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*' ncfs of Spirir, how burdenforoc their very Lives arc I
•* ro rhcm, by reafon of their importunate Solicitations l
" to bring them to be dipt; and their defperate Speeches, 1
" ftriking Terror in their Minds, vexing their Souls coo- ]
" tinually, it would, no doubt, found ftrange to many I
" Readers. ^ '
But, Sir, are you fo favourable as not to lay the Ba^ti^s
fo o^enas you might do ? Why then truly they are exceeding
bad j for, you fay, they are very terrible to their
Nciglibours, and fo burdenfome, that they are vexing
their Souls continually ', and fo importunate and felicitous
to hring them to be dipt, that as Mr. Jmis fets forth the
Matter, it is dangerous to live near them. Nay, and yec he
doth not fay all by abundance of what he could fay, if you
can believe him. But if you fhould ask Mr, James, how
he would prove what he hath faid? His anfwer is. Really
itis not meet to name Perfons.
But what a moft unhappy thing it is, if what he hath
faid of the Baptifts fhould not be true : Why, you muft
take Mr. James's Word for it, and then it is all as well
proved, as all the reft of the Slanders. And Mr. James
affcrts it again, -j/^. " So it is in truth ; and forfooth the
*' Perfons would fain be accounted Innocent, and cry out
" of the Wrong I have done them.
And truly. Sir, fo they will do ftill, unlefs you afTigo
Names, and bring the Perfons to open trial chat you have
accufcd ; and the Accufers muft apoear and make good
their Charge, otherwife all you have faid will be of little
Value, your Labour loft, and your Words called in queftion,
as indeed they are already.
But Mr, Jamesy to ftrengthen this Matter, will give
you an Inftance j vi':^. " One Inftance I cannot but pro-
** duce, and that a little hrgely, it being fo material, and
« I am glad (as the Cafe is) to take opportunity to let the
** World know it.
Now that which he would have the World to know, is,
that my Books ar.- fcattered amongft them i
" But furely
** ^faith he) the like was never known j for to this Book
" of his they have laid another, and ftitchc them together.
What a piece of Admiration here is I W-ll, Mr, JameSy
admire them ftill j but I hope the People chat reads them
will make better ufe of them, than to admire only ; and
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