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 ''fleh pots, and who would return again into the bondage, of Egypt for their cucumbers, and onions, and Garlick, yea, and you have imprinted the eeds of Athim in tbe hearts of men, mot men now believe in nothing at all, and leat any thing hould bite their conciences, stupefied by your opinion, they deire that all worhip of God might be taken away. But to peak more mildly, what gain is it that you hould force men thus to lie. Do you believe that all thee whom you have compelled to profee your Catholick Religion, are really yours?'' Pray take away from one part, your gold and your temptations, from the other your words, your racks, and other intruments of cruelty, and retore liberty of concience, and you hall preently ee, how eriouſly they have imbraced your religion, if therefore he be a fale friend who loves another mans etate, and not his peron, why are you o foolih as to pleae your elves in the thoughts of thoe men, who either out of flattery, or ele through force, eem to comply with your preent properous etate? The Babylonian pride induces you, that men hould be either inticed or forced by any means, to worhip this your golden Image of the people, and that all nations and tongues hould fall down before the ound of your pipe, your harp, and of your violl, and of all other muicall instruments. Whilet you intoxicated with the wind of fornication, may ecurely and jocondly dance amongt the Rh