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Show A Diji:ourAoJ'tbe V nion, @[England, and Scotia~ ( great Reverence; but now ?egenerate, and t~~en in the ill par~~ \ For the Pcrjan JIJ.Jgick._, wlnch was the fecret I:tteran:tre of t hel r : K · was an Application of the Contemplattons, and Obferva- ~ tiomngsso, fNatHre, untoafenf'e Polrt·z ·c "t. -; T a k'm gt he F1m d mncnta~l'o' L w ·.r ofNttture and the Branche~, and Paffages of them, as an o ... , . ri~i~all, or lirfr Modell, w heilce to take, and defcribe, a Cop p r ,i and Imitat-ion, for Government. . 1 After this manner, the forefai.d Inflrutlours, fet before their! ieing1 , the Examples of the celeftiall Eodies ; The S11'!, the .At/oon, and the refr; which have_gre.ac Glory, and veoeratwn, ~ut no11 Refi, or Jntermiffion: Betog ~n a perpetuall Offic~ofMo.uon,for the Cherifhing, (in turn, and tn Coorfe,) of Infe:rour Bodte.r : Ex preffing, l1kcwife, the true tnanner,. of the. Mottons, ?f G~vernment; which, though they ought to be, Swtft, and Raptde, In ref peCt ofDifpatch, and Occafi?ns; yet are they to be, Confiant,. and Regular, without Wavermg,or Confufion) So did they reprefcnt unto them, how the Heav~ns, do not enrich themfel ves, by the Earth, and the Seas; Nor keep no dead Stock nor untouched Treafures,ofthat they draw to them,from belo~; But whatfoever Moifture, th~y do levy, and take,_fro~ both Elcme11ts, in Vapours, they do. fpend, and turn ba~~ agatn, In showerJ; Onely hol~in~, and Ltonng them up, for a tune, to the. End to iflue and dtfinbute them, In Seafon. ' B~t, chidly, they did cxpreffe, and expound un~o them, that Fundament ali Law of Nature ; whereby a}l t~ings do fubfifi, an~ are preferved: which is, t~at every Tht~g In Nature; ~lthougn it hath his private, and parucular, f\ffech on,. and Appetite; And doth follow, and purfue the fame, In fmall Moment~; And when it is free, and delivercd,,from more gen~rall, a~.d common, Refi eCts. yet neverthelefie, when there IS Quefiwn, or Cafe, for sp fi:ai~ing ~f the more General,they for fa-ke their own P articula- , ~·es and attend and confpire, to uphold the pHblic/z. TJ s~ we fee, the IroN, in fmall Q~ant!ty' will afcend, and _a{?proach, to the Load-flone, upo_n a part1cu~ar Symp~thy: But 1~ It be any Q!:Iantity of moment, It lec~veth hts Appetite, of Am tty t 'the Load{tone and like a good Patriott, falleth to the Earth ; :hich is the rla~e, and Regia,, o~ lt1ajfj ~odi~. So again the Water, and other hke Bo~tcs, do_fall, ~owards the Center of the Ectrth; which is, (as was fatd,J thetr Regtan, or Conntrey: And yet we fef", nothing more ufuall, in all Wtzter ~~rk1,~nd Engine.r, then that the Wat:rl( rather then to ~uffer any Diflrttazo~, or Difonion, in Nature) will afcend, For!akt~g the Love, tohts own Region, or Countrey, and applymg 1t felf5 to the Body, next adjoyning. . , But ~t were, too long a Dtgreffion, to proce~d, to more Examples of this Kind. Your Majejiy, your felf, dtd fall, upon a Pafw . (age) of this Nature, in your gracious fpeech of Thank./ unto your Comt~!l; when acknowledging, Princely, their Vigilancies, and 'J" well ~~--------~~=---~~--~~~--~~-- A Di.Jcourfo of the V1zion, of England, and Scotland. well Ddervings, it plea fed yon to note, that it was a fnccc:ae, and Event, above ~he Courfe of Nature:> to have fo great Change, with fo great a ffl!!iet. I•'orafmuch, as fudden Mutations, as weJJ · in State, as in Nature, are rarely, without violence, and perturbatiqn. So as frill I conclude, there is, (as was faid,) a Congruity, between the Principles of Nature, and Policy. And 1ef1: that Inj/ance, may feem to oppone, to this Afienion, I may, even in t"hat particular, with your Majefties fa vour,offerunto you,a Type, or Pattern in Nature, much refembling, this Ev,nt, in your State; Namely EttrthqH(tkf!s, which many of thtm, bring ever, much Terrour, and wonder, but no Actuall Hurt; The Earth trembling for a Moment, and fuddenly ftablifhing, in perfeCt Quiet, as it was before. This Knowledge then, of making, the Government of the World, a Mirrour, for the Government of a State, being a Wifdome almofi loft,(Whereof the Reafon, I take to be,bec.aufe.of the Difficulty, for one Man, to embrace both Philofophies;) I have thought good, to makefomc proof, (as f.uas my weaknelfe,and the Straights, ofTime, will fuffer,J to,revive, in the Handling, of one particular,wherewith now I mofi humbly prefen t }'OUr·Jv/a-jefly: For furely, as hath been f~id, it is a Form of Dijco1tr[e, anciently ufed towards Kings; And to what King, lhould it be more proper, then to a King that is fivdious,to con joyn contem-. plative Vertue, and Active Vertue together? Your lUajefly, is tbe firfi King, th,lt had the Honour~ to be Lapis Angularis, to unite, thefe two Mighty, and warlike, Na· tionJ, of England, and Scotland, under one Soveraignty, and Monarchy. It doth not appear:> by the R.ecord~, and Memories, of .any true Hifiory; Or fcarcely by the Fietion, and Pleafure, of any FabulouJ N~rr.-ztion)or Tradition; That ever) ot any Antiquity, this If/and, of Great Brittain, was united, under one King , before this day. And yet there be no Alormtainr, nor Races, of Hills; There be no Seas, or gr.eat Rivers; There is no Div erjity, of Tongue, or Language, that hath invited, or provoked, this ancient feparation:~ or Divorce~ The Lot of Spttm was. to have the fevcra11 Kingdoms,ofthat Continent,(PortTtgallonelyexcept,) to be united, in an Age, not long pafr ; And now, in our Age, ~hat of PortHgall alfo, which was the lall: tha t held out, to be in .. . corporate, with the refr. The Lot of France, hath been,much about the fametime, Jikewife. to have reannexed, unto that Crown, the feverall DHtchies, and Portions, which were in former times, difmembred. The Lot of this .ljland,is the Jafr, referved for your iWajeflieshappy time~, by the fpeciall Providence, and Favour,of God; who hath brought your Majefly, to this happy Conjunll: ion, with great Confent ofHearts, and in the firength of your years, and in the;Maturity of your Experience.It refreth, but that.) (as I promifed,) I fet before your Maje.fties Princely Confideration, the Gra~mdsof Nature, touching the Vnion, andcom-mixtt~ re |
