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Excerpt from A Patriotic Discourse: Delivered by the Rev. Joshua Lawrence, at the Old Church in Tarborough, North Carolina, on Sunday, the 4th of July, 1830 Spreads uproar eithough; these the eflectsnor the d1spositioa'1wfthe religion becausetthe religion of J esusdclust upsetto gian, for it admits it not.'13liusflwhen the Romish priests priestcraft, blood flowed inxtorrénts, because there wene some the religion of Jesus that protested against the introduction 61 Popes and priests trading in religion. Equally so when the England by her priests, king, and parliament introduced their there were some in that country that d1d possess this disinterested, world' -loosing Teligion of Jesus Christ, and protesting against it, prisons and flaines Were their this did not flow from the religion of Jesus Christ, but from the craft men like Demetrius, who was afraid of the loss of his wealth by his craft. Just so now in our time's, the introduction of. Missionary. Crafts has made a terrible hub hub 1n towns, country and church, and missionaries have done it.. I say, withthe independence oft at liberty of conscience. Bought 1 with blood, they_are false charges at those that ear for their craft. 1is the same, there are yet some men on earth that humble Jesus, and preach for Jesus' sake and not e, and whose daily: conduct proves they 'a'rennot craft men. Andthose that roar out, infidel, ignoe rant, Weak, fools, or; it is for want of sense, such fellows as these are men of craft, and nothing; IS wanting: but law on their side, and then like Demetrius, Popes, priests of England 'and America, for prisons, flames and hanging, and roaring out our craft [8 in danger, kill these heretics and do God and the world sere vice. Now to convince any man thatsuch cruel, bloody craft men do hot pus-1 sess the spirit of Christ or his doctrines, listen to specimens of his doctrine tn his followers: I say unto you, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use vou' and persecute you. For What? That you may be the children of your father which is in heaven. And hear and understand. Virhatsoever ye would that men should do unto: you, do even so unto them. Did Demetrius do 30? 'did the pharisees do so? Did the of Rorhe, Spain, Fnance, England, or 'america, that have robbed rscs of negroes, widows and men, and imprisoned and burnt thousands to eat up to these sublime and peace-making doctrines? No, ' my audience; possesses no such, a spirit we know; from what we feel within; nor ss even an inclination to act according to those doctrines, more esp'e gain or self-interest is at stake. And I tell you, there never was7. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
