How the members of the Church of England ought to behave themselves under a Roman Catholic king with reference to the test and penal laws in a letter to a friend / by a member of the same church.

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How the members of the Church of England ought to behave themselves under a Roman Catholic king with reference to the test and penal laws in a letter to a friend / by a member of the same church.

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Member of the same church.

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London :: Printed and are to be sold by Randal Taylor ...,

1687.

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Subject terms

James -- II, -- King of England, -- 1633-1701.

Church of England -- Relations -- Catholic Church.

Catholic Church -- Relations -- Church of England.

Catholics -- England -- Early works to 1800.

Penal laws (against nonconformists) -- England -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• THE TITLES OF THE SECTIONS.
• ERRATA.
• HOW THE MEMBERS OF THE Church of England Ought to behave themselves under A ROMAN CATHOLICK KING: In a Letter to a Friend.
  • SECT. I. The Character of an old Loyalist of the Church of England.
  • SECT. II. How such behaved themselves during the Transaction of the Bill of Seclusion.
  • SECT. III. How the Bishops and Clergy behaved themselves in those times.
  • SECT. IV. The Calumnies against the Loy∣al Members of the Church of England in the foregoing times.
  • SECT. V. The Affrightments and Arts now used to make the Sub∣jects believe that the Prote∣stant Religion is to be ex∣tirpated here.
  • SECT. VI. That the Church of England hath been in a disturbed con∣dition under Protestant Prin∣ces.
  • SECT. VII. That it is in a more flourish∣ing condition now.
  • SECT. VIII. The Self-denial of the King, in the Exercise of his own Religion.
  • SECT. IX. The difficulty of effecting a Change of Religion. First, from the Peoples general Prejudice against it.
  • SECT. X. Two Objections answered.
  • SECT. XI. That the King's dispensing with the Test is no Argument of his Design to extirpate the Protestant Religion.
  • SECT. XII. That it is not the Kings Interest to extirpate the Protestant Religion.
  • SECT. XIII. Concerning the Test.
    • The First Act.
    • The Second Act.
  • SECT. XIV. Concerning the Sanguinary and Penal Laws against Ro∣man Catholicks.
  • SECT. XV. The Inconveniencies that will attend the not repealing of Penal Laws, and particu∣larly the Test.
  • SECT. XVI. The practicableness of Roman Catholics and Protestants living under one Secular Government.
  • SECT. XVII. The Character of his Majesty.
  • SECT. XVIII. The Conclusion.