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the_o nation_n in_o general_n if_o his_o own_o maxim_n 11._o pag._n 11._o may_v take_v place_n fol._n 13._o that_o in_o all_o society_n the_o public_a act_n of_o free_a representative_n virtual_o and_o interpretatiuâ—ly_o include_v all_o who_o declarative_o oppose_v it_o not_o 13._o pag._n 13._o 29._o now_o let_v we_o consider_v with_o what_o argument_n he_o fortify_v this_o ignorant_a or_o voluntary_a mistake_n the_o declaration_n say_v he_o run_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o catholic_n of_o ireland_n 11._o pag._n 10_o 11._o which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v any_o convince_a evidence_n of_o their_o general_a consent_n in_o a_o age_n when_o public_a use_n be_v make_v of_o the_o king_n name_n to_o engage_v his_o subject_n to_o fight_v against_o his_o person_n for_o a_o argument_n ex_fw-la post_fw-la facto_fw-la â—e_n ask_v why_o do_v not_o the_o generality_n punish_v the_o transgressor_n this_o indeed_o have_v be_v a_o very_a compendious_a way_n to_o assist_v the_o gentleman_n and_o to_o 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reader_n be_v acquaint_v with_o this_o gentleman_n dexterity_n in_o comment_v to_o the_o advantage_n of_o his_o own_o conception_n without_o regard_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o text_n or_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o writer_n 31._o i_o say_v that_o many_o thousand_o protestant_n in_o the_o three_o kingdom_n 11_o pag._n 11_o have_v be_v far_o more_o heinous_o criminal_a both_o against_o his_o majesty_n and_o his_o father_n of_o ever_o bless_a memory_n and_o have_v contribute_v or_o intend_v as_o little_a for_o bring_v home_o his_o majesty_n as_o the_o most_o wicked_o principled_a of_o the_o roman_n catholic_n confederates_n of_o ireland_n and_o yet_o that_o all_o these_o protestant_n be_v not_o only_o pardon_v except_o a_o few_o of_o the_o most_o immediate_a regicide_n but_o equal_v in_o all_o capacity_n with_o his_o majesty_n most_o faithful_a and_o approve_a subject_n the_o fallacy_n which_o this_o gentleman_n make_v use_v of_o to_o render_v this_o comparison_n horrid_o odious_a lie_v in_o the_o name_n protestant_n which_o he_o will_v have_v shall_v extend_v no_o far_o than_o those_o who_o have_v adhere_v to_o the_o liturgy_n of_o the_o 12._o pag._n 12._o church_n of_o england_n but_o because_o i_o find_v that_o the_o long_a and_o short_a parliament_n that_o cromwell_n and_o his_o brief_a successor_n that_o the_o rump_n the_o restore_v member_n and_o the_o counsel_n of_o safety_n in_o all_o their_o public_a transaction_n both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o involve_v under_o that_o name_n all_o those_o that_o oppose_v the_o catholic_n roman_n church_n i_o give_v the_o name_n the_o same_o latitude_n otherwise_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v most_o unjust_a to_o the_o royal_a party_n that_o uphold_v the_o tenet_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o exercise_n though_o clandestine_o and_o of_o the_o rite_n of_o it_o and_o conserve_v the_o principle_n of_o that_o loyalty_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o israel_n and_o if_o this_o gentleman_n 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the_o king_n dcelaration_n who_o be_v those_o that_o erect_v that_o odious_a court_n for_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o his_o dear_a father_n let_v those_o english_a protestant_n claim_v his_o majesty_n grace_n 13._o pag._n 13._o because_o say_v he_o they_o submit_v to_o his_o majesty_n free_o and_o absolute_o and_o let_v this_o gentleman_n be_v content_v the_o irish_a catholic_n claim_v the_o grace_n of_o his_o majesty_n promise_n in_o the_o article_n of_o peace_n until_o he_o bring_v more_o pregnant_a argument_n to_o persuade_v the_o reader_n that_o the_o foundation_n of_o they_o be_v dissolve_v on_o 14._o pag._n 14._o all_o part_n those_o article_n be_v print_v and_o such_o as_o will_v read_v they_o may_v find_v that_o they_o merit_v not_o the_o character_n they_o receive_v from_o this_o gentleman_n as_o if_o by_o they_o the_o king_n have_v transfer_v all_o the_o regalia_z both_o ecclesiastical_a and_o temporal_a which_o be_v a_o hyperbole_n of_o the_o first_o magnitude_n yet_o 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so_o principled_a tâ—at_a for_o a_o short_a time_n and_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o war_n in_o a_o plentiful_a country_n serve_v his_o father_n of_o ever_o bless_a memory_n and_o after_o desert_v he_o and_o still_o fight_v in_o favour_n of_o those_o that_o will_v exclude_v our_o sacred_a sovereign_n and_o his_o posterity_n from_o all_o right_n to_o the_o crown_n but_o be_v it_o not_o strange_a man_n shall_v conceive_v that_o a_o act_n of_o indemnity_n do_v warrant_v they_o to_o upbraid_v other_o for_o crime_n for_o which_o themselves_o be_v guilty_a in_o a_o high_a nature_n he_o shall_v consider_v that_o although_o the_o wound_n be_v heal_v the_o scar_n remain_v which_o shall_v at_o least_o silence_n his_o invective_n when_o the_o party_n he_o plead_v for_o be_v not_o so_o generous_a as_o to_o say_v with_o dido_n haud_fw-la ignara_fw-la mali_fw-la miseris_fw-la succurrere_fw-la disco_fw-la virgil._n virgil._n 40._o 5ly_n it_o be_v true_a that_o rebellion_n of_o particular_a man_n have_v 14._o pag._n 14._o be_v frequent_a in_o ireland_n and_o it_o be_v as_o true_a that_o the_o catholic_n native_n have_v be_v very_o instrumental_a not_o only_o in_o suppress_v they_o but_o in_o repel_v foreign_a invasion_n now_o with_o what_o justice_n that_o can_v be_v impute_v to_o a_o nation_n as_o a_o mark_n of_o infamy_n which_o be_v the_o crime_n of_o a_o few_o be_v a_o thing_n which_o the_o man_n of_o england_n where_o there_o have_v be_v heretofore_o many_o such_o defection_n will_v be_v curious_a to_o inquire_v 41._o here_o again_o this_o gentleman_n mention_n the_o year_n 1641._o but_o i_o shall_v again_o defer_v give_v he_o any_o answer_n upon_o that_o subject_n until_o i_o come_v to_o that_o place_n where_o he_o discourse_v more_o ample_o of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o rebellion_n 42._o 6ly_n whensoever_o this_o gentleman_n discourse_n of_o the_o principle_n of_o catholic_n religion_n he_o show_v or_o make_v himself_o 15._o pag._n 15._o ignorant_a of_o they_o and_o he_o so_o confound_v the_o papal_a and_o royal_a authority_n in_o this_o paragraph_n as_o if_o we_o know_v not_o which_o be_v the_o keâ—es_n and_o which_o be_v the_o sword_n we_o give_v the_o pope_n no_o supremacy_n but_o in_o spiritual_a affair_n and_o this_o supremacy_n be_v of_o that_o nature_n as_o it_o can_v disengage_v our_o conscience_n from_o the_o loyalty_n we_o owe_v to_o our_o sovereign_n and_o although_o our_o remonstrance_n declaration_n and_o protestation_n upon_o this_o subject_n print_v not_o long_o since_o have_v leave_v no_o room_n for_o such_o cavil_n yet_o we_o despair_v to_o stop_v the_o moâ—ths_n of_o those_o that_o will_v establish_v this_o calumny_n for_o a_o truth_n for_o some_o man_n be_v so_o strange_o bend_v against_o catholic_n as_o they_o will_v entertain_v the_o multitude_n in_o this_o error_n and_o be_v much_o afflict_v it_o shall_v be_v know_v that_o catholic_n profess_v and_o be_v direct_v by_o loyal_a principle_n 43._o now_o aâ—_n to_o the_o transplantation_n to_o connaght_n and_o clare_n 16._o pag._n 16._o lay_v asiâ—e_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o language_n in_o that_o paragraph_n and_o even_o tire_v with_o follow_v this_o gentleman_n in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o methodical_a and_o collegial_a discourse_n i_o will_v only_o say_v that_o all_o the_o argument_n with_o which_o he_o enforce_v insignificant_a p._n w_n be_v conclusion_n maintain_v or_o which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n the_o person_n of_o quality_n argument_n for_o continue_v the_o transplantation_n render_v insignificant_a it_o can_v persuade_v the_o reader_n that_o man_n do_v that_o willing_o which_o if_o they_o omit_v to_o do_v they_o must_v starve_v or_o hang_v or_o be_v sell_v as_o slave_n for_o willingness_n to_o do_v a_o thing_n imply_v it_o to_o be_v do_v not_o however_o free_o but_o without_o such_o extreme_a violence_n instance_n of_o these_o have_v be_v so_o frequent_a and_o so_o often_o allege_v that_o this_o gentleman_n be_v compel_v to_o change_v the_o battery_n and_o to_o say_v that_o although_o the_o force_n of_o the_o late_a horrid_a usurper_n constrain_v they_o to_o go_v thither_o 18._o pag._n 18._o in_o person_n yet_o no_o force_n lay_v upon_o they_o to_o sue_v out_o decree_n and_o obtain_v possession_n of_o land_n there_o in_o lieâ—_n of_o their_o former_a forfeited_a estate_n in_o the_o other_o province_n 44._o it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v think_v a_o full_a and_o satisfactory_a answer_n to_o this_o objection_n that_o man_n in_o who_o power_n it_o be_v to_o redeem_v their_o wife_n and_o child_n by_o sue_v out_o decree_n there_o be_v no_o mean_a but_o that_o under_o heaven_n for_o their_o relief_n may_v be_v judge_v murderer_n of_o they_o if_o they_o omit_v so_o to_o do_v but_o beside_o starve_v if_o hang_v be_v a_o sufficient_a excuse_n in_o this_o case_n take_v the_o proof_n of_o this_o from_o the_o law_n of_o the_o time_n the_o proclamation_n of_o cromwell_n and_o his_o council_n print_v at_o dublin_n by_o 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