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over them. Look about you, like a man of ſenſe, and ⟨you⟩ will ſoon ſee that bad ſubjects coſt more money than ⟨good⟩ Kings. Our national debt, for which we are now ⟨paying⟩ ſuch heavy taxes, was doubled by the troubles in America all brought upon us from the beginning by the Diſſenters there and here. Did not Dr Price write for them? ⟨And⟩ did not the Birmingham Dr, (late one of the King’s-cle(illegible text) of France) encourage them, and write mob principles of Government, to juſtify them? Yet theſe people ⟨who⟩ brought our burdens upon us, are they that rail moſt at ⟨the⟩ expenſiveneſs of our Government, and uſe it as a handle ⟨for⟩ over turning it: juſt like the devil, who drives men ⟨into⟩ ſin, and then gets them damned for it if he can: and ⟨then⟩ he is pleaſed, becauſe he delights to be the author ⟨of⟩ Miſery: that is his greatneſs; and ſome people have ⟨no⟩ notion of any other: ſo they maſſacre poor Prieſts; ⟨rob⟩ and plunder their country and their church; put ⟨Kings⟩ and Queens in priſon, try them as they pleaſe, and then behead them; and then ſing Ca Ira joy that Hell is broke looſe
I have Nothing more to ſay, (till my next Letter) ⟨but⟩ that the Government, which is moſt wicked, be the ⟨form⟩ of it what it will, is generally the weakeſt in itſelf, and the ſt expenſive to the people: and ſo, after all ⟨that⟩ can be ſaid, Honeſty is the beſt policy, and the honeſt ⟨man⟩ is the beſt ſubject. Keep this in your mind, ⟨Brother⟩ John; and farewel.From your loving Brother,
P. S. Perhaps they may tell thee, John, that thou ⟨haſt⟩ nothing to loſe, and that any change may be to thy advantage; but thou haſt a Body and a Soul: and if the ⟨body⟩ goes to the gallows, and thy ſoul to the devil, won't ⟨this⟩ be a loſs, ⟨John⟩?
The TEN COMMANDMENTS, as they are ⟨now⟩ adopted in France, tranſlated from the French.
No Deity we’ll ſerve but Gold.
2. Saints images you may purloin,
