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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Not your People:—for they only pay little more then others towards that charge of the Government which they occasion: you endanger our Government more then others, you pay a little more towards the support of it then others.—It's true, you are charged two parts of three of your Estates; but you usually come off with a slight composition,—which ⟨p. 26⟩you may very well afford towards the security of the Government which you so much hazard. Is it persecution to allow something of your superfluities for the Kings necessities? especially when it is not so much as the Pope extorted from you, when he called England, Puteus inexhaustus.—You pay nothing now for Bulls, Pardons, Licenses, Dirges obits,—Vestments, Crosses, &c. You may have a cheap way of serving God: and therefore I hope you may afford his Majesty the more that he may maintain that way.—
2. Not your People:—for they onely pay little more then others towards that charge of the Government which they occasion: you endanger our Government more then others, you pay a little more towards the support of it then others.—It's true, you are charged two parts of three of your Estates; but you usually come off with a slight composition,—which ⟨p. 26⟩you may very well afford towards the security of the Government which you so much hazard. Is it persecution to allow something of your superfluities for the Kings necessities? especially when it is not so much as the Pope extorted from you, when he called England, Puteus inexhaustus.—You pay nothing now for Bulls, Pardons, Licenses, Dirges obits,—Vestments, Crosses, &c. You may have a cheap way of serving God: and therefore I hope you may afford his Majesty the more that he may maintain that way.—
Should not be persecuted:—You are not persecuted for Religion, but punished for disobedience.—You say you disobey for conscience sake:—be that between God and you:—the Magistrates observe your actions, and punish them; your hearts they know not, and therefore they judge them not.—There is no governing of Mankind, if the Magistrate must not punish mens actions which he seeth, but indulge them for their conscience which he seeth not.—