no particular occasion of Anger against me ; And they have shewn to all People in the Town a great satisfaction of it, &c. So that it is their Passion and their Fanc}^ that makes them content or discontent about that, without reason in the last point, and we may apply to them what Horace says of himself, Ep. I. lib. I.

Rides: quid, mea qiium pugnat scnlentia secum; Quod petiit spernit; repetit quod nuper omisit: ^stuat, et vitcc disconvenit ordine toto, Diruity CEdiJicat, mutai quadrata rotundis }

" And as our Congregation encreased,we did likewise send for " another Minister, &c. pag. 3.

Their Congregation was not Increased^ but rather diminished when they sent for another Minister, but their ill Humour and Malice against me was much increased at that time, by some particular occasions that we know ; they sent for this Minister only to vex me, and plague me, as it appears, and Brigadier Hunter., who saw this very well, warned and foretold Mr. D. L. of all the Divisions and Troubles that we now see in our Church.

And this laded until we came to find Mr. Rou to Jlag in his Duty &c. pag. 4. Since when they have found me to fiagg in my Duty? if you will believe me, it is since this Governour has been liere, and they have found that lie did me tlie honour of granting me part in his friendship and Familiarity tho' I have no less performed my Duty in preaching since that time, than I did before j So that it is their Malice, Envy and Jealousie that has made them find out wha t they could not see otherwise. Observe the Circumstances and the Context of their Answer in this place, and you'll find it as I say.