Having ſpoken thus much like a child of this world, and frankly acknowledged my ſelf in the wrong, as ſuch; give me leave to declare how far I thing my ſelf in the right, ſuppoſing for once, that truth and reaſon, abſtracted from all other conſiderations, were to be the umpires.
The wordly-wiſe and the prudent of this generation conſider things only as they reſpect their temporal intereſt and advantage, without any regard to right or wrong, truth or falſhood, any farther than they conduce to their corrupt purpoſes, and ſelfiſh aims. But it is the part of a Scholar and a Honeſt man, to conſider things intrinſically, and to make Truth, Reaſon, and Equity, the ſtandards of all his determinations. {{--))Let us, therefore, put the queſtion before us in that light, and ſee whether the preſent undertaking is blameable or praiſe-worthy, when thus ſet in view.
The only two things to be conſidered in this enquirey, are the matter contained in the following ſheets, and themanner in which it is treated.
As to the First: If the facts I have mentioned are true; if my arguments, upon thoſe facts are juſt and valid; if the practices I have condemned are really unwarrantable; and the whole tenour of what I have written tends, in its nature, to the Reformation of the univerſity, and the intereſt of Loyalty and true Learning, I think I seſerve the thanks, inſtead of
