An Address Given in to the Late King James by the Titular Archbishop of Dublin / From the General Meeting of the Romish Bishops and Clergy of Ireland, Held in May Last, by That King's Order. Wherein Several Things Relating to the Popish Designs upon These Three Kingdoms, Are Discovered. The Original Whereof Was Found in the Late King James's Closet, in the Castle of Dublin, at His Leaving That City: And the Copy Whereof Was Found in the Titular Archbishop's Lodgings. Now Publish'd with Reflections on Each Paragraph.

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Reflections.

In the beginning of this Paragraph, they seem unwillingly to tax the Protestants that are on King James’s side, with what is indeed no Crime, but a Duty, viz. Their Suggestions to him in case of his Restoration, against so godly a work, as the restoring the Romish Religion and Clergy. I confess this is a Compliment some of them do scarce deserve; and which is expresly contradicted by what was said in the former part of this same Memorial, in that, That they would not be displeased, nor grudg at the re-establishment of the Romish Religion and Clergy in Ireland. And it’s a question which of the two Insinuations are most natural, and most consequential to the Principles and Practices of the Protestant Jacobites.

What a ridiculous piece of stuff is this! That the Protestants themselves will applaud in the main, that necessary effect of Royal Bounty in a Roman-Catholick King’s restoring back to the Roman Catholicks, what a Protestant King and Parliament had taken from them in Ireland. At the same rate, and by the same parity of Reason, what a Protestant King and Parliament has taken away from the Roman-Catholicks in England, should be now restored them by a Roman-Catholick King, when he comes back to the Throne of England. Indeed we have no reason to doubt, but as the Reason is the same, so the Manner of acting would be the same in both Kingdoms; which is fairly enough hinted in the Words themselves.

How eminently they have signaliz’d their Loyalty and Allegiance to King James in this Juncture, their Bravery and inimitable Courage have evidenced with a Witness. The truth is, it’s hard to say, Whether King James be less oblig’d to the Valour of the Irish, or they to his Conduct: I am of Opinion, They will not be willing to try their Fortune again, under such a General, nor He to try His, with such Soldiers; And so there’s nothing lost in point of Gratitude on either hand.