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A56408 An account of Mr. Parkinson's expulsion from the University of Oxford in the late times in vindication of him from the false aspersions cast on him in a late pamphlet entituled, The history of passive obedience. Parkinson, James, 1653-1722. 1689 (1689) Wing P492; ESTC R11774 14,588 20

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c. which he was pleas'd to add to the tail of the Second Proposition and by which he would have his Reader understand a great many more Propositions than he was willing to express As for his Et coetera's I have nothing to say to 'em for I know not what nor how many they are any more than he does But as for the Three Propositions that he has mention'd I do aver it is so far from being true that P. was Expell'd for all or any of them that it was never so much as objected or laid to his Charge That he had maintain'd any one of them And I challenge this Author whoever he is to produce any Authority for what he has with so much confidence asserted The Indictment as is plain to any one that reads it will not help him out for though therein mention be made of Three Propositions yet not one of those Three in the Indictment is the same with any one of these mention'd in the History of Passive Obedience A Copy of the Bannimus or Expulsion will stand him in as little stead for though that mentions that P. was expelled for uttering reproachful Words against King Charles the Second yet it does not express in particular what they were I am resolv'd to be civil to this Author and therefore I 'll give him leave to go to Dr. H. the Expeller and ask him what he expell'd P. for I know well enough what Answer he will give He will say That an Indictment was exhibited against P. That the Grand-Jury had found the Bill That he from thence concluded that P. was guilty That thereupon without any more ado he proceeded to expel him it being needless to try one whom he believed to be guilty And if you object any thing against this way of proceeding as not agreeable to Law then presently out he pulls his Orders from above and this answers all Objections This he formerly said and this I 'm apt to think he will still say and if he does 't is plain that he charges P. with nothing but what was in the Indictment and consequently not with any of these Three Propositions that are mentioned in the History of Passive Obedience But I 'll give Dr. H. leave to give what Answer he pleases though I believe he had much rather I would give him leave to hold his Tongue I 'll give him leave to say what this Author would have him That he expell'd P. for maintaining these very Propositions that are mention'd in the History of Passive Obedience But then I expect that he should be so civil as to answer the following Queries Why did he not mention these Propositions in the Indictment Why not in the Bannimus Why did he not at least particularly mention that Third Proposition which this Author has mention'd in so particular a manner Why did he not take care to publish this to the World and that too with the highest aggravations out of mere regard to his own Credit and for vindicating the Severity of his own Proceedings which most men thought were unjust One would think it was very nigh as bad to affirm That King Charles the First was justly put to death as 't was to hold That his Son the Duke might be excluded and why then was this latter mention'd in the Indictment and not the former To conclude If Dr. H. knew any thing six years ago of P's maintaining these Three Propositions why did he then conceal it And if he knew nothing of it how could he expel him for it I have I hope sufficiently vindicated P. from the misrepresentations of this Author and I think I need say no more about it but I have not yet done with the Author himself I find him a peevish Man and I 'm unwilling to leave him as I find him and therefore I 'll try if I can to put him into good humour And because there 's nothing he seems to like more than his Passive-Obedience or Non-resistance tho I am apt to think he likes it somewhat less in this than he did in the former Reign I will to please him give it under my hand That if he will still be for his Passive-Obedience in the present Reign I will not oppose him and it may be I may get Mr. Johnson to subscribe the same not that I think it a true Doctine any more now than 't was in the two late Reigns but because I am persuaded that 't is now become innocent and will do no harm for a Doctrine can do no harm when 't is not believed and neither King nor people will believe this Doctrine any longer The late King James had sufficient experience of this Principle of Passive Obedience to his cost and our present King is more Wise and more Just than to make tryal of it And the people I tro will never more be fond of a Doctrine that renders their beings uncomfortable in this World since their Spi●itual Pastors are now of opinion that they may get to Heaven without it And God be thanked we are like to hear this Doctrine from the Pulpits no more for they that have sworn Allegiance to King William can't with any Grace Preach up a Doctrine that directly tends to dethrone him by condemning all those that invited him hither and assisted him here and set the Crown on his head And they who have not sworn and will not swear Allegiance to him are never like to have any Pulpits to Preach in unless the King and Parliament should by an Act of Grace think fit to indulge those who declare themselves enemies to the present Constitution So that as far as I can see this Doctrine of Passive-Obedience and Non-resistance must take shelter in Conventicles I mean new and upstart Conventicles for the old ones I believe will not receive it unless one can imagine that they like it any whit the better because it now brings a testimonial from a late dying Bishop This Doctrine I say however it be thought by some to be the Characteristick of the Church of England must creep into private Meetings and be Preach'd up in a Tub And I hope that both Preachers and Hearers of this Doctrine will be few and a temper being speedily found out to reconcile the Dissenters to our Church the only Conventiclers in the Nation FINIS Some Books Printed for Richard Baldwin THE History of Most Illustrious William Prince of Orange Deduc'd from the first Founders of the Ancient House of Nassau Together with the most considerable Actions of this present Prince The Second Edition A Collection of Fourteen Papers Relating to the Affiairs of Church and State in the Reign of the late King James The Character of a Trimmer His Opinion of I. The Laws and Government II. Protestant Religion III. The Papists IV. Foreign Affairs By the Honourable Sir W. Conventry The Third Edition carefully Corrected and cleared from the Errors of the first Impression An Impartial Relation of the Illegal Proceedings against St. Mary Magdalen College in Oxon in the Year of our Lord 1687. Containing only Matters of Fact as they occurred The Second Edition To which is added the most Remarkable Passages omitted in the former by reason of the Severity of the Press Collected by a Fellow of the said College