A second admonition to Mr. Edward Bagshaw written to call him to repentance for…

Sect. 29. E. B. The pride of your heart,¹ discovered by your writings is so apparent, that it cannot but be known and read of all men: to go no further for instances than your last Books, what needed you have told the world in print, that you chase once on Easter day to communicate in a very populous Church, purposely that it might be the further known. Is not ⟨p. 73⟩this like the Hypocrites to blow a Trumpet before, and to do your actions that they may be seen of men? What other end could you have in doing that so publicly then, or in declaring it now, but a vain glorious hope, that doubting and unsatisfied Christians might look upon your example, as their Pole-star, and accordingly direct their course?

Sect. 29. E. B. The pride of your heart,¹ discovered by your writings is so apparent, that it cannot but be known and read of all men: to go no further for instances than your last Books, what needed you have told the world in print, that you chase once on Easter day to communicate in a very populous Church, purposely that it might be the further known. Is not ⟨p. 73⟩this like the Hypocrites to blow a Trumpet before, and to do your actions that they may be seen of men? What other end could you have in doing that so publickly then, or in declaring it now, but a vain glorious hope, that doubting and unsatisfied Christians might look upon your example, as their Pole-star, and accordingly direct their course?

1. 114 Crime, Duty reproached, and scandal made a duty.