16y 'Rut, Sir, ifany one or more of the EIJI:I-copal or PresT,jterian Non-Conformifts,Mtni lers or Peop/e,had been foundguilty,would you condemn thoufands ( or any ) of the guíitlefs for their fakes ? On what account : Is it for their Relation to them ? They are moftly It-rangers to one another. Come, and let us try your rule ofjuftice. I. Is there any Relation nearer than that of Father and Son ? And can anyMinifter be fuppofed to have more intereft in, or influence on his Hearers, than a Father bath on his Son ? And you know that the chief man accufed is the Kings eldeft Son : I hope you will not for this, charge the King, as if he principled him for Treafon againft himfeif : Nor as if he were to fuffer for his Sons faults. I I. The Judges have oft declared that many repos and Pa- pigs were Plotters and Traitors, and they died for it. I hope you will not make all Papifis guilty oftheir crime, nor extirpate them for it. And yet the Papiffs are ConventiclingDifenters too. I I I . The Lords and great Men accufed of this Plot and Treafon ( how juftly God knoweth ) were of the Church of England ; andhail all the Church of England be deftroyed for their fakes ? Dr. Whitby,and others now blamedby the Oxford-Convocati- on ; and Bithop BiIfoú Mr. Hocker, 0.c. were of the Church of England and ihall all the Englifb Clergy be accufed of their words ? I V. Many of the accufed were Hobbi:ffs and Infidels, and forme common ill-living Proteltants : Shall all the Hobbifts, and Infidels, and ill-living Proteftants be extirpated for their faults ? V. Many Gentlemen of forne late Parliaments are accufed (not yet tried, and proved guilty ) : Shall all the ParlPa?nent- men therefore be extirpated as guilty ? V I. Some Lawyers and Students at Law are accufed : Shall all Lawyers and Students therefore be extirpated ? V I I. Divers of theNobility are accufed Muft all Noble- men be theretbre reproached ? V I II Some that have been of the Kings Privy Council were accufed : Is his Council therefore to be difgraced or de- .Itroyed ? Tx! PA X. For
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