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Gentlemen and Fellow-Chriſtians,

HE imminent Danger which the Proteſtant Religion, our Sovereign K. George, and the Realms of Britain and Ireland, are in, thro' the Pretenſions of the Chevalier de St. George to our Crown; The ſad Condition of the City of Edinburgh and the Lothians in particular, and all Scotland in general, unjuſtly invaded by, and groaning under the grievous Oppreſſion of, the Son of the ſaid Chevalier, ſupported eſpecially by our Eſan-like Brethren the Highlanders, who, according their wonted Avarice, are devouring our Subſtance, and inſlaving many of our Perſons; The great Silence of many