That very Danger, I say, of _Popery_, may be imputed, in its Original, to those who, by Banishing the _Royal Progeny_, and obliging 'em to fly for shelter to the Court of a _Popish Prince_, expos'd 'em to the utmost Temptation of changing the Religion of the Country they had left, for that of the Place where they were Entertain'd. It did, in Fact, so happen, that they were earnestly solicited to that Effect, and one of 'em, we know, (and we had like to have known it at too dear a Rate) unhappily complied with the Temptation. But there are some ill Consequences of that great Rebellion, that still affect us, and particularly the unhappy Divisions that reign among us. 'Tis a sad and deplorable Thing indeed, that Men who are Professors of the same Religion, who have the same Political Obligations, who are bound by all the Ties both of Interest and Duty to direct their Designs and Actions to the same End, should notwithstanding, fly into such opposite Extremes, and brand each other with such opprobrious Names. Such Jealousies and Surmises, such _Names of Distinction_, and forming of _Parties_, were the fatal Beginnings of that _Intestine War_, which depopulated and laid Wast this flourishing Kingdom, and ended in the _Murder_ of the _Sovereign_, and the total overthrow of all orderly Government both in Church and State. And that Spirit of Division which then began to Reign has never since been totally ejected. Add to this, that many loose Principles as to _Government_, were then imbib'd, of which it were much to be wish'd, there were no Tincture still remaining. And (which is worst of all) it is too certain that the Pretences to a more than ordinary Sanctity, and the great Apperance of Godliness in such Numbers of Men, who yet, when the Mask was off, were found to be wicked to the last Degree, and to have acted by no Principles but _Iuterest_ and _Ambition_; gave an unhappy Disgust to many Observers of their Conduct, against all that favor'd of Piety and Goodness, and rais'd an unjust suspicion in 'em, that all Religion was counterfeit, that whoever went under the Character of a _devout Person_, was only acting a Part, in order to deceive. Thus were the Seeds of _Atheism_ and _Irreligion_ sown, which have since thriven but too well, and yielded a very ungracious Encrease. 1. To the same Cause too we may ascribe almost all our Differences in Religion. We can call upon all the Persuasions but one, who enjoy the Benefit of the _Toleration_, (and may it ever be enjoy'd by Consciences truly tender) to look back to those unhappy Times for their first Original, and see, in the midst of how much Licenciousness and Disorder they were propagated, and began to spread.