A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answer [sic] to the…A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answeer [sic] to the…

we might well imagine, that when you came to our Door, you would not refuse to go in, as some of you did when you was at Mr. Hopkins's Door; and might we not well imagine, and say, considering these Things, that you stood aloof from us, without vile and wilful Misrepresentation. The Reason you give why you did not visit the Rev. Mr. Williams of Hatfield, is, that he seemed to think himself ill treated in your Letter, that you say was drawn up in as respectful Terms as you could do it; and therefore you despaired of his thinking himself well treated by you in a Visit. That is plainly, that you found Mr. Williams so touchy and waspish that there was no coming nigh him, or having any Thing to do with him: But with respect to that Clause of Mr. Williams's Letter, he declares that he had no respect at all to your Manner of writing in your Letter to him, and that there were more Terms of Respect in it than he desired; but that what he had Reference to, was your showing so little Regard to his repeated Instances and Representations in this Matter, and that you do in that Letter so groundlessly suggest, that what we in this Affair were contending for, was the Rights of Associations in Opposition to the Liberty of particular Churches, in calling and ordaining their Pastors.

we might well imagine, that when you came to our Door, you would not refuse to go in, as some of you did when you was at Mr. Hopkins's Door; and might we not well imagine, and say, considering these Things, that you stood aloof from us, without vile and wilful Misrepresentation. The Reason you give why you did not visit the Rev. Mr. Williams of Hatfield, is, that he seemed to think himself ill treated in your Letter, that you say was drawn up in as respectful Terms as you could do it; and therefore you dispair'd of his thinking himself well treated by you in a Visit. That is plainly, that you found Mr. Williams so touchy and waspish that there was no coming nigh him, or having any Thing to do with him: But with respect to that Clause of Mr. Williams's Letter, he declares that he had no respect at all to your Manner of writing in your Letter to him, and that there were more Terms of Respect in it than he desired; but that what he had Reference to, was your shewing so little Regard to his repeated Instances and Representations in this Matter, and that you do in that Letter so groundlesly suggest, that what we in this Affair were contending for, was the Rights of Associations in Opposition to the Liberty of particular Churches, in calling and ordaining their Pastors.