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may anfwcr the greaceft Difputanc that is; together with
that other Argument that one urged againft Cardinal Bf/-
Umine, Btlhrmmc thou Ikf. Either of thefe will make
ihort work of any Controyerfy.
But Mr. James Cdkh, They have not been (hort m his tme,
md have urged him to the fame.
Sir I pray confider what you fay :
I doubt they have
been fhorc in your time: Have they urged you to any
publick Difpute ? This I amfure, you have urged them by
your foul Calumnies, to fay fomethitig by way of Defence
of themfelves 5 at which you are angry without Caufe.
Put if you will prove your Charge by good Evidence, they
offer humbly to fubmic. But it >ou will noc do that, then
it is you that urge them, and ic is you that have made all
this Noife and Stir, and have provoked them to demand
Sacisfaaion, and that publickly h
and I am forry you have
them fuch Occafion.
But I muft needs fay you have your Anfwer ready, for
you haveanfwered by Contempt of this Challenge. And
indeed I find it fo in your Vindication (as vou call ip a-
gainft mej for, Iconfefs, I never wasanfwercd at iucha
contemptible rate in my whole life. But fuch Anfwers as
thofe furcly will not oblige your Friends to engage in
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your Quarrel : If it do, I mu^ only take leave to admire ;
for I dways believed, fmce I have received the Faith of
the Gofpel, That the Minifters thereof ought C above
others;) to be meek, humble, moderate, temperate, and of
a fweet and even Difpoiition, ready to give a Reafon of
the Wc that is in them wichmeeknefs and fear, and noc
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toanfvver with contempt , but meekly inftrufling thofe
that oppofe themfelves, and to be gentle towards all
Men But the Peevijh and the Froward, the Proud and
the mghty, together with the Envious, that do arrogantly
hold Perfons in contempt, can never obhge and Cqpverc
the Gainfayers. But I hope Age, and more Grace, and
larger Experience, may in time accomplifh Mr. fames,
with better Qualifications, than to anfwer with Contempt.
Indeed Mr. >;«» was pleafed to tell me. That he did
not reftca on thQBaptilis, in his Spir^'^Defpair revived.
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