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Show t2 '• - Confiderations,touching rhe ~eens Service, in Ireland. Towards the &eco1lery, of the Hearts of the J'eop!e, there be but 3. things in Natura Rtrum. · I. Religion. ,z .• ]uHice, and Prote£lion. , 3· ObliKation, and Reward. .. . . For Religion, (to [peak firil: of Puty, and then of Pd~cy,) all Dtrt ·ines doe ao-ree; That if {onfeiences, be to be·enforced, at all, (wherein y~t they differ) two Things muil: precede their Inforce: ment: Theone, Means of.Infiruefion; The other, Time of Operation: Neither of which they have yet had. Befides, till they be n1ore like Rea[onable Men, than they are, their Society, were rather Scandalous to the true Religion, than otherwife; As Pearls caft before swine ·; For rill t~ey be den fed, from their Blou~, Inc.ontinency, and T11eft, (whiCh arc now, not the Lapfes, of partiCUlar Perfons·, but the very Lawes of the Nation,) they are Incompatible, with Religion Reformed. For Policy, there is no doubt, but to wrefile with them now, is dire6tly oppofitc to their Reclaimincr, and cannot but continue, their Alienv..Jon ofMinde, from this 0 Go1.;erment. Befidcs, one of the principal Pretences, whereby the Heads of the RrbeUion, have prevailed, both with the People, and with the Forreim·r, hath been, the Defence, of the Carbolic- k Religion: A.nd i~ is that hkewife, hath made the Forreimr, reciprocally, more plaufible with the JeebeU. Therefore a Toleration of Relioion, (for a Time, not definite,) except it be in fome Principa(~Townes., and PrecinCt-s ; After the manner of fomc French Edi8s, feemcth to me, to be a Matter, warrantable by Relic'!. ion, and in Policy, of abfolute N c.:effity.. A1l? the Hefita.tion, in this point, (I th1nk,) hath been, a great Caf.hng back, of the Affairs there, 1'-lcitner if any Englt{b P:zp~1, or Recufant, iliall for Liberty of his Confcience., transferre his Perfon; Family, and Fortu.nes thither, doe I hold it, a Matter of Danger, but expedient, to draw .on Undertaking, and to further Population. Neither if Rome, will cozen it SeH, by Conceiving, it .may be [orne Degree, to the like Toleration, in En!lJand, doe I hold it; a matter I ' of any Moment; But rather, a good Mean, to take off, the Fiercendfe, and Eagerneffe, of the Humour of Rome; And to ftay, further ExcommunicatioM, or InterdiEfior,s, for .fre/ai2 d. But there would goe, hand in hand, with this, [orne Courfe of Advancing Religion, indeed, where the People is capable thereof: As the fending over, fome good Preachns, efpecially of that Sort, which are vehement, and zealous Perfwaders, [.llld not Scholafl:ical; To be re!ident in principal Towns; Endowing them, with fome Stipends, out of her Mtzjeffies Revenues ; As her MajeHy hath, moft religioufiy, and graciouily done; in Lancafhire: And the Reconrinuing, and Repleniib.ing the College, begun at Dublin; The placing of 1 good Men, to be Bifhop5 there ; And the Taking Care, of the V er- \ iions, ofBrbles, Catechifms, and other Books of Inftru8ion, into the !rip; i , ·rn~=::::-:=~~...__--=--:--:--::-:----L.__., Confiderations, t~uching the Q.ueens Ser'V;c~,in Ireland. Irifh L·anguage ; And t11e like Rdi,_iottd Courfes . Both for the Honour of God, and for the Avoiding of Scandal, and Infatisfaetion here, by the iliew of a To!tration of Relioion in fon1e pares there. o ' Fo~ 1uftice, the Barha~i[m, and Defolation of the Coul!try, confide:.. Jredfi .It 1s not.poffible, tney fhould find, any Sweetnefs at all of u Ice; If 1t iliall be, ( which hath been the Erro~r of 1~mes pafi,) Formal., ami fetched far off from the State; Becaufe, it will ~.equue~ runnmg~p a~d down,.for Procefs ; And give OccaGon; , or Polling, and Exaet10ns by Fees; And many other Delayes and Ch.arges. And therefore, there rnufi be an Interim,in which: the ]u_~ice mufi ~e onely Summary; the rather, becaufe it is fit, and f..-=tfe, for a ume, the Coumry do participate of Marti~/ Government : And ~hereforc, I could wiib., in every principal Town,or Placr, of HabttattOn, there were a Captainpr Governer;And a ]udJ!.e; fu~h a~ Recor~ers, and Le~rntd Stef!a~ds, are. here in CorporatioJis; w, o may have a ~rero!._atzveCommij!ton, to hear, and determine, Secundum[anam Difcrettonem; And as near, as tnay be-to the Laws an~ .Cufto~es of Englan~; And that, by Bill, or Pl;int, withou~ Or8tnal ~rtt; Re[ervmg fro~ their S.entcnce, matter of Frefbold, an Inherttance, to be determ1ned, by:'a-fuperiour Judge, Itinerant: And both Sen~en,es, as well of the Bayliffwirilf (judf.t> as Itinerant to b.ereverf~d, (1fCa11fc ~e,) bcforethecoun[ei, oftheProvince,' to be efiabhfhed there, wuh fit Infiruct:ions Fo.r Obl~gat~on, and Reward;. It is true; (.nb dotibt;) which was al:lnctcntly fatd; That a State, 1s contained, in two Words, Pr6tmium,. and P~na,. . And I .an1 perf waded, if a Penny in the Pound, whiCh hath ?een fpent 1n P!Xna, ( For this kinde of warr· is but p~na, a chaftifem-ent of ~e~ells, without Fruit; or Emolument tb this State;) had been f~-:crnt 111 pr~io; that is; in RewArding, Thin'gs .had n~ver grown t? t~ts Ex~remuy. But to fpeak forwards ~ The keep1_ ng of the Prtnctpjll Irifh perfons, in Tenus of Contentment and Cuho~t Cal!fe ot parucular Complaint; .. And; generally', the w~ry~ng ?fan. even Cout[~' between the En_zJi(h, and the Irifb; fi et e~flt be 111 Competition; or whether it be in ConrroverCc; ~s 1 ht~ehy were one Nation; ( without that fame partial our e, ":' 1C . hath been held, by the Governers, and Coun{eUers , there,fthhat fome have favoured the Iri'b, .and [orne conrrar}'') I~ one 0 t e b ft ]l(j d. . . f. )' ' .J e .f.Y.J.e tcmes o State~. And as for other Points of . ~?ntentment; As the Counten~ncin.g of their Nobility, as well in ~Js Co~rt~ as /her.e; T_he Impartmg of KnigiJthood; The Care, of UCAtt.on, 0 the1r chtldren ; And the like points of Comfort. They are Tlungs, which fall into every Mans Confideratl.Oll 'J~ ' R Forthb e Ext tr· pr·¥ lg, o f the Seeds, of Troubles, I fuppofr· the main thootsCarh~ fut fthrl·ee. The firfi, the .Ambition, and A6fol:ten1Je of Idel £rt e of ht 1e. Families ' and st pts; Thc 1r. econ d ; the licenti' ous ene e, o t etr Kernes, and Souldiers' that lie upon the Coun-try, |
