tract; unleſs he can prove, which, I once more defy him to do, that I have unjuſtly fixed this charge upon him. If therefore he perſiſts in doing neither of theſe, I muſt make good my promiſe to the publick, by examining farther into this matter, and ſhall, perhaps, bring ſome other points to light, which will make him aſhamed of his conduct; if he has not quite out-liv'd all ſenſe of that noble paſſion.
But however he may act in this affair, and ſuperciliouſly deſpiſe, what he knows he cannot anſwer; yet the world, Sir, expects a different manner of procedure from you, both from that excellent diſpoſition which you have hitherto ſhewn upon all occaſions, and eſpecially from that publick character, with which you are inveſted; I need not acquaint you, Sir, that it is the duty of every Magiſtrate, and more particularly of one, who is, by his office, a learned and religious Magiſtrate, to act equally and impartially, as well as juſtly and candidly in all his proceedings; for which reaſon you ought (and I doubt not you will ſtill do) to proſcribe both our books, if you judge is necceſſary to ſuppreſs either: for to act otherwiſe, will be look'd upon as an inſtance of the ſame partiality which has been lately complained of in the
