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 Ngxtv. Terr.Filhss. 8 9. haps I do not ddirve it; fir i have ten fo much of the world now, that I make it a doubt whe- thera man ought to be pitied for fuffering in de- fence of an, prtv haez'er. At lea,'m y zeal in thole matters is fo much abated titace that time, that I floul have, long ago, forgiven and forgot all the hard ufige I exrien- ced upon Party accounts, had I only (who ought only) experienc'd it i but you (ee, that ur gentle men, by flewing too much candour for me, were marked out for vene,nce and percution nor did the tyrannical Pre/'t Farely threat to igma- tize there men, b',t has already fulfilt'd his fevere promis with the fubverfion of acient curiores, and the violation of po;7tive One of there gentlemen having lon ago uifl'd himfel b the fame ;nc{pleg which ffoufed, he ,armor fuffer mne for voting for me, than he did before upon the time account: but the. care oe the ether three is very remarkable, the be- ing all at that time in the fayour of the Preffde?, of different opinions from me, and by their vrm- ciples Oecording to the common cuffore of world) rather prejudie'd again me than for me: but they aed according to Confiioce, nd not accor- ding to Parqi they might perhaps judge too fa- yourably of me i but they judged according to the e of their knowlede they would not their affance to my ruin, for not agreeing with them in matters of fcculaion and indifference nor would they believe what every ma!iciou  tongue reported again me =,itkent It is worth mentioning that one of the tbrev (thus unprejudiced in my fayour) was Dean of the college for mo part, and efpecially the latter part of the term of my probation; that his oce made- him the be 'udge Of my behaviour, how I had perform thd and exercs, obferved the prayers. ' and

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