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give them meat ; if thirsty, drink ; if naked, clothing ; if they 

 are in a strange place, show friendship, take them in, they 

 are our brethren ; if they are sick or imprisoned, go to them, 

 they cannot come to us ; and as we use this part of the crea 

 tion, so do by all other classes, for they are our brethren ; 

 if we do it to the least of these that hope for salvation in 

 Christ, we do it unto him, for this hope is the gift of God ; 

 and him that practises, doeth the will of God, the same is 

 my mother, my sister, and my brother. Do the sects use 

 each other as brethren, or doth not the priest use the common 

 people, in many instances, as his footstool ? Amongst the 

 liberal kind, they only take the liberty of sect abusing sect, 

 and priests liberally quarrelling with each other, which hath 

 been operating in penmanship, ever since the dark ages of 

 the world, that succeeded the apostles. Can you tell me, 

 contending priests, how many quarrels will make a millennium ? 

 If you cannot, quarrel no more ; for common people are 

 laughing at such barter as this ; selling priests quarrels at 

 the printer s office ; dividing the world into unnumbered parts ; 

 and by example and precept, inviting divided proselytes to 

 follow you ; this is the practice of sects. But there is a prac 

 tice between the priest and his brethren I think worthy of 

 note, for the information of those more ignorant than our 

 selves in our home capacity, if it is possible that any such 

 there be. 



&quot; The priest gets on a stool or pulpit, and preaches over 

 what is already spoken, which is well done, and cannot be 

 bettered. The potters prepare men for this purpose, take them 

 in, passive as clay, and make of them what they will. It is 

 far from me to speak against learned men ; but rather note a 

 little of the principle by which education is used. Literal edu 

 cation is no distinguishing mark of an apostle, for or against 

 the service of God. Why, then, are learned men so highly 

 extolled above their brethren, and sold at the highest price at 

 market, like the best beef? The son of God equalizes, and 

 owns all equally his brethren, that are for God and his right 

 eousness. But some classes are taught by these self-thinking 

 superior qualities, that an unlearned man should not be heard ; 

 if he comes to their house, the sentence is this, Be off with the 



