all forts; that therefore they. ought to be ?ni?hed in the molt rigorous manner. Now, if tt can Se pro?'ed, in like manner, that the other dire[tor? have as pmfidiotdly broken as gnt?t a truR repofi?d in them by'the go?'ernmenr, xhe nobility, gentry, ar.d commonalty of �ngland; that under pretence of advancing natior. al religion and learning, they have iatroduc'd national irreligion and ighorance; and i,?Oead of promoting loyalty and.- peact, have encom? d treafon and diflu, bance; that they have debauch d the principles of' youth, infiead of reforming them; that they have embezzel'd or fituandred away great ihms of publick money, and that they have been guilty of wicke." and in?mous ?ra/i'ices of' all forts; ought thO not, like?vifi, to ?ni? in the moil rigorous manner? To ?�, that this b? not yet Seen proved. is ridi- culous, till we have had an opportunity of proving itl the iniquities o? the $ontb-j? direc7ors, as much and as confidently as they were talked of befora the ?.d?ent met, were not prov'd till the parliament meet: aud when. the parliament fl?all be .pleafed, to take the eondu& of the other direrlots into as firic'/ examination, I doubt not that they will rill- cover as great mirmaria ement and as man ------ Nothing which I have here laid down in ?cneral coneem,.'ng eitk'r the so?th-?a. or tl?. Oxfird di- ?'e&rs can. be made to incluzle ever}? mdMdual of either fort, them are, ! hope, fome-?iltle? men ot? both, tho' I fea?, far zut-numbet'd by, the guilty; and therefore roethinks they ought. to pray }ora _pub:ick ferntiny, that their ehara&er$ may no longer rafter in bad company. - From hence it will be eafy to judge, ?h37 the a- cademical d/re8ors are/b terribly againl? (I do not fly afraid of) a =ifitation; namely, for the time mffon that their brethren of the South-j?a abhor the name of a/?cret c?nmittee, This
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