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A53021 A new-years-gift to the Tories, or, A few sober queries concerning them by an honest trimmer. Honest trimmer. 1683 (1683) Wing N820; ESTC R10232 1,376 1

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A NEW-YEARS-GIFT To the TORIES Or a few Sober Queries concerning them 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-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 LONDON Printed for Francis Smith Sen. at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil 1682 3.