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Show c > ( 21 3 thein, you at lealt extenuate their crime ; perk haps even l‘cruple to call them MM, and {peak of them with tendernefs, rather than rcfentment. How is it, that any of you who fear God, are mt afraid to‘l/jnm/l' evil {/2sz nit/'55 .9 Tovfloc‘a/c evil 0/ 1/16 ruler qty/m" pfiolr‘vfr, as well as of thofe that are put in authority under him 9 Do you believe, that jlfrlmrrl grin: arr/‘77a/zgc'l {/mfl not [17mg a mill/13' arr/rl'htf'mz z:'9:* Satan? Andi dare you bring or retail an hurt- dred railing acculations againft your laxitul governors?------Now at leafl, humble your{elves before God, and aft more l‘uita'ioly to your charaé‘ter. Wherever you are far from countenancing, reprele the lual‘e elamours of the vulgar; remembring thofe awful wordsj {fan} man wrong you flcmcl/J to [2/2 trr/{gfcm ( raw thcr, be ever j?) religious) and Mid/rt?) 2:5: 11.1; tongue, 21m: man's religion is val/'2. Are notyou, who (ll/[fizz from the illalilllllfll church, in whatever kind or degree7 particu~ la‘rly concerned to obferve this, for travail), :19 "zeell asfor wifcz'c‘nce'flzke ? Do you in‘rrlgine, reflraint taken off; you would fee them {warming on every fide, and gnalhing upon you with their teeth. There would hardly need a nod from that facred perfon, Whom you revile, or at leal't lightly efleem. Were he to {land neu~ ter, in what a condition would you be Within one twelve months? If other Banners and Cardinal": did not arife, other Laud: and Slag/([0713 would, who would either rule over you with a rod of iron, or drive you out of the land. Know the blefiings you enjoy. Let common l‘enfe reflrain you, if neither religion nor gra- titude can. " Beware ofthe wrath ofa patient man." Dare not again to open your lips againfl your Sovereign; left he fall upon you 9 No; but left he ceal‘e to defend you. Then farewell to the liberty you now enjoy. Permit me to add a few more words to you, a finall part of whom (lifl'ézzt from, but the far greater part remain in the Church; you, who are vulgarly called flirt/Jodz'js. Do any of you iti‘fflirbrfizc God, or the King? None of you, I trull, who are in connexion with me. I would no more continue in! fellowihip with thofe, who continued in fuch a praftice, than with whoremongers, or fabbath-breakers, or thievesa or drunkards, or common lirear rs But thC‘Ye there are. ,1: y ,. _. I" v l5!!! alto/Zr (Torr/eleilre'L/szv. How is‘it then, that any of you elPoufe the caufe of thofe that are in open rebellion againft their lawful Sove‘ reign? That if you do not plead exprcflly for r» that they m/{fl needs be firbjcfl, not only for wrallz, there are no 1-1ng Court-22mm left? Did they all die With Dr. Sac/Jewrd? Alas 1 how little do you know of mankind 2 Were the prefent .. «w ti; it i! on. ',,_.¢;?w.mv'.;. m. one would expeét that you would be eonti it a ally rmzimling all you had any intercom-{e with, |