150 HISTORY OF HARTING. 



John Newlin, Rector of Harting, to Phil: Caryll, Esq., 

 of Dunkerque. 



"9 May, 1727, O.S. 



" Honoured Sir, I had the favour of yours last 

 night at Lady Holt. As to y e charge of unfair dealing 

 by y e paper you sent, I thank God, I always was and 

 hope I always shall be a stranger to it. In the first 

 place, I never mentioned or gave the least hint to any 

 one breathing that I had from you any ace 1 - at all, 

 and, therefore, I hope, was not guilty of unfair dealing 

 in betraying a friendly correspondence ; and as to my 

 omitting the foregoing part of the paper, I cannot 

 yet see, upon the strictest review, the least shadow of 

 unfairness, the foregoing neither weakening nor con- 

 firming the latter, but y e latter, if anything, illustrating 

 the former : However, the whole, and specially the 

 words quoted out of it, were sufficient to convince or 

 alarm me as you are pleased to speake, that my child 

 was to be forc'd into the Comunion of a Church which, 

 in some things, I cannot in conscience comply with, 

 and that too before she was of competent age for soe 

 solemn an undertaking, and before confirmation. I 

 allways did and doe hope and believe that many 

 thousands and millions that live and dye in the 

 Romish Comunion will be saved, and God forbid 

 that all of you shou'd be of the damming side, tho' 

 you know noe argument has been more frequently 

 made use of among silly people than this 



Protestants own Papists may be saved ; But, 

 Papists deny that Protestants can. 

 Ergo Papists are of the surest side. 



How strong the consequence, or how great the charity 

 that this argument carrys with it, I shall not observe 

 to a man of Mr. Caryll's acute parts and excellent 

 understanding. 



" And now, since you are pleased to question 

 whether I know the foundation of my Religion, I'll 



