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Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of…
Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Ireland's protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholics reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.Fair-warning, or, XXV reasons against toleration and indulgence of popery with the Arch-bishop of Canterbury's letter to the King and all the bishops of Irelands protestation to the Parliament to the same purpose : with an answer to the Roman-Catholicks reasons for indulgence : also the excellent reasons of the Honourable House of Commons against indulgence, with historical observations thereupon.
London: printed for S.U.N.T.F.S., 1663
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Twenty five Reasons Against Toleration of Popery › Reason 18: Reason. 18.
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Reason. 18.
What destroys your Government most Excellent Prince, under which we lead peaceable and quiet lives, in all godliness and honesty, secure in our lives, estates and liberty, is not to be tolerated: Popery destroyeth your Government, they set up one whom they must obey for conscience sake, while they obey you only for conveniency: their Priests may do what they please, you have no power over them. Sr. if the Question between us were whether we should be holy or profane, whether we should obey Christ or not: whether we should be good Christians and Subjects or not? we should be ashamed to come behind them: but when we consider that all this stir is to set up one man above the world, shall we gratify his ambition? and promote his design against our own Interest and welfare: now they care peaceable indeed, but let a Priest be discontented (and what State can promise to please them always?) and they will let you know what it is to let Priests and Jesuits into England: they will incense the people, promote discontents, convey whispers, occasion misunderstandings, and make you weary of your Government and life.
What destroyes your Government most Excellent Prince, under which we lead peaceable and quiet lives, in all godliness and honesty, secure in our lives, estates and libertie, is not to be tolerated: Popery destroyeth your Government, they set up one whom they must obey for conscience sake, while they obey you onely for conveniency: theire Priests may do what they please, you have no power over them. Sr. if the Question between us were whether we should be holy or prophane, whether we should obey Christ or not: whether we should be good Christians and Subjects or not? we should be ashamed to come behinde them: but when we consider that all this stir is to set up one man above the world, shall we gratify his ambition? and promote his designe against our own Interest and welfare: now they care peaceable indeed, but let a Priest be discontented (and what State can promise to please them alwayes?) and they will let you know what it is to let Priests and Jesuits into England: they will incense the people, promote discontents, conviegh whispers, occasion misunderstandings, and make you weary of your Government and life.