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more wich< it 18 in the f^nilt contracted, tbemore itithoDoor* od in the ^uiU removed. While this systems; you legislate, you educate, you civiliie tbe ci torrts, you improre the arts, and propagate sciences in vain ; of which Ike good froit mi first be realised in sapping the ^^cKual relig^ioni They will profit just as far tls they etnancipati the people from that bafieat of servitudes, wtui they may do, yea and will do, but will plant ni other religion in its stead, so that you vitl ba^ the bitter edge of infidelity laid ngmtt the thi of superstition, aiid rel>gion will pcn^^h in the conflict: which mit^ht have been preserred, hi you, by the minijftry of Godu (irecioDa word^ strengthened the apiritto cast oii the foul and dc< formed leprosy with which the beauty of rebgion hath lie^n deformed. And i percinvt.^ ibnt thi» is to be tbe issot^ the «ame spirit be abewn by another House Comnona which was shewn by the piwcuit nuuntain the superstition, uud in some sort VII<] [ItKLA^Iu's ftVIL iOVDIilOK. 1339 teflfolise it, yea and to reward its servicesi or biro ita loyally— (Of Lbc plan proposod by Ibe commi^f^iDiicrs for education, I say DntliioK now, aH I vball ^bort1y have an oppoiluuUy of ijriiigiug it into coulnist witli ilie Kheiiie of parocbiul edu* cation e^1pLoy«^d by our cburcb over my native land) ; I make no doubt that tbe present ovil con- diUon of Ircltuid will work on until a cnak» coiuits whicb DOibing but prcactxing aud teaching tbe truth will avert. Had tbe l^ruteslaiit Church of Ireland done iu duty, sis tbe Presbyterian Church of Scotland heretofore did, tbere would have becu as few Cetfaohcs in Ireland, and Uiosc of as barm- lee^ a kind, as there are ia Scotland at this day. If there w-a& any tbin^ to put in its stead, 1 would hay that church has deserved excorikiuutii- catiuu .ui much att ever tbe Church of Uume did. And our kfoveruors whu have u^ed it for their wicked policies have amply paid ibe peualty in Q troubled and rebellious pooplc. But* notwitb* allttding: all tbcir venal acts, the l^rd bath look* ed graciously upon iJie church, and quickened in it Mjme seed whicb it> beginning lo retiesli the wilderness. To sueb faithful inini^lers of the tiospel of all denominations, but especially of the Established Church. 1 Look as to tbe hopes of Ireland. If they will go into the higb-way» and bye*w«y9, and amongist tlie hai)del», ami into the cabins of the p4fople. tracbrng und preachuig unto tliem the Gocpel of Cfarist for their salvation; and nothing: EcrupUnt?. tbrouRib fear or fal^