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Show '.,. ( ~2 ) .' .faying, They wefe not abu_(ed, bttt Jea!t }t!fl}1 ' witb, &c. covering themfelves under thts Falfe.' hood, and for a Refuge make this Lye, That ' they came pu,.po{ely to undermine the Ci'f'il Gover?' ment, and to per[wade the People to ,l?..~,nou?Zce ~t. ' This is a high Charge, foun~ed unto theW ?rid, ' and whac is it bur to mall:e the World beheve, ·' That we· are·'~ feditious People, not worthy ro ' live and to fiir up Nations and People againO: ' us, 'co ~eftroy us from the Earth ? The Charge ' i·s hjgh and pofidve :-But, where is the Proof: • J-.et 'rhem bring forth their Wimeffes ; yeaj le:.c ' 'them bring forth the People rhat -yvtll fay, ' The Quakers that were put ro Death at B~fton? ' ever perfwaded them to Deny or Renounce ' the Civil Governmen~ ; ~ fay again, Brjng ' forth the People ~~~t will fay, The Q?akers ' that were put to Death · at Boflon, pe~-fwadd ' them to. Renounce the Civil Gove-rnment ; or, that ' they came purpofely to undt:rmine it. ' Indeed there were that fuborn ed Men to ~atal- ' wirnefs againfl Stephen, which faid, We hav_e ~~[ to f ' heard him [peak blafphemom ')}Jords againft Mufef 0~tS~~ t' and again(! God, and ceafeth not to [pea~ ~lafp~e- - ' mous words againjl this holy Place a11d fpe Law, P _en. 'for we have heartl him jay, Tbif J e(f1& of ~az..·a- ' reth Jhall tleflroy this place, and pJalt change · tb~ ' Cu~oms whicf:/ Mofes delivered to u;·, Atl:s 6. I I, ' Il, I;. Th'efe were of rhe Synagogue of the ' Libertines, who wok great Liben y ( in their ' Malice and Envy, ro found om Lies) to mak~ ' Stephen, · rhar Bleffed and Good Man, w look ' as Criminal as ever they could, a' if he were ' purpofed to Dellroy the Piace, and Change ' the Cufiom5, &,. that thereby they might ' feem the n~ ore j u~.ified i? the Min9s of P'eoG pie ~ n ~hat rhey cud, as 1f he were nor abufeq, · ' · · ' b~ r , . ( Sj ) ~ but dealt j ufily with,in killi ng of him : And rhi; : ~as fo r his Faith and Tefiimony's fake1 in refiify~ mg to the Truth, that they rhus f11amefu lly and ' wickedly rurned things againft him. So now ' I.t mull not be faid the ~akers were put ro' ' Death upon a Religious Accoanr, for te fi ifyin <T· ' ro the Trut' h, rhar will look hard, and ot atn;l ' ilL Report in rhe World, rh ar they who cc1me ' ro New-England upon the Accoun t of Religion, ' ffioutd·' now Perfecure or hers for the fame ; no, ' no : Let ir be noifed abroad, and faid, They ' came purpofely to undermh~e the Civil Government, ~ tend perfwade the People to Renounce ir. ' And this it may be w·HI rake with rhe Peo' pie, Thar they 'vere not. abufed, but dea!t fujily ' with; and as it is eafie ro fee and know, ·who ' were· the Chief in ftirring up the People and ' Ruler~ to this great Evil, in killing rhe Q8a' kers; fd alfo you may fee, who are rne Chief ' in furnifhing the Counrry, and World, with ' a· Lye for their Excufe ;· that afcer they had· : ~anged rhe ~~kers, and many of rhe Counr'ry were forry for n., yer rhefe four Pr iefts !tand up ' ro jullifie rhe ACt, in faying, 'Jhq were not abu: .(e(l~ but dealtjuflly with·. 0 New-Engl11nd! may H nor be fatd of thee', as was faid in Days of ' .Old, 0 my People, they which lead thee caufe thee ' to Err, anJ deflr'oy th.e way of thy Paths, Ifa.j . I2. .. P. ro. (Afrerrelaupgfome of rheir Sufferings, 1 1 as ~e~re· reCite~) rehearfing their former Charge, l~o~~cerir't W~1cb[f~y r}ley J zs every where accountedSedition,p.64. Thts ts lhll co poffefs the Counrry with P. 10 , 1 : ~ ' Falihoods, and w harden the Hearts of Peo- r 2, C.:.c • ' pie, That they were nor abufed, &c. and ro ' Cloke the Cruelcy and Murrher of the Mur- . thering, and ro make as fair Weather for them ' as rhey can, at!d to render lhe Innor.enr Suf~ ~ ferers |