I have written to Mr Wilmer and also to M. Lee informing them of those causes, which have given rise to the change of measures, which I have been obliged to adopt.

The situation in which Providence hath placed me, and the blessings with which my labours in this City have been attended, would render me extremely culpable, were I to listen to any invitation, or to consent to any change except such an one, as bore the evidant traces of his own divine appointment.