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The Bi/hop of Sdishmys Proper Defence,

from a Speech Cry J about the Streets in his Name^ and [aid to have been Spoken by him in die Houfe of Lords, upon the Bill againft Occafional Conformity.

H E Licence of this Age, and of th^ Prefs is fo great, that no Rank, or Quality of iVien IS free from the Infults of Loofeand Extravagant Wits.

The good Bifhop of Salisbury has had a Plenti- ful Share m this fort of Treatment. And now at lail:, feme or other has Prefum'd to Burlesque his Lordjhip/in Pri?iti?2gd. Speech for him^ which none that knows his Lordjhip can believe ever came from him.

But becaufe it may go. down with others, who are too Apt to take Slander upon Tru/i -. And that his Lordjhip has already been Pelted with feveral A?ifivers to his Speech, I have Prefum'd to offer the following Confiderations, to Clear his Lord^ Jhip from the Sufpicion of haying venred ( mfuch an Auguft AiTembly) thofe Crude and Vndigejted Matter, which are fet forth \\\ that Speech ; and which fo Highly Refiecis upon his Lordjhip s fcif !

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I . The firft Reafon given for Rejecting the Bill agamft Occafional Conformity^ at this timc^ is for Preferving of Vnity among our felves.

WaSt then the Reje^ing a Bill which had been Carry'd on, with fo much Zeal in the Hozife of Commo7is^ and Voted there in two Sejfiom Succef- fivcly, by a great Majority, more than haci' ufual- \y been iczw in other Cafes ; And on Avhich they laid fo Great a Stress, no lefs than the Frcfcrvati- on of both Church and State ^ at this time; Was the RejeBing fuch a Bill as this, on which the Com- mons Set their Hearts, more Likely to Create V- nion or Divifion betwixt the two Houfes^. And if a Divifion^ as the EverTt has lliew'd) is that themoft Probable way to Lejfen or Enflame the two Con- tending Parties through the Kingdom ?

Can any Man Imagine my Lord Bifljop of Sa^ rum to be Guilty of fuch Reafoning as this ?

And tho' the ffoufe of Commons have fhew'd great Temper and Moderation under this Difappoint- vient^ of having their BiU Rejedted, without fo much as a Conference or Heariug their Reafo?is^ or Giving any to them; even at the firft Reading; yet will this take away the Heart-burning of the Friends of the Eftablifh'd Church throughout the Nation ? All of whom'cannot be fuppos'd Matters of fuch Caution and Wifdom as that which Governs that Great and Honourable Afembly.

And it muft be Confcfs d, that the *Houfe of Commons^ for this Reafon, aad to make no Pi-

Jiurba?icej

(3 ) Jlurba7ice, have been very Pafive • more than we havcfeen, in lefifer Matters, Tor fame Ages.

And now that the Matter is fo far over 5 and l]\tParliame?it up- woud the Bifiiop of Sarunis great Prudence and Moderation give him Leave to P/v;// a 5";?^^^/; made during the Heat of thofe De- hates ^ KoRjih x}\\z Sore over again, and Provoke a freih ? This wou d look rather like Carrying on the War^ than letting it Sleep. And as if there were fome further Vefigns ftiU in View !

The Differences between the two Hoiifes^ at their laft i'e^o?; Occaficn d Principally as we con- ceive, by the Lords F.ejecting the Bill^ may per- haps prove of Greater ill Confequencc to the Sup- port of our Allies, and Portugal and Savoy efpecial- ly Qjoted in the Speech^ and make wider Diffe- rences m the Nation, than the Pafling the Bill wcu'd have done. There cannot poflibly be a lefs Sign of that Happy Calm the Speech fays the Na- tion is novp i?!^ than the Extraordinary and almoft UnprefidentedD//er^72re5 between the two Houfes-, which may Render all Proceedings between them almoft Impracticable, which the Bifoop of Sarum cannot Wijh^ or Contribute towards it.

2. Is itPoilible, thdizhis Lordjlip of Sarum y wou'd fo far Expofe himfelf, as to Arraign all our Pro- tefiant Princes ever fince the Refor?nation, one af- ter another, as this Speech do s, with all their Par- liaments and Councils : And to Give that for his Seco?id Reafon againft the Bill ? And that among

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(4) them all, he fhou d lay moid Lood upon the wife Queen Elizabeth and her Councils, for the Stridt hand th^^y kept over th Djjfenters : And call that the Blemifo, which all wife Men and Writers own to h.ivc been the 6'6'r//r//yof her Reign. And the Example of the after Reigns have Prov'd it to a Demonftration !

ThisAccufes likcwife all the ChriftianKifigs ever fince Confl.anti7ie. who, as Cufiodes Vtriufque Tabuldz thought chemfelves cbligd to make 'Sitwc^c Laws, and Pu7iifh Exemplarily thofe who miAcSchifms ^ndi Dizifionsm thcChurcb. But his Lorc/Jhip is too well Acquainted with thcThecc/ofian d.nd Jufti?iian Codes^ and the Hiftories of thofe times, to let any thing fo Reproachful upon them fall from him.

Thisjs the fame Argument which the Mutinous Congregation made ufe of againft Mofes and Aaron, for their Severity in the Bufinefs of Korah ( which was only aDifpute betwixt Epifcopacy and Presby- tery, and no Part of their Worjhipoi DoHrine con- cerned) Sayings Te have Killed the People of the Lord, Num xvi. 41.

Thefe were more Capital Proceedings than thofe this 5/?eer/; Complains oi in Queen Elizabeth s Reign- and the fevere A^ in the 3 5 Tear cfitjhatPunijhesMeef tings with ImpTifonment^ Banifhment^ andJ)eath. But xkiis Speech 'go sovl^ and fays, Th^it the Repeal of that Aflpaji in both Houfes in King Chariest time. He do's not tell in which King Charles i time. This is one of this kuxhoT I Secrets ! But adds, And it is know7i by what Management it was y that it was not tendred

to

^ 5 I. to the Royal Afent. Here again he do s not tell to

whom it is kjiown^ And I dare fay there were ma- ny in that Houfe who knew nothing at all of it, and therefore ought to have been Informed. How coud any Man make the Bijhop of Sarmn fpeak in fuch a Blind and GoJfo-pi?ig Alanner, in things that requir d the Cleareit Proof !

Next he falls upon King James I. znA lays, The Severities in his Reign ca/i a Blot on it. But he Nam.es none. That wou'd have been a Tasks It was fo far otherwife, That his Loofning the Reig72S of Government, which Queen Elizabeth kept Streit upon the NecJ!(s of the I)iffe?iters, gave them Op- portunity to Embroil and Difturb \\is Reign mEng^ land, as they had, in mofl Barbarous manner, done before m Scotla?icl.

One wou'd have thought he lliould have flipt over the Reign of his Son King Charles I. as to Se^ verities us'd by him againft the Difenters. M hofe Un-precedented Condefcentions to them Enabld them to Cut off his Head ! Butihis Spitefi/lV/riter wou'd Mifs no one Epifcopal Reign. Therefore fays of this, And the Proceedings in the Star-Cham- her, and the High Commijfion in his (King JamesX.) So?isPuignarefetforth by a Noble Hiflorian, as things that did not a little Contribute to bring on 21s the Mi' feries of a Civil War.

But did thit Moble Hiflorian give the Clamours that were Rais'd by the FaHion, on thefe tv/o Heads^ as any Juftifiable Reafon (had they been

True)

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True) for what he calls the Rebellion ? But this Writer calls it only a Civil War. And again in this Speech, p. 7. before the Wars, fays he. This is the Shibboleth of the Whiggs^ who will not Allow that War to have been a Rebellion, But a Juft Vindica- tion of thciT Rights 2.nd Liberties, And if the Bi- Jhop of Sannn had thought fo, yet he wou'd not have Difcover'd himfcif fo far^ as to Run into the Cajit of the Tarty.

Again^ fo Corre^ a Writer as the Bifkop is knov/11 to be, wou'd have Qiioted the Place in the No- ble Hiftorian and not hid himfclf in Generals^ which always give Sufpicion, and put the Reader to Stage over the feveral large Volumes in Folio^ and then only to Gue\s what he wcu'd be at.

He wou'd not, as Doctor K. in a Pretended Viyidication of this Prince^ on the A?iniverfary of his Martyrdom^ having Exemplify 'd at large all the Charges of the Rebells agamft him, without one word in his Juftification, either as to the Falfehood of the FaSls Alledg'd 5 or the Wickednefs of i?e- belli?ig on that Account, had they been True. He wou'd not have told the Tale all on one fide. At which Rate, the Beft ASlions m the World may be Mis-Reprefented. And a Vindication of this fort, is the Bittereft Inventive that can be Con- tnv'd. They are tho>Wounds of a Friend. And Expofes a Man Open and Defencelefs to the Darts of his Enemies.

But

(7) _ But that Noble Hifiorian at the lame time that, as a Faithful Relator of FaSl^ and not a V/riter for a Party, he gives us all the Mij-'Vianagements cf that Reign^ in their full Weight ^ yet he Conceals not, as Rufhworthj what was faid and Pleaded on the other Side ; as he did in the Cd.koi Ship ^-Money^ in the Difpute betwixt Arch-Bifhop /iMo/andBi- fhop LaiiJ. &c. But this Noble Hiftorians, having fet down all that was objected as to the Star-Chayn- her and HighXoyjwiijfmi^ do's notOrfer to Defend or Excuse any of the Mi f managements that Vvxrc in thefe Courts. And what Court ever was there, of fo long Continuance as thefe Courts had been, wherein no Mif'7nanage7?ient Cou'd be found : But for Defigning Zvlcn to Enflame a Nation and Raife Rebellion, on fuch Prete?ices as never were, or will be Wanting, m any Form oi Governme7it whatfo- ever, \\ hile Men have the AJminijlration ; As it ismoft V/ickfc/ hdoTC God^ by w^hom Ki7rgs do Reign : And utterly Subverts all Conftitutions • So do's it bring with it infinitely Greater VeftnSi- on and Ruin to the People of all Sorts, than thofe Grievances they pretend to Redrefs by it. Which this Noble Hiftory do s Lively fet forth as in a PiSiure. And is of no Advantage to this Speech- maker. Who go s on to the next Reign, and fays. The Proceedi7igs in King Ch.:\Azs the fee onds Re' g7i were fevere a7id fet on with bad Defings. He tells not what thefe Defigns were. For that wou cl have Requir d fome Proof ! And as to the Severities^

he

( 8) he fliou'd have ihcw'd what they were, and that they were not Defervd on the fide of the Dijfen- ters. But be what they will, they are Chargeable on the Tarliament^ more than on the King, The firft Tarliament after his Refioration^ were yet Smarting with the Wounds they had Received from the Bloody Rebellion ; There was not an Honeft and Loyal Family m England that had not Deeply Su§ered both in Perfons and Eftates-^ that were not yet Lamenting their Fathers^ Sons^ Brothers^ or near Relations^ who had been Murtherd. Imprifori- ed^ Bani/h'd.. Sequefterd^ &c. And all ZJndone.

So that their Moderation is much more to be Admir d, that they were not more Severe againft the Authors of all this ; than that they fhou d make fome Reftraining Laws^ to Prevent thofe Mz/e/vV^ being Repeated.

And the Continual Attempts of the lam.e FaHion^ from the very Fear of the Reftoration^ to the laft Minute of that Kings Life, by new PK^ebellions and Plots^ to Deftroy the King^ and Re-ASi their Tra- gedy of Blood and Defolation, w^oud not fuffer the Parliame7it to forget what they had done be- fore ; or ever to confent to an A^ of Toleration-^ tho' often Prefs'd by the King himfelf Who not ovxiy Pardon d (oiTsC of the very Regecides, and pre- ferred the Heads of the FaSiion to mofl of the Places of Power and Honour j but ventured Di- fputes vvith his Parliameiit for feveral Indulgences he Granted to them. For which they well Re- warded

(9) warded him ! And now call his Proceedings Se--

2/ere !

But this Speech fays, there was a Secret in it. That itwillAmaT^all that know not the Secret of that time. This Secret we Suppofe muft be Po- pery. That his Indulgi?ig the hijfenters^ was with Dcfign to Break the Church of E7:gla7id^ and In- troduce Popery. And fo of the Indulgence Gran- ted by King James 11.

But where was the "severity to the Dijfenters^ Suppofing them hdulgd for this End ? The Grea- ter "teverity and grand Vefign was agamft the Church of England^ as being the Chief Bullwark againft Popery, And if the Parliament faw this, It was a good Rea\on why neither of thefe two Kings cou'd pcrfwade them to pafs an A^ of Toleration of the Difenters,

And it makesGood that ftated?c////V4of theC/;/^rf^f of Ro7?ie^ That the firft Step to be made to Ruin the Church of England.^ is, To give Toleration to the Difenters, And we have feen that Method purfu d by as many of our Ki?igs as wc can fu- fpcd: CO have had that Dcfign.

However the Matter of Fa^ is plain, Tliat whatever Severities v/ere againft the DiJ[e7iters in the Reig?is of King Charles II. and King James IL came from the Parlianmit^ and not from either of thefe Ki?igs,

And if we may take the kn(c of the People from their Reprejeyitatives in Parliament^ then the

C Major

( 10 ) , ■ Major Number and moft Confiderahle are, and al- ways have been on the fide of the Church againft the Dijfetiters. Contrary to what they wou'd make us now believe, to Aggrandize their Varty,

If It be faid, That the Parliament Granted a Toleration in the laft Keign^ I will Anfwer in the words of this Speech^ That it will Amaze all that do not kjiovp the Secret of that Time,

And if no more was then ment than a To- leration^ the Varlia77ient now Agrees v/ith it. But wou d Explain it, to Extend no farther, w^hich is all the Qiiarreh And may Defeat fome Secrets ! And gives Us the more Immediate Senfe of the Nation.

This Speech thinks it ftrange, that in the Reign of K. Charles II. In a time both of War^ and of a Ylague^ fuch an Aft as the Five Mile A^ Jhoud have Pafsd. Was that a Time to Difoblige the Dijfenters^ and put new Reftraints upon them ? k feems that Parliament thought fo, and that it was the moft Proper Method to Secure Yeace at Home^ while we were Engag'd in a War Abroad. And the Event fhew'd it, for there were no ill Confeqtiences from it, in thdxWar, It may be faid, that this came from the Good Nature of the Vif^ fe?iters\ But it feems that Parliament had no mjid to Truft wholly to that, but thjught fomc other precaution was ncceflary.

And the Council of thsir Great Ones th.it Sat in London^ who receivd their UireEiions from Ano- ther

ther in Holland, who Sac with the States ; and Concerted the Murder of the /f/;?^, and the Bur- ning of London ; and fix d that fame Day for it on which it was Burnd. as was fully Proyd at the Tryal of Eight of them who were Executed for it, four Months before it came to pafs, which you may fee in the London Gazette of April ^o. 1666, which yet did not hinder the Execution of their Defign in Burning the O'/y, the lame Day that had been Eerfixd. I fiy this ihews, That it was Well for thv^ Governments then that they had fome- thing Elfe to Truft to, befides the Good Nature of thefe Aden ! And that it was but Necejfary to keep them at Five Miles Diftance from any City or Town. Cor for ate &c. as the A^ Directs, And this the Rather, becaufe it was then a Time of War.

And the Parliament might be the more Induced to this, for that in the former Rebellion of Forty Otie.. the Covenanters enter d into a Treaty . with the French King to Affili them againft K. Charles I. as is told by their own Hiftorian Rujbrvorth, in his ColleSlions, Par. 2. Vol. 2. p. ^5^, and 1037, ad Ann, 163^. 15 Carol. And in the Lord Claren^ dons Hijiory lately Publifhd, Vol. 1. p. 103, and 244. And that was a Time of War too.

Now woud the Bijlop oiSarum haye brought this Inftance of the Five Mile A£i, made m time of War. to Fortify his Argument of the Vnfeafo- nallenefs of the Bill agamft Occafional Conformity, hccaufe this is a Time of War ? His Lordfhip is

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not us'd CO Avgiie thus againft himfelf ! AaJ to give no better Reafon^ than they rpho kiiow the Se- ^let of that Time ! Whac Secret in an A^ of Far li^ anient \ Lee any Read the AVi^ \qCar. 2. c. 2. And they will fee the Reafo?i, viz. The Rebelhous Vriti- , cifles and Vra^ices^ and Rcftlefs Spirit of thefe People.

As little wou d his Lordfhip Hiy whac follows, That foon after the Rejloration^ it had bee?i a very eafy thing to have made up all Differences among^ Vs J but the Deftgn was to En flame them^ and that matter was far Driven ; as we all ktiow. Now I know no body that Knows any fuch thing, nor, I dare fay, this Writer neither. For the matter of FaBi was quite otherwife. The King Granted a CommiJJion in the Year 1661, to feveral Bifhops and Divines of the Church of England^ and to the Principal of the Difenting Minifters, to meet to- gether, and fee if they coud Compofe Matters, and Heal the Schiim. The Difenters gave in feveral Exceptions againft our Liturgy, to have fuch and fuch things Alter d. The Bijhops, &c. did Con- fent to feveral of their Alterations, to ihew they were of a Temper to Heal and Teild^s far as they Cou d. Therefore Demanded of the Dijfenters^ to give in All their Exceptions, fo that if they were Comply 'd with, they woud Promife to Conform and Heal the Schifm. But this the Dif- fenters Cou d not be brought to ; nor can to this Pay, They make rmxiy^Exceptions^ but will not

tell

V ^3 J tell any Cc7iditio?is upon which they will Conform: Bccaufc they will not Speak^out^ That they w^ou d have AH. And nothing Icfs will Plcafe thcni.

Now the Bijlop knowing all this to be Exa^-^ ly True, w^ou d neveu give it that Falfe and Ma-- licious Turn, as in this Speech^ againll the Khig and Church oi England^ in favour of the D///e;?/er5, and againft the Bill.

3. The Third Reafon, p. 4. is as little Becom- ing the Sagacity, as Vrudence and Ho?ie/iy of the Bi^ Jlop. That the Men who Promoted that Bill without Doors., were kriown and avow d Enemies to the 6c' vernment. For will not this bring the Refie^iori within Vcors too ? Againll all v/ho Voted for it. And fome of them Wrote for it alfo. And can a« ny think that the Bijhof woifd lay himfelf fo o- pen the fecond time in Vri?it^ to the Cenfure of that Houfe^ who had ihew'd their Difpleafure againft fome of his former Writings 3 vv^hich Touch V. them not fo near as to make them Known and A- vowd ENEMIES to the Government !

Were there not Multitudes of Vamfhlets wrote without Doors againft that Bill ? Why then might- not fome Write for it? And how come they to be. Enemies to the Qovernment more than the others ? Is Writing for the ':e€urity of the Church. hdn^ aa- Enemy to the Government.

But muft the Juftice of that Bill be meafur'd on either fide, by the Qualifications of thofe who are For or Again^ it?. Then, be it known, That

there

( 14 ) ■ _ . ' there is not oncDeiJi^ nor one Soci?iian in England^ but who are every one of them moft vehement- ly Agajjift that Bill ; as well as All the Whiggs2in<X Repiiblicans. And I may Add, the Debauchees^ the Profligate J and the Vrophane, w^ho Defpife and Ri- Jic7/k all Religion^ and therefore wou d not be under the Reftrai72t of any. And feveral Vamph' lets have come from that Quarter^ Running down the Bill, fo that we fee v^^hom the Rejecting that Bill did Gratify. On the other hand, feveral of the Sober and Confciencio7is Dijf enters have found no Fault with it, are Content with their Toleration ; and think that they ought not, in Vru' deuce to Prefs for more, Icaft they thereby Ren- der thenifelves Sz(//?e<3eiyto the Government j And do Highly Condemn^ and have Wrote againil Occa- fional Conformity . for Ylaces^ as a Reproach upon their Yrofejfion ; And Defire to be DiflinguijVd from fuch.

Therefore it cannot be. That the Bifhop of Sa- rum fliou'd Advance a Topick, which fo Evidently makes againft the Caufe he wou'd maintain. We muft fuppofe he had other Reafons for Voting a- gainft that Bill. This coud be none of them*

And as little Poffible is it that he fhou d Infi- nuate Po/^ery againft any one for Propofing, That we fhould Abate the Kegal Supremacy ^ and they ( the Roman Catholicks ) the Vapal. Is Abating the fopes Supremacy a fign of Inclinations to Vopery ?

And

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And for the Regale or Regal S?/premacy^ the B/- /hop knew very well ( iinlefs he v/ou d Ce?ijure a Boo4 Without ReaJi?ig it ) That that Author did A- gree with his Lord/hip's own Sentiments concer- ning in And made great ufe of his Lordfhifs Authority in it- As p. 66. fecond Edit, his Lord^ fhip is Quoted, fhewing, That the Bifhops oppos'd the Queens (Ehzabeth 5) Supremacy, as fet forth in that Oath that is, the Oath of Supremacy^ till it was further Explain d. And that the Queen Refus d to be caird Head of the Church. And That that Title CQud not he juflly given to any Mortal.

His Lordfhip himfelf has not thought this Sub- jed: Unworthy of his Pen, His Learned Hrflory of the Regale is ftill Read with Great Pleafure, Wherein p. 30, (^^r. p. ^3, isfc. ipo, isc.^inA p. 20^. he give feveral Inftanccs of Emperours^ Kings and Princes^ who have ReAounc'd and Given up their Regale^ out of Principle of CoTifcience as not Be- longing to them, and a moft Wicked thing for them to Retain it, tho' Enjoy'd by their Ancefiors^ and fettled on them by the Laws of the La?id- And p.75. he afcribes thetotal over-throw of the Greeks Church to the Regale Afliim'd by their Emperours^ in taking the EleSiion of Bifhops to themfelves. And coming to the State of the Latine Churchy he fays p. 241. That the Kiyigandthe V ope agreed to Divide^ the Vrojnotion to all Prelacies between them.

And do's not this Lead one Naturally to De- fire an Abatement on Both fides J Did not the B/-

fhop

[hop think fo vhen he wrote this ? And wou'd he call his own Dodtxine /^o/?///;, in Another: Won d he Mcnrion a Boo/-^ where all this is Con- tain d, with any Unkind Pef.e^ion ; And that only for this? Woiid it not be to Caft the ReJIeHion Dircdly upon Himfeif ? From whom if that Au- thor did not Learn it; Yet wxinuft Suppofe he was Ivfightiiy Confirm d in it, by the Concurrent Senfc of a Man of his Lordlhip's vaft Capacity and Learn'uig,

In the Book, p. 2^8, The Tenths and firfi Fruits paid by the Bijlops and Clergy^ firft to the Pope, and fince to the Croivn, are likewife Mentioned, as an Unjuft.fiable Part of the Regale, which it were to be Wifli'd w^ere Given up. 7 his the Qiieen has moft Chriftia?ily done. Is that Popery too ! Perhaps it might have been fo Call d in that A2ithor^ if her Majeftys moft Gracious kdc had not Intervend.

And whenever the Time fball tome, that God ... ihall fo 2v4ove the Heart of any of our Princes, to follow the Example of thofe Godly Kings and Princes ( Mentioned by this Learned Bifhop ) m Giving up their Regale likewife as to the EleSlion of Bifhops^ and Prefentation to Church Benefices (which 1 hope yet to fee) I doubt not it will be Receiv'd with as Univerfal a Joy and Acclamations of Gratitude, by the Clergy, as they have Exprefs'd for he i'Majefiys Grant of the Tenths and Firfi Fruits. And will be thought as little Popery as that.

And

And which iS moft of all, the Dijj enters { whom we now Court ! ) cannot Except againft it. For it is the Avow'd Principle of them all, of v/hatfo- ever 'De?io?rii?iatiom, And the Ejaftianifm of our Regale., is their moft Ciamorous ObjeSiion agamft Us. And the only one that has any Appearance of Tnith in it. For it is moil Certain that Chrift did not Build his Church upon the Foundation o^ Kings and Varliameiiis^ but.of the Apostles and their Sue- cefors ; and Eftablifncd a Regimejit of the Church withm her felf, hidependent of all Earthly Powers. By which flic was Gover7id in her Firft and 'Ptireft Ages ; And ftood the Shocli of the moil violent Perfecutions from the I{i?igs and Pri?2ces of the World. Therefore they cannot be Neceffary to her CoTiflitution. without whom I'he fubfifted for 300 years, before there was any Chrijlian Ki?ig upon the Earth. Or will any fay, That the Frame of the Church w^as not PerjeSi^ before that Time when the moft vifible Corruptions came in upoit her ; and fince which, fhe has grown Worfe and Worfe \ And, which is Worft of all, w^hile under the Regale of Popes, and Pri?ices^ 2.nA DiJArmdof thofe Inhere?2t Powers with which Chrift did Invefi her, ihe knows not how to Help her fclf ; Nor can Exercifc her Bifcipline, but under the Direfti- on of Worldly Politicks^ or Mere Humour of thofe who have her in SubjeUio?!.

All the World knows, That the Regale was not the Primitive Frame of the Church. It cou d not

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be brfore there were Chriftian Khgs, Therefore ths Learned Bijhop coud never be w!a:able of fo Crude -caw Exorefl^ion as that v/hich miX foll-jv\^s in this Speech, viz. (hir Legal EjiahliPoviejitfornid- ed upon the PRIMITIVE Pattern Nor v/oii'd he call this, The true Me a jure of cur Churchy And that thofe who Rife above it. are as niuch out of the way^ as thofe who Fall below it. This implies that the Regale was always at lOnG Stay^ at leall: fince the Reformation, For if it be not Fixd and Set- tled It felf, how fhall we know to keep fo to it, as not to Rife above it, or FTi bdow it ? Other- wife, that may be Above or Below it at one time, which is not fo at another. Now no Man in the Nation can know better than ray Lord Bijlop, who wrote that Excellent Hiftory of the Refor^na- tion, hov/ much the Regale has altei-'d fmce that Time. The Title of Head of the Church. The King's Vice Gerent m Ecclefiajiirals. The Bifhops holding diunr^ the Kings Pkafure. The Ecclefi- afUcalConimiffion. And fevcral other things, then fet up, and riishly m Vogue are now LV^^^ and Gone and Exploded by every body. Thefe arc Reformations from the Reformation. And indeed the Truth is, That the Englijh Divi?!es h^.ve been Explaining away the Regcde^ ever fince the firft Heatoi the Reformation. As you may fee among many others in The SubjeR of Church Power in whom it Refides^&cc. By thac Learned D v n. D:. Simon Louth, Chap. vi. printed 1685. very well

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(19) known to the Bijhop, So that this is no I^ew or Revohtion Dodrriue. And his LorJjhip has v/cll InftrucLcd Us in Iiis ReJIeoiio7is on the Relation of theY:n^\^s..RejcrmationXnnx.za i6'o8, p. i8, \<^,i5fc. wh.it llreTs to lay iip-on fomc F/o//r/,/?^^5 and Streat-^ ches m Acts of Yarli anient^ that fccm to favour the Regale.

But the AiitJjQv NamM, and the 5ac4 Meant in this Speech Endeavours ( i'efl. ix. ) to Solve the Oh je^ Ions from oiu' 1^;f-^' ai'd /}(f?5 of ^arliameyit fince the RefGYination ^ m a Milder firainj witiiout giving them any Hard Words, or putting them cfi- as Floririjles. And whevc he Oppcics the O- piniOn oi' others he Siudiouliy avoids Yerfonal RcflecLions or any thing chat may Vrovoke^ other than PuiTuing his Argument Ylaitdy. and v,'ith as much Force as he can.

Thercfoie if the Bijlcf had made that Speech^ we Caiinot fuppofe that Author qoixA have been Meant ill the Excuie his Lordlliip is made to give for himfeh^' and other Bijhops. thus, The Station rce are in^ lets us above the A?ijiveri?7g every Spite^ fid JFriter. And the Common Agent hoih for PA- riST'S ^«^ JACOBITES in Diftrcf ( as liis Lord- fliip .s call'd m this Speech ; And he who [ as there j^- fa id ) V leaded with fo much veher-cnce^ for Fkcufing the Depriv d T'-hops frc?;2 the Oaths : And ■ . .cfics. That r^LW hcodly fcever le may he Treated by others, he f: ail n^ver Treat ayiy Hardly id mat- ters of Confcience. I idj fuch a iMan as cbis cou d

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not have boni fo HarJ upon the Deprive/., as this Speech dos, p. 4. Where they :irc Reprefcnted as E72emies to the GQver?ime?it^ vpho deny the Queen s Title, and are looking to one beyond Sea. And adds, Can any thinl^^ that thcfe rpho Separate from our Church, and have Raisd a Sihifm in it^ can he Zealous for the Yeace and Order of the Church ? If his Lord- (hip had thought fo, he would have Voted for the Bill^ to keep fuch Schif?naticks out of \ laces of Porppr and Truft, that they might not Hurt the Church ? And if no body Look d beyo?id Sea^ but thofe here Accus'd, I beHeve her Maje/iy\voud have lefs Trouble upon the Throne. And which of thcfe have molt Reafon to wifh well to her, and do in good Earneil: Vray for her Life and Trefervation, I leave it to the Bifhop himfelf to Determine.

But do not they Love the Church, who Suffer for her, and Write for her ; and the Chiefs and indeed Only Objection againil: them, is, That they wou'd Raife her 100 High > Whence the Opprobrious nd.mc ( as it is thought ; oi High^Church Men and High- Fliers is Given to them j And even that of Po- fifhly AffeRed too, to help out the Cry, and Mark them out for the Mobb\ Tho' that Charge can- not be laid upon any one of them, that I ever heard of, with the leaft Colour or Pretence. And feveral of them have Employed their Yens againft Vopery. Even the Author here Struck at, and in thefamc£(?o40bje6ted to, has Attacked Rome in the

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TenJereft part, that of her Supremacy, He has in- deed Proposed Terms of Vnion^ whereby to reftorc Catholick^Coinmiinion. But what are they ? Every one of ihem is for their Coming to Us, not we to them. For them to Quit their Errors^ not that we fnou'd go over to them. And what Chrifii^ an wou'd not wi(h a Recmciliatioyi upon thcfe Terms \ All would, except thofe Voliticia?is who make ufe of the word Popery to ferve their De- figns, to Enjiame and to Rebel ! Who Pra^iice the Prificiplesoi Popery^ while they frr-oz/j, againttit ! Who think it Lawful to Lye for Goc/^ and Serve Him by Breaking his Cojjimandmeyits ! This others Dare not venture upon. And think it the Like- lieft way to bring m Popery^ by Provoking God againft Us. Who wants not our Virtues to help Him to Govern the World^ much lefs our Vices. And v/hoever Preach Trufting any thing to Pro* vidence^ and the Containing Men within the Bounds of their Diay^ are Reckon d Difajfecied. It is Mecr Ca7it m our Politicks. So that let a Man Write againft all the Errors of Vopery^ and let him take all the Pains he can, to bring others over from them; and forthis Suffer thcVerfecution of the Tongue from them ( as well as from others) and be call d an Arch-Heretic k. by them, as I have feen m Let- ters concerning that fame Author^ as well as heard their Reproaches oi\\\\n^iox. his Oppofitionto them^ yet all this Notwithftanding, he mull be a Vapiji^ he Ihall be a Yapift. ! While he Hands out againft

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that Vopiffj Fiinciplc, of a Goccl E?;cJ Sanctify- ing the moil: Wicked Meaas. And Blames it in Vie$byteria?2s ox Others^ who chink \vc may do any thing for the Gooc/ of Mother Churchy to Lye. Be- tray^ Swear ^ and fcr-Swear^ to Murder, and Depofe theii Khigs^ for the Good of Religio?i\ What can he be but a P^j^/*/?, who Talks at ihis Rate ! And if \vc had a V/orfe Word to Throw at him, he flicu'd have it. This he took no Notice of in ic veral Toor Pamphlets that Barl^d at him. But feciog ii again Repeated m what bears the Narjie of my Lord Eijhof of Salisbury^ he laid it muft be an Abufe put upon his Lordjhr-p^ for that ic was ImpoiTible he (houd fall into that Miftake, for /a-'o Rcafcns, Firft^ Becaufe it was Se?ifelejs-, And Se- condly- Very Malicious. Therefore I have taken this Pains to Viiidicate his LordJhiP hem the Imputation of that Speech, Confidering that his High i'r^/io?.', (ets hivi Above an[weri?tg every fpiteful Writer, And who wouVl Believe, That he who fo Charitably and Veheraentiy Pleaded J or txcufmg the Depriv d from the Oaths fhoud afterwards have them Hrni' ted lo Death for not Takiiig them !

4. A Fourth R-..afon given againfl: the Bill^ m the %th, Paragi-aph of thiS Speech^ is, That the r>(/i- fenters rrzy Apprehend the Toleration is Aim'd at, Tbo'ijt.iie noi Mȣntion'd, or any thing hke it. And that The next Jtep may be for their V/ives and ChihLen. Fc:; - >:. J"; this Realm :S .vcduca If one Picks at. a great Dil^ that l<eep out the Sea it

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will be thought^ how fmall a Breach foever he makes at fir ft that he Jjefign:: at oral Inuiidaiion, - --" So Me?i win grorv Jealous^ and be on their Guard.

1 {ly the BiPcov cou u not Argue at thiS Rate againft th: 5/7/, bccaufc it inilc^s Men ilrongly for It. For h:is nut the Government ;»s much Reafon to be Jealous, and ftand upon their Guard^ when they fee' the Dijfenters from the Eftablijh- ment Picking at our J)ikeS'^ and grown already fo Ra?72fant as to Difpute n with us in Parliame?it ? Thau they will not be Content with a Full and True 7^(?/(?r^//o7;, but muft be in Pcvrer too. Tho they will Allow oi no Toleration to the Churchy where thvy have Power, as m Scotland. Muil every bo- dy be Jealous but the Government\

And as tor the Cry of Wives and Children k is F^ighly Seditious^ and oughc to put th. Govern- ment more upon their Guard. At th-s Rate, no Law can be made to Rcltram any fort of People, m any manner of dung, but they may pi efently C.y up to /4r;//5. and fay. The ])efign is againftcur Lives^ our Wives and Children \ And in the pre- fent r^/e, the Caufe ftill Frmainstho' chcBili be BejeBed For the Commons Voted :t And may Car- ry It ano her time. And v hir Security can the l)ilfenters have ? Can any Party h_\ve, who are HLt of the Church hftablljbd :n any Councry ? Why taiiy none at all but c.^ hi\ .he Whokp{3- wer rut into th-ir own h.v«H s. I^ov/ otherwife c-in uiey be Securei All Suhjivis arc in the Power

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ofcvcry Gover?ime?it. And to Ask Security ^g-^iin^ it, is neither more nor Icfs, than a Pretence of Re- beIIio?L For no Seairiiy can be Given, but a to- tal over- throw of the Goz/er^/we;?/, and putting it into the Hands of thofe, who have Jealoufies and Fears, which Cannot otherwife be Cured ! To Sap the Foundations of a Government has been heard of But I believe this is the firft time, That J)ij[enters from the Legal Ffiahlijhinent, ever put Thcmfclves fb upon the Level with the Government, as to Talk of the Government fapping their Foundations^ or Picking at their Bikes 1

And that for no Greater a Caufe, than when they Enjoy a Full and Free Toleration, to fay, it may be taken from them ; and that they Cannot be Secure, nor will Relt Satisfy d, unlefs they are Admitted into Flaces of Tovper and Trujl in the Government, thereby to Secure themfelves !

But of all Men the Bifhof of Sarum Cou'd not Advance fuch an Argument as this, who is Natu- ralized m Holland^ and fo well Undcrftands their Conftitution • whereby tho' the Bifenters from the Church Eftablifh d, are Allowed a Toleration^ as to Religion ; yet they are not Admitted into their Parliament, or Magiftracy. And if they fhou d fct up fuch Pleas for it, as our Bijfenters do here, his Lordlhip is fenfible, That the very Toleration they now Enjoy, wou'd focn be taken from them, if the States Ihou d once Perceive fuch ufe to be made of it, as thereby to Thruft themfelves into the Government, His

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H^s Loicrnip was in HolhjiJ when Penticner fagtl wrote that Letter f which was PrhiieJ ^ in An(\\'er to WiC. Ja??jes \ ti.art^ a little before ihe Revolution ; where he C iears his Highnefs the Prince of Orange from the hfmuation^ as ii he Intended or wou'd Endeavour to bring the Dijfenters m England mxo Places-, Btit declar d that he Meant no more, than to fupport that Toleration, as to Keligion^ which they then En joy 'd from K.y^;;;6'5. And were very Thankful for it.

Now the Bijhop who was in the Secret when this Letter was wrote, and knew the Pretenfions then fet up, wou'd never run fo Counter to them, and let the World know that they were not S/»- cerely Meant, as by Arguing on the Contrary fide in this Spe-er/;. He coud not do it, who never Alter'd his Sentiments^ and can Defie the Worft Enemy he has to Inrtance any onefiep of his Life^ wherein he Trevaricated the leafl: Tittle; orAcTed not always Openly and abone Board tot the Churchy and againft the Dijfenters.

," And King William did fo far perform what Pcntioner Fagel promis'd in his Name, that he \ck the Corporation and Teft-A^s in full force. And no doubt with the Confent of the Bijhop^ who as this Speech fiys, Ktiew fomewhat of Ajfairs in the I aft Reign.

And his Lordlhip knows well, That no new Severity^ was intended againit the Dife?iters by this Billy but only to Secure the former Corporati-

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ofrmidLTeJlAHs vrh'ich they had found Jefuitical Zvlcthods ot Eludnig to the Scanial of Cbrijli- anity.

In Anfwer tothi% it is offered in the 6th Va ragraph of this Speech^ p. 3. That the Lord Clifford SLOt fome to Move for a Claufe in favour of the Dif- ]e?iters, in the TeJiA^. Atld that it was Stopt by 'Alderman LOVE, isc

This the Bijhop cou d not fay, for he knows the Matter of Fact to be otherwife. As to that of Lord Clifford, let it pafs among the Secrets^ with which this Speech Anfwers Arguments- And it matters not whether it be True or Falfe. For what is It agamft the Authority of an AH of Far^ liament, who Movd it ; or li fome body got fome body to Speak for or againft it ?

Eut as to Alderman Love, and the Dijfenters Part in it, it was thus ; They had not a mind to have their Toleration ftand uoon the Foot of the Kings Difpenling Vower. Firji, Becaufe they are no Friends of Prerogative. And Secondly, They thrught ic Surer to have it by AH of Parliament, and they heartily Endeavour'd it, contrary to what this Speech fays, againft all Probability (>f Truth, That they wou'd not fo much as Accept of it j and that Alderman Love did flop the Claufe in fa- vour of the Dijfenters^ which Lord Clifford got fome to move.

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Whereas Alderman Love did himfcljf move in the Ho2ife of Commons, That they wou'd open their Doors Wider, to let in Protejlant Dijfenters^ who were willing to Come in upon Reafonable Terms. The Houfe Receiv d the Motion very Rea« dily, and gave Alderman Love a Fortnights time, to know what Terf7is the Diffejiters wou'd Pro- pofe. And the Alderman having Try'd, made his Report, very Frankly, That truly they cou'd Agree to no Terms^ for that what one Lilid^ a- nother Offosd^ &c.

And this IS the . Reafon why, as this S'peech fciys, (but gives not this, or any other Reafon) That little ^rogre[s was indeed made^ in the Bill ordered to be brought in for the Eafe of Vrotcjiant Dife7iters. For who can Pleafe them who can- not agree among^ themfelves, what will Content them ? That is they will not tell the Secret, that their Aim being to Gain the whole Poorer, both in Church and State to themfelves, they muft ne- ver tell what will Reconcile them, but always keep up a Vrete?ice oi Quarrel. And many Well- Meaning- Men, as Alderman Love, Sec. arc De- ceiv d in their Pretences to Corifciejice, while Em- fire is their Defign.

And as many as have Try'd them, have found It fo. They have been often Provok'd, both by Publick Authority , and m feveral Difcourfes in Print, to Name the Particulars, which if Granted, wou d Reconcile them. And they can never be

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brought to it. But keep off in Generals^ and Plead Tender Co7ifcie7ices, without Limitation.

Alderman Lave then Declared, that the Difen- ters Defir'd no more than a Bare Tolaration, to ierve God according to their Confcie?ices. But fomiC time after, when things look d more Fa- vourably towards the Dife7iters, the fame Alder- man Love Mov'd for their being Reftord to their Birth-Rights and the Privilege of Englijh Men, to Enjoy V laces and Vreferments. Upon which Sir Tho7?ias Clarges^ who was very Intimate with- him, and had gone along with him in the for- mer Motion for a Toleration, told him th's Con- tradicted what he had Affirm d before in the Houfe, That the Vif enters Aim'd dt no more than a Toleration ; the Alderman Reply d, But our Party is Stronger now than it AVa.s Then.

They are for Inching. And if you Give k them, will take an Ell. They are not now Content with the Throwing out this Bill ; but they wou d Explain away the Corporation and Teji AHs, as this Speech Endeavours. And by the Argu7?ie7its ad- vancd in it, the Queftion is now with th m, not whether they will be Allartiid at New AHs made againft them ?

But whether they will not be as much Allar77id if our Old Laws are Maincain'd ? And will not Call this, Vicki7ig at their Dikes ; and The nextjlep xpill be for their Wives and Children., &c ! They pretend to be Afraid of what the Government will

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( ^9 ) do. Tho' they have all the Security the Cover?!- ment can Give them, that no fuch thing is Inr nd- ed. The Qjieen has Repcaral her Ajfurance from the Throne^ that fhe will Maintain their Ti/pr^/zo;;. And both the lords and Commons^ who Voted iot this Bill^ have faid the fame.

Now what other Security wou'd they have : Suppofe an ABi of Tarliament were Fa^s d for it. Wou'd that be any more than the AR they have for it already ? For who knows not that an AR of Tarliamevt may be Eefeald ? 7 hcrefore when Men Ask a Security that is Imfcfihle to be given j and, at the fame time, Declare that they wjll not take the Queens Word, nor that of ' AU the Lords and Commons (who are Nemine Contradicente for the Toleration) it is Eafie to Gtiefs what fort of Security they wou'd be at ! Even to put it out of the Power of Qjieen Lords or Commons to Hurt them! For which there is but one way in the World, that is, to take the Vower into their own hands.

But at the famx time that they Declare fuch o- pen J)iftr7ift of the Faith of the Govenwient^ and will not Jveft ^atisfy d with its Tromifes to them ; They take, it mc ft Heinoufly, if any Suggcft the Leaft Snfpicion of their Good Jnteiitions^ tho' without thci. Yrcm^fes (for none fuch have they Given) or wcud mind them of their Former Doings ; or have the Govertiment be upon its Guard J Oi. have the leaft iy^e towards Them-, tho'

they

( 3^ ) they are not only Tiding at our P/V^s, but have fet their ?/C7;fer5 to Work at tiooiiDay^ m P arlia- vient, Prefs, and Pulpit,

But if any take Notice of this, tho' never fo Apparent they are Immediately Branded with the Name of High- Allies Men of no Moderation^ Sfiteftd Writers, nay Papifts and Jacobites ! And no other Ayifrver is Given to Demonjlration and plain FdEi. For none other can be Given.

But tho' they Truft net Vromifes (knowing of what Weight their own arc "^ yet they love to have them Repeated often, that they may Cavil at them, and fee what Holes they can Pick in them. Nay, if they are not Repeated 2ii\d Repeated where there IS no Occafion for them, this will be made a Po- fitive Argument^ that they were never fincerely In- tended. Thus in the Occafional Bill brought in laft year, there was ^iVreamble fortifying the A[i of 7b- leration. Which was of no other ufe than to ihew that the Commons did not Intend to Invade that A^, For an A^ of Parliament is of Force, till it be Repeal' d. And loo Confirmations of it, .add no ftrength to it. Therefore it was not Re- peated m the Bill brought in laft Sejjion. Now fee what ufe is made of this. The speech fays Yaragr. i8. p- j. They {the w^ords m favour of Toleration ) are novp left out^ with great Sincerity^ no doubt . for thofe who do not Intend to Maintain the Toleration, aVi a very Hc72eft part when ihey will not [hofefs it. This is a Downright Arraigning

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( 30 the whole Houfe of Commom of the utmoft Ter^ fidie and Dijfmulation. As if they had never hi. tended what they fo Solemniy Profefsd m favour oiToleraticn. For it was the fame Houfe of Toz^^- vicns that brought in both Bilh. And fpeakmg of the firil 5/7/, wherein that Preamble wa-f their Seri- cerity therein is Compared to that of the hiquifition which Dehvers Hereticks to be Buryit.^ with an Abjuration that no Harm be done them. This i^. a Decent Treatment of the Honourable Houfe of Commons and Reprefentative of the I^ationl And ihcws with what Sincerity the Omiflion of this= Yreamble in the fee end B/^ is Quarrel d, when we fee what ufe they make of it in the firjl.

And it likewife Teaches us, how Feafible it is. to feek to Pleafe thcf: Men. Promife or not Pro- mife it is all one! Th y can Cavil on hoih Sides !- And if their Toleration was Invaded, they ccu'd Quarrel no more than they do. They have given all the Provocations to it that is lojfible. \T^hiIe they have made it Appi^ent that it is Imfojfible to Pleafe rhcm- with lefs than the Total overthrow of both Church and Siaie^ and having the whole Riigns of Government put into their own Hands.. And whxh chey mail have, if they be Suflfcr'd to go on, as they have begun.

And can we fuppole, that the Bifhop of ^arumr is in the Secret of Diiving on fucha Defign ? And, was t4iis too with a Prolpect Beyond Sea ^

But

■' ( 30 Biic if :\ny Sirefs was laid upon the Prea?;ible omiLTcJ in ihc fee one/ Bill, it mii^J.ic have been eafily Added by the LorJs^ and the Commons, we may fiiopofe, woud not have been againft it.. That the speech owns, and fays, Varagr. ip. p. 7. I l^iow it may he faiJ^ Let its pit in thefe words ^ and fta?id to them. But { Anfwers ) ftill this will 7iot lay the Apprehenjions that the lea7ji??g out thefe Words vmji Raife. That is, the Farty did not Care for the ^/or^^, Vv hcther they were pat into the Bill, or not. But being Refolv'd to Raife Apprehenfions^ and Enflame^ they wou'd not Lofe the Opportuni- ty I They wou'd not Accept of the Words nowj it is Enough that they were once left out/ How Agreeable was this, to the Large Vrofejjions made in the Yreamhle of this Speech, to follow the Ad- monition given to both Houfes trom the Throne, to Preferve Veace and Vnion among themfelvcs I But this Reafon given in tl>:s Speech^ for Rejedling that Bill^ IS directly Picking a Quarrel. And Rc- folving not to be Satisfied, How frequent are Additions, Amendments^ Alterations in Bills by ei- ther Houfe^ and often Agreed 10,^ by Conferences with each other ? But to fay. as this Speech do's, v/e know you will Agree ^ therefore wc will not Vropofeit, IS the firft tniie ever fuch a Reafon was given for Rejecting a Bill. And to Bate the Houfe o( Commons for this, and Try to Fxpufe them to the /Nation ! Such a Proceeding fuch Arguing as this, coud never befall the Lord Bifhop otSarum ! It looks more like Legion. And

(33) , And fo do's what next follows, Paragr, 26, p. 7, 8. Which puts this Conftrudtion upon the Cor^ poration and Te/i-A^s, that tho' they Rcquir'd ail Men m ilaces^ to be i?i the Communion of the Churchy yet it was not Intended, they jhoud always Continue tobefo. What /Was it only the Plea- furc to fee thefe Mens Faces once at Church , for which thefc Adls were Made? Or, was it, That Employments wciz not thought fit to be Encrulled in any Hands but of thofe who were in the Commu- nion of the Church ? This Speech argues, Parag. (^. p. 3. That thefe Ails were intended Otily againft the Pa- pifts. And that it wouJ be hard to turn them againft /Another D'fjfentersAnA was it then Intended that a Vapift fhou'd only make his Appearance once or fo at Church, to Qualify himfelf for a Place^ and Re- turn next Day Openly and Bare jacd to Mafs ! Sure the Bifhop wou'd not put fuch ChilJr ens- play upon the WifJom of the Nation ! And this Conftru^i- on here put upon thefe AUs mufl either hold good for the Papifts^ or be of no ufe to the other Vif- /enters, Unkfs it be faid, That inftead of thefe AUs being made only againft the Papifts, and that the other Dif enters arc not hichded-. You turn the Tables, and now fay. That the Papifts are not Included ', and that thefe Alis were made only a- gainft the Proteftant Vijfente^s ! Orhcrwife this Pritt) Covftru£iion of thefc ARs^ will look as In* vidious as it is Ridiculous,

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,. (34) V. After all the violent hve^iives againft the Bill of Occafional Conformity which are m this Speech, and making the Like a Blemiflo to all former Reigns, who can Believe that the Bijhof wou'd make fuch a Contradidory Conclufion^ as this S-^eech ends with, Tarag. 22. p. 8. As for the Ena^i7ig fart, when in a proper Time a Bill Jhall he brought in, Difabli7ig all to hole/ any Employmeiit, except thofe who continue to he in the Communion of the Church of England, Ifhall concurr in it hear-

tily.

Firft, here is not only Occafional Conformity to the Church, but continue to he^ a conjiant Confor- mity made the Condition,

And will not that be a Blemifh \\\ one Reign, as well as in Another \ Will not the fame Fretences lie of Invading Toleration.^ Wives, Chlidren^ &c. as

Now.

We muft therefore Suppofe, that this Speech^ Maker has fome other Reign in view, when fuch a Moderate Epifcopacy will be fet up, as that the Diffenters from it v/iU Defcrve no Quarter, no To- leration; but be Htmted and Ferfecuted, as the Church now m^Scotland. He tells us there is a froper Time coming, when he will concur in it Heartily, And then it will be no Breach of Ma- deration !

VL Who can fuppofe him Guilty of fuch an Vn-Guarded Exprcflion, and Savouring of Fopery, as, fpeakmg of my Lords Grace of Canterbury,

( Paragr.

( 35 . (fai\igi\ 12. p, 5. ■ ro call him The Head of our Order. The Head of Eilhofs is none but Cbrifi, The Pofe being Flatter d with this Title, took it to himfeli. And built his Supremacy upon it. But we hav^e Juftly taken it from him j and our own Princes have given it up, as too Great for anf Mortal, as before Quoted from my Lord of i'^r/ir;;/. Therefore this might have been put upon any ra- ther than upon his Lordjhip. He will never be the Firfi to fet up a Head of Bijhop^ or Pofery in England.

He who is fo Strenuous an AlTerter of the L/- Sertymd Property o( the People, as to 0'z//7 Affairs ; wou'd not Betray the Church, to put her under the DefpoticiSw^y of an Alter ins Or bis Papa^ to give him Power to Deprive all the Bijhops in the King- dom, by own fingle Authority, as being Head of their Order,

And when he had done, to' fiy, as this Speech makes him, p. ^.Paragr,ii. I know no High Church but the Church of Rome. This is like another Prin- ted Speech I have kzx\ which was put upon ano- ther Nobh Peer^ v/hq Arguing upon the Point of the J)ivine Right of Epifcopacy^ m the former Revolution ciForty-One^ faidj thini there is nothing Jure Divino, biit God.

But what coud thcBi/hop mean here by High> Church ) He ccm d not Mean High in Riches and outward Grandure. That is too Trifling for the Biihop, and a Burlesking his Lordjhip. And if

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(3^) High in Authority be meant, his Lordfhip kno\ys very well, that the Pope of Rome^ never Exercis'd a. Greater Authority over his Colkgues the Bijhop within his Jurifdidion, than to Deprive them. And I believe he wou'd be Puzled to find an In- ftance where the Pope did Deprive any Bijhop, by liis own fingle Authority, without fuch a Bijhop beirngjudg'd by other Bijhops.

It was Decreed in the Council of Carthage^ A. D. 348. Can. xi. That a Bifbop Ihou d not be Try'd by lefs than Twelve Bijhops, And the Council held there, A. D. 41^. Can, xii. Confirms the fame, if more Bijhops cou'd not be had.

And when a Bijhop was Deprivcf by Twelve, or as many Bijhops as cou'd be got together, they were to Report the Whole Cauje, with their Pro* ceedings, to the other Bijhops every where, that the Concurrence of the whole Epijcopal CoUegue might be had. Which method we find Exaftly purfu d in the Dcpofition of Paulus Samojatenus. Eujeb, Hift. L. vii. C. 30.

The Great Sr. Cyprian KxQ\\'V>'\n^o^oi Carthage^ at a Council held there, wherein he Prefided, did Declare, That he took not upon him to be B/- jhof or Head of Bijhops, cya:y Bijhop there having the Cime Authority in his own Diocejs^ as he had in his, and the fame Liberty to Dift'er from him m Judgment, as he from any of them; Each of chcra, being Anfwcrable to Chriji the Chief Shep^ hnd, ioi that Portion of his Flock, committed to his

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Chirgc. Sc. Cypian pretended to no more than, according to the Stated Di[cifline at that Time, to he Pr^efes or Speaker of the CounciL

But to be Head and Soveraign over other Bi- jhops, is what lopg after St. Cyprians time, Grego- ry the Great Blaim'd in Jolm then Arch-Bijhop of Conftantinople ; and ft)re'told the Times of Anti* Chrift a coming, when one Bifhop did kt himfelf fo Above his CoUegues and Fellow BijhopSj a^ that he muft JuJge of them, but not they of him. No man knows thcfe things better than my Lord of Sarum, And that according to the Difcipline of the Primitive Churchy Arch B//io/?5 were Dcpo- fable. How is k then Poflible, that he fhou'd fct up fuch a Head oi Bifhops \n England^ as is not Depofable by all the other Bijhops, but every one of them Depofable by him ?

And how cou d he give the Name of High- Church to t\\tk who Oppou: th^s Aifc/ute ^indSu- per-Papal Supremacy, in the Hands of one Per- fon ; And wou'd have things Reduc'd to a more Moderate^ and the Primitive Frame ?

How cou'd he Charge Di/iin^ion of High' Church, and Lovp-CJyurch^ upon thofe here Calfd the High-Churchy who find fault with the Pr- flinRion^ and (hew it to have been fet up by the Whiggs and Difenters, to Divide and Blacken the Church of England ', and to have opportunity, under the Name of the High-Church, to vent all their Venom againli the Church in General, her

Lytuigy,

(38 ) Liturgy^ Rites, and Cere??2onies^ and whole Oeco- 7iomy?

Such Grofs Miftakes as thefe, cou d not Fall from the ^ijhof of Sarum.

VII. His Natural Moc/efty wou'd not let his own Mouth be the Trumpet of his Juft Praifes^ as to tell how he, of all Men, leaft Deferv'd to be ill Treated by any body, and to fay (Parag. 13. p. 5.) In no one fiep or part of my Life, I ever gave

the leaft occafion for it / had the Thanks of this

Hottfe for my Hiftory of the Reformation Which

was W rote with an Honefty and Zeal that ought to fet me beyond Sufpicion, But I own I began the World on a Principle of Moderation^ which I have carry d dorrn through my whole Life, And Yarag, 1 2. We have in the whole courfe of our Lives adhered to the Inter eft of the Church, at all Verils^ and in all Ti??ies, without ever once, in any particular, lea?iing to the Dijjefiters. AndP^rrj^. 3. We are fo well known, and have livd fo Long in a 'iuhlick^ Scene ^ and have Ai^ed fuch a Vart on it, that we may Reckon our felves above Calumnies, Even St. Paul faid, He became a Fool in Glorying -, but it was when others compelld him to it. Cou'd any thing have Com- pell d the Biftc>op of Sarum to Compare Gloryi?ig with St. Vaul ? Did he ever think himfelf Caught up to the third Heaven ?

But he fiys, 'ibid.: IVe are the Difcip/es of the Crofs. And no Man has breach d ix. more than his Lord- Jhip : Or Pixfs'd Va^ive Obedience to a greater

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( 39 ) Height, Or kept Tn.er to ir, or Sajfey'd inott for It, iw every Stet) and Turn of his Life. Now tho'all this be mcft ExaVxly fb, ycr his Lordjkip wou'd never have become inch a /-W, in Glorying^ as to give theI)^/i^/7of it thus hnnfelt. And where there was no x\z^C\ of \i, m the Houfe oi Lords., who were all Wit7iejfefs of it.

VJII. He ccud never have had the Vanity to Thruft himfelf into all Secrets of State^ even be- fore he was in the Public k. Scene, and had A^ed fuch a Tart on it, in the Reign of ICmgC harks 11. when he was not over much Trufted, as to fay what is before Qiioted, That fuch a thing Wili Amaze all that do not kjww the Secret of that time> And in the next Parag. to tell a Secret of that time ; which is Puhlickly known to be otherwife, as that the Lord Stafford told me ( fays Speech ) in theTovper of an Oath of Secrefy^ tender d by the Earl of Brijiol to a Meeting of Papijis, &c. Was Dt, Burnet then Confejfor to the Lo]:d Stafford} Or wou d he Reveal it ? Was he Employ'd by the GoTjernmeyit to Examine him ? Or was he a very ^2iniQ\A2iX: Confidant of his Lordfhips.^ that he fhou'd Entrufthim with fuch an Important ^'err^/? Wou'd he Boafi of this Now, as if he were in all Secrets ? But it IS Added in the Speech), That he{ Lord Stafford ) told it Ukewife at the Bar of this Houfe, My Lord of Sarum was not then a Member of that Houfe, Nor then prcfent. And thofe Lords who were Prefent at the Lord Stafford^ Exami-

nation>.

(■ 40 ) nition, C\y th: Quite contrary ^ that Lord Stafford did not tell any fach thing at thatJS^r. There is nothing of it in the Journals of the Houje of Lords, And it is Probable that an Oath of Secrefy among the Papifts, at that time of Day, in the Height of the Popijh Plot, and Attcfted by the Lord StaforJ, woud have been thought fo Confidcrable, as, at leaft, to be Mem ion J, and not totally Forgotten, And my Lord of Sarum ( who has Acccfs to the Journals of the Houfe ) cou'd not but Know all this ; and wouM not have Affronted himfclf, and Sought to Impofe upon the Houfe of Lords^ by Af- ferting^ what he cou'd not Prove.

But Looking into that Journal upon this Oc- cafion, there is a Paffage in it, which has fomc Relation to the late Difpute betwixt the Houfe of Lords and Commons concerning the Power of the Lords^ by their own Authority, to fend for Pri* fmers of State; to be Examin dby them, and Com- mitted to other Vrifons, if they thought fit. In which I will by no Means take upon me to Determine j only fet down what the Journal fays in that Cafe of the Lord Stafford, viz. That he was Co?idemned the 7//>. oi December, 1680 And the i^th, of the fame December, The Earl of Carlile acquainted the Houfe that the Lord Stafford wou'd make a Con* feffion of whit he knew concerning the \lot, and defir'd he m gh be brought to the B^r cf that Houfe. The Houje hereupon appointed an Ad- drefs Ihoud be made to his Majefty^ that he wou'd

pleafe

( 41 ) , pleafe to give leave for the bringing the faid laC'. Vifcount Stafford to this Houle* And the King ha- ving been Attended with the Addrefs, and giving Leave, the Lord Stafford was fent for. And in the Order to the Lieutenant oi the Tower ^ to bring him, it is Exprefs'd that they did it, by Leave and consent of his Majejly. Here the Lords did not think fit, without the Kings Exprefs Leave and Confent firft AsJ^^d and Obtain d^ to Send for, or Examine^ upon the Head of a Plot^ one of their own Members^ and fo more Intirely in their Po- wer ; And in the next place, one aheady Condem- ned to Dye^ and fo out of any Frotetlion at ail But to Return to our Speech.

IX In Paragr, 7. p. 3. He fays. In the end of King Charles II. i?e/g« vpe all Remember that anewProfe- cution of them \ the DifTenters ) was fet on foot • and even then^ when the Severities agaiiijithem were ve- ry hard^ they were Solicited by the Agents of the Courts to Petition for a General Toleration^ but they coud not be Prevail d on.

But there was a better Rcafon for theic not Pe- titioning^ that is, the Improbability of having it Granted. They had then been Pcdpably Deteked in feveral Confpiracies to Murther the King^ at the Rye-ffoufe^ at the Oxford Parliame^it, &c. for which they were then under Profecution, and fome of them Suffer d (ox it. Was this a Time were thcfe good Arguments to Sue for a Toleration, when the hmg was not fecure of his Life one Day, from

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their Attempts! And is it likely the King woiu! Employ Age?2ts to Move them to Ask., v/hnt wc mufl believe, in Common (enfc, he \vasRe(blv'd not to Grant them ? But this is Another of this Speechers SECRETS.

But xhzBifbopcA Sartwi wou d jior have Men- tioned thele Severities' nsthcy are call d ) andfaid, that they vpere very harJ^ without telling the Oc- cafion of them, and what Fore d \\\c King to them. Such ^wlm-pratial Hiftorian woud not tell the Tale all on one fide, to lay the Ocliiim where it was

not due.

And he woud not Molifie as much on the o- ther handj as is done in the next Words, What fome of them did in King fame^V Reign is well known^ and cannot be Excused. That is, in Accepting (what tbey never Retusd ; a Toleration^ and their Migh- ty ^/>y?/^///e.^ and Addrejfes full oi Loyalty u^on that Occafion. But this is here put only upon Some of them, What fo7ne of them did. Whereas It was the whole Body (n* Bodies of them, all their Meetings^ every where th rough Zi7;g/^W, as well as Scotland and Ireland. And if there were Any or Some who did not Approve it,^thcy did not Ap- pear^ they Avere not Knon^?? i hey mull be put among the Secrets of this Writer !

X. The Learned Bijhop of Sarum coud not Talk fo Loofcly of th'z'Chihch nnd of Communion as k\\\% Speech do's, Varagr. 15, and \6. p. 6. where the Writer makes Epifcopacy not to be Mecefary

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' _ ( 43 )■ to the Covftituiio7i of a Churchy CxmtrdXy to the Bifhop's VinJicatio7iof the Church and State of Scot- land, againft the Yreshyterians there.

If Epifcopacy is not Necefary^ if it is not of iV. vi?ie and Apoftolical Inftitution, if it may be Dif- pens'd wiih, then Down with it. It is a Bone oi Contention, And an Infra^ion among the i?e- form J.

But whatever Allowance is to be made in Cafes of Necejfity, for thofe who cannot have Epifcopacy^ if any luch there be. Yet it is not the fame, with thofe who Rebel againft Episcopacy and Se» far ate from their own Lawful IMJhops^ where no- thing Sinful IS Requir d as a Condition or Commu- nion, If this be not Schiffu, there never was any. Nor can be. And the Bijhop of Sarum is neither fo Ignorant or E?ithufiaflical as to think that our Vif enters zxcnot iotm Ay Schifynaticks -^ and there- fore, that Communion with them is not utterly V72- lawful, and Involving us in th.eir Schifi/i,

And as to the Foreign Reformed , we know th:.t our Learned Bijhops and I)ivi?ies' who \vcx<: Forcd hh':o\d in the io^ma: Revolution: did Re- fufe to Communicate w^ith them. As Dr. '&ramhaf Lord B/y/JOpof Derry after 'Lord Frii?: ate oi Ireland Dr. Morley after Lord "Bijhop of V/inchefter^ Dr. Creighton after B///. op of ^ath and Wells, Dr. Earl after B//to;? of Salisbury, Dr. "^tuart, &c. Aid af- ter the Refloration, by che i^^ oiVniformiiy their Ordinal io7is were fo for Declar d A^////, that if any

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( 4-2 ) their Attempts! And is it likely the KiTJg woii'd Employ Agefits to Move them to Ask., v>'hit wc muft believe, in Common lenfc, he was Refolv'd not to Grant them ? But this is Another of this Speechers SECRETS.

But the BifloQp of Sariim wouVi jioc have Men- tiond thefe Severities ' as they are call d ) andfaid, that they ^vere very bard^ v/ithout telling the Oc^- cafion of them., and what Forcdihc Kingto them. Such -^wlnipratial Hiftorian woud not tell the Tale all on one fide, to lay the Odiian where it was not due.

And he wou d not Molifie as much on the o- ther hand> as is done in the next Words, What fome of them did in /f/Vg JamCb'^ Reign is well known ^ and cannot be Excufed. That is, in Acceptirig (what tbey never Retusd ) a Toleration^ and their Migh- ty Applaiifes.. and Addrejfes full of Loyalty upon" that Occafion. But this is here put only upon Some of them, ¥/hat fo?ne of them did. V/hercas it was the whoh Body or Bodies of them, all their Meetings^ every where th\:oughE?iglandy as well as Scotland and Ireland. And if there were Any or So?ne who did not Approve it,__thcy did not Ap- pear^ they were not Knorm. ihcy muil be put among the Secrets of this Writer !

X. The Learned Bijlo^j? of Sarum cou^d not Talk fo Loofely of the Cimrch nnd of Communion as this Speech do's, Varagr. 1 5-, and \6, p. 6. where the Writer makes Epifcopacy not to be Necejfary

to

to the Covftit7iiiG7i Oi a Churchy Contrary to the Bilhop's Vi7iiJicatio7iof the Church and State ofScoz- land, againft the Yreshyterians there.

If Epifcopacyis not Necejfary^ if it is net of iV- vi?ie and Apoftolical Inftitiition, if it may be Dif^ -pensd wiih, then 1l>o-W7i with it. It is a Bone of Contention, And an Infra^ion among the Re^ form J,

But whatever Allowance is to be made in Cafes of Necejfity, for thofe who cannot have Efifcopaty^ if any Inch there be. Yet it is not the fime, with thofe who Rebel againft Epifcopacy and Se^ ■ farate from their own Lawful Bijhops^ where no- thing Sinful is Requir d as a Condition of Commu- nion. If this be not Schifm, there never was any. Nor can be. And the Bi/hop of Sarii?;/ is neither fo Ig?2orant or Enthufia/iical as to think that cur Dif enters are not formaly Schifniaticks ; and there- fore, that Communion with themisnot utterly Vn- lawful, and Involving us in their Schif?/i.

And as to the Foreign Reformed , we know thitt our Learned Bijhops and Divi?ies^ who vvxk jR)rr</ Abroad in the former Revolution: did Re- fufe to Commu7iicate with them. As Dr. Bramhal^ Lord ^ijtopoi Derry after LoxdPri7;;ate oi Irelarid Dr. Morley after Lord '^ijhop of V/inchefter, Dr. Creighton after B///;op cf B^/V; and ?Fe//^, Dr. Earl after B///:o/? of Salisbury , Dr. '/^ir^r/, &c. Aid af- ter th- Rejioration, by che AlI oiVniformiiy their Ordinal iotis were fo Eir Declar d AW/, that if any

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(44) of their Minijlers ( as well as thofe among our fclves ) fhou d come over to our Churchy they were Accounted but as Lay-Me?:, till they wctc Ordain J by Bijhops}

This matter \ras Debated by our Divines with the Reformed Minijiers Abroad; w^ho took it HeinouHy th Jt they Refusd Communion withthcm. There is m Pri?^ a Letter from the Learned and Ingenious Mr. Bouchart^ to the then Dr. Morley before Mentiond, upon this Subject. But our Divines Aflerted the bivine Right and Necejfity of Efifcofacy and Ordination by Bifhops,

Now fuppofe that the '^ifhop of Sarum had a Greater Latitude than our Englijh Divines^ which ought not to be fuppos'd, becaufe he was a Stre- nuous Aferter of Epifcopacy^ and a Writer fox it in Scotla?id^ which he hath done Excellently well : But I fay, That if he had Alter'd his Mind, his Vrudence and his Modejly wcu'd have found out fome other Argument^ than to Oppofe his own Example and Authority to that of the Di- vines before Mention d, and the Current of the Church of England, and not to give this for a Proof* as this Speech makes him, faying, / viy felf was an Occafional Co?iformift in Geneva and Holland. And fays he will do fo again, v/hen he go's thi- ther next time. Thence concludes as a certainty^ And fo I think, an Occafional Conformity, &c. isju-

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To fortify his own Example, there is nothing brought in this Speech, but a Paffsge (which is not Quoted ) of a Ncble HiftGrian, who, he faj^s, fi7icls great fault with thofe who did not go to the French Churches. Yet that Noble Hijiorian did net go himfclf, tho' he PyV there. And there is yet in being a Difcourfe wrote with his own hand, which I have ken, (hewing his Reafons why he coud not Communicate with them. And I am told by a good hand, when he was Sickzt Montpelier, an Apothecary was fcnt for to him ^ who Prcfling his Lordihip to more than Ordina* ry haft to Difpatch him, gave for Excufc, that as foon as he had done with his Lordihip, he was to lay on his Hands at an Ordination (he being a Lay- Elder) and that the Company (laid for him. His Lordfhip was Struck with Aftonifhment, to fee how Viley the Holy Orders were Yroftituted. And us'd to fay, can any Believe that the CharaSier of a Minifter of Chrijl is Convey 'd by fuch Mecha- nicks ? So that this was an unlucky Second found out for the Bi/hop upon this Point.

A Reverend and Worthy Divine told me, That about 30 years ago, Monfieur Claude the famous Hugonot Minifier^ did Inueigh bitterly to him a^ gainft this fame Noble Hijiorian, as well as againft Dr. Morley, and others of our Divines there, who Refus'd to Communicate with the Hugonot s in France,

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And as to that Paflage in hisLordfhips Hiftory, which I fuppofe is meant in this Speech. Vol. 2. p. 'j:}&cQ. hi^ Lordfljip is there Difcourfing purely up- on Voliticks ; how ufcful it was to keep fair with thofc People, and what Services they had done us, as Spies m the Courts of their own Vrinces, But it fecms they cou'd Ylay on both fides. For the Hiftory tells in the fame place, p. 75. That when the Rebellion broke out agamft King Charles I. their Malice to the Church made them Enter incQ. the fa??2e Confpiracy with their Brethren the Fres- hyterians here, againft the Crown,

But the Difciples of the Crofs (of which Number, as this Speech Truly fays, the Bilhop of Sarum is, m an Eminent degree, and never Vary'd from it, in any one ftep, through the whole courfe of his Life) do not Govern their Co?tfciences hy Woild^ ly Voliticks ; But always make their Voliticks whol- ly fubfervient to Religion. And no Man knows better than the Bijhop, that the Church and Reli^ gion have Sufter'd more, arid been more Cor- rupted m DoHrine and Worjhip, and loft the Sim- plicity of the Gofpel, by following of thefe fort of Voliticks. more than by all the open Verfecu- tions which they hive Endur'd.

The Noble Hiftorian blames the Vnskilfulne^s of our Management of the Hugc?iots in France ; And thereupon Difcourfes as d. : tates Man. But z^io xhcCcnfciencious part, he fufficiently Guard- ed, p. 72, before he Enter d upon the other

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( 47 ) Suh]c<St of Politicks , and with winch iielfUiockiccik it, ;n a 'moil: Vioi/s and Chriftian, as well as ^Vru- dent and Political Difcourfc, againli that too com- mon Artifice of Princes, and States, to Foment Divificns and Rebellions in each others Countries, Which he Expofcs, m a very Pathetical manner,^ not only as very Wicked before God^ but Im-Ycli- tick, as to Themfelves, thereby Teaching their own SiihjeUs to RebelL He fays, That the Re- bellion of Siibje^s agai?ifl their Yrince. ought to be looked upon by all other Kings, as an A [Fault of their own ^overaignty^ and injome Degree a Defign a- gaifift Monarchy it felf \ and co??feque?itly to be fup" preffed and Extirpated in vrhat other Kingdom fo' ever it is^ with the like concernment as if it were in their own Boweh. And he fays, that the Hugonots in France ( with whom this Croivn heretofore^ it may be^ kept too much Correfpondence) were declar d E- 7iemies to the King-, and in Publich^ and in ':ecret^ gave all poffible A J]i fiance to thofe whofe Bufinefs was to Defiroy the Church. And Vrcvd of uufpealia^ ble Jnconvenie7ice and Damage to the King, through' out all theje Troubles^ and of equal P^enefit to his E?iemies. Having thus fully Declar d h^'s OY\^n Sentiments ^ with Great Probity and Judgment he goes on to fnew the Mifmanage?nents^ as to Po/i- ticks, which happen d in their Trafficking with th:{c Hugonots, Among which was this, of with- drawing irrom their Ccmmunio?:^ which is Aim d at in this Speech,

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But if the Bijlop had been the Author of it, he woud, no Doubt, have done that Juftice to the Noble Hiflorian, as to have told his True and Real Seritiments^ and not have Reprefented him as an Occafional Conformift^ whom he knew to be far otherwife. And again, he wou d not have brought an Argument of Voliticks, for facisfying Confcie?ice. That wou'd have come better from any other hand.

XI. Wherefore this Speech A£ts thcBiJhop better, where it makes him give aReafon as to Ccnfcience^ Parag. 15. p. ^. ^ thought Comviunion with them was Lawful, for their Worfhip was not Corrupted. But then the B//io^ cou'd not have given fo ve- ry Weak a Reafon. Bccaufe this takes away all Separation^ on Account ofSchifm^ where the Wor-- fhip is not Corruptee/, Againft which the Schifm of Korah ftands a Rurd Cafe. And St. Juc/e tells us, ver, 1 1 . of Chriftians who Verifh in that fame Gain faying. And the Pracftice of the Primitive Church, in the Cafe of the Novatians, Donatifls, and other Schifmaticksj who gave up their very Lives for the Faith., makes all againft this. And fure the 'Bifhop wou d not Oppofe his own fingle Authority againft all thefe too.

Befides that, this Notion makes very Little of the Yeace and V?iity of the Churchy upon which Chrijl laid fo great a S/re/i, as to call a Breach in it, the Tearing of his own Body m pieces. And all Civil Societies are fo fenfible of it, as to think

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yt the Worit Evil cd.n bciali them, cvcii r!ic Dii- folving of their Confliiuiion. The fame that Vij- cord is in a Family ; that Mutiny is in an ^r^^^ ♦ and Rebellion m a ^'/^/e j the fame is Schifm m a Church. And none take it more Heinoujly than SchifmaticalCongreations, when it happens amongll: themfelves. And the Lefs the Caufes are for which Men Separate^ their Schifni is Reckon d the Greater and more Vn-Blxcufable.

And there is no End of the Coniequences. When the Presbyterians took upon them to Ordain Without Bijlops, the Independants Qtiickly found the v/ay to Ordain without Presbyters^ and others after them, to kt up Minifters ot Chriji (as they call thein) without any Ordination at all. And as a Natural Confcquence of this to bring all Prieftly Adviiniflrations into utter Co^itenipt^ and to be Per- form d by a Woman^ as well as a Man^ even the Ad- niinifiration otihc Ho!y Sacrament^ wh.ch is made but the Reviembrance ot a Friend^ like Brinlijrig of a Health. \y\\\e\\ may be Begun by any in the Com- pany^ by a Woman as well .?s any other. All this IS {et up in our late Pamphlets^ I will Name one, which has been often Advertisd in our Printed^ News- Papers J call'd The Pri?iciples of the Proteftant Rijorviat ion F.xplaim d .^ in a Letter oj Refotutioricofi- cerfiing Church-Communion. London, Printed in the Tear 1704. where p, 10, 11. You will find what IS above Mention d.

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This of She-Apoftles and Priefts did a little 5*^0^4 Serjeant Hook: But otherwife, as to that of Over- throwing all Stated Church Communion and Go- vernvient, the Serjeant Learned in thei^i^ ^ go's ful- ly m with that Author^ and Qiiotes this very Book, of his with Approbation, in what the Serjeant calls Catholicism without Popery. Part. 2. p. 57. Printed, 1704. And often Advertisd.

All thefe Vamphlets are Wrote in behalf of (9ir- cafional Conformity. And the way to Salve it, is, by making no Communion neceilary. And then foon follows no Church, and no Religion\ Can the like be faid of any whoWrote for the BilH

Therefore we fee the Neceffity of keeping up Epifcopacy. To allow of other Ordinations with- out BiJhopSy is Breaking the Dike, which will let all this Inundation m upon us.

If Chrijtians liv'd together where no Episcopal Ordination cou d be had, they Might and Ought to Meet and ferve God, in a Puhlick, Manner, as far as their Circumftances wou d Allow it. This is Lay^ Communion. And God wou'd not Charge upon them the want of the Holy Sacraments^ or other things which they cou d not have without Priejily Adminiftration. And to bear with the want of thefe, under fuch an Invincible NecefTity, is more of Humility and Reverence to God and his Laws • than to take upon us, of our own Heads, and without any CorjimiJJion from him, to Confecrate Pr/'f/^ our fclves. Which Honour ?w Man taketh to

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< 50 . himfelf. And none can give it but God. None other can Impower any toReprefe^itWim, to Tranj" a£l with Mankind in his Name j and to Sign and Seal his Covenant with them. Thus the Jevps all over the ^''orld have Rightly Determind rather to have no Sacrifices at all, than not at the Place to which they were Limited by the Law. Which place Jerusalem being not in their Power, and their Temfle Deftroy d, they Inferr, That it is the will of God their Sacrifices (liou'd Ceafe, till they are Refiord again. But that they cannot make a New Law, or obferve the Law gi- ven them otheivvife than as that Law -has Com- manded. The Example of ZJ2^zah is a Rule to us, as well as to them, that God will not Accept the Breach of his Inftitiition, tho' with an Intention of Preferving it. But the want of his Ordina?ices will not be Imputed where there is not a Pojfihility of having them. The Breach of his hflitiition, is Qur Act: But the being Deprived of the Benefit of- his Ordinances^ if it be not our Faulty will not be our Crime. If we muft not fet up other Sa- craments f Suppofingus Depriv'd of the True ones, which Chrifi left us ) neither muft we Another Priefthood. It is Vfmpngtht Prerogative of God CO our felves. And Rendring our whole Service Sacrilegious J lixke the Oj'feri?igs of Korah. It is the Iniquity oi our Moly things.

XII. Which it were to be wifh'd was fo much Abated as this Speech tells us, p. 5. Paragr. 8. At leaft a Fourth part^ if not a Third part. For fo

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much it fays the Vifente-is are Lefend fince the Toleration, But how do^s this Appear > For their Meetings are fo iraich at Icaft, Encreafed every -v^'hcrc. And their Farty is grown Stronger, at Court J in Parliament^ and at all Ele^ions. And they never were fo Clamorcus and Threatning as now. One chief 7o;?/V4 of their Vampblets is to jBo^y? and Terrifie with their Numbers., and fiy they are the M^jor part of the Nation. Which is as Ijttle True, as that their Nimbers arc Lefjendhy the Toleration,

But if this Latter were True, how do s it con- cern the Bill, which do^s not Meddle with their Toleration ? Will being put into Tower Icffen their Humhers too !

Therefore it was moft unbecoming his Lord- fhip to make him fay in this S^^eech.^ p. 7. Varagr. 1 7. In my Diocefs^ thofe who are Occafional Conjormifts cut of Pri?2cipk^ who come fo??ieti??ies to Church., and go (ome times to Meeti?2gSy are without Num- her • who yet have no Office., and feem to Tre» tend to none. If they do not only Seem fo to pretend this B/7/ do's not Aflfeftthem in the Icaft. and the Church may Reap all the Benefit proposed m this Speech., by their Occafional Conjormity. So that this v/ou d be to make his Lordlhip argue quite befides the Point. Efpecially where he is made to fiy, in the fame Faragr. I have heard hut of One in Office in my Diocefs.^ who goes to Meet- ings ; a?id that is only to a Weekly Letiure. Then the Danger of Difobliging is not Great. It is but

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( 53 ) One to without Number. This is ftiU Arguing for the Bill. And the Occafioiul Conformifis out cf Principle do likewife ^'ee;;/ to be much offended at thofe who do it for Vlaces^'^f, bringing the Scan- dal of //y;>orr//y upon them all, and have Wrote againft fuch Occafional Conformity To thefe mth- out Nt^mberj we muft add thofe in the Intereft of the Churchy who generally through the Kingdom are much Difgufted at the Reje^ion of this BilL And by the Computation here put upon the Bijhop in his own Diocefs^ and Suppofmg it alike in all the other Diocejfes of the Nation, there will be but One in Each, that is 26 m all who are Gratify ^d by the ill Fate of that Bill, And thefe Men are of no Principle., and a Scajidalto Religion, as they are call'd in that Celebrated Book wrote on their fide, viz^ Moderation a Vertue. p. 7. where it is laid, / take fuch Occafional Co?iformity, to be a Scandalous Pra!M\e, a Reproach to Religion, and Ojfenfive to all good CJ)rifiia7is.

But if thofe without Number in his Lordfhip's Biocefs, who go fometimes to Church, and fome- times to Meetings, are Brought up in that Loofe way, of thinking that there is nothing of Govern- vient left by Chrifi in his Church, nor a Su£cefion of Priefthood, with Power of Remitting and Re^ taining Sins,o( Confecrating and Adminijtring his Sacraments, and Bleffnig in his Name : Or that this may be Conferr'd, by any 3 or 4 Lay-Men or Women 3 that is, who Coialidcr the Church as a^eiJ

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(54) only, Oi Company of People who Believe fuch Dokrhies, as the feverai forts of the Heathen Phi- lofofhers.Stoicks, AcaJemickj, Epicureans^ &c. which a JMan might Change cvcvy Hour of the J)ay^ with- out being Accoiintme to any ; But cou d not be Excluded or Exconmunicated from being of fuch an Opinion ; and might Appoint whom he Pleas'd toRead LeSiurei to him, or Preach, upon fuch and fuch Subje^s :5ut have no Notion of the Church , as a Society, under Government^ with fuch Powers Com* mitted to the Governors, of Admitting and Exclude ing out of the Society^ and the Privileges of it ; and purfuant to fuch a Notion, are Free to go to any Company, oi People, where they think Chrifti'' ^wDodlrme is Taught; and think themfjlves £- qually Safe in any ; and therefore, go fometimes to Church, and fometim:s to Meetings, as the Hu- mour leads them, or they Fancy they are Edify d : I fay, if there be Nujnberlefs of this fort in the Di- ocefs of Sarum (which God forbid) there is ^ fad Account of his Lordfhip's Charge : And inftead of being of this or that Church, they are in no Church at all, if. C/?r//? did Eredthis Church as a Society.

There are too Many of fuch Occafional Confor- mifts in England. I ihou'd be forry, if it were True, thac they Encreafe fo Exceedingly under the Direction of my Lord Bifl')op of Sarum. It is I^poffible to hzh^f \s}S Encouragement I Who in this fame Speech (if it were his) Paragr. i6. p 6. fays, That the Separation is formd upon Error and

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MiJiaJke^ and that true Edification is among m, and not among them^ and that They are certaiidy to Blame ^ in every fart of the Separation, No High- Flyer in England cou a fay more. And is it Pof- fible he cou d Encourage any to Go to Them, or Remain among Them, where no True Edification was to be had ! And w^ho were to Blame, in eve- ry Part of their Separation ! Then fuch thorough Blameable Separation muft be a Schifm^ or there Can be None !

Therefore, whoever Believes this Speech to be the Bijhop of Sarum%, muft Conclude, That he thinks all the Separatifts of the Nation from the Church oi E7igland^ to be In-excufable ^chifma- ticks.

XIII. But there is a Caveat put in at -the Clofc of the Speech, for fome others, Nor can I C07ife7tt (fays Speech) to the Reckoning the Foreign Churches that are Tolerated among Vs^ which are by Name Excepted in the ASi of Vniformity, among the Meet- ings of the Separatifls from our Church.

If they have Meetings of their own, on Ac- count of the Language, and this be Ailow'd, there is no Harm do-ne. But if they Refufe to Commu- nicate with Us, becaufe we are Epifcopal (which I fuppofc they do not) they wou'd then be 'tchif- viaticks from the whole Catholick^ Church, For by the Rules of Catholick, Communion, every National or Neighbour Church ought to Comniunicate with Another, where there are nofmful Terms oi Com- munion

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miinion Impos'd, or clf^, thcf Break the Commu'" nion of Sa'uits.

But what Reafon is Given in this Speech ? Why thus^ ill the next words, This will have a ftra?jge fou7tcl all the World over ; a7icl will be a mighty Dif- courageinent to all Abroad^ who Expe^ Deliverance and Prote^ion fromhence j when they understand that it is made fo Criminal a thing amorrg Vs to Wor/hip God with them, and according to their way. And is this all the Reafon given ? Yes, every word.

Then this Cou d not Come from any Bi/hop. What Bijhop or Chriftian were he, who upon the Point of CImrch Communion^ (hou d have nothing to offer, but a Parcel of poor Politicks ! And ihefe Foolifio too ! For do's not the Emperour^ the Ki7ig of Portugal^ the New King ot Spain^ and the \)iil<e of ^avoy Expert Deliverance and Pro- tecHon from Hence, and may b: the King of Po^ land X.0O, aswellas Holland'^ What Difcourage7nent then Will it be to the one more than to the other, that we Cannot //or//:)//' God with the7n, and ace or ^ ding to their way ? Or, are the Dutch more Zea- lous than all the others, upon the Point of Religi^ on ! Are They Turn'd High^Church-Men too!

XIV, But whatever Latitude or hdijferency they may have as to Religion or Co7ifcience- And how- ever they may Difpcafe WxthOcca/iGnal Co7ifor7ni' ty, upon thcfc Acccuncs, which lie not near their Hearts : Yet they know full well how to fecure theji: Government^ and their CJmrch, TftablijVd by

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^ 57 )■■ Larr ;. which they ftifternonc to Invade or hdrdra&Ourf is every Day, in Lew J and Virulent Pam'^hkt^, Much lefs for any of the Tolerated Comviimities there, to fee up for the true Church of the Nation • As fevoral of our Dijfenti7ig Pamphlets here have done, Afferting the P//- Renters to be true Church oi Engla?id -^ And, on Account- of their Toleration, to be like wife EfiabUjl^d by Law ,;. iothat Dan, Burges has as much Larp on his iide, si the Arch'Bifhop of Canterbury,

However, becaufe there is fome Difference bet\vixt being EftahlijVd and Tolerated^ the DiJJenters have, of late, had a Great Avcrfion to that Phrafe, ofthcCkwch, as Eftahlifh'd by Law. And this ^'/^e^c/; do sGraCifie them in it, Parag. II. p. 5. it makes the Bijlop {^xy, I have been Jealous when I heard fome P erjons -pretend too 77iuch Zeal for the Church o/England, as by Law Eftablifh d. There is a Reafon given, to ferve for a Pretence, as if this v/cre Meant only againft the Papifts. But it is foFooliih, as to Pafs upon no Man of Common Scnfe. It is thus, I kjier^ Oneof the Eminenteft Vapifts of the Age who nsd often tx> fay^ hewasfor the Church of Englznd^ as by Lan^ EflablijuJ: I took, the Liberty to Ask, him^ How fuch a Profefion did Agree with his Sincerity ? He anfwerd^ He looted on the Laws of Queen M:\ty as yet in full forte -, for he ihozi^akt Q^ Elizabeth who Repeat d tl>em^ had 710 77iore Right to^ihB Crown, than OHver Cromwel /W- (0 that her Laws were no Laws.^wt did that E?m7ie7iteft Papiji th.nk. That ¥., James I.K. Charles!, and K. Charles II. had no marc Right to the Crown than Oliver Cromwel? Or, did he not know, That there were Laws in thefe Reig7is which did Eflablifh the Church o^ E-ngland? So that this is a v-ry fimple Story I and wholly Unworthy the 5/^(?/7 oiSa-

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(58) lishay. But the Drijt of the Speech is Plain, to Run down that Difcrimination of the Church oi England ^as by Larp Eftablijyd^to give theP//e7//6'r5anEqual 77//etoit.,

And therefore no Man can bcheve, i hat the Bi/hop oiSarum woud fct up fuch Dodrine; who fays, in the. very ncxtParag. (as fct down in this Speech) of him- felf, and the Reft of his Be?ich, We have in the whole courfe of our Lives adhered to the hit er eft of the Churchy at all Ferils^ and in all Times ^ without ever 07ice, in any particular, leaning to the J) iff enters, Woud any make us beheve, That he did not mean the Churchy ^s by Law £- fiablifhd? Or, That he woud be Jealous of thofc who were Zealous for her? And that we muft be put here- after to Guefs what he means when he fpcaks of the Churchy or of the Church oi England ? Can the Bifhop of Saru??i have fuch a Double Entendre !

XV. But after all that can be faid on behalf of the Bifhop^ the Finifhing-ftroke muft be left to Himfelf. He only can Eflfedtually Silence all this Clamour and Scandal Caft upon him, on Account of this Speech^ by letting the World knov/, That his Lordlhip do's P//- own it. After which, no one will have the Confidence to Tut it upon him.

And Ri, Chifwell his Lordihip's Bookjeller, for whom it is faid to be Printed, ought to do that Jufticc to his Lordfhip, as to give an Advertifement^ that his Name was Falfely put to it, or that he had not the Copy from his Lordjhip.

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