Divine Conduct, or The Mystery of Providence

(2.) Here, in this Age of the World, the common prejudices against Christianity are removed, by the advantage it hath of a public profession among the people▪ and protection by the Laws of the Country. Whereas, were your habitation among Jews▪ Mahometans, or Heathen Idolaters▪ you would find Christ and Christianity the common odium of the Country▪ every one defying and deriding both name and thing; and such your selves likely had been, if your birth and education had been among them. For you may observe, that whatever is [Greek or Hebrew] traditionally delivered down from Father to Son, every one is fond of, and zealous in its defence. The Jews, Heathens and Mahometans are at this ⟨p. 47⟩day so tenacious of their errors, that with spitting, hissing, and clapping of hands, and all other signs of indignation and abhorrence they chase away all others from among them.

(2.) Here, in this Age of the World, the common prejudices against Christianity are removed, by the advantage it hath of a publick profession among the people▪ and protection by the Laws of the Countrey. Whereas, were your habitation among Jews▪ Mahometans, or Heathen Idolaters▪ you would find Christ and ChristJanity the common odJum of the Countrey▪ every one defying and deriding both name and thing; and such your selves likely had been, if your birth and education had been among them. For you may observe, that whatever is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 traditionally delivered down from Father to Son, every one is fond of, and zealous in its defence. The Jews, Heathens and Mah•metans are at this ⟨p. 47⟩day so tenacious of their errors, that with spitting, hissing, and clapping of hands, and all other signs of indignation and abhorrence they chase away all others from among them.