Country; Well, said I, 'tis happy for England that our Dissenters
have not this Spirit of Union and Largeness of Heart among them; for
if they were not a Narrow, mean-Spirited, short-Sighted,
self-Preserving, friend-Betraying, poor-Neglecting People, they might
ha' been every way as Safe, as Considerable, as Regarded and as
Numerous as the Crolians in the Moon; but it is not in their Souls to
do themselves Good, nor to Espouse, or Stand by those that would do
it for them; and 'tis well for the Church-Men that it is so, for many
Attempts have been made to save them, but their own narrowness of
Soul, and dividedness in Interest has always prevented its being
effectual, and discourag'd all the Instruments that ever attempted to
serve them.

'Tis confest the Case was thus at first among the Crolians, they were
full of Divisions among themselves, as I have noted already of the
Solunarians, and the unhappy Feuds among them, had always not only
expos'd them to the Censure, Reproach and Banter of their Solunarian
Enemies, but it had serv'd to keep them under, prevent their being
valued in the Government, and given the other Party vast Advantages
against.

But the Solunarians driving thus furiously at their Destruction and
entire Ruin, open'd their Eyes to the following Measures for their
preservation: And here again the high Solunarians may see, and
doubtless whenever they made use of the Lunar-Glasses they must see
it, that nothing could ha' driven the Crolians to make use of such
Methods for their Defence, but the rash Proceedings of their own warm
Men, in order to suppressing the whole Crolian Interest. And this
might inform our Country-men of the Church of England, that it cannot
but be their Interest to Treat their Brethren with Moderation and