Common sense: addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession. III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs. IV. Of the present ability of America, with some miscellaneous reflections. A new edition, with several additions in the body of the work. To which is added an appendix; together with an address to the people called Quakers. N.B. The new addition here given increases the work upwards of one third.

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r a ALPPENDIX. . ‘ 5,- 7 'The quotation which ye have made fromProver hs, in th° ‘thttd page of'yourteflimony, that, "when a man's ways ‘ pieai'e the Lord, he maketh avert his enemies to be at peace _ with him"; is very unwilely choien on your part ; becaufe, - -tt amounts to a proof, that the king's ways (whom ye are. to defirouv of fupporting) do not pleaie the Lord, otheiwife, his reign would he in peace. ‘ ~ Inow proceed to the latter part of your tefiimony, and that, for which all the foregoing {eemt only an introduc- tion, viz. - ' ~ ‘ . _ " It hath ever been our judgment and principle, fince _ we were called to profcfs the lightol'Chriit Jelus, manit'efied in our coniciences unto this day, that the {citing up and, putting down kings and governments, is God's pr:euliar prerogative; for cauies heft known to himfelt; "And that it is not our buiinefs to have any hand or con.trivance therein ; nor to be bufy bodies above our 9a- tion, much leis to plot and contrive the ruin, or ovér‘turn of any' of them, but to pray for the king, and May of our nation, and good of all men : That we may live a pcaceable and quiet life, in all godlinefs and honcfly 5 ‘umirr the government wbirbGod fr film/9d tit/Er owr ur"'-- ‘If thefe are really your principles why do ye not abide by them ? VVhydo ye not leave that, which ye call God's . -Work. to be managed by himfelf? There very principles infirm?! you to wait with patience and humility, for the e. vent of all public meafures, and to receive rbar event as the * - divine will towards you. ‘ . lVbru/are, whfat‘occaiiOn is‘there for your political trflimny if you fullybelieve what it con- . . ; "ins ?- And the very publjihing it proves, that either, ye do notbeiieve what ye profels, or have not virtue‘enough to praaife what ye' believe. ‘ , . . The principles of‘Qualteriim have a dire& tendency tp' t , mx'b a man the quiet and inoficniive l'ubjcfl of,any, and : ' " ‘i'every government whit/7 irfir over him. ‘ And ifthe ictring ‘ and putting down of kings and governments is God'. ‘ liar prerogative, he mofl certainly will not be robbed.‘ hereof by us; wherefore,'the principle itielf leads you to .ipbrofl! of every thing.' which ever happened, or may hap- peor g'l-Iin; l. ., o. kirigsas being m‘ . his work, OLIYEtt CROhlt,ta