Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
own Faults more than those of their Neighbours, that they may not incur the Censure whicli our Saviour Jesus Christpronounceth in the Gospel against all proud Keprovers of others ; Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy Brothers Eye, but consider est not the Beam that is in thy own Eye ? or how vnlt thou say to thy Brother, let me pull out the Mote out of thine Eye, and behold a beam is in thine own Eye ? Thou Hypocrite, first cast out the Beam out of thine own Eye, and then shall thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy Brothers Eye. Math. 7., 3, 4, 5.
They boast p. 5. That they also passed the like Censure foi'merly against other French Protestant Ministers for their Offences, which being particular to themselves the Government for the time being was never made privy to it, &c. and although the then Govemours might have heard thereof, yet did they never interpose or meddle therein, &c. There is a great deal of difference, with their leave, between these Cases and the present one. And on this occasion many things might be observed, which would not do them a great deal of honour, and which would revive some scandalous particulars, which it is convenient for them, should remain buried in oblivion; wherefore they would have done better to have said nothing of it, since likewise it hath nothing in common with the Affair we are now upon. For my part, I shall not trouble my self with what they have done with relation to others, I believe they never did any thing that was right with their Ministers, chiefly when they have been at variance with them. I know they have always been at war with them, to begin from the time Mr.