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ill Battle, where Innocence and Rancour encountred.
I fliould be ^lad to hear of your Welfare, and defire an
Intereftin your Prayers as oft as you goto the Throne of
Grace. Jokrs &c. Gofport^ March ii. 169^-9,
I willgive yoH an AbjlraEl of another Letter, from a i»orthj
Perfon in thofe Partly direEied to me^ who was an eye and ear
V Witnep ofwhai- fdft. In which ( after Chrijiian Saintations )
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l hopethefe Lines will find you in Health, after your tedious
and uncorn.'oirable journey, which I hope may bring
Tonne Glory to God, notvvithftanding the great Rage that
the, &c: was in. Indeed they had no other ihifc to fave
their Repurarion, but by cading out a Flood, a6ling the
partof the Setpents hifs amongrtrhe worft. I do underl^^nd,
fevt r.i I
vvere convinced by their Rudenefsj and they
z.\-Q fince Baptized.
I think it may beconvenienrto takeaway the Cloud from
the Gommon Feople by expofing what was delivered in the
pifpute ( to publick view ) and by adding that which they
would not then hear; I mean that which relates to the manner
of Adminiflration.
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may confider of it. Tis pity
flioiild ^lory in their fiiame, deceiving the World.
D.^ar Friend, I thank you for all your Labour of Love.
Your Preaching and Behaviour was to me very acceptable,
and to all our Friends, drc. Go/port, March 6. J698 9.
JSj thefeTeflirr.onies yofi may fee, that ^Z^^' Presbyterians had
no Caafe to pidlijh what they did- to the World, except it were
to keep up their declinii^ Reppitation.
Aher the Difpute wa.^ evidcd, and I was returned to my Lodging,
Mr,^ \Villiams tdd rr.e he wotddgo to his Namefakes hottfe
to talk wiih rA^^'Presbyctrian Minifters that were there. Ideji'-ed
him to remerf^ber rr^y Love to them, and let them know, that
I could difour e with Men and yet love them mtwithjlanding:
but drfirtd him n tell Mr, Robinfon, their Moderator, that
JtO'jkji very unkindly at his hands, that he floould tranfgrefs
j'jmnch us he had done againsi the Rules of Difpnte,
and be fa
as he n?as, fo as to give tfje Lye (for he [aid in the
midii of the Difpure, with a laudVoice, That is a Lye, andyet
-not r^ake ary thiyig out (TiboMt if,) and for Ins Mifrcpre^
^oHtationof-^hkt^Ihadfaid, partictdarly f^pon that Argnment
^hut the ^eajis Qf the field mt being capable^ &C,'
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