To the X'»': Article we say, tUat it is very difficult to comjtrehend, what is meant, by forcing them to acknowledge M^ Eadlie to be t eir lawful Teacher, and to declare t! at lie must ajid s!:all communicate with the Lutch -- M Laldlie is not fojctd u])en any Person -- No B(dy goes to hear Him but such as c;;use it, and he conmiunicates with none, but such as voluntarily C( me to connnnnicate with him.

It is farther said, tliatif M*" Laidlieis iji Communion wit!i the Dutch, he is intitled to tlieRevenu<s of theDutcli Ministers, we do not undersland that the Comujunicating with tl:e Duleli, can give him any more Right to tlie Isevenues of tlie Dutcli Ministers, than any other Person that comniunicales with the I'utc'i ; the Temporalities are not bound for his S'alajy, but he is ]jaid by a ''oluutaj-y Subscription, as has been already exj^lained.

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If t'le ConiplHinants would pr(;duce the Letter, tliey received fioiii t!ie Rev<r< nd Classis of Amsterdam, a I'uil Answer to this Pv)ijit will theraii be seen ;-- The Bute i Hearers pay nothing, either lor Ministtrs or Pew-Kent ; the English Hearers at the Sole Expejice of Englisli Pn aching ; e^ery member of the Clmrch goes to liear whom he pleases, and attends t!ie Saeraincnt w'lere he pleases, wit'r.out any Constraint whatever, and the Complainants may rest satisfied that no one desires to compel t em to ackiiO\vle<lge M'Laidlie, or to communicate with him -- T.iey are Ll't entirely at their Libej-ty,ai.d it is of no Consi (juence to us whether they do or not -- Tliey have takeji great Pains to rend the Ciuu'cli to Pieces, but happily, tliey have not succeeded j f.ieir Party is continually decreasing, and it is now reduced to an inconsiderable number of inconsiderable Pe<.ple, and th& Congregation is in as tioiii'ishirig a Ciuidition a? ever it was.