Page:Letter to the Reverend Mr. Michael Potter, minister of the gospel at Kippen, as an answer of his letter to the Reverend Mr. Ebenezer Erskine.pdf/7

 have to your lord and maſter,whom you profeſs to ſerve, and the love you ought to have for the ſouls of poor ſinners, who adhere to their teſtimony which they have ſent out to the world, now I challenge you and all others, for the Lord JESUS Sake, if you know that to be a truth, which you, and many others in Scotland, lay to his charge, to bring him forth from under that mask of covetouſneſs, that it may be known to the world whether or not he be a penſioner of Rome, or one of his miſſioners ſent forth to deceive that poor unthinking part of mankind, as you call them that adhere to their way; for ſure I am, if you did think right, and conſidered your great duty, you would not be ſtill telling ſuch wild ſtories in a mocking way, but on the other hand, would be lamenting the fame, and bewailing the ſad State many poor ſouls are in that are taken captive by that way; and you would be as buſy in ſetting apart faſting and humiliation days for prayer and ſupplication to GOD, that he in his holy providence may bring him from behind that curtain of hypocriſy, and undeceive that ſhall remnant that you ſay are led away by him to no leſs than ruining principles, as he and the reſt of his brethren are buſy in ſetting apart faſting and humiliation days in ſeveral corners of this land to deceive them, as you call it. My friends, it is not matter of ſmall moment to ſee ſo many poor ſouls ruining themſelves, and you to ſtand afar off, and not put to your hand to help them; for ſure I am, if that were known to be a truth that is laid to his charge, whatever he has built upon that foundation would ſoon be thrown down: But really it appears to the eyes every ſerious ſoul, that it is nothing but an abominable