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Show England's 'Prefent Inte~tjt Confider' d._ VoL I. 6.p . Co aifod. we befeech you, and !hew your ' Have Reg:Jid to our Suffermg n ~ :Ve reputed the meaneft) of your 1 JZJ.t 1 'felves both natural to a M(mber (f him who faid, Sriii!ar not nt aU, as _, • - own Civil Body, and fo far overs 0~ a£\ing againft his Command, at leaft, JlOt to continue us Suff~rera for ~wn Confciences ; But mike. fome Provi· our Senfe of it, and theret~ ofc_ur cries have done before you, as in your jiox for us, ::as well a~ ot cr _ou~at all thofe, who are of the Society of Wifdom you fhal\ thmk meet' k own c.l themfelves to be fo, /hnD not 6t the People can'd 'l.llakcrs, and ~CC0Jt111 of SWtiiYing, but their folemn Yea moleflctl for tbe/mur~ '~~P.on rte {, and tbcir Untruth, or Breach of Word' er Nay foall be r~Mn tn lieu I erro ' P""iffiable a.r l'crpny. d r ht · n Mercy and in all AE\s of Tendernefsto God, we know,. t~al\l\70~~ fu 1natural, 'foo generous and fo .Chrifti:m aa the Sons of Men, WT~ fi Promoters and Effe£\ers of thiS happy De· tncerprize; and the ropo ers, f Swettring under which we and our Fa .. Ji\:erance from the heavy ~log·ll not w..e d;re believe, go without their p1ilies have fo long ~rolf h, ~~ ·gh;y whom in what Manner foever ltc Rewards at the Han 5 0 t e tJU the Bottom' of our Souls, humbly and !hall deal with usTwe do, froid leafe him fo to difpofe your Hean~ as heartily implor~,, hat 1~ w~i h ~ruft repofed in you, .to the Honour of you r.1ay beft d1lcharge t at ~ rit of this famous K1ngdom, the moll his Great Nam.e, ~n~ the {\9 ·':" tr yo~r felveS\ and which will give, certaiu Foundanon o truhe e {;'1 tbe cl~areft: Reputation to you and your ~,~a g~od Example toot ersJ ~ , , Jli>llenry. z . f. 'd ·n the Name qod for tbt Strv1u •f the People Tp:!u~~ O.:~k~rsJ by "" · Wuu.AM PENN, RrcHAR~'.RrcHARDSON. England's Prefent 1 N T E a E s T Confidered, , WITH !lotzour to the PaxNcE, andSaftty to the PEoPLE: In Anfwer to this one Q.ueftion, • \" . , ~ d Safe 1ft tht 'JI'IIlillrt of '(ljfairt tD b, JM.; Wh4! tHIIaj Fit, & "" 1Ji i the &at ~QIIIr'"J Jntmjli, 1111d fmorttJlu'f!n'ig•! ihte lfgm r /'j;Pub ':,J e"r'v"s"e~" t\o '/t.''fm. er.e 'J"~ oyf //, GO'IJITnment, aJtJ tM• fofr<~t "'ith e Proflf'>~J4 the J(jngtl,om . Submitted to the Confideratiot:t of our SqrsRIORS. . ' Lex efr Ratio jine',.Appetilu, VoL.l ro' tbel.'ubliak. Nor do W•rthy Mindt t.hillk ever the l~fs kindly bf'tfo; )6~~· cneft n~d ijumble Monitors.; and rGod knowfs, that ofc~times f'riJU(I are ~ deceived, and Kingd•m languifh ror Want o them. How fOr the Poftu10 o£ our Affairs will juftify this Addrefs, I fhall fubmit to the ]U~gment, anll @bfervarion of every l•uDigi'f Read<r. Genain it is, that rhf!e are few,Kiogdpms in th.e World lllj)re<livid<:d within themfelv~s • .and whole Religious lnter~fl,<;Jye more feemingl~ cto!S to all Acco.mmodation, 1h:in tb::Jt ~.Live in; Which renders the .iU.tgi~ jlr.rtt. 'Fd]k b.,rd, and giveth him a Djfficulty llCKt to invincible. Your Endea\IOUf~ for :m TiniformiJ1 ha.v.e b.eeo many_. rQur Alts not, a f.~)\' qa enforce it; but the CJ11{tNJIIt1J.i~,.l'beth~r .}'OJi int¢.hd~ it or bo, throu~ the Jl.arb:uous llra&ices of rhofe tha.t .have had. tbtir )i~e.<)lt\on, b.ath been the. fpoiling of ti:ye<aLThoufands of the'Eree B<Un I!C9ple of thi.s<(:{ipgdorJ, -of their. l:infurfeited Rights. Ptrfom b.Vtll<r~ iflv•l into ()pa/r, Gmt nn<l Trrmlu.ilrok< open, (ia.dr di}lrdinfd, t;tJ,a,Srltll b~t~ na1 b!tA t4i to /it dortl/1 an: F!a<l<t of Callie dri114n, wbolc B<N:Jtr full rifConrrfli<ti, Thr4fo'J, and ear<iu!.zr.oay.: J'aPeiiJt !fit without t f¥i< Cbii~fl'n., Cbi~rtn reilhout thrir Pttre1111, both t~·itbout Suh[iflence. . .~ · __ '; • 1 But that which ~ravates the Cruelty, 15, The TV,i/o~'s Mue h3rh no_t tfcaped their HanQI.I t9y Jta'fnfi!d{lie(§orOhe~~'(mure of her Con.fa· ena; nor leaving her a Bed to lye on, nor aBiarik'e~ to cover her. And ·Which (s .\'<1 fi!.9~ lla1balqll.!, a.nd helps to mak~ up tlri> Tragfl!ly, t~r'f" }i(lplcf< f!rt?'&n'f i})i/k, lJaiii•g ~Vtr the Fir{• Q(U hun Jl'fN t.o /be .<Jr, p~l 1be /i!;iOet !(la~e f,<rf of rqm fnoc : T~at, had not ~{tqr~ ljr ei~q· bours beeR !lronger r)Iqn C1uelty in fych lnfq{l\lers and 0/li<tJS, to ?Pen )\flr Bowels for their Relief and Subfiltence, thev rnun h'l''e utterly pen(h'd, Nor can thefe inh0.p1an Irrftt,JIV~n~-,pl~·d CQJ;lfc\ence or Duty to thofe Laws, who have abUnaantly tianfcenae'ti t'lr~ feVden Claufe in rhe!!l 1 fnr to fee tbe irnpri(on'd, has .b~en.S,ufP.icion e11o~g~ for a Goa.li and. co~1c t ~ Sic)<, to m~ke a C0nvenucle: fimng and Strainl~g fdt PreaFJI.ii11I• bl· 1ng at a Meeting, where there h>fh l>een ~ejth~r• and Pm! f' ~q' Twenty, ac Pjck and ~oofe too, \sa rnodefare Adv1111ce wlrh 10me o ~t ~ r: Or hers thinking this a Way roo dull and tlodblefome, alter the Que on, ..:~nd1urn, l:Jave YOfl met? Which. tl'tc Afi inten~s; to, ,WJlJ_yON .sw~,r? Which it inrend~t;h not: So thar In fome Plpces It hath been fufficrent to~ !'rununire 'that Men have had- Efta res to lofe; ( me::Jn fuch Men, who_, through Tendernefs, refufe the Oath ; but by Princip1e like the Alleglance, not lefs than-their Adverfaries. - - - Finding then by fJd Experifmcc;., a~d ~Jo,ng .Tra£\ of Time, that the ~ery Remedies applied ro cure Difl'ention, 1ncfeafi: Jt; and ~hat the more V1go- \... ~ roufiy an Uniformi'l... is Coerci-Yely Profecuted, the w;der Brelches grow, the more infiamed Pcrf<ins :ire,. and <!it'd in tbeit Rt(dlurions to ltand by their Principles, it (hould, rnethinks, puc an. End to «be Attempt : ~or be- £des all <tiber lnconvenien~ to thofe t)la.t g,v. th~m Trottble, thC!r verr •Sufforlngs b,eg~f thot:Compaflion itrthe Multi(UUe, . which oardy mi(fes . of makipg lll~'oy Ff/en~s, ~nd prov,':' oft~n a .. P"I"!'"'"" fo!' n~~ • fer» Pr'{[t~ )Jitf1 l)o much ff!Pr<; ll,everend JS ~uJI:en~. ~hall .maki~g. Me~ fulferfor Religion; even of"tb.ofe that c.:>,nn.9t fult<,~; for 1tiei{,Rqtgl0g, tf yet I!I•Y have any "Religion to fulfer for. H1ftonesare full of Ex~mp(es: J'lle P<rJe-cution of the Cbrifliafl P.•litian /rylde it more 1ll'u~rious t4an it's Doarine; Perhaps it will be denied ti> Eng lifo DifJ<•ttn, that•thev- \'el~ upon fo gOod a Caufe and thercfoxc a Var.icy (n tltem roex~ that Succets. ,Bur.drrllf-ni[ llt 1t 'relf, Qnce reputed. rh7 foul~"Hertfit by the Churc~, was by no l.r· tifice of its Party ro dilr~ll)lll~t~<f, as the feVere Oppofirton of rhe Hof.f oufiam. · tlified I bel Conrehs n:~~urally draw Company, and the Vulg:JC are~ {i 0 fctl r Cmiollry, if not Piry, wben they fee fo maay Wifer M11 en "~~ thf.m ~~~ to fupprefs a People, Oy whom they fee no orh_er) , chant ?t .o: C.•form11y, ln M~tiCrs of lj.eligion, they bear ln;un•s and lnd1gmnes P~liently. R r, r •· · · T<> |