This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1694 Excerpt: ...anothers thoughts and if any Man that prosecutes the Dissenters does it for these reasons that I have mentioned, or for any other, I hope he has a good end in it, and als according to his Conscience, and then I wish him good success. If I were a busie Man, in prosecuting of people for Non-conformity, I'll tell you in what method I would proceed; but by this I don't pretend to prescribe any Man what W should do-, if I can govern my self a-right it's as much as I desire, I don't take myself to be very able to instruct: others. In the first place I would begin with the Papists, because they differ with us in Doctrines-, and therefore we and they can never agree, unless one side yield wholly to the other: I would inquire after the times and places of their Meetings, and watch them so narrowly, that they mould hardly escape me and I would make it my business to find out their Priests, that the Law might pass upon them, and this I would the rather do, fcecause I am persuaded that many Papists would live peaceably with us, if there were an effectual Law to keep out the jPriests i and these Incendiaries, I would leave them po rest for the Souls of their feet, but I would hunt them out pi the Country: For by reason of not putting the Laws in execution against the Priests, %hat bloody Mas&cre happeded in Ireland, in which there Wished at least 200000 Prote'stants. slants. Now when 1 had perfectly subdued the Papists, that they might dp us no hurt, then I might be at leisure to fell upon others who did not conform to the Crurrch: And if upon the Informations it did appear, that they preached unsound Doctrine or Sedition, I would not fail to rout their Meetings, but upon every information 1 would examine whether what was preached was nnsbund or seditious, because th...