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Page 82. The Author chargeth dissenters, with the neglect of teaching the principles of Religion, saying, That tho' a man fre∣quent your meetings all his life, yet he has no security, or hardly possibility of Learning from your publick teachings, all the great my∣steries of his Religion, or the necessary principles of his Faith—And hence it happens, that hardly any one man in his life, ever goes through the necessary articles of Faith: or of practice in his publick Sermons, and for the truth of this, I appeal to your selves.
Ans. The Reader, who is a stranger to us, may readily think how can this be false, being asserted by a person of such Note, and with such confidence! appealing also to our selves for it's truth, and seing he hath appealed to our selves, I declare upon certain knowledge that what he hath asserted, is a most unjust imputation, for which he hath cause to ask forgiveness of God, and I do appeal to many thousand now living, who are ordinarly witnessess to the contrary, and many of the Authors own perswasion know the con∣trair: with what peace of conscience can any man thus impose upon strangers! And impress future generations, with that which is so