Many other little _Whifflers_ in Divinity have before attack'd me with their _Squibs_ and _Squirts_ from the _Press_, but I despised them all, as unworthy of my particular Regard and Notice, reserving my self for Defence against this _Bishop_'s grand Assault; when, by the by, I might have an Opportunity to animadvert on one or other of them. Some of these _Whifflers_, like Men of Honour, have set their Names to their Works; others very prudently have concealed their Names, which, upon the best Enquiry I could make, I have not been able to discover, or I had given them a Rebuke for their Impudence and Slanders. It may be wonder'd, that any polemical Authors, especially when they write on the orthodox and establish'd Side of the Question, should conceal themselves, and that they are not tempted with the Hopes of Reward and Applause to make themselves known. I will say what I think here, that it's never Modesty in such _anonymous_ Authors (for we _Scribblers_ in Divinity, whatever we may pretend, have always a good Conceit of our selves) but Apprehensions of a sharp Reply to their Dishonour. And this is the true Reason, why some of my Adversaries industriously conceal themselves, knowing that they are guilty of wilful and malicious Lies and Calumnies, which I should chastise them for. But, as their Names are supprest, they know, it's to no Purpose for me to expose their Malice, because no body can be put to shame for it. The _Bishop_ of St. _David's_ acts here a more glorious Part: He comes not behind me, like other _Cowards_, to give me a secret Knock on the Pate, but like a courageous Champion, looks me in the Face, and admonishes me to stand upon my Guard. This is bravely done in him! And I have no Fault to find, but that he is providing himself with _Seconds_ in the Controversy, I mean the _Civil Powers_, and calling upon them to destroy me, before the Battle is well begun, and whether he gets the better of me or not. This is not fairly nor honourably done of the _Bishop_, and I have Reason to complain of it. Tho' I think my self equal, if not superior in the Dispute, to any of our _Bishops_, yet I am not a Match for the _King_'s Power, neither would I lift up my Hand, or use my Pen against him for all the World. If the _Bishop_ will yield to a fair Combat, and desire the Civil Authority to stand by and see fair Play between us, I will engage with him upon any Terms. But to make the _Civil Powers_ Parties in our Quarrel, and to bespeak them, right or wrong, to favour his Side, is intolerable, and what we spiritual Gladiators ought to abhor and detest.