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But tho' you say you know it, yet that there was no such Thing, that never any such Proposal was made to us afterwards by others in Mr. Breck's Name, nor any such Proposal rejected by us, is what we shall make abundantly evident hereafter, when we come to speak concerning the Rev. Mr. Cooper's Letter to the Rev. Mr. Williams of Hatfield, wherein you say this Proposal was made. And how could a Person be treated with greater fairness? And how unreasonable is it after all to charge the Association once and again, as you do, with unreasonable Stiffness in this Matter?

But tho' you say you know it, yet that there was no such Thing, that never any such Proposal was made to us afterwards by others in Mr. Breck's Name, nor any such Proposal rejected by us, is what we shall make abundently evident hereafter, when we come to speak concerning the Rev. Mr. Cooper's Letter to the Rev. Mr. Williams of Hatfield, wherein you say this Proposal was made. And how could a Person be treated with greater fairness? And how unreasonable is it after all to charge the Association once and again, as you do, with unreasonable Stiffness in this Matter?

With respect to our third Reason, viz. That those three Elders that belong to this County, that sat in Council as Judges of this Case, they each of them had once before, openly in Association given their Judgment, and upon a formal Consideration, and where the Matter was particularly discussed and debated, declared it to be their Judgment that Mr. Breck stood already sufficiently clear, with regard to those Things that had been alleged against him; and that all the neighbouring Ministers that had suspended their Judgment, were set aside as prejudiced, and those only that had actually given their Judgment already were employed because free from Prejudice. This is the certain plain Truth, of which the World have this very good Evidence, that you don't pretend to deny it, nor can it be denied; nor do you pretend to show how it is agreeable to common Sense, that such should sit as Judges again in the same Case, which is also impossible for you to do; but only pretend with huge Triumph that you have caught us in a Self contradiction, because we said but the Page before, that the Matter was taken out of our Hands before ever we had Opportunity to give our Judgments, because it was before we had Opportunity to hear Mr. Breck and the Witnesses Face to Face: But you make a Contradiction