The Virginia Gazette

A CARD.

PLAIN DEALER presents his compliments to the PREACHER
OF THE
GOSPEL, and
begs leave to inform him of what his partiality
to
himself,
and
his
low
opinion
of
the discernment of the public (manifested
in
his
last
week's
publication)
may otherwise
conceal from his
knowledge.
Every
one
condemns your
illiberal
attempt
to
bring an
odium
upon
a
religious
society to
which
you do
not belong, and which,
I believe,
has
not
a
single
member
who
would
not
disdain
such
a
forgery
as you
have
now
been
guilty
of.
Be
advised,
Reverend
Sir,
whatever
you write or say, with a design to serve the interest of church establishments,
to do it in a manly Christian manner, and then you will be esteemed a
man of honour, though every person may not fall in with your senti-
ments. The advocates for equal and impartial ecclesiastical liberty are so
fully persuaded of the goodness of their cause, that they have not even a
temptation to depart from decency and truth. And if any real or feigned
brethren, through baseness of heart, and false zeal, shall follow your
steps, or be guilty of more open misrepresentation or abuse, both you and
they must expect to be left, without further notice, to buffet each other,
and to glory in your shame.

I am, Reverend Sir,
Your faithful Monitor,
A PLAIN DEALER