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A25572 The Answer to the appeal expounded L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704. Answer to the Appeal from the country to the city. 1680 (1680) Wing A3385; ESTC R16973 34,388 37

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see presently of his own setting up Secondly He says that London is the only place where by reason of their Excellent Preaching and daily instruction in the Protestant Religion the people have a lively sense thereof and doubtless will not part with it to pleasure a Prince but perhaps rather lose their Lives by the Sword in the Wars than by Faggots in Smithfield The passage now is plain English and as many indignities upon the Government crouded into one sentence as could well be brought together Here is First an Exhortation to a Rebellion For the Prince here in question against whom the sword is to be drawn can be no other upon his supposition than actually the King And let him take his choice now whether it shall be intended of his present Majesty or of his Successour It is a Rebellion against the King that now is in the one Case and against the Next King in the other And Secondly It is not only a simple Rebellion but to the scandal of the Reformation and particularly of the Church of England a Rebellion founded upon the Doctrine of the Protestant Religion Thirdly It is no other then as he himself has worded it the Hellish Tenet of Murthering Kings in a disguise only a Jesuitical Principle in Masquerade It is Fourthly a Condemnation of the practices and submissions of the Primitive Christians and the whole story of our Protestant Martyrology He says Thirdly that the City is too powerful for any Prince that Governs not by the love of his people which no Popish Successour can expect to do This is the very Translation of his Name-sake Junius Brutus in his Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos If the Prince fails in his promise says he the people are exempt from their obedience The contract is made void and the right of obligation is of no force It is therefore permitted to the Officers of a Kingdom either all or some good number of them to suppress a Tyrant Here 's a great deal of virulence in his Discourse without one word of weight to countenance it For the well-being of this City is so essentially requisite to the well-being of this Kingdom that the very charge of the Government is not to be defray'd without it So that it is the interest of all Governours to cherish and support it Here he trifles away some half a score lines more about the Fire and then from the danger of the City advances to the further danger accruing to the Citizens as well as to the whole Kingdom upon the King 's untimely Death The greatest danger says he will proceed from a confusion and want of some Eminent and Interested persons whom you may trust to lead you up against a French and Popish Army For which purpose no person is fitter then 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 Does he suppose this confusion upon the death of the King or the burning of the City or before or after Or has he consulted either the Illustrious Person or the Honourable City that he makes so bold with to know whether or not the one would accept of such a Commission upon the Appellants terms or the other offer it the Character that he is pleas'd to bestow upon his Grace for his Quality Courage and Conduct is not unknown to any man that ever so much as heard of his Name But the Appellant never considers that all these glorious circumstances are point blank contradictions to his design How can he imagine that so brave a Person can ever stoop to so mean a thought and suffer himself by a Prostitute Libell to be inchanted out of his Honour reason and Allegiance Or that the most Eminent City of Christendom for purity of Religion Loyalty to their Prince Power Good Government Wealth and Resolution should be cajol'd out of all these blessings and advantages by the Jesuitical Fanaticism of a Dark-lanthorn-Pamphlet But to what end is all this clutter the Appellant has a mind it seems to change his Master He who hath the worst Title he says ever makes the best King which is a very fair proposition for setting up of a worse Title in his Majesties place From hence he goes forward still computing upon his Majesties death as a thing to be taken for granted and so recommending himself to the most worthy Citizens he finishes his Appeal FINIS (a) So that either all Honest Men are Mutiniers or all Mutiniers Honest Men which makes him joyn them together (b) Here he shews himself to be an Informer (c) Wat Tyler's endeavour was to destroy the Kings Life and Government and plunder the City whereas the Appeal desires to save King City and Government or at least to revenge their sufferings (d) This year of 41. is indeed very remarkable for the Massacre of 250000 poor Irish Protestants by the Papists (e) I suppose our Author is the only party that accuses the Honourable City (f) Herein I must agree with him that the City lost many things by the last Civil War for they lost the Star-Chamber High-Commission-Court Knights-Service Court of Wards Privy-Seals c. (a) At first he claws the City but here you see his Complement does not hold long likening some of them to Horse-turds (b) Here he begins to withdraw you from believing or fearing a Popish Plot. (c) This Parallel is no other but an Harangue for Popery and against all the Protestants under the name of Schismaticks * As many times this Fidler hath done (d) Given for the Peoples own servi●e and security th●refore less grievous (e) The sum of this parallel is that he wrongfully accuses another of stealing an Ox to justifie his own Theft of a Horse since he cannot have the impudence to clear his own Popish Party of a Plot yet he hopes at least to extenuate their crime by unjustly calumniating the Protestants (f) Now to shew that this was written by a Papist examine the Catholick Naked Truth where you may find their usual way of writing is to set up their own Doctrine by making the Protestants and Fanaticks fall out (g) Sure this Author is in the Plot himself that he makes our present danger and the Plot to be but a Supposition or Vision when both King and Parliament have declared it real (h) As this Scribler would do our Abby Lands were his Religion uppermost (i) Nor Papists till just before a Parliaments dissolution (k) Here he supposes the best part of the House of Commons would lay the Kingdom in bloud whereas such men as he calls Good Members would lay the City in ashes (l) Many things are lawful but not expedient and 't is evident by this he fears nothing more than a