[ 40] '' giott, that did not intrenchon the Succejfion of the ''Crown, do make the way very eafie; if our People " were united amonR them{elves, and in the Religion "of the Church of England. For matters may be fo "ordered, that all Officers Eccleflaftical, Civil and' '1 " Military, and all that are employe,d in Power and "APtthority, of any k.jnd, be perfons both of cyown " Loyalty to the Crown, and yet faithful Sons of the '' Church, and firm to the Eftablijhed,Religion: And "the Laws that they ail by may be (o explained, in "favour ofthofe that Conform to the Publick.,Worfhip, "and the di(couragement of all Dijfenters,t'hat we muft "reafonably be fe'cure from any violence that the Pa– '' pijts ca.n offer to force Olfr fubmiflion: For when All " our Bijhops and. lergy are under [trill Obligations "and Oaths, and the People are guided by them; and " all Offi~ers, Civil and Military, are firm to the fame " lntere[t, and under {evere .penalties, if they a8: any "thing to the contrary _.· Then what probable danger '' can there be ofany violence or difiurbance, to force (C m OM of our Religion, when all things are thm fe– cc cured, and the Power of External Execution is ge– " nerally in the hands of men of our own Perfwafion. "Nay moreover, the Prince himfelfwill by his Coro– '' nation Oatb be obliged to maint~tin the Laws and '' Liberties of the Kingdom [o Effablijhed.] I am not ofa, Calling fit to debate the Reafons of thefe Reverend Fathers; fome will read. them wich a Plattdite; fome with a Ridete ; fome with a c avete, and I with an Orate : And he that will abate the fervour of his prayers by fuch k:cm·ing words, is one whofe Prayers England is not much beholden to. The \Vords wich all their defigns are edifying, as Diagno'fiick and Prognofrick. I ~nly fay, [Seeiug we receive a Kir;gdom which cannot ' be
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