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of dainties , ) but pull and snatch away their 9 ^^§^ 0 ^^ & or crust : * a ci ^^ ^ X ' 93 ^ L- ^ dJPf % hard one , because of thd ? Wp ^^^ 6 tftfo ^ troubles and vexatfol&f ^* - ' 7 «?; ' ^ J # ! ^ jbr , in calm midnight thoughts , what are these leaves and flowers * aii < l ^ moke and shadows , and
dreams of earthly nothings , about which we poor fools and- children , as David saith , disquiet % uts $ lvfsi in vain ? Alas ! what fe ^ tttjhe . scuffling w qf this world for ? W £ at are alt the contentions of this w ^ r | d about , generally , but for greater dishes , and bowls of porridge , of which , if we believe God ' s Spirit in
Scripture , Esau and Jacob were types ? Esau will part with the heavenly birth-right for his supping , after his hunting for god belly : and Jacob will part with his porridge for an eternal inheritance ! O Lord ! give me to make Jacob ' s and Mary ' s choice , which shall never be taken from me .
" 10 . How much sweeter is the counsel of the Son of God , to mind first the matters of his kingdom ; to take no care for to-morrow ; to pluck out , cut off , and fling away , right eyes , hands and feet , rather than to be cast whole into hell-fire—to consider the ravens and lilies
whom an heavenly Father so clothes and feeds ; and the counsel o * f his servant Paul , to roll the cares of this life also upon the Most High Lord Steward of his people , the eternal God ; to be content with food and raiment : to mind not our
own , but every man the things of another ; yea , and to suffer wrong , and part with what we judge is right , yea , our lives ; and as poor women martyrs said , as many as there be hairs upon our heads , for the name of God and the Son of God
his sake . This is humanity , yea , this is Christianity ; the rest is but formality and picture , courteous idolatry , and Jewish and Popish blasphemy against the Christian religion , the Father of spirits , and his Son t ^ e Lord Jesus . " Beside , Sir , the matter with us is
not about these children ' s toys of land , meadows , cattle , government , &c , But here all over this colcmy , a great number of weak arid distressed souls scattered a ?* flying Mfcfife *^ fr ^ jp ^ Old tod New England ; the Itf # tf P % & *** Only W $ e hath in hW infinite wisdom , provided this country and this corneras a shelter
, tor the poor persecuted ,, according tp tneir sev ^ ^ p ^ jna ^ fi ^ j ! . v Tg | up / tfoat cS ^ i ^ iMMmi fei » f . ^ ^^ yssBwwwT ^ ^• mKHlKB
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some difference with the Bay , ' l think ; IV ^ itVIH&ttis , I fip ^ oo ^ bss to you , that j ti ^ e most y ^ s ^ ^ aF ^ ial ^ provided and ! cut out this part of | fe World for a refuge and receptacle foy all sorts
of consciences ! I am ndw under a cloud , and my Bro&er Hooker , * $$ 0 ^ : T& > &s yon haw been : we ij ^^ ^^ oveii from them thus far , and yet Wey are not satisfied / * ¦
« Thus , Kr , the King's Majesty ^ dfijougli his father ' s and his own conscience favoured Lord Bishops , which their father and grandfather King James , whom I have spoke with , sore against his will also did , yet all the world may see by his Majesty ' s declarations and engagements before his return , and his
declarations and parliament speeches since , and many suitable actings , how the Father of spirits hath mightily imprest and touched his royal spirit , though the bishops much disturbed him , with deep inclinations of favour and gentleness to different consciences and apprehensions as to the invisible King , and way of his worship .
Hence he vouchsafed his royal promise , under his hand and broad zeal , that no person in this colony , shall be molested or questioned for matters of conscience to God , so he be loyal and keep the peace ! Sir , we must part with lands and lives before we part with this jewel ! I judge you may yield some land and the
government of it to us , and we , for peace ' sake , the like to you , as being but subjects of one King , &c . And I think the King ' s Majesty would thank us for many reasons . But to part with this jewel , we may as soon do it as the Jews with the favour of Cyrus , Darius and
Artaxerxes . Yourselves pretend liberty of conscience , but , alas I it is but self , the great God self , only yourselves . The King winks at Barbadoes , where Jews and all sorts of Christian and Antichristian persuasions are free , but our grant , some f ew weeks after yours was sealed ? though granted as soon , if not before yours , is
crowned with the King's extraordinary favour to the colony , as being a banished one , in which his Majesty declared himself that he would experiment whether civil government could consist with such liberty of conscience ! < e This grant was started at by his
Majesty ' s high officers of state , who were to view' Mf * in course , before ( -the sealing " ., but fearing' the lion ' s rbarlm& f mey e 6 uchf > d : a $ fiiist their wills , ^ in ob « M to Ms Mijesty ' s pleasure ! '¦' ¦ ¦ 'V '" 2 * S ^¦** Wfife- - of yours , as t'iw ^ . told . tales to the Arclibi ^ W ^ irf my } m that we - ' arertt . «» ' # &le , and 4 a not keep 1 b * : 8 ql&i ^ : " 1 . You told iiim riot how we suffer
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1820, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2488/page/49/
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