A letter to the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Harley, by Dr. Browne : occasion'd by his late commitment to New-Gate. Together with his interpretation of that paper, called, the country parson's advice to my Lord keeper, laid to his charge. Answer'd paragraph by paragraph.
- Philanglus
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Credit: A letter to the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Harley, by Dr. Browne : occasion'd by his late commitment to New-Gate. Together with his interpretation of that paper, called, the country parson's advice to my Lord keeper, laid to his charge. Answer'd paragraph by paragraph. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tetter. Mouatagues Management,'] I think a little of his Grace’s Ma¬ nagement wou’d be of great Service to my Lord Keeper, for l know no Man in the Kingdom of England has manag’d wifer or better, than the Duke of Mount ague. And if this be not doing real Juftice to his Lord- Chip’s Chara&er, I do not know what is. CulpepperV Peneey ] What Culpepper this is, I cannot tell, and there¬ fore cannot an Twer to it j but if the Advice be meant, that he would not have my Lord Keeper too rich, or heap up Pence, I think Stis very honeft Advice to fo great a Magi/irate, who as he has begun generoufly, ought to continue the fame Spirit, and fliow the World his Philofophy has made him a great Man, that is, a great Soul, as his Lam has rais’d him to be a Great Minifter. Anfio. And for Mount agues Management, and CulpeppersPence: They are both extreamly neceflary for any juft and generous Perfon, to (hew him a faithful Steward oi this World’s Goods, to obtain greater Honour in the next. Leter, Tenifon’s Learning, ] I have not heard any Body difpute his Grace of Canterbury's juft Claim to Letters, any more than I have heard his Title to his See difputed. He is undoubtedly a good Man, a faithful Pallor, a ftrenuous Defender of the Church, and an able Arch-bifhop. I’m fure his Pattern is no Prejudice for a Keeper of the Seals to imitate* .•—.. and Southampton*/ Wit, Will make thee for an able States-man fit• I don’t perceive where the Reflexion of this can certer 5 for if his Grace has not an overflowing of Wit, that which he lias, being fmall, will prove of the lefs Burthen to my Lord Keeper, and certainly contribute fome- thing, as every Mite adds to the Store. So that I cannot difeover the Malice, Scandal, or Sedition, lome pretend in the Delign of this Paper, Which ifit have any ether meaning, than what I have endeavoured tofolve, it is too deep for my (hallow Brain to fathom, and too dark for my weak Opticks to lee thro’. u4nfw. (Tennifcn s Learning j and Southampton* Wit, See, who as you fay, dare difpute, or fo much as queflion his Grace’s juft Claim to Letters any more than his Title to his See ? there are few but h as read his Learned anfcarce pieces againft Idolatry of the Church of Rome. and the Stfw/’s Conteft, that he and a Pedigogue had with one poor Romifh Prieft. And who* as your deceafed Name fake Tom faith, that his Sirname includes in it a Contradi&ion, namely, that Ten—is—one. Letter. But to return Sir, to tho Merits of the Caufe, pray let me know why this violence againft me, when I am fatisfied you knew I was not the Author of this feandalous and feditious Paper, as you call it ? Am I to be punilh’d for fome imaginary ill that I have committed ? Or was this done, fcecaufe I cou’d not anfwer your Under-Secretary his learned Queftion > Which was, whether I was High-Church or Loro-Church ? Ifit will oblige you, Sir, I’ll tell you, I am ot that Church, that was for Liberty, and the Defence](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30390096_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
