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the Lord hath not left ihe^ in the hands of govemorfi, butre<erT- cd them unto himself; and though he hath been at great pains to establish the foundatiocks of aociay upon the basifi of obedience to the magistrate^ in that which beloagctb to the mdgistiBtc's office, be -kath been at still greater pains to teach us that over the conscience he alunc halh Uie autiioritj : which inward man of the heart to enhfihteti, wd guide, and overntte. he faalb given ukUic Law tad the Goapc) ; the latter to &t and enable us for the keeping of the former. Wherefore it is not to be duubtrd. thai whendUi^iNes tif varJoti** kinds »b«w them^elTes in the personal, social, and rebgions obaiacter of a people* so that from being indus- trious they arc idle ; from peaceable, turbaleat; wheik from merciful aud kind, they are fuU of re- rengc; from enlightened, tJiey are ignorant; and from wise, foobah; whtt) from religious they are fa* natical ; and tVom being worshipful of hi^ inviaibhs power and Gudhccid, they are A^urshippers of things seen and temporal ; tliese diseaseA ana brought about by Home disordered state of the inward organs of spiritual life, and tbc contiaual udminist ration of nnwhclenome food to the aoars necessities^ rather than by the ^yperation of any outward cause, however great it may seem or may really be- Btit if any one» from scanty meditation upoo. and little acquaintance with, thcMrcrot sphiiga«f VIL] IKIiLATlDS EVIi COXUITIOW. 1203 the woll-bcing of men :ind staut, stilt dGDietb the cause of tbJ6 evil, and expecteth its cure fromtbe Qdmirii^tratton of govommcnt. 1 pray bim to look at tlic coadition of the Engltsh I)ii»entcn^ daring the two centuries of tlieir e^ciHlertre, who have be«n WnhUs Uy the jianie politicvl di»abilili«&, tried Willi Xhts «:mit- jt^ilousy. a^ the Runuiti Catholics of Irelaad, and are now held UDder tlie same re- straints; yet so for from exhibiting any of the same evil conditions of a disorganized pcopk, hare been, on the other hand, the most orderly, virtiioti-H, and enlightened p«irt ijf the oominon people of England, ajhI are so unto tliis day. But if any one would object to this — which i consider as decisive proof that the evil lies deeper than ,|K>titical diBabilitiea— that the residence of tbfi higher classes, and the presence of a middle class» prevents the evil effects of poliiical distinction from bciDi^ revealed in Eagland; then 1 have to .shew the eK&mple of Scotland for the whole cott< lury before t)ie last, oppressed far beyond any oppression which Ireland ever endured^ and dur* |