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tion of the Diſſenters; their inſolent and undiſſembled Expectation; their open Inſults of the Clergy; their affixing Bills upon our very Church-Doors with this ſcandalous Inſcription, A Houſe to be Lett;—Their publick Vindication of the Murder of King Charles the Firſt, and their vile Reflections upon the Memory of Queen Anne, for ever dear to the People of England; beſides many other indecent and arrogant Provocations, too many to enumerate, was too much to bear: The Violences that enſued, let the Aggreſſors anſwer for: But their acting all this, not only with Impunity, but Rewards out of the publick Treaſure, was more than ſufficient Reaſon for Jealouſy: A Jealouſy for which this new Attempt to break down[1] All the Fences and Boundaries of the
- ↑ Occaſional Bill, Schiſm Bill, and Teſt Act.
