_Boston, January 12, 1742._
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE Occasion, Process, _and_ Issue, Of a Late TRIAL AT THE ASSIZE held at GLOUCESTER, _March 3, 1743_ BETWEEN Some of the People called METHODISTS, Plaintiffs, AND Certain Persons of the Town of MINCHIN-HAMPTON, in the said County, Defendants. IN A LETTER to a FRIEND.
_And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of |Ephesus|, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the |Ephesians| is a worshipper of the great goddess |Diana|, and of the image which fell down from |Jupiter|. Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. Wherefore if |Demetrius|, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies; let them implead one another. But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse._
Acts xix. 35‒40.
A BRIEF ACCOUNT, &c.
_London, March 12, 1744._
_My dear friend_,