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Rh carefully examined by all its Profeors. A Religion, that heartily embraces all the Counel of God, but with a jut Indignation rejects the additional Articles of Men; and will not ubmit to the Tyranny, of Idolatry in Practice, and Contradictions in Belief, being impoed as Terms neceary to Salvation. A Religion o exactly Calculated for the Perfection of all divine and human, moral and ocial, private and publick Virtues; that the Zealots of Rome have nothing truly Primitive and Chritian which We want; Nothing particular to Their Communion, which We are not better without; In plain Englih, Nothing which they tickle for converting us to, but newer or older Errors, Uncharitablenes and Faction, Diloyalty and Slavery. Latly, (which comes up cloer to the Occaion of this Aembly) A Religion in Meeknes and Innocence o like its Divine Author, that it will not allow Us to take Sanctuary in thoe infamous Means for our own Preervation, which our Adveraries, without any Scruple or Remore, make choice of for our Detruction.

On thee Two Privilges then let us, alter the Example of Moses, fix our Contemplation, and ground our Happine. The Convenience of our Situation, The Benignity of our Climate, The various Productions of our Country, the Benefits of our Navigation, The Wealth of our People, The Widom of our Laws, The admirable Temper of our Contitution, The Terrour of our Arms by Sea and Land, And the hining Graces of our Queen, Thee are glorious Advantages, and an unexampled Concurrence of Bleings. But let me notwithtanding crave leave to ay, that, to acribe our preent Enjoyments or our future Expectations to any or to all of Thee, is to top too hort. They are indeed proper Intruments and ubordinate Caues, but the Original and Efficacious Caue of all lies higher yet. It is the Favourable Providence of God, It is the Excellence of our Relgion, that contitute our true Greatnes and Glory, our Hope and Crown of Rejoicing. For uch is the mutual Connexion and Dependence of thee Two, that to the Favour of God we owe the Preervation of his Truth among