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And by the survey of these particulars, collected out of the three first chapters, & comparing the Reply therewith, I am confident, it vvill soon appear, to any not forestalled with prejudice, whether the reply, or answer, m•y most justly challenge & bear the name of scurrilous? And it vvill be as evident that the Rej. had no cause to accuse the Repl. of scurrility, unless he would condemn ⟨image 34⟩himself not only, of the same crime; but of somewhat beside far more sinful. For, though it be easily incident, I confess, to our corrupt natures, out of a pang of pride & passion, to cast unbrotherly contempt upon such, who seem to cross us in our opinions, & practises, when it comes to point of opposition, betwixt some particular men & our selves; yet to vent such a mass of venom, in heavy censures, harsh Revilings, slighting scorns, & that not against one particular, which may appear in competition, & opposition against us, but even against the generation of those, which refuse humane Ceremonies in Divine worship, many whereof, our pens, & consciences acknowledge worthy & Godly; Nay not only to vent these expressions, but to keep them souring, & leavening by us, in our hearts, & writings, many years, wherein we have been persuaded by friends, & after persuasions resolved, rather to have them burned by others, or to burn them our selves; And yet after all this in cold blood, in saddest consideration, upon review, so far to approve of them, as to print & publish them to the world; How such ⟨image 35⟩a mans spirit is principled? & whether it was a root of bitterness, or Godliness, whence such things issue: I leave it to the Almighty to judge, & to the wise hearted to discern.

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