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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37536	The present interest of England in matters of religion, stated wherein is clearly demonstrated that the Protestant religion may be fully secured from popery, though the penal laws be taken away / by W.D., alover of liberty for conscience sake.	W. D., lover of liberty for conscience sake.	1688 (1688)	Wing D99; ESTC R21223	21,170	32

would but walk by this rule do as they would be done by do as they would have others do unto them mete that measure to others as they would have others to mete unto them and to love their Neighbours as themselves for upon this hangs the Law and the Prophets it is a fulfilling the Law For the Law is fulfil'd in one word even in this thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thy self Gal. 5.14 If men did but duely observe and keep this then they would not be so fond and desirous to keep up compelling and persecuting Laws But I proceed to the fifth and that is this 5. That these Penal Laws have destroyed Love and Charity among Men a thing much to be desired and highly to be valued When these Laws lay asleep and were not put in force how peaceably and quietly did one Neighbour live by another how sweetly and friendly did one man converse with each other But no sooner did that Brat of Hell and of the Devil Persecution come amongst us but it put the whole Nation in a flame like Sampson's Foxes that did set all on fire they came near Judg. 15.4 5. then it was nothing but Whig and Tory Trimmer and Papist in Masquerade And in this firmentation was the Nation in till the King 's Gracious Declaration for Liberty of Conscience came forth flying amongst us That quench'd and put out these fires that the Penal Laws had kindled It brought peace to them that were in trouble ease to them that were weary and relief to them that were in distress It loosed the bands of them that were bound over and open'd the Prison doors to them that were shut up and sent Labourers into the Lord's Vineyard that stood still it put violence out of the hands of them that destroy'd and it filled the hearts of many with joy and their mouths with praises and thanksgiving First to God Almighty and then to the King for his great Wisdom Justice Mercy Goodness and Kindness towards his poor Subjects The good effects of this all good men see and rejoyce in Now if these Penal Laws were the great Make-bate amongst the People then the taking of them away will slay that enmity and bury all these reproachful names and terms that men have cast upon one another 6. In the sixth place Persecution is that which discourageth Trade and greatly destroys it It was that which brought the Trade into England and it is that which will carry the Trade out of England The Persecution that was heretofore in other Lands made the Trading-people flie over into these Lands who shewed the people here the way of making these Manufactures that are now made in such abundance and have proved so profitable and beneficial to these Kingdoms This is so well known that it cannot be denyed Now the same way that brought the Trade to us will certainly carry it from us When these Penal Laws were put in force did not many Trades-men leave the Land and Merchants and others in several Cities in this Kingdom did leave their habitations and were forced to remove to other places because of the Persecution that was then This is well known to most men Now as Righteousness exalts a Nation so Trade enricheth a Nation A proof of this you may see if you look over into Holland they granting Liberty of Conscience to all Persuasions this brought them a Trade and that Trade hath made them so great and rich that as it were from a small Worm they are become a great Mountain and from being Poor Distressed States they now call themselves the High and Mighty from begging and craving help of others to support them their Trade hath so supported them and encreased their wealth and strength that they strive to grasp the Trade of Nations into their own hands Now all these blessings they suck'd from the Breast of Liberty of Conscience Trade is a great part of the glory of a Nation It fills the King's Coffers with Treasure the Custom being one of the Jewels of his Crown It encreaseth Merchants and makes them great It enricheth the Shopkeepers and makes them wealthy It encourageth Shipping and Navigation that carries out the Manufactures of England and returns with rich Commodities and with Gold and Silver It sets thousands of hands at work and imploys the poor of the Land it encourageth Strangers and Forreigners to come and dwell amongst us to shew us their art and skill It advanceth the price of Land that the Nobles and Gentry have so great a part of This shews the great advantage of Trade that extends its benefits to every man. Now they that are for the keeping up of the Penal Statutes are not the Friends of the Common-wealth but Enemies to Trade because they are for Persecution Now he that runs may read and he that reads may see the evil of these Penal Laws I shall now come to the Objections that are usually made against the taking away of these Laws and answer them The first Objection is this Do you think that this Liberty and Toleration which you now enjoy is granted and given to you in love and kindness is it not to serve a turn and to bring about another thing Now my answer to this Objection is this If this work be of God then it is in love and kindness to the Dissenters But this work is of God as will appear to all men that do but consider well these three things that is the time the way and the effects First then of the time when this King came to the Crown what were mens thoughts then The Sufferers they thought that their condition would have been worse the Persecutors they thought that their Trade would have been better The Sufferers they did not expect to have enjoyed that which they now enjoy it was above their Faith and beyond their hopes The Persecutors they did not believe nor fear that they should have seen and beheld the things they now see This great disappointment hath filled the one with joy and gladness and the other with rage and madness God hath overtaken his People with preventing mercies and hath reproved his enemies in the way he hath opened the mouths of this people to bless God and the King for this Liberty granted to them and hath tyed up the hands of Persecutors and this makes them blaspheme O let men praise the Lord for his wondrous works and let them know that the most High God doth whatsoever he pleaseth in the Kingdoms of men Psal 135.6 2. Of the way other Kings have given Liberty of Conscience to their Subjects because they were of their persuasions but this King gives Liberty of Conscience to all his Protestant Subjects though himself be of another persuasion and in this he out-shines in glory all the Crowned Heads that were before him The King thinks that our perswasion is the wrong and we believe that his is not the right nevertheless this does not lessen