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A93507 Some observations upon the posture of our affairs on the death of our late most gracious Queen. 1695 (1695) Wing S4541A; ESTC R233450 3,693 14

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carreer The continuance of this Happy Union is what every good Man prays for and they only lament 't is so publick now that they cannot deny it yet they surmise that it cannot last long and you may know them by their feigned Doubts whenever the fair Correspondence between the King and Princess is spoke of but blessed by God it is gone so far that it has forc'd them to be quiet in that matter The next thing they turn'd their thoughts upon is to promote an Act of Abjuration in relation to the late King this is a Master-piece and only fit for the scrutore of a Secretary of State this is intended to render all the Church of England-men uncapable of serving our King and will reduce his Majesty contrary to all Maxims of State and Reason to be the Head of their Party instead of being undoubted King of all England 'T is Wisdom in every Government to make its Foundation as wide as may be and shall we now in time of danger make the Foundation of ours narrower The Laws of our Land know no such term as the word Abjuration in the sense they wou'd impose it upon the Subject no Oath can be impos'd upon the Subjects of this Realm other than what is impos'd and enjoyn'd by Act of Parliament and that only concerning lawful and indifferent things but this new Oath they would introduce is in the opinion of many of the King 's true and faithful Subjects contrary to the Law and Word of God and Nature and there was nothing like it ever heard of in the Practice or Laws of our Kingdom till these Gentlemen two Years ago promoted it in the House of Commons where it was thrown out In a word it is against Reason Conscience Honour or Policy either to require it or take it 't was in such Practices as these that the Tyranny of the late Civil Wars consisted but they never proceeded to impose such an Oath Subscriptions were once requir'd but that was when the Army enslav'd and a Committee of it govern'd the whole Kingdom Let these Gentlemen flatter themselves in their own vain Imaginations as long as they please let them contrive the building their own Fortunes upon the ruin of the Publick every true Englishman knows that we have a good Government setled in the Person of our King that the Monarchy is secur'd by the Act of Settlement and that the Church of England as establish'd by Law is suited for the preservation of the present King as well as of all other in their due Prerogatives that the Hereditary Monarchy is part of the Constitution of our Government and that the Church of England has been long made so too that the Church and State as they are fram'd and supported by our Laws are so adapted the one for the other that their Welfare is reciprocal and their Interests are so interwoven each with the other that to pull down the Monarchy the Church must be undermin'd And this is the Source of that Rage that these Gentlemen shew upon all occasions against it The Doctrins and Principles of the Church cannot offend their Consciences who pretend to no Religion why do they then oppose it but because they apprehend it obstructs their other Designs While we chearfully and vigorously carry on the War against our Enemies abroad under a Prince that is Vertuous Wise and Brave let every honest Heart joyn in their Prayers against these Enemies to our Peace as Home That God Almighty would abate their Pride asswage their Malice and confound their Devices FINIS