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 ''Matters of Conequence debated and reolved, and then brought to the Privy Council to be confirmed. The firt Footteps we have of this Council in any European were in Charles the Ninth's Time of France, when reolving to maacre the Protetants, he durt not trut his Council with it, but choe a few Men whom he call'd his Cabinet Council: And conidering what a  it had, 'tis no Wonder it hath Been o fatal both to King and People. To the King; for whereas our has provided Miniters in the everal Parts of the Government to anwer for Micarriages, and to kreen him from the Hatred of the People; this on the contrary protects the Miniters, and expoes the King to all the Complaints of his Subjects. And 'tis as dangerous to the People; for whatever Micarriages there are, no Body can be punih'd for them; for they jutify themelves by a Sign Manual, or perhaps a private Direction from the King; and then we have run it o far, that we cannot follow it. The conequence of this mut be continual between King and People; and no one can es the Event.''

A Short Hitory of Standing Armies in England.

F any Man doubts whether a Standing Army is, Popery, Mahometim, Paganim, Atheim, or any Thing which they pleae, let him read,


 * Firt, The Story of Matho and Spendius at Carthage, and the Mamalukes of Egypt.
 * Secondly, The Hitories of Strada and Bentivolio, where he will find what Work nine thouand Spaniards made in the Seventeen Provinces, though the Country was full of fortified Towns, poeed by the Low  Lords, and the had Aitance from Germany,  and France.
 * Thirdly, The Hitory of Philip de Commines, where he will find that Lewis the 11th inlaved the vat Country