1723 A Letter of Thanks to Mr Benjamin Bennet For His Moderate Rebuke of an Insolent Pamphlet, Entitled, Presbyterian Prejudice Display'd. In Which the Great Candour, and Distinguish'd Moderation of the Worthy Presbyterian Teacher, are set forth, and His polite Language, and Flowers of Rhetorick, put in one View, for the Diversion and Satisfaction of the Reader.

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In this letter, an anonymous writer thanks the English Presbyterian minister Benjamin Bennet for his rebuke of Zachary Grey's work Presbyterian Prejudice Display'd. Building on a sermon preached on George I's coronation, Bennet published A Memorial of the Reformation in 1717. The work provided a Protestant view of the Reformation, and preserved anecdotes from original sources that had not been found elsewhere, such as of Judge Jeffreys's visit to Newcastle in 1683. Zachery Grey, an English priest, controversialist, and conservative spokesman for the Church of England then attempted to smear Bennet's narrative with his work Presbyterian Prejudice Display'd, in which he attempts to clear up 'mistaken historical facts' and re-establish 'the characters of several worthy members of the Church of England'.