A Looking-Glass for Presbyterians (Inscribed: J. Arbo) - 11
Their Loyalty was equally conspicuous in bidding defiance to the proclamations of his Honor; trampling upon the just and righteous Laws of their Country; and holding a Treaty with his Majesty's Representative as if they were Foreigners at war with Great-Britain. What a Nose of wax the word Loyalty has been made to serve the vile purposes of all the insurrections that have been rais'd against the Sovereign, is well known to those, who are the least acquainted with History? The Rebels in Ireland, in 1641, call'd themselves loyal subjects to King Charles. And the Scotch Rebels, when they march'd an army to destroy the king, not only warmly profess'd, but swore to be loyal to him and his hens in their infamous covenant.—Oh! but crys the Gentleman, they did no body any harm. No thanks to them for that For had they gone to rob and plunder the country, the whole Province wou'd have bravely hunted them down like wolves, Besides it was politic in them to behave discreetly to the Inhabitants. When the Pretender march'd into England the last Rebellion, his Adherents behav'd as discreetly as the Paxton Boys, yet this did not save the Leaders of them from the ax and the halter.
I can't comprehend how our Author shou'd know that Squaws have charms, had they not made some deep impressions on his own heart. For Love Solomon says, is stronger than Death. Possibly however the jealousy of being rivall'd may have been the cause of the late distaste he and his brethren have conceiv'd for these poor females; it so, I can assure them, they may with all the freedom in the world repair to the Barracks, and brighten their former acquaintance, as all transgressions of this kind are easily wash'd away by standing in the Kirk.
I would seriously ask this great Writer, or any of his Advocates, what cou'd a sett of men do more in the Assembly for protecting this Province, than the people call'd Quakers have done▪ It can be undeniably prov'd that more money has been rais'd in this Province for carrying on the war, than any other in America. It can also be prov'd that the necessity of raising money was never disputed, but the mode of taxation: Had our Representatives given up this inherent right of Englishmen, they wou'd have betray'd the trust repos'd in them by their Constituents, and deserv'd the censure of the very Paxton Boys themselves. Besides their peculiar tenets in religion as is alledg'd, have no influence on their actions relative to Government. For Quakers are no more answerable for the bad consequences charg'd upon their doctrines by the Presbyterians when they do not affect their conduct) than Presbyterians are chargeable with all the absurdities of Absolute Decrees.
Shou'd not a Presbyterian be as passive as a Quaker according to his own principles; for certainly if God fore-ordains whatever comes to pass, he can no more alter the irresistable decree, than he can overturn the world; consequently all resistance against an enemy is vain, because we
