The Lancashire Levite rebuk'd, or, a vindication of the dissenters from popery, superstition, ignorance, and knavery, unjustly charged on them by Mr. Zachary Taylor, in his book, entituled, The Surey impostor. In a letter to himself. / By an impartial hand.

  • Carrington, John, -1701.
Date:
1698
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Credit: The Lancashire Levite rebuk'd, or, a vindication of the dissenters from popery, superstition, ignorance, and knavery, unjustly charged on them by Mr. Zachary Taylor, in his book, entituled, The Surey impostor. In a letter to himself. / By an impartial hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions of old Truths, or Confutations of old and new Errors, he often meets with lome trite Notions wrapt up in a new dre% that, it may be, renders the Matter-more obicure *, or with lome ftinking Gall and Spew, out of the putrify d Lungs of lome pretending Cenlors of the Doftrines and Practices oF others, whom they accufe of Herefies, Superftition, and Schifm, when themfelves, it may be, are tlxe greateft and moft uncha¬ ritable Diabolical Criminals. Yet Men are apt out of Curio- fity, ( as aifor News ) to look intotjiis or that Book, efhittid witlrYSftie fine^lpecious with a few tight and well-placed Periods, or promifing form new Dilcoveries *, and upon this laft account, I have looked in¬ to Two Pamphlets, the one call’d, The Suyey Demoniac^ the other. The Surey Impoftor. For the fomSe*, I was much furprized, that a Scrips ( a $ drawn up by Mr C.) and fb long ago cenfiired by many Sober, Grave, Dinenting Minifters, and who, upon my Knowledge, tiled their Endeavours to have it fupprels d, and thought they had done it, fhould yet, after lome Years latency, be made publick : But I was much more: furptized, when I looked in¬ to your Pamphlet, call d. The Surey Jmpofior^ wherein is found lo much cauflels Prejudice aiaiuft'aTarty^ fb much Pride and Paffion, fiich uncharitable Cenfures, iueh unjuft Inferences, luch confident Aflertions of what in your own Confidence you cannot but disbelieve, that I was troubled and griev’d, that you, whom I always thought a Man of a fweet Temper, and obli¬ ging a tranlporLof Fury and 5$ge|ib unhahdfomlf ancS ungenteelly treat fornany honeft Men, whom ybtf htve wMi fuch fupercilious Scorn, Reproach, anefinvidi- ous Refleftions, and unchriftian Surmiles, and worfe than Jef~ ferian Inucndo's, endeavour’d to render odious, and thro’ them, all Diffenters. • * - i \ I think your great levelling Words, and the . hard Speeches which no ways concern the Merit of the Caufe, will not, with ferious, impartial People, ( elpecially fiich as know the Per- fons) gain you any Reputation I am indeed offended, that you, my Friend, who had a Diflenter for your Father, fhould judge fo peremptorily, and condemn fb rafhly, the whole Tribe. L>oth it not argue a Spirit different from the humble, meek, and charitable Spirit of the Blefled Jelus ? The Lord rebuke it.