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 To draw theſe injuries in large Dimenſions,

Nor to aggredge the hainous Circumſtances,

Which them to ſuch a pitch of guilt advances:

But You may Juſtly, fear, ſome other Pencil

Will do't in lines of Blood, We mean the Benſil

And ſtorm of long-deſerved Indignation,

Juftly impendent on this ſinfull Nation.

But what We here intend, is to remind

You of the Duty, runto which We bind,

Theſe Kingdoms, namely that you ſhould ſuppreſs,

Whatever is contrare to Godlineſs,

To ſound Religion in its purity,

And pow'r, ſuch as that curſed Hierarchy,

Satanical no doubt in its invention,

Th' infamous Means of Antichriſts aſcenſion,

Erect by Law, confirmed by Decrees,

And Oaths impor'd on Men of all degrees.

As likewiſe every Het'rodox Opinion,

And Hereſy, fupporting the Domin.on

Of the Infernall King, now ſo much ſpreading;

Mens wretched Souls to endleſs darknefs leading;

Tho' by the Influence and Kindly Rayes,

Which † Moon and Stars upon their roots diſplayes,

Theſe Errours quickly pullulate and ſpring

And do their curfed fruits to ripeneſs bring.

W [sic]E know 'tis vain for Us to ſupplicate

You to revive Us, or redintegrate

That Reformation which We bind you to,

For that's beyond your Reach and Pow'r to do,

Till once you break the Bonds, throw of the yocks

Wreathed on your Necks, renove the ſtumbling-blocks

Laid in the way of any Enterpriſe,

By which Chriſt's bury'd Int'reſt may ariſe,

Mount up and Flowriſh: yet, pray, do not think,

That Impotency under which you ſink,

Can leſſen or excuſe your ſinfull Courſes,

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