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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

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 Independants Roman-Catholicks Popish Church-men The perpetual Addressers of the King The Second Edition Prov. XXIV ver 21. My Son Fear thou the Lord and the King And meddle not with them that are given to Change LONDON Printed for the Author And are to be Sold by most Booksellers in London and Westminster 1690. AN HISTORY OF THE Rise Growth Reign Supports and sodain fatal Foyl of POPERY c. RAiling Accusation was such a thing as Michael the Arch-Angel durst not use against the Devil Jud. 9. But when Men speak Evil in such cases by surmise only of things which they know not and that of Dignities ver 10. 8. Then woe unto Them saith the Apostle for that they are in the way of Cain and are greedily running after the error of Balaam for reward and are threatned that They shall perish in the gainsaying of Korah ver 11. These are spots in our feasts Now in all National and Publick Affairs it is the Duty of all good Christians to perform all Offices and acts of duty with utmost Charity as They tender the wellfare of the common good of Their Country wherein They inhabit But of all such National Affairs none call louder for acts of pure Charity than the Election of grave and wise Magistrates and Councellors who are to sit at the Helm in order to manage the great Councils of a whole Kingdom Wherefore to hear of Schisms and Factions in such cases savors exceedingly of the spirit and temper of Cain who slew his Brother and why But because his own works were evil and his Brothers good Joh. 3.12 Was it any wrong to the City of London that it had yet More men of Reputation to stand as Candidates to be Elected Members of Parliament to serve for that most famous and Metropolitan City of the Kingdom and that over and above and besides what had served immediately before Surely no but rather it is for the glory of that Noble City that it hath such variety of Choice But was it so that the Reputation and fame of the wisdom and vertue of the New Members did make the loudest noise above the Old Ones yet why should this breed so much the more envy What needed Malitious Lies to be strown into the Vulgar Ears in order to suppress the noise of Vertue and Honour Or what needed the Clamours of Anabaptists Presbyterians Quakers and Congregational-Men that cry'd down the choice by such Men as They said would bring in King James again to Reign over us That Popery is one of the greatest Annoyances that can befall this Kingdom and the bitterest Pill that can be prescribed for the Subjects here to take is a Doctrine past Dispute And to be an Instrument to introduce such Members of Parliament as shall purposely endeavour to set up such a Prince as certainly will Establish Popery in all that ever He can do savors neither of Charity towards this Church or Kingdom of England nor of Piety towards God What King James hath done is too well known And we cannot say but the Sin of the People hath justly deserved all that hath befallen us and not only so but also the whole of all those fears upon us that they should have come to pass even as we feared And what the wrath of God because of our Sins hath yet behind to throw upon us God knows And we may justly dread However it becomes not us to speak evil of Kings especially so nearly Related unto such by whose means we have received good things Leaving therefore that wickedness to be acted only by the wicked and devilish Railers let us only for the good of this Church and Kingdom make a strict inquiry out of the Publick and Weekly Gazettes who and what They were who were the greatest promoters of all these Evil things for the sake of which we cry out so much against King James On February the 6th 1684. King Charles the II. Died. And on the same day was Proclaimed James the II. as His only Brother and Heir And afterwards King James the Second having confirmed all Officers in Place as were before came into the Privy-Council Chamber and spake saying to this effect as follows That He would follow His Brothers Example in Clemency and Tenderness to His People That He would endeavour to preserve the Government both in Church and State as then it was by Law Established That He would always take care to Defend and Support the Church of England That He would never invade any Man's Property That He would go as far as any Man in preserving the Defence of this Nation in all its just Rights and Liberties This Speech by the King's Command was made Publick How He hath kept His Royal Word God knows it becometh not me to say On February the 11th came in the first Address from Portsmouth Garrison and the Society of Lincolns Inn Congratulating His Majesties Accession to the Throne and promising Obedience And henceforwards came in more February the 4th from Ipswich The East India Company Merchants of the Levant The Bishop and Clergy of London The Inner-Temple Middle-Temple London Grays-Inn Portsmouth Corporation Wells in Somersetshire Westminster c. And on the same day was King Charles the Second Buried Privately at Westminster in the Evening Henceforward followed Addresses from all Counties and most of the Great Towns all over England Scotland and Ireland and from most Parts of His Majesties Dominions And Ambassadors from all the Neighbouring Kingdoms and States did Congratulate On April the 23d 1685. King James the Second with Mary His Queen were both Crowned at Westminster with great Pomp and State at what time His Majesty took His Oath to do all things according to what he had afore promised on the day he came first to be King Now presently after His Majesty came to the Crown He began to shew Himself a Papist and openly went to Mass at His Palace at St. James's Notwithstanding which infinite numbers of Addresses of Congratulation were continually coming in unto His Coronation and after On the 23d of April also met the Parliament called in Scotland Which being Met did greatly Congratulate His Majesties Accession to the Throne with promises of much Obedience And this Parliament made an Act to confirm and secure the Protestant Religion as it was then Established by Arch-bishops and Bishops and did promise in a Letter to the King to do their best to Extirpate Fanatacism as in those days They counted and called the Presbyterian Government On May the 23d the English Parliament Met at Westminster At what time His Majesty renewed His Promises made at His first coming to the Crown viz. To maintain the Church of England and

Published on the same day April the 30th 1687. The Humble and Thankful Address of the King's Subjects commonly called Quakers in and about the City of London And these also glory in it that they were of Cabinet Council with the King acknowledging that They were privy to the design of the Declaration for Liberty long before it came forth and with great joy declare Their Thanks that they have such a King of such a Principle promising Him always to approve themselves His faithful and loving Subjects And on May the 25th came forth The Humble and grateful Acknowledgment of the peaceable Subjects called Quakers in this Kingdom from their usual Yearly Meeting in London the 19th day of the Third Month Vulgarly called May 1687. Bespeaking in all things as the former in the name of the Quakers all over England On June the 18th came forth The grateful Acknowledgement of the People called Quakers of Scotland Proclaiming God's wonderful Providence who made the King's retiring into their Country give an happy turn to His Affairs to the Defeating the Designs of His Enemies acknowledging His great Kindnesses to them for favouring them in 1679. And so proceeding in Hyperbolical Thankfulness they conclude with promises of Obedience On August the 18th much after the same rate was brought in from the Quakers of the West of Scotland And on August the 26th came the like from the Quakers of Ireland Transmitted to the King by the Earl of Tyrconnel the Lord Deputy there On September the 29th the King being in His Progress the Hearty welcome and humble Salutation of the peaceable Subjects called Quakers of Wales and the North West of England Bespeaking in their Canting way their welcome of him into those Parts their joy of Him and promises of Obedience And so also came in the Humble Congratulation of the peaceable Subjects of Bristol called Quakers bespeaking much as the rest These Quakers generally an Ignorant sort of People of uncertain Principles of Religion and without any orderly Confession of Faith have broached many old Haeresies and as is apparent have many hidden Papists among them and are thought to be much Popishly inclined and many of them appear as it were Paganish and seem as if inspired with Diabolical Delusions and Enthusiasms and are a dangerous sort of Haereticks pretending to be perfect in Righteousness full of the Light of the Spirit do much debase if not deny the use of God's holy Ordinances pretending to be above them And therefore plainly appearing to be a People void of all Conscience damnable Haereticks And yet these also under pretence of Liberty of Conscience must have Liberty to sow their Tares of Haeresies all over the three Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland and boast themselves as the great Confidents of King James the Second And among the rest of the Pillars of Popery Voted for the Old Members in London and were of the number of those Upbraiders of the New Members That they would bring in King James again After that of the Quakers on the same day April the 30th 1687. came forth the Humble Address of the Loyal Subjects of the Congregational Perswasion otherwise called Independants in and about the City of London Acknowledging His Majesties Declaration a Transcendent and Unparallel'd favour promising their constant Endeavour to answer His Majesties just Expectations from them that is to choose Members of Parliament for His Majesties Interest Approving themselves in Inclination as well as Duty His Majesties most Loyal Subjects These were the chief and prime actors in the Murther of King Charles the First as the Principal designers in the whole Tragedy And yet now to see to are as Zealous to make amends for all their Regicide by a most firm Affection and Diligence to maintain His Son in all His Popish Designs as from their own Profession is most plainly signified On May the 14th the Gratulatory Address of the People of the Congregational Perswasion of the City of Norwich was presented to His Majesty Acknowledging Him Placed on the Throne of this Realm by the most High God as Natural Legal and Rightful King it seems notwithstanding His being a Zealous Papist and violently Transgressing against the known Laws of the Land yet in the whole course of his Reign a Wise and Merciful King Also acknowledging that they are for Monarchy as the only An cient Legal and Rightful Government of this Nation It is to be remembred that these were the late Oliverians who turned out the Rump to set up the Protector That His Majesty hath taken care as a Common Father for the good of all his People Wherefore they shall adhere unto him as their King with all Loyalty Fidelity and hearty Service to their power On May the 17th was Published the Address of the Independents and Anabaptists together of which already said in the Anabaptist Address for Gloucester Now these Independents either spake truth from their Hearts or Dissembled If the last Then who shall believe them hereafter If the first Then they are still in their Hearts for the bringing in of King James again And if so why then upbraided they the New Members of London lately Nominated that they would bring him in But will they say they are Changed yet must they go for Impostors and false Villains for King James kept fair with them to the last however he Opprest the Church-men But what can we expect from the Sons of Murtherers They smell of the Bloud of the Father they are false to the Son and cannot be true to the Grand-child And it 's to be fear'd in the end will be found false to their own Souls On May the 28th came forth the Joynt Address of the Independents and Anabaptists of Bristol which has been mentioned before in the Addresses of Anabaptists And on June the 11th appeared another Address of the Loyal Subjects of the Congregational Perswasion dwelling in Ipswich Eury St. Edmunds c. in Suffolk Acknowledging King James to be their Covering Cherub under whose refreshing Shadow they promise themselves Rest Promising truly to subserve therefore the Interest of His Majesties Power and Greatness Which in plain terms was as much as to say The Advance of the Popish Religion At the same time also was Published the Humble Address of the Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects of the Congregational Perswasion of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk Acknowledging Praising promising and Praying as their Fellows before them On July the 4th became Publick the Humble Address of the Loyal Subjects of the Congregational Perswasion of Bidford in Devonshire And another August the 2d of the same of the Norfolkshire-men And another September the 1st of the Presbyterian and Congregational Nonconformists of Macclesfeild in Cheshire And another September the 29th of the Congregational Perswasion of the Counties of North Wales and Shrewsbury And October the 17th another of the same together with the Presbyterians and Anabaptists of Pembroke Caermarthen Cardigan and Swansey in Glamorganshire And November

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

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

establish that great Schisme of their own Popery And thus we find the Roman-Catholicks the Anabaptists the Presbyterians Quakers Independents and Popishly inclined Church-men all link'd together in as fast a Bond of Friendship as faith and truth by Vows and Promises can tye them together in furthering the Declaration and Design of Establishing Liberty of Conscience upon the Basis of Heresie and Schism and finally to introduce Popery Now after this Foundation laid wherever any of these Six sorts of Papish Pillar-men got in to be a Mayor of a Corporation thence immediately followed an Address from that Corporation to the same effect as each Sect had afore Addressed But hitherto His Majesty had transgressed no Laws excepting that he had admitted Popish Officers into the Army and into other Places of Trust for which He pleaded Necessity However the Parliament then in force not approving thereof was Dissolved after two Adjournments and ten Prorogations in effectual was finally Dissolved July 2d 1687. Notwithstanding Necessity had no Law that putting in of Popish Officers in all Places of Trust was to be born with On February 12th 1686 the Earl of Clarendon being Removed the Earl of Tyrconnel was settled Lord Lieutenant of Ireland And on March 11th Henry Lord Arundel of Wardour a Papist was made Lord Privy Seal About the same time or before the Earl of Rochester Uncle to the King 's two Daughters for standing firm to the Protestant Religion according to the Church of England was removed out of Place from being Lord Treasurer and the Place put into Commissioners hands Popishly inclined And the Earl of Sunderland a Papist was made Lord President of the Council On February 8th the Lord Castlemain His Majesties Ambassador to the Pope had Audience But after the Addresses once began to come in thick then the King ventur'd to receive a Publick Ambassador from the Pope with all the Honours and Ceremonies usually observed on the like Occasion This was done at Windsor on July 5th 1687. And on November 11th Father Petre the King's Confessor and Clerk of the Closet was Sworn of His Majesties Privy-Council and took his Place at the Board And on November 17th was published a Book called An Agreement between the Church of England and Church of Rome Evinced from the Concertation of some of her Sons with their Brethren the Dissenters Such was the Fruit of the Addresses made by the Sir Pillars of Popery On December 11th His Majesty being encouraged by the abundance of Addresses began to view the List of His Justices of the Peace in all the Counties and of the Deputy Lieutenants and to turn out of Place all such as would not be for His Declaration of Liberty of Conscience and for taking off the Penal Laws and Test Whence great numbers in all Counties were turned out and Phanaticks Papists and popishly inclined Persons came into Place And about the same time or soon after all Corporations were Regulated by absolute Power and all Men adhering to the Law were turned out and Phanaticks Papists and popishly inclined Persons were put in place And hence it came to pass that all the Corporations in London became Regulated and filled with Hereticks and Schismaticks whence followed infinite Addresses from all these New Corporations and from all the New Model'd Companies After this it was that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had been put in power and had begun to execute great power of Oppression over many of His Majesties Consciencious Subjects The Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London beloved of most Men for his Fatherly care of the Church against all Law and Reason had been Suspended And on December 10th The President and Fellows of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford against all Law and Conscience were decreed and pronounced uncapable of being admitted into any Ecclesiastical Dignity These by force appointed by the Commissioners contrary to all Rules of Law had been turned out of their Freeholds on the 30th of November before On January the 23d was published The King 's right of Indulgence in Spiritual Matters with the Equity thereof Asserted By a Person of Honour About this time Commissioners were appointed and made Enquiry after all Monies received for Fines in the case of Seditious Meetings called Conventicles March the 1st was published a Book called The Legality of the Court held by His Majesties Commissioners Defended And also A Defence of the Doctrine and holy Rites of the Roman Catholick Church Against Dr. Burnet's Mystery of Iniquity Unveiled Unto such an height of Popery was the Kingdom ascended and all by means of the Sir Pillars of Addressers for alas the Popish Interest of it self was pitifully inconsiderable But by the union and conjunction of these Sir Pillars it began to look formidably And the King presuming upon the strength of the Pillars was meerly drawn in and encouraged beyond all His hope at His Coronation when he first promised and then Swore to defend and maintain the Laws of the Land Whence it may be safely maintained that wherein soever His Majesty hath acted against Law as is now generally alledged contrary to his Oaths and Promises although the Breach was really His own proper act yet the greatest blame thereof lyes at their Doors who by pleading Conscience to do the greatest Wickedness drew him in to comply with them and by promising to stand by and assist hiw to the last Breath encouraged him to do what otherwise in all likelyhood He never had intended For when it was declared by His Majesty on April the 27th 1688 what was His Majesties further will and pleasure concerning His Declaration of Indulgence He said expresly We are encouraged by multitudes of Addresses and by many other Assuances we receive from Our Subjects of all Perswasions as Testimonies of their Satisfaction and Duty to see it preserved without Distinction And in the same Declaration he further saith In pursuance of this we have been forced to make many Changet both of Civil and Military Officers throughout our Dominions c. Whence it fully appears that what by means of the Addresses and by means of private Assurances from the Parties Addressing before the Addresses came forth His Majesty was unhappily drawn in to do all those things which are counted ill ever since his Reign For as may be well observed many Addresses do boast of a Confederacy with His Majesty as to the substance matter of their Addresses from before the time of His Majesties coming to the Crown Hence followed the Orders issued forth directed unto the Arch bishops Bishops and the Clergy to read the King's Declaration in all their Provinces Dioecesses and Churches therein Which thing they humbly conceiving to be a matter against the known Laws of the Land and not fit to be done so many of them as were then in London did humbly Petition His Majesty to be excused from such reading and shewed their Reasons in their Petition But this Petition being judged Scandalous the Arch-bishop