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The Quakers Assisting to Preserve the Lives of the Indians - 15

the Unmasker seems to want them to have been rebels to their God and their King, and sacrifice their most righteous Principles to have pav’d the Way for his Brethren, who intended to offer the Blood of the Indians in the Barracks for a Peace Offering to their great God Presbytery,--But thank Fortune he know them better by this Time, and may plainly see that there is more Loyalty by nine Degrees in the Quakers, than in himself and all his Adherents, he tells us he has been unmasking the Quakers, if that be so, he has neglected the Beam in his own Eye, while he has been peeping for a Mote in his Neighbours; for I’ll venture to say, not only his Mask is put off, he is almost strip’t to the Buff. I think there is but one spoted Garment to cover his Body, one pluck more strips him, don’t mistake me my Brethren, it is not my Work or at least, but Part of it. It’s those Gentlemen the Authors of the Looking-Glass and the Quakers vindicated, that used their Neighbour in that Manner. Hower stripping a Man is not Murder. &c.

        Judgement.
When this appears in the Land,
I’me surely judg’d you’l see,
One that doth for the Quakers stand,
And must their Creature be.
        Contentment.
I’d’e rather be a Servant to the brave,
Than to a Tyrant or a Tyrants slave,
I chuse a Life therefore in peace to dwell,
Be clear of Tyrants and their noisy Hell.
The Bitter venom that those do indite,

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