726 'The HIs T0 Ry if the PuRITANS. VoL. n. King declaration, to weaken its influence. But the court ufed all its interefl: aCh;~~;.II· mong the people to fupport it's credit: Addreifes were fe,11t from all parts, ~ thanking his majefty for his declaration, promifing to fupport his perfon and government with their lives and fortnnes. Moft of them declared againft the bill if exclz!fion, and for the duke's fuccel1ion (as has been ob– Rurnet, p. ferved.) Some ventured to arraign the late parliament as guilty of fedi500, 506. tion and treafon, and to pray his majefl:y to put in execution the ftatute of 35 Eliz. againfl: the non-conformifts. The grand juries, the juftices at their feffion, divers boroughs and corporations, the companies in towns, nnd at Jail: the very apprentices, fent up addrefies. Thofe who pr~fented or procured them were well treated at court, and forne of them knight– ed. Many zealous healths were drank, and in their cups the fwagger– ings of the oid cavaliers, feemed to be revived. One of the moft cele– brated addreifes was from the univerfity of Cambridge, prefented by Dr. Cower mafl:er of St. John's, which I fhall give the reader as a fpeciAddrefi . cimen of the refl:. 1t begins thus, " Sacred Sir! Vve your majelly's J'rofltheJmz-" mo(l: faithful and obedient fubjeCl:s have long, with the greatell and (;';~1Grfdge. " fincerefl: joy, beheld the generous emulation of our fellow-fubjects, " contending who fhould befl: exprefs their duty to their fovereign at " this time, when the feditious endeavours of unreafonable men, have " made it neceffary to aifert the ancient loyalty of the englijh nation. " -- It is at prefent the great honour of this your univerfiry, not on– " ly to be fl:edfa(l: and confl:ant in our duty, but to be eminently fo, " and to [offer for it as much as the calumnies and reproaches of fac– " tious and malicious men can inflict upon us. And that they have not " proceeded to fequeftration and plunder, · as heretofore, next to the " over-ruling providence of almighty God, is only due to the royal care " and prudence of your mo(l: facred majefl:y, who gave fo feafonable a '' check to their arbitrary and infolent undertakings. --We jli/1 6e– " lieve and maintain, that our kings derive not their powerfrom the people, " but from God; that to bim only they are accountable; that it be– " longs not to fubjeCls either to create or cenfore, but to honour and obey " their jovereign, who comes to be Jo by a fundamental, hereditary rigbt if " }itccif!ion, which no religion, 110 law, no fault or forfeiture can alter or " diminijh; nor will we abate of our well inftruCl:ed zeal for the church " of England as by law efl:ablifhed. -- Thus we have learned " ' our own, and thus we teach others their duty to God and the '' king - - " His majefiy difcovered an unufual fatisfaClion on this occafion, and after having returned them thanks, was pleafed to add, that no other church in the world taught andpraClifed loyalty fo cor!fcimtioujly as they did. As
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