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A47883	A memento, directed to all those that truly reverence the memory of King Charles the martyr and as passionately wish the honour, safety, and happinesse of his royall successour, our most gratious sovereign Charles the II : the first part / by Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1662 (1662)	Wing L1270; ESTC R19958	132,463	266

Schismes may be kept out of the CHURCH Their Encrease hinder'd and the Seditious Consequences of Them Prevented with the Remedies of other Mischiefs arising from Disorders in the CHURCH SInce so it is that Divisions in the Church have no further Interest in This place then as they Lead to Seditions in the State the shortest Cu●t I know will be to reduce all of That Tendency to Sr Francis Bacon ' s Notable Comprizall of Them under Two Properties If a New ●ct have not Two Propertyes fear it not for says he it will not spread The One is the Supplanting or the Opposing of Authority established For Nothing is more Popular than That The Other is the Giving Licence to Pleasures and a Voluptuous Life For as for speculative Heresyes such as were in Antient Times the Arrians and now the Arminians though they work mightily upon Mens Wits yet they do not produce any great Alterations in States except it be by the Help of Civill Occasions Now when a Prince meets with a Faction Thus Marq'd let him Look to himself for there are against him the best Counterfeit of a Friend and the most Deadly Composition of an Enemy the Strongest of all Allurements the most Popular of all Designs and the most Rationall Meanes to Accomplish it But the Question will be How to Prevent what is not as yet Discover'd To which we answer that the Sect here spoken of is New either Absolutely or Comparatively If Absolutely Observe what Carnall Interest they drive If Comparatively marque what Copy they follow and Measure the Disciple by his Master One Safe and Certain Remedy be the Novelty what it will is not to suffer any Innovation whatsoever without a warrantable Authority no not so much as a Publick Dispute against an Establish'd Order from a Private Person Nay more let the Dissent be Right or Wrong 't is the same thing as to the Reason of Government though not so to the Conscience of the Dissenter Suppose the Subject of an Idolatrous Prince within his Masters Dominions and Contrary to his Expresse Order Preaches against the Religion there Establish'd he does well to Discharge his Conscience but let him have a Care of the Consequence for if in Order to the making of Good Christians he makes Bad Subjects his Zeal will hardly acquit him of Sedition God does not allow of Proposing Good Ends by Ill Means and of Reforming Religion by Rebellion Let him have a Care likewise if he comes to suffer for well-doing how he behaves himself for if he but open his Mouth against the Civill Magistrate as a Persecutour he betrayes himself to be an Hypocrite There are Two Sects whom I dare say This Doctrine will not please i.e. the Pontifical Presbyterians and the Rigid Iesuites The Latter of which have for Convenience sake been True to One King The Former give the Devill his Due since Presbyterians had a Being were never True to Any or if they ever were let him that Loves Them best or knows them better shew me but when where how and with a Noverint universi I do here declare I 'll make a Publique Recantation Till Then wee 'll take the Presbyterian for the Cock-Schismatique and if Sir Bacon's Note holds Good the Dangerous New Sect against Whom no Caution can be too early no Importunity too Earnest no Restriction too Severe These are They that according to the Lord St. Albans Propagate Religion by Warrs Force Consciences Nourish Seditions Authorise Conspiracies and Rebellions That put the Sword into the Peoples hand and Dash the first Table against the Second In short all Those Popular and Supplanting Politiques which we find only here and there Scatter'd and Thin in Other Sects are by These People drawn into a Practicable Methode a Set-form of Sedition They Govern Their Looks their Words their Actions Nay their very Dresse Garbe and Accent by a Rule They are Instructed when to Beseech and when to Expostulate when to Flatter and when to Threaten when to Offer and when to deny when to Presse Swearing and when to Declaim against it when to Save and when to Kill In the first Scene ye have the Schismatique upon his Knees begging his Prince into a Dispensation for Scrupulous Consciences that perhaps stick at such and such Ceremonies the Crosse the Surplice or the like Let but the Sovereign Comply Thus far and what 's the Fruit of This Indulgence Within a Day or Two they come for more and by Degrees more still till at the Last they find the Government of the Church as Troublesome as they did the Rites of it and Bishops as great a Grievance as Ceremonies Where the King Stops They Cavill and now from Petitioners for Freedome to Themselves they are Grown to be most Insolent denyers of it to Others Their Art is next to Tune the People which is best done by the Pulpit where One half of their Businesse is Invective against Prelacy and the Other is spent in Well-Acted Supplications that God would turn the Kings Heart Accompting His yielding to all They Aske as a Divine Assurance that their Prayers are heard But if the Monarch still holds out what Pitty 't is they Cry so sweet a Prince should be Misled and Then they fall upon his Evill Counsellours still Taking all he Gives and Strugling for the Rest till having first Disrob'd him of his Rights Depriv'd him of his Friends Step after Step they attempt his Sacred Person and at last take away his Life Here 's their Glorious King the End of all their Vwues and Covenants Their Prayers and Fastings or in a word the summe of their Religion It was great Blasphemy says Sir F. B. when the Devill said I will Ascend and be like the Highest But it is greater Blasphemy to Personate God and bring him in saying I will Descend and be like the Prince of Darknesse and what is it better to make the Cause of Religion to descend to the Cruell and Execrable Actions of Murthering Princes Butchery of People and Subversion of States and Governments He that stands firm against not the Wit or Bravery but the Fawning and Treacherous Insinuations of This Faction may make himself sport with all Other Practices and Combinations whatever and That Prescription which helps This Evill serves for all other Publique and Intestine Maladies I think we may be Positive that there neither is nor ever was in Nature any Society of Men without a Vitious Mixture under what Government or Governour-soever I think we may be as Positive likewise that Those Ambitious and Unsatisfy'd Particulars with which all Constitutions are infested are only Deterr'd from troubling all Governments by the want of Opportunities to Plot and Contrive and by the Hazzards they meet with in putting Those Plots in Execution Wherefore it ought to be a Prince his first Care to Choak These Seeds of Discord which may be Effected by a Provision of Orthodox Ministers to the

The most Dangerous Poverty Corruption the Cause of Scarcity * A word us'd in Westminster Schoole when a Boy Counterfeits Sick Private Hoards breed Publique Penury The Composition of Wicked Ministers of State The Misery of them If either they look Back Forward Round about Above them B●low or within them The Sollic●tous estate of the Guilty Taxes may cause or occasion a Scarcity divers wayes Subj●cts are to Obey without Disputing ☜ Note Leave no Marque standing to remember a Discourtesie by Josh. 4. 6. Shiftings passes for Wisdome Excessive Building Knavery of ●radesmen Pride The Co●ntry is sure to be undone by a Wa●r The Fruits of it A Discontented Nobleman Ambition Pride R●venge The Rich Chu●le The Contentious Free born●Subject ☜ The Dangerous mixture of a Representative The Designing Party Their Industry and Combination The Matter they work upon Their Maner of Proceed●ng ☜ The Perm●tters of Seditious Contrivements The Deserters of their Trust are taken off by Profit Pleasure Vanity by Sloth and Neglect ☜ by Partiality Passion Fear or Personal Animosity Fools are fit Inst●um●nts for Kn●ves Love and Reverence are the Pillars of Majesty The Power of a Prince depends upon the Love of his People The Gr●unds of Sedition Let a Prince Stick to his Laws and his People will stick to him The Oath of Protecting implyes a Power of Protecting Where a King has it not in his Power to Oppresse his People They have it in Theirs to Destroy their King ☜ A Mixture of Indulgence and Severity Obliges the Loyall and Aws the Refractary The Influe●ce of Prudence and Courage A● Prince that bears Affronts and Familiarities from his Subjects Lessens himself How to hind●r the Spr●ading of a Seditious Humour ☜ Let a Prince keep an Eye over Great Assemblies Let him be Qu●ck and Watchfull The mostdange●●us of all Sects A sure way to prerent Schisme Have a Care ☜ The Presbyterians Set-form And Methode Their Modesty ☞ The means of Preventing Schisme Object Petition f●● Peace pag. 4 5. Answ. The Hazzards of Toleration ☜ The Founda●ion of Presbytery ☞ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pag. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pag. 239. Let Pagans blush at These Christians ☜ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pag. 263. The Growth of Schisme ☜ A Noble Resolve Let the Prince Reform betime And Impartially Note Ambition is the Cause no matter what 's the Cry Corrupt Divines and Lawyers are in the forlorne of all Rebellions ☞ But the Contrary are the Pillars and Blessings of Society The Common Crime of Vitious Lawyers is Avarice The Basest of Corruptions An Ignorant Judg is a Dangerous Minister And so is a Timorous A hard matter to make a good choice A Rule to Chuse by He nug● s●ri● duc 〈◊〉 in mala ☞ A way to prevent Treasonous Mistakes The Contrivers of Seditions are of Three Sorts The Puritan ☞ Religion is but Talk Every man for himself A Traytour is of no Religion No ill Story The Presbyterian has gotten a Streyn A Ceremony may be as well impos'd as a 〈◊〉 ☜ ☞ Ambition dangerous in a Favourite A Caution Ambition does better in a Souldiour then in a Counsellour It is the Interest of a Prince to dispose of Offices by Particular Direction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pag. 240. How to 〈◊〉 an Insolent Favourite The Danger of a Favourite that upholds a Faction And menage of his Design St. 〈◊〉 Bacon ☜ How to disappoint an Ambitious Design Favourit●s necessary to the Prince and desirable to the People Concerning the Choice of Servants Let them be Honest and Fit Of approved Loyalty to th● Father Not upon Recommendation Publique Natures for Publique Places Not One to all Purposes Let a Prince set his Confident his Bounds afore-hand In Points of Conscience Honour and Convenience let not a Favourite presse the Sovereign The Danger of Over greatnesse as to the People A Proud man in Power Easily crush'd A Covetous Great man The Mischief of False Intelligence Good Advice 〈…〉 Counsel 〈◊〉 ☞ Prudence provides for the worst Reward and ●unishment keep People in Order Honest Truths are Dangerous A Case put The Lower Region of the Court. Four or Five Beggers in Chief ☞ Corrupt Officers a General Pest. Ill-Pay the reason of Ill-Payment Want of Mony makes People Religious The Ill-principled Courtier Dangers from the Camp How Mutinies may be caused ☜ Good Pay will bear good Discipline Modelling and Dis●banding are dangerous How to New-Modell an Army How to Dis-band The Causes of Revolts A good Choice is the best Security against a Revolt The Danger of an Ill●order'd City ☜ Pretext of Religion is a danger●us and wicked Quarrell Is there a God Or ●s there None All Seditions proceed from Misgovernment Begin with the Clergy to prevent Schisme Let the Magistracy be well-affected Oppression procur'd by Ill Instruments ☞ Though the Levy be Extraordinary let the way be Ordinary Privileges are Sacred ☞ Poverty is a terrible Enemy The Prince not to forsake his Metropoli● Let the Choice be Legall and Prudent ☜ Better the Sovereign Reforme then the Counsell The effects of a Good Choyce and of a Bad. The Mischieves of Partiality ☜ 〈◊〉 a ●yranny then 〈◊〉 Anarchy The Antient Prudence of England for the Preven●ing of Sedit●ons The Custome of 〈◊〉 or Frank-Pledges The Condition of it Oathes of Allegeance The Judges Charge concerning T●easons c. Knights Service Commission of Array Libido Dominandi Causa B●lli Sal. The King is above Ambition And the Commons Below it ☞ The Interests of the King and Commons are Inseperable The Peerage are either as Petty Kings 〈◊〉 Subj●cts The Excellent Government of England was subver●ed by a mean ●action Security lost us ☞ A word to my Back f●iends Object Answ. Ask Doctor Owen and 〈…〉 That was Anglic●e D. ● A Private Person may discover a Publique Enemy The King the Law the Parliment and the Counsell are Sacred Beware of Imputing the faults of a Faction to the Government The Faction has a great Advantage The Presbyterians are True to their Principles but not to their Profession Their Industry ☞ Two Libels The Libellers Character Kings had need to be well enform'd ☜ ☞ 8 H. 6. 11. 11 H. 6. 6. Edict Iuly 7. 1606. Ill Appearances The Custome of Frank-Pledges revived ☜ Discoveries Rewarded Judges in their circuits are good Intelligencerg ☞ How This Discourse may become usefull Treasons Encouraged ☜ Why was Late King Murther'd Not for Religion Nor Tyranny Nor Cruelty Nor for want of Abilities and Valour Nor for Impiety or Intemperance The Kings Indulgence was his Ruine Presbytery is a Specifique Poyson to Monarchy king Iames his Answer to a Presbyterian Queen Elizabeth ●uieted the Schismatiques by Severity S●r did King Iames. Three Disadvantages of King Charles the martyr The Originall of his Troubles The Progresse of them The House of Commons Affronts him The King put to a sad Choice ☜ The Kings Speech The Bounties of the Faction are Baites The Petition of Right His Majesties first Answer to the Petition of Right The Commons Cavill The King Passes the Bill The Commons Requitall His Majesty Explains himself The Commons Inquisition and Insolence ☜ The Protestation of the Commons Their Contest and Dissolution The Kings Mercy Abus●d ☜ Abus'd again ☜ The King Betray'd by his Counsell Scotch Declar. Pag. 124. The Kings Mercy again abus'd The Ingratitude of the Scotch Presbyterians Now see the English The Bounty and Grace of the King The Requital of the Presbyterians ☞ His Majesties Patience and Goodnesse Ruin'd him The Kings grand Fatalityes