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A77439	A brief history of the rise, growth, reign, supports, and sodain fatal foyl of popery, during the three years and an half of James the Second, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Together with a description of the six popish pillars, the Anabaptists, Presbyterians, Quakers, Independents, Roman-Catholicks, & popish church-men. The perpetual addressers of the King.		1690 (1690)	Wing B4600; ESTC R229470	22,583	35

and Bishops of St. Asaph Ely Chichester Bath and Wells Peterborough and Bristol were Summoned before the Lords of the Council and after Appearance were committed to the Tower June 8th but Bailed out came to their Tryal and were Acquitted unto the great joy of the People though to the great Grief of all Addressers During these times were strict enquiries made after all Ministers who refused to read the King's Declaration in their Churches by the Lords Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Affairs but the Chancellors in most parts delaying the Returns farther time was given But e'er the day appointed came no a new face of Affairs happen'd About these times also came in new Addresses thick and three-fold congratulating for the Birth of the Prince of Wales But in these Addresses the several Pillars of Popery appeared not distinctly as before But in all Corporations Grand Juries and meetings of Justices which at that time were fo far Purged as most of them were either Papists or Popishly inclined or Anabaptists Presbyterians Quakers or Independents All which promoting the Design Addresses innumerable ceased not until the King himself Addressed beyond Sea But at length news arrived of His Highness the Prince of Orange preparing as if he would Invade England whence King James being immediately smitten with a sudden astonishment sent for His Pillars about him the Presbyterian Ministers the Independents the Anabaptists the Quakers the Roman-Catholicks and the Popishly inclined who all protested that they believed the Prince of Wales to be undoubtedly his Son And one Dr. Bates being Spokesman for the Presbyterians spake with great confidence how much they were bound to believe His word and so said they all and promised to assist him to the utmost Also many or most of those Ministers Presbyterian or Independent who had fled into Holland for shelter because of the Duke of Monmouth's or the Earl of Argyle's Insurrections wherein they had been concerned had returned home and laid themselves at the King's Foot and were admitted to kiss his Hand and were esteemed White Boys Some also of the Gentlemen returned and became great Sticklers of King James but the preparations from Holland damp'd all For King James Drooping in Spirit all His Pillars could not keep up His Heart For on the last or September the Bishop of London was restored to his Dioecess On October the 2d came forth the general Pardon and the Charter was restored to the City On the 5th the Ecclesiastical Commission was Dissolved And on the 12th the Bishop of Winchester had a Commission to restore the Rights of Magdalen Colledge Oxford Whence followed the restitution and Fellows On the 17th all Rights were restored to the Corporations Hence all the Pillars of Popery beginning to reel and totter on November the 5th His Highness the Prince of Orange Landed But after some face of Resistance for some time appearing at Salisbury on November the 26th His Majesty returned to London from Salisbury The 11th of December he privately withdrew from White-hall On the 12th the Lord Chancellor was Taken and carried to the Tower On December the 16th King James returned to White-hall and on the next Morning went quite off And His Highness the Prince of Orange came to St. James's And thus fell flat all the Sir Pillars of Popery May it please God that Truth may flourish and that Popery appear no more But God's Will be done Let all good Men do their Duty and then Blessed shall be the Dead who Die in the Lord and their Works shall follow them

repent of His Princely favours to them in vain bestowed Or else they have hereby declared themselves a company of meer empty flattering Sycophants promising that which they never intended And now was it true as is said in the Address then are they themselves the Men bound to bring in King James against all sense of the Opinion of His most Excellent Majesty King William in His Declaration expressed and of the late Parliament in declaring the Government of the Kingdom by King James to be Forfeited by reason of Mis-government Or if otherwise they say what they never intended Then is no Credit to be given to any thing they say their Tongues are no Slander the Anabaptists in and about London are a Profligate People of the Sperm of John of Leydon and Knipperdoling a company of branded Hypocrites never to be believed or trusted They pretend to have an absolute Confidence in King James as to His tender care of the Peace and quiet of His Subjects they pretend to strive against all Dissenters with Emulation to do more for Him than all of them They pretend to be bound to Wish Pray and Fight and to do all that may be done that His Majesty and the Prince of Wales His Son and His Government may be Blessed And so by consequence they must hold that all opposers ought to be Accursed And yet these Men cry'd out against the late choosers of New Members That they would bring in King James again On May the 10th was presented to the King The most Humble Address of the Anabaptists in Leicester-shire Wherein these also acknowledge as the former Their Thankfulness for the King's Declaration and promising most faithfully and ambitiously to Serve Him with their Obedience and Loyalty in all ways to ihe best of His Advantage Praying for Him and His Posterity And on May the 14th came in more of the same from Exeter in the same County On May the 17th was Presented the Humble Address of the Independents and Anabaptists of Gloucester-shire Magnifying His Majesties Wisdom and Clemency with Hyperbolical Language stiling Him the Rightful Father of His Dominions Praying Him there may be a Total Abolishment of the Poenal Statutes concerning Religion and promising Him Exemplary Loyalty and concluding with Long Live and Reign King James the Just. On May the 21st was Presented The Humble Address of the Anabaptists of Stafford Derby and Nottingham shires promising Their utmost Loyalty to Him even unto the making of Him Great throughout all the World And at the same time came forth another Address of the Anabaptists of Che-shire Shrop-shire and Stafford-shire stiling His Majesty A Prince by Heaven designed for the highest Pattern of Royal Goodness and true Policy and promising to serve Him with such ready Obedience and stedfast Loyalty to the utmost of their Capacity in their Station as it shall not be possible for any other Subjects to exceed On May the 28th was presented to His Majesty the Humble Address of the Anabaptists of the City of Bristol acknowledging promising and wishing much after the manner as those before On June the 18th was Presented the Humble Address of the Anabaptists of Kent acknowledging promising and wishing like their preceeding Brethren acknowledging the King though a Zealous Papist yet the most tender and affectionate Prince that ever sway'd the Scepter of His Empire out-doing all expectation and desert of His Subjects promising Submission to Him under God and that unfeignedly in all things commanded them by Him Praying that God may grant Him whatsoever may be needful for His then present and future Happiness On June the 29th was Presented to His Majesty the Humble Address of the Anabaptists of Middlesex Hertford Bucks Oxon Warwick Northampton Lincoln Huntington Bedford Cambridge Essex Kent Surry Sussex Southampton and Dorset-shires Confirming with very Hyperbolical Compliments all things afore promised and owned by the rest of Their preceding Brethren And after all these was presented yet one more Humble Address of the Anabaptists of Oxford Abbington and Wantage with the same Flatteries and Warranties as their Fellows They had once afore Addressed in that of the Counties of Oxon and Berks But it seems these Anabaptisto-Papists could not rest so without a peculiar application so proud it seems they were of their Interest in a Popish Prince And by all these Addresses it appears plainly that not only the most part if not all the Anabaptists in and about London but all over England have voluntarily and freely engaged themselves unto their utmost to aid and assist King James in taking off the Test and all Poenal Laws and by consequence to open the ancient Floud gates of Stoppage and to let in an Inundation of Popery to over-run and drown not only the Church of England but also the whole Kingdom with an overflow of Popish Oppressions Now true it is that Liberty of Conscience is a matter not reasonably of any Power to be denied unto any of its Subjects and cannot be spoken against But Liberty of Schism is quite another thing and such as Holy Writ utterly Abhors It is the will of God that all Christians be of one mind Eph. 4.1 2 3 4 5 6. 1 Cor. 1.10 And we know what an heinous thing it was esteemed by St. Paul That there were Divisions in the Church the Members dividing and separating into Parties ver 11 12 c. And these things both Magistrates and Ministers ought to remedy to the best of their skill And in Old times they were always esteemed good Kings who punished Innovations in Religion and that with Severity And the Apostles in the New Testament were as urgent to the same purpose to reject all Hereticks Tit. 3.10.2 Joh. ver 9 10 11. and 3 Joh. ver 9 10. Such Paul accurseth Gal. 1.8 And wisheth such Perverters who trouble the Church that they might be cut off Gal. 5.12 Consider we therefore that the Anabaptists being a pernicious sort of People dangerous both to Church and State wherever they have crept into Power As was manifest at Amsterdam and after at Munster in Germany and since in England in times of the late Rebellion And are a Sect that do hold Dectrines destructive to the Peace of Church and State denying the Power of the Civil Magistrate in many things and do maintain a Church against a Church and Altar against Altar in the same Church and set up Lay Preachers and maintain Re-baptizing All which Doctrines being by the General Councils in purest Primitive times Forbidden and Accursed and declared to be Schismatical and Haeretical cannot be called matters of Conscience no more than Theft and Fornication can be so called Against Re baptizing see Can. 4. Apost and Can. Prim. Carthag confirmed by the Can. Secund. Concil Oecumen Constant. against Lay-Preachers and setting up Altar against Altar see Can. 16 and 17. Concil Millev and all the first six General Councils Now whatsoever is Condemned by any of the Six or at least Four first General

But that of the Dissenting Merchants and Trades-men in and about London exceeded at the same time exceeded for Flattery and Blasphemy comparing King James a known Popish Prince to Moses and our Poenal Laws to the Yoak Slavery and Bondage of Aegypt and worse than that And that of the Dutiful and Obedient Subjects of Chichester comparing the King's Act of Indulgence with the greatest acts of Wisdom and extolling it unto the Skies And that of the Freemen of Bath August the 22d Acknowledging the Kings undoubted Prerogative by His Gracious Declaration to stifle the force of Law which they call consistent with true Piety were notoriously Flattering On August the 25th was presented the conceited Humble Address of the Dissenting Protestants of Romsey Ringwood Fordingbridge and Christ-Church in Hant-shire fond and full of Flattery On August the 29th was brought forth the Address of Worcester Presbyterian Ministers and of the Master-Builders and other Artificers about London And of the Protestant Dissenters about Shrewsbury And of the Peaceable Dissenters of Namptwich Wem and Whit-church in Shrop-shire And of the Protestant Dissenters of Oswestree in the same County All bespeaking the Common Language of their Fellows September the 1st came forth the Addresses of the Dissenters of Chester Of the Loving Subjects called Presbyterians of Macclesfeild And September the 8th of the Loyal Subjects the Stroudwater Clothiers in Gloucester-shire And of the Free-men of the Borough of Banbury and of the Inhabitants of Dorchester And September the 12th of the Protestant Dissenters of Oxford-shire And on September the 15th of the Presbyterian Ministers of Derby and Nottingham-Shires All full of Flattery and promising dutiful Obedience On September the 22d came out the Address of the Presbyterian Ministers of Edenburg and Canongate starting this New Doctrine that there is no inconsistency betwixt true Loyalty and Presbyterian Principles c. And yet time hath since shewn the quite contrary from the same Ministers On September the 29th the thankful Address of the Protestant Dissenters of Salisbury the Devizes Cane Chippenham Westbury Warmister Throw-bridge and Bradford in Wiltshire All speaking after the same Canting way of flattery The The Humble Address of the Electors of Ladgeshal in Wiltshire at the same time promised always to choose such Members as should be Faithful and Serviceable to the Crown that is unto the Popish Interest the King being a known Papist At the same time also the Addresses of the Loyal Subjects of Andover Whit-church and Clotford bespeak the old Language of Flattery And that of the Subjects of Cirencester in Gloucester-shire coming forth at the same time promising to choose such Members as shall comply with His Majesty in putting down Poenal Laws and by consequence promote Popery Also at the same time the Address of the Noncons of Reading Abbington and Newbury And another of the Presbyterians of Nottingham Also October the 6th the Address of the Loyal Subjects the Combers Weavers and other Labourers of Taunton in Somerset-shire Also October the 17th of the Presbyterian Ministers and their Congregation in East Somerset-shire Bath Shipton Froom Bruton Wincaunton Milburn Frary Inscomb And another from the truly Loyal Subjects of Honiton in Devon-shire Also another from the Loyal Subjects of Pembrook Carmarthen Cardigan and the Town of Swanzey in Glamorgan-shire Presbyterian Ministers Independents and Anabaptists with their Congregations Also another of the Dutiful Subjects the Noncons of Kingston upon Thames Also another from the Dutiful Dissenting Subjects of Cambridge Also another from the Presbyterian Subjects of Hull and of two numerous Congregations there Also another from Weobly in Hereford shire Also another from the the Loyal and Faithful Subjects of Portsmouth All promising Mountains of Obedience and extolling His Indulgence whereof those of Hull and Weobly do much exceed On October the 24th followed the Addresses of the Presbyterians of King's Lynne and of the Noncon Ministers of Dorset-shire And on November the 3d. the Impatient but most Loyal Subjects the Free holders and others of Chard in Somerset-shire On November the 14th the Presbyterians of Maidstone On November the 21st the Dissenting Subjects of Lewes in Sussex and the Protestant Dissenting Subjects of Canterbury in Kent And of the Obedient Dissenters of Tenterden Cranbrok and Staplehurst in Kent On December the 1st the Ministers of the Gospel in New-England and the Loyal Inhahabitants of Hertford did bring forth their several Addresses of Thanks and promises of Obedience and all possible good Wishes Whereof those of Hertford promised to choose Members for Parliament as should be acceptable to His Majesty and supporters of His Prerogative On December the 15th several Ministers Dissenters of Leicester-shire were the last which presented their Flattering Address unto His Majesty King James the Second Now these Presbyterians are a new Sect of Schismaticks Introduced by Mr. John Calvin at Geneva from whence they have spread their Doctrines into Germany and France and into Scotland and also into England And are so called from the Parity of their Clergy being all Presbyters without any Bishops or Superintendants among them And are a People generally affecting Government by a Common-wealth and hating Monarchy in the State as well as in the Church And as appears by their Writings and Practices they hold with Papists and Jesuits that Kings may be Excommunicated and Deposed and in case of a Corrupt Prince they hold Rebellion to be no Crime Buchanan de jure Regni and the practices of the late Wars of the Parliament 1641. against their King Charles the First The first who attempted to introduce this Presbyterian Schism was Aerius who was therefore Branded by the Church for a Schismatick But being nipp'd in the Bud in those days he had no Disciples Howbeit this Presbyterianism is a Rent from the Church opposing all the Six first General Councils which do forbid any Presbyter in contempt of his Bishop to gather any separate Congregation of his own Can. Apost xxxii Nicaeni Concil Can. 16. Arelatens Concil Can. 19. Gangren Concil Can. 6. Antiochen Concil Can. 5. Carthaginens Concil ii Can. 11. And forbid any Bishop to be Ordained without three Bishops and any Presbyter or Deacon to be Ordained without one Bishop present Nicaeni Concil ii Can 4. Can. 6. Can. Apost 1 2 7. Ant. Concil Can. 9. The Canons of these General Councils of the Holy Primitive times are the Bonds of the Church which whosoever breaks is a Schismatick And there can be no pretence of Conscience to justifie Schism but the Magistrate ought to punish it And though Liberty of Conscience ought to be allowed yet no Liberty of Schism And though in case the Magistrate shall dispense with the punishment of Schism and we know not under God who shall call him to account for such Neglect Yet is it a sin which God will certainly Punish and therefore woe be unto those Flatterers who in such Cases do call Evil Good and Good Evil Next after that of the Presbyterian Ministers was

Councils cannot be maintained as matter of Conscience it being plain matter of Schism And all Schism is by the Magistrate to be punished equally with Murther and Adultery and therefore not to be Tolerated And yet we see how friendly these Haereticks and Schismaticks the Anabaptists and Papists do Hug each other no Hand and Glove did ever better fit one the other It was six Weeks after the Anabaptists e'er any other Sect advanced the poor Men of the West only excepted who being Pardoned their Lives had just cause to be thankful But Thousands of their Fellows had not that opportunity And yet on April the 30th the Presbyterians Quakers and Independents came in altogether of a Cluster Whereof the Presbyterians marched in the Front whose Humble Address was presented to His Majesty by the name of Several Ministers of the Gospel in and about the City of London commonly called Presbyterians Who Acknowledging with great joy His Majesties Royal bounty and Christian judgment and Fatherly inclination to Them and Their just security under His Protection And promising with a constant Emulation that They will strive to be most forward and faithful in Their Allegiance to His Person and Crown do wish and pray He may enjoy a long Reign over Them The Anabaptists were forward in their Promises but these appear as it were their Rivals striving to outdo them At the same time also was Presented the Humble Address of Their Brethren and Kinsfolks of Westminster Who the Place and stile considered do evidence these Anonymous Addressers to have been Mr. Alsop and his Flock who presenting the Addrese spake as follows Oh that we had but Windows in our Hearts that Your Majesty might see our Loyalty Bespeaking themselves much to the same purpose with the London Presbyters but in a more gilded Stile and Hyperbolick Language do promise high both by Prayers and Endeavours to contrive a most blessed Union between the King and His Papists on the one hand and Themselves on the other Which things seriously weighed read but their Promises and Subscriptions and then who will be judge let him speak but plain truth and so tell who are in earnest those Men whatever they give out who are for the bringing in again of King James the Second and a Popish Government Or if not then say at least what pitiful Flatterers have been those London Presbyterians Ministers of the Gospel and Loyal Subjects of Westminster but Men of a Punick Faith no more to be believed than the Impostor Mahomet who by his Golden Promises drew in a third part of the World to be his Proselytes in expectation of his coming at a Thousand years end to give them the Rule all over the World But his day being long since come and gone the good Man forgetting his Word fell fast asleep and his Faith became transmigrated into a very Lie And such was the Faith of these doubty Presbyterians unto King James when he stood most in need of them On May the 14th was presented The Humble Thanks of several Subjects of Exon and the County of Devon Nonconformists Acknowledging His Majesty Their free Gracious and wonderful Deliverer Declaring that They had no hand in the Rebellion of 85. And that they do heartily hate that and all Rebellion upon any pretence whatsoever That they are thankful for the Liberty given by the Declaration of Indulgence the 4th of April 1687. And do promise all due Obedience and pray for God's greatest Blessings on His Majesty Now all other Addressers were wont to say in their Addresses what Perswasion they were of Only the Presbyterians as if ashamed to appear plainly courting Popery in many of their first Addresses concealed their name of Presbyterian But by the name Noncon almost proper to that Sect alone and by the Stile we humbly conceive what these Addressers were the Brethren of Mr. Knox and Buchanan and lineally Descended from that Generation of the Assembly of 48 who held King Charles the First while the Independents and Anabaptists cut off His Head And yet loe how demurely they can wipe their Mouths like the Whore in the Proverbs Ch. 30.20 saying they have done no hurt and how much they abhor Rebellion upon any pretence whatsoever while at the same time it is the known Principle of those of that Perswasion That their Kings may be Excommunicated called to account and Condemned and Executed See Buch. de jure Regni c. On May the 21st was presented The Humble Address of the Nonconforming Loyal Subjects of New-Castle upon Tyne Acknowledging wonderful Thanks for His Majesties Indulgence stiling him a Peaceably disposed Prince and promising cheerful and dutiful Obedience to Him and to serve Him at their utmost Hazard On May the 25th was presented The Humble Address of the Dissenting Subjects of Taunton in Somerset-shire Acknowledging His Majesties Indulgence to be a greater Obligation to them to Duty and Allegiance than all the Oaths Tests and Subscriptions that could have been Imposed Promising His Majesty shall never repent of those Favours to them And wishing and praying that all the Blessings of Heaven may for ever Crown His Sacred Majesty On May the 28th was presented The Hamble Address of the Presbyterians of Bristol proclaiming their Acquaintance with His Majesty of Old and before He came to the Crown and how in those days He had promised His intentions of Indulgence to them Declaring that they question not in the least His resolution to preserve this their Happiness with the injoyments of their Properties according to the assurances of His Declaration since they knew it to proceed from a mature Judgment and a Principle rooted in His Majesty And promising to out-do all Men of their Capacity in all such things which have a tendency towards the promoting the Peace and Prosperity of His Majesties Reign And praying for Him with imploring words that His Majesties self and Family viz. The Prince of Wales may abound with the best of Blessings Loe we what a Discovery is here confessed out of this Address of a Confoederacy between the Papists and Presbyterians of long standing in order to promote the King's Declaration of Indulgence for Liberty of Conscience or rather of the common Schisms that both those Sects are guilty of But who will think that these Presbyterians of Bristol were the only Men of such Confoederacy without their Brethren of London And if not then let any reasonable Man be judge who they are that are for the bringing in again of King James and not only so but are obliged by promise so to do and have no ways to disengage themselves unto him left but by proclaiming themselves the greatest Impostors in nature the loudest Liars and veriest Vilains living For it is manifest to all the Kingdom that how much soever in King James's time the Properties were Invaded of the Church of England men yet those of the Presbyterians Anabaptists Quakers Independents Roman-Catholicks and Popish-Churchmen were never stirred On June the

4th was presented The Humble Address of the Presbyterians of Norwich In all acknowledgments Declarations and Promises striving to overdo their Brethren of Bristol concluding and heartily crying with one Voice Let the King live for ever whence say we with Admiration Oh what a great King James man was this Presbyterian or else he was as great an Impostor On Jame the 7th was presented The Humble Address of the Loyal Subjects of Teverton in Devon-shire that is the Dissenters or Presbyterians there in all things concurring with their Brethren of Norwich only in variety of new Language somewhat different On June the 11th was presented The Humble Address of several Benchers and Barristers of the Middle-Temple Giving Thanks for the Gracious Declaration for Toleration and asserting His Majesties Royal Prerogative and wishing him a long happy and glorious Reign But what were these Lawyers Not Quakers nor Anabaptists sure Presbyterians they might be and perhaps some Papists We have only hinted the matter of Fact And rarely can be found any Divided Party without some Lawyers among them especially where a Cause is Thriving On June the 14th was presented The Humble Address of the Subjects of Plymouth Nonconformists or Presbyterians wherein appears a concurrence with their Brethren in all Acknowledgments Promises and Wishes and words only in different Language At the same time was presented The Humble Address of many Thousand Citizens of Coventry Much to the same purpose with those of Plymouth At the same time also was presented The Humble Address of the Merchants and considerable Traders of Exon. These also Noncons or Presbyterians Giving great Thanks for the Declaration of Indulgence did unanimously declare as the Resolution of one Man that when ever His Majesties Occasions should require it That the utmost drop of their Bloud and expence of their Fortunes should be at His Majesties dispose and concluded Wishing and Imploring God Almighty that so Wise Pious and Just a Monarch may be a long Ruler and Conservator in Peace and Happiness of the Kingdoms and Dominions belonging to His Imperial Crown At the same time also much to the same purpose was presented the Humble Address of the Protestant Dissenting Subjects of Berwick upon Tweed And of the Loyal Dissenting Subjects of Marlborough in Wiltshire On June the 20th the Humble Address of the Presbyterian Ministers and their Congregations in and about Dublin in Ireland was presented to King James being Transmitted to Him by the Lord Deputy the Earl of Tyrconnel a fierce Papist and against the Law put in place without taking the Test. Notwithstanding these pretended Protestants called Presbyterians in order to Support their sinful Schism of Factious Conventions by maintaining Altar against Altar against the Good Canons of the Holy General Councils did shamefully comply with the most designing Papists against all Laws of God and man to trample under foot both Law and Religion Flattering the King's Majesty like their Fellows in England with their Hyperbolick thanks for His Suppressing the good Laws of the Kingdom and promising to stand by Him with encouragements past room for fear in His Royal Breast And yet loe how much it is since come to pass that through the Treachery of these Promises His Flattered and Deluded Majesty hath been utterly overwhelmed with endless Fears and desperate Hopes On June the 25th was presented the Humble Address of several Dissenting Ministers that is Presbyterians of the West part of Somerset-shire proclaiming His Majesties transcendent Goodness and wishing him the Choicest of all Blessings in Heaven and Earth that is never to be interrupted in His Reign by His Highness the Prince of Orange or any other Mortal breathing but that His Reign may be long and Prosperous and to be had in remembrance to all Generations c. On July the 1st was presented the Humble and Thankful Address of the most Loyal Subjects that is the Presbyterians of Kings-bridge in Devonshire Thanking and Promising like their Fellows And on July the 9th was presented another of the fame from the Loyal Subjects Nonconforming Presbyterians in and about York And another of the same from those of Malden Cogshal Chelmsford Braintree Witham and Halsted in Essex This was stuffed with very much of affected Language Acknowledging Miraculous Providences preserving His Majesty by Sea and Land as it were on purpose to suppress and stifle the good Laws of this Kingdom Which act agreeing with these Mens Lusts though against the Wisdom and Sense of the whole Kingdom met in Parliament these do stile to do great Services designed of the Almighty to be done by Him And this they stile the most Melodious Harp to Charm all evil Spirits that many other Princes had no skill to use c. Which Passages whether they savor more of affected Nonsense or of a sort of Blasphemous Flattery by calling Good Evil or Evil Good I leave to the Readers Censure On July the 12th was presented The Humble Address of the Loyal Subjects or Presbyterians of Wellingborough Kettering Rothwell Wellford and Creaton in Northampton-shire Promising Admiring Flattering c. as the rest But especially magnifying His Majesties Royal word though he was a Papist and promising to men by Papists reputed Hereticks as the Laws of the Medes and Persians unalterable On July the 17th were presented three Presbyterian Addresses whereof one from South Molton and another from Ashburton in Devonshire and a third from the Shire Town of Northampton Promising after the old rate excepting that that from Northampton kept more within compass of Moderation than any which had gone before On July the 23d came in the Humble Address of the Loyal Subjects otherwise Presbyterians of the Province of Munster in Ireland Transmitted by the Earl of Tyrconnel And another from the County of Essex Both full of Flatteries as before On July the 26th was presented from the Noncon Ministers of Lanca-shire the like Flattering Address to His Majesty And on the 30th of the same came in another of the Noncons of the Wapentake of Loynsdale in the same County also stufft with the like Flatteries And on August the 2d came in the like from the Presbyterians of Colchester Promising to answer His Majesties transcendent Grace toward them with as constant Obedience towards Him Wishing and Praying for all the Divine Beatitudes of God to be poured on His Majesty and Royal Family On August the 9th was presented the Humble Address of all the Presbyterian Ministers in Scotland Promising to become Loyal Subjects yea though against all their Practices and Principles to the contrary the King being at the same time a known Papist On August the 13th came in the Address of the Protestant Dissenters of Plymouth Acknowledging and Promising much after the rate of those of Essex Mart Towns And another at the same time from Sheffeild in York-shire not without its Flatteries Another Aug. 18th of the same Stamp from Cockermouth in Cumberland And another at the same time from Leathward in the same County