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In Pag. 24. you feem to take care of your People, be*
ing (as you fay) fet for the Defence of the Gofpel,
( with mmy other Words that I pafs over for brevity's
fakeji but if >ou fo preach the Gofpel, (that is, gUd
tidings of Peace to all Men) and keep the Ordinances, as
they were delivered in their Primitive Purity, I hope we
fliall give you no interruption; But then be not angry
with fuch who obey the Truth, as you feem to be with
E. G, " Who was but a little while under your Care, and
«' was fo fuddenly gone, that you were fcarce aware of
«* it, (as you fay") and it was but once you had oppor-
« tunity to fpeak to him before he was dipped, and then
« he utterly refufed my Offer to difcourfe with thofe Ana^
« bapti(ls mhh prefence, for his fake, &c. And this you
offer as part of your Vindication.
But E. G. faith, he fpoke to you feveral times before he
was dipped, and never refufed to difcourfe, and is ready
to jufiify the f^me ; Nor was he rafhly dipt, but upon
mature and ferious confideration, being fer.fible of his
Duty. Now if this be fo, this mightily weakens your
Vindication in this Point ; and that he is in the right, and
you in the wrong, he is ready to juftify at any time.
But it feems there was another of your Hearers ( who
as you fay ') *' beiiig dipped, lamented with Tears, that
" fhe muft leave fuch good Preaching. I pray ho v came
yoM to fancy fo ? your faying fo, moved me to ask her the