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In Page 58, &c. you endeavour to excuse yourself from the Charge of Violence and Driving in your Proceedings, which we say showed your Prejudice, by relating particularly how long it was after the sending forth the Letters missive, before you went on the Business to Springfield; and having then met with an unusual Interposition that hindered your proceeding at the Time appointed, it was more than three Months longer before you actually ordained Mr. Breck. But what does it signify how many Months it was after the Letters missive were sent forth, before you actually came, as long as it was immediately determined by you upon your Receipt of the Letters missive, that you would come? When once you was sent to, the Matter was not suspended at all; and it appeared by all your Letters and Replies, that you was immovable in your Resolutions to come, tho' you were so much, and often desired to suspend such a Resolution, by earnest Remonstrances from the Rev. Mr. W—ms of Hatfield, the senior Minister in the County, and from another of us that formerly had been treated as a particular Friend of the Rev. Mr. Cooper, and also from the Rev. Dr. Colman, the senior Minister among you: It evidently appeared that nothing would prevail with you to reconsider the Matter; nothing would stop or alter you. It was earnestly desired of you▪ as we signify in our Words ⟨p. 52⟩that are cited by you, Page 58, that there might be further Time of Consideration, and that you would wait for Things to get into a better Posture, before you finally resolved; and how your immediately resolving, without any further Consideration, or at all waiting to see if Things would get into a better Posture, and your delaying two Months on purpose that there might be Opportunity for Consideration, and Things got into a better Posture (as you say you did, Page 59.) do consist together, we don't know: How could it be expected that Things should get into a better Posture, when the contending Parties see that the Matter was already determined and resolved, past Hopes of Alteration, by the Judges that one of the Parties only had chosen, that they would come and be the sole Judges of the Case? And tho' you came to Springfield some Days before the Day appointed for Ordination, yet your Driving and Violence, and not your Moderation appeared in the Manner of your improving that Time;

In Page 58, &c. you endeavour to excuse yourself from the Charge of Violence and Driving in your Proceedings, which we say shew'd your Prejudice, by relating particularly how long it was after the sending forth the Letters missive, before you went on the Business to Springfield; and having then met with an unusual Interposition that hindred your proceeding at the Time appointed, it was more than three Months longer before you actually ordain'd Mr. Breck. But what does it signify how many Months it was after the Letters missive were sent forth, before you actually came, as long as it was immediately determined by you upon your Receit of the Letters missive, that you would come? When once you was sent to, the Matter was not suspended at all; and it appear'd by all your Letters and Replys, that you was immovable in your Resolutions to come, tho' you were so much, and often desired to suspend such a Resolution, by earnest Remonstrances from the Rev. Mr. W—ms of Hatfield, the senior Minister in the County, and from another of us that formerly had been treated as a particular Friend of the Rev. Mr. Cooper, and also from the Rev. Dr. Colman, the senior Minister among you: It evidently appeared that nothing would prevail with you to reconsider the Matter; nothing would stop or alter you. It was earnestly desired of you as we signify in our Words