"Ye Popish blockheads, mitred Cambridge cries, Begone; I and my friends alone are wise, Rich with the spoils of Babylon, 'tis fit That _we_ should claim monopoly of wit." Well, among the great diffusion of biblical knowledge, which has been so _gloriously_ spread among the people by your Scriptural Church, as by Law established, I happened one day _fortunately_ to hear, that you Reverends often told the people, that there was a golden and heavenly rule in the Scriptures, viz.:--_that they were never to do unto others, what they would not wish others to do unto them_. Now we cannot for a moment suppose, that like spiritual guide-posts, _you_ would wish to inculcate this golden rule to _others_, and not follow it _yourselves_. Well then, you have been _lately_ trying to arouse the indignation of the people, by informing them in the most _dignified_ manner, that the Pope of Rome has just made a most "extraordinary, and presumptuous movement" on the Protestants of England. Now what shall we say, if it turn out, that you and _your Reverend_ Protestant ancestors, have for a long time been making a "most extraordinary, and presumptuous movement" on the _pockets_, and on the _intellects_ of Englishmen? Let us then proceed to examine _coolly_, and _calmly_, the above points. I will endeavour, most Reverend Gentlemen, to discuss these points with as much temper, and forbearance as I possibly can. But, you must remember, that _you_ and many of _your_ Reverend body, have been endeavouring to convict, _without ceremony_, the _numerous_ and _respectable_ Catholic body of England, of the crimes of wishing to extend their _popish spiritual_ and _temporal_ domination over the Protestants of England. For this purpose, your zealous and Reverend body have, with pious industry, raked together the filth of ancient controversy, and poured it _without mercy_ on the heads of Catholics, and on that Church, of which it is my pride to be a minister. Now, Reverend Gentlemen, _you_, who deal so copiously in hard words, certainly ought not to complain, if you should happen sometimes, to meet with them in return. If _you_ demand respect from _others_, you ought certainly to respect a _more numerous body_ of Christians, (I mean the Catholic Christian world,) who have no reason to think themselves, your inferiors in talent, learning, or judgment. Well then, let us now proceed to the discussion of the above two points.