iv. 



Thorburn sent another son to the Baptist church in 

 Nassau street, where he is said to have been dipped. 

 One of the young men kept a grocery store, and no 

 doubt found his account in professing religion. 



Thorburn, having established the piety of himself and 

 family, and having met with success in his business, to 

 render himself more conspicuous, particularly as a de- 

 fender of the faith, turned author ; or rather as his friend 

 Carver says, procured another person to write for him. 



In these writings he contrasts his worldly condition 

 with that of his friend William; meaning William Car- 

 ver, who had been less successful, and in fact had become 

 poor. This Thorburn attributes to their different re- 

 ligious faith, and takes occasion to reprobate in the 

 most severe terms Thomas Paine and all of his way of 

 thinking. Mr Carver had always expressed his honest 

 opinions without the least hypocrisy, he could not bear 

 to be taunted by this parasite, whose honesty, at any 

 rate, in regard to his religious professions, may well be 

 doubted, as will appear by the following pamphlet by 

 his friend William. 



