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stitution under which they live. If 
your lordship means they are dis- 
contented, because they are not ad~- 
mitted to be members of either 
house of parliament, or to hold cer- 
tain great offices; or because they 
are excluded from the throne; [ 
must confess, I cannot believe that 
the lower orders of the people in 
Treland, amongst whom. the ferment 
principally prevails, have any anxi~ 
ety on the subject, except as it may 
be raised in their minds by others : 
and your lordship must allow that 
no disturbances, of the same descrip- 
tion, are  excited..amongst the 
quakers, who certainly are liable to 
more disabilities, for conscience- 
sake, than those of which your lord- 
ship complains. I am afraid, or, 
rather, 1 am ‘persuaded, that the 
difference arises from the different 
temper given to their minds by their 
religious instructors : that the quaker 
is taught to live in charity with all 
men, whilst those who follow the 
see of Rome are unfortunately 
taught a very confined charity, 
being told they are exclusively mem- 
bers of the church of Christ: and 
those whose minds have not been 
enlarged by education or habit, feel 
it difficult to conceive how. those 
whom they are taught to consider as, 
not members of the church, can be 
deemed christians: and, accordingly, 
your lordship will find, upon en- 
quiry, that, the appellation of hea- 
then is applied by those to, every 
protestant. If those who are con- 
sidered as holding a higher rank in 
_the priesthood, used their influence 
to correct this impression on the 
minds of the lower orders, we might 
hope, that, by degrees, they might 
be taught to consider all who believe 
in Christ as their redeemer, though 
uot adhering to the sec of Rome, as 
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their brethren in Christ ; but, un- 
fortunately, that is not, the case. 
Dr. Troy, in his pastoral instrac~. 
tion on the duties of christian citi- 
zens, published in 1793, holds up 
high the exclusiye doctrine; which 
those who think humility a christian 
virtue, in all respects, most becom- 
ing.so weak and fallible a creature 
as man, cannot bnt consider as sas 
vouring, of presumption, Dr, Hus- 
scy,, in his pastoral letter, published 
in 1797, expresses himself in a 
stronger language: and, indeed, it 
is dificult for a loyal subject to read 
that publication without feeling, that, 
especially at the time of its appear-~ 
ance, it could. not tend to produce 
loyalty, or even submission to the 
government of the country, -in the 
minds of those to whom it was ad~ 
dressed. . Whilst such impressions, 
so excited, are rankling in. the 
minds of men, very little regard cam 
be paid to addresses of the nature, 
to which your lordship , refers, me, 
They are given to the winds, as long 
as the priests of the see of Rome 
shalk think fit to hold up to their 
flocks, that all who do not yield 
obedience’ to that see, are guilty of 
rebellion against it; are not to be 
considered as members of the church 
of Christ; and, therefore, are not 
(in the eyes of the vulgar at least) 
to, be considered as christians, Lam _ 
fully persuaded, that those who 
listen to their doctrines, will never 
bear christian charity towards those 
whom so represented, and will never 
be loyal and dutiful subjects of a 
king, thus held out to them as him- 
self.a rebel. In fine, my lord, those 
who clamour for liberty of con-~ 
science, (which in truth they have, ) 
must be taught to allow liberty of 
conscience to others; and those whe 
desire complete participation, must 
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