The brethren Pascoe and Mitchell asked him as to this when I began to break bread. He stated that he had held as was stated, and that he was wrong; but that he bad never charged us with holding difference in life, but only in glory. Every one at Plymouth knows whether this was true or not, but there is need but of appeal to the second letter itself, p. 17, where he says that it is no wonder we hold difference in glory, seeing we suppose difference in life. I must leave to every one to estimate the cool manner, and apparent zeal for the truth, with which this charge is made in the letter.
To proceed to what took place when the brethren came down. Lord Congleton, Mr. Mosely, and Mr. Walker arrived, Mr. Wigram and Sir A. Campbell about the same time. The others shortly after. Mr. N. had a very long interview at the Dispensary, at Plymouth, with Lord C. Mr. Mosely and Walker, and with a physician of Plymouth, who sent a jointly signed letter to me, to name four persons along with Mr. Newton’s four to enquire into the charges I had made. I replied that I should not name any four persons. That the matter was an affair of conscience before the Church of God (the most of it had already been first before 15, and then about 300 persons.) I thought it a worldly way of settling it. Nor can I yet see that when a person is charged with sin in the Church, it is a scriptural way that he should name four persons to investigate it, and the one who has charged him four more. Indeed I was justified in this by every spiritual person I know before whom it came. I shewed it to Mr. Harris, and Mr. Mc’Adam then arrived, and they said what is the good for us of four people enquiring into this when we were there. Their report could not affect our judgment. However, I only declined having four on my side. I said that I was quite ready to meet the enquiry, that I would meet the four friends of Mr. N. individually, or all four together, and tell them everything, or I would go before the whole body, or, if a limited number were thought more suited to investigate,
