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goats, on the left hand ; ye are fit for nothing, but to be con 

 victed for ignorance ; but ourselves for learning and office, are 

 worthy of thousands a-year for preaching scripture creeds to 

 the people. Poor people ! little is obtained for your money, 

 for you are not taught that equalization is man s right, and 

 that the poor are the heirs of the tribute in a Christian Church. 

 Christ united Jew and Samaritan, and remnants of every kind 

 to himself, and gave them the name of brethren ; he is the 

 pillar of a glorious Millennium. And when priestcraft is ful 

 filled, and God hath said it shall come no farther, it will come 

 to pass. The priest is heir of the big sum other church 

 officers of less, whether according to their righteousness, what 

 they do, or what proportion of learning it takes to fulfil their 

 respective offices, I do not know ; but this I know, the high 

 priest first puts his head in the purse, for he is a general of an 

 army, and holds subordinate titles under him, like military 

 order, not equalizing his brother with himself, but a step lower 

 on the righteous stairs that reach from earth to heaven (like 

 Jacob s ladder), he holds the chief power of putting in and 

 putting out of office of calling one a sheep, and another a 

 goat taking in and casting out of the church. This last 

 prerogative descends quite down to the foot of the stairs, and 

 they have got the world divided indeed ; and one priest will 

 call his neighbour s sheep goats, and keep them on his left 

 hand, because his creed is not written in their foreheads. But 

 there is another dark class called sinners, and they are not fit 

 for any body s building materials, and have no mark upon 

 them but the black mark, unworthy or uninformed. I belong 

 to these, and I am resolved never to wear a priest s creed on my 

 forehead ; for if I do, I am sure I will despise my neighbour 

 or brother, and will not account him equal with myself. I 

 am on the goat side of the question the priests have put me 

 there; but I mean to prove that such judges as ours may be 

 in error, for these that some call goats, others call sheep. This 

 judgment cannot be correct, and wants amendment. Christ 

 hath passed the sentence, and it needs no alteration, and the 

 priests need not preach any more about the matter. 



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