[ 64 J ·Anfw. That \vill but free new lV!en from taking them ; but not thofe that have already Sworn from keeping them in all the lawful parts. '' -Cbap. HI. What Endeavours have hee11 ufed ' !Jy the more /1-foderate Papi/fs to bring Eng– land under a Foreign Jurift{illion in King James's time. §. I. I Will not meddle now with their violent _ Attempts abroad and at home , nor fo much as name them. (Commonly Known) It is · not my defign to fpeak or act offenfively, ·but de– fenfively : Their ways of Wit and Deceit have been many, and among others pretended Motions for a Coalition hath not been the leafi : And their injurious Pretences that our Rulers have been in– clined to ·them, as knowing how much that may do with the ignorant fequacious Multitude. . §. 2. I. In Queen Eliz.a~eths days, they much perfwaded her that to go as·far from the Church of Rome as the Anti·Papifts defired , would crofs her Intereft, and make the reduction of the King– dom iinpoffible, who were all Papifis but as it - were the other day. · II. In King 'Jame/s time, they would fain have conquered him by the fear of Murder , when he heard of the Murder of two King's of frdnce, H. 3. and H. 4.. that had greater defenfive Pow~ · ers than he : And the Powder Plot was yet more· frightful : And continued threatnings more. · .. And he fhewed his pe--aceable Difpofition in promoting the Spani1b and French ·Matches f~r - h iS •
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