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A81414 A Dialogue between Adam and John, two citizens of Bristol, about electing of Parliament-men. 1690-1699 (1699) Wing D1300A; ESTC R171766 4,741 4

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A DIALOGVE between ADAM and JOHN Two Citizens of Bristol about Electing of Parliament-Men Adam GOod Morrow Neighbour Why in such haste John Not in such haste as not to return your good Morrow But yet to tell you the Truth I am so sollicited for my Vote for next Election of Parliament-men for our City that I am resolved now to dispose of it that being engaged I may be freed from further Solicitation And because I have a mind to dispose of it well though I am told all the Candidates are honest Gentlemen I was going to ask the Parson's Advice Adam So would I Neighbour in a Case of Conscience a Point of Divinity or Exposition of a Text of Scripture But I will not be advis'd by him for to choose my Representative in Parliament I 'll allow the Parson of our Parish to be an ingenious Man a Man of Learning a good Preacher and ● of a good Life and that 's more than every Parish in our County can say but he 's a Highflyer John A Highflyer pray What is that Adam Neighbour I am no University Scholar and therefore I 'll not pretend to make a formal Definition as our Parson does sometimes But I 'll tell you what upon a good many Years Observation I find to be the Character and Practice of a Highflyer and I doubt not but you may have observ'd the same In the Reign of King Charles II. and the late King James who follow'd Popish and French Councils the Highflyers preach'd up Passive Obedience to the Will of the King they were for setting up the King's Prerogative above Law that he might allow them to Domineer over their Parishioners They were warm in the persecuting the Protestant Dissenters who differ from the Church of England only in some few indifferent Ceremonies but would let alone the Papists who differ from them in Essential Points of Faith When the late King William came to the Crown and was the Instrument in the Hand of God to save us from Popery and French Slavery they would never be reconcil'd to him because he was for Toleration of the Protestant Dissenters and for the same reason they continue their Clamours against the present Queen and endeavour to affright People with an Opinion that the Church is in Danger because she will not help them to break the Toleration Act. The High-flyers are for setting up the Clergy as an Independent State from that of Lords and Commons The Highflyers are for Establishing to the Clergy a Power above that of the Civil Magistrate and have down right quarrel'd with our Archbishop and other our Bishops Men of Temper Piety Learning and Moderation because they have thwarted these their pernicious Designs in their Convocation The Disputes between the Highflying Parsons and the Bishops in Convocation are what perhaps you and I do not well understand and therefore I 'll say no more of that But you and I may plainly see and observe That in all Elections of Parliament-men during the late King William's Reign and now in Her Majesty's Reign the Highflying Parsons always made an Interest and voted for the same Persons as the Papists Nonjurors and Jacobites have voted for And therefore I 'll never take the Advice of a Highflying Parson in the case of Elections for Parliament John Why do you speak of Jacobites I was told there were no Jacobites left since the late King James died Adam Our Parson indeed told us so t'other Day at the ..... But what think you of those who within 18 Months past fell foul upon the Government for advancing to the Emperor an inconsiderable Sum and that but a little while before it would become due by Treaty to Remount his Cavalry and Recruit his Troops which were to serve in Italy As also to the Duke of Savoy to put his Affairs in good Order at Turin then threaten'd to be besieged by the French And yet it was then very well known that it was to the Advance of these two Sums together with the Money lent upon the Silesia Fund that we owed the Defence of Turin the Victory obtained by Prince Eugene over the French there the Raising of that Siege and recovering all that Part of Italy from the French But what think you of the Preparation made of Horse in some Parts of England and of Arms in Seotland against the late intended French Invasion And do you think the French would have made that Attempt with a handful of Men if they had not been assured of Friends in Great Britain Tell me also if you did not observe ● among the Nonjurors and their Friends as long as the late Invasion was expected to take place And have you seen no Melancholy Looks among them since the Pretender and his French Fleet were by Sir George Bing's driven off from the Coast of Scotland And then tell me If you believe there are no Jacobites left in Great Britain I might add the many Nonjurors Houses for I omit mentioning the Papists where the Prayers of our Church are daily used but where instead of the Prayer for the Queen and any Branch of the Protestant Succession the pretended Prince of Wales is pray'd for by the Title of King James III. And during the late expected Invasion there were many repeated Prayers made in Publick by Persons who are not Nonjurors for Success to a young Gentleman going a dangerous Voyage Many more significant Instances I could give you too long for this Paper But I think I have said enough to satisfy you That there are Jacobites still in Great Britain All the Highflying High-Church Notions border upon Popery And such of the Highflyers as pretend not to be Jacobites are the most dangerous For whatever they may pretend all their Measures tend that way and they many times lead many well-meaning People into the like Measures which in their Consequences are to the Advantage of the Interest of France and of the Popish Pretender And believe me those Persons who would perswade you that there are no Jacobites but the Papists are blinding your Eyes and endeavour to amuse you with telling you the Church is in Danger only that they may with the more ease compass what they call a Restoration which in Truth is nothing less than a Popish Pretended King with a French Power from which Good Lord deliver us Such Men whilst they tell you That Papists excepted there are no Jacobites left Act the same Part as Zebul did when he told Gaal .... in the Books of Judges Thou seest the Shadow of Mountains as if they were Men. But Zebul knew in Truth that it was Abimelech and his Men with whom Zebul presently joined to destroy Gaal and the City of Shechem But I have run too far from my Point My Notion Neighbour is That the Papists Nonjurors and Jacobites esteem that to be Good which I call Evil and Destruction to the Protestant Religion and Happiness of England They hope and endeavour to have the