THERE being already so many Volumes to shew the Lawfulness of the late Revolution, it is Superfluous, it seems, to make any further at­tempt on the same Subject: for if you have shut your Eyes against the strong Arguments and convincing Proofs made use of in those Books, who can flatter himself to cure you of that wilful Blindness? How­ever, I hope, this plain account I make bold to direct to you, will not prove altogether useless, for when I [Page 2]consider your Party, I think I may reasonably believe that it is made up of some good and Honest Men, tho' misguided by a tender Conscience, and of some self-interested Persons, who being not able to obtain the Preferments they expected, have turned Jacobites in hopes to advance their Fortune by a Second Re­volution. But give me leave to tell you further, that after an impartial enquiry into the Life and Conversation of your Party, I have all the reasons in the World to conclude that the number of the Consciencious Jacobites, I have spoken of, must be very little, and that the greatest number among you are hurried away by the imaginary hopes I have hinted at; therefore if I can convince you, that you have no reason to flatter your selves, to ob­tain any reward or preferments under King James, no, not when he should be restored by your means, I hope some of you will open their Eyes to their own Interest, and forsake a Prince from whom you cannot expect any grateful Return.

I won't recal to your Minds his Behaviour while he was on the Throne of England, I suppose no body has forgot that no Protestants were welcome to him, but such as would promise to betray the Liberties of their Country to Popery, and Arbi­trary [Page 3]Power; neither shall I mention how severely he used the Protestants of Ireland in 1689; you would be apt to say that being in Popish hands, he could not avoid it, but I intend only to give you a short view of his Court at St. Germain, and an account of the Entertainment the Prote­stants of your Party have met there: For if a Prince in his Circumstances, whose interest it ought to be to court Protestants, cannot conceal for a time the Hatred he has for them, what treatment can you expect from him, when he is re-inthroned, and Sup­ported by the Power of France?

King James retiring into France after his defeat at the Boyn, left the Administration of his Affairs in Ireland to my Lord Tyrconnel, and in Scotland to the Colonels Buchan and Cannon; and the French King having appointed St. Germain in Laye for his reception, he there began to form a Court in the Year 1690, and his House-hold was constituted as follows,

• The Duke of Powis Lord Chamberlain.
• Colonel Porter, Vice-Chamberlain.
• Colonel Skelton, Comptroller.
• The Earls of Dumbarton and Abercome, Lords of the Bed-Chamber.
• [Page 4]Captains, Macdonald, Beadles, Stafford, and Tre­vanian, Groom of the Bed-Chamber.
• The two Sheldons, Esquires.
• Fergus Graham, Privy Purse.
• Sir John Sparrow, Board of Green Cloth, and Mr. Strickland, Vice Chamberlain to the Queen.

The Officers of State were as follows,

• Mr. Brown (Brother to my Lord Montague Brown, and sometime Commissioner of the Cu­stom) Secretary of State for England.
• Father Jnnes, President of the Scots College at Paris, Secretary of State for Scotland,
• Sir Richard Neagle, Secretary of State for Ireland.

To these were added as a Juncto, Mr. Carril the Queens Secretary, and Mr. Stafford, formerly Envoy at the Court of Spain, whom the King called to­gether as a Privy Council to advise with upon all Emergencies: The Earl of Melford Prime Minister of State being sent to Rome sometime before, partly to Negociate King James's Affairs at the Pope's Court, and partly to remove him from the Jealousies of the Irish, who at that time wholly Monopolized this Prince's Ear and Favour.

Thus things continued for a while, but Ireland being reduced sometime after, and the Scotish Highlanders Submitting, the Court of St. Germain was every day thronged with Gentlemen from those Kingdoms, as well as from England; and then a Protestant Party began to distinguish themselves, and endeavour to make an appearance at that Court.

The first considerable step they made, was to de­sire a Chappel from King James, for the exercise of their Worship according to the Church of England, and propos'd Dr. Granvile, Brother to the Earl of Bath, formerly Dean of Durham, as a fit Person to be their Chaplain; they urged the great Incourage­ment, such a Toleration would give to his Adherents in England, and what satisfaction it would be to such Protestants as followed him; but tho' com­mon Policy, and his Circumstances made every Body believe that this Request would be easily granted, yet it was positively denied, and Dr. Granvile obliged not only to retire from Court, but also from the Town of St. Germain to avoid the daily Insults of the Priests, and the dreaded Consequences of the Jealousies with which they possest't King James's Court against him. Dr. Gordon, a Bishop of Scot­land, the only Protestant Divine that then was there, [Page 6]met with a worse Treatment still than Dr. Granvile, and was reduced to the necessity of abjuring his Religion for want of Bread, with which he could not be Supplied, but upon those hard terms. How­ever K. James being sensible that such an usage would prejudice his Interest in Britain, resolved to prevent the coming of any Protestant Divine there, and therefore sent Mr. Macqueen in Company of Major Scot into England, who brought Letters from him to his Friends, in which he required them to trouble him no more with Divines, as Messengers.

This bad Success did not altogether discourage the Protestant Party, they made a second effort up­on the Constitution of the before-mentioned Coun­cil of Five, to have one of the number at least a Pro­testant: They insisted upon the Advantages which might thence redound to his Majesties Affairs in Britain, and for that end did earnestly recomend my Lord Chief Justice Herbert as a Person both well qua­lified to give Advice in English Affairs, and of an un­spoted reputation in his Country. Those reasons where so convincing, that the Irish fearing they would obtain their demand; an Information was trumped up against the chief Justice by Mr. Comptroller Skelton, and Sir William Sharp, of having said that King [Page 7] James's violent Temper would ruin himself and all that followed him. My Lord owned the Words, but made so ingenious an Explanation of his mean­ing, which was in relation to the Act of Settlement in Ireland; that King James was satisfied. The Irish having missed their Aim, formed a short time after another Plot against him, and charged him of corres­ponding with the English, and mis-representing the Transactions of that Court, whereupon he and a worthy Lady, with whom he boarded, were confined, and Broomfield the Quaker committed to the Bastile. And thus was this Lord Chief Justice for no other reason, but his adhering to a Protestant Interest, ex­cluded from all share of management of Affairs in King James's Court tho his Capacity and Sufferings were sufficient in the Eyes of all reasonable Men, to have intitled him to a share in that Prince's Favour and Secret. If my Lord Chief Justice Herbert was so used, I would fain know upon what ground any of our Jacobites should flatter himself of a better Treatment.

Mr. Cockburn of Lanton in the Kingdom of Scot­land, was the next Protestant that had Merit and Favour enough to pretend to a share in the manage­ment of King James's Affairs. This Gentleman hav­ing [Page 8]followed him in Ireland, was taken at Sea, after the Battle of the Boyn, and brought Pisoner to Lon­don; but a Proposal being made of Exchanging him for Captain St. Lo, then Prisoner in France, he was inlarged, and during his abode here, did so ingra­tiate himself with the most considerable of the dis­affected Protestants, that he was recommended by them to King James, as a Person fit to serve him in the Affairs of greatest Trust. He was no sooner arived at St. Germain, that he told that Prince, his Friends in England thought that my Lord Melford, who was then returned from Rome, was a great Grievance, and ought to be laid aside, and that the only way for the King to procure the good Opinion of his Subjects in Britain, and reconcile them to him, was to put the management of his Affairs in Protestants Hands. This prudent Advice of the dis­affected Protestants of England, or of Mr. Cockburn, had an effect quite contrary to what they expected; King James took it so ill, that in few days after, an Order was procured from the French Court, com­manding him to depart France under severe Penal­ties, being too much a Friend to the English Interest; Mr. Cockburn was forced to obey, and has lived as an Exile in Holland and Hamburg ever since.

But the Submission of the Scotch Highlanders af­ford us still some more convincing Proofs of King James's hatred for the Protestant Religion, and of his Ingratitude towards such who had made a Sacri­fice of all that can be dear to Men, to Support his sinking Fortune in Scotland. The Lords Dumferling, Dundee, Dunkel, Colonels Cannon, Graham, and se­veral others Protestants, having forfeited their Estates and Families, retired into France, as also did the Colo­nels Buchan, Maxwell, Wauchop, and some other Popish Gentlemen; but when they came to St. Ger­main, the Papists were immediatly preferred to con­siderable Posts, both in the French and Irish Armies, while the Protestants, tho their Merit was greater, were exposed to all imaginable hardship, and con­tempts: My Lord Dumferling and Colonel Cannon are too Illustrious Examples of King James's Ungra­titude, to be here past by. The Earl through a mistaken notion of Loyalty and Honour, had Sacri­ficed his Honourable Family, and a plentiful Estate, to follow that Prince in his misfortune; and it must be granted that such a Proof of Loyalty, deserved some kind Returns, yet happening to Quarrel at St. Ger­main, with one Captain Brown a Papist, about a Trifle, the Captain was incouraged and countenanced in his [Page 10]quarrel by the Court, and made Commander of a Company of Scots, Reformed Officers in Catalonia, whilst this Noble Lord was despised, for his adher­ing to his Religion: This ill Treatment broke his Heart, and he sunk under the Weight of his hard Fate, at St. Germain. His misfortune lasted longer than his Life, for notwithstanding his Merits, Suf­ferings, and the Interest made by his Friends, he could not obtain a Christian Burial; and his Corps was hid in a Chamber, till an opportunity was found of Digging a hole in the Fields, in the Night, where they Thrust him in.

Nor was Colonel Cannon better used, than my Lord Dumferling: This Gentleman Commanded as General over King James's Army in Scotland, and served him with so much faithfulness, that every body thought he would be preferred to a great Com­mand, upon his arrival at St. Germain; but he po­sitively refusing to abandon the little Religion he had, which was Protestant, was reduced to the Scanda­lous Allowance of half a Crown a day, whilst Papists who had served under him, were advanced to good Posts. This unhappy Gentleman finding himself thus neglected, fell sick through Grief, and Want, and died; having taken the Sacrament from the [Page 11]Hands of Dr. Granvile, three days before his Death; but the Priest who were always buzing about him, took the oppertunity of his being Speechless, to Thrust a Wafer down his Throat, and gave out that he was dead a Papist, and by this means got him the Favour of Burial, which his Corps had else been excluded from, as well as my Lord Dumfer­ling's. If the Sufferings, and great Merits of these two Gentlemen, have not been able to Molify King James's Heart, and to obtain from him any generous Returns, I would fain know upon what Foundation are grounded the great hopes of our Grumblers, seeing the most part of them have not had Courage enough to follow that Prince, and have, for ought we see, no other Qualifications to re­commend them, but their bare Jacobitism.

However, if the Examples I have already exposed to your view, are not sufficient, to convince you, that as long as you are Protestants, and English Men, you are to expect no share in King James's Favour; I'll produce some others, which I am sure, will open your Eyes, unless you are bound by an Oath to continue al­ways Blind, and I'll begin with Sir James Mountgomerie.

This Gentleman left no Stone unturn'd to re­establish King James in Scotland, by the same Parlia­ment, [Page 12]that declared him to have Forfeited his Right: He was afterward, for several Years, his most Active Minister in England, Penn'd and Publish'd Declara­tions for him, at the time of his designed Descent from La Hogue, and after the Miscarriage of that, wrote his Britain's just Complaints: Was his weekly News sender, and Project Drawer; yet this very Sir James Mountgomerie, who had done such great things, and run such hazards for him, being obliged to fly to France, after making his escape from the Messengers House, could not obtain, by reason of his being a Pro­testant, any share into that Prince's Favour; was brow-beaten from the Court by Priests, daily up­braided with having been once in the Prince of O­range's Interest, and at last Obliged to retire to Pa­ris, where he dyed with the Melancholy Reflections of the miserable State he brought himself into.

The Earl of Lauderdale, tho a Papist, met with no better Fate than Sir James: His Lady being a Pro­testant, and he an enemy to the violent Measures of the Court; was judged to be a sufficient Reason to exclude him from any share in the Government; so natural it is for all Bigots to hate every body that will not go to their height of Violence. This Gen­tleman heartily advised King James to put his Affairs [Page 13]into Protestants Hands, and recommended the Earl of Cl—n, and the Nonjuring Bishops in England, and the Lord Home, Southerk, and Sinclair in Scot­land, as the fittest Persons to serve him, but his Ad­vice was so ill taken, that he had his Lady sent to England, not to return any more; was himself for­bid the Court, and reduced to a Pension of one Hundred Pistols per Annum: He retired to Paris, and seeing no Probability of his Masters changing his Measures, died of Grief. One would have thought that his Brother, Mr. Alexander Maitland, who on several Occasions had behaved himself very bravely, in that Prince's Service, should have been Preferred by him, yet he met with such an Entertainment, that wanting Bread there, he was very glad to come to England, and make his Peace with the Government, whose Service he had Deserted, having once had a Command in the Scots Guards, under King Wil­liam.

Sir Andrew Forrester, is another great Instance of King James's aversion to Protestants: This Gentle­man served with all imaginable Zeal, that Prince's Interests when a Subject, and was the devoted Creature of his most Arbitrary Commands, when a King; he suffered Imprisonment in the Tower for [Page 14]him, at the time of his designed Descent, and yet notwithstanding all this, and the great Experience he had in Scotish Affairs, he could never obtain any share in that Prince's Confidence: When he came to St. Germain, all his Merits, Sufferings, and the good Character he had in both Kingdoms, were not enough to Counter-ballance, the Objection of being a Protestant, and therefore by no means to be Intrust­ed; so that after some times Attendance, as a Cypher, he was rewarded with a Pass to return to England, for they had there no occasion for him.

Sir Theophilus Oglethorp, who by his Capacity as well as Services, was incouraged to go over, and of­fer his Assistance, met with Sir Andrew Forrester's Fate upon account of his Religion; and was so unkindly used, that he was very glad to get home to Old Eng­land again, where, 'tis expected, he will Plot no more.

Mr. Fergus Graham was the only Protestant Gen­tleman in King James's Family, but as soon as they saw that my Lord Preston, and Colonel Graham his Brothers, who ventured so much for that Prince, could do them no more Service in England, he was discharged for no other Reason, but that they thought a Protestant a Blemish in their House-hold.

Nor was Sir William Sharp better used, altho he pretended to come over upon the Act of Parliament in Scotland, to save his Estate, for the Entertainment he had at St. Germain before he came away, is very well known. The Pension he had whilst King James's Army in Scotland kept up, was taken from him, and he fell under distrusts, with Melford and Jnnes, and contempt at Court, which will appear to all Reasonable Men a Sufficient motive for his coming away.

But the usage of Dr. Cockburn a Scotish Divine, is beyond any thing that can be imagined. This Gentleman was Banished Scotland for his Practices against the Government, and afterwards being ob­liged to leave England, for writing of Pamphlets, thought himself secure of a Sanctuary at St. Germain, if not, of a Reward for his Services; but instead of that he met with the daily importunities of Priests, to make him abandon his Religion, and their en­deavours proving vain, they then represented him as a dangerous Person, and got him sent from France. He lives now an Exile in Holland, both from Britain and France.

Mrs. Ashton, Widow to Mr. Ashton, who was Ex­ecuted for his being concerned in my Lord Preston's [Page 16]Affairs, went to the Court of St. Germain, after her Husband's Death, as thinking that she had some Merit to plead for a kind Reception, but she was as much deceived as any of those I have already menti­oned. Few days after her arrival, Priests were sent to tell her, that nothing but being a Roman Catholick could recommend a Woman to the Queen's Service, which the Poor Gentlewoman declining to comply with, was neglected, and dying soon after, was re­fus'd Burial, till her Father Mr. Rigby of Covent-Gar­den, as a mighty Favour, and at great Charges, ob­tained leave from the Court of St. Germain, to have her body brought over into England; and Buried her in Covent-Garden Church.

If these Examples are not sufficient to convince our Jacobites, or if they question the Truth of them, for really I must own, that they are almost incredible; I desire them to consult the Young Lord Henmore, Mr. Louthian, Captains Murray, Dalyel, Macgil, Maclean, Fielding, Mr. Charles Kinnaird, and several hundreds more, now in and about London, who are lately come from St. Germain, and they will tell you, that the only Reason why they left that Court, was, because they could not have Bread, except they would change their Religion, and therefore did choose ra­ther [Page 17]to run the hazard of Imprisonment, by re­turning to England, than stay and Starve in France.

Many Instances more might be given, to shew King James's hatred to every thing, that bears the name of Protestant; but if what has already been said, is not sufficient, sure I am, that the rest should be to no purpose: What Protestant has he ever so much as seemed to Trust, since he lives in France? I know that my Lord Middleton must be excepted, for in­deed King James has a seeming Trust in him. There is no Man that has been at St. Germain, but must needs perceive, that he is not chief Minister, as Melford was, nor manages Affairs betwixt Versailles and St. Germain, that being done by Innes and Porter: He is but seldom cal­led to the Council, and the French Court has never depended upon his Corrispondence, since the disappointment they receive by our Fleets going into the Streights.

I hope, these Instances will convince all good Men, that have any Sense of Li­berty, Religion, and Honour, how unrea­sonable [Page 18]it is to be a Jacobite, and to think that the Present Misfortunes of King James, will Frighten him from Invading our Laws and Liberties in time to come, seeing, that neither the abandoning of Wives, Children, and Estates, nor the hazarding, nay, loss of Life in his Service, can render him Just and Favourable to such Protestants, who have made a Sacrifice of all those things to follow him: And if it be so, as certainly it is, what must those Protestant Nations expect, (if ever he re-obtains the Government, who have renounced him, and set another Prince upon his Throne?

If these, who have followed him into France, are denied the Exercise of their Re­ligion, when his Circumstances make it his Interest to grant it, what must we expect if ever he be again in Possession of the Crown?

My Lord chief Justice Herbert, and the other Gentlemen before-named, who firmly ad­hered to his Interests, even in his greatest Mis­fortunes, were contemned, despised, and suf­fered [Page 19]to Starve, because they were Prote­stants; how can we, or any Protestant Ja­cobites, who have none of those Merits, pre­tend to be better used? If the loss of Ho­nours and Estates, has not been sufficient to obtain from him Christian Burial; upon what Ground can our Jacobites, who have done nothing for him, flatter themselves with the hopes of great Preferments, if he is rein­throned? In short, if the Example he had of his Father's Misfortunes, and his Brothers Exile, wherein he himself was a sharer, together with the Sense of his own Misfortunes, have not been able to work a Reformation upon him, as appears by the above-written Ac­count; can we expect that he ever will be made more Plyable?

The Education of his Prince of Wales, whom no body doubts he designs his Successor, is is another Instance of his irreconciliable Anti­pathy to the Protestant Religion, and English Liberties: One would have thought that In­terest, as well as Policy, would have made him educate his Child a Protestant, or at least oblige him to put Protestants about him, of [Page 20]unquestioned Reputation, to instruct him in the ways of pleasing the People, but in­stead of that, Dr. Beeson, a famous and violent Papist, was made his Preceptor, and none but Popish Servants are allowed to be about him, so that he can imbibe nothing but what is for the Interest of Rome, and Destruction of England.

Can People be so mad as to expect good terms from a Prince, who not only thus Treats his Protestant Subjects, who have fol­lowed him in his Misfortune, but also whose Religion lays him under a Necessity of doing it? Could greater Obligations be laid upon any Prince, than were upon him, by the Church of England, when a Subject? Her In­terest Saved him from being prosecuted for the Popish Plot, excluded from the Succession to the English Throne, and afterwards de­throned by the Duke of Monmouth, yet all those Obligations were no more than his Corona­tion Oath, could not hinder him from in­vading the Protestant Religion in general, but more particularly the Liberties of the Church of England.

But perhaps some will Object against what I have said, that from the Entertainment Pro­testants meet with at St. Germain, 'tis not reasonnable to conclude, that King James bears still such an aversion to our Religion and Liberties: For being himself but a Re­fugee in France, and having nothing to live upon but the Pension the French King al­lows him, it is not in his Power to reward those Protestants who have followed him, even not to caress them; and therefore we ought rather to Peruse the Declarations he has put out since his being in France, for therein we shall find undeniable Proofs, that his Misfortunes have much altered his Mind. Read (will our Jacobites say) the Declaration he Published upon his intended Descent from La Hogue, and Observe what promises he makes, both in relation to our Religion and our Liberties, the Sincerity whereof, you have no manner of pretence to Question, for then, thinking himself sure of his Game, nothing could oblige him to disguise the true Sentiments of his Heart.

This is somewhat indeed, Gentlemen, and were the thing as you say, I would agree with you, but give me leave to tell you, that 'tis a great Question, whether the De­claration you speak of, which was Printed here, did really contain King James's Sen­timents; but whether it was his own De­claration, or Sir James Mountgomerie's, it does not matter a Pin, for his late Majesty did Publickly disown it in a Memorial to the Pope, upon his return to Paris; and it has been acknowledged in a Jacobite Pamphlet, called, An Answer to Dr. Wellwood's Answer, to King James 's Declaration; That the same was formed without his Knowledge, and against his Inclination.

I have told you, in the beginning of this Discourse, that I believe that there are among you some Conscientious Men, and to those I shall say nothing at this time, but to such that are Angry with the Government, (as I know many amongst you are) meerly because they cannot have any Imployment under it, and who think without any further Examina­tion [Page 23]to better their Condition, by a Second Revolution: I'll say, that they ought to con­sider, that King James's Popish Friends, must be all provided for first of all, and pray what will remain then for you? For as to Pensions, I think you are not so mad as to flatter your selves with such imaginary hopes, for the French Army that brings King James over must be paid, and their vast Charges for the Irish War, and the Maintenance of King James re-imbursed, before your beloved Prince be in a condition to express his Fa­vour to you: perhaps you will say, that the French King is too much a Gentleman, to demand any such thing, but I don't know what has given you that Noble Idea of his Generosity; but supposing his Temper to be such, this War will so much drain his Ex­chequer, that Necessity will force him to de­mand what is so justly owing to him, and who shall be able to dispute his Bill of Charges? Nay, will King James be able to satisfy him? I don't know, but this I am sure of, that as long as you profess the Protestant Religion, you cannot expect to be more Fa­vourably [Page 24]Treated then his present Fol­lowers.

Some others amongst you are disaffected, because, as they say, without the Restoration of King James, a Protestant War will be en­tailed on the Nation, and because our Treasure is exhausted by Taxes, and our Blood expended beyond Sea, which the Na­tion cannot long bear.

To these Gentlemen, I must answer, that they are much mistaken, for the bringing in of King James, which they think will put an end to these Troubles, would infallibly bring the Seat of War from Flanders into England: For it is unreasonable to Suppose, that so many Noble-men and Gentlemen as are ingaged in King William's Cause, would tamely Submit, or that his Majesty, whose Interest in Europe is so very great, would either ingloriously abandon his Throne, or want Foreign Assistance to Support him in it.

2. King James and the French King are both Old, and upon a change of a Gover­nour in France, we may reasonably expect change of Measures; for as to the Prince of Wales, his Interest stands or fall, with that of his Supposed Father; but after all, is it reasonable to believe that the French or any other Nation, will live in perpetual War with us, meerly for the sake of a Prince, who pretends to be deprived of his Rights? There are very few Knights-Errants in this Age, or at least, sure I am; that no Na­tion [...]n general is Acted by their Principles, and we see the French offer already to for­sake him.

3. I Grant that our Taxes are greater then ever our Nation paid, but yet they are not so heavy but that we can hold it out, many Years at this Rate. In short, what­ever they be, I believe there is no good Man but will rather hazard his Person to keep the Enemy abroad, than see a French and Irish Army in the Bowels of our own Country, destroying our Substance, burning [Page 26]our Habitations, and committing the Barba­rities which they committed in the Palatinate: For certainly by one Months Ravage of this Nature, we should lose more Blood and Treasure, than can probably be spent to bring the War to an Honourable and happy Conclusion.

That happy Moment is not perhaps so far as some People imagine; for whosoever will cast his Eyes on the present Posturs of Affairs in Europe, must needs conclude that the French cannot hold it out much longer.