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Show 8 ADDITIONS TO,€3‘¢. of inclination, to protefl . people who can be {0 advantageous to them. So that {hole ihorr-fighted politiciins, who conclude that this ltep will involve us in {laught er and devaliation, may plainly perceive that no mcafurc in our power will to naturally and eflieé‘tuallv work our deli- verance. The motion of a finger of the Grand hinnar ch would procure as gentle a temper in the Omnip otent Britifh lVliniiler as zippe red in the Munilld ranl'om and Falklmd-iflmds affairs From without, certain ly, we have every thing [0 hope, nothing to fear ; from Within fome tell us the Prefbyterians, if freed from the ref'rrai n- ing power of Great-Britain, would over-run the peaceable Quakers in this government. For my own part, I delipife and detefl: the bickerings of fedl‘ai‘iCS, and am apprehcnfive of no trouble from that quarter , elpecially while no peculiar honours nor emoluments are annexed to either. I heartily with too many of the qukers did not give caufe of complaint, by endeavouring to coun- teract the meafures of their fellow-citizen s {or the com- mon fatety. If they profel's themfelves only pilgri ms here, let them wall: through the men of this world withou t interfering with their aflions on either fide. If they would not pull dawn Kiizgr, let them not fir/ppm: tyrantr; for, whether they underliand it or not, there is, and ever has been, an efl'ential differe nce in the cha- Iaé'ters. Finally, with DJ. De Vutell, I accoun t a flare a moral per/on having (122 intrrrfl and will of it; own, 'and I think that {hire a montter whole prime mover has an interel't and will in direct oppofition to its profperity and {ecurity. This pofition has been {0 clearly demonf'rrated in the pamphlet firlt mentioned in this efray, that l {hall only add, if there are any arguments in favour of returning to 21 {true of dependanee on Great-Britain, that is, on the preterit Adminii'tration of could with they were timely offered, Great-Britain, I that they may be {obcrly confidered, before the cunning propofals of the cabinet for all the timid, lazy, and irrefolute members of the community into a Glamour for peace at (my rate. V CANDIDUS. (9) The ANCIENT TESTUVIONY am] PRIN ClPLES of the People cal/rd QUAKli‘iRS, renewed, wit/J "find? to the KING and GOVERNMENT; and Marking 1/53 COM MOTIONS 113w prevailing in HM e (In/101531" Part; of AMERICA; addrgfidto t/yePEOPLEin GEN ERAL. A Religious concern for our Friends and fellow -{ub- jeé'rs of every denomination, and more ei‘pecially for more of all ranks who in the prefent commotions are engaged in public employments 21nd liations, induces us earnel 'tly to bel'eech every individual, in the molt folem n manner, to contider the end and tendency of the meufures they are promoting; and, on the mo": impartial enqui ry into the date of their minds, carefully to examine whether they are aging in the fear of God, and in conformit to the precepts and doftrine of our Lord Jeflis Chrili, whom we profefs to believe in, and that by him alone we expefi to he ihved from our fins. The calamities and aifliétions which now furround us [hould, as we apprehend, afi'ee‘t every mind with the moft awful confideration of the difpenfations of Divine Providence to mankind in general in former ages, and that, as the fins and iniquities of the people {ubjee'ied them to grievous qu‘erings, the fame caufes {till produce the like effects. The inhabitants of thefe provinces were long lignally favoured with peace and plenty: Have the returns of true thankfulnefs been generally manit‘eft? Have into- grity and godly fimplicity been maintained, and reli- gioufly regarded? Hath a religious care to do Juf'rly, love mercy, and walk humbly, been evident? Hath the precept of Chrifl, to do unto others as we would they fllould do unto us, been the governing rule of our con- dué't? Hath an upright impartial delire to prevent the flavery and opprefiion of our fellow-men, and to reflore them to their natural right, to true Chril'rian liberty, been cherifhed and encouraged? Or have pride, wan- tonnels, luxury, prof-anenels, a partial fpirit, and forgetfulnefs of the goodnefs and mercies of God, become la- mentably |