mention those Horrid and Scandalous Reports, which Mr. Yeats his bitter Enemies have labour∣ed under, and still do labour.
There are not any either of his, or of the Dean of Sarum's Enemies, who can prove so convin∣cingly that they had not any hand in, or Assent to, or Connivance at, or Knowledge of the most execrable Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, (until they had it by report,) as the said Dean hath proved, and can prove, that he had no hand in, or Assent to, or Connivance at, or Knowledge of, Mr. Yeats his Project of the Four Articles, until he was informed of it by the Lord Bishop of Sa∣rum, and by the Chapter of the same, in a Letter from Mr. Frome. For Sir Edm. Godfrey being dead, can attest nothing on their behalf; and they have nothing but their own Oaths whereby to clear their own Innocence, to which they have forfeited all Belief with considering men. But Mr. Yeats is still living to clear the Dean of Sarum upon his Oath, the which he offered in open Court, and will be ever ready to take, and who will ever find Belief from All who are ac∣quainted with his unblameable Conversation, which will every where have credit, where his Enemies have None. Nor hath he, or the Dean of Sarum any Enemies they know of, who are not Enemies at the same time, both to God, and the King, and the Church of England. 'Tis the Nature of Christian Charity, not to suspect others hastily, of any ill thing which it abhors; whilst they who are wont to do Injuries, suspect others of the like. Nothing hitherto can be said to clear the Regular and Episcopal Clergy from a suspition of being Papists, or Popishly affected, with the whole Dissenting and Schis∣matical