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Show SiS An .Addrefs to 'ProltJiants: Vi>L. ·I 1679. Jr UJttl ufuaYy tbe ConditiOn of Chriftians to he Perfecuted, but not to Per- ~ fcc~~~ we find the fame Things in SuLfiance afTerted again bv his Son, King Charkr the Firft, in his Beak known by rhe Name of B J K nN BA :=. IAIK H, printed for R. Royjlon, as followeth. . ~a e 6 In his Prayer to God, he fa1d, Thou Jufl bow mrub Cruelty, amon~ ~iuiftians, is afled ur:der rbe Colour of Religion ; ttl if we could 1101 be Chriftians, un!cfs we Cruofy one anorber. . . Page 2s. iU.zke rbem a~ (tngth ferio11jly to confider, tbdt nothmg V1olent and Injurious, can be Re/,gzon. . . . R . Pa e 0 , ]\Or 1S it fo proper t~ hew out ~ebg1o~ eformot!onr by tlJe Swor~, ~ 10 polifh them by_ fair and equal Dtfput.altons, amons rboje that are moft conurn'd iii rbe Di.fferencu, whom not Fo'ln hut R~ajiJn tJutbt ttJ tos~::,e.in Matters of Religion, t hofo Truths g.mn moft upon_ Mbz'r Jud_g· menu 1md Conflienur, f!Jbi~h art leaft urged wah Secular V1olence, whub weakens Truth with Pre;udues. . Page II). It heingan Office not only of Hamanlfy, ratbcr.tou[eReafon t1Jan Force, hut a!fo Of Chriftianity tofoek Peoce and enfue u. Some Words of Advice from King CHARLES the Firft to' the then Prince of Wales, now King of England, b'c. Page 16~.M T Counfel and Ch~trge to you U, T~?at y~u ferioufll co,ifi.Jer the former Real or Objefled 111ifcarrzoges, wbub tmght Occajion my Troubles, that you may avoid tlum, &:c. . Beware of Exafperating any FaOion, by _tbe Croj nef! anJ. Afpcruy of fame &n'r P4j]ions, Humours and private Op1!1tom, effJploy d by .You, grounded ont1 u on Differences in /e.Jfer Matters, rehub 11re hu~ ~be SJurt s ~nd Suburbs _of Rei~ ion, wherein a Charitable Omnivnnce '!nd Cbrijlran Toleratzon, often ~if jiparer tb~ir Strength, when rougher f?pp~jillon fortljiu, and puts the Defpijed and Oppreffed Por1y into fuch Comb~ nations, m may mofl enable them to get tJ fuU Revenge on thofe they tou'ht tbe1r Perfccutors. . . Par.e 166 Tak~ Heed that 011tward f:irct~mfi•IIUJ and Formablle.t of Re· ligion~devour not all. Some Fruits of SOLITUDE. I N Refletl:ions and Maxims. relating to the ConduCl: of Human Life. In Two PARTs. The P R E F A C E. R.eader, T H IS Enchiridion, I prrftn! t hee. with, Js the Fruit of Solitude: A School few care to learn m, t ho no•e mftruEls 11$ better. Some Ports of if are the Refult of ferioiiJ Rejle8ion : 01ben tl~e F/,ifh· ;ng$ of Lucid Intervals : Writ for private St~tisfaOicn, and now pub/jjhed for an Help to H11man ConJu8. Tbe 'VoL, I. The Preface 'to RrftellioMJ and M4j<ims |