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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48228	A letter to the authors of the answers to The case of allegiance due to sovereign princes, stated and resolved, by Dr. William Sherlock by a gentleman of the communion of the Church of England.	Gentleman of the communion of the Church of England.	1691 (1691)	Wing L1728A; ESTC R36369	6,849	9

A LETTER TO THE Authors of the Answers to the Case of the Allegiance due to Sovereign Princes stated and resolved By Dr. WILLIAM SHERLOCK By a Gentleman of the Communion of the Church of England Gentlemen I Have with a little commotion of mind as who is able to exercise a Stoical Apathie in great Provocations observed all your motions for the two last Years And although I did not expect any great degrees of temper from such Men when they had got the Reins loose and the Bit between the Teeth yet I thought at last the meer shame of saying the same things so often over and over again would have put a stop to your Career But alas nothing will satisfie some Men who having been a long time restrained from venting their beloved Principles think they can never take liberty enough when they once have it The Principles of the Church of England or those of the Professors of that Religion which is by Law established have ever been thought so advantageous to Government in general and to our Monarchy in particular that the late King when he disclaimed her Communion gave that for his reason why he would Protect and Defend her and her Children and it had been well for him if he had not been put upon other Methods by designing Men. Their present Majesties have however made the same Profession and that not only verbally but in their Coronation Oath have given us the most Sacred Assurances that they will preserve that Protestant Religion which is by Law Established Others are indeed by Law tolerated but still that is the Religion that is Sworn to be preserved protected and defended whilst all the rest are only allowed a bare Indemnity Why then must every one that has sooner or later submitted to their Majesties and have heartily and sincerely taken the Oaths of Allegiance to them be pelted by a parcel of Pamphleteers only for Assigning such Reasons for it as are consistent with the Doctrines of the Church of England and the Practice of the Primitive Church in the like Circumstances There has scarce appeared one Piece that was written by those of our Communion for the satisfaction of the Non-swearers but there has presently been published a swarm of virulent and malicious Pamphlets against it written no doubt by Their Majesties special Friends for they all pretend to be zealous Williamites great promoters of the late Revolution the first that were in Arms against the late King Ay and it may be if the truth were examined and they would but vouchsafe to set their Names to their Books we might find them as busily Plotting against Charles the First and Charles the Second as James the Second and against him too in the Monmouth Invasion as well as in the late Revolution Well but the late good Service has attoned for all their former Crimes and they have not only merited a Pardon for all that is past but a Reward too and much good may it do them I neither envy their good Fortunes nor would purchase the best of them at the same Price and with the same Hazards so that they need never fear I will be their Rival But what need is there of all this Is the late Revolution here in England of that nature that those that have complied with it may justifie their so doing upon the Principles of the Church of England or is it not If we can justifie it upon our own Principles why are they offended If we cannot what harm have we done them Is any Man discontented that the number of his Friends and Assistants are encreased by Men of various Interests and Principles who have the same great design to carry on that he had Are not all the Princes in Christendom at this time united against France notwithstanding their different Principles and Interests in other things But then if it is not justifiable upon the Principles of the Church of England but we must renounce our Principles before we can become the Loyal Subjects of King William and Queen Mary which the Non-swearers pretend and these Williamites back them in then is the late Revolution condemned not only by the Non-swearers but by the Williamites also For if it is innocent it may be justified by our Principles and if it is not their Principles will no more justifie it than ours will And I am sure it is not for their Majesties Interest to have the World think they have done that which cannot be justified upon the Principles of that Church which they have sworn to defend and of which they profess themselves to be And which is more of that Church which is the greatest part of the Nation and of which the far greatest part of the Nobility Gentry Sword-men and Crown-men of the Nation profess themselves Members all which are by these Men declared Rebels and Traitors by their own Principles if what they say is true Here is a Mystery at the bottom of all this and it is not impossible to set it in so good a Light that no Man will wonder at it tho' perhaps it will not be my good fortune to do it but however I will try if I can and if I offend them by it the care is before-hand taken and I am resolved not to be over-much concerned tho' I expect a swarm of venomous Insects about my Ears for it When this Revolution was began in Holland it was the great care of these Gentlemen to win over the Church of England men by all the Arts of Wheadle and Courtship that was possible and the Advice then was instead of remembring or upbraiding them with the opposition and rancour which they expressed against our Persons Principles and Ways let there be no Language heard from us but what may declare the Joy we have in our selves for their Conversion and the intire Trust and Confidence we put in them And a little after It were the height of Wickedness as well as the most prodigious Folly to imagine that the Conformists have abandon'd all Fidelity to God and cast off all care of themselves and their Country upon a mistaken judgment of being Loyal and Obedient to the King They know as well as any that the giving to Caesar the things that are Caesars lays them under no Obligation of surrendring unto him the things that are Gods nor of sacrificing unto the Will of the Sovereign the Priviledges reserved unto the People by the Fundamental Rules of the Constitution and by the Statutes of the Realm And they understand as well as others that the Laws of the Land are the only Measures of the Princes Authority and of the Subjects Fealty and where they give him no right to Command they lay them under no tye to Obey The ill effects of Animosities amongst Protestants pag. 16. Thus sweetly the Syrens allured us then And because what they said was true we had reason to believe it was sincere if we had not known the nature of the Animals