Note 78 — PART II. (continued 2)

The Defenders of Dr. Mather's Wonders, &c., remark: "After that those our Honourable Judges (fearing least wrong Steps might have been taken) had thus set apart a Day for solemn Humiliation before the Lord, humbly Imploring His Pardon for what might have been done amiss; for him to repeat that Matter, and set it out with imperfect Relations and odious Aggravations, thereby intending to render the Land, and the Judges obnoxious (tho all the Learning that he and wiser Men than he, pretend unto, is insufficient to dive to the Bottom of the Matter,) and for him to speak as he does of the Honorable Persons, as Men obstinate in an Error, and involved in the Guilt of the Blood shed by Pagans and Papists before them: what shall we think of it, but that 'tis inhumane, and fit for none but a Servant of the worst Master? One would have thought, that the Fear of God (if he has any) should have darted that Scripture into his Mind, Exod. 22. 28. Thou shalt not speak Evil of the Ruler of thy People."—Answer to a Scandalous Book, &c. Paternity of Extract unmistakable.