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A25452 Animadversions upon that proclamation of September 13, 1692, entituled, For the better discovery of seditious libellers 1693 (1693) Wing A3205; ESTC R38496 10,982 4

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Animadversions upon that Proclamation of September 13. 1692. Entituled For the better discovery of Seditious Libellers THE Observation is as true as it is common That when any Breach or Alteration has been made upon the Antient and well Constituted Government of this Kingdom which doth reside in an Uinnterrupted Hereditary and Lineal Succession This being Established and Confirmed by all the Statute and Common Laws authentick Records and Right Precedents either by wrong Invasion upon and forcible Dispossession of it or by subtle Intrusion or stepping in between Hereupon the Tongues and Pens of People have been more open and enlarged than at other Times of righteous Settlement The Reason whereof is so obvious that there is no need to assign it Because here is occasion given for it but there is none then For an Example hereof we need go no further back than the Reign of Oliver Cromwell and that eighteen Years of Confusion and Bloodshed which was then What an exceeding deal of Work was for the Press in those days When any Great and unusual thing is done in the World if People should hold their peace the Stones would immediately cry out according to that Rhretorical form of Speech importing that the most dull and silent of Mankind must be affected with and talk thereof And tho' through the Evil and Depravation of our Nature they do more consent unto and are carried away with a corrupt and wrong Thing especially where it gets Riches and Power and the Multitude on its side Yet the World was never so universally bad That every without one exception should be led away with the Spreading Prevailing and contagious Error But some have all along kept and preserved themselves in their Integrity free and sound from the Disease and Corruption of the Times There have been a Remant and a few as this is always the Lot and Portion of the Right and better Side in whom hath appeared outwords of Truth and Prnciples of Righteousness and Honesty So it will be notwithstanding the utmost Opposition and Persecution as long as God hath a Church in the World Unless all Men should be transformed into wild Beasts or Devils that is until they come to lose all the Seeds and Tinctures of Reason and Religion and they are made up of nothing but Violence and Evil. Here it must be acknowledged that Pride Revenge Envy Discontent and the several Ingredients of Sin and Passion will be apt to creep in and also intermingle with the Right side so that if there should not be a word spoken or written Yet as long as there is a Real and Essential Difference between Good and Evil Truth and Falshood Right and Wrong which is so far ingrasted into the Nature of Men that it cannot be utterly rooted out Every one that hath but common understanding would discern the one from the other It hath been the constant Method that when Iniquity hath been set up on High and it hath intruded and Usurpt it self upon the Rightful Authority They have also plai●●ered and flourished it over with Goodly words But when on the other side Words of Truth do come forth which make to see through or under the Foundation thereof and this doth it more and more that the untempered Morter of the ●ther can no longer Palliate or make it up again Then the last Resort is to Gag the Mouth Tye up the Hand and Imprison the Body to prevent and hinder all going forth of such True and right Words For every one that doth Evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the Light lest his Deeds should bereproved John 3. Ver. 20. Or as it is in the Margin there discovered Here if the upright in Heart God being on their side whilst they act and labour for him would strive against these Devises of the Workers of Iniquity their Foundation would be discovered and at length fall and be consumed Surely their turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as Potters Clay which tho' they can or do fashion to this or that purpose according to their own Will yet it may be all broken into pieces or dissolved into Dirt. Here it comes to pass That the greatest Fool calls Fool first for they do first throw out that Reproach of Sedition and Rebell on falsly upon others to ward off and turn away that true imputation of both which as they are secretly and inwardly Conscious of so it may be justly fastned upon themselves Let them call it what they will Defence of the Parliament and Liberties of England Preservation of Religion c. It was six Years plain down Rebellion foregoing that brought King Charles the First to the Block And so notwithstanding it hath been term ●Deliverance I believe they will not find it so at long run It was plain invading this Realm by a For●●gn Prince bearing Arms raising Tumults all which in Ipsissimis verbis was contrary to that Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy which his Subjects had before token which caused our King to be Deposed At which juncture of Time almost every Sermon from the Pulpit and Paper from the Press ●as a false Infamous and Scandalous Libel For as the Chief Justice Coke had long since Remarke●●●hat Libelling is the fore-runner of Rebellion so it did exactly prove for whereas the King had Emitted forth his Declaration for Liberty of Conscience That all people might worship God according to their several Opinion and Persuasions and they might Preach all God's Word with this necessary Caution Provided than there nothing should be delivered to alienate the Hearts of his Subjects from Him or His Government so as to make them withdraw or cast off their Allegiance for to do that or to despise and falsifie a solemn Oath there is not one Sentence in all the Old and New Testament which can be truly alledged to justify that Because such like a thing hath been done in former Generations and in other Countries therefore that it was lawfully done is a fallacious and wrong Conclusion But our People did abuse the favour of their King unto Evil surmisings and Rebellious Practices as if He had granted this Universal Liberty only to bring in Popery But supposing that should be granted which perhaps was not so for this is the most forcible way of Reasoning when admitting his Objection we can certainly confute if not convince and actually bring over the Adversary Yet God who causeth Light to shine out of Darkness would have Established this to them and to their Generations for ever more upon a righteous sure Foundation what ever designs might lie hid in the Heart All one as the Reformation was somewhat brought on and furthered by the Lust and Revenge of Henry the VIII By which may be seen that there is no such thing as Pure Undefiled Religion among the Princes of this World And tho now they have the same Liberty nevertheless Yet God will judge whether it was not granted by the Political Methods of Iniquity