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And then he cries out, '* Now furcly this is a /iraflg«
** thiug, and moft unrighteous, unjuft, and ic may be un-
^ parallcrd : For a Perfon that owns himrelf a perfed
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Stranger to mc, (aad indeed he was, and is) upon the
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reporting a Matter to him, to write and print ac this
" rate againft me : What, a Stranger to the whole Matter,
** ar>d yet to print at this confident rate.
Now, Sir, I pray confidcr what a Noifc you liavc
made of my being a Stranger to you, and to the whole
Matter : Why do you forget thefc words, Any otbawife than
I mat with it in your Book, I And might not a Stranger be
informed by your Book? And it was that which informed
that were troubled and a(hamed
me, and other Strangers,
of iti and more cfpecially as coming from a DilTenting
Minifter. And ic fecmed mofl reafonable to me, and many
others, that fuch as you accuied, fhoiild be found out h
and if guilty, be cxpofed for their FoUy.
But you «rc civit to give nie the Tide of Mr. WdU , i
fhallnot carp ac \i as you did, when I gave you the Tick
of Wmby Sir: For you were ac a lofs (it feems) whether
you might or no,
nor knowing rny Quality or Calling
: But however you did prefunie Q ac M ) vj give ais
the Title of Mr. W^^/i'/.
This was civilly done, and you did not err in it ; For
bcfides the feveral Commifiions 1 have had, both Givif
and Military, which bcfpcaks me no kfs, I have always
accordingly paid as fuch.
But you fay you give mc rhii Tick as ^ FrucUr. Now
as fuch I am but a Miniftcr, which in filnglilh is but a. Ssr
vant, Butfomein this Age are grown fo arrogant, cha;:
Servants affc«a to be called Mafters. But as I am a Mini-
Ylcr of the Gofpel, I defrre to be (as I ought) a Servant
to all.
And indeed it is the Advice of our Great L9>d and Mafitr^
Not to be mxny Mufitrs^ or to be cuilid of Men Rabbi.
But fuch as love to be great, and look lofty, and delight
to be called of Men Kabbi^ Rxbbiy (viz. M^fttr, M^ftir )
fuch are not fie for Miniftcrs (t/i\. Servants) in the G«>fpcl
i And it is unhappy we do not fpeak Eiiglilh to owr
Servants y for the poor ignorant People think a Miniftcr
K their Maftcr-, when (God knosvs) the Word fignitiesa
Servant, and we ought to be Servants to all j fee Afir. 25,