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Rh Letter of Invitation upon which he went. Now instead of telling one Falshood, Mr Monteith only told two Truths, but at two different Times, and to different Persons; where was the Harm of all this? But Mr Monteith did not behave wisely— He ought to have consulted Daniel Frazer, and not proceed without his Advice. There are some Members of Congregations, who can do little Good when they are pleased, that can do Mischief enough when they angry—Mr Frazer seems to be one of these. But though Mr Frazer has not proved Mr Monteith guilty of speaking a Falshood, I can undertake to prove that honeft Daniel has printed one. He seems to whisper in the 9th Page of his Discovery, that Somebody, and another Somebody, made so free with the Holy Ministry, as to license a Cobler. Now I would put Daniel in Mind that both Parts of his Story is a Lie; and it gives some Ground to suspect, that all he has said is of the same Kind. In the first place, the Gentleman who was licensed never was a Cobler in the common Acceptation of that Word. He indeed served an Apprenticeship to the Business of a Shoemaker; but had not practised it for many Years. He had attended Schools of Literature and Philosophy equal to any University in Scotland, not excepting the Seceders’ famous Academy. In every Branch of human Literature he is Superior to any Seceding Minister ever I heard of; and for Knowledge in the Scriptures, and O-