A42456:83
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth…
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresy and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a false attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the business between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that business / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things showed to be an untrue relation.An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresie and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a fase attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the busines between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that busines / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things shewed to be an untrue relation.
London: printed by E.G. for F. Clifton, 1642
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8. Whereas it is added, that gD. Westfield refused after our first meeting, to meet any more, (which yet ⟨p. 28⟩unto the rest of us he never once intimated) because he perceived a general inclination in us all to favour M. Wotton, as foreseeing and fearing what followed. As therein M. Walker taxeth not me alone, but the whole company of open partiality: so it may rather justly be surmised, that D. Westfield being of a mild and moderate disposition, forbore further to present himself among us, being wearied out with M. Walkers furious and intemperate carriage, sufficient to have tired us all: and this I suppose they will the more incline to, that know the mans temper.
8. Whereas it is added, that gD. Westfield refused after our first meeting, to meet any more, (which yet ⟨p. 28⟩unto the rest of us he never once intimated) because he perceived a generall inclination in us all to favour M. Wotton, as foreseeing and fearing what followed. As therein M. Walker taxeth not me alone, but the whole company of open partiality: so it may rather justly be surmised, that D. Westfield being of a mild and moderate disposition, forbare further to present himselfe among us, being wearied out with M. Walkers furious and intemperate cariage, sufficient to have tired us all: and this I suppose they will the more incline to, that know the mans temper.
- gPag 15.
9. It is not true, that hM. Walker did at first desire of us, that having in writing paralleled M. Wottons words with Socinus his, we would give our hands to his parallel, and subscribe, that he had not charged M. Wotton with any opinions or words but his own; or confuted under the name of Socinianism any words of his, wherein he conurred not with Socinus. For