Excerpt from The Conformists Plea for the Nonconformists, or a Just and Compassionate Representation of the Present State and Condition of the Non-Conformists: As to I. The Greatness of Their Sufferings; II. Hardness of Their Cafe; III. Reasonableness and Equity of Their Desires and Proposals; IV. Qualifications, and Worth of Their Persons; V. Peaceableness of Their Behaviour And fome upon one, and 'fome upon another ground, do taife a. Great Duf't, Contention, and Difcontent fome quarrel not, but are ofa mode rate and peaceable difpofition, and with for Peace and Concord but thefe afiquarrelled with for their Moderation. And truly it is an ill lign of an a piring contentious nature, in thofe that will fall out with Peacemakers, that are fober and moderate, and wifh that both contending fides may um derfiand one another better, and love one another more, and remove the' matter of debates and flrifes. How are the Ejected called it grieves my heart to hear them called all to naught: and how are thefe names retut ned? And many throw Bones of Contention among them; whifper, and backbite, and carry tales, to foment the heats, which gentle tempers labour to cool. 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.