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It certainly stands us all in hand at this Day
to unite in {the} Common Causes of our Lord; {that} we
now ward off the forces of Tyranny, and yield
not to its merciless Threats; ergo be of Good
Courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly;
for {there} is no Doubt our Case is just. Ergo
II. Consider {the} Principles & Motives {that} should
engage us in such an alarming Duty.
Now {that} we may take up this Matter proper-
ly, let a few Things be observed briefly. As
I. One Principle {that} we should act upon
is a Love for {the} publick Good to our Country in general.
It has evermore been received among {the}
first Virtues of {the} human Mind, {that} a
Man have a Love for his Country. He {that}
will betray, he {that} will sell his Country,
has a very [bose?] , ignoble Soul; such an
one has a very mean, dastardly Spirit;
& deserves to be thrust out of all human
Society; and to be turned out into {the} open
field to herd with {the} Cattle: And, as was {the}
Case with Nebuchadnezzor, be driven from
Men & made to eat Grass as Oxen; till {the}
Bodies are wet with {the} Dew of Heaven, &
{their} Hairs grow like Eagles Feathers, & {their}
nails like Birds Claws: {there} {they} will
appear in {their} true Charactor, & form.
A regard for ones country is a Noble Virtue,
{there} is Humanity in it, it contains in it