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Show Truth Refcued from fmpollure. Vo.u I. Were 1 a Man as bitter, asS. S. fhews himfelf choH~rick; and .but :ts a t to revenge, 35 he is to wr-ong, I might take this Occafion to wn~ t~e Sp · f h T' concerning _his Patron; But fiuoe lhear he demes u tones o t e 1mes, t 1 know that thefe Things are no ways profita.ble any hPa;{o":e~e ;b~~~~~: Incentives to Prejudice; I heartily for~iv~ all. ha\:~~ t o~he~~ife' learnt Cbrift; and think ic as well unmanly, as a ts. Unthn .. n·g 1 he MifcarriJges of any Man, to the Account of h1.s ~a~fe. tan, topacet od Pfi.nci lcmaybeprofeft byabadMan...; yet ISHJm· Foffi~~ou~h a g~ad Man nfonld make rhar good Principle bad_; and rh<rof~ rel it~ :le~~ ~f any juft Sufrering by his Mifcarriages. Nor .ts. t~re anr fi I d" · rhe Cafe. for rhe Caufe defended by S. S. rSin If felf lo ~~~k (n~e~~y ~~ wicked) ~s we ~eed not t:J_ke SanBuary to perfon:Jl Mif. carria es the M::Jtter being roo fruttful of them. Hisgbafe RefleCtions on my Father, fh~ll be con~dered by themfelveS'; and. therefore I omit ro anfwer r.hem, .as placed by h1m. Bur fhall proceed to examine the remainder of h1s SeB:1on. . · ft Aid He char es the Author of our Trial of falfe Accuf~uon, aga~n e_n:n. Blu_dworth~ That h( mov'd at tb( Sej]ion1 tfJ have_ aWttTfl!j-t_ agamfl Har~·1ion the Fr or and Firer, ftnt to Bridewell anJ wln~t; _a!firmtng, thut lteLf.htr did .A.l'a. Sludworth make any Jucb .Motion, nor did tt appear, tlmt Harr:tfon «'Buat ~{a;,b~~~~~i!ta~~ 7~ weak Apology; fo !hat he- either threamed, or mov'd to have an Evidence againft a fufpell:ed Fuer, fent to the Houf~ of Correll:io"n to be whipt, I ha'Ve beard fev~ral affirm: B~t whathcr thll: ~ tlue or falfe, it eoncerm nor rhe Legahty or Illegality of .rhe Olit-Bai/1 ProAcse dfautr eH. arrlfon's being a Fryar, I n· ever Luc•l " _, · an I rhink fo 1e~cu It, nor ~ fs_ E ·r. meanly of the Contrivers, as that they fho!Jld 1mp~oy fo wnle art' nu • fary (at leaft for an eminent Agent) But 1f .Harrifon may be exempted from that Concern, it follows not that the Fu_er ~auld. ·. . He pretends he:l.ttily ro.wiCh, Tbat tbeje Lrkllllng, Lytng .. ~~~~ Dij~(l~ lenud hopk, were tU[ree of rbe Dejign of puurng the _wbole Kmgdom 111• Flame a1 Harrifon tJI,IJ ·from rbt aOunl Frrmg of tbe_ Ctry. But I as hc:util bclieve, that if as frtong :m Evidence, an~ but hatfrhe Circumftarrccs (u[ged agoinft Hor6{on) hod been brough,gamft Us, fhoto p~ov~ fo ~cr~~· able a Defign, at that of inflaming tile Kingd~m, we ul ave 1ar Y fount! that candid Releafe, I am fure, not fo kind :1.n Apology ;_Iince S. S. ilicks not to fufpefi U~, more of the One, t_h:~.n he does Harrifon of the ot~~~ whiHl: he hypocritic:1.1ly ufes Mic?ael's ~ords to the D~v-Hl ,The Lord rebu/U tbte, rhey are truliefl apply d ro Htmfelf, whdfe. D10hohcal Suggeflions are pllln Difco\•eties, hOW che:ufully he corrld Slcttfic_e ~s, to h\s Malice and Fury; for which the God of Heaven and Earrh, Will judge an~~~c~~ffc~~~ion of the Recorder, he-.rather agg~vatest than defen.ds: but it is fomuch his Pra8-ice, through Ius: whole D1fcourfe, that the won der would be, to find it otherwife. . . .. ft Tb He begins thus: The .Accufation ogazn_fl rhe Recora~r 1 1S twofold. Fa .' # be jhould_f6J that thert roou!J be a Law made tbe next St!fi_on of 'Por!JJonePt, that no Man foould have the ProteOidn of tbe Law. but fuch at conform to t be Cb.rcb. • • · 1 ' :j Tbu Joying of the Re<!>rder;, fhljly and ma/mo•fl! remed. For "J".} we }baH not alwa}l be at-tbUTTitdt witb you J you Wlllfi»:d, tbe nexr Sr)ftMIJ Pnrliam:nt, there will bell Law made, that tbofe tbttt todl mu tonfor.m r.o rbe Law jhdll nor have rhe Protellron of zbe lAw, p:.g. 8.. t 1 hope for the Reputation of this Famous City, . rh~ir Re_corder W3~1~ at the fi~ding out of this malicious Difference in t-he RecJCal, as ..S. h. 15 leafed to term it. Haw much the two Expreffions difFer, ?r r~t~er, ow ~ttle, is obvious; fince 'tis the 'Word Church that makes~~ (1f tt !J1Dkef any) I am of Opinion, that the former is but a necefl'ary ExpLlnanOntbe VoL. I. Truth Rejcued frotii llnpofture: .495 the btt~r; for if the ,Law we. f}lUft be conf~rmed w, relates to Ecc!ejia.fli· 1670 ea/ .tJjfaJn, then what s the Dtfference, bctwtxt our »ot reuivi11g the}'. · teO ion of t~;e Lrw, Unlrfs we. confornJ ro the CbNrch, and our nor receiv[~ ~~ .the Protefhon o( the Law, unlefs we conform to a L~w relating tozbe G!Nrcb or n Church-Low. The wretched Folly, and bald Srupidity of rhis Libeller' has wounded more the Perfons he would vindicate, than what the Antho; of the Tryal was fuppofed to do, with aJl his Oppofitiou. What he means by thofe 13/t.Di:d Saint.r, whom he fays, u:e /oUow, that made a Law, rbot t~ofe tbnt WOII/d 11.01 fuhfcriht tbe wicked Engagement 11• (tfinft Ki,g and Houfe of Lords, foould nor luroe tbt Benefit of tbe Law, &c. we are to feek; and are as fa, from finding, by the help his ill-ftockt In· geny m:1.y afford us:; but I perceive the Man can \'enture to prophane as well as lye, though his Wit fails him more in tl1e former th:l.n hls WickednefS d'Oes in. t~e lat~e!. 'Tis fad, that noughr Uut h~ly Ground will ferve fuch Swm1Ch Spmts to trample on. _But wha.t if they a8:ed irreligioufly, and inhumanly too, mull that be latd at theu Doors, who nor ~n_ly wer~ UII(D11ctrned v.:irb tbtm, hut perft--'cuted by them? and that for wrtnng agamfi the Impofirwn of that Eng:~gement, and refufing t~ take it, But if it was then elteemed fo great an Evil by S. S. how comes 1t now to be rranfmurcd to a moral Good> Was it ?nreafonable then, :Jnd is it re::~fonablc now? Can the Nature of a P~rfecuung_ A~ b_e changed, b~caufe the Panies in. Point of Power be? HlS lex Ttrltonn, ts not lex TtthonH .ro us ; for never having fuffered by us tbere if 71/J Groundfor.Rttnliarion or Revenge. . ~ Bur we underfiand t~e ?\;fan"s Meaning, and fl:ill fall not to meet with frequent Infi:ances of h1s Willies for us. I (hall conclude this ScEl:ion witli one of them, and the moft fatal both to Religion and the Law. The Second Jiccufation ag:linft the Recorder is, that he fhould fly Till now 1 ?fever "'!4erjlood tb~ R__cafon of the Policy and Prudence of,tbe sfumards, tf!]ufferm$ the InqUJ_fitto~ tl1ftJngfltbc~, trnd U('ta_inly it w;O never be toefl wub tH, 110 fomerhmg like tb~ Spanijh lnqufji11on be in England. page 9· . . The ln/ertnctt~e LibeUerr 111/zke, U, what Joth this but ju}Jifie Jhar hcUi}n Dejig~ of the Pap1fts, to have prev:,ted rhe ./irft Reformauon? Thu u n wretched and. un~haraa/lle ConjlrNOion of thf Recorder's WOnls. Thife Wo:dt do no ~ays Jzt.Jli}ie tbe P::~pifts, tf tbife LibeUen bod b111 tb~ leaft Gram of Chanty, they would hav'e conjlrued the Words cum grano falls: tU the Rule of. Charirr direOsall Words ro he conjlr~trd. , j A_nd they w1ll_ a_dm1t of no other ConftrufHon, but this, viz. That if the Pap1lts hcfo poltttck and prudent by their lnquijirion, to maintain their falfe Religion, furely ir will he rhc Protefiants Prudence to find Wayt for rhc Pre· je,-vation of their true Religion. pag. 9· ' I hayc been ve.ry faith full and patient in rhe Recital of this poor Defencej· of~ w_h1ch I. can gl\re no better CharaEl:er, than rbat 'rilli/ulthc Reft. . Tts !llamfefi, the Wordr are granted, I now hope they will nor be longer cl1f.belteved when confirmed by the Hands of two Witne!fes the Author of the Tryal, and this priviledged S. S. ' B~t he favs, it ought to be confined cum grana fa!H, fCJitb .ADowancu, a~cl m tbe befl Senfe, _which Coun~el had been tolerable from any but from h~m that has (hown htmfelffo vo1d of any; and that which is the MJfierplece of all his Foolery, is, his ridiculous ConfiruE\-ion he m:~kes of it .l~i~felf; asi.f that cou~d be a good Way o~ preferving the Prore!bnt Rellgton; t_ha~IS an He!/ifh 0 N E Jn the Pt~prflt. But why an Hdlijh One? Bec:~ufe tt mtends to force to an Heterodox Religio,n? and nor rather by Reafon of the coercive barbarous Nature of rbe Punirhmenr it felf. ft.rtd can any think, that an lnquilitiop, to inf0rce Men to Cpn(efs to the Proteftanr FAITH, is not equally Cruel, with rhar of rhe Popifh. ~he Protejlants would be fp far from bal•ing any Advanr::Jge upo.h r.he Pap;R.s, for t-he Inhamanity of their lnqalfition, thar their own Pr3[bce. -~ |
