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Show A Charge, agai11ji I. S. for fcandali%ing the.Benevolenct. oft he Kings loving S1tbjeGis, that bav~ given, toward:; this Benevolence and free Contribution: Chargmg them, as Acceffary, ~md Coadj~tours, to the Kings Perj~ry. Nay,_you leave us not there; But you take, .upon you, a rontiftcall H,lb7te; And couple, your slander, with a.C11~{e: But thanks be to God, w~ have learned fufficiently~ outoftheScripture; That, asJ!JeBtrdf/Jesaway,fo tbe caufclejje cmfefball not come: . For the firfi of thefe, whtch conc.erns the Ktng, 1 ha.ve taken to my felfi' the opening,and Aggravation,thereof: The other three, I have difrributcd, to my Fellows. My Lords,l cannot,but ~nter,intothis p_art,with fome Wonder and Afi:onifhment; How tt ihould come, tnt<? the Heart, of a Sub ·ea,of Et1gland to vapour forth, fuch a wicked)an~ venemousfldtt_• der againfi: the King; whofe Good~efs, ~ Grace,t_s compa_rable (tf notincomparable,)untoany the Kmgs~hts rrogemtors.T~ts thcrefore, gives me a Jufr:. & necdfary,.occahon? to d? two thtngs. The one to make, fome Reprefentauon, ofhts ~Ja;eJfJ'; Such as truly he is found to be, in his Government, whtch Mr.[. s. chargeth, with Violation of Lawes, ~ad Libertier. The other, to fearch, :tnd open the Depth ofMr~I. s. his Offence. ~otl.l w~h~chJ I will do briefly ; Becaufe, the one, I cannot exprcife, fuffiCiently; And the other,l will no.t prdfe, too far. My Lords, l mea!~ t.o mal~e, no pane~ric~, or La~d~tive: The King; delights not tn 1t, neither am I fit for 1t: But tf It were~ but a Councellor,rn Noble-man, whofe Name had fuffered, and were to receive fome kind of Reparation, in this High Court, I would do him th;t Duty, as not t<_> pafs hi~ Merits, and jufr Attr~butes, ( efpecially, fuch as are limJtted with th_e prefent Cafe) In filence: For it is fit to burn Jncenfe, where evtll Odours, have been cafr, ancl'raifed.' Is it fo, that KingJa#tes fhall be faid to be a Violater, of the Liberties, Lawes, and CuflomeJ of his Ki?lgdomeJ? Or is he not rather a noble, and Confiant, Protef1or, and Confcrvator, of the;n all? i conceive~ this confill:eth, in maintaining Religion, and the tr.ue church; In maintaining the Lawes of the Kingdom which is the subjcUs Birth· right ; ln temperate ufe, of the Prcro¥a·tive; In! due, and free, Adminijtration of Jr~ftice 5 And Confervat10n, of the Peace, of the Land. . For Religion, we mufr ever acknowledge, 1n firfi place, that we have a King, d at is, the Principall Confer~ato~ of t.rue Re[,g;on, through the chrifi'it~~t World. He hath ma-mtamed lt, ':lot only, with Scepter and S:word; But likewife by his Pen, wherein alfo he is Potent. HehathAwaked, andReauthorized, thewhole ·i'arty, ofthe Reformed Religion, throughout Europe; which through the Jnfolency, and diverfc Artifices, and Jnchantments, of the adve~s part, was grown, a little DulJ~ and Dejected. He hath fummoned, the Fraternity ofKinJ{s, to infranchife Themfelves, from trhe Ufurpation, of the fee ofB.ome~ He bath made hirnfelf a Marf;t, of 1--------Contradillitm for it. Ne1ther _.A Charge, againfl I. S. for fcandalitt.,_ing the Benev~~en~e·_ l , Neithe can 1 omit, when I fpeak of Religion, to remember,thatl· ----- excellent AiJ of his JVJaje.fty; which though it were done, in a Forraign CoutJtry, yet the church of God is one; And the Contagion / of thefe things, will foon pafs Seas, and Lands : I mean, in his conftant,and holy,proceeding aga!nfr the Heretic/zVo'Jtiur; whom, (being ready,to enter into the chair, and there to have authori-zed, one of the mofr peflilent ,and .Heathenifb Hercjies, that ever was begun;) His Majefty,by his confiant oppofition, difmounted, and pulled down. And I am perf waded, there fits, in this Court one, whom God doth the rather bleffe, for being his Majeflies Inflnt-ment~ in that Serv~. I cannot remember Heligion,and the church,but I mufl: tbink,of the feed-plets of the fame, which are the Vniverftties. His Majejiy, as for Learning amongfr Kings,he is incomparable, in his Perf on; So likewife, hath he been in his Government, a benign, or benevolent planet, towards Learning. By whofe influence:~ thofe Nurferies, and Gardens of Learning, (the Vniverjities) were never, more in Flower, nor Fruit. For the Maintaining, of the LaweJ , which is the Hedge, and Fence,about the Liberty of the subjeli,I may truly affinp,it was never in better rep:.1ir. He doth concur, with the Votes, of the Nobles; Nolumus Leges Angli£ m1etare. He is an Enemy of Innov4- tion. Neither doth the Univerfality, of his own Knowledge ~ car~ y him, to neglect, or pafs over, 'the very Formes of the Lawes, of the Land. Neither was there ·ever King, (I am perf waded) that did confult, fo oft, with his judgu; As my Lords,that fit here, know well. The )udges,are a kind of councell,of tbe.Kings,by oath, and ancient Inftitution; But ·he ufeth th~m fo indeed. He confe.rs regularly, with them, upon their Retnrnes,from their VijitatioRs, and Circuits. He gives them Liberty, both to en form him, and to deba.tematters with him ; And in the Fall, and Conclufion, commonly, relyeth, on their Opinions. As for the ufe, of the Prero~ative, it runs within the ancient ehannel.r, and Bani{J; Some Things, that were conceived, to be in fome Proclamations, CommHiions, and Patten is, as dverflowes ,. have been, · by his Wifedom) and Care, reduced; whereby, no doubt, the Main Channell, of his Prerogative, is fo much the frronger. For evermore, Overjlowes, do hurt the Channell. As for Adminiflration of]uflice, between Party and Party,l pray obferve thefe points. J"here is no Newes,of Great Seal, or Signet, that flies abroad, for Countenance, or Delay of Caufes : Prole· lJitms rarely granted, and only upon great Ground, or by ConCent : My LordJ, here of tne Councell, and the King htmfelf, meddle not,( a~ hath been ufed io former times~ with M~tters, of Meum,and Tuum; except they have apparent nnxture,wtth Matters of Ejiate, but leave them t'o the Kin~.r Cou~ts of.z:aw, or Eq1~ity. And for ·Mercy,and Grace, (without w~tch, there IS no frandtng,l K befor-e -- ' \ |