New-England Judged, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from New-England Judged, Vol. 1 of 2: By the Spirit of the LordReader, be of what denomination of Christianity thou wilt, thou art desired to read the following relations with Christian candour and an impartial mind, by which, no doubt, but thou wilt see that those who persecute and tyrannize over their fellow creatures, for their faith and way of worship of God, whatever glorious pretence to religion they make, how unlike they are to true Christians, - who, instead of persecuting, were persecuted, or the blessed Jesus, who, when he was reviled, reviled not again (i Pet. Ii. But told his disciples, when they would have called for fire to come down out of heaven on the Samari~ tans, The Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. - Luhe ix. 56. So that, let the Massachusetts or. Any other persecutors endeavour to justify their killing, banishing, whipping, imprisoning, reproaching, slandering, and vilifying of those that do not conform, for conscience sake, to their laws and decrees, know, that they cannot be honest, or just, or disciples of Christ, until they fulfill and obey that great and universal com mand, Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.' - Matt. Vii. 12.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.