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SECT.XVII.
A second Mark of Licentiousness and Faction.
THE Patrons of Faction would be attached to Men, to the Neglect of Measures."
If the same Men, when formerly in Power, should have obstinately adhered to each other in every public Debate and Opinion; should have execrated every Man, as the Enemy of his Country, who dissented even in the slightest Article of political Belief:—
If on any sudden Change in the Fountain of Power, a more generous System of Government should have taken Place:—If the Sovereign had aimed to unite all honest Men of all Parties, and had invited them to co-operate for the Welfare of their Country:—
If these Men, determined still to engross all public Power, should threaten the Sovereign (as they had effectually
