C 164 ) M. Not fo much as the aforefaid Bifhop and DoCors of the Clnrch of England did, or the Parliaments that made Church- Laws. Again, See our fécond Plea for Peace ; how far we dif claim it. I profefs that I am acquainted with no meer Non, Conformift Minifters, that hold it at all lawful for Subjefts to refift the King, or any Supream Power by a War ; except in cafe that he notoriouflydeclareth that he will ifhe can deftroy the Common-wealth, or deliver it up to a foreigner or destroyer that bath no right. ' L. Sure the cry would never befor Extiriating the Diffenters,for this Plot and their ddifloyalty, if they were notguàlty? M. Nay, ifthat be your argument EStrangers to themfay they are dtfloyal andguilty ; ergo they arejo ] I leave you to God's anfwer, for I will not undertake to anfwer you. But will you ufe Sobriety a little further ? r . It is now twenty feven years fince they were ejected and raft out ofmaintenance andcountenance, andleft tobegorcrave their bread : Long have they been laid in Gaols, and fineddeep- ly, the Law laying on them twenty andforty pound a Sermon Their Goods, beds, gooks taken from them and they left defti- tute: How many in all thefeyears haveever been accufed and proved guilty of one difloyal or feditious Sermon or Word'? I knowofnone :: Certainly it was not for want of will in the Accufers. Thofe that by Oaths have brought them under Con- vidions and Warrants fordiftrefs of five, ten, and much more forfeitures, even divers hundred pounds at once, before they were ever fummoned to fpeak for themfelves ; would fure have fworn fome difloyal Words againft them, had they been able. And can many hundred Minifters have a fuller; proof of their innocency,thanthat theybadno fuch profecution twenty feven years from fuch a fort ofAdverfaries, in fo great Sufferings? z. And now this Plot is detested, It is divers=Months fnce; andmany countriesandCorporations have accufed the Diffen- fers of it, and cry them down to Extirpation : And to this day I cannot hear of any one EngliJh Minifter. ( orat moft not of two) that is either an Epifcopal or Presbyterian Non- Conformift, fomuchasaccufed, or namedas guilty. The French and Dutch Churches in London are Difienting 'Presbyterians. Yet no man accufeth any of-them for being : in r Plots ; and yet mutt they alfobe deftroyed? ut
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