A Narrative of the Late Massacres – 26
Unhappy People! to have lived in such Times, and by such Neighbours!—We have seen, that they would have been safer among the ancient Heathens, with whom the Rites of Hospitality were sacred.—They would have been considered as Guests of the Publick, and the Religion of the Country would have operated in their Favour. But our Frontier People call themselves Christians.—They would have been safer, if they had submitted to the Turks’, for ever since Mohamet’s Reproof to Khaled, even the cruel Turks, never kill Prisoners in cold Blood. These were not even Prisoners:—But what is the Example of Turks to Scripture Christians?—They would have been safer, though they had been taken in actual War against the Saracens, if they had once drank Water with them. These were not taken in War against us, and have drank with us, and we with them, for Fourscore Years.—But shall we compare Saracens to Christians? They would have been safer among the Moors in Spain, though they had been Murderers of Sons; if Faith had once been pledged to them, and a Promise of Protection given. But these have had the Faith of the English given to them many Times by the Government, and, in Reliance on
