_THE Author begs leave inform the Religious Public_, _that he is happy he
has an opportunity of contradicting the_ (_Ipswich tidings_) _lately
published in a scurrilous Pamphlet: as three respectable persons waited
on the Accuser_, _and he promptly denied what had been published and
widely insinuated_. _Shortly after_, _three other Gentlemen went to
Ipswich_, _but could not see him_, _only_, _they were allowed to converse
with him_, _through the medium of his Father_, _who shewed him what had
been printed_; _and his last confession before the three last witnesses_:
_when he_ DECLARED _that he knew nothing of the_ FORMER, _but that his_
LAST _confession was the_ TRUTH. _The Author laments that his former
friends should be so imposed upon_,—_that so much discord_, _and a
separation should take place_, _through artful and malicious characters_,
_merely to gain an end_. _But such have their reward_. _Likewise it is
necessary to declare_, _that the Gentlemen_, _before whom the former
confession was made_, _were not the authors of that confession_, _as has
been most grossly insinuated in the town where they reside_. _And as to
an investigation_, _law-suits_, _and clearing up of characters_, _the
accused has no objection to this_, _upon condition that every one of his
opponents will first set him the_ EXAMPLE, _but till then_, _he shall
certainly take the sacred scriptures for his rule of conduct_, _and pray
for more of that charity which endureth all things_.
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B. Bennett, Printer, 23, Tichborne Street, Haymarket.