As you abuse the text, which speaketh of1 an individual person, who is supposed to be hereby injured, because known, so you speak ⟨p. 31⟩untruly in saying I revealed another's secrets; For to pass by, that I reveal not the persons, who are still unknown, it is not true that they were secrets! When I disputed almost all day with such (both Soldiers and others) in the public Church at Amersham above 20 years ago, was that a secret, which they so fiercely proclaimed? When I disputed daily almost with such in Cromwell's Army, was that a secret? When I disputed with Mr. Brown (an Army Chaplain) and his adherents for the Godhead of Christ, in a public Church at Worcester, was that a secret? When I disputed in the public Church at Kidderminster with the Quakers, was that a secret? When the said Quakers, and many other Sects, have come to my house, and have oft assaulted me in many other places openly, and vented their ignorance with fierce revilings and raging confidence, was that a secret? When I have openly Catechized men, was that a secret? Do not all sound Protestants believe that they are fundamentals which our Quakers commonly contradict, and are ignorant of, especially Foxes party, whom Smith and Major Cobbet accuse to deny Christ and the Resurrection, &c. And are there not Assemblies of such in London? And do not many turn to them of late? And is that a secret which their books and their assemblies tell the World? Who is it now that is put to shame?
As you abuse the text, which speaketh of1 an individual person, who is supposed to be hereby injured, because known, so you speak ⟨p. 31⟩untruly in saying I revealed anothers secrets; For to pass by, that I reveal not the persons, who are still unknown, it is not true that they were secrets! When I disputed almost all day with such (both Souldiers and others) in the publick Church at Amersham above 20 years ago, was that a secret, which they so fiercely proclaimed? When I disputed daily almost with such in Cromwell's Army, was that a secret? When I disputed with Mr. Brown (an Army Chaplain) and his adherents for the Godhead of Christ, in a publick Church at Worcester, was that a secret? When I disputed in the publick Church at Kiderminster with the Quakers, was that a secret? When the said Quakers, and many other Sects, have come to my house, and have oft assaulted me in many other places openly, and vented their ignorance with fierce revilings and raging confidence, was that a secret? When I have openly Catechized men, was that a secret? Do not all sound Protestants believe that they are fundamentals which our Quakers commonly contradict, and are ignorant of, especially Foxes party, whom Smith and Major Cobbet accuse to deny Christ and the Resurrection, &c. And are there not Assemblies of such in London? And do not many turn to them of late? And is that a secret which their books and their assemblies tell the World? Who is it now that is put to shame?
- 1Of my revealing Secrets.
