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things, and teaches or undertakes nothing 

 againft the ftate, or againft the common 

 peace, is at liberty to fettle, ftay, and car- 

 ry on his trade here, be his religious prin- 

 ciples ever lb ftrange. No one is here mo- 

 lefted on account of the erroneous princi- 

 ples of the dodrine which he follows, if he 

 does not exceed the above-mentioned bounds. 

 And he is fo well fecured by the laws in 

 his perfon and property, and enjoys fuch 

 liberties ; that a citizen of Philadelphia may 

 in a manner be faid to live in his houfelike 

 a king. 



On a careful confederation of what I have 

 already faid, it will be eafy to conceive how 

 this city mould rife fo iuddenly from no- 

 thing, into fuch grandeur and perfection, 

 without fuppofing any powerful monarch's 

 contributing to it, either by punifhing the 

 wicked, or by giving great fupplies in mo- 

 ney. And yet its fine appearance, good 

 regulations, agreeable fituation, natural ad- 

 vantages, trade, riches and power, are by 

 no means inferior to thofe of any, even of 

 the moft ancient towns in Europe. It has 

 not been neceflary to force people to come 

 and fettle here ; on the contrary foreigners 

 of different languages, have left their coun- 

 try, houfes, property and relations, and 

 ventured over wide and ftormy feas, in order 



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