Cool your jets and have a drink, Charles Chauncy.

Charles Lippy, the biographer of Charles Chauncy wrote that Chauncy believed that "the laymen should simply follow the lead of the clergy, who were, after all, the theological professionals." This quotation gets to the heart of the elitism central to Chauncy's thought. He saw enthusiasm as disruptive, indecent, and an attack against the established order of the churches which led to schism and unbelief. He cites Whitefield as the source of all the problems that clergymen across New England are having with their congregations. Despite his clear hatred of Whitefield, Why does Chauncy not criticize the movement that bore him, Methodism?
Is Whitefield merely a scapegoat for a larger systemic problem that is evident in the churches both in England and America?
Does the fact that Whitefield was of "low birth" have anything to do with the disdain that Chauncy has for him?
In his letter to Whitefield he condemns him for having too high an opinion of himself. This seems ironic given the level of entitlement and privelege that Chauncy himself has. He also claims not to attack Whitefield in this letter, but I don't see how that is at all true.