A new-years-gift to the Tories, or, A few sober queries concerning them by an honest trimmer. Honest trimmer. 1683 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A53021 Wing N820 ESTC R10232 12643538 ocm 12643538 65078 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Dissenters, Religious -- England. Tories, English -- Anecdotes Broadsides 2007-12 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Emma (Leeson) Huber Sampled and proofread 2008-08 SPi Global Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-09 Megan Marion Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Megan Marion Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion A NEW-YEARS-GIFT To the TORIES : Or a few Sober Queries concerning them . By an Honest TRIMMER . I. WHether the Tories debauching the Sacrament to such base and low ends , as to procure Licenses for Ale-houses , be any part of our Religion established by Law ? II. Whether the Tories by forcing the Dissenters to come to Church , do make them any jot the more for the Church of England than they were before ? and if not , III. Whether any man ever saw such a deal of fooling for nothing ? and yet , IIII. Whether Dissenters ought not in Prudence ( to prevent their own and the Nations ruine ) rather play the fool with their Neighbours , and Conform , and trust God with their Souls , than such K — s with their Rights , Liberties and Estates , as gape after them . V. Whether the Tories are not more mad with Dissenters for coming to Church , than they were for their going to Conventicles ? and therefore , VI. The Dissenters cannot go to Church out of Piety , yet whether they ought not to go out of spight ? VII . Whether the Jews at Dukes-place , and the Papists all the Land over , are of the Religion established by Law , or it for them , for not one man of them suffers for their Dissenting ? and then , VIII . Whether it be not a notable Tory-Protestant-Religion established by Law , that can be so kind to Jews and Papists , and so curst only to Dissenting-Protestants ? IX . Whether any thing but a Tory Understanding could ever have thought that the only expedient to keep out Popery was to fall upon and ruine Protestants , and the best way to secure the Protestant Religion to make sure of a Popish Prince ? X. Whether the tender-hearted Tories ( that cry out , God forbid that the D. of Y. should suffer because he differs in his Religion ) are not the Engines that so barbarously Prosecute Dissenting-Protestants , because they differ only in Religion ? XI . Whether while the Prohibiting Act is in force , and our Church takes the Communion in Claret , we are of the Religion established by Law ? XII . Whether poor Parson Duffee be not rather to be pittyed as a Fool than Punished as a Knave , for his so unseasonable going to Mass , just as the Mass was coming to him . XIII . Whether the severe usage of that Fop ought not to be a Warning to all his Tantive Brethren not to go before their Betters , nor like ill entered Whelps to yelp and open before their time ? XIIII . Whether Roger Lestrange did well con over his Politicks in snarling so horribly against the Trimmers ? XV. Whether it be not enough to make a prudent man spew , to hear Hodge and his Tories tattle gravely of Policy and Religion ? XVI . Whether any Tory in England be of any other Religion than the Tories in Ireland . XVII . Whether any man ever trusted one Tory that did not betray him ? and therefore , XVIII . Whether all true English-men do not now see ( God be thanked ) that Tories and Traitors are terms Synonimous , and that the Divel is as soon to be trusted as they ? XIX . Whether ever any Tory desired any trust from the People , for any other end than that by Betraying them he might make up his Market , and purchase to himself some place of Preferment ? XX. Whether a Tory talks sence of any other thing but of Drink and a Whore ? and if not , XXI . Whether he were not better to keep to his own Tallent the Whore and the Bottle , than to make such a bawling about Religion and Government , which he understands not ? XXII . Whether it be not more than an equal Wager that our Tories are plum at a stand , and at such an utter loss , that the wisest amongst them cannot tell what step to take next ? and if so . XXIII . Whether the Government will not be finely brought to Bed , and handed down to Posterity under a brave Reputation , that shall yield it self up to the conduct of such Bruits ? LONDON , Printed for Francis Smith Sen. at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil , 1682 / 3.