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STAR, Tin: 1 .... i'- t. L3r, If vv. nc.NCi; uimay. ; , rJ vsitJ vrry cm.j ibJ ihty 'if tbv d-a I.; fei iheattetrt, sod s-heJ ik xrin 'they bJ gotteq ia jsicJciin their ; Wt.hrrn, and frvta t'ey haj in-, l Jam! aod defriuchtJ, at tukens the i vt'wur it) J rrovraa ia Ltf! in.i t . .. 1 . 7 - - in. i ssifci .rirPTMrt F ant themselves t i ui im mm kiii irast-great nunf. ;,itHiU K4ullL t-eir ie.leeda srero pot set r ..4. .J--f .-', e- forth, because tbe chronicles of tl.il b U.?vtnrJ lrr l furk'trtt IVOt WririfB, anJ WltW 1 If fli'l-lrt ttMl jf .k tonliinl.i. k..!V. I . . . uirw, were orau asr aoaue vrry poor; io the stab., . " , v Jl1 jiudet of l Tribt J Aini& . " ' CornHna. " f .- f .; ciurrctt i. :' ' jvv it came to pat in those days, ,b people tf the thirteen tribes rica were held ja bondap onto rrw who dwelt on the other f ih great' water, that (he op sirrly vexed them 'even' past orance; and they cried uno4he ;aint the oppressor, and girded r armour and went forth to bat-, d .fought valiantly; and" after a grievious war, the Lard gave em a full deliverance.' - '. ' rheo there, was great rrjJc.ngin !; and.tha people appointed ru I judges over then and over the and entered' into a covenant, ey would suffer do mn to y.p .Sera,' .neither would thev opo'Vs lotherj and when i hey had , ton J the covenant with a great 'faith. nan returned, to his own hoini to i nnenUnce. - . 1 : , , , ilowbeit all of the tribes have not hat time been content to dwell in :ty; abd', eXeTcNe owaMlaTtheir eiv'that chanty which rsteemetb better (halt theiuielvea; but cef- rib bave itood op it) i'ne of .ben sand been twBfent. tti. write hroniciend rtmtj tUt Wia ni valoorfpr tlieir kinsmen.. 'aiid lightT 'doin,f. their twn tribe uch, that they Ret unto themaet ve ,t name afar off; even as the tribes east hav roagniiiM themselvea weot and most enlightened pes Jer the aunt and are counted to i all' others in - the V mysteries pf tic ami me Anax'ne anuveouinz !.,. - ti a llIU WtCVIUUB IIIIIIC' , VIIICU UV Duf North Carolina." mine own ( hath had no part not tot -In any naiterst out qath sat o?reit down h marvellous humility an meek't ! that her chronicles have, not been n unto this day;vvv,;T Albeit tor (his silent wisilonl. cr- tin men hv raileal at her s.itififf i lauu which prquucrift no pro r cunning writefjnor marvel ings whereof to boast; $n where e men ore not fur the whtirisoT cles, and. only. wake from t,h?i era to jet money and slumbef a fndeed things' Ibetnbl' : forfn ! past, a man amone as wrota and inanifi;d himself,: saviie'"I vritteo the chronicles of jthi 0 ti the spirit of understand iw was VhimV ml .he could , oat, fi t" ihem;cortwtly;4,;N ncti another man. wise and ii the sight of G! and beloved ! fthren,v,tood.h and said be- I will writeihe chronicles o this a in wisdom and-veVUtCS 'in .piiua !. feiiat, sent iheir ;usurerBj' .ftMje,'4.f 'icjsv uihih inin,j; ptiu exei nn !Rtk nim, insomucn inat he t . nent sam , mutthe w;s moo ROftl. man, hold bis peace; at t'r oiauingr anu most t-die, ami n lay it to heart? Betiold. I will 'ysom 'of .the, ow ;f tbese ' Betiat.-wlio,; .contrarr to Jthi a t net the oa wliit tbf r u irii e. people sware'vnto offe anothV ,"itten creaf, power and powIjiird r this goodly land,;insomuv,h'jiia become desolate aod the, people, reihrcn, are made we -if , 'tb5r: V Wason of the bida'ge ah(l 'vej Verily the tftne. a- come wSS fMftave rule, and arldVt'ii turned into: fihhjAr-aod, ' h terjof t h j YpeoVleevpiijed precious orfldpeots,; wsnilereth nd desoliile' places,' Wwail j 1 losaoftbef i?eauty.ind;;Comeli,. i kMl' na as I have; a ,t,tblc,l candle ' pitcher f water, pone of breaij ''' . b u t en , field'!; which, tUlt for a. sigri that'ifj :do' eood and also JflU into, the, hand of sunn' r n.i ' 1 " Ariwi or pnesis ,anu tv ho fayor the.nCtn'at 0d will serTd it a safe'Jeliveranrt'Vcrily not tKM.iv.rA r. -?. " ' V . CHAPTEIt II. i tid if came to pas in those, day fte people of ine own tribe were r "gainst the oppresswrrand hard- 1i. soiaetimet ti hun, and some aad wLeu the pr raat speakeUt agaiast tfc nca he Is nm beard " " , ' 5 And this was the beirinolnz of the sons of Belial t this rKllv land; aod btHause they were mlTrfd to proper Ka, they (save since prospered asaaia to the great aart aa4 aotloinx el. this , 6 AniJ wbea) the ' people bad tat themselves. do wb ia peace, tbey tilled the land, and it. broojh r foe nh abtin danrly, sod beT "was plenty of corn ml tnesi M st rorg 4Hnk " And their servsuti find tVir cattlo increased; and their aims ud .their diioghterf married and were fctven is) ftiarrke and every iairfated vith'bis nigbhc on the god rhingv aike Lnrd bad given , bint; sod u any ; une, 'through miilortune. Ucke t anv thmgt. it, wa made up to orm, or he.beoAel-,aai tt wis no re eeivrd f hiTOEaiiu'"'.r ; -Z. Ihr hot was every where opeo 0 tbe, stranger; aftd... the .traveller' s be nwtil by, and he reirVen at ihebeanv welcotae and uaaoy good tilings bo ro ceived;v. y ' H p nvery one um mai; wnim was right. aodJbe Uw, lawyers and jmlgen were few that a child tmght. write ihem, becausf . ot lhe great hoqesty and tip rigninesa ot -ine people. iii.y.. "'J AM tbere waagold' and. silver in the land, and certain tokens which-the people; in tiotea of tbcir. distress, bad esieeraed as nosey; and which; on ac count ot the gwd the had done, were stil current as such, and evea better than gold .or, silver, because 4heT i al ways stayed with tbem and reminded them or their past tnbulationf and pre sent .blessings,, and y answered all the parposea of bnvmg and teHine.s;, we? 10, And wtieo tlie peiinle bad wsxed fi nd pi dpered iniiomttch' that o man ickel any rthuigbr reason of the great abundnce,r certain sons of Betia! gotr'thcitfVlyee ttogeshfr; and sxttd one unfi- snothef, bfliola this, people" a-, nvin;; whom we dwell,; have much sub stance, nd are bonestj generous, imi pie hearttjd, nd given to hospitalitv and good aithi ;;and . when ibe ja xgsilirer c-i, ileth fct thcrti tbey pay him to bis ts ,conten, asking ok questions, and sometimes give Imn more. and ask not again, Wcsum. f by , ca e jiot for little tUinsJtAnd ,wben a, man proflVreth lo o.-amq'iheir Astnbly'to make laws for bem, saying be can do them much gtod b.ey srtd Ulnvhitherand when hr- jrefarnetb home, tbey rouot bit pro teise perfor mvdj jt ach man is a o costomcd to trus t Johis neigbGoe -WMhoiit sAi 1 nrrnne ue urn na people une n. a gi'tjty flof k of sheep, whi now lark rbfribeairr? Verily aforetime they h ve been cleaa shorai Jby those i like onto 08,' and' have no malice nor eus picift, onti:wfnt forward tmnestly7 and jtps pe fed j txl f. hoc k Mo i-did.?: unto them Ibis kindness gat unto iiemselves hotioit aod great ' KubstapcVt atid it is metejbettjlhattbey cowfaU Jo.io.our ha'iKfo&i$ i ti ithreforeUnaBnlfy-; iif scl.ve, end ; promine great tbing, lat tet and deceive this jieonle; .insomuch that weill tibtain from their Aiserltbly certain Jaws,, which shall,-hj cunning device s take a way, $w$'r subst nee and gainst his broihefk ad tnake them our Vr 13, Ai'ff theseJhiogs eemed good to ,tfieir,jgbt And tbey magnified them; selyes exceetlingly; and, some of them were; sent unto ; tb .Assembly ' and a Uw' wasvmade granting' onto them a charter to build certain things called Banks'; T; .v.'"' ' .:. ljx 1 4Apd the people, iwjst not 4 what they were; and )i.w'a. etpfainedanto thetu b Jhis wy:!(beholdt these tokens vbwh pass among yHt tfrv moey?are coiid fof notliin2rgive, lh0m i therefore nnt Vfand. we will glv . toll other of less .value, ,m their stead," and- as for the "gold andjiilver- yeJiaye there, is little i of, itHh4.S ibf) tnercnaot'Ma kf th itiraod cairieth U away, and by aod byj itwUt t flea gone, .and you till Iie'.veiy poot and imoreovepi yhile yebavei it, .;it v.-profitethjoat-iitbing while, ye keep it, therefore :fd, make haste lo lay it tut for something which will stand u ia more stead; and as ve be potio.dit, and it passetbcontinuafly from one unto another, ind abideth wiUi no one, to bis profit, ye", will not prosper nor know its .value .1ong' as; things be ao. -Now these Banks be the tem ples of money changers -full of strong holds,, into which we will nut alt, this .1 or!v v. Ihr khA.I Rive fciua certala gtxly r-. tJy be tutt 0 dctlrvtrt, ii a CSftfci' g device stamped o'eroa,' and a brwir which peraJtia'are Cev sr.y keep. , 16 And tW rajs Jati be amorg yoo for snoney, sod he that 'tvtk Vm l i'I pay ante intwrst Ur l) etn, sod return cheat bv tittle sod little; and In dehstt tltereof, his poeMos aad tbe pooias of Vis neighbors shaH be sold into another ' 1 Lo, Ihese thinrs are now laaful. and we proBVe to do all tlia fur y er good, beraase we love ym and desire to show sea great kindness. "5 ' 18 Make haste therefore to be rich. and come and himble yourselves aad get these goodlj rags abnodantly, and snake vneni rarrent among y lor mo eey; tor the more of them ye have the ricbef ye will Vr nnd he that g- tteth them doeth a good thing, and addeth, unto the riches oT bia bre'hren. iass much as he increuelh th;"qunit v of m'nnvv inMt . ." ... 19 And the peji!e in llieir simplici ty did as they said, bavin j IVith In their rulers, who had acted amler the cove nent and the, oath, and ordained that all thin was for their good- lr SO rieverUieleita.- a certain orobhet. hi-hl v rifted and beloved of Qml. tn,Hl upend, criert 'aloud, saying, touch not: the rag; for ye need it not; and lest it be in your band like the mark nf the great beait. and ye be plroel and tor- memea,- ana find ne rst for Vour sou s by day tmr night Hearken not onto these, men; tor verilr tUer be M the sqns ot Belial, who dwell amonz voo and seek 'Vour.hurU- and thns have de. reived and led atraV voir rulers, even to the permiiing of these temnles fn he buiMedr which be'none, 'oilpr'1u the jempi.s or Mammon hnd o the setting up nf a sbadowr Image therein made by legal and magfesl device nut of their own evil 'and sinful propensities, ;and called body corporate, and which re- ceivtli the ministry of a certain priest-. iiooq, cauea iuc president and raters tnereor, who . snail lIour continually with all manner of Witchcraft and sor cery to not yoii ander'a sore and vex atious tributci and make you their 'ser vant foreverf u ; r at And ip shall tome to pasa if ye hearken tinto iheml'arfd humblo selves and receive the rag. thatthey wilt get dominion over you and become yoar taskmasters, and ve-shall become tneir servants; and, tbe V will exact4 of yob more, t ban;-you can perform, and ye shall be ruined and clean undone by reason of them; and ye will be so blind ed by ftheir devices and so afraid' of them;:, that ieaeb man of yon shall lay the cause of bia ruin unto the brother and friend whom hejoved and trusted, and no two of yon I;al! agree together. nor uare to trust one another. -H-ri ' Q9' nil-..einiftiit v..it m . .f yoor possession fhall be taken aw'ar and5 sold for naught, and these gobs of t 1, M r,J !a! ia t'.ia be l.t'.l Uzm verv riit rJ r I r:1 r "!r''t sua eneeu i..sse:i e, aa t'te t VA t'.it t'.e r ii f.j .r'f r- 'y Uuave js to L.e raj at tia gate ry ter si Uw i.i l-ra .: . . t withoat (.U eaeyt even as tl e .-s . - tj ArsJ scsoy oier tkicjrs he l.ke- hamtoejude sniit th htrse tLitf be aat wte a4 which t( come t ya; bat har rl U t.r lit hrv, Ut t'.it in that dsy bwsa irtcted sod his the man hat;i j a hofts may cctruta awn tivea eot fr ttik . . ' lock on his U'-.e. : , 0 Aod hen the fpU had hoss-i , 9 Aad bervm is divplayed that snar blod ihemvlves onto iWe presuteot and' vollous widom, called tbe intendateet raters inihe gitr of the temple of sna- of the law, which -esereifully loekrtb ny thangers, and bad gotten great rather tt the prevention than the poo jaan tit'ies ofthe gol!y rags with Ulment of crime. , . '. , mooing device and premise sfsmped 10 And as ye see ia this case the thereon, aod anode thens current ammg law by intendment doeth ssech to snake them as money-, their horn bera me ex- the wan oSVriog heragat the f alted and their aainda pnBVd up by res- sWrer go away without his money, so i son of their great vnhes; and they alt supposed esses kair, a tendency thooghtoot ofibeclaim they had given lobringaboat the aamev'uct, it wwrkeih on their pearsions, nor td ihe great tqatl and ample jasticet as, for ia tribrte they bad boand ihemselves to stance. If ye offer a rag at the rate oa a . - . .1 I . L . i , . . t , ' t - fM T j nor itrn por !ij their rah , a watch oven seatonable time, bavins a trae device. admonikh them for thein fcnd the proiniM be not pej formed, the gool , at ..they . ooht to have done, areordifig to jbe covenant and - the oth they aware; but they were alte- prther.-hn the side of the sons of lleliit bank ' shall die; for it be equally guilty with the man altering or counterfeiting ike device, inasmuch as it makeik the man offering the rag at the gate to a- in! and helping them: by reason of war without'hii metiev; yea, serlly, . U it. . "... I .1.- , I . - . t- t' -.. t . v winjt before him, IheV ; endured ZrM and Silver,, an'd it jhall Je Ayith ""ail. and lacked fur rsimprt nance, V YV,V-' v. - jul. bcholJ they bid enemiesJu ?J'p, upon the watch lo .lunder at unawares, an.l to beset t' r f v.hen he fainted; and consti-..i ;e! LUlirtlint fi)r less than a of potc!'. ? ' . . 1 Ud whea tl-.e war was ended, the t toV,a't w?1 had done this thina Belial will buy tbemv ts'ivti f-a-.Barrennesa shall clothe the' ficldsi ip which yVjabor leanness shall,t;over ypur tables, and ye shall be driven out ur your tnnei'itances, not baying whitU er, to go! f ln.thatVIayyour wives and your:ichildred, who ; nave fared leli . cately, shall upbraid you, by rr-asoiiof distress; and. ye shall" seek to fitWI Ca Iriendi who will help you, but' all men wvt llee rtn you And Ia)gbiy(ii to aoprnffeA :'i 24 J he ye: shall, jhater andf curs these jaonn. of Belial; but iheywill : be strong in the land : and not regard: you; and ye shall cry ntito the Lm'd against them, bu hie' will hot hear nu. 5. Terily yourrumihall be withut remedy, and your distress without coti soation! jcshatl see it, even afar off .in the raw ill your neighbo"r,.ahd shall not r n f ,i i.yj-.;i. Ili'A,'' i f fum; and inrstriVrfig'to"' avoid Jt yout'selvea. ye slialtmljj; hAnten iis ap-i proacn..iour servant.8, your sons arnl yourdaugbters shall bescaiteredflbrond among all the tiibesifar ofT, and je shall sleem it . happy, if two of Ihem be tound together.. Your great men and your good men shall die and leave no inheritance lor their children! ,W hen a child is boi n, unto'youi ye shall :haye sorrow,-, fearing lest it yvill' perisli; and yf, sliail JoatTt the ,pl;ccs-of your birth and the fields1 and mansions , in; bicb your youih delighted, and strive to'ljee from them, and shall not be" ablel' '2C "Abdye shall say, blessed are pur childern ;ar.d. our; kindred, whti have fled from this land.r nc cursed ; of th Lord bec ause of these soils of Belial! ' Sf iVe .shall then look, back, on the days ye now sett and weep; and ye shall tell .of ihem to those about you, and lliey yVilt, seem is idle tales, because those who have rule will strive jloblot out all remembrance thereof, lest it tes tify against tbem. W ' :.P , w :.-U. And thiii hhall bo a aign uolo you, that"yevinay know that these things have como to pass: beholdj , when,, the briars and gulfks Cpveryour desolate and barren .fields, the lean . dogs of po yery bowl round your decayed dwell ings, and ye are constrained td. send unto those ular o i to come and brio v!,ith the iirtiple wce the more decei ved aod suspected act the snare laul fcr their feet ?. - 21 And nioney was riven for every thing tinder the son at a great price, and there wal no lark thereof, never- :"thles every man helped his .neighbor io numoio nimseii anu ret more, that jihe'wwrde spoken by the prophet might Si Then certain' persons 'who were' vriseand prudent, and believed the pro- mi I - I .1 I niaui; naiMe 10 sen tiieir possessions aod flee our of the, land; and others likewise sold their possessions and jre maineu to put tneir money, out at usury r to buy . again : and ; suit Ihemselves better; .r Akr-:J''Mf r 33 And the, merchant and the' tra- Vejlce and. diverS otherf . Vent forth a- mong the , tribes abroad, heavily laden with these goodly r'ga, passing. them as money, and tratlicing at great rate; and for , a while they were received as money; but at length no room could be found to contain them. ,x t'. iU-t cr t . , f . tSf'.r a i : -, t ! t ' set it i a : i a&J eJ s i J te w i 1 1 , protect sr. J j ,.i taese aons of L '. r -re t ny, aoJ arooi) ;s i e j ; Sioor. t:,e fLitt .,J ii.it. fiiftxJt, vU raid w.em t evens Lt i;'r,d t' wated iren an.J g..t; :, ( sod comnunJvd a e.J h tbe Atvetiitly f the r in their ItTi.rj anl it . .' oothir could ( b il sr.s , When furs it wat tl.it t" - - Wple purposed l g-v ' ie mihly ones i f i ' liose with scorn !, ca -.e mo iey lor tl.e ijt at t' r make their liriuitu 17 And diver c ' the earns things. .' brethren, who pis it, us ami I threat i rags and burn t stones to stuue i to. the temple ; and ailvtr ihei r elhaod they v . ks ,13 And whc.. .they crave the lawyers what t' 19 And lhoC: too cheaply v. i the rags be of rive us ten r' i t -r . t . ' ' i ry t - t- i t' it t t'.-n. ' rs tf the ; .;it J as . anj cure i ilemsni 'fe. ar.J ta it's, - - f I r- l tu!J US ! e d tvir ' i tr.aute, ra.ied " take away our e. J rven totk up use we had been ry away the gold n the lord kuow there be none t l.sj thus spoken, " a Ivice of the ' J do.- . . KHi.l ftft .1 , : ! and more, guilty; for it has with delibe ration and malice aforethought, fur the cause of gain, with a felonious intent, and by the instigation of the devil, & to abuse the good laws in its, favor, given out tbe true rag. as a false token, know ing it represented nothing, and thereby blasphemed .against its own good and worthy . liter; lor , which it shall be worthy of higher execution ' , . Ik .And aa the bank is a body corpo-. this great matter ; ' rate, and the law, judging from (he ac ; give advice to j tions of bodies corporate, bath Mtid they i mayhap we s'u'.l i have nostul, it must sufTer instanter. consolation.' . and nht have cter-v ordelayofexecu-f- 0 And when t!. inn nM K ......... . V i. . . . . t . M. . .Y . . AM1M ll... . . I1UII .! BlUMH.l 1)1 IMC ft)IIUI I1U t. l-j, CVII lUJ - body corpur a shadowy image, men have gotten powti cotn; t - I t t.iy ! r e leg;liited propen-j thing with them; for if ye sae them at" sities i f !.eis 1 1 isonswho are uni Uw law, they will make you sneud all 1 known and cannot be got at, it la mete of the rags ye have in cr t,l perad ! there! . re that the rulers.' ; who are venture they will not I t I: l3 tried Known, be punished when the rest be while ye live; and tt found , worthy, and that the president will vet and trouble j be taken first among them.and bear their, ways and-make your sin oft ws " v. e pt rci t. je sliull ' i -e you in i. a.'canr.oV ' ' " crr.'eBt, - fr your t . i . 1 1 cciveu rert j now these ye can do no- on and belmii urito.ua for our. good. - 15 And it shall cometo .'pass, tbatj Vou a bit of meat and a morsel of bread, when a tn.tn wantelh money,, he shall gt ye perish; a certain priest shall come'unto the piteof the temple, and vp and write a. carnal book, setting humble himself to: the'rresident and . ,,r th a marvellous devire, 'aav'nj, rrive rulers thereof and give them a claim upon his posbes:oiis and, the pnssesiens of ,s reiS.Lar; and when this is dnc, m .H i .i i A I f . .1 f .... ,t,. I,.i t.V L,,a, wh b done this thing,! m, uc &m hi ks niase fw act land get jm.y.ttcjvc great ;natnc5 on the rag, au4 thereby blasphemed J.ao Kade ahadowy m? -c, . called ' low ar edvice, t 1 to: i ; 5' r' money , and ' build,3 ere at tail ro.id llircuh this foodly I ' ' f rry i..T tlif get at ului. ! tnee ye .... . , , 1 sell it unto the romhas.., and lecome rich. , . f! II A. PIT. n I!f 1- And - certain honest v and; simple hearted men, who had faith Jn their ruT jlersandin the soundness and justice ol the1 laws they had madei sold their , ims- sesMons;for. these . gotidly rags, arid went to purchaf-e. strain of" their breth ren who fliffured , frotn.thcm .in-; opinion, insomuch that' they vculd pot receive rags for money. . ' y -.:' -'-U - ;8 And wbcti they liad railed at their brethren, for " their- rebellious .'unbelief in this matter, and nod gone away, they ..iiBpuicii viuuiig iiieniHeivt's .wneiner ii was ine uevieo or ine promise on.tliese rags, which ' had made their wise ind upright raters give them to'lhe people as better than tIie'gold,;nd silver they, were wont to'have. a '...J-rVT , .v U'rJ. wrro in oiucn Hincer- taiiiey;; they went j'VcVftaTn lawyers, and gave each of them a rag to be ii.for,, me,d in this matter;,Jriihal telling them, they desired . to change their, rags' into giW and silvf r,!. that i they, might traffic' wiih "ihe.irbrethrenf who, loflTered Vtem goollly possessions at alow price fr,the: same, thatv a they ' Said -they might ge out of thisacrursed Unili U , j 4 And when, each of the lawyers tiad i receie4 a rag,ihey tood tip; and said, verily it he the device- which gjveth ya-j lae' o the rag;' for the device is an pfc credmg;c:uHn scribefh nd containetl l promise wbich; purportethmurh!: li.il 'U to say,f.the; president and ruler Sif the- Bank, ofi asiye, call Jtthe tpmple if .money ! changersi promlsento". pay the bearer of this. ;ig; the um;:rmc ifi?d,v'thert;6n, whenever it b'demtMled, at their gate; und jthis ' liath refei ence i unto a law; granting onto certain pees)tis a charter, thatt '.allowing (hent jio embody their prope'nsitiea,tf hicb ,w,ijre otherwise nrii lawrul,'.jnfo a, ahsfliiwji image galled a boiy corporat,e, ITncI set up these men lo 'rufff and presid. over it.. '.. '." VpiAv tney,areeuipowe,reu to get to t.iis, tliey t'l sorts of 'iren stone t tend v. i;!i ie, or the I. to t nue I. 16 But we caught, some r f their hew- era of, -wood and drawers of water, who seemed not to deserve death on ac court hof their great simplicity and trutli. At... they; being tntimidated, said, that the rulersof tbe leuinle hud never j iven gold or silver for the rag at their ; ' nor intended so doing; lest, as they v, Ihey might, distress the pei . 'c, v r , bewailedtheir josses because il. y ci not get it.; that they did no t , ' . Hi the Btrqngholds.'whitlier the . president was; and we assayed to get at 'Ihem, trat tho president might suirer justice, without clergy or delay of execution: getneriiiMiONgoi,! ana silver, id this but we , could not; lor the place is in Jant) pd..pui."'w5lhVir; strong hold; and Ideed erjr strong. io consirain in? people, wnen iney want money, to ton toVthcm'afi4 ' bumble themselves; ana ; give;' claims nn heir possessions, , and pay tribute for ihtn Use of (hisag which be . the true represen tative of the gold and silver they have there gotten.., And when ye, want any of the tame ye shall .take "the rg and go and make tlie demand at the gale; and if the device be good, of which they themselves 'shall be judges., the prom we therein circumscribed and contained, ; ii i 1 a 1 J a 'a K" ss . viiij wins dulii si 3 KAt, shall be performed, and ye shall in noj.pgy tribute or humble themselves , - f . - tf'.: receive ine rag; anu so u was ifi And moreover, the Jaw. showeth, when a'had once humbh I I,: great Tavor onto these good and wor,nnd received the rag, he was i , ' thy ru ers of the temple, eyed to the fa8t fHend forever, and was , protecling of their device an the rag pay tribuie-and do as they i : i as an holy thing; and if any man blas-'rhat the boby corporate w: as in' pbeme against them by counterfeiting 'rinninjr poor. ni'Lazarns ; 1 . oraltenngthe same,, so that the rag,, heir charter by deceitluln, s. i . beofiered at the , gatej and the man beHhcm.elvc rich at the cost i f t . made to -g away .without his money, by putting ' them under ti he shall die,. V','r::,.:,.-,.;,',)'rivat "lhi.n was .ti,e Htrotl.y .'. T oo likewise if be alter or coun terfeit the device, and the rag be i; Ou'ered at the gate 'and the man jo i . i away without his inoner, he bhall i ' ; for the law j regunietfi be ; inten ' such a thit ;r, atjd perad venture itii.i0'.t have tukca place r-" ' ;- ' " ' 'f?:' -' "S J'uthe sha'l not die, f r having altered and counterfeited the device nd wiih srreat marric and on the rag, and thereby blasphemed a- fcade aljailowy sin. even as tho scape goat bore the sins; you.,' How can the . . . of the children of Israel.:.'-' ;L; rich,- the nimple' wiui the ;' ! 12 Now, therefore, ye see how mat .'.feeble with te mighty? tern stand, and. what great pains the .21 We tell you this f. law; iiiwi iincn, .ma, ye, Having a rag vhoi ii win we wis ui , with a .trde device, shailtint iro away with your lnses; neveit.. from thrgate without your money. j sire it, give ' i r . tf th, t 13 ll your uretnren thiiiK evil ot their win sue ; tia- I r vini; L rulers for dtiing (his thing, and have no surely fail in the e . ; tn, it . jaiih ia the rag, what hindcrelh you from for your consohnirn, t' t v,e going to tlje gateand gettirggold and ihe-v' y and the v ! . w; silver for all tW rags ye "have, that ye' taitifi. peihaps moi c unj chrc .- may tiaflic" with them,, and that Jhey' wiaduui, than unto Ijw. When j ; maybe confounded and put 'to shame? J asUte or tribe gt unto 'thenw. h, i4 ;And whtn they ud heard- these riches or power, they suive; to hi things, they were greatly rejoiced; and themselves in wiih pru !.miCc, that t each man, taking his bundle of . rags.vmay enjoy their d.ii;':,;v.j in ptace. set forward to the 'temple of money - this etui mcy trouhlc ihcr.., Iv, s i ' ' changers; and after a time, they ietur-1 with the gud of others; nnd i ' j netl fgain to the lawyers, bringing this ana salutary laws Icr then report: Behold we went and sat in the - which, tend to kee( r 1 r gate of Jthe temple of mouey chaei'sV witbia 'the' bound jiI.s .f i.: nu wneu one oi tne ruiers came iinio mony anu sum r ;,a. ; ,e, t -i nW took rag from the bundle and Jaw is a ri)le .( ! I ! ' .- h shovyed Jiinfj; .aajring,"' tell, ; ti;''-, whether'- the strong and i iu i s . .. fk.e. this device . be good ind ; true? and he We and poor ( ; t' ; looked thei eon, and said; yea, veilly; their ttojuUiuona. 'il, t;3 artd we saidi see to it then that the .pro-t word proceeding ', j t!.e i Vi t j pvt. therejn circumscribed and' cun-- even as thestom- I.j thro.-.s, i. i ; i;. tained be perfoi med. : ; v tui u Uon hioi, Lur to lull e t'.a I ; V.Ul And H aaid,wiil y not take for.-Jf-lb,!J'? M.l-eihe ld.'v j thetic'.i-ags, crrtaih;,other rags worse fr0'" "'"S u.,t ; rtc,lCiSl 1 - t than they.as others are, constraiped to w,('keth us will and pksure i i do?. And we said,; verily we will not ,w'lw khjcct untobim, gsvif-t: do unto ourselves such great sinj and '.J'oerty and justice to his content. KT fie marvelled1 thereat; and ifte going-thc Bf,ne' w,ih those mighty : 3 I. , tiito;; the; strongholds, ind ebmuninghow bcar r'1 JP'ihe. with th president, heiold us the pro-' 22 Those, v -f 'Wye call sin i if mie would not be performed and we lial, at Erst;..t ut.io theiin-lvi i. j-aid,,',Mng:'-''srtn''.the ' jiresideot;theh4 ence aiU'-pow !, : .1 ii.a,! j,vj t v that we may hang him on a tree, stealth to i.icie.. ,c i.iJ secure tiseir t' -thsf he niay die for the sins of this body minion, and the ''pe.-tpla r iUil wa corporate, according Id the intendment ourselves wot not of it v I tmv, lo ye of the UWfjthat.t. o.f?r;Ta '(.v law-' fully esiaUMied in tla power - of ma king laws as they list, tho l.i.v rro-n-. uetu not tne ine - s Ly which i gate, and go away without bis isiiKiey; j fully but he laughed us to scorn, ami dd inio !kin a-; tained this doe.n to secure, entar; quiMtions. . Ao-.l I ket'a justice; t; : in, ticc which pertainc: ; who ar fre and ctu distributive justice, wLh ! j tfwerfal ever portion Qui riors, to make, them sive, and do as they are I 23 Had the eyci i f opened in time, c - these men in th. r ' '. 1 h ri enrri 1 i . , iv., i ..cci - j, t i i fad ;))(! t!iei ! - .('.!.!. sent; .Ji i - e. t "V oh- t 0 ti. t: t' p ICu ire 'CT ht yi . i ' V. ... i arid i fat! Anl , - ' t' 111!, ;i - ' ; ..ip, t at. J , .er he is IcU about , and f s the t""; ,f t ra- , t -aey tu. 1 1 h:ef nil ,i i; ver t! r-ir i 1 t i ' c.,t r if..c j with t' ; neither gold, re they built .4 1. r r silver to COti! i s, nut ini'i tiy to !,' .(, ,r should i!;e i-i jile i" i o- lies Li f.oe they h. J ' t s,ar..l fcui- I i he favor "'arid i .' i That tiw, of the i i k i s i f the tribe, cry. they t -i , . i . t .: t,t r I" i ". 24 .
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 7, 1829, edition 1
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