And in very deed, let any indifferent man judge, of ⟨p. 2⟩[…] ⟨p. 3⟩[…] ⟨p. 4⟩this imputation by any place of the Reply, where the Rej. noteth scurrility, and he shall find the Rej. him •elf, far more guilty: As for example pag. 63. in few lines he may find these five terms packed together: It is a manifest untruth and calumny: It is a ridiculous supposition: It is a malicious surmise: It is a scurrilous bundle: It is to ingraft himself into affections which he calls consciences: These are baser terms, then are to be found in any one place, or (I think) in all the course of the Rep: And what is the occasion of them? forsooth, the Repl. said, the Prelates have power, to suspend, deprive, excommunicate nonconformists, at their pleasure: that the Defend: called for further help from Buckingham: that the Defend: may be acquired at a better Bishopric: In the former whereof, there is nothing said, which the Rej. could with colour deny, before he himself had added for matter of accusation, interpretations of his own imagining: And in the last, there is nothing so much suspected of the defendant, D. B. himself knoweth, that it is scandalously true, almost of all Bishops, viz, that they aim at greater Bishoprics: But on the other side, what honesty is there, in adding unto the repliers words. Further then the Law of the State and Church require: And yet that also is true, de facto, though not de jure, that the Prelates take power to themselves, more then the laws require: What charity or religion is there in slighting the consciences of all that hold with the Repl? as if they pretended conscience upon perverse affections: What wisdom is there? in talking of the Repl. ambition, •o ingraft him self, into the affection of a few poor people, ⟨p. 7⟩from whom he cannot expect either gain or worldly credit? This I am sure of, that the Repl. being twice putt out of all means of living, for that cause, never in those extremities gained from that party, the Rej. speaketh of, so much as the Emoluments of a ten pound Prebendary, which the Rej. so much slighteth Pag. 15. As for his credit, until he either putt his name to his book, or seek by other means to have •it known, it cannot without injury be objected, that he sought it.
And in very deed, let any indifferent man judge, of ⟨p. 2⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 3⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 4⟩this imputation by any place of the Reply, where the Rej. noteth scurrility, and he shall fynd the Rej. him •elf, far more guilty: As for example pag. 63. in few lynes he may fynde these five termes packed together: It is a manifest untruth and calumny: It is a ridiculous supposition: It is a malitious surmise: It is a scurrilous bundle: It is to ingraft himself into affections which he calls consciences: These are baser termes, then are to be found in any one place, or (I think) in all the course of the Rep: And what is the occasion of them? forsooth, the Repl. sayd, the Prelats have power, to suspend, deprive, excommunicate nonconformists, at their pleasure: that the Defend: called for further help from Buckingham: that the Defend: may be acquired at a better Bishoprick: In the former whereof, ther is nothing sayd, which the Rej. could with colour denye, before he himself had added for matter of accusation, interpretations of his own imagining: And in the last, there is nothing so much suspected of the defendant, D. B. himself knoweth, that it is scandalously true, almost of all Bishops, viz, that they ayme at greater Bishopricks: But on the other syde, what honesty is there, in adding unto the replyers words. Further then the Lawe of the State and Church require: And yet that also is true, de facto, though not de jure, that the Prelats take power to themselves, more then the lawes require: What charity or religion is ther in slighting the consciences of all that hold with the Repl? as if they pretended conscience upon perverse affections: What wisdome is ther? in talking of the Repl. ambition, •o ingraft him self, into the affection of a few poore people, ⟨p. 7⟩from whom he cannot expect either gayne or worldly credit? This I am sure of, that the Repl. being twice putt out of all meanes of living, for that cause, never in those extremities gayned from that party, the Rej. speaketh of, so much as the Emoluments of a tenn pound Prebendary, which the Rej. so much slighteth Pag. 15. As for his credit, untill he either putt his name to his book, or seek by other meanes to have •it knowne, it cannot without injury be objected, that he sought it.
