Excerpt from A Second Letter to the Bishop of Salisbury: Upon the Publication of His New Volume of Sermons; Wherein His Lordship's Preface Concerning the Revolution, and the Case of the Lord Russel, Are Examin'd; Also Some Passages in the Sermons, and the Essay for a New Book of Homilies Remark'd On On in the Church, I could expeet nothing leis from your Lordlhip at this happy June'ture, than your public Gratulations upon the prefent peace, and that the Ambaffadors of Heaven ihould have been the firi'c that gave us their joyful Senti ments on that occafion, and taught us how to make the Blefiing lafiing, and du rable. But alafs! 'tis quite otherwife, infiead of a Joy for What is at hand, you are running backwards into ungrateful Reflee'tions upon the Days pali and fur mifing upon the Infecurity and fatal Con fequences of the belt Ae'rs of our prefent Governours. A Biihop, fays the Apofile, ought to be no Brawler, no Strzker, and yet by certain Jealoufies, and groundlefs Accufations of the Adminifiration, there is 0728 who would fain give zt a Wound. He flioulel rule well his own Houfi', bat/mg 1o Children in Suejeflzofl nut/1 all Grown]; and yet there is One who feems to permit Her to infult his Superiours, to traduce the Government with as little Senfe of Shame, as of Religion. There is a Par ticular indeed which I could Wifh did not fuit with him, Tlmt be We a good Report of tbofe wztbout, itis not I fuppofe for no thin and it is to be prefumed nor in the belt Senfe that he has; Happier had it been, if he had enyoy'd a letter fro. 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.