A
Word
without
Doors
Concerning
the
BILL
for
SUCCESSION
.
SIR
,
I
AM
very
sensible
of
the
great
Honour
you
were
pleased
to
do
me
in
your
last
,
which
I
received
immediately
after
our
late
unhappy
Dissolution
;
but
could
have
wished
you
would
have
laid
your
Commands
on
some
more
able
Person
,
to
have
given
you
Satisfaction
in
the
matter
you
there
propose
relating
to
the
Duke
,
who
,
you
seem
to
insinuate
,
was
like
(
if
the
Parliament
had
continued
)
to
have
received
hard
measure
.
I
must
Ingenuously
confess
to
you
,
I
was
not
long
since
perfectly
of
your
Opinion
,
and
thought
it
the
highest
Injustice
imaginable
,
for
any
Prince
to
be
debar'd
of
his
Native
Right
of
Succession
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
.
But
upon
a
more
mature
deliberation
and
enquiry
,
I
found
my
Error
proceeded
principally
from
the
false
Notions
I
had
took
up
of
Government
it self
,
and
from
my
Ignorance
of
the
practises
of
all
Communities
of
Men
in
all
Ages
,
whenever
self-preservation
and
necessity
of
their
Affairs
Obliged
them
to
Declare
their
Opinion
in
Cases
of
the
like
Nature
:
To
the
knowledge
of
all
which
,
the
following
Accident
I
shall
Relate
to
you
,
did
very
much
contribute
.
My
Occasions
obliging
me
one
day
to
attend
the
coming
of
a
Friend
in
a
Coffee-house
near
Charing-Cross
,
there
happened
to
sit
at
the
same
Table
with
me
two
Ingenious
Gentlemen
,
who
according
to
the
frankness
of
Conversation
now
used
in
the
Town
,
began
a
Discourse
on
the
same
Subject
you
desire
to
be
more
particularly
informed
in
;
and
having
Extolled
the
late
House
of
Commons
as
the
best
number
of
Men
that
had
ever
sate
within
those
Walls
;
and
that
no
House
had
ever
more
vigorously
maintained
and
asserted
English
Liberty
and
Protestant
Religion
,
than
they
had
done
,
as
far
as
the
Nature
of
the
things
that
came
before
them
,
and
the
Circumstances
of
time
would
admit
(
to
all
which
I
very
readily
and
heartily
assented
;
)
they
then
added
,
That
the
great
Wisdom
and
Zeal
of
that
House
had
appeared
in
nothing
more
,
than
in
Ordering
a
Bill
to
be
brought
in
for
debarring
the
Duke
of
Y.
from
Inheriting
the
Crown
.
A
Law
they
affirmed
to
be
the
most
just
and
reasonable
in
the
World
,
and
the
only
proper
Remedy
to
Establish
this
Nation
on
a
true
and
solid
Interest
,
both
in
Relation
to
the
present
and
future
times
.
To
which
I
could
not
but
Reply
,
That
I
begged
their
Pardon
if
I
differed
from
them
in
Opinion
;
and
did
believe
,
that
how
honestly
soever
the
House
of
Commons
might
intend
in
that
matter
,
yet
that
the
point
of
Succession
was
so
Sacred
a
thing
,
and
of
so
high
a
Nature
,
that
it
was
not
Subjected
to
their
Cognizance
:
That
Monarchy
was
of
Divine
Right
:
That
Princes
Succeeded
by
Nature
and
Generation
only
,
and
not
by
Authority
,
Admission
,
or
Approbation
of
the
People
;
and
consequently
,
that
neither
the
Merit
or
Demerit
of
their
Persons
,
nor
the
different
influences
from
thence
upon
the
People
,
were
to
be
respected
or
had
in
consideration
;
but
the
Common-wealth
ought
to
Obey
and
submit
to
the
next
Heir
,
without
any
further
Inquisition
;
and
if
he
proved
a
Worthy
,
Vertuous
,
and
Just
Prince
,
it
was
a
great
Happiness
;
if
Unjust
,
Barbarous
,
and
Tyrannical
,
there
was
no
other
Remedy
,
but
Prayer
,
Patience
,
and
an
intire
Submission
to
so
difficult
a
Dispensation
of
Gods
Providence
.
I
had
no
sooner
ended
my
Discourse
,
but
one
of
the
Gentlemen
(
that
was
the
most
serious
in
the
Company
)
seeing
me
a
Young
Man
,
gravely
Replyed
;
That
he
could
not
but
be
extreamly
concerned
to
hear
that
such
pernicious
Notions
against
all
Lawful
Government
,
had
been
Taught
in
the
World
:
That
he
believed
they
were
in
me
purely
the
effects
of
an
University-Education
;
and
that
it
had
been
my
misfortune
to
have
had
a
very
high
Church-man
for
my
Tutor
,
who
had
endeavoured
(
as
it
was
their
constant
practise
to
all
Young
Gentlemen
under
their
Care
)
to
Debauch
me
with
such
Principles
as
would
enslave
my
Mind
to
their
Hierarchy
,
and
the
Monarchical
part
of
the
Government
,
without
any
Regard
at
all
to
the
Aristocratical
and
Popular
;
and
that
fat
Parsonages
,
Prebendships
,
Deanaries
,
and
Episcopal
Sees
,
were
the
certain
and
constant
Rewards
of
such
Services
:
That
the
place
we
were
in
,
was
a
little
to
Publick
for
Discourses
of
this
Nature
;
but
if
I
would
accept
of
a
Bottle
of
Wine
at
the
next
Tavern
,
he
would
undertake
to
give
me
juster
measures
;
adding
,
it
was
pity
so
hopeful
a
Gentleman
should
be
tainted
with
bad
Principles
.
My
Friend
coming
in
at
the
same
time
,
proved
to
be
one
of
their
particular
Acquaintance
;
and
both
he
and
I
readily
complied
with
so
Generous
a
motion
.
We
had
no
sooner
drank
a
Glass
round
,
but
the
Old
Gentleman
was
pleased
to
renew
his
Discourse
,
and
said
,
It
was
undoubtedly
true
,
that
the
inclination
of
Mankind
to
Live
in
Company
(
from
whence
come
Towns
,
Cities
,
and
Common-wealths
)
did
proceed
of
Nature
,
and
consequently
of
God
the
Author
of
Nature
,
So
likewise
Government
,
and
the
Jurisdiction
of
Magistrates
in
general
(
which
does
necessarily
flow
from
the
living
together
in
Society
)
is
also
of
Nature
,
and
Ordained
by
God
for
the
common
good
of
Mankind
;
but
that
the
particular
species
and
forms
of
this
or
that
Government
,
in
this
or
that
manner
;
To
have
many
,
few
,
or
one
Governour
;
or
that
they
should
have
this
or
that
Authority
,
more
or
less
,
for
a
longer
or
a
shorter
time
;
or
whether
ordinarily
by
Succession
or
by
Election
:
All
these
things
(
he
said
)
are
Ordained
and
Diversified
by
the
particular
positive
Laws
of
every
Countrey
,
and
are
not
Establish'd
either
by
Law
Natural
or
Divine
,
but
left
by
God
unto
every
Nation
and
Countrey
,
to
pitch
upon
what
Form
of
Government
they
shall
think
most
proper
to
promote
the
common
good
of
the
whole
,
and
best
adapted
to
the
Natures
,
Constitutions
,
and
other
Circumstances
of
the
People
;
which
accordingly
for
the
same
Reasons
may
be
altered
or
amended
in
any
of
its
parts
,
by
the
mutual
Consent
of
the
Governours
and
Governed
,
whenever
they
shall
see
Reasonable
cause
so
to
do
;
all
which
appears
plainly
,
both
from
the
diversity
of
Governments
extant
in
the
World
,
and
by
the
same
Nations
living
sometimes
under
one
sort
of
Government
,
and
sometimes
under
another
.
So
we
see
God
himself
permitted
his
peculiar
People
the
Jews
to
live
under
divers
Forms
of
Government
;
as
first
,
under
Patriarchs
,
then
under
Captains
,
then
under
Judges
,
then
under
High-Priests
,
next
under
Kings
,
and
then
under
Captains
and
High-Priests
again
,
until
they
were
conquered
by
the
Romans
,
who
themselves
also
first
lived
under
Kings
,
and
then
Consuls
,
whose
authority
they
afterwards
limited
by
a
Senate
,
by
adding
Tribunes
of
the
People
;
and
in
extraordinary
emergencies
of
the
Commonwealth
they
were
governed
by
Dictators
,
and
last
of
all
by
Emperors
.
So
that
it
's
plain
no
Magistrate
has
his
particular
Government
,
or
an
Interest
of
succession
in
it
,
by
any
Institution
of
Nature
,
but
only
by
the
particular
Constitution
of
the
Commonwealth
within
it self
.
And
as
the
kinds
of
Government
are
different
,
so
also
are
the
measures
of
Power
and
Authority
in
the
same
kind
,
in
different
Countreys
.
I
shall
begin
,
(
said
he
)
with
that
of
the
Roman
Empire
,
which
though
it
be
the
first
in
dignity
among
Christian
Princes
,
yet
it
is
so
restrained
and
limited
by
the
particular
Laws
of
the
Empire
,
that
he
can
do
much
less
in
his
State
,
than
other
Kings
in
theirs
.
He
can
neither
make
War
,
nor
exact
any
Contribution
of
Men
or
Money
,
but
by
the
consent
of
all
the
States
of
the
German
Diet
:
And
as
for
his
Children
and
Relations
,
they
have
no
Interest
or
pretence
to
succeed
,
but
only
by
Election
,
if
they
shall
be
thought
Worthy
.
Nay
,
the
chiefest
Article
the
Emperour
swears
to
keep
at
his
admission
to
that
Honour
,
is
,
That
he
shall
never
endeavour
to
make
thy
Dignity
of
the
Empire
Heriditary
to
his
Family
.
In
Spain
and
in
France
,
the
Priviledges
of
Kings
are
much
more
eminent
,
both
in
Power
and
Succession
;
their
Authority
is
more
absolute
,
every
Order
of
theirs
having
the
validity
of
a
Law
,
and
their
next
of
blood
does
ordinarily
inherit
,
though
in
a
different
manner
.
In
Spain
the
next
Heir
cannot
succeed
but
by
the
approbation
of
the
Nobility
,
Bishops
,
and
States
of
the
Realm
.
In
France
the
Women
are
not
admitted
to
succeed
,
let
them
be
never
so
lineally
descended
.
In
England
our
Kings
are
much
more
limited
and
confined
in
their
Power
,
than
either
of
the
two
former
;
for
here
no
Law
can
be
made
but
by
consent
and
Authority
of
Parliament
;
and
as
to
the
point
of
Succession
,
the
next
of
kin
is
admitted
,
unless
in
extraordinary
cases
,
and
when
important
Reason
of
State
require
an
alteration
:
And
then
the
Parliaments
of
England
(
according
to
the
Ancient
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
)
have
frequently
directed
and
appointed
the
succession
of
the
Crown
in
other
manner
than
in
course
it
would
have
gone
;
of
which
I
shall
give
you
some
Examples
in
order
.
But
first
let
us
look
abroad
,
and
see
how
things
have
been
carried
as
to
this
point
in
other
Countreys
.
Amongst
the
Jews
the
Law
of
Succession
did
ordinarily
hold
;
and
accordingly
Rehoboam
the
Lawful
Son
and
Heir
of
Soloman
,
after
his
Fathers
decease
,
went
to
Sichem
to
be
crowned
and
admitted
by
the
People
;
and
the
whole
body
of
the
People
of
Israel
being
there
gathered
together
,
did
(
before
they
would
admit
him
their
lawful
King
)
make
unto
him
certain
propositions
for
taking
away
some
heavy
Taxes
that
had
been
imposed
on
them
by
his
Father
Solomon
,
which
he
refusing
to
gratifie
them
in
,
and
following
the
advice
of
young
men
,
Ten
of
the
Twelve
Tribes
immediately
choose
Jeroboam
,
a
Servant
of
Rhehoboam's
,
a
meer
stranger
,
and
of
mean
Parentage
,
and
made
him
their
King
;
and
God
approved
thereof
,
as
the
Scriptures
in
express
words
do
testifie
:
for
when
Rhehoboam
had
raised
an
Army
of
One
hundred
and
fourscore
thousand
men
,
intending
by
force
of
Arms
to
have
justified
his
Claim
,
God
appeared
unto
Semajah
,
and
commanded
him
to
go
to
Rhehoboam
,
and
to
the
House
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
,
saying
,
Return
every
man
to
his
House
,
for
this
thing
is
of
me
,
saith
the
Lord
.
So
that
since
God
did
permit
and
allow
this
in
his
own
Commonwealth
,
which
was
to
be
the
pattern
for
all
others
,
no
doubt
he
will
approve
the
same
in
other
Kingdoms
,
whenever
his
service
and
glory
,
or
the
happiness
of
the
Weal-publick
shall
require
it
.
The
next
Instance
,
I
shall
give
you
,
shall
be
in
Spain
,
where
Don
Alonso
de
la
Cerda
having
been
admitted
Prince
of
Spain
in
his
Father's
life-time
(
according
to
the
Custom
of
that
Realm
)
married
Blancha
Daughter
of
Lewis
the
first
King
of
France
,
and
had
by
her
two
sons
Named
Alonso
and
Hernando
de
la
Cerda
;
but
their
Father
(
who
was
only
Prince
)
dying
before
Alonso
the
ninth
then
King
,
he
recommended
them
to
the
Realm
as
lawful
Heirs
apparent
to
the
Crown
:
But
Don
Sancho
their
Fathers
younger
Brother
,
who
was
a
great
Warrier
,
and
sirnamed
El
Bravo
,
was
admitted
Prince
,
and
they
put
by
,
in
their
Grandfathers
life-time
,
by
his
and
the
States
consent
;
and
this
was
done
at
a
Parliament
held
at
Sogovia
,
in
the
year
1276
:
And
in
the
year
,
1284
,
(
Alonso
the
9th
.
being
dead
)
Don
Sancho
was
acknowledg'd
King
,
and
the
two
Princes
Imprisoned
;
but
at
the
Mediation
of
Philip
the
third
,
King
of
France
,
their
Uncle
,
they
were
set
free
,
and
endowed
with
considerable
Revenues
in
Land
,
and
from
them
do
descend
the
Dukes
de
Medina
Celi
at
this
day
;
and
the
present
King
of
Spain
that
is
in
possession
,
descendeth
from
Don
Sancho
.
In
France
,
Lewis
the
4th
.
had
two
Sons
,
Lothairin
,
who
succeeded
him
,
and
Charles
whom
he
made
Duke
of
Lorrain
.
Lothairin
dying
,
left
an
only
Son
named
Lewis
,
who
dying
without
Issue
after
he
had
reigned
two
years
,
the
Crown
was
to
have
descended
on
his
Uncle
Charles
Duke
of
Lorrain
.
But
the
States
of
France
did
exclude
him
,
and
chose
Hugo
Capetus
,
Earl
of
Paris
,
for
their
King
;
and
in
an
Oration
made
by
their
Embassadour
to
Charles
of
Lorrain
,
did
give
an
account
of
their
Reasons
for
so
doing
,
as
it
is
related
by
Belforest
,
a
French
Historian
,
in
these
very
words
:
Every
man
knoweth
(
Lord
Charles
)
that
the
Succession
of
the
Crown
and
Kingdom
of
France
,
acc●●●ing
to
the
ordinary
Rights
and
Laws
of
the
same
,
belongeth
unto
you
,
and
not
unto
Hugh
Capet
now
our
King
:
But
yet
the
same
Laws
which
do
give
unto
you
such
Right
of
Succession
,
do
judge
you
also
unworthy
of
the
same
,
for
that
you
have
not
endeavoured
hitherto
to
frame
your
life
according
to
the
prescript
of
those
Laws
,
nor
according
to
the
use
and
custom
of
the
Kingdom
of
France
,
but
rather
have
alied
your self
with
the
Germans
our
old
Enemies
,
and
have
accustomed
your self
to
their
vile
and
base
manners
.
Wherefore
since
you
have
abandoned
and
forsaken
the
Ancient
Virtue
,
Amity
,
and
sweetness
of
your
Countrey
,
your
Countrey
has
also
abandoned
and
forsaken
you
;
for
we
have
chosen
Hugh
Capet
for
our
King
,
and
have
put
you
by
,
and
this
without
any
scruple
in
our
Consciences
at
all
;
esteeming
it
far
better
and
more
just
to
live
under
Hugh
Capet
,
the
possessor
of
the
Crown
,
with
enjoying
the
ancient
use
of
our
Laws
,
Customs
,
Priviledges
,
and
Liberties
,
than
under
you
the
next
Heir
by
blood
,
in
Oppressions
,
strange
Customs
,
and
Cruelty
.
For
as
they
who
are
to
make
a
Voyage
in
a
Ship
on
a
dangerous
Sea
,
do
not
so
much
respect
whether
the
Pilot
claims
Title
to
the
Ship
or
no
,
but
rather
whether
he
be
skilful
,
valiant
,
and
like
to
bring
them
in
safety
to
their
ways
end
;
even
so
our
principal
care
is
to
have
a
good
Prince
to
lead
and
guide
us
happily
in
this
way
of
Civil
and
Politick
life
,
which
is
the
End
for
which
Princes
are
appointed
.
And
with
this
Message
ended
his
Succession
and
Life
,
he
dying
not
long
after
in
Prison
.
And
now
I
shall
come
home
,
and
give
you
an
Instance
or
two
in
England
,
since
the
Conquest
,
and
so
conclude
.
William
Rufus
,
second
Son
of
William
the
Conqueror
,
by
the
assistance
of
Lanfrank
,
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
,
who
had
a
great
opinion
of
his
Virtue
and
Probity
,
was
admitted
King
by
the
consent
of
the
Realm
,
his
elder
Brother
Robert
Duke
of
Normandy
being
then
in
the
War
at
Jerusalem
.
William
dying
,
his
younger
Brother
Henry
by
his
ingenuity
and
fair
carriage
,
and
by
the
assistance
of
Henry
Earl
of
Warwich
,
who
had
greatest
interest
in
the
Nobility
;
and
Maurice
Bishop
of
London
,
a
leading-man
amongst
the
Clergy
,
obtained
also
the
Crown
.
And
Robert
Duke
of
Normandy
was
a
second
time
excluded
.
And
though
this
King
Henry
could
pretend
no
other
Title
to
the
Crown
than
the
Election
and
admission
of
the
Realm
,
yet
he
defended
it
so
well
;
and
God
prospered
him
with
such
success
,
that
when
his
elder
Brother
Robert
came
to
claim
the
Kingdom
by
force
of
Arms
,
he
beat
him
in
a
Pitcht-Battle
,
took
him
Prisoner
,
and
so
he
dyed
miserably
in
Bonds
.
King
Henry
had
one
only
Daughter
,
named
Maud
,
or
Matilda
,
who
was
married
to
the
Emperor
,
and
he
dying
without
issue
,
she
was
afterwards
married
to
Geofry
Plantagenet
Earl
of
Anjou
in
France
,
by
whom
she
had
a
Son
named
Henry
,
whom
his
Grandfather
declared
Heir-apparent
to
the
Crown
in
his
life-time
;
yet
after
his
death
,
Henry
was
excluded
,
and
Stephen
Earl
of
Bulloine
,
Son
of
Adela
,
Daughter
of
William
the
Conquerour
,
was
by
the
States
thought
more
fit
to
govern
than
Prince
Henry
,
who
was
then
but
a
Child
.
And
this
was
done
by
the
perswasion
of
Henry
Bishop
of
Winchester
,
and
at
the
solicitation
of
the
Abbot
of
Glastenbury
and
others
,
who
thought
they
might
do
the
same
Lawfully
,
and
with
a
good
Conscience
,
for
the
Publick
good
of
the
Realm
.
But
the
Event
did
not
prove
so
well
as
they
intended
:
for
this
occasioned
great
Factions
and
Divisions
in
the
Kingdom
;
for
the
quieting
of
which
,
there
was
a
Parliament
held
at
Wallingford
,
which
passed
a
Law
,
That
Stephen
should
be
King
only
during
his
Life
,
and
that
Prince
Henry
and
his
Off-spring
should
succeed
him
;
and
by
the
same
Law
debarred
William
Son
of
King
Stephen
from
inheriting
the
Crown
,
and
only
made
him
Earl
of
Norfolk
.
Thus
did
the
Parliament
dispose
of
the
Crown
in
those
days
,
which
was
in
the
year
1153
,
which
sufficiently
proves
what
I
have
asserted
.
The
sum
of
all
I
have
said
,
amounts
to
this
:
That
Government
in
general
is
by
the
Law
of
Nature
,
and
consequently
the
Ordinance
of
God
;
but
that
the
different
forms
of
Government
,
whether
to
Reside
in
One
,
Few
,
or
Many
;
or
whether
it
shall
be
continued
by
Succession
or
by
Election
,
together
with
the
different
measures
and
limitations
of
Power
and
Authority
in
Governours
of
the
same
kind
in
several
Countreys
;
All
these
things
,
I
say
,
are
ordained
by
,
and
purely
depend
upon
Positive
and
Humane
Laws
:
From
whence
it
will
necessarily
follow
,
That
the
same
Human
Authority
(
residing
in
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
,
here
in
England
)
which
gave
being
to
those
Laws
for
the
good
of
the
Community
,
is
Superintendent
over
them
,
and
both
may
and
ought
to
make
any
Addition
to
,
or
Alteration
of
them
,
when
the
publick
Good
and
Welfare
of
the
Nation
shall
require
it
;
unless
you
will
admit
,
That
an
Human
Authority
,
establishing
any
thing
intentionally
for
the
common
good
of
the
Society
,
which
in
tract
of
time
,
by
reason
of
unforeseen
Circumstances
and
Emergencies
,
proves
destructive
of
it
,
has
by
that
Act
concluded
it self
,
and
made
that
accidental
Evil
,
Moral
and
Unchangeable
,
which
to
affirm
is
Sensless
and
Repugnant
.
And
now
,
Sir
,
I
hope
by
this
time
(
said
the
Old
Gentleman
)
you
begin
to
think
that
the
Bill
for
disabling
the
Duke
,
was
not
so
unjust
and
unreasonable
as
was
pretended
;
and
that
the
course
of
Succession
(
being
founded
upon
the
same
bottom
with
other
Civil
Constitutions
)
might
likewise
as
justly
have
been
altered
by
the
King
,
Lords
,
and
Commons
,
as
any
other
Law
or
Custom
whatever
.
And
here
I
might
conclude
:
But
because
a
late
Pentionary
Pen
has
publickly
Arraign'd
the
Wisdom
,
Loyalty
,
and
Justice
of
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
on
the
Account
of
this
Bill
,
I
will
ex
abundanti
add
a
word
or
two
more
to
that
particular
.
Whereupon
he
pluckt
a
Paper
out
of
his
Pocket
,
Entituled
,
Great
and
weighty
Considerations
relating
to
the
Duke
and
Successor
of
the
Crown
,
&c.
Which
as
soon
as
he
had
read
unto
us
,
You
see
here
(
said
he
)
the
true
temper
of
those
men
,
of
whom
I
first
gave
you
Caution
:
There
never
was
an
endeavour
(
though
in
a
Legal
and
Parliamentary
way
)
after
any
Reformation
either
in
Church
or
State
,
but
the
Promoters
of
it
were
sure
to
be
branded
by
them
with
the
Odious
imputations
of
Fanaticism
and
Faction
:
Nay
if
the
Countrey
Electors
of
Parliament-men
,
will
not
pitch
upon
such
Rake-hells
of
the
Nation
as
are
usually
proposed
by
them
,
but
on
the
contrary
,
make
use
of
their
Freedom
and
Consciences
in
chusing
Able
,
Upright
,
and
Deserving
Persons
;
and
if
good
men
thus
chosen
,
do
but
(
according
to
their
Duty
in
the
House
)
enquire
into
publick
Grievances
,
pursue
in
a
Legal
course
Notorious
Offenders
,
and
Consult
and
Advise
the
security
of
the
Government
and
Protestant
Religion
,
the
high
Church-man
immediately
swells
,
and
in
a
passion
tells
you
,
That
all
this
proceeds
from
the
Old
Phanatick
Leven
,
not
yet
worn
out
amongst
the
People
:
That
we
are
going
back
again
to
Forty
One
;
and
acting
over
afresh
the
sins
of
our
Forefathers
.
Thus
ignorantly
do
they
Complement
the
Times
and
Persons
they
endeavour
to
Expose
,
by
Appropriating
to
them
such
Virtues
as
were
common
to
good
men
in
all
Ages
.
But
enough
of
this
.
In
the
next
place
pray
observe
how
Hypocritically
the
Considerer
puts
this
Question
,
viz.
Whether
Protestant
Religion
was
not
setled
in
this
Nation
by
the
same
mighty
hand
of
God
,
that
establisht
Jeroboam
in
the
Kingdom
of
Israel
?
[
And
then
adds
]
Whether
we
(
like
that
wicked
King
)
should
so
far
despair
of
Gods
Providence
in
preserving
the
work
of
his
own
Hands
,
as
never
to
think
it
Safe
unless
it
be
Establisht
on
the
Quick-sands
of
our
own
wicked
Inventions
?
[
viz.
the
Bill
against
the
Duke
.
]
And
throughout
his
whole
Discourse
,
he
frequently
calls
all
Care
of
preserving
our
Religion
,
a
mistrust
of
God's
Providence
;
and
on
that
score
calls
out
to
the
Nation
,
O
ye
of
little
Faith
,
&c.
Now
I
will
allow
him
,
That
the
least
evil
is
not
to
be
done
,
that
the
greatest
and
most
important
Good
may
ensue
:
But
that
the
Bill
for
Disabling
the
Duke
,
is
highly
Justifiable
both
by
the
Laws
of
God
,
and
Constitution
of
our
Government
,
I
think
by
my
former
Discourse
I
have
left
no
room
to
Doubt
;
and
the
Considerer
having
scarce
attempted
to
prove
the
Contrary
,
it
's
preposterously
done
of
him
to
give
us
his
Use
of
Reproof
,
before
he
has
clear'd
his
Doctrine
.
However
,
I
owe
him
many
thanks
for
putting
me
in
mind
how
Protestant
Religion
was
first
Establisht
here
in
England
:
It
was
indeed
by
the
mighty
hand
of
God
influencing
the
Publick
Councils
of
the
Nation
,
so
that
all
imaginable
care
was
taken
both
by
Prince
and
People
,
to
Rescue
themselves
from
under
the
Romish
Yoke
;
and
accordingly
most
Excellent
Laws
were
made
against
the
Usurpation
and
Tyranny
of
that
Man
of
Sin
.
Our
Noble
Ancestors
in
those
days
did
not
Palliate
a
want
of
Zeal
for
their
Religion
,
with
a
lazy
Pretence
of
Trusting
in
Gods
Providence
;
but
together
with
their
Prayers
to
,
and
Affiance
in
Heaven
,
they
joyned
the
Acts
of
their
own
Duty
,
without
which
(
they
very
well
knew
)
they
had
no
reason
to
expect
a
Blessing
from
it
.
But
now
be
pleased
to
take
notice
of
the
Candor
of
this
worthy
Considerer
,
Nothing
less
will
serve
his
turn
,
than
the
proving
all
the
Voters
for
the
Bill
,
guilty
of
the
highest
Perjury
;
For
(
says
he
)
they
have
all
sworn
in
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
to
bear
Faith
and
True
Allegiance
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
:
But
the
Duke
is
Heir
,
Ergo
,
&c.
A
very
hopefull
Argument
indeed
!
But
what
if
it
should
happen
,
(
as
it
is
neither
impossible
nor
very
improbable
to
imagine
it
)
that
the
next
Heir
to
the
Crown
should
commit
Treason
,
and
Conspire
the
death
of
the
present
Possessor
,
and
for
this
Treason
should
not
only
be
Attained
by
Parliament
,
but
Executed
too
;
Pray
Mr.
Considerer
,
would
the
Parliament
in
this
case
be
guilty
of
Murder
and
Perjury
?
I
am
confident
you
will
not
say
it
.
If
therefore
the
next
Heir
become
obnoxious
to
the
Government
in
a
lower
degree
,
why
may
not
the
same
Authority
proportion
the
punishment
,
and
leave
him
his
Life
,
but
debar
him
of
the
Succession
?
This
I
say
only
to
shew
the
Absurdity
of
his
Argument
.
My
Answer
is
this
:
No
Man
can
bear
Allegiance
to
two
Persons
at
the
same
time
;
nor
can
Allegiance
be
ever
due
to
a
Subject
,
and
therefore
my
Obligation
by
the
word
[
Heir}
in
the
Oath
,
does
not
Commence
till
such
Heir
has
a
present
Right
to
,
or
Actual
possession
of
the
Crown
;
which
if
he
never
attains
,
either
by
reason
of
Death
,
or
any
other
Act
that
incapacitates
and
bars
him
,
then
can
my
Obligation
to
him
by
the
word
Heir
in
the
Oath
never
have
a
beginning
.
But
besides
all
this
,
it
cannot
be
denied
but
that
Mr.
Considerer's
Doctrine
does
bring
great
inconveniences
on
Succession
;
for
the
next
Heir
(
by
his
way
of
arguing
)
is
let
loose
from
all
the
Restrictions
and
Penalties
of
Humane
Laws
;
and
has
no
other
Tyes
upon
him
,
not
to
snatch
the
Crown
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Possessor
,
than
purely
those
of
his
own
Conscience
,
which
is
worthy
Mr.
Considerers
highest
Consideration
.
I
shall
only
take
notice
of
one
Objection
more
,
and
then
conclude
(
fearing
I
have
too
much
trespass'd
on
your
patience
already
)
.
It
's
very
hard
(
says
he
)
that
a
Man
should
lose
his
Inheritance
because
he
is
of
this
or
that
Perswasion
in
matters
of
Religion
.
And
truly
,
Gentlemen
,
were
the
Case
only
so
,
I
should
be
intirely
of
his
mind
:
But
alas
!
Popery
(
whatever
Mr.
Considerer
is
pleass'd
to
insinuate
)
is
not
an
harmless
innocent
perswasion
of
a
Number
of
Men
,
differing
from
others
in
matters
relating
to
Christian
Religion
;
but
is
really
and
truly
a
different
Religion
from
Christianity
it self
.
Nor
is
the
Inheritance
he
there
mentions
,
an
Inheritance
only
of
Black
Acre
and
White
Acre
without
any
Office
annexed
,
which
requires
him
to
be
par
Officio
:
But
the
Government
and
Protection
of
several
Nations
,
the
making
War
and
Peace
for
them
,
the
preservation
of
their
Religion
,
the
disposal
of
publick
Places
and
Revenues
,
the
Execution
of
all
Laws
,
together
with
many
other
things
of
the
greatest
importance
,
are
in
this
Case
claimed
by
the
word
Inheritance
;
which
if
you
consider
,
and
at
the
same
time
reflect
upon
the
Enslaving
and
Bloody
Tenents
of
the
Church
of
Rome
,
more
particularly
the
Hellish
and
Damnable
Conspiracy
those
of
that
Communion
are
now
carrying
on
against
our
Lives
,
our
Religion
,
and
our
Government
;
I
am
confident
you
will
think
it
as
proper
for
a
Wolf
to
be
a
Shepherd
,
as
it
is
for
a
Papist
to
be
the
Defender
of
our
Faith
,
&c.
The
Old
Gentleman
had
no
sooner
ended
his
Discourse
,
but
I
returned
him
my
Hearty
thanks
,
for
the
Trouble
he
had
been
pleased
to
give
himself
on
this
Occasion
;
and
I
could
not
but
acknowledge
he
had
given
me
great
Satisfaction
in
that
Affair
;
what
it
will
give
thee
,
Charles
,
I
know
not
,
I
am
sure
I
parted
from
him
very
Melancholy
for
having
been
a
Fool
so
long
.
Adieu
.
I
am
thy
Affectionate
,
J.
D.
FINIS
.