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PG-P.742.050
2 Sep 1742:41,42 (716)
Mr. Franklin, Forasmuch as a letter of mine to Mr.
Dickinson, the last of February, together with a postscript,
lately printed in the Boston Weekly News-Paper, has
occasioned various reflections; I have thought it not
improper (being thereto) excited by some friends) to shew my
intention in some passages contained therein. . . [3/4
column, amplifying various passages.]
As to the practice of sending out unlearned men into the
ministry, in ordinary cases, upon the supposition of their
piety, it has been always, and still is my sentiment
concerning it, that it justly deserves the character given
it in the Postscript.
Likewise, I cannot perceive either decency or expediency,
in singing in the streets; but on the contrary, it seems to
minister occasion to the adversaries of religion to revile
and blaspheme. . . [2 more paragraphs, signed] G. Tennent,
New-Brunswick, August 19, 1742.
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