We are also not a little touch'd (in the Head) with the
same _Weakness_ as your Honour's,
And therefore think this raging Fire which consum'd our
_Capitol_, should incite us to reform our Manners:
The best _Expedient_ at present to avert the Indignation
divine,
And _nobly_ to express our _Gratitude_ for the _Justice_, which
(temper'd with Mercy) doth shine,
In _preserving_ our Records, tho' Red hot,
And like Brands pluck'd out of the Flames, in which they
were going to pot,
Without this _Expedient_ we shall be ruin'd quite. --
Besides, This FIRE puts us in Mind of NEW-LIGHT;
And we think it Heav'n's Judgment on us for tolerating the
Presbyterians,
Whose Forefathers drubb'd ours, about a hundred Year-hence.
We therefore resolve to abate a little of our Drinking,
Gaming, Cursing and Swearing,
And make up for the rest, by persecuting some itinerant
Presbyterian.
An _active Discharge_ of our _important_ Trusts, according to
your Honour's Desire,
Is the wisest _Project of Insurance_ that can be, of the Public
Safety, from the Attempts of such as would _set it
on fire_.
'Tis _a Project_ also for advancing the Honour and Interest of
our King and Nation,
And _a Project_ for engaging Heaven's Protection from
Generation to Generation.
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