The Scourge : in vindication of the Church of England ; to which is added, IThe danger of the Church-establishment of England, from the insolence of Protestant dissenters ; Occasion'd by a presentment of the forty second paper of the Scourge at the King's Bench Bar, by the Grand Jury of the hundred of Ossulston ; IIThe anatomy of the heretical synod of dissenters at Salters-Hall . Darkncfs; that put Bittcry^rSweet, ^7^^ Sweety^r Bitter i Ifa. v. 20. H E R E is no Enchantment in the ii/^-^/V/^ -^r/ of fo bewitching a Nature, asthat fatal and intoxicating Charm^ whichalmoft univerfally locks up


The Scourge : in vindication of the Church of England ; to which is added, IThe danger of the Church-establishment of England, from the insolence of Protestant dissenters ; Occasion'd by a presentment of the forty second paper of the Scourge at the King's Bench Bar, by the Grand Jury of the hundred of Ossulston ; IIThe anatomy of the heretical synod of dissenters at Salters-Hall . Darkncfs; that put Bittcry^rSweet, ^7^^ Sweety^r Bitter i Ifa. v. 20. H E R E is no Enchantment in the ii/^-^/V/^ -^r/ of fo bewitching a Nature, asthat fatal and intoxicating Charm^ whichalmoft univerfally locks up the Reafonof Mankind, by the Virtue only andthe Sound of Words > and there is fcarce any Paf-fion in the Soul of Man, but take it while it i>a-float^ and in the critical Height, and humour itwith fome lucky br unlucky ?Ford^ ajid you mayas certainly over-rule it to your own Purpofe, asa Spark of Fire falUng upon Gunpowder will in-fallibly blow it up. The common People are moreparticularly obferv*d to be imposed upon by thisArtifice, and to be managed dextrouily by anyNoife or Cry, that their Drivers fhall ufe to ringin their Ears: Make Choice only of two or threepopular^ empty Words^ that chime full and roundsand you may whifile the Multitude backwards andforwards, upwards and downwards, till you arcweary, and then if you pleafe, get upon their Back^fflx)d ride. The. 2 56 The SCOUKGE, Nuai. 37. The Church of England has been a deplorableSufferer by this Cant and Impofture, and underthe venomous Gihberip of a few paukiy Phrafes,has been once i-uind by a Clan of defigning Hypo-eriteSj who believd not one Tittle of what theyfaid, and laughd heartily within themfelves at tholewho did y and this Church mull; inevitably finkagain under the fame Ddufion^ if the Providence©f Heaven, and the Prudence of Man, do not tiniC-}y interpofe between her and the villainous Artsof fuch Incendiaries. The narrow Limits of myPaper oblige me to be as concife as poflible, andtherefore I ihall d


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