Excerpt from A Letter From the Author of the Argument Against a Standing Army, to the Author of the Balancing Letter I perceive you would have us believe we have an Honourable Peace to the wonder of the World, and that nothing can hurt us but Animofitiesand Jealoufies amonglt our (elves: And fecondly, youwould have a Land Force to maintain this Peace. N ow, Sir, Imufi beg your Pardon if my Faith differs from yours; for I can't believe'we have an Honourable Peace, in cafe we are oblig'd to keep up a Standing Force to maintain it. Peace is a Ceffation of the Exercife of the ufe of Arms, that we may with Safety turn our Swords into Plough-(hares, and Spears into Pruning-hooks; and the Prayers of the Church commanded by his Ma jel'ty for Thankfgiving for this Peace, have taken in that very text: And if this our Peace will not an fwer this Character, it is not foch a Peace as you would have us believe we are blefs'd with. But fiuce we have noc fuch a Peace (for you know better than, I) I will go on for Argument-lake with yours, tofupply this imperfection in it. You are pleas'd to as) 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.