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Show -6-l--A-C b-a-rg-e-, -4g_a_i_nft--:-I.-s=-.-fi-=o-r-=Scandali%ing the Bcne'Volen c ~. with, Ex mcro motu,had freely and frankly, fent in their prefents. So that the Letter I, were rather like Letters ofNewe~, what wa~ done a: Lo11do11 then otherwife: And we know, Excmpla ducunt, non trahunt; E~~mples, they do b1•t LeadJhey do not Drnw;nor Drive. The Third is Th .tic WJS not done, by commijfio», under th~ Great seal; A Thing warranted, by a Multitude of P refidents) both ancient, and oflate time, a5 you flull hear ~non; And no doubt, wanantedbyLaw; Sothat:~ thecommijfwns, beJfthat Stile and Ten our, as that they be to move, and not to levy: But this 'was dcn.e, by Lelttrf of the Cmmcell, and no higher Hand, or Form. The Fou tth i~, That thefe Letters, had no manner ofShew, o~ any Bindir..<!!, .AlJ, of State. For they contaio ~ not any freci.tll Frame of Direction, how the B1ifinejfe fhould be Mann aged; But w.:-re w:itten, as upon trufr; Leaving the matter, wholy, to the Indufl:ry,and Confiden·ce, ofthofe in the Country; So that it was, an alifquc compoto; Such a form of Letter, as no Man could, fitly, be called to accom pt upon. The Fift, and lafr roint is; That the whole CarriagP. of Lhe E1t-inrfs, had no Circumftance comps1lfory. There was no Proporti· on, Or Rate, fct down, not fo much as by way of a Wi.fh: There was no Menace of any that !hould deny:Na Reproof of any that did deny, No certifying, oft he Namei of anyJ that had denied. Indeed, if Men could not content themfelves to deny, but that they muff cenfure, and inveigh ; Nor to excufe rhemfd vts, bul they mufl:~ccufe the State, that is a no her Ca{e. But, I C:1y, for Denyin~)no Man was apprehended, nonornoted. So that, l verily think, that there is none fo fubtill a Difputer, in the Con. troverj'e of LiberHm Arbitriu111, that can, with all his Difiinctions, fafren, or carp~ upon the .AO, but that there was Free WiU, in it. I conclude therefore, (My Lordi,) that this was a True, and p11re, Benevolence; Not an Impojition, caJled a Eenevelence, which · rhe Statute fpeaks of; As you fhall hear, by one of my Fellows. There is a great Difference, I tell you, (though Pilate would not fee it, ) between Rex ]ud.twrum, and fe d;cens Regem J'udtEontm; And there is a great difference, between a Benevolence, and an Ex. afJion, called a Benevolence, which the Du~ofBHCkjngham, fpeak~ of, ia his Orati11n to the Citty: And defineth it, to be, not what the Sub jeer, of his good will, would give, but what the King, of his good wilh would take. But this, I fay, was a Benevolence, wherein every man, had a Princes Preroga.tiz,e ; A Negative Voyce: And this word,(Excufemoy,) was a Plea peremptory. And there- 1 fore, I do wonder, how Mr. I. s. could foul, or trouble, fo cleJr a Fountain;Certainly, it was but his o.wn Bitterne(~, and unfound I Hlilmours. Now to the particular charge. Amongfr other CoNntries, thefe I Letterst of the Lordr, came to the }".ftices of D-jhire, Who lignified, theContentsthereof; And gave Diretlions, and Ap· point- A Charge, ag ailife 1. S. for Jcandali~ing t/;e Benevolence. pointments, for meetings, concerning the Bulinefs to feverall '1 own1,& Places, within that County:And amoogfi: th: refi, notice was given, unto the~ own, o~ A:. The Majour of A ; conceiving, that thts Mr. I. s. ( bemg a Prmctpall Perfon, and a &weUer, in that Town;) was a ~an,.Jikely to give~ b~th money'· and good E:x~mple: ~ealt wtch ~1m, to know ~Is mmd. He, Intending, ( as It feel'11S,J to play pnzes, would gtve noAnfwer, to the 1/.IA.- joTJr, in priva. e, but would take Time. The next day then, be- · mg an A ppomtment of the }lifiices to meet, he takes occafion, or pre rends occafion, to be abfent, becaufe he would bring his Papers-; u pon the Stage=. And thereupon, take~ Pen in hand, and) in ft~ad , of txcufing htmfelf, fets dowo, and contriveth, a feditious, and libdlou ~·, Accu.fation, againfr the King, and State; which your Lordjhips iliall now hear; And fends it to the Mltjuur: And withall, becnufe the Feather of his Qnill, might fly abroad, he gives authority, to the Jl;JajoJtr, to impart it to the Jujiices, if he fo thought good. And now, my Lords, becau(e I will not mifiake, or mif- re peat, you fhall hear the sediti01u L ibeU, in the proper ·tcrmes, and words thereof. Here the Papers were read. M Y Lords, I know, this Paper, offends your Ears, much, and the E.ues of any good S.11bjefl: And forry I am, that the TimesJ fhould produce Offences, of this nature: But fince they · do, I would be more forry, they fbould be paffed) without fevere punifhment: Non tradite faUttm, (as the Verfe fa yes, altered a little;) Aut Ji tradatis, F a[fi qJJoque tradite pamtCm. If any man, have a mind, to difcourfe, of the Fact; let him likewife, difcourfe, of the punifhment, of the Fact. In this JiYriting, (my Lords,) there appears,a Monfler) with four Heads; Of the progeny ,ofhim,that is the Father of Lies,and takes, his Tame, from Slander. . The firfi is, a wicked, and feditious, Slander; Or, (ifl fball ufe the s cripture phrafe))a Blafpheming:, of the King himfe lf; Setting him forth, for :1 Prince, perjured, in tbe great, and folemne, Oatb, ofhis Coronation; which is, as it were, the Knot of the Diademe: A Prince, that fhoulo be a Viol~ttour, and Infringer, of the Liberties, Lawe.r, and cujlomes, of the Kingdome: A mark, for an H. the 4rh. A Match, for a R. the 2d. The Second is, a Slt<nder, and F alfification, and wre.fting, of the Law, oft he Land, groffe, and palpable: It is truly faid, by a Civilian; Tortura Legum prj]imtt: The Torture of Lawes, is worfe, then the Torture of Men. _ The Third i~, a ilander, and falfe charge, of the Parliamen~; That they had denied, togivctothe King: A Point, of notorious untruth. And the lafr is, a Slander, and Taunting, of an infinite Number, of 6=J . |
