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A28432	An appeal from the country to the city, for the preservation of His Majesties person, liberty, property, and the Protestant religion	Blount, Charles, 1654-1693.	1679 (1679)	Wing B3300; ESTC R228069	16,678	32

's untimely death will proceed from a confusion and want of some eminent and interessed person whom you may trust to Lead you up against a French and Popish Army for which purpose no person is fitter than his Grace the Duke of Monmouth as well for quality courage and conduct as for that his Life and Fortune depends upon the same bottom with yours he will stand by you therefore ought you to stand by him And remember the old Rule is He who hath the worst Title ever makes the best King as being constrain'd by a gracious Government to supply what he wants in Title that instead of God and my Right his Motto may be God and my People Upon the death of Alexander the Great when there was so great a confusion amonst the Officers about choosing a Successor to the Empire no other expedient could be found out to pacifie the uproar of the Multitude but the choosing of King Philip's illegitimate Son Aridaeus who nothwithstanding he was a man but of reasonable parts himself might as they thought perform that Office well enough by the help of his wife Protector Perdiccas I confess upon the News of his Grace's Banishment the Countries were much surprized and the more for that we all knew they could have no Interest or advantage by his absence till His Majesty was near his end Which puts me in mind of the Story that Iosephus relates concerning Herod viz. that Antipater to secure to himself the Crown having by his treachery and false accusations prevail'd with Herod to banish his two innocent Sons Alexander and Aristobulus as also in his life-time to declare Antipater for his Successor did after that the better to confirm his Title exasperate Herod to put them both to death which was no sooner done and Antipater freed from the Jealousie of their Succession but he begins to think Herod himself had lived too long wherefore entring into a Conspiracy with Herod's own Wife as well as with Pharoas and many others he decreed to poyson him yet not being willing to be present himself at the execution of it for fear of some popular Tumult he absented himself and went to Rome But providence discovering this Plot to Herod it soon after cost Antipater his Life and may all such Traytors succeed accordingly These things most worthy Citizens I have presumed to offer to your perusal in respect that upon the death of any King your Lord Mayor then in being is the only Magistrate in the Kingdom that retains any Office of power capable of serving the Subject You are the persons who must revenge our Soveraigns violent death which if ever it should happen the Countries one and all would be ready to assist you But Heaven defend us from the occasion God preserve the King and send your City to prosper which is the constant and hearty Prayer of Your Friend and Servant Iunius Brutus Postscript AS well to justifie part of my preceding Discourse as to acquaint you with the pernicious Tenents of the Church of Rome how dangerous they are both to Prince and People I have here inserted some few of their Canons which all Papists are oblig'd to believe and submit to Canons which the Romish Church holds to the Ruine and Dishonour of Princes are these which follow 1. The Emperor is the Bishop of Rome's Subject and the Bishop of Rome may revoke the Emperor's Sentence in Temporal Causes 2. Princes Laws if they be against the Canons and Decrees of the Bishop of Rome be of no force nor strength 3. All Kings Bishops and Noblemen that believe or suffer the Bishop of Rome's Decrees in any thing to be violate be accursed and for ever culpable before God as Transgressors of the Catholick Faith 4. The Bishop of Rome may Excommunicate Emperors and Princes depose them from their States and dis-ingage their Subjects from the Oaths and Obedience to them and so constrain them to Rebellion These and many more there are to the same purpose wherefore that Prince who thinks himself so weak as to need a Governour who thinks himself too Rich or desires to be a Slave to an old Bardasso let him turn Papist More Romish Canons fitting to be consider'd by all Abby-Landed men 1. The Goods of the Church may in no wise be alienated but whoseever receiveth or buyeth them is bound to restitution and if the Church have any Ground that is little or nothing worth yet it shall not be given to the Prince and if the Prince will needs buy it the sale shall be void and of no strength 2. It is not lawful for the Bishop of Rome to alienate or mortgage any Lands of the Church for any cause whatsoever except it be Houses in Cities which be very chargeable to support and maintain So that if any men who have Estates in Abby-Lands desire to beg their Bread and relinquish their Habitations and Fortunes to some old greasie bald-pated Abbot Monk or Friar then let him Vote for a Popish Successor and Popery for when once that Religion is established amongst us these Canons will all come in play and the Pope will then tell you whatsoeuer he may pretend at first that his Predecessor had no Right to give away what belong'd to the Church And this Mr. Coleman well knew when he promised himself no less than to be once Master of the Earl of Bedford's Estate but unluckily the Gallows prevented it in making him a Saint before his time He that desires to be further satisfied about these Canons let him look into Dr. Burnet's late excellent History of the Reformation and there he shall find the Original and Authentick Quotations which were too tedious here to insert FINIS Phil. Com. l. 6. c. 2. Phil. Com. l. 5. c. 6.8

AN APPEAL From the COUNTRY To the CITY For the Preservation of His Majesties Person Liberty Property and the Protestant Religion Salus Populi Suprema Lex LAOPOLIS LONDON Printed in the Year MDCLXXIX AN APPEAL From the COUNTRY to the CITY Most brave and noble Citizens As the City of London is the great Metropolis and Soul of our once flourishing and glorious Kingdom so is it no small honour to you the Inhabitants thereof to be Citizens of so brave a City Wherefore 't is the hopes of the whole Nation that you have Spirits and Courage to act according to the Character you bear that upon all necessary occasions you may vindicate the just Concerns of your City In them we are all involv'd with you we stand and with you we fall your example directs our conduct and they who desire to lay you in ashes are the only persons who would subvert our Religion and Property for when you are once ruined the next thing will be Vp Ahab and take possession Now Gentlemen before we represent to you the estate of our misery and ground of our jealousies and fears 't is our humble request that those who have most Power amongst you would so far trouble themselves as to go to the top of your new rais'd Pyramid and from thence take a Survey of that magnificent Pile of Building whereof you are yet Masters In which posture to animate you with true English Spirits be pleas'd to fancy to your selves these following Objects which you will infallibly see come to pass when ever Popery prevails First Imagine you see the whole Town in a flame occasioned this second time by the same Popish malice which set it on fire before At the same instant fancy that amongst the distracted Crowd you behold Troops of Papists ravishing your Wives and your Daughters dashing your little Childrens brains out against the walls plundering your Houses and cutting your own throats by the Name of Heretick Dogs Then represent to your selves the Tower playing off its Cannon and battering down your Houses about your Ears Also casting your eye towards Smithfield imagine you see your Father or your Mother or some of your nearest and dearest Relations tyed to a Stake in the midst of flames when with hands and eyes lifted up to Heaven they scream and cry out to that God for whose Cause they die which was a frequent spectacle the last time Popery reign'd amongst us Fancy you behold those beautiful Churches erected for the true Worship of God abused and turn'd into idolatrous Temples to the dishonour of Christ and scandal of Religion the Ministers of God's holy Word torn in pieces before your eyes and their very best Friends not daring even to speak in their behalf Your Trading's bad and in a manner lost already but then the only Commodity will be Fire and Sword the only object Women running with their hair about their ears Men cover'd with blood Children sprawling under Horses feet and only the walls of Houses left standing When those that survive this fatal day may sigh and cry Here once stood my House there my Friend 's and here my Kinsman 's But alas that time is past The only noise will then be O my Wife O my Husband O my dearest Children In fine what the Devil himself would do were he here upon Earth will in his absence infallibly be acted by his Agents the Papists those who had so much ingratitude and baseness to attempt the Life of a Prince so indulgent to them will hardly be less cruel to any of his Protestant Subjects Wake drowsie Subjects and prevent your doom Let England not be twice enslav'd by Rome If the approaching ruine of the Father could open the dumb Son's mouth then all that are either true Protestants good English-men or well-wishers to the Interest of this Nation have now the same reason to speak and complain when without a miracle our apparent ruine is at hand the Sword already hangs over our heads and seems to the supported by no stronger force than that of one single hair his Majesties Life We in the Country have done our parts in choosing for the generality good Members to serve in Parliament but if as our two last Parliaments were they must be dissolv'd or prorogu'd when ever they come to redress the Grievances of the Subject we may be pitied but not blam'd If the Plot takes effect as in all probability it will our Parliaments are not then to be condemn'd for that their not being suffer'd to fit occasion'd it The Plot is now got so far out of our Enemies reach that no subtil evasion or trick can ever hope to extinguish it wherefore they must either suffer all to come out or begin by force to justifie it which we see they are going to do by their endeavouring to get those worthy and brave Commanders banish'd who as they think are the most likely persons to conduct and lead us up against any Popish Army the Wolf hath nothing more to do but to destroy the Shepherd and then fall upon the naked Sheep But Gentlemen be not dismaid the Lord of Hosts will be of your sides for so long as you fight his Cause he will fight your Battels and if God be for you who dares be against you Fear nothing but as your Interests are united so let your Resolutions be the same and the first hour wherein you hear of the King 's untimely end let no other noise be heard among you but that of Arm Arm to revenge your Soveraign's Death both upon his Murtherers and their whole Party for that there is no such thing as an English Papist who is not in the Plot at least in his good wishes Let not fear of losing part by your action make you lose the whole by your patience Think not to fare better than the rest by medling less for that Conquerours promises are never kept especially coming from that sort of people whose Maxim it is never to keep their words with Hereticks Wherefore if ever a Popish Successor comes amongst you let his promises of keeping your Religion and Laws or of his Conversion be never so plausible credit 'em not for if you do you will infallibly be deceiv'd and in time find them to be but like the Bait to a Mouse-trap Or if you think to bind and fetter him by Laws that will be no better than the wise men of Gotham's hedging in the Cuckow for when he as all other Popish Kings do governs by an Army what will all your Laws signifie You will not then have Parliaments to appeal to He and his Council will levy his arbitrary Taxes and his Army shall gather them for him Therefore you may much easier prevent the Distemper at first than remedy it when it has once got a head Now Gentlemen lest any amongst you should be ignorant either of your Enemies or their Designs both against the King and Kingdom be pleas'd to consider what follows and