A new-years-gift to the Tories, or, A few sober queries concerning them by an honest trimmer.

A new-years-gift to the Tories, or, A few sober queries concerning them by an honest trimmer.

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A NEW-YEARS-GIFT To the TORIES: Or a few Sober Queries concerning them.

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A NEW-YEARS-GIFT To the TORIES: Or a few Sober Queries concerning them.

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By an Honeſt TRIMMER.

I. WHether the Tories debauching the Sacrament to ſuch baſe and low ends, as to procure Licenſes for Ale-houſes, be any part of our Religion eſtabliſhed by Law?

II. Whether the Tories by forcing the Diſſenters to come to Church, do make them any jot the more for the Church of England than they were before? and if not,

III. Whether any man ever ſaw ſuch a deal of fooling for nothing? and yet,

IIII. Whether Diſſenters ought not in Prudence (to prevent their own and the Nations ruine) rather play the fool with their Neighbours, and Conform, and truſt God with their Souls, than ſuch K—s with their Rights, Liberties and Eſtates, as gape after them.

V. Whether the Tories are not more mad with Diſſenters for coming to Church, than they were for their going to Conventicles? and therefore,

VI. The Diſſenters cannot go to Church out of Piety, yet whether they ought not to go out of ſpight?

VII. Whether the Jews at Dukes-place, and the Papiſts all the Land over, are of the Religion eſtabliſhed by Law, or it for them, for not one man of them ſuffers for their Diſſenting? and then,

VIII. Whether it be not a notable Tory-Proteſtant-Religion eſtabliſhed by Law, that can be ſo kind to Jews and Papiſts, and ſo curſt only to Diſſenting-Proteſtants?

IX. Whether any thing but a Tory Underſtanding could ever have thought that the only expedient to keep out Popery was to fall upon and ruine Proteſtants, and the beſt way to ſecure the Proteſtant Religion to make ſure of a Popiſh Prince?

X. Whether the tender-hearted Tories (that cry out, God forbid that the D. of Y. ſhould ſuffer becauſe he differs in his Religion) are not the Engines that ſo barbarouſly Proſecute Diſſenting-Proteſtants, becauſe they differ only in Religion?

XI. Whether while the Prohibiting Act is in force, and our Church takes the Communion in Claret, we are of the Religion eſtabliſhed by Law?

XII. Whether poor Parſon Duffee be not rather to be pittyed as a Fool than Puniſhed as a Knave, for his ſo unſeaſonable going to Maſs, juſt as the Maſs was coming to him.

XIII. Whether the ſevere uſage of that Fop ought not to be a Warning to all his Tantive Brethren not to go before their Betters, nor like ill entered Whelps to yelp and open before their time?

XIIII. Whether Roger Leſtrange did well con over his Politicks in ſnarling ſo horribly againſt the Trimmers?

XV. Whether it be not enough to make a prudent man ſpew, to hear Hodge and his Tories tattle gravely of Policy and Religion?

XVI. Whether any Tory in England be of any other Religion than the Tories in Ireland.

XVII. Whether any man ever truſted one Tory that did not betray him? and therefore,

XVIII. Whether all true Engliſh-men do not now ſee (God be thanked) that Tories and Traitors are terms Synonimous, and that the Divel is as ſoon to be truſted as they?

XIX. Whether ever any Tory deſired any truſt from the People, for any other end than that by Betraying them he might make up his Market, and purchaſe to himſelf ſome place of Preferment?

XX. Whether a Tory talks ſence of any other thing but of Drink and a Whore? and if not,

XXI. Whether he were not better to keep to his own Tallent the Whore and the Bottle, than to make ſuch a bawling about Religion and Government, which he underſtands not?

XXII. Whether it be not more than an equal Wager that our Tories are plum at a ſtand, and at ſuch an utter loſs, that the wiſeſt amongſt them cannot tell what ſtep to take next? and if ſo.

XXIII. Whether the Government will not be finely brought to Bed, and handed down to Poſterity under a brave Reputation, that ſhall yield it ſelf up to the conduct of ſuch Bruits?

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LONDON, Printed for Francis Smith Sen. at the Elephant and Caſtle in Cornhil, 1682/3.

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A new-years-gift to the Tories, or, A few sober queries concerning them by an honest trimmer.

Honest trimmer.

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