Doctor Sacheverell's defence in a letter to a member of Parliament, or, Remarks upon two famous pamphlets, the one entituled A true answer to Doctor Sacheverell's sermon preach'd before the Lord Mayor November 5, 1709, the other (a sham pamphlet) entituled Doctor Sacheverell's recantation

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' T)o6iov Sacheverelfs

DEFENCE.

I N A

LETTER

T O A

M E M B E R of Parliament.

REIVIARKS

UPON TWO

Famous Pamphlets,

The one entituled,

A True Jnfrver to Do£lor SacheverelPs
Sermon, Preach'd before the Lord Mayor,
November 5. 1709.

The orhcr (a Sham-P.imphler) entiruled,

Doa:or Sacheverelh R E C A NTATION.

"" By R. G.

Ecce Par Deo ciigmum Vir fort is cum
Mala fortufictCompofuus. Sen.

J^ONJyON: \'i\A:^.\ i- r i"h> L^dt^ at th<-
Bi{hoi>'s-Head in Litt'e Britain. 77 10,

Dodor Sacheverelts Defence^

I N A

LETTER

T O A
\ MembcrofPARLIAMENT.

Honoured Sir,

AMoDgft the many Pamphlets that lye fo thick upon
the Compters ia fVeftminfler-Hall, you may pofiibly
have taken Notice of Two very Famous Ones, Tcf-
pecialJy for Uotruths,) the One Enciculed, A True Anfwtr
ta Dr. SachevcrcllV Sermon, #Cc. aad the other Doilor Sache-
vcrell's ^cantat'm,

Thefe Two make a great Noife, and the Party cry thcro
«^ 3s unaufwcrable.

When I had read Two or Three Pages of them I was aniaz'd

to find the Auth'rs, (who fcem to be Pcrfons of Tolera^

;ble Learnirg and Senfe, fo far abandon'd to their Paffioos and

;Interefts,as to havenorajnacr Ok Regard to Truth, or common

' 'Hcnefty, ia the Wriiiaos chey fo audacioully publilh to the

V/oria.
: I thought at the fame Time ic was a Pity fuch Cheats and
impofturcs fhould be tckra;cd without feme Notice taken of
; them. Aad finding that Nobody had made any Reply to them,
* could not but chmk it mi^hr do fome Service to the Publick
(to undeceive the Uavvary,) by beftowiog fome few Remarks
^pom them.

The other little Pamphlets agsiaft the Doftor are fcarce

; jworth the Hawkers Labour. But thefe being written by the

'Champions of the Party, defcr^e fome ObfervatioDS to be

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The Worthy DoOor (when he is enhrg'd; I hrps will gi>e
■ ell his Advcrfaries an uoanfwerable Anfvvcr ; Fcr ne can bcft
do chat himfelF.

The firft comes our underthe Title of A True Anfsrer, and
in the Margin of the Title Page retorts upon the Doftcr this

Paragraph of his Sermon li% do they pelt her rvitb

more Biafphemous Libels^ and Scurriloks Lamp'jQns^ than ever
were pubHJ}}'d in OlivcrV Vfarpation.

Dr. SacheverellV Seunm^ Nov. -5, 1709.
This Pafl*geof ihe'Diflcnters prefcm Behaviour lovrarJs
the Church, this MiJepcrc Aofwer applies to the prefcnc
Eenaviour of the Church towards the DilTenrers. Aa eafie
Way truly of anfwering Sermons. This is jufi like the Hu-
m ur of a B4wd, who to be thought as VertUJia as her
Neighbour) returns her Home in her own Language, and
thou art a Wbore. This is more like jumbling of Words, crack-
ling of Thorns, Noife and Flame, thaa wha: the Aafwerer
(in his flrain'd Eloquence) pretends to find in the Dcftor's
Sermon ; but what immediately follows in this Aofw'rer
is moft intolerable, v/>, his Malicious Uachnftian Suggefti-
on of the Doftor's ill L'fe and Converfation, This is aft-
ing Satan, the Grand Liar and Accufer, with a Witnef*.
Well, his Angels will do to Chrift's Minifters wflat the
Devil did to Chrift himfelf. It is certainiy one of
it: the grcatefl Sins a Man can commit to invent Lies
of an lanocent Perfon. It is finning as it were with a Care-
rope, as the Prophet expreffeth it. The Man muft be s
Reprobate that can commit fo foul a Sin -, bid Defiance to
- his Confcicnce, and Religion, aodHumaciy. This is wouad-
--^ ing a Man in his moft Tender and Senfible Part. T^e Ic-
^ jury that is done to a Perfon's Repota;ion, bv telling and
publifhing a Scandalous Lie of him, is irreparable; Fcr fup-
p:ife the Liar fhcHJJd hive the Graceto Recant, (which isfel-
dom his good Luck,) feme will Hill believe him, not know-
ing of his Recantation. And therefore fuch a Reprobate as
^-v our Anfwerer is , were he to fwing by his Neck for the Inju«
■^ ry he has done the Doftor, by this Barbarous Sjggcfiionjcaa-.
^<j not make him fuffiieni Reparation.
^ It is Happy the Dolor's Life is fo well known co have been
"\fo Regular and Exemplary, that this Slanderer could noc
have doce his Caufe grqaier Differvice tfwn by raifing fuch
a Report. When the DiTenrers are at any Time preli hard
by Argumenrs, then, they fi'l to Railing, and run cothc Old
Pretence of Purity and Scriftnefi, the comm'^a Cant at -ail
Seits in alliTimis ; not that they themfdves are genera''v.
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and ia reality, any better than other Mea, only they wou'd
fheir 3 fair Oiufide at leaft, and be thought fo.

Buc this Man was in the Gall cf Eicternefs : G-^d gram that
he miy repent hitn of this Unaccountable Shi, that the
Iniquity of his Heart may be forgiven.

After this SoandaJous Kind cf a Preface, he proceeds to
traduce the Doftor guilty ii' his jerm:n of Improprirry of
Speech., Nonfencc, Impertinence, Lies, and vvhac not ? He
was avvare of the Sayinj^, — — Thytrv a great deal of Dirt-, and
fomewill ftkk^. \Xth\ But to prove Impr >priecy of Words
and Phraics upon him, he quotes Page tne Fifth, v\hcre we
read [Conclave of Jefuits,'] which this Anfwercr th-nks fliould
have Dcen more properly [Congregation of Jefuits.'] Now let
Bv tell niiD, there is juft the ^ame difference between the
Term [C^ncUve] and [Congregation of Je(uiti'\ as there is be-
tween a Conventitle'] and a (Me?tin^ of Schifm ticks.) A
Mao that is finking, and has nothing ro hold him up above
Water will eacch at Reeds ana Bulrulhes. The ATfwercr
docs not produce under this Head, fo much as O :C Se^iteQce
thn >s impr )pcr, nor indeed nnpertinen:, airhough he is
pleas'd ro fay, That to preach againli Schifm on tbl e^thof No-
vember, is to mock. God, and to deceive the Feople.

Wiat ? Was ti mocking of God co lay, (as the Doftor
did) That they were mcc together that Day to nraife God for
the Mercies of it ? Was it to deceive the People to forewarn
them of the Dan 'er of Kia^-kiilinj; Principles, and tr ftacd
as much upon the Guard a^ainfl Schifm as againft Popery,

Whac Ditfrrer.ce, ? pray, is there becweena Deluded Dif-
fenter and a Deluled Papift ? And if botn be dangerous to
our C lurch ano Scare, why may not a Strmon on the 5th
of November be as Itafonable againft me one as againft the
iher ?

The Diffeoter will not allow us the fame Liberty they
take t:heralelves. They call us at al. Times Idclarers,Pipifts,
Jacobites, and the w rft of Names; and yet if we lay but a
Ward in our o^n Defence, we muft be prcfently called
Perfecutors and Difturbers of the publick Peace, and at their
Furious Inftigation nftuft be treared accordingly.

01 But fay their Friends, it !s unleafonable to meddle
with them now we art eaj:,ag'd in War with a Fjrmidable
Enemy Abroad, and theitfore we fliould cadeavour to keep
all quiet at Home.

Now, Sir, the DifTenters know too well Cwithout being
tokj that it 'stf.c Nation's Intercft 10 be at Peace with them.
And it is tiiiir own ^ntereft (if they would confider i^
to be zi Pciice with us. Aod we fokmaly declare wd fboutd

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be glad to be at Peace with them up^n Reafbnablc Terms.
Bucif thfy will make Advantage of this War, aid take this
Opportunicy to carry on their Dsfigns, in o*der to uadcr-
mine us •, if thefc U.ircafon.blc Men will abafe the Govcra-
mcnt*s Charity and Moderation towards them : Will fly ia
our Faces, and endeavour to turn us ouc of our lohericance,
muft we then fie ftiil and let them alone ? Muft we ftay till
they become too ftrong for us i If wc do, I doubt we (hall
then piy dear far ourlModeration, and nud them as Cturl Ma-
flers as ever the Roman Cacholicks were.

They threaten us already wi hih-ir Screagthaad Numbcj
but it is all they can at prcfent do, to fliew cheir Tcctft.and
fnarl at us

This they do :o frighten the Qjeen and I'arliamcnt to
comply with their Excravagau Demaids,
Buc thefe are meer f^'u^- bears.

The Fly on the Coach whe 1 I'a icies he himfclfmakfs aJi
the Rattle, and raifes all the Dufi about him. But^Tharks
be to God, we have m')rc ihsn Sev-u Thoufar.a .t ffrael that
have not bow'd to Baal. Their Number :s n t fo formida-
ble, altho* it w^u'd be happy for them and us if it was
Icfs. It is in this Great C;tv that the Hc.'liience lageth
mofl. There are many Rici> and Populous Towns ia
ihe K n.?d m ;hat : ave nor a Mescing-Houfe for any Sort of
them ; and fome Counties too, that cannot make an Or-
dinary Congicgation. And as lor Strength, it is well
inown the Generality of them are only Poor Mechanicks.
The Rich here and there amongft them are butor Ycfter-
day, fprung up (like Mulhrooras) in an Inftantout '^f No-
thing. And the Majority of thefc have neither Educa-
cation, Lesrning, nor any Thing of Religion, befides Talk
and Outfide. And though their Looks betray many of theca
to be of a Doggcl, Obrtinate and Revengeful, Temper,
they arc not a; yet fo Strong, norfo Defperate, as to dare
openly to rebel.

On the other Hand, yoa may, Sir, affore your felf there
are of the Church of EngUni many Men of Noble and Loy-
al Extraftion, of great Fortunes, Power, and Intereft, Mea
of Merit. Religion, and Renowu, befides the great Ma-
jority of our Gentry and Comm«nality, that will make,
with the Inferior Sort, at Icaft Forty to One Diffenter, of
any One Particular Denomination : So that we need not
be afraid of their Number and Strength, (with whici they
fo oft^'Ji threaten us,) but truft to the Captain of our Sal-
vation, who has more thai/ Ten Legions at his Command,
that will be too many for Rebels, (how numerous focver,)
\ti them begin when they will, . A3 For

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T^or thefe Reafons, if they be wife they will fit ftill, andi
be contented with what they at prcfent enjoy with Peace,
rather tJwn provoke us to return upon themthc manylnjuries
and Indignities they have offer'd us hitherto witb Impunity.
Buc, J>ir, to return : Would you know what ii is that
really galls them in this Sermon i Why truly, Sir^it is this :
The Dorior endeavcnr'd to clear theChurchof Englrnioi
what the Papifts falfly charge Her wich,v/;f. of being ejUiUy
-guilty with the Diffenters of refifting and depoiing our
Kings ; fo chat now, fay the Papifts, the Church andDit-
Jenters both have laid alide the Doctrine ot Paflive Obedi-
cnca and Non-rcfiftance. No, fays the Do£lor, the Church
of EngUnd did not depofe King ^uma Vi £5 jirmis, nor
fettle the Crown upon the Frince of Orange upon theDe-
pofing Power, but upon the Vacancy of the Throne. And
I hope it will appear from the i'arliament's Proceedings
agnitift ths Dctior, that what he has told us, v/^. That
K'nij^ If'' iili um [olemnly difclaim'd the leaft Imputation of
fleiiltaoct in his Declaration is neither ftrange nor abiurd,
-as our Tnie Anfwerer would have it.
. Is ibis to b^ a Friend to the Papifts, as thefe Sons of Slan-
der reprefent the Do£\or ? What to deprive the Diffencers
of the Depjiing xowev ? Alas ! This is it ; to convince them
they rr/dH no longer refifl or rebel, (no, not for their Gain,)
is a Thought that Itrikes them to their very Heart.
: If the Doctor was the more Zalous at this Time of
Dav» had Ue not Gaufe f

St. Suphsu (chough he loft kis Life for it) thought it not
unfeafonabie to tell the g^ew* to their very Faces, they were
the IJetraytrs and Murderers of the Propnets, and of our
Lord himlelf i iCe Sn^'uecksd, fays he, and Vncircumcifed in
J^eartj ye do alpfayt. refji the holy Gboft^ us your Fathers
dio'y Jo do ye.

And DOW why may not fuch a Severity be juiiinable againft
Ketellion a:d King i^illing Trincipleb ?

Is ic not ihc Juj\ Judgment of God upon the DilTenter?,
the Curfe of Oi^', tiie Firft Murderer, for every One that
finds them, whether upon the 5th of November or the 3ath.
of ^i'n.ijry^ to have a Flirg at them ?

And now the Loitof has prick 'd them to the Heart, why
do. they not repent with the ^^rvi at the Preaching ot Peter,^
and lay, AUn ani Bntkrpi vcbat fnull we doi But mitead of
cbis they harden their Heats, arc Proof again^ ill Argu-
ments and Entreaties^ and Cnink of nothing more j' when
they are alarm'd, t.'.an of jufKfymg their Rebellion aad
Schiiin. Why niay not tfa^n a Mini3er of tiic Gofpcl cn-

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favour tkeir Converfion ? Why mijr he oot ia 6is
Zeal for God'i Glory, the Good of Souls, the Safety of the
Church, Queer, and Kiigdom, ufe Boldnefs and Freidoin
of Speech ?

Yea, Woe be to him, and every Minlfter clfe, if he
keeps Silence when it is his Duty tofpeak.

In the next Place, the Anfwerer accufes the Doftor of
Nonfence, and to prove it he produces P. 8, where (by
Miftake) we have the Word [with'] inftead of [rtitbout y\
new this mighfpoflibly be only the Printer's Fault. But
grantiag he found the Word Co in the Original Copy, was
fuch a Miftake deferving of fo Critical a Remark, when
the Author's Meaning might be fo eafily conceiv'd without
it? This is altogether trifling and ridiculous, and espofes
at once, the Anfwerer's Folly as well as Malice.

He goes on after the fa^^.e Rate, and would fain prove
the Doftor guilty of FalLhood, for faying the Gun-
Powder-Treafon is a Faft fo evidently acknowledged, the
Papifls themfclves arc fo far from denying, that they extol
it with the highefl Panegyrick ; Bere^ fays he, the DoSor
does nor do ths Paptfis ^ufiicf, (by the Way, the Papifts are
now oblig'd to the Anfwercr's Moderation towards theia,J
the Papifis, fays he, not only dinted, the Faii^ but sJfo
condemn" i it as a, VilUiay^ aiied bj a D^fper^te Pirty of
^ejuits ; I thought the Jefuits had been Papifts, till now
asy Anfwerer tells me the Papifls had no Hand in the Gun-
Powder-Plot, and that it wa& only carried on by a Party
of Jefuits. This is either Nonfenfe or ContradiSlon, ©r
both. And whereas he would infmuate that the Gun-Povir-
der-Treafon wasafted without the Privacy of Cenfcocof
the Papifts, that is altogether Falfe. For fure he cann'c but
know that the Papifts thiak it a Meritorious Work to Burn
and Extirpate Hereticks; nay, and have the Pope's Difpen-
fation, Blefliog, and Pardon, for it Now if he and bis
Party don't think fotheafelves, why do they charge aal
accufcusof Perfecuting them upon the fame Principles
that we are Perfecutcd by the Papi'is ? Why do they fay
we Perfecute them for the fame Reafon that the Papifts
Perfecute us, vi^. for Religion I We fee the |Djf'*
Centers can Sail with every Wind. One while they fay the
Papifts Barn, Perfecute and Extirpate Hereticks upon
Principles, and now, when it affefts them, they come ani
deny it.

Another Inftance the Anfwerer gives us of the Dofior's

Falihpodis in P. 19, where the Dotior had fald, Kjifg^W-

liim^ii[slaimd tks tei[} iw^uatm of ^fiftancs in bis Dedi-

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ntiotif when I dive be confident, fays the Anrwercr, tbh i*
the jirfl Time the Worldvoxsever told of fuch a Thing. Poor
Man ! as confident as he is, the WxDtld has been told over
and over this ; if he is defirous of Conviaion let him fearch
the Declaration itrelf, and Records, — -and it may be he
will find that to be true which he is now Co confident is
otherwife. He is confident with a Witnefs, and in an an-
gry Mood tells us, the Doitor doth not norotell us anjf

Jhirig but ij'aljc Story. Well ! then it feems (by his owa-
ConfeflBon) the Doctor had told fome Truths in the fore-
going Pages, though rhey were provoking and unfeafona-
ble. And whereas> he puts the Qiieftion, would the No-
bility and Gentry have protnijed to affi'.x the Prince in England,
mrthoutprejumirg thet muft refiH theKjr^g And iU HsFopip^jirmy ?
I anfwer, the Maj^irity of the Engl^h Nobility and Gen-
try, who invited the Prince over in thofe Perillous Times,
invited him not upon the Power they coneiv'd they had
to refift, or depofe King ^ames ^ but that the Prince's
coming over might be fome Awe to him, to prevent tke
dreadful Perfecution they were apprehenfive was then ready
to break in upon them. That this was their chief Aim,
appears from the Cafe of thofe who are faid to have invi-
te>' the Priuce into England^ who nevefthelefs rcfufed to
take the Oaths for him when he was fettled upon the
IThrone- This is faid to have been the particular Cafe of
the good Archbifhop Sancrojt.

Now, would they have laid down their Preferments ra-
ther than rake the Oath for King WiUirm had they con-
ceiv'd it lawful to de'p»lc King ^amesf Or wculd the|^
have mvited chePrinc« over upon the deposing Power,
and after that refufe to take the Oath for him ? No cer-
tainly. And why then will the Diffenters have it fo ? In
fhort then one Reafon is, they wou'd bring in the Church
oiEigh-.i ; guilty of Rebellion againft King ^ames, that they
may have fomcthingto fay to juftifte the Murder of King
Chxrlestht Fi^ft^ This is the Truth of ic.

Nexfe, he comes and falls foul upon theDoftor for hav-
ing abus'd A ichbifhop Grindal. He was a Man of their
Turn, and there, ore he is very angry with the Doftor, and
ff ends a great deal in the ArchbiQiop's Juflification.But what
is moft Foul in thcAnfwerer is-« — his Szyingyfbat tke Do^ofs
^fiection upon the Arckbifir,op teds only to cover a I(efieHion upon
Her Frefcm Mijifiy(ii\d now hisHand wjs in, it is aWondct
he had not broug'it in the King of France too,) and fome o*
thet Prelati'jfl fuppofe he means tficArchbilhopof C<jwteri«-
r/j now with what Julticc can he fay tbat tkrs was tp cover

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a Rcflcftioa upon Her Majefty ? Was It bis comparing Met
to QuetnEli^ihethf Her Royal Majefty Herfelf will think that
noReflcftioa at all* '^na if there is any Refleil'on upon the
Archbifhop of Cmterbury it is the Anfwcrer only has made
it, by making a Coraparifon between His Grace and Arch-
bilhop ^/-inrfj. lathe fame Breath, he fays, the Voctoir^^
is not to be trufted toitb Matters of Fact. And why fo ? Be-
caufe the Do^or affirms the fume of the Archbifliop, that I

fuppofe the Learned Bifhop of S m does ia his Hiftory

of the Reformation. I wonder any Man Ihould have tlte
Impudence t© deny fuch a plain Matter of Fail, fo faith-
fully recorded in the HKtory of thofe Times. This An-
fwerer t^kes the fam"? Liberty everywhere elfe, particular-
ly in p. i6, 17, il, where he reflects upon Archbifliop
Z.£M(f for having difturb'dthe Alb'. s of Orindul^ whom he
highly commends for a Man of Moderation. Now Arch-
bifliop L&ui was a Zealous and Judicious Writer againft Po-
pery, and yet the Diffenters could not, and cannot, endure
him. The Re .fon of that is plain : For though he was an
Enemy ro Popery, yet he was no Friend to Schifmaticks.

Our Anfwerer has now left us but Two or Three Para-
graphs more that deferve Remarks : All the refl of it is
meer Raillery and Spleen.

Inthefirft of thcfe Paragraphs you find^im in hisTriuraph
over the Doftor, for having mifapplied a Text cf Scrip-
ture. Bere^ fays he, / annot but fay ^ that many a Gooi
Chrjftian would have his Eyes lift up, and his Hair an End,
to have heard an hijiorical Part of Scripture tufn'd into an
apparent Faljhood. Behold! The Man is become a Saint all
in a Moment ; from a Liar and a Slanderer to an Angtl of
a Sudden. This WaS the only Mitake he could pick out in
the whole Sermon, which is ihe Realon he makes fo much
ado about it, as if it was of an Unpardonable Kind :*
Whereas, in Tru'h, it is a Miftake of no great Confequencc:
Nor cm it do any Manner of Hurt. It was only a Defeft
of his Memory, which is many a Sincere Hondft Writer's
Cafe. Bot how often do his Party wrefl the Scriptures to
more Deftruftivc Falflioods? How wretchedly do they per-
vert the Word of God to fcrvc the Vilcft Furpofes, even to
juflifie Rebellion and King-killing.

Buthetax^stheDoftor, Page ij, with a more Heinous

Crime, vi^. Of Infinccrity, of dealing deceitfully

with the Word of God : It is furprizing he Iwd not tax d
hin with Blafphemy or Apoflacy too.

An Infiancc of the Doftor's Infinccrity he gives us. Page

^4*1 where he ftys, the Word ?5via*/$Af/c«, (for lo he

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writes i£,) which the Do^t CKplains, is a New.co?n'd
Word, and not t ) b? found in the Ol<l or New Tcftament.
Either ths Aafwcfer ought to go to School agtin, and learn
his Greek Alphabet, or he muft own bimfei equally guilty
oi' Coining: For I dare be confident with him, that fuch
fl^Terra of Art ii to be found neitiicr ifl the Bible, rfor ia
any Prophaae Author.

However, I had noD been fo fevere upon him f^r fuch a
Miftake, had he not been lo Rude upon the Doctor for an
Addition of a Syllable 5 poffi'jly it was only an Eiror of
ihcPreif. But for the Doctor's Word, ''i'ivAa.J^zK'p](t,

• If this ADfwCrer underftands Greek, f which is hard for

e Man to do tha: cannot rghtly fpcll it,) he may often find
the Terms "^Psuc/Io? and 'AJ\iK<poi,even\n the Bible; ar.d
thea he need only confider tiem jointly m the Abttrad,
and he (ball fiad no Caufe of complaining, that this is aa
Additio 11 to the Word of God .

Really, Sir, I know noc whether I am not more afhara'd,^
or (to life his owa Terms) more <ick, or weary, of fuch a
trifling Anfwercr. He has nothing to do buc to carp ac
fmgle Words and Syllables. I (hall have doae with him
after that I have rcmark'd to you— -— how odious and con-
temptible this Malicious Writer endeavours to render the
Doftor to his Ecclcfiaftictl, as well as Civil, Governoars,
on Purpolc that fcc aad his Blood thirl^y Party may bring
about their Villainous De<l^ns againft him. But 'tis hop d
our Good Mirilkers will noc be whesdled by them : For,
Sir, the Eyes of the whole Nation ar<* now upon them, ex-
pefting the IlTue of thefe Proceedings.

Icann'tfee whererhe DaSor hasrcflefted ia his Sermon
on rheGood Bilhopsof f^^<rc//(rr, and of Litchfidi and Co-
^f»r>7, jfrom whohi, this Splenatick Scribbler fay-, the
iJoftor receiv'dhisBducaiion, and hiis liftlc <. ure, as he
terms it in Contempt. He tells us News : The Reftor op
Vicaroweahii Cure to thcBifliop. Yes 5 and fo does ihe
Bifhophis Bi(hoprick to the Queen. Doe.^ he not know
5t is the Bifhop's Dury to fill all Vacant Cures? And to
make Choice of the Fittel^ l^erfons to ferve them ? And
liow then does one Mitiiftcr owe his Cure to the Bi(bop
more th^n another ? Oa the Contrary, in many DioccfTes
tie Bif?iopsareoblig'd to their Curares, and not their Cu-
rates to them. I fuppofe icw'U be allow'd^ that if is the
Bifhop's Du:y to fee tha' ail the Chnrches in his Dloceft be
fluly ferv'd ; And is rot he oblig'd to any Minifter that
iervcs fo many of them for fo fmall 2 Pittance? Buc I let
thij pafj, — —and oa'y t-ikc Notk;'^ of Gac Invidious/'Re-

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flcSion more, which this Saucy Anfwerer cafts upoa the
Doftor's Birch and Family. The D^ttor is well known to
be originally defcended from Anceftors of great Meri: and
Fortunesi and it is many a Noble Family's Cafe to be reduc'd
to a lo\v Eftate. He that abafes a iy Man of Merit upon
this Account, isof che Devil's Extraction, of a Bafe Revil-
ing Sprit i and reproaches not the M A N, but his M A-
K E R, rvh'J huh made him to differ from anoihir.

And whereas this Author make? aj Apology for himfelf,
and fays he had not done it, had ic not b.en co (hew the
Doftor's Ingratitude to his BencfaSors; let him coifidci:
he could not (hew his Gratitude to his Benefaftors more,
cfFeftually than by telliDg them of their Duty, and Stirring
them up to a Confclencious Difcharge of it, and not to fuj-
fur Sin to lie upon them. He th»- does this out of a Coa-
Iciencious Principle, withouc Fawning, Sneaking, or biiv-
ing Mens Per fans in Aitnirstion, becaufc of Advantage, is a
Mjn, for his Rarity, to be lov'd and refpefted.

^s for the Doftor's Prayer for rhc (^ueen, (which this
Author refiefts upoQ for the Shortnefs of it,3 I dare be
confident, there is more Sincerity in it, becaufe it proceeds
from a Heart, whofe Principles are truly Loyal,) than in all
the Whining, Sel(i(h, and Strain'd, AddreflTesof his Fana-
tical Crew. One would wonder that the Anfwerer fhould
make fo Malicious a Suggeftion w.'-.en he could not but know
that the Doftor, in the very Firft I'age of his Serrn'O, ftfves
Her Sacred Majefty this very Hearty, Loyal, and J ui^, Cha-
racter, This Good and Pious R^lick of the l^oyal Fiyailyf fits
novt bippilj upon the Throne of Her Great Jnce(iors 5 happily in
rcfpe^i, [ hope, of the Honeft Do^ror in particular, in that
She tviU not deliver him up int$ the Hands of his Enemies. O
molt Sacred Queen, receive him into your Royal i'rocedion •

5ir, I am afraid 1 have trefpafs'd upon your l^acience al-
ready ; but I crave leave only to make a Remark or Two
upoa the other Phamphlet, entituled, Doilor SachevereU*^
]^c$ntation.

There is nothing new in that Tedious Pamphlet but the
Preface, which, the Publifher fays, is the Work of a very
learned and Judicious Writer. But his Prefacer (whoever
he \%) is of the fame Stamp with the Author of the True
Anfwer : For, in the very Fir(t I'aragraph of his Preface
he endeavours to impofe a moft Notorious Untruth upon

the World : Which is this, He tells us, his Book had

Dow'^ait the Seventh ImprelTions, and had not yet recf ivd
any Anfwer : Which is ralfe in Fa£t ; for there have been
ftveral Books publifh'dfince the pirft Edition of that, that

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jnay Terve for an Aafwer to T H A T, aod to all other Pim-
phlets of its Kind. This Pamphlet indeed feetns to have
been itfelf rietis^n'd For an Anfwer to the Church of Eng-
land for the Uareatfonableaefsof their SepeiMtion from it;
bat becaufe it was not thought worth iiiy Man's Pains to
give it a Foroiil Reply, the Prefacer to this laft Irapref-
fion of i*-, na.s the Vanity to think, and the Confidence to
boait, thas it is unanfwerable.

If the Publi tier had read the London Cafes, or Do^or
HeArn\ Bojks, or fome others on the fameSui5Je£l, he might
have found his Book ant'wer'd long before , and fmce he
now (upon the Account of Doftor SacbsvereU's Troubles)
trumps upon us on Antiquated Grub flreet Republican Au-
thor, I fliall meet this their Goliath with a Second of an Old
Honefl Loyalift in the Reign of King Cbttrks II.

And, Sir, if you pleafe, we will leave it to tbefe Two
Champions to decide the Battle for us.

Whereas then the Author oi the Preface fays, that the
DilTeaters, to the Number of 8oo», were perfecutcd in King
Ciii/^/tJlI'sTime purely upon che Score of Religion, my Au-
thor proves the Contrary , nainely, that the Diffenter in
King Charles's Time were not perfecuted as Saints, but puni-
fhed as Rebels and MaleSors. And this he does by ftating
the True Notion of Perfecution after the following Method.

To be perfecuf^d for Riffhieoufnefs Sake, is after either of
thefe Three vVays. (i.) Foe perfevering patiently and ftead*
faflly in iJic PiofelTion of the Cbrittian Faith. Or, (2.) For
the Performance of that Duty which we owe to God the
Father, and our Lord JstusChrift, and to our Chriftian
Breihrtn, for their Sakes- Or, (3 ) When we are perfe-
cuted (as we are by che Church of J^ome) becaufe we don't
own that as an Article of Faith, or any l-'art of Chriftian
V/orfhip, wblvfj God hath n.>t declared to be lu: For, fee-
ing this cannot be done without making ProfelTion of a Lie^
or faying, we beiieve vvhat we can fee no Reafon to believe:
To fuffer for thisCaufe, is evidently to futFer beca'jfe wc
will not play the Hypocrites, or give the Lie co ou; own
C':-.nrci:nccsi and therefore, in St. /'etfr's Language, is to
fuifer forConfc^ence towards God,and foto fuff-r wrongfully,
an'' for Rightcoufners Sake. Now,fi'omhenLt we may learn
the True, Clear, and Diftinfl, Definition of Penecution.

Perfecution then is an Inflicting of Outward Temporal
Evils for the Exercife of True Religion. Thefe Outward
Temporal Evils are Threefold, (i.) Upon the Bodyj^^as
Baniihment, Imprifonmcnt, Tort^ares, and Death. Or,
(2.) Upc.i the Eftate, asPscuniary Mulfts, and Confifca-

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tton of Goods. Of, (9.) Upon One's Reputation and
Good Name, as Slanderings, kevilings, and Reproachful
Speeches ; in which Senle the Church of Englmi is daily
perfecuted by the DiiTenters.

The Exercife of True KeligioQ is the F^Atio FormaliSj i. e«
the Coottitutivt; Difference whereby Perfccution is diftin-
gui(h d trom all other Violence- wratfoever. For let
the greateft Reproaches and Tjdifnities uiler in the raoft
ESquifite Tortures, and li.t them be cor'.'udcd by a Death
asCruf^l ascneutraoir Maliceon ttaith.or Fury in HeU,caa
contri.e, yetunlefs thefe crcuresWc inflifteo for the Sak«
and Caufe < f Religion, \*e mav call them iEid-ed Mercilefs,
Inhuman, Umuturai, Cruelties, (otanyfuch lik? x'ame,)
but not Per.ecution. There can be no ' erfecutioa '. u for
Religion, i tnea ■ the True Religion : a ' rherefort tie
DiiTcnters Clamour of being Perfctu-"^ ir. Kin^ IturJesU's
Time, or fince, by endeavouring to liipprefs tnem, is no-
thing to the PurpolV, aad is only a 0«,derign'd to render
tie Church more odious to their Farty, by reprefentin^ us
as Barbarous and Cruel- To explain this more fully.

By Reiigioi J I meau tiie Worfhin ot God ; m-i by tke
True Religion, the Worlhipping him according to his Will ;
the which i;i ic hath pleafed him '<-> deliver to us in Wri-
ting, by the Miniftry of tie Prophets and Apottles, inthofa
Books (which by Way of Eminency) we caii Scriptures ;
fo that whatever Worfhip is'uot accordiog Co ihole Holy
Oracles is hoc true and acceptable, but falfe and vain ; ic
lieiagan UndoubEed Truth, i-'iatGod bsrh as much RighC
to appoint the Wa of hi? oaa Worfl^.ip, as to be woriliip-
ped. T hers arc moreovtr T*o Parts of Religio' , Credet'
da — i5'- -.'genda, i.e. Truttjs to be belief 'd, and Duties to
be perrormed , ^nd in both thelC; thebcriDture ii to be
our Rule and i^i.reftion.

He tjicreof thar is punifhed, citjier for believing thofe
Truths, or doing thofe Duties, tije Belief and • crformarce
of which thi^ Holy Scirpture requireth of him ; ar he <:.al
is punifhed for not believing thofe Thing: as Truths, wf.icti
are bu: ? 'liitics and Lies; or for not doing tho'e Tnmgs
as Duties, w'^ich arefintul and unlawful , h=: I lay, who
is punished upon the.s A-cuusts is properly aad faly per-
fecuted.

The Cafe then about Perfecution-, js it doth refpcft the
Diffenters, is briefly this. If choHr inlfances, 'or vihich
they •»>ercpunifh'u, be no Way reqaird of them in Hjly
Scripture, either for Belief or Practice: And it it (hah ap.
9^p up«Q fin^uii/y thdC(h^Cbucch cf £'^/^r^ requires

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nothini of them that is in Faith erroneous," or in Praftlce
impious ; If ,fhe enjoins them neither to believe Lies, nor
to commit any Sin : U not fo, nor fo, let the World then
judge where the Fault lay, and who they are (that with-
out Repentaace, which 'ti!- fcar'd is now little thought of,)
are tccuuntable for all thofe Separations andDivitions in
the Church, and all thofe Oiftraftions, Wars, Murders,
Rapines (the Natural Confequents of the former.) in the
State, which the'e Poor, Mifcrable, Divide(f, Kingdoms
have fofadly experienc'd.

O ! Euc lay che Clamorous DiHenrer?, Preaching and Pray-
ing, are neceilaiy Duties •, but they were puoifhed for them,
aud therefore punithed for neccfTary Duties, and confequently
Perfecuted, but we denv they were puo idled for Pleaching
and Praying, Quoad Subjiantiam^ as necefijry Dutes^ but
they vvcre punilhed f r not obfrrvin? tl oic CircumfUnces a-
bout Preaching and Praying, which Authority rcquireth of
them -, or they were punillied for not pertormiag thofc Du*
ties in fuch a Decent Manner as their Govcrnours require:
Or more plsioly yer, they «erc punifhed for not obferving
and fubmifcing to thofe Conflitucions which their Govcr-
nours have eftabliflied for the better ordering of thefe Duties.

Now fiare it is neceiTary thac there be fame Circumftances
made ufe of in the ExerciTe of chefe Dutie?, Prejching and
Praying ;) and fincc the Scripture hach determined nothing,
either by requiring lome as neceflary, or forbidcing others
as unlawful j and fiace to leave them undetermined (for Pri-
vate Perfons to do what feems Good in their own Eyes) is
apparently dellruftive both to Church and State ; what can
more naturally follow than this ? r/:^. That thefc Circum-
Itanccs muft be determined by the Supream Magiflrate, who
by the Advice of his Ecckfiaftical Counfel, (his Convocation)
niiy appoiflc the Pcrformat:ceof cf thefe and other Religious
Duties in fuch a manner as is raoft agreeable to that Apofloli-
cai Canon, Le^ all Things be done in Decency and Ordix.

The Exsmplts of the Kings oi Ifrael and Jtdab may fuffi-
ciently encourage ai] Religious Magiftrates. to reform and
fettle Religion in one Unitorm Way, and take Care that all
under their Government fnould ferve the Lord with one
Voire -, this beiijg not a Tyranny over Men, but a Piivjledi;e
of the Gofpel.

And tince the Poblick Allowaace of di3:rent Opinions
and Praftc.s about Circumffantiais in Religion, (particularly
about Preaching and Praying,) doth natural'y improve inti
Contentious Diiputes, and thefe Difpu^es, (ifnotreflrain'd)
break cue ia Civil Wars, (for Mea will 35 lid take up

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Swords and Spears inftead of Pens, and defend by Arms whit
thcv cannot do by Argumear,) fincc Things, I lay, are thus,,
t s at kaft Prudence (if not Duty) in the Supream Pow-
er lo remove the Occafion ot this Buin, by enjoining th^
Publick Practice of tnefe Duties in one Uniform Way, thac
all his Subjcfts may fpeak the f.ime Thing, and thac there
be no Divifions amongll them. If therefore upon Enquiry,
it doth appear that the Magiftrate hath Power to make
Conititutions lor the better ordering thefe Circumftances,
about which Scripture ha:h dccermioed nothing, whether
we roufl ufc, or hoc ufe, them ; and if Offenders againft
thefe Conftitui^ns are jo ft !y puaift)ab!e, it undeniably fo'-
lows thac in puMifliin^ fuch Violaters of his Laws, the Ma-
giflrate dcth net Perfecute, but execute Juftice; and th^t
thofe, who are thus juttified by our ate ParaphJc'eer, wera
nor perfecuted as Saints, but punifhed as Rebels and Male-
faftors •, which was the very Cale of the NoDcoDtormiftj
in King Charles the Sccord^s Time.

Aud DOW, Sir, I leave it to the whole World tojudgtf
whetier o-y Author, (by Seating fhiis the Tru-- Notion
oi" ferfecution, aod the Cafe between the Church and
Diffence'S,) h.:s not lujficiertly T-r.dicaicd the former from
thac Maiicicus Imparation of perfecuting the latter.

There remains only a Word or Two more to be faii
in Reference to Dr. Sachersrell's Cafe. The Generality
of Gentle and Simple cann'c lee any Crime in his Sermoo,
for which he may be puiifhed. And it is hop'd that ihofe
Great Men, who arc (only fuppos'd to be) therein rctleft-
ed upon, will conMcr that the Do&or was cail'd before
the greatcft MagiSracy in England-^ that he Preach 'd to
thofe with whom in a great Meafure our Pteiigion and
Civil Liberties arc ent/ufted , and that upon a'.] fuch Pub-
lick Occafiocs the MagiMr«tes Duty is msft proptr to ba
iofifted upon,

if out of a Confcientious Principle of difcharging his
Duty to God, his Qpeen snd Country, he took upoahim
toadmonJQior correa fore Miaifters, this, 'tis hop'd
will cot be made ufe of by them, as an Advantage againf^
liim, kting he is tkeir Brother f and of the fame I/opezr^
CAlling. If he had neglcc'ed doing this (when he thoyght
it washisDaty; topleafe fome Mutinous, Riftleu, ltd
Self-interefted Party of Men, he had fmned againfthis
Cotifdtnce, and (atleaft m his own Judgment) at once be-
come a Rebel to God and the Government, aod accord-
ingly had deferved to 'be dealt with as a Travtor to
Both. ''

'Tis

'Tistiue, the Dodor is highly bUra'dfor meddling With
State Affairs in his Pulpit : But why then are his Adverfaries,
who anfwer him in the fame Way, cncourag'd and counte-
nanced ? The Doftor had greater Reafon to meddle with Poli-
ticks than any Common Country Paftor can pretend to j for he
prcach'd before an Honourable Magiflracy, a Learnsil Audito-
ry, and Judicious Enquirers intothefe Things : But a (Country
Paftor has nothing ot this to plead for himfelt"; and yet we have
fbme fuch Chapmen, who, to blow up the Coal, or to plcafe i,
Particular Perfon or Party of Men, in order to skrew them-
(elves into better Benefices, will rail vebtmently fo their Audi-
tors againft a Man of their own ProfelTion } 2nd be fot'ar from
being afham'd of it as to publifh and juilifie it to the World.

Now methinksfucha Temporiier does more Harm upon a
Thankfgiving-day then he can repair in the Labour of his whole
Mlnirtry ; becaufc he makes his People jealous of the Miniftry,
wavering, and unftable, in their Principles, and confirms the
Separatilts in their EiTors.

Now Dr. Atterbu-y, look to your felf ; thefe Men think

they have a Brave Time of it. Puffed up with Succefs and Sel^
conceit, H— yandCh— -n vf ill have at you Bifhops, Oeans,
and all. Right or Wrong. But nor too fait, I pray: Many a
one has had a Fall by making too much hafte. Preferments
don't always come by Merit. Scribble on ; but you will be no
more taken Notice of in this Reign.

If I were Worthy to advifc you, take a little Refpite : And
turn and bend your Thoucihts to difcharge the Duty of your
Calling, to cxercife your felves in the great Duty of Prayer,
Self deniaL Humility, Meeknefs, and Submiffion to tne Higher
Powert. Benot Wife in your own Conceit, noi- tiiink of your
felves above what youou2;htto think ; but thiuk roSobiiety,
and this is the wiftft and Sjreft Step to PreJerment. ".

As for the DocStor, it were more becoming you to pity and .
bewail his Misfortune, rather than incenfc the Diircnters againft

Sir, We have now only to pray you, as being our Rcprelcnta-
tiTe,to aa (with liefpeft to the Doftor,) with that Clemency and
Moderation fo much contended for in behalf oi'-his Adverfaries.
We are rcadywith the Dr. to Sacrifice our Lives :.1^:d Eltates mDe-
fcnceofHer Sacred MajelVs Perfon, Crown, and Dignitv, and
of the Church o. England, againft Popery and Fanaticifm : And
whilft we heartily thank God , and the Beft V»f Queen's, tor the
Bleflings we enjoy un'ler Her Government, we ccafe not eameltly
to imfJore the King of Kings, to ^rant rhe Queen a long Life,
the Blelfings of an Honourable andLafting Peace, that Sne may
ever be, (as She is.) the Breath of our Noftnls, and the Gl«ry,
©f the World.

F I ir J s.