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A NEW-YEARS-GIFT To the TORIES: Or a few Sober Queries concerning them.
By an Honest
TRIMMER.
- I. WHether the
Tories debauching the Sacrament to such base and low ends, as to procure Licenses for Ale-houses, be any part of our Religion established by Law?
- II. Whether the
Tories by forcing the Dissenters to come to Church, do make them any jot the more for the Church of
England than they were before? and if not,
- III. Whether any man ever saw such a deal of fooling for nothing? and yet,
- IIII. Whether Dissenters ought not in Prudence (to prevent their own and the Nations ruine) rather play the fool with their Neighbours, and Conform, and trust God with their Souls, than such K—s with their Rights, Liberties and Estates, as gape after them.
- V. Whether the
Tories are not more mad with Dissenters for coming to Church, than they were for their going to Conventicles? and therefore,
- VI. The Dissenters cannot go to Church out of Piety, yet whether they ought not to go out of spight?
- VII. Whether the Jews at
Dukes-place, and the Papists all the Land over, are of the Religion established by Law, or it for them, for not one man of them suffers for their Dissenting? and then,
- VIII. Whether it be not a notable
Tory-Protestant-Religion established by Law, that can be so kind to Jews and Papists, and so curst only to Dissenting-Protestants?
- IX. Whether any thing but a
Tory Understanding could ever have thought that the only expedient to keep out Popery was to fall upon and ruine Protestants, and the best way to secure the Protestant Religion to make sure of a Popish Prince?
- X. Whether the tender-hearted
Tories (that cry out, God forbid that the
D. of
Y. should suffer because he differs in his Religion) are not the Engines that so barbarously Prosecute Dissenting-Protestants, because they differ only in Religion?
- XI. Whether while the Prohibiting Act is in force, and our Church takes the Communion in Claret, we are of the Religion established by Law?
- XII. Whether poor Parson
Duffee be not rather to be pittyed as a Fool than Punished as a Knave, for his so unseasonable going to Mass, just as the Mass was coming to him.
- XIII. Whether the severe usage of that Fop ought not to be a Warning to all his Tantive Brethren not to go before their Betters, nor like ill entered Whelps to yelp and open before their time?
- XIIII. Whether
Roger Lestrange did well con over his Politicks in snarling so horribly against the
Trimmers?
- XV. Whether it be not enough to make a prudent man spew, to hear
Hodge and his
Tories tattle gravely of Policy and Religion?
- XVI. Whether any
Tory in
England be of any other Religion than the
Tories in
Ireland.
- XVII. Whether any man ever trusted one
Tory that did not betray him? and therefore,
- XVIII. Whether all true English-men do not now see (God be thanked) that
Tories and Traitors are terms Synonimous, and that the Divel is as soon to be trusted as they?
- XIX. Whether ever any
Tory desired any trust from the People, for any other end than that by Betraying them he might make up his Market, and purchase to himself some place of Preferment?
- XX. Whether a
Tory talks sence of any other thing but of Drink and a Whore? and if not,
- XXI. Whether he were not better to keep to his own Tallent the Whore and the Bottle, than to make such a bawling about Religion and Government, which he understands not?
- XXII. Whether it be not more than an equal Wager that our
Tories are plum at a stand, and at such an utter loss, that the wisest amongst them cannot tell what step to take next? and if so.
- XXIII. Whether the Government will not be finely brought to Bed, and handed down to Posterity under a brave Reputation, that shall yield it self up to the conduct of such Bruits?
LONDON,
Printed for Francis Smith
Sen. at the Elephant
and Castle
in Cornhil,
1682/3.