The printer's advertisement. Whereas there is prefixed unto a late pamphlet entituled, Gospel order revived, printed at New York, an advertisement ...

The printer's advertisement. Whereas there is prefixed unto a late pamphlet entituled, Gospel order revived, printed at New York, an advertisement ...

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THE PRINTERS Advertisement.

THE Depositions OF THOMAS BRATTLE, Gent. AND ZECHARIAH TUTHILL, Merchant.

THE Depositions OF John Mico, & Zechariah Tuthill, Merchants.

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The Deposition of Bartholomew Green, PRINTER.

The Deposition of Iohn Allen and Timothy Gre•n, Printers.

To the Candid READER.

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THE PRINTERS Advertisement.

WHEREAS there is Prefixed unto a late Pamphlet, Entituled, Gospel Order Revived ▪ Printed at New-York, An Advertisement, which runs in these words, viz The Reader is desired to take Notice, that the Press in Boston is so much under the [...]aw of the Reverend Author, whom we answer, and his Friends, that we could not obtain of the Printer there to Print the following Sheets, which is the only true Reason why we have sent the Copy so far for its Impression, and where it is printed with some Difficulty. I count my self bound in Justice unto all Persons aspers'd by that Advertisement, to Declare and Publish to the World the Truth of the matter, which briefly is this: Certain Persons bringing to the Press, the Pamphlet above mentioned; after some Discourse concerning the number of Copies and Price, I Consented to its being Published: But when they insi [...]d upon doing it with Secresy. I considered t [...]a [...] [...]or o [...]ght I knew, Good men in the C [...]un [...]y might be Offended at [...]: The [...]e [...]ore I only proposed this Rea [...]na [...]l [...] thing, That be [...]ore I pr [...]ceeded, I might mention [...]o His Honour the Lieutenant G [...]ve [...]nour, what was offered to the Pre [...]; T [...]is they d [...]ni [...]d me: But w [...]en they angrily wen [...] away, s [...]me of my last w [...]rds to them were, That I did not re [...]use to [...]rint it. And neither the R [...]ve [...]end Praes [...]de [...] of [...]e C [...]lledge, nor a [...]y of [...]is Frie [...]d [...], ever spoke one word unto me to Discourag [...] my Printing of it.

Boston, December 21st. 1700

Barth [...]l [...]mew [...]

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THE PRINTER having by this Advertisement Vindicated those that we [...] unworthily re [...]lected on in the Advertisement P [...]efixed to the a [...]ove m [...]n [...]i [...]n [...]d Li [...]il [...]us Pamphlet, (which no man is as [...] so Ha [...]dy as to own himsel [...] to be the Author o [...]) the world may Judge of o [...]h [...]r things c [...]ntained the [...]ein b [...] thi [...]. It will in due Time appear, that [...]e [...]ide [...] the Profane Scoffs and Scu [...]riliti [...]s, (not onl [...] on par [...]icular per [...]ons, who never deserved such Treatments; but also on the Holy Churches of the Lord, and on the most Sacred Actions performed in them, which is the Spi [...]it of their whole Pamphlet; as if they had designed to have that [...]c [...]ip [...]ure [...]ulfilled upon [...]hem▪ 2 Tim. 3.9. They shall proce [...]d no further, for th [...]ir folly sha [...] be man [...]fest to all men. Be [...]sides all this, ( [...]t will app [...]ar) that there are other more Impuden [...] Falshoods than that in their Advertisement, which the Printer in Boston, has (as become an Honest and Just man) made a discovery of.

Dated in Boston, December 24th. 1700.

THE Depositions OF THOMAS BRATTLE, Gent. AND ZECHARIAH TUTHILL, Merchant.

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THESE Deponents say, That on Saturday, the 13th. of Iul [...] last, they went to Bartholomew Gre [...]n's to Treat with him about Prin [...]ing an Answer to Old Mr Mathers Book, called, The Order of the Gospel: Who, after he had taken said Answer in [...]o his hands, and seen b [...]h wha [...] it was, and how much there was of it, told them he reckoned Th [...]ee Sheets of Paper m [...]gh [...] contain it, and seven Ream of Paper Print about a T [...]and of them; for which they agreed with him for Twenty S [...]il [...]ngs the Sheet▪ He made not any O [...]cti [...]n to them [...] sa [...]d A [...]swer; only said, he could not go about it, till [...]e had Pri [...]ed off the Laws, which would not be till the Tue [...]day [...]ollo [...]in [...]. T [...]ey further sa [...], There was never a [...]y other per [...]n tha [...] [...]rough [...] said A [...]swer to the P [...]ess, but the D [...]ponents; and [...]hey never b [...]ught it▪ bu [...] at this time But neither did [...]he s [...]id Gre [...] propo [...]e to th [...]m [...]he m [...]ntioning to his Honour the Lieutenant Governour, what [...]as of [...]er [...]d to th [...] Press, nor did the [...] d [...]ny it him; no [...] did the [...] go away in an [...] Anger from him; nor did they hear him [...] any such words: (That [...]e did n [...]t refus [...] to Print it,) all which [...] [Page] Green in his late Advertisemen [...] of the 21th Instant most unfairly D [...]cla [...]es, That cert [...]in persons bringing to the Press the Answer above mentioned, did.

Boston, December 27. 1700.

Tho. Braettle.

Zech. Tuthill▪

The Subscribers offering to m [...] O [...]th to what is above written, the same being several times distinctly read over in the [...]earing of Bartholomew Green, he owned the same to be what passed between him and them.

Coram

Justices of the Peace.

Isaac Addington,

Nathaniel Byfield.

THE Depositions OF John Mico, & Zechariah Tuthill, Merchants.

THESE Deponents say, That on or about the 16th of Iuly last, they went to Bartholomew Green's to see if he were ready to Print the Answer to Old Mr Mather's Gospel Order, but he was then unwilling to Print it, becaus [...] (as he said) it would displease some of his F [...]iends; and to [...]he best of their remembrance, he mentioned particularly the Mathers. They told him it was strange he would Print any thing for the said Mathers, and particularly the said Gospel Order ▪ and nothing in Answer to it or them▪ by which means the World might think those Principles to be approved by all, which were abhorred by sundry Worthy Ministers in the Land. The unfairness of which practice they laboured to convince him of, yet he still declined to Print it▪ but at length said, if they would admit the Lieutenant Governour to be [...], to give his Approbation to it, he would Print it; which they [...] unwilling to for this reason: Because they conceived it a new Method, [Page] not practised here [...]ofore, and which the said Green would not h [...]e required of them now, but to put off the Printing of this Book whic [...] answered the Mathers, whom he seemed loth to displease. These▪ Deponents hereupon asked said Printer, whether he had his Honours-leave to P [...]int the Gospel Order? he said, he had not. They then asked him if he would P [...]int this, if Young Mr. Mather would be Imprima [...]ur to it? he readily said, he would. Then they told him, it was a shame so Worthy a Minister as Mr. Stoddard must send so far as England to have his Book printed, when young Mr. Mather had the Press at his pleasure? To which he replied, he hoped Mr. Mather was another guess man than Mr. Stoddard. At length they told him, if he would not Print it, they would have it Printed elsewhere; but did not hear him say those words in his Advertis [...]ment of the 21st Instant, namely, That [...] did not refuse to print it.

Boston, December 27. 1700.

Iohn Mico

Zech. Tuthill.

Sworn by the two persons Subscribing, Bartholomew Green being present, and excepting against those words in the Evidence; particularly the Mathers, and that he would Print it, if Young Mr. Mather would be Imprimatur to it: Also affirming he said those words, He did not refuse to Print it, and nothing [...]urther.

Coram

Justices of the Peace.

Isaac Addington.

Nathaniel Byfield.

MR. Green the Printer, being by these Depositions Convicted of sundry Mistakes in his late Advertisement, so that his Folly and theirs who set him on work is manifest unto all m [...]n; there is just reason to suspect the truth of what he saith in the Fag [...]nd of his Advertisement, that neither the Reverend Prae [...]ident, nor any of his Friends [...]ver spoke a word to him to discourage his Printing the Answer to the Order of the Gospel ▪ Bu [...] wheth [...]r th [...]t b [...] tru [...] or fals [...], concerns not the Advertisement pr [...] fix'd to said Answer, which saith nothing of any ones speaking to [...] P [...]inter, to discourage him; but only [...] his Press was so much [...] of the Reverend Author and his Friends, that we [...]ould not obtain of [...][Page]Print it; Than which nothing can be more evident from these Depositio [...]s, w [...]ich sa [...], The said Print [...]r after he had positively agreed for the Printing said Answer, fell off fr [...]m his Bargain, and [...]eclin'd to Print it, because it w [...]u [...]d displease some of [...]is Friends, and particularly the M [...]thers, who are known by all to have been his particular Friends and [...]ploy [...]rs. So tha [...] [...]he Reverend Au [...]hor of that Libellous Scribble, at the tai [...] of said Green's Advertisement (to which the Reverend Author was not yet so Hardy as to set his Name) had no reason to Refle [...]t as he did on the Adve [...]isement p [...]efix'd to said Answer, or to Boast of the Printer's Vindication, but might be asham'd of both. As for the prophane Sco [...]f▪ and Scurrilities not only on par [...]icular persons, but on the Holy Churches of the Lord, and [...]he m [...]st Sacred Actions therein pe [...]formed (by which are [...] O HORRIBLE▪ his two dear and precious Creatures, RELATIONS and the CHURCH COVENAN [...],) which that in [...]amous Scribbl [...] saith, is the Spirit of the whole Answer, and those o [...]her Falshoods it is threatned shall appear therein; they are but Brut [...] Fulmi [...] to fright and sca [...]e the poor deluded, bigotted people withal, which is the very [...]pirit and Quintes [...]ence of the Reverend Scribler. But all these little Ar [...]ifices and Cavils we [...] plainly [...]orese [...]n, and so fully provided against by the [...]genious-Authors of said Answer, that there's no need of taking any further no [...]ice of them here.

I shall there [...]ore at present say no more, but that the World may Iudg what [...]ase and inj [...]rious treatment that Answer mus [...] expect [...]om its En [...]aged Adve [...]sa [...]ies▪ by what is contained in that one littl [...] ▪ Canting, Scandalous Libel, wherein there are far more profane Sc [...]s, Scurrilities▪ and Impudent Fal [...]hoods, than are in all that GREAT and NOBLE and EXCELLENT ANSWE [...].

Boston, December 27. 1700.

Tho. Brattle.

FINIS.

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Boston, Printed by Iohn Allen. 1700.

The Deposition of Bartholomew Green, PRINTER.

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WHO Testifies and Says, That on Saturday, some time last Summer, Mr. Thomas Brattle, and Mr. Zech. Tuthill came to my Work House in Boston, and brought with them a Manuscript of small Writing for me to Print; and calling me aside to one end of the Room, desired me to be private in it, and to keep it from the Mathers; informing me that it was an Answer to Old Mr. Mathers Book, of the Order of the Gospel. And after I had taken it into my hand, Mr. Brattle told me, it was not yet ready, he would Transcribe it. They asked me how much I thought it would make: I answered, Three Sheets, or something more, in Octavo; and told them I could not do it before the Laws were Printed, which would be next Monday or Tuesday. They asked me how much Paper Three Sheets would take to Print a Thousand: I answered about Seven Ream. They asked me how much I would have a Sheet; I answered, Two and Twenty Shillings. They said, I could do it cheaper. I reply'd, Mr. B [...]a [...]tle was very curious in Correcting. They told me, That would be for my Credit, or to that purpose. After some other words, I consented to do it for Twenty Shillings▪ Per Sheet: Whereupon they told me, they would have the Paper of Mr. George; and so went away, taking the Copy with them. After they were gone, it came into my mind what great distu [...]bance the Manifesto had made (which I Printed very privately at said Tuthill [...]s desire) which made me the more th [...]ugh [...]ful, lest this might give more Offence. Yet for all, I went not to the Reverend Praesident; n [...]i [...]her did I receive any Di [...]couragement [...]rom him, or any of his Friends, as to my Printing of it.

The Monday or Tuesday following, Mr. Zechariah Tuthill came [...]one to my Printing Hou [...]e, where I was, and guessing at his Business, I desired him to walk out with me. Then I told him, I was much concern'd about the Bo [...]k▪ and pray'd him to tell me who was th [...] Author of it. Wha [...]? said h [...], Now you have been with Mr. Mather. To which I replied, I have not. Whereupon he said, There are three or four that are the Authors of it. Then I desired only that I might men [...]tion it to the Lieuten [...]t Governour, or ask his Approbation; which said I, I ought to do in Books of Controversy. Mr. Tuthill, seem'd [Page] to be willing I should; which grea [...]ly sa [...]isfied m [...]. And understanding His Honour was [...]o be in Town that day, I was to wait on him for that end. This is the substance of what pass'd between Mr. Tuthill and me.

A little while a [...]ter, in the same day, Mr. I [...]hn Mico, and the sai [...] Mr. Zechariah Tu [...]hill came to me to my Printing Room, and charged me by no means to go to the Lieutenant Governour; [...]or they would not have him know of it. After this, there passed some discourse concerning Mr. Increase Mather's Book, the Order of the Gospel, and of Mr. Stoddard's Book, of Institu [...]ed Churches, as I understood. Mr. Mico a [...]ked me if it were not pity, or a shame, that such a man as Mr. Stoddard should send so far as England to have his Book Prin [...]ed. The Answer to which I do not justly remember, nor for what reason he spake it to me: for Mr. Sto [...]dard's Book was never offered me to Print▪ b [...] himsel [...], or any other person. Afterward Mr. Mico said to me, Well▪ you do refuse to Print it, meaning the Manuscript that was an Answer to Mr. Increase Mather's Order of the Gospel. I answered No, I do not refuse to Print it: but am not willing to do it without the Lieutenant Governours Leave▪ or to that purpose. Whereupon they said, they would have it Printed elsewhere; & went away in som [...] Anger.

Boston, Ianuary 4th. 1700. 1701.

Bartholomew Green.

Boston, Ianuary, 4th. 1700, 1. Sworn by Barthol. Green, Print [...]r; Mr. Thomas Brattle, Mr John Mico, and Mr. Ze [...]hariah Tuthill being Notified, and Present.

Coram Nobis.

Samuel Sewall

Peter Sergeant

Penn Townsend.

Justices of the P [...]ce.

The Deposition of Iohn Allen and Timothy Gre [...]n, Printers.

THese Deponents can and do Testify, That being at Bartholom [...]w Green's Printing house [...]t or about the 13th. of Iuly 1700. Where M [...]. Thomas Brattle and Mr. Zechariah Tuthill cam [...], and call'd the said Green aside to another part of the Room, where they had some Private Discourse; which said Green afterwards in [...]ormed us, that it was to Print an Answer to Mr. Mathe [...] Ord [...]r of th [...] Gospel. Som [...] few days af [...]r, the afor [...]said Zechariah Tuthill came alone to th [...] aforesaid Prin [...]ing-House, [Page] where we also then were. And the said Green and Tuthill went out together and had some discourse together. A [...]ter the said Tuthill was gone the said Green told us that he had proposed to the [...]aid Tuthill the acquainting the Lieutenant Governour with it before he proceeded in doing it; which the said Green said, that the said Tuthi [...]l was willing to: Whereat the said Gr [...]en seem'd mightily well pleased. But some time after in the same day, came the aforesaid Tuthill with Mr. Iohn Mico to the aforesaid Prin [...]ing house: and we do Testify that we he [...]rd the said Mico forbid the said Green acquainting the Lieutenant Governour with it; but that he should say nothing of it. Other discourse happened, which we took not much notice o [...]. But this we can, and do Testify to, That we heard the said Mr. Iohn Mico, or Tuthill, one of them say, Well! or What, then you Re [...]use to Print it. Unto which the said Green Replyed, No, I do not Refuse to Print it: but am unwilling without the Lieutenant Governour's Leave, or Approbation. Hereupon they went away seemingly Angry, saying, We will have it Printed els [...]-where.

Boston Ianuary, 4th. 1700. 1701.

Iohn Allen.

Timothy Green.

Boston, Ianuary, 4th. 1700-1.

Sworn by the Subscribers, John Allen, and Timothy Green▪ Mr. Thomas Brattle, Mr. John Mico, [...]nd Mr. Zechariah Tuthill being Notified and Pres [...]nt.

Coram Nobis

Samuel Sew [...]ll

Peter Serg [...]ant

Penn Townsend.

Justices of the Peace.

To the Candid READER.

THE shortness of my Advertisement of the 21st. of December 1700. having rendred it less intelligible, & given Occasion for some Exceptions that have been since tak [...]n against it: for this reason I have explained it in the foregoing Depositions. As also because there being no mention made in the D [...]position of Mr. Thomas Brattle and Mr. Zechariah Tuthill of the 27th of December ▪ o [...] their speaking to me to Prin [...] their Copy privately; some might happily think, I Owned that they did not speak to me to do it privat [...]ly: Whenas I declar'd to the contrary. And some might think and boast, that I had Owned that I had most [...]ntruly, or at l [...]a [...]t most un [...]airly d [...]clar [...]d in my said Advertisement: Which [Page] I never did Own; neither doth the Attestation of the Honourable Justices import I did.

And because what pass'd between Mr. Zechariah Tuthill & me singly, is wholly Omitted in both the Depositions said Tuthill was concernd in.

The Sum is, Whenas no Name appeared in the Title Page; nor so much as the Name of any Author was told me, when I requested it; & I had no opportunity to read it over my self; the Piece being also Controversal: I concluded it would be altogether inconvenient for me to Print it upon my own head without asking advice; for which I referr'd my self to the Honourable William Stoughton Esq our Lieutenant Governour, who became Commander in Chief of the Province before the Week was out. For His Excellency the Lo [...]d BELLOMONT, our Gove [...]nour, began his Voyage to N [...]w York, upon Wednesday, the 17th of Iuly, 1700. the very next day after Mr. Mico and Mr. Tuthill were with me. Nor was it a new thing to shew Copies to the Lieutenant Governour in order to their being Printed Mr. Sewall's Phaenomena Apocalyptica was taken off the Press, and carried to the Lieutenant Governour for his Allowance. By the same Token, one Half Sheet being wrought off too soon: the Author was at th [...] Charge to Print it over again, to gratify His Honour in some Alterations that could not otherwise be made. Besides other Instances tha [...] might be given. And considering the Lieut. Governours Eminent Qualification to judge of Books; the Station God has given him in the N [...]w-English Church; and t [...]e good Offices he has done for Mr. Benjamin Colman and his Church in particular: Every one that is not a Stranger in Boston may wonder at it, that a Book Dedicated to the Churches of Christ in N England, a motion to have it first view'd by his Honour, should be rejected with so much Disdain. For my own part, The obstinate Refusal of so fair an Arbiter, made me fear some foul Play: [...]hich is the p [...]incipal Aw that I remember my self to have been under.

In fine, the Maintenance of my self & Family of small Children, depending under God, upon the good will of them that please to set me on Work▪ I have no intent to provoke or affront any person or Order of men; but to oblige them so far as is consistent with clea [...]ing of my Reputation; which (as little and low as I am) ought to be more eligible to me than much gainful business. And now having truly & uprightly given an Account of my doing in this matter, I humbly submit it to the Cha [...]itable Censure of every judicious & Impartial Reader.

Boston, Ian. 10. 1700, 1.

B. Green.

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BOSTON, Printed by Barth [...]lomew Green. 1701.

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The printer's advertisement. Whereas there is prefixed unto a late pamphlet entituled, Gospel order revived, printed at New York, an advertisement ...

Green, Bartholomew, 1667-1732.

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2004-08.

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N00813

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N00813

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Evans 976

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Wing G1810A

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APY0806

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— The printer's advertisement. Whereas there is prefixed unto a late pamphlet entituled, Gospel order revived, printed at New York, an advertisement ..., Green, Bartholomew, 1667-1732., Brattle, Thomas, 1658-1713., Tuthill, Zechariah., Mico, John., Allen, John, 1660?-1727?, Green, Timothy, 1679-1757..

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10, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (4to)

Printed by Bartholomew Green.,. Boston, :: 1701.. (Caption title.) (Signed at foot of p. 1: Boston, December 21st. 1700 Bartholomew Green.) (The endorsement, p. 2, is dated: Boston, December 24th. 1700. Ascribed to Cotton Mather by Holmes.) (Imprint from colophon, p. 10. Colophon on p. 6: Boston, Printed by John Allen. 1700.) (The colophon and word "Finis" on p. 6 indicate that p. 1-6 were first issued separately. "The shortness of my advertisement of the 21st of December 1700. having rendered it less intelligible ... for this reason I have explained it in the foregoing expositions. ..."--To the candid reader, p. 9.) ("The depositions of Thomas Brattle, gent. and Zechariah Tuthill, merchant."--p. 3-4. "The depositions of John Mico, & Zechariah Tuthill, merchants."--p. 4-6.) ("The deposition of Bartholomew Green, printer."--p. 7-8. "The deposition of John Allen and Timothy Green, printers."--p. 8-9. "To the candid reader."--p. 9-10, signed: B. Green. Boston, Jan. 10, 1700,1.)

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