Baxter - BX5202 B291 1679

the .Epifile. ßs, Peta'ìus, Sancta Clara, Dr. Hammond, and abundance more for Prelacy, &c. He is not worthy the name of a man that would not know that truth, whichmaketh both for his temporal and eternal welfare, Under thefe accufations my confcience urged me to acquaint the áccu ng Clergy with our Cafe, believing it be uncharitable to impute all their to"e report to Malignity, or Dial,oli m, but that it was STRANGEFsT SS to our Cafe, while wrath and crofs intereff kept them from hearing us : But my pru- dent friends perfwaded me filently to leave all to God, afüring me it would but more exafperate, till they called us themfelves to fpeak. Twice we were fince invited to a Tryal for Concord, and both times came to anAgreement with the moderate and eminent Perons that we treated with : But it wag buried in privacy ; and f1í11 we are called on, to give the reafons ofour Diffent. Having long forborn for fear of offending them that require it, at Taft I have here ad- ventured, not fo far as to urge the Cafe, but only to flate -it, and tell you barely what it is that I dare not do : if I find that you can bear this, if I have leave fromGod and man, I Ihall venture on more, and give you my reafons : This unarmed Account is eaf ly- trampled on, I doubt not but it will meet with

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