The case of Protestants in England under a popish prince if any shall happen…

There is nothing of this tendency can in reason be expected from Parliaments, without securing the Throne. For if the Conspirators once gain that, it may be they will have no Parliaments; A Government more Arbitrary and Violent is more agreeable to their Principles and Designs. It is apparent that Popery, as it hath been by many occasions sublimated since the Reformation, hath in a manner quite stifled the English Spirit in English Papists. They are for another Government, in which the Pope must be Supreme, and to which our Kings must be subjected or killed. And in Civils, they are for an Universal Monarchy, by which this and others must be swallowed up; and so they are still ready to devote themselves to that Prince who bids fairest for it. So they did to the Spaniard in Queen Elizabeths time, and now upon that account are wheeled off to the French: They have been forward upon all occasions, to Sacrifice the Honour of the King, and the Liberty of the Subject to the Roman Moloch; they are much more his Subjects than the Kings; and they are no more to be trusted as to the true English Interest, than the Italians or Spaniards. They pass for Natives indeed, being born among us; but are plainly Foreigners as to Government, Principle, Interest, Affection and Design. We may well believe on these accounts they are no Friends to Parliaments, if they did not otherwise openly declare it.

There is nothing of this tendency can in reason be expected from Parliaments, without securing the Throne. For if the Conspirators once gain that, it may be they will have no Parliaments; A Government more Arbitrary and Violent is more agreeable to their Principles and Designs. It is apparent that Popery, as it hath been by many occasions sublimated since the Reformation, hath in a manner quite stifled the English Spirit in English Papists. They are for another Government, in which the Pope must be Supreme, and to which our Kings must be subjected or kill'd. And in Civils, they are for an Ʋniversal Monarchy, by which this and others must be swallowed up; and so they are still ready to devote themselves to that Prince who bids fairest for it. So they did to the Spaniard in Queen Elizabeths time, and now upon that account are wheeled off to the French: They have been forward upon all occasions, to Sacrifice the Honour of the King, and the Liberty of the Subject to the Roman Moloch; they are much more his Subjects than the Kings; and they are no more to be trusted as to the true English Interest, than the Italians or Spaniards. They pass for Natives indeed, being born among us; but are plainly Foreigners as to Government, Principle, Interest, Affection and Design. We may well believe on these accounts they are no Friends to Parliaments, if they did not otherwise openly declare it.