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A61353
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The State prodigal his return coming a true state of the nation, in a letter to a friend.
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1689
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Wing S5326; ESTC R184608
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seems to me to be the Master Talents of your New Government and no doubt came from the same Climate that did your Deliverer By these honest Methods it was you laid your lawful King aside brought another in and have supported him against your Allegiance and Religion 5. The next thing that has induced me to change my Opinion as you are pleased to call it is thâ—â— Train of Mischiefs that appears to follow this Revolotion First we are like to loose our Government not only by defacing the Beauty of our Ancient Fabrick but by breaking the very Constitution Our Monarchs were ever Sovereign and Imperial but we plainly see by almost every Motion that is made by a prevailing Party we are to Dance after the Pipe of a Common-wealth and our Kings to dwindle into Dukes of Venice the meer Puppets of the People and of a giddy one too which may bring us to change Governments as fast as we do Fashions or as we did after Cromwel's death But Sir That I confess which sticks most with me is the Scandal and Change it brings to our Church Of the Scandal I need only say that too many of her pretended Sons have serv'd their turn of her Credit to satisfie their unjust Ambition and which would make you blush they are the Pillars of your Reformation that are the Monuments of Ingratitude A Cause cannot be blessed in the hands of such Instruments Look over the Sticklers in the Change and you will find they have the largest part of it that were of our Church and owed the King the greatest Obligations In the Fleet Herbert Russel and Berkley In the Army Churchill Duglas Kirk and Forty more not to forget those civil French Hugonets that he so Charitably relieved here and are now gone to requite him in Ireland under the greatful Schomberg who began and advanced his Fortunes in France by his Favour In the Church we have the Arch-Bishop of York the Bishops of Winckester and St. Asaph the last of which was promoted by an Interest now out of Credit and so early acquainted with the Invasion and the present Revolution that so soon as he was out of the Tower he foretold it tho perhaps his Pretentions to Proplietick Studies or Enthusiasm rather might give a Man of his Gravity another Prospect Sir these are Blots in our â—â—â—tclieons Spots in our Feasts our reproach with all Mankind They cannot pretend Religion for such Immorality nor Conscience but for want of it It is in short a Scandal that deserves the public censure as well as the dislike of the Church For my part because I am a Protestant I hate to prostitute the Profession to a Faction and make it a civil Tool for Rebellion And for the Change that is like to happen amongst you you hear I suppose of a Commission to several Bishops and other Clergy-men to alter our Worship and for ought I know our Creed and indeed it is but necessary since the present practices of some are not reconcileable with what our Church has all along professed A Comprehension is the least we must expect and of those who will not add much Sweetness to our Blood. Contrary humours in the same Body are dangerous nor can our Church live long under a contradiction to her own Being Sir in this I am the more earnest with you because of what has happened to the Church of Scotland and had like to have befallen ours the last Session and I am told is to be a good part of the business of this We must be more Presbyterian and our Sacramental Test must be abrogated For all those Religious to enter into the Government that will not enter into our Churches Popery only excepted A strange way to maintain the Church of England in all her Rights and Priviledges Poor King James could not be so happily understood The Devil certainly owed these Men a spight that turn'd out King James for doing that which they honest Men have already far out done This for our Souls Our Bodies are for ought I see like to be in as bad a Plight for after all our excessive hopes of happy times We are both drained of the Money we had and denyed the means of getting more which must in a little time ruin us all and which are the unavoidable consequences of the War you have drawn upon the Nation to gratifie your Lust after a New King. I say Sir we are drained of what we have for there is already given him to begin the the World with but Four Taxes viz. The Poll Money Land Tax Twelve Pence in the Pound and the Additional Excise which amounts to 2000000 for this Year besides the Ordinary Revenue that is improved to about Two Millions more in all 4000000 an extraordinary Sum for for the first Year But which is yet more piercing I hear you are 1200000 l. in debt nor is this all you desire or the Parliament is called to give You must have if I am well inform'd besides the Common Revenue and this Debt A Million more then you had the last Year because of your encreasing your Forces and that your Customs c. will fall by the decay of Trade which mounts the Charge of the following Year to Four Millions besides the Common Revenue over and above what I have mentioned towards this there is lately granted a new Tax of 2 s in the Pound and since that an Addition of 1 s in the Pound and some other Funds they are finding out for the support of this unnatural quarrel for the next Year and yet all this is not enough for our Debt and our next Years charge by Two Millions though we are not to be told so presently least the Kingdom fling off the Yoak at once but to be dipp'd and engaged grandually till it may be out of of our Power to save our selves In the second place Sir that we are hindred from getting more Money is not less evident for whilst we lye under an Embargo at home or which is as bad our Men are prest to Man our Fleet to fight the Dutch Quarred against our own King at Double Charges The Dutch have sent mighty Fleets well Convoy'd to all Parts of the World to engross the Trade of it and they that understand Commerce do know That when Trade is once diverted from its usual Channel it is not easie for a Country to recover it But that we should give them 600000 l. for the Perjury and Poverty we have brought upon our selves for their sakes as they have now the ingenuity to confess is selling us a Dutch Bargain with a Vengeance It is true some say 400000 l. of it belongs to the Prince of Orange but that does not mend our Market or Reputation to pay him so dear for coming hither to be a King he might have been had at Cheaper rates as I have been told But this puts me in mind of one reason besides Ill Conduct and Parliament Pensions