A Vindication of New-England, from the vile aspersions cast upon that countryA Vindication of Nevv-England, from the vile aspersions cast upon that country

The good people of New England want not a kindness for the Church of England; tho' they cannot be satisfied with these pretenders thereunto; they Believe there are Thousands in that Communion with ⟨p. 25⟩whom they Expect Eternal happiness in the same Heaven. Such Renowned Names, as those of […], Tillo•son, &•. are as precious and as Valued amongst the people of New England, and there Books as much Read, and Loved and Lived, as with any here at home. All the hurt they wish to the Church of England, is, to see it Reformed in some things which the Reformed Churches […] do account none of 'tis Beauties; but these New England Episcopalians are utterly a discredit to the whole Body whereof they pretend themselves to be the Members.

The good people of New England want not a kindness for the Church of England; tho' they cannot be satisfied with these pre•enders thereunto; they Believe there are Thousands in that Communion with ⟨p. 25⟩whom they Expect Eternal happiness in the same Heaven. Such Renowned Names, as those of 〈…〉, Tillo•son, &•. are as precious and as Valued amongst the people of New England, and there Books as much Read, and Lov'd and Liv'd, as with any here at home. All the hurt they wish to the Church of England, is, to see it Reform'd in some things which the Reformed Churches 〈…〉 do account none of 'tis Beauties; but these New England Episcopalians are utterly a discredit to the whole Body whereof they pretend themselves to be the Members.

We are very well Satisfied the present Government of New-England Intend not to molest these odd people for any of these Extravagant matters; but if Strangers may Advise the said Government (and why may we not, as well as these people presume to Advise their King?) we would than Council them to be no ways Discouraged from the Service of Their Majesties. Certainly if any of the Tory-masquerade Jacobites (who endeavour to Enfeeble them and Weaken the hands) shall cause them to for-bear any thing, that must be done to maintain Government, Virtue, Order, and Peace, in that Country; they will not find Their Majesties to Thank them for it. Their Majesties own them for a Government, their Charter is as much Restored, as any of the Kingdom of England (Except that of London) All the World will wonder at them, if they do not use it, since it is all the Government they have, until Their Majesties shall please to give them further Orders if any of the other Corporations here in England should hear, that the New Englanders refused to act upon their (lately Incommoded) Charters, they would Hiss at them, as the Common Enemies of the English Nation, should the Freemen here forbear their Elections, or the Tories here tell them, they might not go on in all things as they were, they would be the Ridicule of the whole World. For any to declare for the late Commission Government (being so directly against the Native Privileges of English men) is a sort of Treason; and it tends to Alienate the minds of Their Majesties Subjects, from their Subjection to the Crown of England. It is little less Treasonable to say that their Majesties have left that Country without Government; for that would be to say (what New England abhors) that they might dispose of themselves to any Prince or Potentates in the Earth (by a Client lary Subjection) for their own Security; according to that Rule of the Civil Law [Sirvus D feras a Domino Libersto] They have therefore a Government for, and under Their Majesties; and what is it? Unless it be their Charter […] which Their Majesties do Invite them to Act upon; and Expect they should, as the rest of the Nation do, till they are farther Settled. Let the People therefore (if they know, and have sense to perceive, their own Interest) proceed in their free Elections of honest men, and such as they can trust, to take care of the whole;