A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's worship. Or a triplication unto. D.…A fresh suit against human ceremonies in God's vvorship. Or a triplication unto. D.…

If in any he hath exceeded the bounds of sobriety, I profess, neither to defend, nor excuse it, I know the Replyer himself vvill not allow it: For he hath silenced, all such expressions in this second Reply: though he had never so just cause, to provoke him thereunto, & ⟨image 23⟩never so great advantage given him by the miserable mistakes of the Rej. in many places: which if the Rej. had found in him, (He that can hawk after words with such eagerness) we should have had exclamations, Proclamations, & outcries enough to have filled up a wordy & windy volume.

If in any he hath exceeded the bounds of sobriety, I professe, neither to defend, nor excuse it, I knovv the Replyer himself vvill not allovve it: For he hath silenced, all such expressions in this second Reply: though he had never so just cause, to provoke him thereunto, & ⟨image 23⟩never so great advantage given him by the miserable mistakes of the Rej. in many places: vvhich if the Rej. had found in him, (He that can haulke after vvords vvith such eagernes) vve should have had exclamations, Proclamations, & outcryes enough to haue filled up a vvordy & vvyndy volume.

How ever, was the Reply: never so worthy, to have the reproach of scurrility cast upon him, or his work; the Rey; was most unworthy & unfit to do it, who hath, (I dare say) much exceeded in this kind:¹ How unseemly is it, & how ill sounds it, to hear thieves complain of Robbers, harlots of adulteresses. The proverb is homely, but true: its a hard world, when hearing-men revile fisher-men. For proof whereof, I appeal to thine eyes to be witnesses Christian Reader. And that I may proceed, according to Allegata probata, I vvill not look beyond my line: Only that picture which the Rej. hath made of himself, I judge it not only lawful, but in this case necessary to present again to his view; that the world may know, & if God vvill, Doctor Burgess also, may know himself, & what his spleen hath been, against the people of the most High God, blessed for ever.