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»e other, K^li Win; n^-'ffasarT to eoaapieic the of rr<l^W«i &Y a pM^. liwfv: canae all ■anpcref <4Min'4^ aftd <rt»nmbir cwknrtMBts&rtheposr» M»t) tWnofdv^ xni \hf itj^am : and awiie haasn- andarmaitt. had tVnr rr«Mcc)ve fMWk anddil mi* fTt^mfit^ w »4^ thrr in. xnwn Ait heck ef «^4f»r ft».^VT KiKi A 7u$es^ txixi idHr has a»- iw^ctvtfvk ISM mt waa» ^ ^tau hi an a ViMi^f t<4~ »M^ ; ?v^ptMmr :^i^ lua a ^fM« ^r»tf*^\\ hiA ttitoK^^^WE V b« W hac <,sr « ^•Ni^.Nft ^v?v W tMSECT iit wtiL as 111.] OAD's COHTROVEnfir WtTII THE LAVD. 916 4iopet of the city, &nd would ftave tho rcAlm in ft perilous time And crcry thing was solid and JtiiMtantial, as mAv yet be seen in their houses, (IreRfles, aad entertainments. There waa a pleo- tifuE hospitalityt a real comfort, ft rooted principle flbout thtiir whole life* which come out of faith m the invisible, and bdong not to iho eight of the visible. I do not say that there were the inven- tions for outward Appearance, which there now are. bccuu^c it wns not appearance they wL-rusrt on; nor were there the inventions for bodily luxury, oor oven tho provisions for health, tlicir chief de- sire being aft^ honesty, truth, and manliness, tiie health of the Spirit. There were not such in- ventions for the accommodation of the prisoner, and what they call prison discipline, because they ^ftDQght to keep people out of prison ; and, when ttwe, to give them a severe cxperienee of its Iririb. Because none but the very dishotie^t then brought themselves into debt, the very wicked hito confinement ; but now that bankruptcy and imprisonment are a part of the system of finciety^ like the church and the school, beinii truly Satan's church and school, it is certainly most resHonable that their comfort should be attended to, because under the present system, not solitary mdividuals of the worst character, but whol<* tribes of men, and these resjiectable, are liable to be brought thither. Such w^a the character, in a general way, of otir former towns and cities: private and personal honesty and uprightnesH, and a well- regulated liberty, and a purely preiiched Gospel, gave them a solid, substantial character, which would not bear the invasion of every incomer; but, as I can testify of my native town, they 916 GOD*« COKTIlOVKK»T WITH THE t-AffD. [iXV/ were wont co require a mati lo bring a certificatft" from the minififcr and ciders of the parish before' they would allow him to settle in the midst o£-| tlicm, and the migistr&le who omitted thi» liable to a heavy ptmahy. The 1^'ohitJ