N'"xrv, Yerre. Filius. drink' King GroRGv.: But I w?s told roundly, that it ?vas. an a?nt to the corn?any; and that I ought to drink ?vhat roes pro]?os',l to m'e. 'Thi.?, you may be lure, occafion'd a diFpute upon got vaRly the worft of' it in numbers, whatever might do in .,4rgume?t; howeve b if they confuted me, they.did not convert me i nor could they, with all their united 1ogick and lungs, make me believe, that there was no harm in lwcaring to a King whom they thought an' up?rper; nor in ab/uring, in the molt folemn terms, a pertbn, who, in their opinion, was po/l'efs'd of all the l?ight that God could invefl: him with. Thek di�?utes were renewed aimoft every night with more he?t and violence on both tides, and ex- torted ,?rorn me (in-?the fineere, indignation of my heart agaiaf[ fuch principles anti fuch prac"tices) veral warm exprel?fions, which render'd me obnoxi- ous to the gre?ter pa?t of the c?tlege, and particu- larly to the �refide?t and l>,?iov fellor?s. ! was in their language a turbulent, contumaci? ous, uogover,;able wretch, an undutiful fen of the univertityi in my own confcience an hone3 lad, a detefter o? perjury, and an unfeigned lover of King Gu_o?_ and the pr?teftant Not long at?er this,. the' fame)us centreretry tween the Bifi?op of Bangor, Dr. $nape? and others, broke out; in which,, from the beginning, I unhap- pily embark'd my fell, and with great freedom, from ume to t?me, &der d m} �entm?ents o� there matter?, which I thought to he the fcntiments of every conill'rent Protefla?t, and o� every [b?ble m? in the world. This engaged me in other difputes, with fryetel orthodc?x perfens, about Religion and the Chtarch; in. which I fired. iuft like the reft of my brethren, who defended the BtfiJop, gaining. thereby a great deal of ill-will, and a g?eat deal ol? ?a?m.ny i I.was before rut&lent, connamacious, , but; i
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