Firſt, Becauſe it tends to the decreaſe and reproach of all religion whatever, and is of the utmoſt danger to ſociety, to make it a party in political diſputes.
Secondly, Becauſe it exhibits a body of men, numbers of whom diſavow the publiſhing political teſtimonies, as being concerned therein, and approvers thereof.
Thirdly, Becauſe it hath a tendency to undo that Continental harmony and friendſhip, which yourſelves, by your late liberal and charitable donations, hath lent a hand to eſtabliſh; and the preſervation of which, is of the utmoſt conſequence to us all.
And here, without anger or reſentment, I bid you farewel: Sincerely wiſhing, that as men and Chriſtians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right; and be, in your turn, the means of ſecuring it to others; but that the example which ye have unwiſely ſet, of mingling religion with politics, may be diſavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.
FINIS.
