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is yet more, as it was between the Grecians in respect 

 of the barbarians. To be of one sect or worship ; if 

 it be a false worship, I speak not of it, for that is but 

 &quot; fratres in malo.&quot; But above all these, there is the 

 supreme and indissoluble consanguinity and society 

 between men in general : of which the heathen poet, 

 whom the apostle calls to witness, saith, {f We are all 

 his generation.&quot; But much more we Christians, 

 unto whom it is revealed in particularity, that all 

 men came from one lump of earth ; and that two 

 singular persons were the parents from whom all the 

 generations of the world are descended : we, I say, 

 ought to acknowledge, that no nations are wholly 

 aliens and strangers the one to the other ; and not 

 to be less charitable than the person introduced by 

 the comic poet, &quot; Homo sum,humani nihil a me alie- 

 num puto.&quot; Now if there be such a tacit league or 

 confederation, sure it is not idle ; it is against some 

 what, or somebody: who should they be? Is it 

 against wild beasts ; or the elements of fire and 

 water? No, it is against such routs and shoals of 

 people, as have utterly degenerated from the laws of 

 nature ; as have in their very body and frame of 

 estate a monstrosity ; and may be truly accounted, 

 according to the examples we have formerly recited, 

 common enemies and grievances of mankind ; or dis 

 graces and reproaches to human nature. Such peo 

 ple, all nations are interessed, and ought to be resent 

 ing, to suppress ; considering that the particular 

 states themselves, being the delinquents, can give no 



