The printer's advertisement. Whereas there is prefixed unto a late pamphlet entituled, Gospel order revived, printed at New York, an advertisement ...

THE Depositions OF John Mico, & Zechariah Tuthill, Merchants.

THESE Deponents say, That on or about the 16th of Iuly last, they went to Bartholomew Green's to see if he were ready to Print the Answer to Old Mr Mather's Gospel Order, but he was then unwilling to Print it, becaus•• (as he said) it would displease some of his F••iends; and to ••he best of their remembrance, he mentioned particularly the Mathers. They told him it was strange he would Print any thing for the said Mathers, and particularly the said Gospel Order▪ and nothing in Answer to it or them▪ by which means the World might think those Principles to be approved by all, which were abhorred by sundry Worthy Ministers in the Land. The unfairness of which pra|ctice they laboured to convince him of, yet he still declined to Print it▪ but at length said, if they would admit the Lieutenant Governour to be 〈◊〉〈◊〉, to give his Approbation to it, he would Print it; which they 〈◊〉〈◊〉 unwilling to for this reason: Because they conceived it a new Me|thod,

not practised here••ofore, and which the said Green would not h••••e required of them now, but to put off the Printing of this Book whic•• answered the Mathers, whom he seemed loth to displease. These▪ De|ponents hereupon asked said Printer, whether he had his Honours-leave to P••int the Gospel Order? he said, he had not. They then asked him if he would P••int this, if Young Mr. Mather would be Imprima••ur to it? he readily said, he would. Then they told him, it was a shame so Worthy a Minister as Mr. Stoddard must send so far as England to have his Book printed, when young Mr. Mather had the Press at his pleasure? To which he replied, he hoped Mr. Mather was another guess man than Mr. Stoddard. At length they told him, if he would not Print it, they would have it Printed elsewhere; but did not hear him say those words in his Advertis••ment of the 21st Instant, namely, That 〈◊〉〈◊〉 did not refuse to print it.

Boston, December 27. 1700.

Iohn Mico

Zech. Tuthill.

Sworn by the two persons Subscribing, Bartho|lomew Green being present, and excepting a|gainst those words in the Evidence; particularly the Mathers, and that he would Print it, if Young Mr. Mather would be Imprimatur to it: Also affirming he said those words, He did not refuse to Print it, and nothing ••urther.

Coram

Justices of the Peace.

• Isaac Addington.
• Nathaniel Byfield.

MR. Green the Printer, being by these Depositions Convicted of sundry Mistakes in his late Advertisement, so that his Folly and theirs who set him on work is manifest unto all m••n; there is just reason to suspect the truth of what he saith in the Fag ••nd of his Advertisement, that neither the Reverend Prae••ident, nor any of his Friends ••ver spoke a word to him to discourage his Printing the Answer to the Order of the Gospel▪ Bu•• wheth••r th••t b•• tru•• or fals••, concerns not the Advertisement pr••|fix'd to said Answer, which saith nothing of any ones speaking to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 P••inter, to discourage him; but only 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his Press was so much 〈…〉〈…〉 of the Reverend Author and his Friends, that we ••ould not obtain of 〈…〉〈…〉

Print it; Than which nothing can be more evident from these Depo|sitio••s, w••ich sa••, The said Print••r after he had positively agreed for the Printing said Answer, fell off fr••m his Bargain, and ••eclin'd to Print it, be|cause it w••u••d displease some of ••is Friends, and particularly the M••thers, who are known by all to have been his particular Friends and ••••ploy••rs. So tha•• ••he Reverend Au••hor of that Libellous Scribble, at the tai•• of said Green's Advertisement (to which the Reverend Author was not yet so Hardy as to set his Name) had no reason to Refle••t as he did on the Adve••••ise|ment p••efix'd to said Answer, or to Boast of the Printer's Vindication, but might be asham'd of both. As for the prophane Sco••f▪ and Scur|rilities not only on par••icular persons, but on the Holy Churches of the Lord, and ••he m••st Sacred Actions therein pe••formed (by which are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 O HORRIBLE▪ his two dear and precious Creatures, RELATIONS and the CHURCH COVENAN••,) which that in••amous Scribbl•• saith, is the Spirit of the whole Answer, and those o••her Falshoods it is threatned shall appear therein; they are but Brut•• Fulmi•••• to fright and sca••e the poor deluded, bigotted people withal, which is the very ••pirit and Quintes••ence of the Reverend Scribler. But all these little Ar••ifices and Cavils we•••• plainly ••orese••n, and so fully provided against by the ••••genious-Authors of said Answer, that there's no need of taking any further no••ice of them here.

I shall there••ore at present say no more, but that the World may Iudg what ••ase and inj••rious treatment that Answer mus•• expect ••••om its En••aged Adve••sa••ies▪ by what is contained in that one littl••▪ Canting, Scan|dalous Libel, wherein there are far more profane Sc••••••s, Scurrilities▪ and Impudent Fal••hoods, than are in all that GREAT and NOBLE and EXCELLENT ANSWE••.

Boston, December 27. 1700.

Tho. Brattle.

FINIS.