"It was not long before the lady began the attack, and having given us a scriptural account of the Trinity, she blamed us for two things: "1st. For dwelling upon that point rather than enforcing practical duties. "2nd. For admitting St. Athanasius's Creed, as in her opinion it is full of gross misrepresentations of the Godhead." A verbal discussion followed, which is carefully recorded. Mrs. Darby afterwards brought the six following questions, and put them to the vicar, who, in turn, furnishes a written reply. "1_st Query_. Dost thou believe that thy Church, or as it is called, the Church of England, is the Church of Christ? "2_nd Query_. Dost thou believe that thou art a minister of Christ? "3_rd Query_. But Christ's ministers had all their trade. Was not Paul a tentmaker? And is thy maintenance such as suits a minister of the gospel? "4_th Query_. The ministers of Christ preach the gospel freely. '_Freely ye have received, freely give_,' says Christ. Dost thou do so? "5_th Query_. Is the baptism thou baptizest with, the baptism of Him who baptized with the Holy Ghost? "_6th Query_. Dost thou believe that the supper thou celebratest is the supper of which Christ said, '_I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open, I will come in, and sup with him, and he with Me_'?" In discussing these queries Fletcher took great pains. He deals with no less than fifteen "objections" under one of them. Instead of asserting his authority, or that of the Church, he set himself to answer every reasonable question, including some that would hardly be considered such, to give satisfaction, if possible, to his opponents, and protect his people from what appeared to him serious perversions of truth. The labour involved would have sufficed to produce a book, but he had no literary aim in the matter. His manuscript was submitted to Mrs. Darby, and then, bound in a stout leathern cover, circulated among his parishioners. As we have quoted its opening passage, we will give an extract from its close, in which the Vicar of Madeley and Mrs. Darby take leave of one another. "I hope the reader by this time laments with me the _bad_ use that Mrs. Darby makes of a _good_ understanding. How much better were it for her, and us all, if, instead of quibbling and wresting the Scriptures, as these sheets show she hath done, she would second the endeavours of the vicar in promoting a reformation of _essentials_ in the parish with respect to principles and manners! "But if she is still _moved by the spirit of contention_ to make fresh assaults upon us, and to obtrude George Fox's peculiar tenets, to the disparagement of St. Paul's doctrines, we cannot but wish she may have a _better memory_ to _remember_ our answers, and _more candour_ to do our arguments _justice_.