. The craftsman. er f This would indeed be a nobleDefiance of his Adverfaries, and effe6lually filence alltheir Clamours. This would be fome Proof of cleajtHands, able Condufi and a Confcioufnefs of his oiun Integrity. But if, inllead of This, he fhould fly for Shelter to an A^ of Parliament, and meanly fub-mit to beg his Pardon from Thofei whom he hath infc-l€nt]y,fet at Defiance, he plays the Fart of a csmtnonPaltroorif who fwaggers and gives himfelf Airs, whenhe knows- he may do it with Saiety ; bur, upon thefirfl: Appearance of Danger, fneaks under a Table, toavoid the Chaftifement he defe
. The craftsman. er f This would indeed be a nobleDefiance of his Adverfaries, and effe6lually filence alltheir Clamours. This would be fome Proof of cleajtHands, able Condufi and a Confcioufnefs of his oiun Integrity. But if, inllead of This, he fhould fly for Shelter to an A^ of Parliament, and meanly fub-mit to beg his Pardon from Thofei whom he hath infc-l€nt]y,fet at Defiance, he plays the Fart of a csmtnonPaltroorif who fwaggers and gives himfelf Airs, whenhe knows- he may do it with Saiety ; bur, upon thefirfl: Appearance of Danger, fneaks under a Table, toavoid the Chaftifement he deferves. C. D. N^ipS. Satueday, April 18, 1730. OLO MO N fays that We muft anfwera Fool according to ,^// Folly ; lefi Hegrozv zvife in his oicn Conceit. This is-my Excufe for taking Notice of theLondon Journal of Saturday lail, intit-led, Remarks upcn the arbitrary and Immoral Principles of the Craftfman. What brought this heavy Charge againil me was my Paper of the Week before i in which I gave an Ac- M 2 counts. 1^6 fTi?^ Craftsman. N^ ip8. count, from Dr. Geddes, of the Method of proceed-ing againft Minificrs in Spain, by a Court called theP^ijita 5 and though I took particular Care to convincemy Readers that I was not in earneft, but defignedonh- to £hew how the arbitrary Praftices of Minijiersmight be turnd on Themjehes; yet this egregiousAdz-c cafe for Pozaer hath taken great Pains to confuteme (as H? imagines) by proving the Truth of my ownObfervation^ that an Eiiglipman ought not to be ruin-ed bj a?iy Evajio7h or Strain of the Laws. The will therefore excafe me from enteringinto any juilification of my felf; but there is one Pa-fagraph in that Paper, upon v^hich I muil beg Leaveto defcant a little. It runs thus. ** Our Author {meaning M E) hath often complain-** ed that He cant, with Safety, bring Evidence a-** gainlt a Man in Imcr ; and hath thrown out bafe and fcandalous Pvciisftions upon the Juftice of the** Lsgiflaturey before He hath tried them ; but let**
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