Page:A Seasonable Warning and Exhortation of the Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.pdf/11

 the Protetant Religion, whoe Concience is ubject to a foreign Power; and who is under prior Engagements to his piritual Sovereign, the Pope of Rome, to detroy it?

Tho' the Pretender's Son would eem to acknowledge ome Micarriages in former Reigns, is it not evident, that he treads in the Steps of the late King James, by levying Money in an arbitary Manner as he did, immediately after his Acceion? Has he not treated the Country as a Conquered Nation, by enforcing his exorbitant Demands with the threatening of military Execution? If uch Things are done whilt he courts a Crown, what may we not dread, if he hould be poet of it?

What Abues might not be expected from the Army he employs to raie him to the Throne? a great Part of which is made up out of the barbarous Corners of this Country? many of whom are Papits, under the immediate Direction of their Priets, train'd up to the Sword, by being practied in open Robbery and Violence; void of Property of their own; the contant Invaders of that of others; and who know no Law, but the Will of their Leaders.

Whilt our mot gracious Sovereign treated them with the greatet Indulgence and Clemency; and did every Thing to encourage them to honet Labour, and to render them ueful to the Country: And whilt, as a true Father of his People, he yearly betowed a coniderable Sum, for intructing uch of his Subjects as live in Places where Ignorance and Popery prevail, in the principles of true Religion; a jut Share of which Sum was betowed for their Intruction, they, as retles Diturbers, have rien in open Rebellion againt their only lawful Sovereign and bountiful Benefactor.

But, to complete our Detruction France and Spain, the avowed Enemies of our Country; not only of our Religion, but of our Trade and Commerce, are called in to their Aitance: Who, whilt they are preparing to invade us at home, are ditreing our Trade abroad; with whom we are at Open War, on the ame Principles on which the War was waged in the Reign of Qeeen Anne. The Pretence of calling in uch dangerous Allies, is the Aitance given us by the Dutch; and aid to be expected from Danes, Heians and Swis. Let it be conidered, that thee are Protetant States; that the Dutch are obliged to ait us, by Treaty made for their and our afety; that uch Aid was called in, when our Army was employed