DIALOGUES, BETWEEN FARMER LITTLEWORTH, THOMAS NEWMAN, REV. MR. BY REV. ROWLAND HILL, A. M. FROM THE EIGHTEENTH LONDON EDITION, WITH ADDITIONAL DIALOGUES. IN THREE VOLUMES: VOL. II. EMBELLISHED WITH VIGNETTES. NEW-YORE: { PUBLISHED BY JOHNSTONE & VAN NORDEN, Mr. Lovely and, the Considerates in the Aviary 41 74 93 109 145 234 295 VILLAGE DIALOGUES. DIALOGUE XVII. A WHISPER FROM BEHIND THE DOOR; OR THE SE CRETS OF PRIVATE SCANDAL AND MISREPRESEN TATION MADE PUBLIC WHEREIN ALSO THE ABSURD- Consid. I SHOULD be glad to know, if any farther dispute should arise between us; how far we are to settle the controversy by the Bible: for I suspect your notions of the Bible are very loose-at least as I suppose. Wiseh. Just so far Sir, as it is consonant with reason, and no farther; 1 never can believe that which contradicts my reason. Consid. Indeed Sir, if this be the case, we are likely to be terribly misguided; while reason, among our ignorant and benighted race, appears to be so much under the influence of prejudice and passion. If twenty men of different persuasions be called together, however flatly they may contradict each other, they would all tell you they are guided by |