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Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of…
Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Ireland's protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholics reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Irelands protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholicks reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.
London: printed for S.U.N.T.F.S., 1663
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The excellent Reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against In… › The Vote.
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It is humbly conceived, That the Indulgence proposed will be so far from tending to the Peace of the Kingdom, that it is rather likely to occasion great disturbance. And on the contrary, That the asserting of the Laws, and the Religion established, according to the Act of Uniformity, is the most probable means to produce settled Peace and Obedience throughout Your Kingdom: Because the variety of Professions of Religion, when openly indulged, doth directly distinguish men into parties, and withal gives them opportunity to count their numbers; which, considering the animosities, that out of a Religious Pride will be kept on foot by the several Factions, doth tend directly and inevitably to open disturbance. Nor can Your Majesty have any Security, that the Doctrine or Worship of the several Factions, which are all Governed by a several Rule, shall be consistent with the Peace of Your Kingdom.
It is humbly conceived, That the Indulgence proposed will be so far from tending to the Peace of the Kingdom, that it is rather likely to occasion great disturbance. And on the contrary, That the asserting of the Laws, and the Religion establisht, according to the Act of Vniformity, is the most probable meanes to produce settled Peace and Obedience throughout Your Kingdom: Because the variety of Professions of Religion, when openly indulged, doth directly distinguish men into parties, and withall gives them opportunity to count their numbers; which, considering the animosities, that out of a Religious Pride will be kept on foot by the severall Factions, doth tend directly and inevitably to open disturbance. Nor can Your Majesty have any Security, that the Doctrine or Worship of the severall Factions, which are all Governed by a severall Rule, shall be consistent with the Peace of Your Kingdom.
When Master Cartwright preached at Saint Mary's in Cambridge the Church could not hold the people, when Doctor Gouge preached at Black-fryers, it was too little for him, when Master Dod preached, people were almost thronged to death; If a nonconformist preach, the whole City is in a tumult; ⟨p. 39⟩if a man be but a little inclined that way, how great is his Auditors? If Orthodox, how thin his Congregation, which, considering the animosities, that out of a Religious Pride will be kept on foot by the several Factions, doth tend directly and inevitably to open disturbance. Nor can His Majesty have any Security, that the Doctrine or Worship of the several Factions, which are all Governed by a several Rule, shall be consistent with the Peace of Your Kingdom.