have
of
your
Religion
,
as
distinct
from
ours
,
built
on
a
Supremacy
which
you
see
is
supported
by
very
Improbable
,
if
not
False
Assertions
:
But
't
is
good
enough
for
you
,
who
are
not
suffered
to
Examine
the
Grounds
and
Reasons
of
your
Faith
,
but
take
your
Religion
upon
Trust
,
and
venture
your
Salvation
upon
the
Opinion
of
others
,
whose
Business
it
is
to
make
a
hand
of
you
,
and
who
therefore
keep
you
in
the
Dark
,
that
they
may
have
the
better
Opportunity
to
pick
your
Pockets
.
Sect.
61.
But
that
which
demonstrates
Popery
to
be
a
Politick
Contrivance
is
,
That
after
such
confident
Pre●ences
to
Supremacy
and
Infallibility
,
they
are
not
agreed
where
it
resides
.
Their
Arguments
and
Proofs
tend
to
make
the
Goverment
of
the
Church
Monarchical
in
the
Person
of
the
Pope
,
whom
they
pretend
to
be
the
Vicar
of
Iesus
Christ
,
which
infers
Infallibility
(
without
which
he
were
a
dangerous
Center
of
Vnity
.
)
But
wisely
knowing
that
many
of
the
Popes
had
but
a
very
bad
Faith
,
if
one
might
judge
it
by
their
Works
and
that
they
were
so
Fallible
and
Foolish
to
contradict
one
another
,
and
sometimes
the
Truth
,
even
Ex
Cathedra
;
they
have
dexterously
turn'd
about
,
and
Debased
the
Government
of
the
Church
into
a
Republick
,
by
subjecting
the
Pope
to
a
General
Council
,
and
making
his
Holiness
Vicar
of
the
Church
,
instead
of
Vicar
of
Christ
,
and
by
placing
Infallibility
in
the
Pope
and
Council
.
Sect
62.
Nor
are
they
of
One
Opinion
in
this
Main
Point
;
the
Diocess
of
Rome
,
and
the
Gallican
Church
,
have
very
different
Notions
of
this
matter
,
which
has
been
defined
both
ways
in
their
General
Councils
,
which
makes
them
shy
of
Declaring
their
Opinion
in
this
knotty
Case
.
And
if
you
ask
your
Priest
,
he
will
hardly
give
you
a
plain
Answer
to
it
:
For
first
,
There
has
been
no
General
Council
since
the
Apostles
time
,
nor
can
be
,
unless
the
Christian
World
were
under
one
Emperour
,
or
some
other
means
could
be
found
to
Summon
All
Nations
,
and
and
to
have
their
Representatives
at
the
Assembly
.
Those
which
are
reputed
General
Councils
,
are
improperly
called
so
;
not
that
the
Whole
Church
was
there
,
even
by
Representation
,
but
because
their
Decrees
being
Orthodox
,
were
Generally
Received
.
What
then
shall
we
say
to
the
Council
of
Trent
,
where
only
some
of
the
Pope's
Servants
,
and
a
very
few
Prelates
from
three
or
four
Nations
,
Decreed
New
Articles
of
Faith
?
Is
it
not
absurd
to
call
it
a
General
Council
,
when
England
,
Ireland
/
Scotland
/
Denmark
/
Sweden
/
Muscovy
/
most
part
of
Germany
/
and
the
Low-Countreys
/
the
Greek
and
Armeman
Churches
,
and
many
others
,
neither
had
a
Representative
there
,
nor
could
safely
send
one
.
Sect
63.
But
secondly
,
They
are
shy
of
fixing
the
Infallibility
in
Pope
and
Council
,
because
it
will
be
enough
to
confound
that
Position
,
to
shew
That
a
Pope
and
Council
have
Erred
,
or
that
they
have
Contradicted
one
another
,
for
in
that
Case
one
must
be
in
the
wrong
.
Sect
64.
And
I
conceive
your
Loyalty
will
not
suffer
you
to
deny
that
Pope
Innocent
III.
and
the
Council
of
Lateran
Erred
when
they
Decreed
,
That
Princes
who
did
not
Purge
their
Kingdoms
of
Heresie
,
should
be
Deposed
,
for
this
gives
the
Pope
Power
over
Princes
in
Temporals
,
which
surely
you
will
not
approve
of
,
thô
he
put
it
in
Practice
very
smartly
against
our
King
John
,
and
the
Emperor
Otho
the
Fourth
,
Sect
65.
Certainly
Pope
Liberius
and
the
Council
of
Sirmium
Err'd
,
when
they
decreed
Arrianism
,
for
the
Council
of
Nice
has
decreed
(
and
all
Christians
I
hope
believe
)
the
contrary
.
I
suppose
the
Pope
and
Council
of
Lateran
Erred
in
advancing
the
Pope
above
the
Council
;
if
not
,
the
Popes
and
General
Councils
of
Constance
and
Basil
Erred
in
putting
the
Council
above
the
Pope
,
and
so
did
the
French
Church
.
Anno
,
1682.
Sect
66.
Without
doubt
either
the
Second
Nicene
Council
Erred
in
decreeing
the
Worship
of
Images
;
or
the
General
Councils
of
Constantinople
and
Francfort
(
at
which
last
there
were
300
Prelates
and
the
Popes
Legates
)
Erred
in
Decreeing
the
contrary
:
Surely
Pope
Vigilius
Erred
in
Confirming
the
Fifth
General
Council
,
or
else
he
Err'd
afterward
in
Condemning
it
;
and
so
did
Pope
Adrian
and
the
Sixth
General
Council
,
when
they
defined
that
Marriage
was
Disolv'd
by
Heresie
.
or
else
the
Council
of
Trent
Err'd
in
Defining
the
contrary
.
Sect
67.
But
't
is
not
my
Business
to
Examine
which
was
in
the
Wrong
:
One
of
them
was
,
since
they
Decreed
contrary
to
each
other
,
and
that
is
enough
to
prove
,
That
a
Pope
and
General
Council
are
not
Infallible
/
for
they
have
actually
Err'd
and
no
Argument
like
matter
of
Fact
.
And
sure
the
French
are
of
this
Opinion
,
else
why
did
they
refuse
to
receive
the
Council
of
Trent
?
Nay
,
Our
Forefathers
were
of
this
Opinion
:
For
the
Cannons
of
General
Councils
were
not
of
Force
in
England
,
but
such
as
the
Government
were
pleased
to
Receive
,
and
thereby
give
them
the
Sanction
of
Laws
.
Sect
68.
But
there
is
yet
a
matter
more
Artificial
to
be
considered
;
and
that
is
,
that
some
General
Councils
are
in
part
Approved
/
and
in
part
Reprobated
:
As
if
they
should
say
,
The
Council
was
assisted
part
of
the
way
,
and
then
left
in
the
lurch
.
If
they
think
such
a
General
Council
was
not
Divinely
Inspir'd
,
how
dare
they
impose
any
of
its
Decrees
on
the
Church
,
as
matter
of
Faith
Divinely
Reveal'd
?
If
the
Council
was
Divinely
Inspir'd
,
why
do
they
Reprobate
or
Reject
any
of
its
Decrees
?
Is
not
this
plainly
to
make
use
of
what
serves
their
purpose
/
and
to
discountenance
,
how
Unjustly
soever
,
every
thing
that
makes
against
their
Vsurpations
.
Sect
69.
But
't
is
yet
worse
,
if
the
Canons
of
any
Council
,
have
been
Rejected
by
one
Pope
,
and
afterwards
approved
by
another
.
For
this
were
To
hold
thè
faith
in
respect
of
Times
,
as
well
as
Persons
,
and
to
Insinuate
that
the
same
Doctrine
that
is
false
to
day
,
may
be
True
to
Morrow
;
and
yet
't
is
certain
that
102
Canons
of
The
Council
of
Trullo
(
or
Constantinople
)
were
Rejected
by
Pope
Sergius
1.
And
afterwards
,
Many
of
(
them
and
particularly
the
82d
.
Canon
)
were
Received
by
Pope
Adrian
,
1.
and
the
7th
Synod
,
and
now
allowed
by
the
Romish
Church
.
Sect.
70.
But
I
promis'd
to
shew
,
That
the
Articles
wherein
you
differ
from
us
,
are
either
False
or
New
/
or
Both
/
I
shall
endeavour
to
perform
it
as
fully
as
my
designed
Brevity
will
permit
.
An●
first
for
Transubstantiation
/
it
was
not
thought
o●
in
the
Primitive
Times
,
till
the
Raptures
and
Florid
Expressions
of
some
of
the
Fathers
/
gave
Handle
to
succeeding
Ages
to
advance
this
Monstrous
Doctrine
/
which
was
made
an
Article
o●
Faith
in
the
Council
of
Lateran
/
Anno.
1215.
An●
't
is
upon
the
same
score
,
that
some
have
had
th●
Confidence
to
quote
even
Protestant
Doctors
fo●
this
Tenent
who
expresly
wrote
against
it
,
an●
could
not
suspect
that
any
Body
would
be
so
Vnfair
to
raise
Consequences
from
loose
and
Metaphorical
Expressions
,
directly
contrary
to
the
Position
they
asserted
.
Sect
71.
'T
is
needless
to
say
't
is
False
,
because
your
Senses
demonstrate
it
to
be
so
:
It
involves
a
thousand
Contradictions
,
and
consequently
s●
many
Lyes
;
'T
is
hard
to
think
you
ca●
believe
it
,
because
your
Senses
contradict
wha●
you
pretend
to
believe
:
Will
any
Man
say
tha●
our
Blessed
Saviour
,
when
he
Instituted
this
Sacrament
did
eat
Himself
,
or
put
his
Whole
Body
into
his
Mouth
?
The
Apostles
saw
he
did
not
,
an●
therefore
could
not
believe
he
did
:
One
might
as
well
say
,
that
the
House
may
run
out
at
the
Windows
;
or
as
you
do
,
That
S
Denis
being
Beheaded
carried
his
Head
in
his
Hands
;
as
to
say
,
Tha●
our
Saviour
,
who
was
a
Man
(
like
us
in
every
thing
but
Sin
)
could
eat
Himself
,
or
be
devour'd
by
the
Apostles
,
whilst
he
sat
well
,
and
sound
,
and
Entire
/
among
them
at
the
Table
.
Sect
72.
In
short
,
The
End
of
Arguments
is
to
drive
your
Opponent
to
an
Absurdity
;
but
he
that
believes
Transubstantiation
admits
of
all
Absurdities
in
the
World
,
so
that
there
is
no
Arguing
with
him
.
He
is
Resolute
in
adhering
to
the
Sentiments
of
the
Priest
,
(
which
he
calls
the
Church
)
right
or
wrong
;
and
if
he
tells
you
that
Black
is
White
,
that
Vertue
is
Vice
,
or
as
Pope
Zachary
did
the
Bishop
of
Saltsburg
,
that
there
are
no
Antipodes
,
't
is
to
no
purpse
to
offer
Reason
or
Demonstration
to
the
contrary
.
Sect
73
So
that
't
is
not
Faith
,
but
Negligence
,
Fear
/
or
Interest
/
that
makes
Men
swallow
these
Impious
Contradictions
,
That
a
Man
six
foot
high
is
contain'd
in
a
Wafer
an
Inch
broad
,
and
may
be
devour'd
by
a
little
Mouse
at
one
Meal
:
That
what
you
know
and
see
to
be
Bread
,
should
be
really
and
corporally
Flesh
and
Bones
:
That
the
same
Man
should
Corporally
and
Individually
be
in
Ten
Thousand
Places
at
once
,
without
Circumscription
which
is
in
effect
to
deny
the
Humanity
of
Christ
.
Sect
74.
And
all
this
without
any
Ground
or
Necessity
:
For
the
same
IESVS
that
said
,
This
is
my
Body
/
said
he
was
a
Vine
/
a
Door
▪
&c.
and
that
the
Cup
was
his
Blood
:
But
because
common
Reason
obliges
us
to
take
words
in
a
Metaphorical
sense
,
when
there
is
plain
Absurdity
and
Contradiction
in
the
Literal
Expression
,
therefore
no
Man
was
ever
so
ridiculous
as
to
think
that
our
Saviour
was
a
Vine
,
or
a
Door
,
literally
and
really
;
and
yet
the
Authority
is
as
express
,
and
as
strong
,
as
it
is
for
a
Bit
of
Bread
to
be
his
Body
.
Sect
75.
To
conclude
this
Point
:
There
is
no
Comparison
between
the
Evidence
of
our
Senses
and
of
our
Reason
/
The
former
Give
more
Certainty
,
and
are
less
Subject
to
Delusion
,
Fallacy
or
Mistake
,
and
therefore
should
Govern
the
latter
,
when
both
are
Inconsistent
.
And
since
nothing
can
reach
the
Vnderstanding
but
by
the
Sences
How
can
one
form
and
believe
any
Conception
of
a
thing
different
from
the
Sence
he
has
of
it
;
It
follows
hence
that
thô
one
may
be
perswaded
by
Argument
or
Authority
to
believe
Mysteries
above
his
Capacity
,
and
which
he
does
not
Understand
or
Comprehend
,
when
he
knows
nothing
to
the
contrary
;
yet
't
is
impossible
that
a
Man
can
believe
any
thing
contrary
to
his
Knowledge
,
and
to
what
his
Senses
perceive
.
'T
is
probable
an
Ignorant
fellow
may
be
perswaded
that
a
Clock
can
Tell
the
Hour
of
the
Day
,
tho'
he
cannot
conceive
how
an
Inanimate
Thing
should
be
capable
of
so
doing
;
but
the
best
Sophister
in
the
World
Would
never
perswade
that
Man
,
(
how
Ignorant
soever
,
)
that
the
Clock
is
a
Horse
/
or
that
a
Bit
of
Bread
is
a
Man
/
because
he
sees
and
knows
the
contrary
.
Sect
76.
In
like
manner
when
the
Priest
has
said
all
he
can
for
Transubstantiation
,
what
does
he
more
than
vye
weak
and
sophistical
Arguments
that
at
best
are
but
Probable
,
against
that
Certainty
and
Demonstration
my
Senses
give
me
of
his
being
mistaken
;
He
cannot
be
more
sure
of
any
thing
,
than
I
am
of
the
falsity
of
that
Doctrine
.
And
indeed
,
one
would
think
they
do
not
believe
it
themselves
,
unless
they
would
venture
on
a
Poyson'd
Wafer
;
which
notwithstanding
their
pretence
of
Transubstantiation
,
was
fatal
to
Pope
Victor
3.
and
will
prove
so
to
all
that
dare
try
the
Experiment
,
Sect
77.
As
for
Purgatory
(
which
to
this
minute
the
Papists
can
give
no
Account
of
nor
tell
where
to
place
it
;
and
which
cannot
be
a
Traditon
of
the
Universal
Church
,
since
the
Greek
Church
,
which
is
as
Antient
as
the
Roman
,
never
believ'd
it
)
'T
is
a
Novelty
directly
against
Scripture
,
which
assures
us
,
That
where
the
Tree
falls
there
it
lies
,
Eccl●
XI
.
3.
It
was
introduced
Authoritatively
of
late
years
,
and
calculated
meerly
for
getting
Money
▪
You
may
find
the
description
of
it
in
the
Sixth
Book
of
Virgil's
Aeneads
,
and
in
Mr.
Sullevan'●
History
of
Ireland
.
But
it
seems
there
are
mor●
Purgatories
than
one
,
or
else
no
Cheat
is
to●
gross
to
put
upon
the
Irish
;
for
they
were
told
▪
and
did
believe
for
some
Ages
,
that
S.
Patrick
ha●
a
Purgatory
at
Loghdirge
in
the
County
o●
Donegall
,
until
the
Lords
Justices
undeceiv'd
them
,
by
digging
open
that
Cave
,
Anno.
1630.
Sect
78.
This
Doctrine
of
Purgatory
,
which
Father
Barns
confesses
,
cannot
be
deduced
from
Scriptures
,
Fathers
,
or
Councils
,
is
Blasphemous
,
in
representing
the
Merciful
GOD
as
a
Cruel
Spirit
,
delighting
in
our
Misery
,
and
in
derogating
from
the
Value
of
our
Blessed
Saviour's
Merits
,
Mediation
and
Passion
,
as
if
they
were
not
sufficient
to
cleanse
us
from
our
Sins
upon
serious
Repentance
without
suffering
Pains
in
Purgatory
.
Sect
79.
But
either
this
Purgatory
Pain
is
Indispensible
or
not
;
if
Dispensible
,
sure
our
Saviour's
Passion
and
Mediation
is
sufficient
;
for
as
St.
John
says
,
1
Joh.
I.
7
,
The
Blood
of
Christ
cleanseth
us
from
all
Sin
.
If
it
be
not
Dispensible
what
signify
the
Masses
and
Prayers
of
the
Priest
?
Sect
80.
Besides
,
If
their
Masses
and
Prayers
have
any
Vertue
,
why
are
they
so
Uncharitable
to
sell
them
for
Money
,
as
if
none
but
the
Rich
were
design'd
to
be
Saved
,
and
the
Poor
were
to
have
no
Benefit
of
this
Priviledge
Sect
81.
As
for
Praying
to
Saints
(
which
they
justifie
by
comparing
it
to
Courtiers
here
,
whom
every
Man
strives
to
make
his
Friends
,
that
they
may
promote
his
Petition
to
the
Prince
.
)
It
is
plain
giving
the
Glory
of
GOD
to
another
,
since
Religious
Prayer
is
Undoubtedly
a
part
of
Divine
Worship
,
and
ought
not
to
be
made
,
but
to
Him
that
searches
the
Heart
;
nor
can
it
be
heard
in
so
many
distant
Places
at
once
by
any
thing
but
the
Omnipotent
and
Omniscient
GOD
:
For
Abraham
is
Ignorant
of
us
,
and
Israel
knows
us
not
,
Isa
.
LXIII
.
16.
And
accordingly
the
Primitive
Fathers
argued
the
Divinity
of
the
Son
▪
and
Holy
Ghost
against
the
Arrians
and
Macedonians
,
by
the
Practise
of
the
Catholick
Church
to
pray
to
them
;
which
had
been
a
very
Impertinent
Argument
,
if
the
Church
at
that
time
had
used
to
Pray
to
Saints
.
Sect.
82.
Besides
,
GOD
has
not
Infirmities
and
Passions
/
as
Princes
have
,
to
be
wrought
on
by
Favourites
;
nor
is
any
Man
denied
Access
to
GOD
,
as
in
the
Courts
of
Princes
:
But
on
the
contrary
,
every
one
is
Invited
and
Encourged
to
Address
to
Him
/
who
has
appointed
a
Mediator
for
us
,
even
the
Blessed
JESUS
,
who
maketh
Intercession
for
us
,
and
what
we
ask
in
his
Name
he
will
give
us
,
Rom.
VIII
.
34.
Sect
83.
Besides
,
What
Certainty
have
you
(
and
nothing
less
will
suffice
)
That
some
of
Those
you
Invocate
as
Saints
,
are
now
in
Heaven
?
Thomas
Becket
/
whom
you
call
a
Martyr
/
others
think
to
be
an
obstinate
Rebel
,
and
a
Traytor
;
and
yet
your
Oblations
at
his
Shrine
in
Canterbury
,
were
twenty
times
as
much
,
as
to
the
Blessed
Virgin
/
and
an
hundred
times
more
than
to
our
Saviour
Christ
.
Sect
84.
Moreover
this
Doctrine
was
not
known
in
the
Church
in
the
three
first
Centuries
:
There
are
no
footsteps
of
it
,
says
Cardinal
Perron
,
either
in
the
Scriptures
,
or
the
Fathers
,
before
the
first
four
General
Councils
.
It
took
its
rise
Anno
364.
from
an
Expression
of
Gregory
Nazianzen
,
which
designed
no
such
Innovation
:
Why
then
will
you
not
avoid
the
danger
and
Scandal
of
This
Novelty
,
since
there
is
none
in
pretermitting
the
Saints
,
and
Praying
to
the
Blessed
JESUS
,
who
you
are
sure
is
in
Heaven
,
and
both
can
and
will
hear
you
.
Sect
85
Worshiping
of
Images
and
Relicks
is
another
Novelty
,
introduc'd
by
the
second
Nicene
Council
and
condemned
by
the
Council
▪
of
Frankford
:
Your
own
Polido●e
Virgil
,
assures
us
the
Antient
Fathers
condemned
it
for
fear
of
Idolatry
,
Omnes
fere
veteres
sancti
Patres
damnabunt
Imaginum
adorationem
propter
metum
▪
Idolatriae
.
It
is
also
directly
contrary
to
the
Second
Commandment
,
which
therefore
you
leave
out
of
your
Catechisms
,
and
to
keep
up
the
number
divide
the
Tenth
Commandment
into
Two
:
Nothing
can
be
more
odd
than
to
poject
an
Image
of
a
thing
Incomprehensible
;
but
to
fall
down
and
worship
the
Workmanship
of
your
own
hands
,
is
certainly
as
gross
Idolatry
as
any
of
the
Heathens
ever
committed
,
in
worshiping
Leeks
and
Onyons
:
Nor
will
the
fanciful
distinction
of
Latria
and
Duleia
,
Relative
and
Positive
,
mend
the
matter
;
since
it
cannot
be
conceiv'd
that
the
Heathen
Philosophers
could
take
those
Inammate
Creatures
for
Gods
:
And
if
those
Distinctions
were
material
,
yet
they
can
avail
the
common
People
but
little
,
since
they
do
not
understand
them
,
and
consequently
fall
into
Idolatry
every
Day
.
Sect
86.
To
worship
Carrion
,
or
a
dead
Carcase
,
is
an
Unnatural
Impiety
;
but
't
is
yet
worse
when
one
is
deceiv'd
in
the
Object
,
as
were
those
of
Geneva
,
who
for
a
long
time
worship'd
that
for
part
of
St.
Anthony's
Arm
,
which
was
afterwards
found
to
be
the
Bone
of
a
Stag
:
And
those
in
the
Legend
of
St.
Martin
,
who
worship'd
a
Damn'd
Soul
with
high
Devotion
,
mistaking
him
for
a
Saint
in
Heaven
;
And
those
meant
by
the
Ancient
Doctor
,
when
he
said
,
Multorum
Corpora
Adorantur
in
Terris
quorum
Animae
Cruciantur
in
Inferis
.
Scect
.
87.
Nor
is
it
less
stupidity
to
adore
a
piece
of
Wood
,
as
you
do
the
Cross
;
to
swear
by
it
,
and
to
pray
to
it
,
as
you
do
on
Good
Friday
,
to
strengthen
the
Righteous
,
and
pardon
the
Guilty
:
Hence
't
is
that
the
Legate's
Cross
precedes
the
Emperor's
Sword
,
because
Divine
Honour
is
paid
to
the
former
.
In
a
word
,
There
is
much
Danger
,
and
great
Offence
in
this
Practice
,
and
therefore
you
ought
to
lay
aside
this
pernicious
Novelty
.
Sect
88.
As
for
the
Communion
,
'T
is
beyond
doubt
that
your
Religion
is
New
in
that
Particular
of
Denying
the
Cup
to
the
Layety
;
for
't
is
certain
,
and
you
dare
not
deny
,
That
it
was
not
so
from
the
beginning
;
for
our
Saviour
instituted
the
Sacrament
in
both
kinds
.
He
commanded
us
to
Drink
of
the
Cup
,
which
no
Man
can
properly
be
said
to
do
,
when
he
Eats
the
Wafer
,
even
supposing
whole
Christ
to
be
contain'd
therein
.
But
to
what
purpose
shall
we
argue
longer
on
this
point
,
since
the
very
Council
that
prohibits
it
,
confesses
that
the
Institution
of
Christ
.
and
the
Practice
of
the
Primitive
Church
,
was
to
the
contrary
.
Sect
89.
How
weak
is
your
Answer
,
That
the
Church
thought
it
convenient
?
As
if
the
Blessed
JESUS
were
not
a
better
Judge
of
Conveniencies
than
the
Pope
and
Cardinals
?
Pray
Gentlemen
consider
who
has
the
Antient
Religion
,
and
who
is
likely
to
be
in
the
right
on
't
:
We
follow
the
Order
and
Institution
of
JESUS
CHRIST
,
and
you
do
quite
contrary
,
in
obedience
to
the
Pope
,
and
to
Reason
of
State
.
Sect
90.
'T
is
just
so
in
the
next
Article
of
the
Marriage
of
Priests
;
GOD
Almighty
Instituted
Marriage
,
and
you
say
made
it
a
Sacrament
:
The
Apostles
advise
it
to
all
who
can't
contain
:
St.
Peter
himself
was
a
Married
Man
,
and
the
Scripture
mentions
his
Wive's
Mother
:
Your
Apostle
St.
Patrick
was
the
Son
of
Potitus
a
Priest
,
and
the
Primitive
Clergy
knew
no
Prohibition
in
this
case
:
On
the
contrary
,
many
of
them
were
Married
:
And
St.
Paul
allows
a
Bishop
to
be
the
Husband
of
one
Wife
:
How
then
can
you
pretend
that
your
Religion
is
Antient
in
this
particular
?
Sect
91.
The
Truth
is
,
When
the
Foundations
of
Ecclesiastical
Empire
were
laid
in
Cozening
and
Deceiving
the
People
,
it
was
necessary
to
forbid
Marriage
to
Those
who
were
to
be
the
Managers
and
Instruments
of
the
Cheat
,
that
they
might
be
the
more
zealous
therein
,
when
they
had
no
Wives
or
Children
to
suffer
by
the
Fraud
.
Sect
92.
Proceed
we
next
to
Auricular
Confession
▪
and
we
shall
find
it
a
New
Trick
to
discover
Secrets
,
and
add
value
to
the
Priest
.
Nothing
is
more
groundless
than
that
Practise
,
as
't
is
us'd
in
the
Roman
Church
;
since
neither
CHRIST
ordain'd
it
,
nor
the
Ancient
Church
us'd
it
/
as
Erasmus
confesses
,
'T
is
one
thing
to
consult
your
Pastor
in
difficult
Cases
,
and
another
thing
to
tell
him
all
that
you
do
,
If
the
Confession
were
Publick
,
it
might
give
Reparation
to
the
Party
injur'd
,
it
might
purge
the
Assembly
from
the
Scandal
of
such
a
Member
;
the
shame
of
it
might
contribute
to
his
Mortification
and
Repentance
:
But
this
private
Shrift
to
one
that
is
bound
to
conceal
it
▪
can
have
no
other
effect
but
to
give
the
Priest
Intelligence
,
that
he
may
be
the
better
able
to
compass
his
own
Designs
,
and
those
of
his
Church
.
Sect
93.
Lastly
,
Your
Religion
is
New
,
Upstart
and
Erronious
,
in
forbidding
the
People
to
read
Scripture
,
for
fear
(
say
you
)
they
should
imbibe
Heresie
;
which
is
just
such
weak
Reasoning
as
his
,
that
Refused
to
give
his
Child
Meat
,
for
fear
he
should
be
choak'd
,
and
so
suffer'd
him
to
be
starv'd
.
Sect
94.
But
if
this
were
a
Reason
,
it
would
extend
to
forbid
Scripture
to
the
Clergy
,
since
they
have
been
the
Broachers
of
most
Heresies
;
Marcion
,
Paulus
Samosatenus
,
Arius
,
Eunomius
,
Apollinaris
,
Macedonius
,
Photinus
,
Nestorius
,
Eutiches
,
Pelagius
,
Novatius
,
Donatus
,
and
many
more
Notorious
Hereticks
,
having
been
in
Holy
Orders
.
Sect
95.
Has
not
the
Spirit
of
GOD
published
the
Scriptures
for
the
Use
of
all
Christians
?
Is
not
the
Reading
of
them
enjoyn'd
by
GOD
Almighty
,
that
we
may
come
to
2
Tim.
2.
4.
the
Knowledge
of
the
Truth
?
Are
not
those
commended
that
Search
the
John
20.
31.
Scriptures
?
Is
it
not
in
them
that
we
have
Eternal
Life
?
Is
there
not
in
the
John
5.
39.
Rom.
10.
17.
&
15
,
4.
Heb.
5.
14.
2
Tim.
3.
15.
Scriptures
as
well
Milk
for
Babes
,
as
Meat
for
strong
Men
?
And
are
not
they
able
to
make
us
wise
to
Salvation
?
How
then
dare
you
to
contradict
the
Positive
Commands
of
of
GOD
,
and
the
Design
of
the
Holy
GHOST
,
upon
vain
Fears
,
and
frivolous
Pretences
,
meerly
to
keep
the
People
in
Ignorance
/
that
they
may
be
the
more
easily
Enslav'd
and
Impos'd
upon
.
Sect
96.
I
have
not
room
to
enlarge
on
the
many
other
Novelties
you
have
introduced
into
Religion
/
and
therefore
shall
only
give
a
short
hint
of
your
declaring
the
Apocrppha
to
be
Canonical
by
the
Council
of
Trent
,
which
was
otherwise
esteem'd
by
Origen
,
Athanasius
,
Epiphanius
,
and
the
Ancient
Fathers
;
and
of
your
Seven
Sacraments
,
which
were
first
defin'd
so
in
the
Council
of
Florence
,
Anno
1438.
and
of
your
scandalous
Practice
of
Indulgences
/
,
introduced
by
Clement
VI.
Anno
1350.
whereby
you
have
Traffiqu'd
for
the
Grace
of
GOD
/
and
Erected
a
Market
for
the
Remission
of
Sins
:
And
of
your
Doctrine
of
Merit
and
Supererrogation
/
invented
to
raise
an
Imaginary
Treasure
in
the
Church
/
to
bring
in
Real
Treasure
to
the
Church-men
,
directly
contrary
to
every
Man's
Experience
/
and
the
Holy
Scriptures
/
which
assures
us
,
that
at
the
best
We
are
but
Unprofitab'e
Servants
.
And
of
your
Prayers
in
an
Vnknown
Tongue
/
directly
contrary
to
the
Apostles
Direction
,
1
Cor.
XIV
.
16.
How
shall
the
Unlearned
say
Amen
at
thy
giving
of
Thanks
,
seeing
he
understandeth
not
what
thou
sayest
?
And
vers.
19.
In
the
Church
I
had
rather
speak
five
words
with
my
Understanding
,
that
by
my
Voice
I
might
teach
others
also
,
than
Ten
Thousand
Words
in
an
Unknown
Tongue
.
Sect
97.
Thus
,
Gentlemen
,
you
see
that
you
have
no
Foundation
in
Scripture
,
and
but
vain
Pretences
of
Antiquity
,
for
those
Articles
that
have
been
Impos'd
upon
you
:
And
therefore
your
Church
has
set
up
Traditions
/
that
is
,
Reports
and
Tales
coyn'd
for
their
purpose
,
to
be
the
Canon
and
Rule
of
Faith
,
not
regarding
the
Wo
pronounc'd
against
those
who
should
add
to
,
or
diminish
from
,
the
Canonical
Word
of
GOD.
'T
is
true
,
the
Vniversal
Tradition
and
Practice
of
All
Churches
,
and
in
All
Ages
,
deserves
great
Respect
,
and
we
accordingly
give
it
,
in
the
Observation
of
the
Lords
Day
(
Sunday
)
and
in
Baptizing
Infants
.
But
to
argue
from
hence
,
That
the
Traditions
,
Reports
and
Inventions
of
any
Sect
,
Faction
,
or
Particular
Church
,
ought
to
be
deem'd
Evidence
for
it self
,
is
the
most
Sophistical
Inference
that
can
be
,
and
directly
against
the
Apostles
Advice
,
Not
to
think
of
Men
above
that
which
is
written
2
Cor
VI.
6.
Sect
98.
How
much
safer
is
it
to
rely
upon
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
which
being
dictated
by
the
HOLY
GHOST
,
are
Infallible
and
Divine
,
and
cannot
Deceive
?
Sect
99.
But
say
you
,
We
may
be
mistaken
in
the
Interpretation
;
and
so
you
may
in
the
Interpretation
of
any
Rule
of
Faith
,
Traditions
,
Decrees
of
Councils
,
&c.
Yet
still
you
must
judge
for
your self
the
best
you
can
,
with
such
Helps
as
you
can
get
,
Exercising
your
Senses
to
discern
Good
and
Evil
,
Heb.
V.
14.
Sect
100.
Were
the
Scriptures
Intelligible
to
the
Hearers
to
whom
our
Saviour
and
the
Apostles
preach'd
them
?
If
not
,
to
what
purpose
were
they
preach'd
?
If
they
were
then
Intelligible
,
are
they
now
become
otherwise
by
being
Written
?
Or
if
they
are
,
what
need
we
go
to
Particulars
and
Niceties
?
Will
not
an
Implicit
Faith
in
the
Scriptures
serve
,
as
well
as
the
like
Faith
in
the
Church
?
Sect
101.
Nevertheless
I
allow
an
Orthodox
Church
to
be
a
great
Help
and
good
Guide
in
Explaining
Scripture
,
but
how
will
you
choose
this
Church
,
but
by
the
Notes
and
Characters
of
it
in
Scripture
,
wherein
the
Church
(
till
you
are
of
it
)
can
give
you
no
Assistance
?
To
what
purpose
do
you
publish
Notes
of
the
Church
,
and
Arguments
for
it
,
but
to
convince
our
Judgments
?
You
may
as
well
propose
them
to
a
Horse
as
to
a
Man
,
if
he
may
not
use
his
Understanding
to
distinguish
.
If
then
we
must
trust
our
Iudgments
in
choosing
what
Church
we
will
be
of
,
we
may
as
well
trust
them
in
Points
less
material
.
Sect.
102.
I
said
,
An
Orthodox
Church
is
a
good
Guide
:
But
how
shall
we
find
it
?
Even
by
this
Mark
,
That
its
Doctrine
is
consonant
to
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
and
its
main
design
is
the
Glory
of
GOD
,
and
the
Salvation
of
Souls
:
It
does
not
countenance
Unjustifiable
Means
of
gaining
Proselytes
,
nor
Encourage
Evil
,
that
Good
may
come
of
it
.
On
the
contrary
,
the
Church
of
Rome
uses
a
Thousand
Artifices
and
Pious
Frauds
:
Sometimes
frightning
you
with
Superstitious
Bugbears
,
otherwhiles
raising
your
Hopes
upon
false
Notions
and
groundless
Expectations
;
and
where
her
Subtilty
fails
,
her
Cruelty
supplies
a
Merciless
Inquisition
,
to
force
Those
she
cannot
otherwise
perswade
,
to
submit
to
her
Tyranny
,
and
promote
her
Grandeur
.
Sect
103.
Let
's
try
her
Sincerity
in
the
Topicks
made
use
of
to
deceive
you
,
and
keep
you
in
her
Communion
:
1st
.
They
say
you
are
an
Irishman
,
and
ought
manfully
to
support
a
National
Quarrel
.
2dly
,
That
your
Interest
,
and
Hopes
of
Recovering
your
lost
Estate
,
should
render
you
inseparable
from
Popery
.
3dly
,
That
your
Loyalty
to
K.
James
should
oblige
you
.
4thly
,
That
Popery
is
the
Ancient
Religion
.
5thly
,
That
't
is
the
Religion
of
your
Forefathers
.
6thly
,
That
there
is
but
One
Faith
,
and
One
Church
,
which
is
that
of
Rome
.
7thly
,
That
Popery
is
the
Safer
Religion
And
8thly
,
That
't
is
not
Honourable
to
change
your
Religion
.
All
which
I
shall
endeavour
to
prove
Fallacious
or
False
.
Sect
104.
The
First
is
partly
Answered
Sect.
32.
where
it
appears
you
are
of
English
Extraction
;
but
't
will
be
a
full
Answer
to
say
,
That
we
have
no
National
Quarrel
against
you
,
most
of
us
having
been
born
in
this
Nation
;
nor
do
we
look
upon
you
,
when
you
come
over
to
the
English
Interest
and
Religion
,
to
be
other
than
Englishmen
;
as
you
may
see
in
the
Noble
Families
of
the
Earls
of
Thomond
and
Insiquine
,
and
many
others
,
as
Macguire
,
Coughlan
,
&c.
Between
whom
and
those
of
English
Extraction
,
no
manner
of
difference
●s
made
.
Sect
105.
To
the
second
I
say
,
It
does
not
con●ern
such
of
you
as
are
Restor'd
or
in
Possession
,
●or
the
Bulk
of
the
common
People
,
who
would
get
nothing
but
more
Tyrannical
Masters
,
if
the
Old
Irish
were
Restor'd
;
nor
the
Merchants
,
Lawyers
,
Physicians
and
Gentlemen
that
lost
no
Estates
;
why
then
should
T●ese
suffer
themselves
●o
be
us'd
as
the
Cat
's
Paw
was
by
the
Monkey
●n
the
Fable
,
and
let
their
own
Fingers
be
burnt
to
●ull
Nuts
out
of
the
Fire
of
Rebellion
,
for
the
Priest
and
the
old
Proprietor
to
eat
?
'T
is
certain●y
therefore
the
Interest
of
all
these
to
live
in
Peace
,
and
see
Themselves
and
their
Country
prosper
and
flourish
,
and
to
contribute
to
it
by
their
Conformity
to
the
Excellent
Laws
and
Pure
Religion
therein
Established
.
Nay
,
the
Old
Proprietor
,
if
he
has
any
Grace
,
Honesty
or
Bowels
,
will
rather
delight
to
see
his
Country
United
and
Settled
in
Peace
and
True
Religion
,
and
seek
for
New
Purchases
by
his
Industry
,
than
endeavour
to
put
it
in
a
flame
,
and
hazard
himself
and
his
Friends
upon
vain
and
imaginary
Hopes
.
But
as
for
the
Priests
,
I
know
them
so
well
,
and
their
love
of
Gain
,
that
I
have
no
hopes
to
convert
them
,
without
a
Pension
▪
Sect
106.
As
to
the
Third
,
Loyalty
to
the
late
King
James
,
it
has
been
partly
touch'd
upon
before
;
but
I
must
add
,
That
Ireland
was
at
first
Conquer'd
by
the
Blood
and
Treasure
of
England
,
and
thereby
,
and
by
the
repeated
Oaths
and
Submissions
of
the
Irish
,
became
part
of
the
Dominions
of
England
,
and
and
a
Subordinate
Kingdom
to
that
Crown
;
and
since
that
,
by
several
Acts
of
Parliament
,
Ireland
has
been
Inseparably
Vnited
and
Annexed
to
the
Imperial
Crown
of
England
,
from
whence
it
will
follow
,
That
whosoever
is
King
of
England
,
is
ipso
facto
King
of
Ireland
,
as
much
as
he
is
of
Berwick
,
or
the
Isle
of
Wight
;
and
the
consequence
of
that
will
be
,
That
when
King
James
Abdicated
England
.
he
deserted
all
its
Dominions
,
and
among
the
rest
Ireland
.
And
as
soon
as
his
Present
Majesty
was
Declar'd
King
,
and
had
the
Crown
of
England
,
the
same
instant
he
became
Lawful
&
Rightful
(
for
I
see
no
difference
,
since
Law
is
the
Rule
of
Right
)
King
of
Ireland
;
and
to
conspire
against
him
thenceforward
,
was
and
is
Treason
;
and
to
levy
War
against
him
,
is
open
and
actual
Rebellion
.
Sect
107.
And
this
is
proved
not
only
by
Reason
and
Constant
Practice
in
all
Ages
,
but
also
by
the
greatest
Authority
the
Law
is
Conusant
of
,
and
that
is
,
the
Opinion
and
Judgment
of
all
the
Judges
in
both
Kingdoms
,
and
the
Supream
Authority
of
both
Parliaments
;
this
is
the
Legislative
Power
;
for
the
King
and
Parliament
cannot
only
Interpret
,
but
also
Make
Laws
:
And
they
have
both
Authoritatively
and
Declaratively
settled
this
Point
so
,
as
to
make
it
Binding
both
to
the
Iudgment
and
Consciences
of
all
His
Majesties
Subjects
:
From
whence
it
follows
That
the
pretended
Loyalty
your
Priests
encourage
in
you
towards
K.
James
,
is
in
Truth
Notorious
Disloyalty
,
Undoubted
Treason
,
and
Manifest
Perjury
,
and
Breach
of
the
Oath
of
Fidelity
you
have
taken
to
King
William
:
But
what
care
your
Spiritual
Guides
for
that
,
if
you
would
but
help
them
to
recover
their
Jurisdiction
,
their
Tythes
,
and
their
Abby
and
Church-Lands
?
Sect
108.
As
to
the
Fourth
,
Antiquity
,
'T
is
no
Constant
Note
of
the
Church
,
for
it
had
a
Beginning
;
the
Churches
of
Jerusalem
and
Antioch
are
more
Antient
than
that
of
Rome
,
and
yet
have
Apostatiz'd
;
and
the
Greek
Church
is
altogether
as
old
,
and
has
had
a
constant
Succession
of
Bishops
.
But
to
give
this
a
full
Answer
,
The
Church
of
Rome
has
nothing
Antient
,
I
mean
Primitive
,
but
what
we
agree
in
:
Her
New
Creed
shews
that
she
has
a
New
Religion
as
to
the
Points
in
difference
,
which
are
already
shewn
to
be
Novelties
,
introduced
one
after
another
,
as
she
had
occasion
and
opportunity
:
And
therefore
she
declines
to
be
tried
by
Scripture
,
well
knowing
that
is
the
Old
Religion
which
was
Revealed
at
first
,
and
is
recorded
in
the
holy
Scriptures
,
where
Popery
is
not
to
be
found
.
Sect
109.
As
to
the
Fifth
,
It
follows
from
what
has
been
said
,
That
Popery
as
now
practis'd
,
was
not
the
Religion
of
your
Forefathers
:
Besides
,
your
Ancestors
Renounced
the
Supremacy
of
the
Pope
,
by
Indenture
,
Anno
32
Heb.
VIII
.
And
long
before
that
by
the
Statutes
of
Provisors
and
Premunire
manifested
that
they
were
not
such
Bigots
to
the
Papacy
as
you
are
:
They
Enacted
the
Oath
of
Supremacy
,
and
took
it
,
and
generally
went
to
Church
,
and
were
called
Church-Papists
,
until
the
Prospect
of
some
hopeful
Rebellion
in
favour
of
Rome
,
made
them
Recusants
.
Sect
110.
But
what
if
your
Forefathers
wer
-
Papists
/
would
you
therefore
Prefer
your
Extraction
before
the
Truth
,
Or
were
not
their
Ancestors
Heathens
,
and
as
it
would
be
ill
in
your
Forefathers
to
remain
Heathens
,
because
their
Ancestors
were
so
,
it
is
as
ill
in
you
to
remain
in
Error
,
Ignorance
and
Superstition
,
because
your
Forefathers
were
in
that
condition
.
In
short
,
This
was
the
Argument
of
the
Iews
against
their
Conversion
;
if
it
did
sound
Ill
in
their
Mouths
,
't
will
not
sound
Well
in
yours
.
Sect
111.
As
to
the
Sixth
,
That
there
is
but
One
Faith
,
and
One
Church
,
't
is
true
,
but
that
is
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
Christian
Church
;
and
tho'
the
several
sorts
of
Christians
,
as
Papists
,
Protestants
,
Greeks
,
Armenians
,
&c.
may
be
said
to
be
of
different
Communions
,
Parties
or
Sects
,
yet
they
are
all
Parts
of
the
Catholcik
Church
,
and
are
all
of
that
One
Christian
Church
faith
,
and
Religion
mention'd
in
the
Gospel
;
and
therefore
the
Baptism
of
each
of
these
Churches
is
allowed
by
the
rest
;
and
the
Papists
dare
not
Re-baptize
those
that
were
Christned
by
Protestants
,
which
proves
that
they
admit
the
Protestant
to
be
a
True
Christian
Church
:
And
they
know
well
enough
,
That
difference
in
Opinion
does
not
always
make
one
of
a
different
Religion
;
else
the
Fathers
were
not
Catholicks
▪
for
there
were
very
few
of
them
but
differ'd
in
some
Point
or
other
;
many
of
them
were
Millienaries
/
and
some
had
Notions
more
Hetrodox
:
Nay
,
Separate
Communions
do
many
times
rather
infer
several
Factions
/
than
different
Religions
;
as
appears
between
the
Episcoparians
▪
Presbyterians
and
Independants
,
whose
Creed
is
the
same
▪
and
consequently
their
Religion
.
So
that
it
is
a
Palpable
Artifice
to
apply
those
Texts
of
the
Gospel
relating
to
One
Church
/
One
Faith
&c.
to
any
Particular
Sect
,
Party
,
Faction
or
Communion
,
within
the
Catholick
or
Christian
Church
.
Sect
112.
It
must
be
understood
that
the
word
Catholick
signifies
Vniversal
,
and
so
't
is
in
the
Apostles
Creed
in
French
,
L'
Esglise
Universelle
,
The
Universal
Church
;
which
is
what
I
said
before
,
The
Christian
Church
throughout
the
World
.
Now
with
what
Front
can
the
Particular
Church
of
Rome
call
it self
The
Vniversal
Church
?
Certainly
it
would
never
have
past
,
if
the
People
had
not
been
blinded
with
the
Term
Catholick
,
which
they
thought
signified
no
more
than
Orthodox
.
But
,
say
the
Papists
,
We
do
not
mean
the
Particular
Diocess
of
Rome
only
,
but
also
all
other
parts
of
the
World
that
are
in
Communion
with
her
,
and
this
we
call
The
Vniversal
Church
But
this
won't
mend
the
Blunder
,
because
all
those
Churches
in
Communion
with
Rome
do
make
but
a
part
(
much
greater
indeed
than
before
)
of
the
Vniversal
Church
,
whilst
there
are
any
other
Christian
Churches
out
of
its
Communion
:
For
the
Vniversal
Church
must
comprehend
All
Assemblies
of
Christians
over
all
the
World
.
So
that
if
there
were
1000
Christian
Churches
or
Congregations
in
the
World
.
and
900
of
them
were
of
the
Popish
Communion
,
as
one
Third
of
them
are
not
,
yet
were
not
she
the
Catholick
or
Vniversal
Church
,
properly
speaking
,
or
in
any
other
sense
,
but
as
Professing
the
Faith
and
Doctrine
which
our
Saviour
Published
to
the
Universal
World
.
And
it
is
the
Point
in
Question
whether
she
does
that
or
no.
And
't
is
to
be
noted
that
the
word
Catholick
is
inserted
in
the
Creed
,
in
opposition
to
Iudaism
/
which
was
in
effect
appropriated
to
a
Few
;
whereas
the
Christian
Religion
is
Catholick
,
and
Universally
offered
to
The
Whole
World
,
and
all
the
Nations
thereof
.
Sect
113.
To
the
Seventh
I
answer
.
That
Popery
is
not
the
safer
Religion
,
but
on
the
contrary
,
is
by
reason
of
its
Idolatry
and
Superstition
the
most
dangerous
of
all
Christian
Religions
:
'T
is
true
We
dare
not
Limit
the
Infinite
Mercy
of
God
,
nor
determine
how
far
Invincible
Ignorance
may
excuse
Idolaters
,
Papists
,
or
even
Turks
and
Heathens
;
Does
it
follow
that
any
Man
should
choose
to
be
an
Idolater
or
a
Papist
,
or
a
Turk
rather
then
to
be
a
Good
Christian
,
because
this
last
is
Modest
and
will
not
Pronounce
any
Man
Damn'd
without
warrant
,
and
the
former
are
Rash
and
Uncharitable
in
Censures
they
have
no
Ground
for
.
Suppose
two
Ships
Sayling
together
,
one
Stanch
and
the
other
Leaky
,
the
Crew
of
the
latter
swear
the
stanch
Vessel
will
Perish
,
the
others
perceive
no
danger
to
themselves
,
but
think
't
is
1000
to
one
if
the
Leaky
Vessel
reaches
the
Shore
,
Yet
allow
that
't
is
possible
she
may
,
Which
of
these
two
would
a
Wise
Man
choose
to
go
in
?
or
has
he
any
thing
to
do
but
to
examine
which
is
the
Leaky
Vessel
?
and
which
is
the
Stanch
one
.
Moreover
if
We
Examine
this
Popular
Argument
by
like
cases
that
have
happened
in
the
Church
we
shall
find
it
but
a
Pittiful
piece
of
Sophistry
:
The
Donatists
denyed
the
Baptism
of
the
Catholicks
,
whilst
the
Church
allowed
the
Baptism
of
the
Donatists
,
yet
would
not
S.
Augustin
be
Re-baptiz'd
:
St.
Paul
owns
a
Possibility
of
Salvation
to
the
Iudaizing
Christians
,
who
built
with
Straw
and
Stubble
on
Foundations
of
Christianity
,
Which
They
denyed
to
The
Orthodox
,
So
that
if
this
Popish
Argument
were
Good
,
All
the
Orthodox
should
have
Iudaiz'd
,
since
both
sides
Allowed
,
They
might
be
saved
;
But
St.
Paul
and
the
Primitive
Christians
were
wiser
then
to
leave
a
certain
way
of
Salvation
for
a
meer
Possibility
of
being
Saved
.
Besides
The
Protestant
Religion
is
the
safer
because
it
Enjoyns
you
to
believe
no
more
then
you
do
already
,
and
only
Obliges
you
to
Reject
some
New
Whimsies
,
which
may
safely
be
omitted
whether
the
Doctrine
be
true
or
false
;
for
Example
,
tho'
the
Doctrine
of
Merit
were
True
,
Yet
't
is
more
safe
to
depend
upon
the
Merits
of
Our
Saviour
,
than
upon
our
Own
;
If
there
be
a
Purgatory
,
Yet
't
is
safer
to
make
our
Calling
and
Election
,
sure
by
Piety
,
and
Repentance
,
in
this
Life
,
then
to
Rely
upon
future
Purgations
;
If
the
Saints
do
hear
,
yet
't
is
more
Safe
and
Profitable
to
make
our
Prayers
,
and
Addresses
to
God
,
And
even
if
Transubstantiation
it self
were
True
;
Yet
it
would
be
safe
to
approach
the
Altar
,
with
that
Preparation
,
and
Reverence
,
our
Church
enjoyns
,
but
if
it
be
not
True
't
is
very
Unsafe
,
and
Plain
Idolatry
to
Adore
corruptible
Bread
,
for
the
Ever
living
and
Incorruptible
GOD.
Sect
114.
And
as
to
the
Eighth
and
last
Objection
,
I
Answer
,
That
nothing
is
more
Ingenuous
and
Praise-worthy
,
than
to
Confess
and
Forsake
ones
Errors
;
And
nothing
more
Dishonourable
than
to
be
Obstinate
in
a
Bad
Cause
.
If
it
had
been
a
Principle
that
were
Justifiable
,
That
one
never
ought
to
change
ones
Sentiment
:
our
Saviours
Preaching
had
been
in
vain
,
since
there
could
be
neither
Conversion
nor
Reformation
,
without
subverting
this
Specious
Principle
.
But
the
Truth
is
,
the
Principle
is
not
Good
,
but
Worldly
,
Proud
and
Deceitful
,
and
tending
to
keep
us
always
in
the
wrong
,
if
once
we
happen
to
be
so
.
On
the
contrary
,
when
the
First
Impressions
are
Ill
,
we
are
Oblig'd
in
Honour
to
change
for
the
Better
.
Sect
115.
But
what
are
the
mistaken
Notions
of
Honour
,
to
the
Salvation
of
ones
Soul
?
Or
have
not
you
done
enough
to
vindicate
your
Honour
,
that
you
have
stuck
to
an
Abdicated
Cause
till
you
see
it
so
entirely
bafled
that
't
is
become
the
Derision
of
Europe
?
Sect
116.
Have
not
too
many
of
you
already
been
Misguided
by
your
Priests
into
so
much
Villany
,
that
your
Guilt
robbs
you
of
the
Comfort
Good
Men
might
have
in
their
Sufferings
?
Are
you
not
render'd
Poor
and
Miserable
by
being
Tools
for
an
Infatiable
Clergy
,
that
suck
from
you
all
they
can
get
,
even
in
this
Extremity
?
And
have
not
they
,
for
their
own
Ends
,
prompted
you
to
all
the
Rebellions
you
have
been
guilty
of
,
from
whence
your
Forfeitures
,
Confiscations
,
and
Miseries
have
proceeded
?
Sect
117.
On
the
other
side
,
Gentlemen
,
you
find
that
the
Protestants
are
an
Honest
Good-Natur'd
People
,
infinitely
kinder
to
you
than
either
you
deserv'd
or
hop'd
for
;
And
above
all
,
The
KING
,
whom
you
had
Provok'd
to
the
last
Degree
,
Spitefully
and
Unnecessarily
,
and
consequently
from
whom
you
expected
no
Mercy
;
has
yet
graciously
manifested
Himself
to
you
the
most
Generous
and
most
Merciful
Prince
in
the
world
:
So
that
you
never
suffer'd
less
Persecution
for
the
Exercise
of
your
Religion
,
than
at
this
day
.
All
which
being
considered
,
This
seems
the
most
proper
Juncture
that
ever
happened
,
to
Undeceive
and
Convert
you
,
and
to
Dispose
you
to
a
Thorough
Reformation
,
and
to
become
Good
Protestants
,
and
Good
Subjects
.
Sect
118.
And
surely
those
of
the
Protestant
Religion
will
co-operate
all
they
can
to
this
Conversion
,
by
Exhortation
and
Example
,
by
Good
Offices
and
Good
Advice
.
And
certainly
the
IRIS●
〈…〉
worthy
of
their
Care
,
and
are
endued
with
such
Excellent
Qualities
,
as
will
deserve
and
recompence
all
the
Pains
that
shall
be
taken
in
that
Pious
Work
.
For
it
cannot
be
denied
but
that
the
Irish
abound
in
the
Perfections
of
Body
and
Mind
.
If
you
survey
their
Persons
,
you
will
find
their
Complexions
Good
,
their
Constitutions
Healthy
,
their
Limbs
Nimble
and
Active
,
their
Stature
Tall
,
and
their
Bodies
Strong
and
comely
:
And
if
you
search
their
Minds
,
you
will
find
them
Religious
,
Constant
,
Patient
,
and
Faithful
;
very
Docible
,
and
desirous
of
Instruction
;
Naturally
inclin'd
to
Manners
and
Complement
,
Generous
beyond
Example
,
and
Profusely
Hospitable
,
even
to
a
Fault
.
And
in
short
,
If
it
were
not
for
the
Bad
Principles
of
their
Religion
,
they
would
be
very
good
Neighbours
,
good
Subjects
,
and
good
Men.
Sect
119.
'T
is
true
,
That
the
best
Edge
is
soonest
Turn'd
,
and
the
sweetest
Wine
makes
the
sowrest
Vinegar
;
And
the
best
things
when
corrupted
,
degenerate
into
the
other
Extream
:
And
't
is
as
true
,
That
these
Vertues
of
the
Irish
,
for
want
of
Instruction
and
Cultivation
,
are
become
Intollerable
Vices
:
Thus
their
Religion
is
dwindled
into
Superstition
and
Bigotry
,
their
Constancy
turn'd
to
Obstinacy
,
their
Patience
to
Stupidity
,
and
even
their
Fidelity
is
become
the
Cause
of
the
Perfidiousness
and
Ingratitude
they
are
accused
of
.
Sect
120.
And
it
is
to
set
them
Right
in
these
Important
Matters
,
that
is
the
Charitable
Design
of
these
Papers
;
Which
if
they
take
Effect
,
will
Restore
the
Splendor
of
their
Vertues
,
bring
them
from
Darkness
to
Light
,
and
from
Ignorance
and
Misery
,
to
Happiness
and
Understanding
.
Sect
121.
And
since
there
is
a
great
deal
of
Truth
in
the
Petition
of
the
Miserable
Irish
,
to
the
French
King
,
setting
forth
their
Deplorable
Condition
,
and
the
insupportable
Calamities
they
have
Suffered
.
And
that
they
have
Postpond
all
that
is
Dear
to
Men
,
so
(
I
say
the
Mistaken
)
concerns
of
Religion
,
Does
it
not
hence
follow
,
That
if
they
have
Done
and
Suffered
thus
in
a
Bad
cause
,
They
would
have
Done
yet
better
in
a
Good
One
,
being
rightly
Instructed
.
Is
it
not
then
a
Noble
Work
and
Worthy
our
Greatest
Dilligence
to
Advise
and
Instruct
them
Effectually
?
And
should
not
We
from
this
Consideration
,
be
Prompted
to
Labour
Your
Conversion
,
and
should
not
you
from
hence
be
Cautious
to
avoid
Those
Superstitions
,
and
Follys
that
have
Reduced
your
Miserable
Countrymen
to
that
Wretched
Condition
.
Sect
122.
But
't
is
Objected
that
the
Irish
Converts
are
not
Sincere
,
and
will
Apostatize
when
Time
serves
,
and
it
might
be
true
if
they
were
Forc'd
and
Persecuted
to
it
.
But
since
they
are
under
No
Persecution
for
their
Religion
,
so
that
their
Conversion
is
Voluntary
;
One
may
say
that
the
Suggestion
is
false
and
Uncharitable
:
as
may
be
seen
in
the
first
Converts
and
in
some
of
the
Noblest
Families
of
this
Kingdom
whose
Conversions
were
Sincere
,
and
whose
Posterity
have
Proved
Champions
for
the
Faith
.
Nor
can
a
few
instances
of
the
contrary
,
especially
when
Under
Temptations
that
were
Insuperable
to
some
of
our
own
,
Justify
an
Objection
so
General
.
Besides
Time
,
Instruction
,
and
Example
strengthen
those
Notions
that
were
weak
at
first
;
and
their
Children
will
be
firm
and
free
from
the
Pre-possessions
of
their
Fathers
,
which
consideration
alone
is
sufficient
to
Induce
Us
to
Labour
Your
Conformity
.
Sect
123.
But
't
is
farther
Objected
,
That
no
People
was
ever
more
Vngrateful
and
Perfidious
than
the
Irish
have
been
to
the
English
,
after
Innumerable
Favours
Receiv'd
from
the
Government
,
and
Obligations
from
Particular
Men
:
And
the
Matter
of
Fact
is
True
,
but
yet
the
Aspersion
is
not
Iust
:
For
whenever
Two
Obligations
concur
,
an
Honest
Man
is
bound
to
Prefer
the
Greater
,
and
to
Reject
the
Less
.
If
my
Father
and
my
Friend
Quarrel
,
't
is
no
Vnfaithfulness
to
my
Friend
that
I
help
my
Father
.
'T
is
reckon'd
to
Abraham
for
Righteousness
,
that
he
would
have
Sacrific'd
his
Only
Son
at
the
Commandment
of
GOD.
And
't
is
Frivolous
to
Object
the
Unnatural
Barbarity
of
an
Action
,
when
't
is
Commanded
by
GOD
ALMIGHTY
,
who
will
either
prevent
the
Doing
it
,
or
confer
Circumstances
that
will
Sanctifie
the
thing
.
Sect
124.
In
all
Cases
one
is
bound
to
regard
the
Superiour
Obligation
;
And
therefore
when
the
Command
of
GOD
and
the
Prosperity
of
their
Religion
and
Countrey
,
as
They
thought
,
came
in
Competition
with
their
Obligations
to
the
English
,
They
should
not
be
Accused
of
Ingratitude
or
Persidiousness
for
preferring
the
former
.
Sect
125.
And
't
is
certain
,
that
Accuse
them
of
what
you
will
,
as
long
as
they
continue
Papists
;
they
will
(
Maugre
all
Obligations
)
Desiroy
the
Protestants
,
as
often
as
They
get
Opportunity
,
and
the
Priest
bids
them
:
For
here
lies
the
Secret
and
Spring-Head
of
all
their
Faults
and
their
Misfortunes
,
That
they
take
the
Voice
of
every
Siliy
Priest
,
for
the
Voice
of
GOD.
Sect
126.
And
this
it
is
which
brings
Reproach
upon
Irish
Vnderstanding
:
Not
that
you
want
Wit
,
or
Apprehension
,
but
that
you
are
Credulous
,
and
take
things
upon
Trust
,
and
consequently
are
easily
Impos'd
upon
:
All
the
Stories
the
Clergy
convey
to
you
under
the
Name
of
Traditions
,
you
Receive
with
an
Undoubted
Divine
Faith
:
Though
at
the
same
time
,
Cardinal
Baronius
,
who
had
better
Examin'd
them
,
tells
you
,
That
he
Despair'd
to
find
out
the
Truth
,
even
in
Matters
which
True
Writers
have
Recorded
,
because
there
was
Nothing
remained
Sincera
and
Uncorrupted
.
Surely
you
must
have
heard
of
your
Index
Expurgatorius
,
and
the
Care
that
is
taken
to
Raze
out
and
Cancel
every
Text
that
makes
against
the
Papacy
.
'T
is
probable
that
you
have
heard
of
the
many
Forgeries
your
Church
stands
Accused
of
,
and
yet
you
believe
every
Word
of
The
Lives
of
the
Saints
,
and
of
the
Golden
L●gend●
tho'
Ludevicus
Vives
confesses
,
It
is
Unworthy
Saints
or
Men
;
and
was
Written
by
a
Man
of
an
Iron
Forehead
,
and
a
Leaden
Understanding
.
Sect
127.
But
there
is
nothing
more
Scandalous
to
your
Credulity
or
Religion
,
than
the
Ridiculous
Account
your
Church
has
given
us
of
her
Innumerable
Miracles
:
This
Stabbs
the
Christian
Faith
/
and
hardens
the
Jews
in
their
Infidelity
:
For
finding
you
have
Trump'd
up
so
many
False
Miracles
,
They
have
little
Regard
to
those
that
are
True
.
And
't
is
Observable
,
That
your
Miracles
cannot
be
for
Conviction
of
Gainsayers
,
since
they
are
not
pretended
to
be
done
before
any
but
those
of
your
Own
Communion
;
And
very
few
at
all
since
the
Reformation
,
when
there
was
most
need
of
them
.
Sect
128.
In
short
,
One
cannot
find
more
Comical
Stories
to
Entertain
Company
,
or
make
People
merry
with
,
than
many
of
your
Miracles
,
and
some
of
your
Sermons
.
and
if
my
designed
Brevity
woul
permit
,
I
could
give
you
many
pleasant
Instances
of
both
.
Sect
129
This
I
say
is
it
which
brings
your
Vnderstanding
in
Question
,
That
you
will
be
perswaded
by
Blind
Prophecies
,
False
Miracles
,
Forg'd
Traditions
,
and
Doubtful
Interpretations
,
against
Common
Sense
your
own
Experience
,
and
the
Plainest
Texts
of
Scriptures
.
Sect
130.
And
at
the
same
Rate
they
have
us'd
you
in
the
History
of
your
Countrey
,
which
is
not
only
for
the
most
part
False
,
but
utterly
Impossible
:
All
your
Antiquaries
pretend
to
draw
every
one
of
your
Pedigrees
through
Milesius
,
all
along
down
from
Adam
;
And
you
are
generally
tickled
with
the
Fancy
:
Not
considering
that
Milesius's
Army
and
Officers
had
probably
Their
Part
in
the
Generation
of
Posterity
,
as
well
as
he
;
And
that
he
was
not
Pater
Patriae
,
in
a
Literal
Sense
.
Sect.
131.
But
Gentlemen
,
to
pass
by
these
〈◊〉
,
and
come
to
a
Conclusion
:
Since
't
is
possible
that
some
may
labour
your
Confusion
,
as
earnestly
as
others
desire
your
Conversion
,
it
imports
you
to
make
it
appear
that
you
can
distinguish
between
Friends
and
Enemies
,
in
rendring
of
our
Good
Wishes
for
your
Conversion
,
Successful
.
If
therefore
you
will
diligently
Read
and
Consider
what
has
been
said
,
and
Consult
Able
Divines
for
the
Resolution
of
any
Doubts
or
Difficulties
that
may
remain
with
you
,
the
LORD
giving
you
Unnderstanding
,
you
may
by
His
Grace
be
Converted
,
and
in
This
World
partake
of
all
the
Enjoyments
to
be
found
in
an
Excellent
Countrey
,
under
the
Best
Prince
,
and
the
Best
Government
in
Christendom
:
And
in
The
World
to
Come
Enjoy
Everlasting
Happiness
with
your
Blessed
SAVIOUR
in
Glory
.
But
if
your
Malice
to
Us
,
or
your
Bigotry
to
the
Priest
has
Enslav'd
you
,
to
such
a
degree
of
Stubborness
,
that
you
will
not
Learn
,
or
be
Better
Instructed
,
you
cannot
Expect
that
We
should
Trust
Men
of
your
Principles
,
that
are
Without
Reserve
under
the
Government
of
Others
,
and
Those
Our
Profess'd
and
Inveterate
Enemies
.
On
the
contrary
,
seeing
that
We
can
have
no
Security
of
your
Good
Behaviour
,
and
that
there
is
no
Safety
but
in
your
Impotence
;
Every
Honest
Man
will
concur
in
such
Methods
as
Self-Preservation
will
both
Dictate
and
Justifie
.
Sect
132.
I
shall
Conclude
All
,
with
a
farther
Earnest
Exhortation
to
the
PROTESTANTS
,
MAGISTRATES
,
CLERGY
,
and
GENTRY
,
to
use
Their
Best
Endeavours
to
Convert
you
;
who
being
Their
Tenants
,
Servants
,
or
Neighbours
,
will
be
much
Influenced
by
their
Exhortations
and
Example
:
And
if
they
will
take
this
Happy
Opportunity
,
and
attempt
it
immediately
,
and
All
together
,
they
will
meet
with
Success
beyond
their
Expectation
,
and
perform
such
an
act
of
Charity
and
Wisdom
,
as
will
highly
Conduce
to
the
Honour
of
their
Religion
,
the
Improvement
and
Safety
of
their
Countrey
,
the
Advancement
of
their
Estates
,
and
the
Salvation
of
their
Souls
and
yours
.
And
even
so
be
it
,
Blessed
JESUS
.
Amen
.
And
so
,
Gentlemen
,
with
my
hearty
Prayers
for
your
Conversion
,
I
am
ever
.
&c.
FINIS
.