. The craftsman. ous Mifreprefentations v/ith Me?i in Power. Asthe latter often incur the Cenfare of carrying on T>e~fgns, contrary to the Intereil of their King and theirCountry ; fo the Condu£l of the frmer is alwaysbranded by Thofe, oppofe, as the EiFedisof Envy^ Difappointment and To conclude. We have no other Way of judgingjwhen a Man is really a Patriot, but by the general Te-nour of his Life and Actions ; and if They manifellly-tend to the Good of , We ought tofuppofeHim a Lover of his Country-, till He appears to be o-thevwife. The falfe Pretences to P
. The craftsman. ous Mifreprefentations v/ith Me?i in Power. Asthe latter often incur the Cenfare of carrying on T>e~fgns, contrary to the Intereil of their King and theirCountry ; fo the Condu£l of the frmer is alwaysbranded by Thofe, oppofe, as the EiFedisof Envy^ Difappointment and To conclude. We have no other Way of judgingjwhen a Man is really a Patriot, but by the general Te-nour of his Life and Actions ; and if They manifellly-tend to the Good of , We ought tofuppofeHim a Lover of his Country-, till He appears to be o-thevwife. The falfe Pretences to Patriotijm are nomore an Objeftion to real Pairiotifm than the Abufe-of Religion is an Argument againft Religion itfelf; every Man, who endeavours to bring thisexcellent Virtue, v/hich is the Bafii of human Society,into Contempt-, ought to be lookd upon with thefame Abhorrence, as the virtuous Philofopher did uponthe Poet, who made the Obligation of an Oath the:Subject ol Ridicule upon the Stage. jx. Saturday^ ti6o The Ckaft sMAi^. N214. N^ 214. Saturday, JiigiiJI %^ I73C^«
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