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A77439	A brief history of the rise, growth, reign, supports, and sodain fatal foyl of popery, during the three years and an half of James the Second, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Together with a description of the six popish pillars, the Anabaptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Independents, Roman-Catholicks, & popish church-men. The perpetual addressers of the King.		1690 (1690)	Wing B4600; ESTC R229470	22,583	35

the 14th Another of the same from Hitching and Hertford in Hertford-shire All bespeaking much to the same purpose in extolling the Vertue and Wisdom of King James and promising Him their utmost Service in furtherance of His Designs Only this last more expresly promises to do their utmost that such Persons may be chosen to sit in Parliament as will concur with His Majesty that Liberty may be setled by an unalterable Law and that His Majesty may be the greatest Monarch on Earth Such was the Sense of these Independent Addresses Now these Independents are a sort of Schismaticks adhering partly with the Presbyterians and partly with the Anabaptists and in a middle way between both are a sort of Hereticks who denying the power of Bishops in Ordination and Constitution of Churches against all Orders of Christ and his Apostles set up Churches in the name of Themselves dependent upon no other Authority except the Elections of the People And being Renders of Christ's Seamless Coat ought to have been Suppressed However having nothing of any case of Conscience to plead for Their Schisms ought rather as men weed out Tares from among their Wheat to have been rooted up out of God's Church or at least ought not to have been Cherished as when the Tares are suffered to overtop and shoulder out the good seed However Liberty of Conscience ought not to have been made a Cloak for Liberty of Schism Such were the four first Pillars of Popery Which four having begun the Work anon after followed certain popishly inclined Members of the Church of England who minding the love of the World more than their Religion they professed Flattered the King's Majesty with their Addresses also The first beginners were the Unanimous Address of the Bishop Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Durham and the rest of the Clergy of that Dioecess on May the 17th 1687. Acknowledging His Majesties favour in promising to Protect His Archbishops Bishops and Clergy c. Now His Majesty by His Declaration of Toleration had broken down the Hedge whereby the Rights of the Church were to be preserved and had let in the Wild-Beasts the Swine to devour the Grapes and the Kine to break down the Boughs and the Wild-Boar to root up the Trees of God's Vineyard only the Arch-Bishops c. were Protected to stand by and look on without Molestation but were to have no power to fray one Cow or to hunt out one Hog do they never so much Mischief Now the truth is the Declaration of Indulgence was a thing Inconsistent with it self That His Majesty should at once protect and maintain all manner of Haereticks and Schismaticks which destroy the Church and yet do as much for the Pastors of the Flock who are to defend the Church from such destroying Wolves as are the Haereticks c. That he should at once maintain the Canons of Holy Councils which are the true Rights of the Church and yet at the same time maintain all those who break those Canons to pieces And yet loe how these tame Cattel come in with their Address to Thank His Majesty that in preserving the Thieves and Robbers He promises notwithstanding that he will not destroy the Housholder This was an odd sort of Flattery like the Man who meeting his Physician prayed him not to be angry that he was not yet Sick But to guess at these mens meaning the Bishop Dean Chapter and Clergy among the Quakers Anabaptists Presbyterians and Independents Addressing for the Declaration It must follow that either the Men designing in conclusion to turn Papists were found also among the Addressers in hopes upon the fall of the Church to share in her Spoils Or else at best they were a sort of timerous Rats who thinking the House to be falling down did run between the Legs of the Destroyers for Refuge After these came in the Addresses of the Mayor Aldermen Common Council and Free-men of the City of Durham bespeaking the very Language of their Right Reverend Bishop May 28. And at the same time was published the Humble Address of the Lord Bishop the Dean and Prebendaries of the Cathedral Church of Chester and the rest of the Clergy of the Arch deanries of Chester and Richmond c. Then followed the Address of the Mayor Aldermen c. of Richmond and Chester the Subjects of the Right Reverend Father of those Places June 11th next follows the Address of the Bishop Dean Arch Deacon and Clergy of the Diocess of Lincoln Now to guess at the length of Hercules by his Foot we know that ten for one of that Dioecess opposed the Address and yet it is called the Address of the Arch deacons and Clergy and so it was of some of them And thus it 's probable it was also in the Dioecess of Durham and Chester This July the 1st And on the 5th was publick that of the Dean and Chapter of Rippon in York-shire Then followed that of the Bishop and Clergy of the Dioecess of Coventry and Litchfield July 9th And lastly though long first came out the Address of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocess of St. Davids that is of the new made Bishop for it seems the Dying Bishop was not for it Now all these Church-men wrote after one Copy which was from Durham There was also an Address of certain pretended Church-men of the City of London but it was only a name of what was not by some certain pretenders And indeed all the five Episcopal Addressers though true Bishops yet were but pretended Church-men while they became perfect Pillars of Popery Lastly after all the rest had begun the sixth and last and main Pillar of Popery presented it self The Humble Address of His Majesties Roman Catholick Subjects which appeared May the 28th Now whatever the rest were these were certainly in earnest in all their acknowledgments applauses promises and good wishes But what is most remarkable in their Address is that they say That they can do no less than thank God and His Majesty for such an happy Expedient as His Declaration for Liberty of Conscience for the ease and comfort of all His loving Subjects Now it is against the profest Principles of the Roman-Catholick Religion to allow Liberty of Conscience in matters of Haeresie and Schism as they do esteem all Presbyterians and Anabaptists Quakers and Independents to be such And in truth it is no wonder that they who count it a Principle of their Religion to Aequivocate or in plain terms to Lie for advantage can admit it into their practice to comply with the worst of Hereticks in order to carry on their Design in breaking down the good Laws which are the sence of the Church of England And this they may as aptly consent to do as practically to dissemble themselves to be Quakers among the Quakers and Anabaptists among the Anabaptists in order to increase Schism and Heresie in a strange Church that they may with the more safety

the Property of the Subject And withal gave notice of Argyle Landed in Scotland And immediately the Lords first and then the Commons were thankful for the King's Speech and promised to assist him against Argyle who coming in well furnished with Armour Ships and Men as his case stood yet met with small Encouragement managed his business very meanly fought Cowardly and in a Month's time was utterly ruined and broken Himself taken his Son Charles as was thought Dead and all his Company broken He was executed on the First of July 1685. On June the 13th the Duke of Monmouth with two or three small Vessels loaded with a good quantity of Arms and a few Men Landed at Lyme in Dorset-shire But against him also the Parliament unanimously joyned with the King and giving Him Money to raise an Army Declared the Duke of Monmouth Traytor by Act of Parliament But the Duke encreasing his Army mightily at Taunton in Somerset-shire managed his Affairs with a notable Conduct and Courage But finally at Wells his Army beginning to Plunder and to break out into Debauchery he soon after Perished in a Pitch't Battel some Three miles from Bridgewater where being worsted for want of good Horse-men His Foot fought well until overpowered by the King's Cannons and His Horse and Foot all together upon them the Field was lost and soon after the Duke was Taken July the 8th being hid in a Ditch and being brought to London he was Beheaded on Tower-Hill the 15th of July 1685. But the L d G y being also Taken Confessed the Confederates and was Saved On July the 12th was a day of Thanksgiving for the Success of these Victories Richard Goodenough was also Taken who after confessed the Accomplices and saved his Life But Ferguson Escaped Major Wildman Mr. Speke Mr. Trenchard and others The Lord Delamere Earl of Stamford and Lord Brandon were made Prisoners From these stirs of Civil Wars it came to pass that a standing Army was ever after kept up by the King and the Parliament Adjourned and Prorogued from time to time it was paid out of the King 's own Revenues And hence Popery encreased with much advance the Queen and one Father Petre much spurring on On November the 9th the Parliament met at Westminster according to Adjournment at what time the King excusing His Standing-Army kept up and several Officers allowed against Law who had not taken the Test The Parliament not pleased herewith were soon Prorogued On March the 11th came forth His Majesties Proclamation of General Pardon not without many Exceptions 1686. In the Army Popish Officers by degrees filled all vacant Places As also French and Irish Popish Souldiers mingled in most Troops and Companies Papists also were admitted into Privy-Council were made Judges Sheriffs and Justices without taking the Test And in February 1686. the Earl of Tyrconnel a great Papist Succeeded the Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant of Ireland And the Earl of Rochester refusing to become a Papist was put out of Place of High Treasurer On February the 24th was Published His Majesties Proclamation for Liberty of Conscience to Papists and all others as could be trusted in the Kingdom of Scotland For which the Lords of the Privy-Council of that Kingdom returned their Thanks Thus His Majesty by uniting the Popish and Presbyterian Interest in Scotland began to lessen the Authority of the then present established Church by Protestant Bishops By this time the Deputy of Ireland being become a Papist and much of the Council the Army there the Sheriffs Judges and Justices also being mostly Popish or Popishly affected Persons in Popish Rebells Estates began to be thrust out apace even by Law too by means of those Judges and Sheriffs and Popish Robbers also multiplied insomuch as little safety for Protestants began to appear in that Kingdom To quiet which last Oppression came forth the Proclamation from the Deputy February the 21st On March the 18th His Majesty declared His intention to grant Liberty of Conscience unto all Persons of what Perswasion soever And the better to Father His design He Prorogued the Parliament to November 87. And on April the 4th 1687 His Majesties Declaration to all His loving Subjects for Liberty of Conscience came forth Hence followed a crowd of Congratulatory Addresses from all sorts of Dissenters The first who began this Holy Dance after His Majesties Pipe was a great number of Anabaptists in and about London and being delivered by several of the Chief of them April the 14th was called The Humble Address of divers of Your Majesties Subjects in and about the City of London commonly called Anabaptists and saith WE Your Majesties most Humble and Loyal Sabjects who have been of a Long time great Sufferers by the severe Execution of Poenal Laws about matters of Religion unto which for Conscience sake we could not conform cannot sufficiently pay those acknowledgments we owe to Your Majesty for your late Most Gracious Declaration whereby we are not only delivered from our past Distresses and our Families from Ruine but are also allowed the free exercise of our Religion which is dearer to us than any Worldly Enjoyment Great Sir 't is the fense of this invaluable Favour and benefit derived to Us from Your Royal Clemency that compels us once more to Prostrate our selves at Your Majestics Feet with the tender of our most humble Thanks for that Peace and Liberty which both we and all other Dissen●ers do now enjoy and rest confident of under Your most Gracious Protection And being our selves most firmly resolved as in Conscience bound to endeavour to the utmost to give that proof of our Duty and Fidelity to Your Majesty that you may never have occasion to repent of Your Princely favour towards us We cannot but rest confident That such demonstrations as these of Your Majesties tender care of the Prosperity and quiet of Your Peaceable Subjects of all sorts though differing in some Sentiments of Religion will so absolutely command the Hearts of them all that the only Emulation among them will be who may approve themselves best worthy of your Majesties favour and contribute most towards the glory and happiness of your Reign And that God Almighty by pouring out His signal Blessings upon Your Majesty Your Royal Posterity Government and People will be pleased to convince the whole World of the Wisdom and truth of Your Majesties Sentiments c. Such were the whileom thoughts of the Anabaptists of King James notwithstanding all His endeavours of advancing Popery who appeared in this Address A sort of People avowing themselves so exceedingly obliged to King James for favours done them that their utmost proof of Duty and Fidelity to His Majesty can never enough satisfie until They give Him occasion never to repent of those princely favours to them Which if so then either by this Address they think themselves bound in Conscience to adventure their Lives to Restore Him again to His Throne for otherwise he must needs