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up our Freedom to Monarchy, but only desire that an Equilib-
rium may ever be the Motto of every Englishman. M^r Dulany
justly observes that the Resentment of Our Parish may be
partly owing to what they suffered during the Incumbency of

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Whitaker, and we apprehend he and every Person who has
had the least acquaintance with him, must think the Parish
had just Cause, A Parish that Yields near fifty Thousand
Pounds of Tobacco yearly, should be Twenty years imposed
upon by such a Wretch as he was, one that was in some One
of the Goals the greatest part of the time, and indeed when out
was of no more Service. The People of the Parish, under this
deplorable Situation, could not have a Sermon Preached to
them unless on hearing a Minister by Subscription, nor could
not get a Child Christened, without going into another Parish,
and were in fact deprived of every other Church Priviledge.
Those, who have not experienced the want of such Ad-
vantages, or such as are involved and captivated with the
pleasures of time, and thereby Esteem such things as foolish,
and Enthusiastical, perhaps may pass by Our Complaint with
a Superficial Wink, or a sneer of Contempt, as a Matter in no
sort worthy of their Consideration, But there are some, who
have experienced the same fate with Ourselves, and others
that hold those Advantages as Sacred, and of Utmost import-
ance to their future existence. To such, we hope, the reflection
of the want of those Advantages, and the Abuses done and
offered to Our Churches, the Consideration thereof may have
due Influence.
M^r Dulany continues his observation very justly, in saying,
that the Remembrance of Our former Evil may raise a dread
or Suspicion of its happening again. We join him in this Sen-
timent, on the Principle he takes it up, and it must be agreed
that every prudent Person, whenever he has been once im-
posed on, it will necessarily remind him to avoid the like
again, and such endeavours surely would be highly recom-
mended by all well disposed Persons, and that it would be the
indispensable duty of such a Person to take all proper Methods
for the Prevention of the like Evil, but had M^r Dulany con-
tinued his Observation a little further, there indeed would ap-
pear stronger Reasons to Convince the World, that the Re-
membrance of our past Evil would have served no other
purpose than an absolute Conviction of the consequence of the
impending one, and what we would have had him further
observe, was, that in the Province of Maryland there is the
most generous and liberal Support provided for the Clergy
than in any part of the Continent, and that, from sad experi-
ence, it is found that not more than one in Seven deserves any

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