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strangers, and the world hath been filled with violence, and the whole earth stained and polluted with oppressions, injustice, and cruelties, and the cry of poor hath not been heard, every one hath sought themselves and not the Lord, not the good one of another, the Kings and Princes of the earth have not been perfect nor upright before the Lord, but vain-glory hath abounded, and superstitions and idolatries hath abounded, and self-seeking, and they have risen up one against another in quarrelling and destroying one another, and to gain one another's dominions by craft and Policy, and strong hand, and the poor hath been oppressed and trodden down, and thousands of thousands destroyed to fulfill their wills and lusts, and the pride of their hearts, all this hath been evil in the sight of the Lord, and his soul hath been weary with it, by the destruction of his creatures, one by another, even Rulers, Teachers, and people have all been out of the way, and subverted from that wherein God hath pleasure, and the Prince of darkness hath ruled in his dominion, swaying all under his Government, and even all things both of civil and spiritual concernment hath been out of the counsel of the Lord.