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A40604	A full answer paragraph by paragraph, to Sir John Fenwick's paper given to the sheriffs, January the 28th, 1696/7 at the place of execution on Tower-Hill by a true son of the Church of England, as establish'd by law.	True son of the Church of England.; Fenwick, John, Sir, 1645?-1697.	1697 (1697)	Wing F2339; ESTC R23318	8,463	26

A Full ANSWER Paragraph by Paragraph TO Sir JOHN FENWICK's PAPER Given to the Sheriffs January the 28 th 1696 7. at the Place of Execution on Tower-Hill By a true Son of the Church of England as Establish'd by Law LONDON Printed for Richard Baldwin nigh the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1697. REMARKS UPON Sir John Fenwick's Paper c SPeaking nor Writing was never my Talent I sh●●● therefore give a very Short but Faithful Accou●●● First of my Religion and next what I Suff●● most Innocently for to avoid the Calumnies I may Reas●●ably expect my Enemies will cast upon me when De●●● since they have most falsly and maliciously aspers'd 〈◊〉 whilst under my Misfortunes This First Paragraph contains the Heads of 〈◊〉 whole following Paper He first modestly owns 〈◊〉 ●●all all Talent of Speaking or Writing but in the ●●●lowing Discourse he assumes a Boldness as Ex●●avagant Whilst in endeavouring to assert his own ●●nocence he Arraigns the whole Foundation of the 〈◊〉 Government by fixing not only his own ●●yalty as he so calls it but that of the whole ●●●tion as wholly and solely in all Justice and Duty ●●und to no other Sovereign Head than King James ●ow far his Innocence may stand upon that Basis ●●ll be farther examin'd c. In the next part he seems to groan under the ●iction of a blemisht Reputation a sensible part 〈◊〉 a Man of Honour receiv'd from the Calumnies 〈◊〉 his Enemies with whom and the whole World 〈◊〉 endeavours to set himself right again upon his ●●●lowing Declaration As for my Religion I was brought up in the Church 〈◊〉 England as it is Establish'd by Law and have ever ●●●fess'd it though I confess I have been an Unworthy ●●mber of it in not living up to the strict and excel●●●● Rules thereof for which I take shame to my self 〈◊〉 humbly ask forgiveness of God I come now to Die ●hat Communion trusting as an humble and hearty ●●●itent to be receiv'd by the Mercy of God through 〈◊〉 Merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour This Declaration of his Education in the Church of England we are very well satisfied in and even his worst Enemies have that Charity as to hope he is received into that Mercy through those Merits c. But that he has ever professed that Religion and truly profest it will admit of a very unhappy Reflection especially as he has stated the Basis of that Church viz. As it is Estabished by Law That Church of England I am afraid he forgets has asserted the Title of our gracious Sovereign King William as the Rightful Monarch of England Scotland France and Ireland and that the whole present Allegiance and Duty of the Members of that Church is wholly owing to no other Crown'd Head but King William and that consequently by his following Assertions of no other Right but K. James's even to denouncing no less than an Impending Judgment as he says afterwards upon the whole Nation and no Hopes of its Welfare or Prosperity 'till his Restoration I am afraid this poor Gentleman is either no Member of that Communion or at least a very Unworthy one in a quite different sense than that in his Paper And 't were heartily to be desir'd that he had either open'd his own dying Eyes or his Spiritual Confessors would have so open'd them for him as that he might have taken this shame to himself and ask'd God forgiveness for it as well as for those other Errours of his Life that have deserved that dying Blush and implored that Mercy It being much to be feared there wanted this additional Reformation to compleat the true Penitent My Religion taught me my Loyalty which I bless God is Untainted And I have ever endeavour'd in the Station wherein I have been placed to the atmost of my power to support the Crown of England in the true and Lineal course of Descent without Interruption Here he very frankly Confesses his whole Principles and makes his Religion the School-Mistress that taught him them viz. That he has ever endeavour'd to support the Crown of England in its Lineal Course of Descent without interruption Which as his farther Declaration intimates he endeavours to prove is the Universal Duty whilst in thus Vindicating his own Loyalty to be untainted he insinuates that of the whole Kingdom besides to be wholly Corrupted and Poisoned A very hard Charge against a whole Nation that at one stroke clears his own whole Attainder and turns it all back upon his Judges The Criminals belike were not Si● John Fenwick at the Bar but the King Lords and Commons upon the Tribunal The many great Arguments relating to the Succession of Crowned Heads and the various Dispensations of God's Providence by whom Kings Reign so often in all Ages and all Kingdoms in breaking that Lineal Course of Descent he speaks of sometimes in Divine Writ even with the special and immediate Command of God himself are those grea● Themes too long to be handled in this narrow Paper and already more learnedly discust by abler Pens I shall only say in short if no Incapacities whatever can break that Lineal Chain the whole State of Humanity is of all Creatures most miserable and whatever Redemption we may have for our Souls in the other World we have very little Titles to that of our Bodies in this For Chains Slavery Oppression and whatever the unlimited power or Pleasure of Tyranny can lay upon us are our Inheritance If Sir John's Church of England Religion as he blesses God for it has taught him this the other Members of her Communion bless God tha● she has given them quite another Lesson and taught them to submit to the present Establishment as the Ordinance of God without any Frights of those threatned Judgments hanging over our Heads from the Administration of our present Gracious Soveraign As for what I am now to die for I call God to witness I went not to that Meeting in Leaden-Hall-street with any such intention as to Invite King James to Invade this Nation nor was I my self provided with either Horse or Arms or engaged for any Number of Men or gave particular Consent for any such Invasion as is most falsly Sworn against me Here he acknowledges his going to the meeting in Leaden-hall-street but not with an intention of Inviting King James to Invade this Nation viz. by Force Was King James to be Invited over any other way than by Force As little as he acknowledges his Talent in Speaking and Writing he must own it much less in Thinking if his Experience and Knowledge of the English aversion to King James could be so clouded as but to flatter himself with the least dream of King James his Return but by Force This Zealous Gentleman for his Old Master must be quite of a different Opinion from all the other Friends of that Unhappy Prince especially those on the other side of the Water his good Friend Lewis would otherwise have never given himself

the unnecessary Trouble and Charge of those Forces drawn down for King James his Descent upon England if he had had any such intire confidence either in the Justice of his Cause or the Smiles of Providence to have introduced him with a bloodless Revolution But perhaps the Interpretation of this Paragraph will bear a fairer Sense Sir John did not go to this meeting Himself to Invite King James over by Force No perhaps there was no occasion for it that Invitation was already made and so Sir John only came to Visit and Complement the Inviter not to make the Invitation And if the Invitation to a forcible Invasion was made by any other Members of that Leaden-hall-street Meeting however Sir John was so Courteous as to come and kiss of the Cup and dip in the Dish with them undoubtedly not over-much disrelisht either with his Company or their Business before them especially when as he told you before his Religion had taught him in his Station to the utmost of his Power to support the Crown in its Lineal descent and consequently such a Forcible Invasion on that very account should have a hearty Well-wisher of Sir John if not as Vigorous a Champion though the last of these seems most agreeable both to Sir John's Martial Education and his Religious Loyalty when as he tells you the utmost of his Power was never wanting in his Station on so good an occasion and 't is very unlikely that he would want a station in such important Service and though he tells you he gave no particular Consent for any such Invasion at least he Confesses his general Consent and though he Charges the Evidence as For-sworn upon the nice Distinction between particular and general Consent 't is very much to be presumed that that Evidence that has hitherto had the Confirmation of dying Acknowledgments and Confessions should not stretch harder upon Sir John Fenwick than upon any other of the Criminals that dyed in the same bad Cause before him I also declare in the presence of God that I knew nothing of King James his Coming to Callis nor of any Invasion intended from thence 'till it was publickly known and the only Notion I had that something might be attempted was from the Thoulon Fleet coming to Brest This Paragraph looks but with an Indifferent Face for where it lays the greatest stress of Sir John's Innocence and consequently the greatest Fa●●ty upon the Evidence against him the Pen-Men of this Paragraph for in Charity I would not willingly believe it his own were mightily mistaken in their point of Time for what he declares in this utterly contradicts or at least clashes with the former For here in no less presence than Almighty God 't is declared that Sir John knew nothing of King James's coming to Callis nor any Invasion intended from thence 'till publickly known which upon our Calculation of publick knowledge was about February 1695 6. An● next that the whole Notion he had that somethin● of that kind might be attempted was from the Tho●lon Fleet 's coming to Brest which was in the Sprin● following 1696. Now here 's an unhappy Dilemma starts up again him The foregoing Meeting at Leaden-hall-stre●● unluckily fell out to be in June 1695. was a 〈◊〉 before the Thoulon Fleets return to Brest and almost 〈◊〉 much before King James his coming to Callis as 〈◊〉 proved at large in the Trial of Sir John Friend p. 1 Capt. Porter My Lord about the latter en● 〈◊〉 May last viz. 1695. or the beginning of 〈◊〉 we had two Meetings one was at the King 's 〈◊〉 ●n Leaden-hall-street the other at Mrs. Mountjoys in St. James's street At the first Meeting there were present my Lord of Aylsbury my Lord Montgomery Sir John Friend Sir William Parkyns Sir John Fenwick Mr. Cook Captain Chernock and my self after Dinner Mr. Goodman came in Now at both those Meetings it was Consulted of and agreed to send Captain Chernock into France to King James ●o desire him to borrow of the French-King 10000 Men to come over hither 8000 Foot 1000 Horse and 1000 Dragoons Captain Chernock ●aid he did not care to go upon a Foolish Message ●nd therefore desired to know what they would ●ave him to acquaint King James with and assure ●im of They all agreed to meet the King when●ver they had notice of his Landing with a Body ●f 2000 Horse of which every one in particular as to bring his Quota where-ever he would ●●point The Result of this Meeting viz. Chernock's going 〈◊〉 to France so Commission'd and to invite King 〈◊〉 to an Invasion was likewise confest by Cher●●●● at his Execution and his knowledge of this In●●●●●n was likewise confest by Sir John Friend at his 〈◊〉 and whether Sir John Fenwick's was a particular or general consent to the Invasion in concert with the whole Club at the Leaden-Hall-street meeting it matters not 't is sufficient we have the very Dying Confessions of the Criminals themselves to own the Measures taken towards an Invasion at which Sir John Fenwick by his own Confession was present and consequently how far more or less consenting could be no stranger to an intended Invasion yet here is no less than God himself call'd to witness he knew nothing of an Invasion intended 'till publickly known nay that the only notion he had that any such thing was upon the Anvil or like to be attempted was from the Thoulon Fleet coming to Brest Nay suppose it in the largest sense viz. the Thoulon Fleet coming to Brest which was in the Spring Ninety Six to be meant their very setting out in order to come hither viz. their first setting Sail that way Yet as 't is notoriously known the Thoulon Fleet stirred not out 'till ours was upon Sail homewards many a long Month after June 95 so still the unhappy Contradiction is the same viz. That he knew nothing of the matter before February 95-96 and yet was privy and consenting to it the June before Nay 't is yet farther to be wonder'd what unaccountable pretended Ignorance this must be of Sir John's knowing nothing of an Invasion 'till publickly known an Invasion which carries the Face of a kind of honourable Hostility when the sequel of the Paper tells you that he was made privy to no less than a base Design form'd against the King's Life the very April before viz. 95. which he tells you he prevented as if the sculking Assassinates durst trust the Keys of their Cabinet their Edge Tools with him and the more generous Invaders durst not trust him with theirs Good Heaven who were the Managers of this dying Gentlemans Conscience that could suffer him to leave such Living Records of Disingenuity behind him And here I cannot but look back to the unhappy Reflections made by Sir John upon the Credit and Truth of the Evidence against him where he utterly denies his being provided with Horse and Arms or Engaged for any number of Men or that he

gave any particular Consent to the Invasion as fasly Sworn against him c. And must say this in their behalfs That the Pen-men of this Speech are not so altogether to be credited in their Veracity of the Charge of Perjury against the Witnesses when they are so very loose in that point even upon Sir John himself and have had the Misfortune so shamefully to prevaricate ev'n with Contradictions themselves in the very Declaration of his Innocence I also call God to Witness That I received the Knowledge of what is contain'd in those Papers that I gave to a great Man that came to me in the Tower both from Letters and Messages that came from France and he told me when I read them to him that the Prince of Orange had been acquainted with most of those things before I cannot so well penetrate into the full depth of this Paragraph by reason it seems to stand in a Darker Light being somewhat obscurer then the other part of his Paper Yet thus far it appears that the matters contain'd in those Papers we may suppose to be some part of a Confession in order to lay hold of the Royal Mercy made to the Noble Peer sent to the Tower to Examin him and given him in Writing to be transmitted to the King the Authority of which he declares he received from France Whether this was any trifling Discovery I will not determine though it looks like such by reason the Noble Peer made answer it was no more than the King knew before Here I shall make one Remark viz That Sir John keeps up to his high Professions for King James when he dares not so much as give King William the Title of King though in the Words from another Man's Mouth when he tells you that this great Man should answer him that the Prince of Orange had been acquainted with those things before What other Confessions Sir John pretended to make afterwards viz. Such as that of accusing so many of the Firmest and most Eminent Friends of the Crown as ntended more for an Amuzement to the whole Government than an Ingenuous Discovery Possibly all that Knowledge might likewise come from a French Mint too for nothing hardly of an English Face would have a Front hard enough for such a Forgery however we dare not suppose that to be the Contents of those Papers in the Tower for then the Great Man would not have answered That the King was acquainted with them before For that Confession look'd more like a Gorgon then a Discovery fo far from any former Acquaintance of the Kings that I suppose it never saw Light before Sir John and his Prompters thrust its Dowdy Face into the World I might have expected Mercy from that Prince because I was Instrumental in saving his Life For when about April Ninety five an Attempt against him came to my Knowledg I did partly by Disswasions and partly by Delays prevent that Design which I suppose was the Reason that the last Villanous Project was concealed from me In this Paragraph he makes a kind of Mordecai's Plea for receiving of mercy from King William for here he confesses himself entrusted with a Design formed against King William of no less Villany than some Clandestine Attempts upon the King's Life which he partly by disswasions and partly by delays prevented and thereby as he tells you saved the King's Life We must here observe that a Person even of that great Honour and Character as Sir John Fenwick was nevertheless judged that proper Confident and Counsel-keeper to the Ruffian Party as to be made privy to so Black a Design as Assassination it self Nay it further appears that he tacitly confesses himself to be an Actor and a Leader in it for otherwise without his privity how could he disswade or without his own actual Leading Hand or at least Commanding Power in it how could he delay it What Truth or what Merits soever there may be in this Narrative of his secret Service to the King I will not judge but if any such good Service were really done 't is a sign that he has had that Tenderness for the Actors in it as much Remorse as he says he has had for the Act it self viz. in preventing it that from that day to this he has wholly conceal'd the Plotters though at last he has declared the Plot. And this Aversion of his to a base Design he supposes was the Reason why the late Villaous Project was conceal'd from him Very likely for that or other Reasons it might be conceal'd from him for I hear not of any thing of the last Assassination laid to his Charge But all this clears not his Innocence from the Invasion for that by the whole Party in general even by the tenderest Scrupler of Honour amongst them was reputed a more Manly more Heroick and more Warrantable Undertaking If there be any Persons whom I have injur'd in Word or Deed I heartily pray their Pardon and beg of God to pardon those who have injur'd me particularly those who with great Zeal have sought my Life and brought the Guilt of my Innocent Blood upon the Nation no Treason being proved upon me His hearty begging Pardon of all whom he had injur'd in Word or Deed and his begging God to pardon those who had any wise injur'd him is a very good Christian Acknowledgment and would be infinitely both to his own Glory and his Ghostly Guides if his whole Paper had been all of a piece with it 'T is true when he more particularly mentions those who as he says with great Zeal sought his Life there perhaps he might be somewhat mistaken for that Zeal might possibly savour more of a Loyal Warmth for the King's Preservation and publick Justice against his Enemies than any great Heat or Animosity against the Person of Sir John Fenwick and his Judges are so well satisfied in the Equity of their Judgment that the Cry of Innocent Blood hanging over the Nation is the least part of their Fears I return my most hearty Thanks to those noble and worthy Persons who gave me their Assistance by opposing this Bill of Attainder without which it had been impossible I could have fallen under the Sentence of Death God bless them and their Posterity though I am fully satisfied they pleaded their own Cause while they defended mine His Expressions of Gratitude to those Members whose peculiar Tenderness inclined them to Mercy towards him is very worthy from him but where he comes to tell them that it had been impossible for him to have fallen under the Sentence of Death without a Bill of Attainder he would have done well to have told the World that he stood so much upon his own Innocence that his trifling Motions towards a Confession were no false Mask of Candor and Ingenuity only to protract Time till Goodman could be bribed off and spirited away to France And where he tells them that whilst they defended his Cause they pleaded their own there I am afraid he has quite dash'd his first grateful Acknowledgment for God forbid that so many worthy Gentlemen and Men of Honour and Loyalty should fall under Sir John's Dilemma's or be tinctured with his Blemishes to stand in want either of a Plea or Defence I pray God to bless my true and lawful Soveraign King James the Queen and Prince of Wales and restore him and his Posterity to this Throne again for the Peace and Prosperity of this Nation which is impossible to prosper till the Government is settled upon a right Foot The Transport and Zeal of this last Prayer summs all His Death only wanted this conclusive Protestation to seal it a Martyrdom The Glory and Merit of the Cause in which he dyes so supersedes all the Guilt of the Fact charged against him that without any other Declaration this Innocence alone wipes off all Attainder There can be no Blot in that Scucheon where every private Conscience is the Herauld 'T is true Sir John before told you That his Religion taught him his Loyalty to King James his Church of England Perswasion Methinks 't is a mad Church that can be so much felo de se as to be so strangely active in Restoring of that Prince that would bring over Daggers to cut its ' own Throat Methinks the whole Malecontent Party especially the Church of England Members amongst them should not have forgotten the more particular Ungrateful Treatment from that Prince to that very Church that mounted him into his Throne and consequently what slender Hopes they must have of his future Civility to it for keeping him thus long out of it And therefore if after all this Dreadful Prospect before them upon Supposition of his Return their over-scrupulous straight-lac'd Consciences cannot come up to acquiesce to the Present Establishment in acknowledging KING WILLIAM that Prince's Title not only supported by the National Assent the best Foundation of Allegiance but likewise by the Recognition of almost all the Princes of Europe though even of a contrary Church the very Romanists themselves Certainly I say if there can be any such Depraved Senses left in that Communion they are undoubtedly resolved to let the whole World know that their Religion has either divested them of their Humanity or Reason viz. either in wishing such a Scourge both to them and their Posterity or otherwise fancying such Golden Dreams or rather Airy ones from such a Restauration As Sacred and as Darling as an Uninterrupted Succession may be esteem'd and as much upon a Right Foot as King James's Title stood nevertheless we are but too sensible that he began to warp into that Unfortunate Left-handed Administration that his Restauration ought to be no part of any Sober or Rational Man's Prayers except his Letany And now O God I do with all humble Devotion commend my Soul into Thy Hands the Great Maker and Preserver of Men and Lover of Souls beseeching Thee that it may be alwaies dear and precious in Thy Sight through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ Amen JOHN FENWICKE Amen Amen FINIS