THE PREFACE.

THE PREFACE.

Dissenters are accused of Schism by some of this Church, both these and the other are branded not only as Schismatics, but as Heretics by the Papists; who upon this account judge us unworthy to live, and had actually destroyed both together, if God in Mercy had not discovered their devilish Plot. The discovery gave them some interruption, and put them upon an after-game, to retrieve what had miscarried. And this was so to divide us, as that our selves should help them in their design to ruin us all, when they had less hopes to do it alone. In pursuance hereof such influence they have had upon too many, as to raise in them a greater aversation to Dissenters than to Papists. These the Conspirators count their own, and think they may well do so, since ⟨image 3⟩they are too ready to concur with them in their design to exterminate those, who are true Protestants in every point, and differ no more from this Church than those in France do, who by the same Counsels are at this time in extreme danger to be utterly extirpated. Others are so far prevailed with as to make use of one of the sharpest weapons they have against dissenting Protestants, and that is the charge of Schism, lately renewed and re-enforced.

DIssenters are accused of Schism by some of this Church, both these and the other are branded not only as Schismaticks, but as Hereticks by the Papists; who upon this account judge us unworthy to live, and had actually destroyed both together, if God in Mercy had not discover•d their devilish Plot. The discovery gave them some interruption, and put them upon an after-game, to retrieve what had miscarryed. And this was so to divide us, as that our selves should help them in their design to ruine us all, when they had less hopes to do it alone. In pursuance hereof such influence they have had upon too many, as to raise in them a greater aversation to Dissenters than to Papists. These the Conspirators count their own, and think they may well do so, since ⟨image 3⟩they are too ready to concurre with them in their design to exterminate those, who are true Protestants in every point, and differ no more from this Church than those in France do, who by the same Counsels are at this time in extreme danger to be utterly extirpated. Others are so far prevailed with as to make use of one of the sharpest weapons they have against dissenting Protestants, and that is the charge of Schisme, lately renewed and re-inforced.