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THE Cry of the Oppressed.
THE Relicks of Good Nature re∣maining in Man since the Fall, have taught Heathens to know and practice many Noble Vertues: A∣mong the rest, some of them have abounded in a most Affectionate Love to their Country, the Welfare and Happiness of which they have preferred before their own Lives: Many Say∣ings have they wrote to this purpose, especi∣ally Cicero, in his Book of Scipio's Dream, where he brings in a Dead Father, (now in Heaven) encouraging his Son to doe his Country Service, wherein himself had given him a Noble Example, with this Sentence, There is a most sure and certain place in Hea∣ven for every Man that shall procure the Weal of his Country, either by freeing it from Oppres∣sion, or any way increasing its Happiness. That for which I quote this Sentence out of Cicero is, To shew how Reason doth tell us Christians, how careful we should be of our Countreys Welfare, to preserve it from Oppressions, and to Augment the Flourishing Estate thereof. Those that stand in Places of Honour and Emi∣nency