The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-09-23

three 6rit Paragraphs, am conitralned, "
| Addition TO what IS faid above, TO make
thefe general ObfrVasions.-lt is next to I'M
poiiibIe for Clergyman, who conducts him
felf agreeable to his Function, to m'fs of th'
Reverence Cue to his Character If ;
| Minllfer, in Defiance of all the Hum NY an'
Confederation taught him by his DIVINE
Mater, will prepoferou1y afume an Air o
Arrogance, and a(pire TO lpiritual DrmIna
tiou, he deferves the unverlal Contempt OF al
fober and intelligent Perlons. But that Reli'
gion mun naturally fufer by fuch Contempt
is perfect y unintelIigibe. |. might as juit J
be faid, tina, the regular Praeiice Of Phyiic u
endangered, in Proportion as Qlacks and
Mountebsnks become the Objeets of Deri.
iion and RidicuIe. .......-
can with great Sincerity declare, that
believe no Man on Earth has greater Re.
gard for the worthy Part of th= Cierg' than
myfelf. am perfaaded that general Con.
tempt of the Office would be deliruetIve o
Religion, and a D.flefpea for the o. der 1t.
fell, attended with the moR pernicIous Effect
could it be fuppofed poGibIe to take pace,
while the MiniHess of Religion are 70 highly
deierying Of EReem As they, in genetal. arr
in New England, which can BY no Means
admit. =.
But YOU imagine that am, at leaf. un.
kindly difpoled towards Ms. Adams; aDt
ak what Method " could have taken e
render him more odious to the Public
Truly know Of none 20 have rendered BIZ
p incipIes more odisus. To render then
70, was the Point aimed at and mof
fincerely hope. with Tome Degree Of Success
For after all your foftsnIng and foothing
and Representing as If none but " faitbfa
MiniRers," and they" on fome Occaiions'
only, might exe,ciie fuch Kind of Rdle,
cannot fee Reafon to alter my Sentiments
The Power either is, or is not annexed q
the Office. Ifit is not, he that claims it is ar
arrogant, prcfumptuous Man-lf il is, iher
any little airy Coxcomb, without Learning
or Virtue, whole higheit Mosiveis a Living
that by Means of fome popular Talents, ant
putting on Shew Of Peiy for Time, car
get into the Office, has as fall and Gear ;
Right to exercife this Power, as the veneta
bic mr.. Tewgosd himfef.
You ak again, whether we have AM
Reafon to fuppole" the worthy Gen'lemar
!aft mentioned would have exprsiled him
felf in the Manner be did, if the PeFSrJ HI
referred to, had been ferrous and godly Men
of the Peoples own CHUNG" | anfwes
without the leaf Heii alton, sha. | belIev'
he introduced the Nobleman's HE1t(mG'
meerly TO make the AbfusdIty Of mr. Wbrff'!
AGcrti on, that Pggsys were GsrTnsrS, &c
appear the more glaring;snd though ne wouI'
not have fpoken with fuch CoBtempt Of
better Man, YET have no Doabs he utteIll
renounced fuCh Powers, as unreasonable an
dBfc iptural, never defining them, even TO
h m(e Z, than whom no Man in ChritendOu
is mole worthy to pofefs them.
Your eytfai Sappofition cf q :" MrsU
MGrEa Hrj< fotksy'S'' being ordainet, an'
+" Tent 10 ex-tcf primal AEfbsritg over
fIch as I" are GALE DiG. nteTs IL Bottom,
you very well know does not come up TO tn
Poiot. But though we fhou'd noi" iuPPof
ourfelyes under any KIND Of Obligation Il
fubmit to him as our Guide, OF our G0Vtr
| mr." VET if he was fen; TO DC Minriter o
Kings Chapel, and to People, who claim
not the Right Of cboofing theis own Mint
ter. in thar c le. thofe Of his Church, wh.
are of fuch Principles as Mr.. White was
ard Mr.. Adams and you;ieif are, ought II
CosicIeoce to fabmRto him as their GUIDE
aud Governor And on the fame Grounds