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An Answer to the Pamphlet Entitled "The Conduct of the Paxton Men" - 22

demns the Rioters, and justifies the Loyal Citizens, and so will every good Man. Is it not something strange; that Men of good natural Parts and Learning enough to be Conjurers; should be so confused and bother’d in their own Brain, to contradict themselves, introduce Quotations of other Men’s Works, that makes more against, then for them; I think their Master hath a Design against such, he does it to make them look like himself; and he has been to cunning for our Author, for he is like to gain his Point: Whereas our Letter Writer I think will fall short in every Part. Page 24. He tells that the Senators kill’d Julius Caesar even in the Senate House: But is not so kind as to inform us how it fared with the murderers, the Historian sayeth that the Judgments of GOD was evidently manifested, in taking Vengeance on those treacherous Villains; he sayeth there was hardly one of them that died a natural Death, divine Justice persued them where they went, until they were exterpated, Brutus and Cassius the chief Conspirators put an end to their own Lives; not for fear of coming under Tyrany, (as this Author asserteth) but because it should not be said they were put to Death by the Hands of other Men; If our Author produceth this as a Parallel Case, with that of the Paxton Men; he must also think the like Catastrophe may befall them, in which opinion I think the Majority may safely join him: our Author tells us, he hopes that he shall not be suspected to be an encourager of Insurrections and Tumults; certainly this must be the hope of the Hypocrite, which the Scripture says shall fail, I hope he is not

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