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I. 1679· the Spanijh Tyranny; whence it was ufual with thofe Poor Americans to ~ defire they might not go ro Hct~ven if the Spaniards went thither. 1 know Part II. there be little Arts ufed to prevent Proteflant Union, and that in a Prote· Sefi. 6. flant Guife? and 'tis a Trick, not of Yefterday, to put one Parry of Prurcftanu upon devouring_ four or five, ~hat both the I:rottjltmt Church rna~· have the Odium of Earmg or Dcvollrrftg her own Cbt!dren, and thor ~n(IJbtr Intereft, behind the lJangmgs,may find the f!10re eafy and creditable Accdlion to the Chair: It is the Men of this Stram, though under Difguife, that now feek to di{ha8: you; and to effeit: it the better, old Stories muft be b:1d up, AOs of Oblivion ~io!ated, the Dea_d diflurb'd, their Tombs rifled, and they baled out of tbe1r Graves to rece1vt n new Sentence: That condemning the Living of that lntereft by the Dead, they might be deft:ned of thofe, that, to fay True, cannot be long fafe without them. )f any Thing Sober and Judicious be propos'd for allaying Afperities, a c .. comodating Differences, and fecuring to Prince and People a juft and legal Union of Intereft, as our Government requires, we muft prefently be tOld of 41, and 42, at if there were a fort of Necromancy in the Numbers, or that the naming of thofe Figutes (long fince made Cyphers by an Jl{/ of Oblivi07f) had Power enough to lay the aCl:ive and generous Spirits of our Times: But they . find themfelves miftaken i!J their black An, and thar Tbirlgs a1 weU •s Tmzes are changed; The Mafk IS off, and he that runs may read, Res Nolunt malt i!Jminiflrari. Men in their Pleas and Endeavours for Truth, Juftice and Sincere Rellgion will noc be overborn or ftaggered by fuch ftale and trilling RefleCtions, rarely ufcd, of late, but to palliate wretched Defigns, or difcredit good ones with Men of weak Judgment, though .perhaps of loyal PrincipleL 1 befeech you let us not be unikilful in thefe Tricks, that we may not be miftaken or abufed by them: 1 cannot tell a Time in which the Minds of aU Sorts of Proteflants have been more powerfu11y and unanirnoufly engag"d to endeavour a good Undedb.nding between the King and People. And as I am fure it was.never more needed, fo, let me fay, no Age hath put a rich· er Price into the Hands of Men, or yielded a fairer Occafion to fix an hapPY and lafling Union upon: In order to which let me prevail whh you that we may ftudy to improve this great Principle as the nece£rary Means to it, viz. Thar God's Providence and our own Q,ijlitution have made tbe lnurtfl of Prince and People One; and tbattbeir Peace ,md Grearnefs lit in a mofl i•JuflriouJ and tmpartial Profecution of it. Thofe that teach other DoCl:rine, as that the Princt bath 6lt Inrerefl4f1art from 1beGood and Safety of the People, are the fole Men that get by ir, and therefore find themfelves oblig'd to fiudy their Mifunderftanding; becaufe they only are difappointed and infecured by their Union. Experience rruly tells us that fuch Perfons have .another Intc~efi. th~n that which leads to a common ·Good, and are often but too amfic1~l m imerefting Princes in the Succefs of it: But prudent and generous Pnnces have ever feen that it is neither fafe nor juft; and that no Kingdom can be govern'd with true Glory and Succefs but there where the lnurefl of the Governour i$ one with that-of the Governed, and where there i1 the fin8:eft Care to ftecr all TranfaEl:ions of State, by the FnnJamtntals, or rile firfl and great Principles of tbeir Otctl Conf1itution: Efpecially, fince fwen•ing from them bath always m:~de Way {or Confufion and Mifery in Go\•ernmenr. Our own Stories are a lmoft every where ve1tt by this NcgleCl: ; and thofe of our Neighbours mufi: fubmir to the fame Truth. To conclude and f1.1m up the whole Difcourfe; If you will both cure prefent and prevent futllre Grievances, it will greatly behove yo~ to tak.e a moft deliberate and unbyafs'd View of the prcfenr Sr:ne of Th1ngs, With. their proper Caufes and Tendencies. Let us confront our Ecdtjia~ica/Matters with the plain Text and Lcuer of Holy Scripture; this is ProttJI.anl: And let us compare our Civil TranfafHons with the il11citnt Latvs and Statutes of the Realm; this is Englijh. And I do humbly and heartily befeech Almighty God, that lte would fo difpofe the Hems ol Prince and People, aj VoL. I. An Atldrefs to 'Protejl t , as that firm Foundations rna be . lin s. . 8tt to thefe Nations: And belie! "?W b.td for a ]11ft and Lafti .• qual they cannot !aft. Time mf,'f yoll.pleafe, unlefs they~~ TJrU'quJitty 1679· God IS unchangeable in tb e WI prove It, becaufe it alwa s e u and E· ~ Iince Righteoufilefs e 1 e NOrder and Jullice of hi5 p y .;as, and that Pan 11. pie; therefore will I xal tfi a . ation, and that Sin is rhe shovt encc. And, Sea. 6. ednf'jJ of theW: .t d co e With Dt~vid's Prayer Pfal arne of any Pea· Prov.IJ 14- og.r God tt;yetb :b/Jf::::: !nodan,hE.Rd,_ hut Ejl4bllfo th~· }~%·. ~j.t,rh:bRe ~!'hie"· ! euu. 'P • .. tg /C• A.n A. p p E N D I X of the n C uA uSEs and u R E of Per:Jecution. I ImpUte all Perfecution for Reli , h p~operly fpeaking, there is buf~n toOt~e~e Seven enfuing Caufes tho• G;J IS the Devil, as there is bur one Q~ig· nymCaal Caufe of this Evii, and . ma ufe of Good, and that is . I. The fitft Caufe of Perfecuti . . tt ~alfftlitt!e or nO Rdig;on at He::.~ Is.;gls, That the Authors and Vjtrs of an r . ~ufe of true Reli ion in ' . ey are nor fuhjett to the Ground true Reh610n to humhle the f:1i d /heir own Souls; for it is the Part f or; ~t was God himfel£ that faid, a::o t~h _Heart, an_d fojun the AHea~. {b1;;;~Paifl~~~s~h;~;~tu~:Ct:;,;Go~;i{~, R:l(~':J~e~~¥.:;d'fv!r~:.t~;tv~~:ar:~~ IG. ,6, 2. 1 rt , I eyjhaU he c11mforted h • !J!e are they that mourn erry.. Bltjfcd at·c the poor in Jp/t n~t Thofe t~at fell]tifeph and mak~ Thofe rhat are low in their own Ell t~, ,or thctrs u the Kingdom of God but tht:mfelves. Blt§ed lire theM yes' not fuch a~ devour and damn ali as are gende and read.r to'help a dd, !T they ..(hallmberlt the Earth; fuch cJ are rbe Merciful, jor they .fot,Onoht~~t lfr.anmze over Neighbours. Blt_{f. tgofiRe that are Cruel, under Pretence of d . rc1 ;li what then thalJ become of t c etJct·mders, far theyjhaU !Je caDeJ omg: tr or God's Sake? Bleffid lire and Deftroyets of theit peaceable Nei ~t Children of God, then DiJturbers nrc they that hllnger and tbirfl rft g. urs fhall not be called fo Blc.ffed hut not thofe that hunger 3nd th~rftr ~~gbllo/lfnifs,for they )haD. he fiUed L:tn~ for Confcience fake. .And Bleff~J ter our Corn and Cartel, Houfes anJ Revrle and Perjicutc you B'c Th ar~ you, fays Chrift, whtiJ Mc.11jhall ther~ that are Sober a~d H~rml:~ ~o~ t ofe~at Revile and Perfecure ohRun. tt~g Dollrine and Prailice that'd ot one le~ng to his Confcience-- eligton. Were M-en inwardi d evour rh~ ~!dow and Orphans for low an Opinion of themfelve~ a;o t:r~ly R~tgrous, they would have fo an awe of Almighty God as tha~ no n er a eg:ud to Mankind, fo grear a~y S~~y with them. B~t, the Mif~;.ffh.efefrowar~ Paffions would have to tt~gum; ~ proud, impatient, arroga~t Mindnmor~.¢"cd Paffions. pretcnl ~ lc , nothtng of Man is more remote f: 0 . ~ou d promote It; than ~nd End of Chrift:'s peaceable Reli ion r r;rut.; mtflaking the very Nature u to vijir rbe Fatherltjs and fV:d g .;JV~ub If the Apofilc ]anus fay true HWarld. But. on rlie contrary 'Th:'r atu e:t·dllr felvu un.fpotted of tk ]U!.. r;27· oufe and Home and fpot t'he .fi 1 rn . 1 ow and Facherfefs ouc of ufurpi~1g their p~r Patrimony ~:e VB ~uhf the. Cr~elty and Injuftice of Ro ~h~Jr Natures: Such Men as 'thefe rea ?d thfetr Lives, and Sufienance el1gton has no Bowels or the ~re VOI o natural 4.Jfe8ion; rheir Which is the Revcrfe of' true RJt~~:tt~out Mercy in the Pro~elfion of ir; totbtmthat harem and fig 't at'11lakcsrnlowEntmtes, do good Mat much ihonger in S~uls t~~iy R or, ~hem that dejpiuf.~~Uy •ft lis: And fo • S• 44-- than any felf ;evenging Paffi y ekglofius, is the Power of Love ro Mankind upol) the Mercies and Goodn'~fs· of (ioJom an humble and ferious Refleflion to them, they do not only fupprefs 5 L 2 any |