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<HEAD>THE PRINTERS Adverti&s;ement.</HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS there is Prefixed unto a late Pamphlet, Entituled, <HI>Go&s;pel Order Revived,</HI> Printed at <HI>New-York,</HI> An Adverti&s;ement, which runs in the&s;e words, viz <HI>The Reader is de&s;ired to take Notice, that the Pre&s;s in</HI> Bo&s;ton <HI>is &s;o much under the aw of the Reverend Au|thor, whom we an&s;wer, and his Friends, that we could not obtain of the Prin|ter there to Print the following Sheets, which is the only true Rea&s;on why we have &s;ent the Copy &s;o far for its Impre&s;&s;ion, and where it is printed with &s;ome Difficulty.</HI> I count my &s;elf bound in Ju&s;tice unto all Per&s;ons a&s;pers'd by that Adverti&s;ement, to Declare and Publi&s;h to the World the Truth of the matter, which briefly is this: Certain Per&s;ons bringing to the Pre&s;s, the <HI>Pamphlet</HI> above mentioned; after &s;ome Di&s;cour&s;e concerning the number of Copies and Price, I Con&s;ented to its being Pub|li&s;hed: But when they in&s;i&s;ted upon doing it with Secre&s;y. I con&s;ider|ed that for ought I knew, Good men in the Country might be Offend|ed at it: Therefore I only propo&s;ed this Rea&s;onable thing, That before I proceeded, I might mention to His Honour the Lieutenant Governour, what was offered to the Pre&s;s; This they denied me: But when they an|grily went away, &s;ome of my la&s;t words to them were, <HI>That I did not re|fu&s;e to Print it.</HI> And neither the Reverend Prae&s;ident of the Colledge, nor any of his Friends, ever &s;poke one word unto me to Di&s;courage my Printing of it.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bo&s;ton,</HI> <DATE><HI>December</HI> 21&s;t. 1700</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Bartholomew Green.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THE PRINTER having by this <HI>Adverti&s;ement</HI> Vindicated tho&s;e that were unworthily reflected on in the <HI>Adverti&s;ement</HI> Prefixed to the above men ioned <HI>Libellous Pampblet,</HI> (which no man is as yet &s;o Hardy as to own him&s;elf to be the Author of) the world may Judge of other things contained therein by this. It will in due Time appear, that be&s;ides the <HI>Profane Scoffs and Scurrilities,</HI> (not only on particular per&s;ons, who never de&s;erved &s;uch Treatments; but al&s;o on the Holy Churches of the Lord, and on the mo&s;t Sacred Actions performed in them, which is the Spirit of their whole Pamphlet; as if they had de|&s;igned to have that Scripture fulfilled upon them, 2 Tim. 3. 9 <HI>They &s;hall proceed no further, for their folly &s;hall be manife&s;t to all men.</HI> Be+&s;ides all this, (it will appear) that there are other more Impudent Fal&s;hoods than that in their <HI>Adverti&s;ement,</HI> which the <HI>Printer</HI> in <HI>Bo&s;ton,</HI> has (as become an Hone&s;t and Ju&s;t man) made a di&s;covery of.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Dated</HI> in <HI>Bo&s;ton,</HI> <DATE><HI>December</HI> 24th. 1700.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<PB N="3" REF="3">
<HEAD>THE Depo&s;itions OF THOMAS BRATTLE, Gent. AND ZECHARIAH TUTHILL, Merchant.</HEAD>
<P>THESE Deponents &s;ay, That on <HI>Saturday,</HI> the <HI>13th.</HI> of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, they went to <HI>Bartholomew Green's</HI> to Treat with him about Printing an An&s;wer to Old Mr. <HI>Mathers</HI> Book, called, <HI>The Order of the Go&s;pel:</HI> Who, after he had taken &s;aid An&s;wer into his hands, and &s;een both what it was, and how much there was of it, told them he reckoned Three Sheets of Paper might contain it, and &s;even Ream of Paper Print about a Thou&s;and of them; for which they agreed with him for <HI>Twen|ty Shillings</HI> the Sheet. He made not any Objection to them a|gain&s;t Printing &s;aid An&s;wer; only &s;aid, he could not go about it, till he had Printed off the Laws, which would not be till the <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> following. They further &s;ay, There was never any other per&s;on that brought &s;aid An&s;wer to the Pre&s;s, but the Deponents; and they never brought it, but at this time. But neither did the &s;aid <HI>Green</HI> propo&s;e to them the mentioning to his Honour the Lieutenant Gover|nour, what was offered to the Pre&s;s, nor did they deny it him; nor did they go away in any Anger from him, nor did they hear him &s;ay any &s;uch words: <HI>(That he did not refu&s;e to Print it,)</HI> all which the &s;aid
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<HI>Green</HI> in his late Adverti&s;ement of the <HI>21th</HI> In&s;tant mo&s;t unfairly Declares, That certain per&s;ons bringing to the Pre&s;s the An&s;wer above mentioned, did.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Boston,</HI> <DATE><HI>December</HI> 27. 1700.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Tho. Brattle.</SIGNED>
<SIGNED>Zech. Tuthill.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>The Sub&s;cribers offering to make Oath to what is above written, the &s;ame being &s;everal times di&s;tinct|by read over in the hearing of</HI> Bartholomew Green, <HI>he owned the &s;ame to be what pa&s;&s;ed between him and them.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Coram <HI>I&s;aac Addington, Nathaniel Byfield.</HI> Ju&s;tices of the Peace.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE Depo&s;itions OF John Mico, &amp; Zechariah Tuthill, <HI>Merchants.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THESE Deponents &s;ay, That on or about the <HI>16th</HI> of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t, they went to <HI>Bartholomew Green</HI>'s to &s;ee if he were ready to Print the An&s;wer to Old Mr <HI>Mather's Go&s;pel Order,</HI> but he was then unwilling to Print it, becau&s;e (as he &s;aid) it would di&s;plea&s;e &s;ome of his Friends; and to the be&s;t of their remembrance, he mentioned particularly the <HI>Mathers.</HI> They told him it was &s;trange he would Print <HI>any thing</HI> for the &s;aid <HI>Mathers,</HI> and particularly the &s;aid <HI>Go&s;pel Order,</HI> and nothing in An&s;wer to it or them, by which means the World might think tho&s;e Principles to be approved by all, which were abhorted by &s;undry Worthy Mini&s;ters in the Land. The unfairne&s;s of which pra|ctice they laboured to convince him of, yet he &s;till declined to Print it; but at length &s;aid, if they would admit the Lieutenant Governour to be askt, to give his Approbation to it, he would Print it; which they were unwilling to for this rea&s;on: Becau&s;e they conceived it a new Me|thod,
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not practi&s;ed heretofore, and which the &s;aid <HI>Green</HI> would not have required of them now; but to put off the Printing of this Book which an&s;wered the <HI>Mathers,</HI> whom he &s;eemed loth to di&s;plea&s;e. The&s;e De|ponents hereupon asked &s;aid Printer, whether he had his Honours leave to Print the <HI>Go&s;pel Order?</HI> he &s;aid, he had not. They then asked him if he would Print this, if Young Mr. <HI>Mather</HI> would be Imprimatur to it? he readily &s;aid he would. Then they told him, it was a &s;hame &s;o Worthy a Mini&s;ter as Mr. <HI>Stoddard</HI> mu&s;t &s;end &s;o far as <HI>England</HI> to have his Book printed, when young Mr. <HI>Mather</HI> had the Pre&s;s at his plea&s;ure? To which he replied, he hoped Mr. <HI>Mather</HI> was another gue&s;s man than Mr. <HI>Stoddard.</HI> At length they told him, if he would not Print it, they would have it Printed el&s;ewhere; but did not hear him &s;ay tho&s;e words in his Adverti&s;ement of the 21<HI>&s;t</HI> In&s;tant, namely, <HI>That he did not refu&s;e to print it.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bo&s;ton,</HI> <DATE><HI>December</HI> 27. 1700.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>John Mico</SIGNED>
<SIGNED>Zech. Tuthill.</SIGNED>
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<P><HI>Sworn by the two per&s;ons Sub&s;cribing,</HI> Bartho|lomew Green <HI>being pre&s;ent, and excepting a|gain&s;t tho&s;e words in the Evidence;</HI> particularly the Mathers, and that he would Print it, if Young Mr. <HI>Mather</HI> would be Imprimatur to it: <HI>Al&s;o affirming he &s;aid the&s;e word<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> He did not refu&s;e to Print it, <HI>and nothing &s;urther.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Coram <HI>I&s;aac Addington Nathaniel Byfield.</HI> Ju&s;tices of the Peace.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="commentary">
<P>MR. <HI>Green</HI> the Printer, being by the&s;e Depo&s;itions Convicted of &s;undry Mi&s;takes in his late Adverti&s;ement, <HI>&s;o that his Folly and theirs who &s;et him on work is manife&s;t unto all men;</HI> there is ju&s;t rea&s;on to &s;u&s;pect the truth of what he &s;aith in the Fag-end of his Adverti&s;ement, that <HI>neither the Reverend Prae&s;ident, nor any of his Friends ever &s;poke a word to him to di&s;courage his Printing the An&s;wer to the Order of the Go&s;pel.</HI> But whether that be true or fal&s;e, concerns not the Adverti&s;ement pre|fix'd to &s;aid An&s;wer, which &s;aith nothing <HI>of any ones, &s;peaking</HI> to the Printer, to di&s;courage him; but only <HI>that his Pre&s;s was &s;o much under the aw of the Reverend Author and his Friends, that we could not obtain of him to
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Print it;</HI> Than which nothing can be more evident from the&s;e Depo|&s;itions, which &s;ay, <HI>The &s;aid Printer after he had po&s;itively agreed for the Printing &s;aid An&s;wer, fell off from his Bargain, and declin'd to Print it, be|cau&s;e it would di&s;plea&s;e &s;ome of his Friends, and particularly the</HI> Mathers, who are known by all to have been <HI>his particular Friends and Imployers.</HI> So that the Reverend Author of that <HI>Libellous Scribble,</HI> at the <HI>tai<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> of &s;aid <HI>Green's</HI> Adverti&s;ement <HI>(to which the Reverend Author was not yet &s;o Hardy as to &s;et his Name)</HI> had no rea&s;on to <HI>Reflect</HI> as he did on the Adverti&s;e|ment prefix'd to &s;aid An&s;wer, or to <HI>Boa&s;t</HI> of the Printer's Vindication, but might be <HI>a&s;ham'd</HI> of both. As for the prophane Scoffs and Scur|rilities not only on particular per&s;ons, but on the Holy Churches of the Lord, and the mo&s;t Sacred Actions therein performed <HI>(by which are meant O HORRIBLE: his two dear and precious Creatures,</HI> RELATIONS <HI>and the</HI> CHURCH COVENANT;) which that infamous Scribble &s;aith, is <HI>the Spirit of the whole An&s;wer,</HI> and tho&s;e other Fal&s;hoods it is threatned &s;hall appear therein; they are but <HI>Bruta Fulmin<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1+ letters"></HI> to fright and &s;care the poor deluded, bigotted people withal, which is <HI>the very Spirit and Quinte&s;&s;ence</HI> of the Reverend Scribler. But all the&s;e little Artifices and Cavils were plainly fore&s;een, and &s;o fully provided again&s;t by the Ingenious Authors of &s;aid An&s;wer, that there's no need of taking any further notice of them here.</P>
<P>I &s;hall therefore at pre&s;ent &s;ay no more, but <HI>that the World may Judg</HI> what ba&s;e and injurious treatment that An&s;wer mu&s;t expect from its Enraged Adver&s;aries, by what is contained in that <HI>one little, Canting, Scan|dalous Libel,</HI> wherein there are far more <HI>profane Scoffs, Scurrilities, and Impudent Fal&s;hoods,</HI> than are in all that GREAT and NOBLE and EXCELLENT ANSWER.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Boston,</HI> <DATE><HI>December</HI> 27. 1700.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Tho. Brattle.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Bo&s;ton, <HI>Printed by</HI> John Allen. <HI>1700.</HI></P>
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