neyman, and the Day - Labourer, as Clergy and Laity, Churchmen and Dissenters, as Men of all Ranks and Conditions, can have no Objection to such a Law,—it were greatly to be wished, that it might pass as soon as possible. Then the Naturalization of the Jews might be revoked; then the Nation would fee clearly the true State of the Case, and be able to discern who were real Patriots, who were Friends to their Country, who were honest and upright Men, who were Christians indeed, and who were Not.

But if a certain Part of the City of London (not the largest, the most opulent, or the most knowing in mercantile Affairs, — nor yet the most loyal to their Prince) mould diQike the Contents of such a Bill, for Reasons well known to themselves, and not wholly unknown to others, they may petition for an Exception for their Port and City: — but surely it is too much to ask, that all Out-ports and the rest of the Kingdom should continue their Fetters and Chains, for the Sake of keeping them Company.

Let me farther observe, that whoever has a Mind to get a full Insight into the patriotical Views and upright Intentions of those, who greatly distinguished themselves in a late Affair,-—he should make himself acquainted with the State of the Orphan Fund in the,City ofLondon:—A Fund still continued at 4 •p* Cent, while the Money of Widows and Orphans, at least equally distressed, is in Fact and Reality in the Other Stocks under three. Such a remarkable Partiality will naturally lead him to inquire into the true Reasons and Motives for continuing this unnecejary Expence : — From whence will result certain Discoveries concerning the Cui Bono, or the particular Interest and extensive Influence supported by these Pensions. But what makes this Affair still the more extraordinary is, that this Orphan Fund is a National Debt, the first contracted in Point of Time, being the Money, for which King Charles II. ihut up the

Exchequer, Exchequer, and therefore ought to have been the

first upon the Reduction Add to this, that that

honourable Gentleman, who distinguished himself To zealously in the Reduction of the Interest of the other Funds {which was truly an excellent Scheme) most undoubtedly would have chose to have begun with lhewing a good Example at Home, — had he not

met with some Obstructions to so good a Design

But what these Obstructions are, must be left to a Parliamentary Inquiry to discover. Lastly, The Postponing of the Reduction of the Interest of this Fund deserves to be particularly taken Notice of, as the Tax alloted for the Support of so high an Interest is the most burdensome, that can well be conceived, being a Tax. upon Coals, i. e. upon Labour, Commerce, and Navigation in every Viewi and particularly grievous to the poorer Inhabitants of London, Westminster,-Southwark, and all the Country up the'Tbames, and every Branch of it; and therefore it ought to have been abolished as soon as possible. N. B. Part of the Alien Duty goes to support this Orphan Fund.

You will likewise be the better Judge, how far a regard to Truth and Matters of Fail hath the Ascendency in some Minds, by attending to the extraordinary Positions laid down in a certain Place, relating to the unfortunate Captain Codd of Bristol, and the Reflections then east on the Out.ports in general j — also by confronting some Aflertions, most positively insisted on, relating to the Turkey Company, with the very By-Laws ef the said Company.

I remain,

Sir, &c.

Jofiah Tucker.

SINCE the above Letter was sent to the Press, a Thought came into my Mind to compare the Quotation inserted Page 13, from Bishop Kidder (as it stands in the general Collection of Boyle's Leisures, Vol. I. Page 114) with his Demonstration of the Messiah, published in three Parts: And, to my great Astonishment, I find the same excellent Paragraph in Chap I. of Part II. and yet several Hints in Part III. of a quite contrary Tendency, wherein he particularly recommends, that the Jews should be kept Low, in order to be made Christians. This is very different from what he had said before, and in its Consequences must end in all Kinds of Persecution. Now such a glaring Inconsistency in so great a Man, is a lamentable Proof of <he Weakness of human Nature; and shews too plainly, how easily even a good Mind may be infected with the reigning Distemper of the Times, — or at least not sufficiently firm to oppose it. For it is observable,That these Sermons were preached about the Year 1693 -, and then, as his Mind had received no Ta'mt from popular Clamours, he spoke the true and genuine Sentiments of a benevolent Christian Divine. But about nine Years afterwards, when the Cry waxed hot, That the Church was in Danger! and when every Man was insulted and reproached as a lukewarm Christian, as a Dilsenter, and perhaps a Deist, or even an Atheist, if he ventured to insinuate, That reasonable Arguments, proposed with Gentleness and Compassion, Peace and Love, were the only Christian Methods of making Converts, and that Persecution in every Shape tended to prejudice Persons against the Truth:—At this Juncture, I say, the third and last Part of Bishop Kidder\ Book was published; towards the Close of which he seemed to accommodate his Reasons and Arguments too much to the prevailing Humour of those unhappy Times. And it is greatly to be feared, from what hath appeared of late, that the same Spirit is reviving again, to the unspeakable Grief of every true Member of the Church of England, the great Discredit of the Protestant Name, and the real Injury of the Christian Cause.

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