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At the Bottom of Page 38, you say,—But if this be the Right of one or two dissenting Brethren in a a Church. In the foregoing Page you observed there were but four that dissented: What need is there now of bringing the Number down to one or two?

With respect to our fifth Reason, viz That the major Part of the Council was chosen by Mr. Breck himself: ⟨p. 34⟩and that 'tis contrary to the Light and Sense of all Mankind, that a Man should choose his own Judges, because this is in effect to give him Liberty to choose his own Judgment In answer to this you say, 'tis true the Church gave Mr. Breck Liberty to nominate some of •he Churches, and say that Dr. Cotton Mather in his Ratio Disciplinae, mentions it as the Custom of the Churches to agree with the Candidate what Churches to send to in Ordination. He has there no Manner of Respect to the judging a Complaint exhibited against a Minister or Candidate; (as has been already observed you appeared there not only as Ordainers but Judges of such a Complaint, and you was chosen by the Defendant;) and if he had, it would not make for you, but against you; for the Church of Springfield never agreed with Mr. Breck what Churches should be sent for: Mr. Breck never so much as nominated the Churches till after the Church-meeting was over, and his Nomination was never brought to the Church to see whether they would agree to it or not.

With respect to our fifth Reason, viz That the major Part of the Council was chosen by Mr. Breck himself: ⟨p. 34⟩and that 'tis contrary to the Light and Sense of all Mankind, that a Man should chuse his own Judges, because this is in effect to give him Liberty to chuse his own Judgment In answer to this you say, 'tis true the Church gave Mr. Breck Liberty to nominate some of •he Churches, and say that Dr. Cotton Mather in his Ratio Disciplinae, mentions it as the Custom of the Churches to agree with the Candidate what Churches to send to in Ordination. He has there no Manner of Respect to the judging a Complaint exhibited against a Minister or Candidate; (as has been already observed you appeared there not only as Ordainers but Judges of such a Complaint, and you was chosen by the Defendant;) and if he had, it would not make for you, but against you; for the Church of Springfield never agreed with Mr. Breck what Churches should be sent for: Mr. Breck never so much as nominated the Churches till after the Church-meeting was over, and his Nomination was never brought to the Church to see whether they would agree to it or not.