The New York Packet

For the New-York Packet.

When the holy offices of religion, and the divine indefeasible rights of episcopacy, become matter of cavil and scoff, all good men must surely take the alarm. This reflection naturally occurred to me when I read the piece in Mess. Loudon's paper, signed Paulus. This writer, not content with attempting to ridicule a Rector, proceeds with acrimony to call into question, the validity of our Episcopal Ordination—nothing can be a clearer position than that Ordination, other than from English Bishops, must be unavailing—and now as I have proved this point, I shall proceed to notice some others.

The writer too says, that the Rector called the gentlemen, ordained by the Rector, serpents—this is not true—it was intended by the election of that text to strike the true division line—all Dutchmen, and Jews, and Presbyterians, and Free-thinkers, and No-thinkers at all, are the serpents: For why? Because they have never been Bishoped, and what is worse never will. The ladies however stand fair for happiness. They, good creatures, always carry Bishops—and it is credibly reported none ever dirtied, daubed nor moistened one of them. This, Messrs. Printers, would have been sacrilege—although I am not yet sure whether I ought not to be very angry at their wearing them on their t'other side—but this I reserve for future reflection.

As to the expression "carnal propagation," mentioned by Paulus, he either does not or will not recollect that the Rector has been lately connubilated; and these words slipped in before he was aware—Besides he ought to have known that as these were young men that day ordained, they should not try to propagate Bishops: That task being reserved for the Rev. Divines unpreaching recreation.

ANTI-PAULUS.