( 2.66' ) l X. Formerly many Judges have been guilty_: Are Judges, therefore to be difhonoured ? X. By this juftice you maynext conclude, They were Englifh.. men that were accufed, therefore let all Englifl-men be rooted out : Or they were Proteftants and Chrifians ; therefore away with all Prcteftynts and Chriftiaw : Whereas I think it an unjuft eonclufion, that becaufe they were Irifh-men and Fapifts that murdered two hundred thoiifand in Ireland, therefore root out all Irifhämen and Papifts, unlefs you will infers, They are men that commit all "fin ;., therefore root out mankind. If it had, been men that hateferious Godlinefs, and .are.. the feed ofthe Serpent and of Cain, that are at deadly enmity to the true fear ofGod, and thirft for the bloodofthe innocent,thatare ac- cured ofthisPlot ; and if People had petitioned to have all this fort of men rooted out for it, it would,have _ fallen on more than you and I are willing to name, or to have deftroyed. But can you bear with me if I tell you truly and plainly what this Extirpating motion of all called Diffenters and Conventiclers fignifieth, and what it tendeth to ? L. I havehadfo much reafon from you,, as obligeth me to hear what you canfurther jay. M. I. The motion is fo apparentlq from Satan, that it will tempt thole that are Chriftians indeed, and know the devil's will and works, to takeyou for no other than his lifted fouldiers againft"Chrift, ifyou fet. your felves to do this work. Truth, Love, and doing Good, are the Chriftian State andLife. Lying, Hatred, and Hurtfulnefs, are Diabolifm, or Satans work and image. All the Art of prating anddeceit ofClergyor Laity in the World, wilt never fo far blind true Chriftians, but that by your Fruits theymill knowyou. The pricks of Thorns and Thifiles will be known from Grapes and Figs, indefpight of all thecraft ofDiabolifms. And if Children know not a Wolf in Sheepsn cloathing, theywill know him that feehim tear the Flock; yea, or.; that fee his bloody jaws. And are you willing to renounce Juftice, Humanity and Chri- ftUanity, and openly toprofefs.Diaboliftn ? Menwill fee how malignity greedily picks quarrels with ho- Ileft innocent men, while it beareth or cherifheth the debau- ched,ungodly, unconfcionable rabble, vvhofe .God is their belly:. sr:the world And'
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