IV. 1. If we willingly fail in any of these points, if we either directly or indirectly forbid him, _because he followeth not us_, then we are _Bigots_. This is the inference I draw from what has been said. But the term _bigotry_, I fear, as frequently as it is used, is almost as little understood as _Enthusiasm_. It is, too strong an attachment to, or fondness for, our own party, opinion, church and religion. Therefore he is a _bigot_, who is so fond of any of these, so strongly attached to them, as to forbid any who cast out devils, because he differs from himself, in any or all these particulars. 2. *Do _you_ beware of this. Take care, 1. That you do not convict yourself of _bigotry_, by your unreadiness to believe, that any man does cast out devils, who differs from you. And if you are clear thus far, if you acknowledge the fact, then examine yourself, secondly. Am I not convicted of _bigotry_ in this, in forbidding him, directly or indirectly? Do I not directly forbid him on this ground, because he is not of my _party_? Because he does not fall in with my _opinions_? Or because he does not worship God according to that scheme of _religion_, which I have received from my fathers? 3. *Examine yourself, do I not indirectly at least forbid him, on any of these grounds? Am I not sorry, that God should thus own and bless a man that holds such erroneous opinions? Do I not discourage him, because he is not of my church? By disputing with him concerning it, by raising objections, and by perplexing his mind with distant consequences? Do I shew no anger, contempt or unkindness of any sort, either in my words or actions? Do I not mention behind his back, his (real or supposed) faults? His defects or infirmities? Do not I hinder sinners from hearing his word? If you do any of these things, you are a _bigot_ to this day. 4. _Search me, O Lord, and prove me. Try out my reins and my heart! Look well if there be any way of_ bigotry _in me, and lead me in the way everlasting._ In order to examine ourselves throughly, let the case be proposed in the strongest manner. What if I were to see a Papist, an Arian, a Socinian casting out devils? If I did, I could not forbid even him, without convicting myself of _bigotry_. Yea, if it could be supposed, that I should see a Jew, a Deist, or a Turk doing the same, were I to forbid him either directly or indirectly, I should be no better than a _bigot_ still.