Zeal for their Communion, Church and Religion, is only meant to support their own Party, Dominion and Empire? 3. Now the oldest _Deists_ of my Acquaintance having conceiv'd so great a Prejudice against the Christian Faith, from the Behaviour of the Clergy, and having levened their Disciples therewith, it has fal'n out unhappily, that the late Revolution has by another way also confirmed them in this their Prejudice. For the late happy Revolution, (which came on too soon, and was cut off too short) though it was not so highly beneficial to us, as was by some expected, was yet of very great Importance. But as there is nothing in this World ever so good, but what hath some appending disadvantage; so by meer Accident this Revolution, which has saved not only the Church of _England_, but (as I hope) the whole Protestant Interest throughout the World, has wonderfully encreased Mens Prejudices against the _Clergy_, and so by false Consequence (such as Men through Resentment will make) against the Truth of Religion it self. The old _Deists_ tell those of their Pupils, who never travelled abroad, that there is now no need of going over the Water to discover that the name _Church_ signifieth only a _Self-interested Party_, and that the _Clergy_ have no Godliness but Gain. Have you not (say they) for many Years together heard them Preach up the _Divine Right_, and indefeizable Authority of Kings, together with _Passive Obedience_, as the chief distinguishing Doctrines whereby their Church approved it self _Apostolick_ beyond all other Churches? Nay, were not the Doctrines of _Loyalty to the King_, insisted upon more than _Faith in Christ_? and yet when their particular Interest required it, their Doctrine of _Non-Resistance_ was qualify'd by _Non-Assistance_, the whole Stream of Loyalty was turn'd from the King to the Church, the indefeizable Right was superseded by a miraculous Conquest without Blood, the Oath of Allegiance to the _Divinely Rightful King James_ has its force allay'd by another Oath of the same Importance made to the _de facto_ King _William_ and Queen _Mary_, and all this is Sanctify'd by the name of the Church, _i.e._ their own Party and Interest, for the sake whereof it is done. This is indeed keeping to the Text--_Rem rem quocunque modo rem_. * * * * *