unity of the Church. Mr. Dyer indeed has carefully, in public and in private, maintained the thing he here denies, as many intelligent Christians well know, but he never was charged with it. Many well know that he and Mr. Newton, as others, have assiduously maintained that the Epistle to the Ephesians refers to all saints from the beginning of the world; and 1 Cor. xii. to a local perfect Church, with some idea of a sort of model at the beginning; but that the unity of the Church, as such, with Christ at its head on high, in this dispensation, was denied by the constant teaching at Plymouth. But Mr. Newton has published certain views upon it. These views are plain enough. They have been answered. What have, save as uniting in a party Spirit, these other persons to do, to come and say we do not hold. But to such an excess is this carried that these five proceed to say: “that even personal veracity is impeached.” And now let me ask whose? This is an unfortunate sentence in which to have talked of Jesuitism. While calling for sympathy for the five, and in a sentence beginning with “we,” it is stated personal veracity is impeached. It is not ventured to state whose. Mr. Newton’s has openly and fairly. These four may of course identify themselves with him, if they please, but they cannot put their names as honest men to having their joint veracity impeached, because this impeaching is another’s act, not theirs. Have they been charged with a joint lie, or have they been severally charged with one? The same plan was resorted to at the April meeting. I was said, by Mr. Newton, to have charged all with Sectarianism, because a person could not be a sectarian alone. This, though unfounded, had some semblance of reason in it; but a man may surely tell falsehoods alone. I charged Mr. Newton with Sectarianism alone. He tried to make a party with the charge, as if others were accused by me of it. I charged none but him. Others might have helped him, but he could not say I charged them. I charged Mr. N. with untruth in certain definite acts. I believe him guilty of it still. But, if others choose to take his part, and
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