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             An answer to the address presented to the ministers of the Church of England
             Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
          
           [2], 31, [1] p.
           
             Printed for Ric. Chiswell ...,
             London :
             1688.
          
           
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           Imprimatur
           ,
        
         
           Liber
           cui
           Titulus
           ,
           [
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             the
             Address
             presented
             to
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
           ]
        
         
           
             
               Febr.
               11.
               1687.
               
            
          
           
             
               Guil.
               Needam
            
             ,
             R
             mo
             .
             in
             Christo
             P.
             ac
             .
             D.
             D.
             Wilhelmo
             Archiep.
             Cantuar.
             a
             Sacr.
             Domest
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           ADDRESS
           Presented
           to
           the
           MINISTERS
           OF
           THE
           CHURCH
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           MDCLXXXVIII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           THE
           ADDRESS
           Presented
           to
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           
           
             An
             Address
             Presented
             to
             the
             Reverend
             and
             Learned
             Ministers
             of
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             by
             one
             sincerely
             desirous
             of
             finding
             out
             the
             Truth
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             himself
             and
             others
             equally
             concern'd
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             their
             own
             as
             the
             general
             Satisfaction
             .
          
        
         
           
           IT
           's
           a
           hard
           Shift
           the
           present
           Writers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           among
           us
           ,
           are
           brought
           to
           ,
           that
           when
           other
           helps
           fail
           them
           ,
           they
           take
           up
           with
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           Arguments
           ,
           which
           how
           useful
           soever
           they
           may
           prove
           to
           make
           some
           men
           of
           Their
           Religion
           ,
           have
           a
           plainer
           tendency
           to
           make
           others
           of
           None
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           were
           these
           persons
           as
           much
           concerned
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           for
           their
           own
           Corruptions
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           could
           defend
           those
           Corruptions
           in
           a
           better
           way
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           put
           the
           case
           upon
           this
           extremity
           ;
           
           and
           had
           they
           the
           Scripture
           as
           much
           for
           the
           Church
           of
           
           Rome's
           Supremacy
           and
           Infallibility
           ,
           &c.
           as
           it
           is
           for
           its
           own
           sufficiency
           ,
           the
           Trinity
           and
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           heard
           more
           of
           their
           Proofs
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           of
           Requests
           and
           Addresses
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           (
           the
           great
           Patron
           it
           seems
           of
           these
           Points
           )
           to
           prove
           from
           Scripture
           the
           Trinity
           and
           Incarnation
           .
        
         
           These
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           are
           an
           Argument
           worthy
           of
           a
           serious
           Consideration
           ,
           if
           proposed
           by
           one
           that
           really
           needs
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           pretends
           to
           desire
           ,
           Satisfaction
           .
           But
           to
           have
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           (
           as
           our
           Author
           apparently
           is
           )
           personating
           an
           Arrian
           and
           other
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           World
           requiring
           Scripture-proof
           for
           those
           above-said
           Points
           of
           Catholick
           Doctrine
           :
           To
           have
           this
           thrust
           upon
           us
           afresh
           after
           the
           unrefuted
           Answers
           given
           to
           the
           First
           Request
           ,
           the
           
             Catholick
             Dialogue
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Plea
             for
             a
             Socinian
          
           ,
           is
           no
           good
           sign
           ,
           whatever
           he
           pretends
           ,
           
             of
             one
             sincerely
             desirous
             of
             finding
             out
             the
             Truth
          
           ;
           nor
           would
           it
           be
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           take
           up
           the
           Cause
           anew
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           who
           I
           am
           sensible
           is
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           in
           this
           way
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           some
           better
           End
           it
           may
           be
           useful
           to
           .
        
         
           The
           Address
           consists
           of
           several
           Proposals
           ;
           which
           thus
           begin
           :
        
         
           
           
             There
             can
             be
             no
             doubt
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             main
             Concern
             of
             Man
             in
             this
             Vale
             of
             Tears
             ,
             is
             the
             Salvation
             of
             his
             Soul.
             If
             this
             be
             lost
             ,
             he
             loses
             all
             ;
             if
             this
             be
             gained
             ,
             he
             gains
             all
             ,
             and
             both
             for
             an
             Eternity
             .
             No
             body
             then
             can
             blame
             me
             ,
             if
             being
             solicitous
             to
             save
             my
             Soul
             ,
             I
             have
             recourse
             to
             those
             ,
             whose
             Learning
             must
             needs
             enable
             them
             ,
             and
             whose
             Charity
             cannot
             but
             incline
             them
             to
             instruct
             me
             in
             this
             weighty
             Affair
             .
             
             I
             therefore
             humbly
             beseech
             you
             ,
             most
             Reverend
             and
             Learned
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             afford
             me
             a
             clear
             and
             satisfactory
             Solution
             of
             these
             following
             Doubts
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             Whether
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             are
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             where
             must
             I
             seek
             them
             ?
             If
             they
             be
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             either
             clearly
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             an
             Interpreter
             for
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             words
             ;
             or
             not
             .
             If
             there
             be
             no
             need
             of
             any
             such
             Interpreter
             ,
             then
             I
             humbly
             ask
             what
             these
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             are
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             of
             Scripture
             each
             of
             them
             may
             be
             found
             .
             For
             example
             ;
             Is
             the
             belief
             of
             a
             Trinity
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
           For
           the
           clearer
           understanding
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           shall
           divide
           it
           into
           several
           Questions
           .
        
         
           Q.
           1.
           
           
             Whether
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             are
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ?
          
        
         
           A.
           If
           there
           are
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           that
           are
           not
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           World
           is
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           see
           ,
           at
           a
           great
           loss
           
             where
             to
             seek
             them
          
           :
           For
           nothing
           can
           be
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           necessary
           in
           the
           Primitive
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           so
           to
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           .
           But
           where
           to
           find
           those
           things
           thus
           necessary
           ,
           out
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           of
           a
           date
           and
           Authority
           equal
           to
           it
           ,
           I
           know
           none
           that
           have
           attempted
           the
           discovery
           :
           Nor
           could
           we
           ever
           yet
           be
           favoured
           with
           an
           account
           of
           
             what
             these
             Necessaries
             are
             ,
             and
             where
             each
             of
             them
             may
             be
             found
             .
          
           So
           that
           Scripture
           must
           contain
           these
           Necessary
           things
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           are
           left
           without
           any
           means
           of
           knowing
           them
           .
           And
           the
           Scripture
           must
           fail
           of
           its
           end
           ,
           and
           we
           of
           the
           Salvation
           therein
           revealed
           ,
           if
           that
           be
           not
           as
           sufficient
           in
           its
           kind
           to
           beget
           Faith
           in
           us
           ,
           as
           Faith
           is
           to
           save
           us
           .
           For
           faith
           St.
           John
           20.31
           .
           
             These
             things
             are
             written
             that
             ye
             
             might
             believe
             ,
             that
             Jesus
             is
             the
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             believing
             ye
             might
             have
             life
             through
             his
             name
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           we
           are
           as
           much
           assured
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           of
           its
           Divine
           Authority
           ;
           for
           the
           same
           Apostle
           that
           saith
           ,
           
             All
             Scripture
             is
             given
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             God
             ,
          
           doth
           immediately
           before
           as
           positively
           affirm
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             able
             to
             make
             us
             wise
             unto
             Salvation
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           From
           which
           Consideration
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           all
           doubts
           relating
           to
           Salvation
           were
           hereby
           to
           be
           resolved
           ;
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           were
           not
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           contained
           in
           it
           .
           So
           when
           that
           Question
           was
           put
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Master
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             to
             inherit
             eternal
             life
             ?
          
           He
           answered
           ,
           
             What
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Law
             ?
             How
             readest
             thou
             ?
             Thou
             knowest
             the
             Commandments
             ,
          
           Luke
           10.25
           ,
           26.
           
           Mark
           10.17
           ,
           19.
           
           And
           that
           they
           had
           
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
          
           ,
           was
           in
           his
           estimation
           sufficient
           to
           dispose
           them
           to
           Repent
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Revelation
           than
           was
           therein
           contained
           ,
           Luke
           16.29
           ,
           30
           ,
           31.
           
        
         
           Till
           it
           can
           therefore
           be
           shewn
           ,
           that
           the
           Scripture
           was
           not
           written
           to
           make
           men
           
             wise
             unto
             salvation
          
           ;
           or
           that
           men
           might
           be
           wise
           to
           Salvation
           without
           knowing
           the
           things
           necessary
           to
           it
           :
           Till
           it
           can
           be
           proved
           that
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           was
           not
           a
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           to
           the
           Jews
           in
           all
           points
           necessary
           to
           their
           Salvation
           ;
           Or
           that
           both
           Old
           and
           New-Testament
           have
           not
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           or
           not
           the
           same
           sufficiency
           to
           that
           End
           now
           to
           the
           Christian
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           alone
           had
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ;
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           think
           the
           Scripture
           defective
           in
           any
           thing
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           is
           any
           other
           means
           provided
           by
           God
           to
           supply
           its
           deficiency
           therein
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           Doctrine
           we
           are
           not
           alone
           ,
           but
           have
           the
           concurrence
           of
           the
           most
           Authentick
           Writers
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ;
           of
           which
           sort
           in
           particular
           is
           that
           
           memorable
           saying
           of
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           
           
             All
             things
             which
             concern
             Faith
             and
             Manners
             of
             Life
             ,
             are
             found
             in
             those
             things
             which
             are
             plainly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
           A
           Truth
           that
           the
           Writers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           their
           soberer
           thoughts
           do
           often
           acknowledg
           .
           So
           Antoninus
           A.
           B.
           of
           
             Florence
             ,
             God
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             hath
             spoken
             but
             once
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             fully
             as
             to
             meet
             with
             all
             temptations
             ,
             and
             all
             cases
             that
             may
             fall
             out
             ,
             and
             all
             good
             works
             ;
             that
             ,
             as
          
           Gregory
           
             expounds
             it
             ,
             he
             needs
             speak
             no
             more
             to
             us
             concerning
             any
             Necessary
             matter
             ,
             seeing
             all
             things
             are
             found
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           Q.
           2.
           
           
             Whether
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             are
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ?
          
        
         
           It
           was
           ,
           we
           have
           seen
           ,
           the
           Opinion
           of
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           all
           things
           thus
           necessary
           are
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           they
           are
           plainly
           therein
           contained
           .
           And
           yet
           neither
           that
           Father
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           him
           (
           as
           who
           was
           not
           then
           ,
           and
           who
           is
           not
           now
           ,
           except
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ?
           )
           did
           ever
           thereby
           understand
           that
           all
           these
           Necessaries
           are
           expresly
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           since
           an
           evident
           Consequence
           is
           equivalent
           to
           a
           plain
           and
           express
           Proposition
           ;
           as
           it
           was
           Matt.
           22.31
           ,
           32.
           
           Nor
           2.
           do
           they
           understand
           by
           being
           
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
          
           ,
           that
           all
           persons
           may
           immediately
           learn
           all
           Necessaries
           ,
           by
           the
           
             meer
             reading
          
           of
           it
           (
           as
           our
           Author
           puts
           the
           Case
           )
           without
           the
           use
           of
           those
           means
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           God
           has
           appointed
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           requires
           ;
           such
           as
           attention
           ,
           consideration
           ,
           and
           the
           assistance
           of
           Teaching
           Guides
           .
           For
           the
           plainness
           or
           clearness
           of
           the
           things
           to
           be
           learned
           and
           understood
           ,
           and
           an
           Instructor
           to
           lead
           us
           to
           or
           help
           us
           in
           the
           understanding
           them
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           consistent
           ,
           but
           generally
           to
           be
           supposed
           .
           It
           's
           a
           good
           saying
           of
           one
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ;
           
           
             That
             is
             not
             obscure
          
           ,
           
           
             which
             by
             ordinary
             means
             may
             be
             apprehended
             ;
             but
             that
             is
             so
             which
             either
             hath
             no
             means
             at
             all
             to
             open
             it
             ,
             or
             hath
             such
             as
             are
             not
             ordinary
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           3.
           can
           it
           be
           supposed
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           do
           so
           clearly
           contain
           all
           things
           necessary
           ,
           as
           that
           nothing
           of
           that
           kind
           ever
           was
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           excepted
           against
           ;
           For
           they
           may
           be
           plain
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           some
           prevalent
           reasons
           it
           may
           not
           be
           confessed
           .
           They
           may
           again
           be
           plain
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           understood
           to
           be
           so
           from
           several
           Impediments
           .
        
         
           Sometimes
           this
           proceeds
           from
           a
           natural
           Impediment
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Children
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           of
           a
           very
           weak
           capacity
           .
           And
           yet
           even
           to
           such
           St.
           Austin
           supposes
           them
           to
           be
           intelligible
           ,
           
           
             God
             having
             bowed
             down
             the
             Scripture
             to
             the
             capacity
             of
             Babes
             and
             Sucklings
             ,
             that
             when
             proud
             men
             will
             not
             speak
             to
             their
             capacity
             ,
             he
             himself
             might
             .
          
        
         
           Sometimes
           from
           moral
           Impediments
           ,
           such
           as
           prejudices
           and
           prepossessions
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           with
           the
           Apostles
           who
           understood
           not
           our
           Saviour
           when
           he
           told
           them
           openly
           and
           plainly
           ,
           again
           and
           again
           ,
           that
           he
           
             must
             be
             killed
          
           ,
           Mark
           8.31
           ,
           32.
           9.31
           ,
           32.
           
           Such
           again
           are
           vile
           affections
           ,
           as
           Pride
           and
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           Interest
           and
           Obstinacy
           ,
           into
           which
           our
           Saviour
           resolved
           the
           Jews
           Infidelity
           ,
           John
           5.40
           ,
           44.
           
           Such
           are
           Partiality
           ,
           Negligence
           ,
           Sloth
           and
           Inconsideration
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           Judicial
           Impediments
           ,
           when
           for
           their
           contempt
           and
           obstinacy
           ,
           &c.
           
           God
           sends
           men
           
             strong
             delusions
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             believe
             a
             lye
             ,
          
           2
           Thes.
           2.10
           ,
           11.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           where
           those
           and
           the
           like
           Impediments
           are
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           men
           
             lay
             aside
             all
             malice
             ,
             and
             all
             guile
             and
             hypocrisy
             ,
             and
             as
             new
             born
             babes
             ,
          
           in
           the
           Apostles
           Phrase
           ,
           
             desire
             the
             sincere
             milk
             of
             the
             word
             that
             they
             may
             grow
             thereby
             ,
          
           1
           Pet.
           2.1
           ,
           2.
           that
           they
           come
           with
           an
           honest
           heart
           ,
           and
           use
           
           a
           competent
           diligence
           ,
           with
           a
           Dependance
           upon
           God's
           assistance
           for
           the
           Wisdom
           he
           hath
           promised
           ,
           I
           know
           nothing
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           (
           unless
           what
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           hath
           made
           so
           )
           but
           what
           is
           plainly
           taught
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           learn'd
           from
           it
           .
           But
           without
           this
           temper
           the
           plainest
           and
           most
           express
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           necessary
           meaning
           of
           those
           words
           will
           not
           convince
           some
           men
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           what
           more
           plain
           ,
           than
           that
           in
           Exodus
           20.
           there
           is
           a
           2
           d
           Commandment
           distinct
           from
           the
           First
           ?
           What
           more
           plain
           ,
           than
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             to
             thee
             any
             graven
             Image
             ,
             nor
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             to
             bow
             down
             before
             it
             ,
             or
             worship
             it
             ?
          
           What
           more
           plain
           ,
           than
           
             drink
             ye
             all
             of
             it
          
           ,
           Matth.
           26.27
           .
           What
           more
           plain
           ,
           than
           that
           Prayer
           is
           not
           to
           be
           in
           an
           
             Vnknown
             Tongue
          
           ?
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           what
           more
           clear
           ,
           than
           that
           
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             able
             to
             make
             us
             wise
             unto
             Salvation
             ?
          
           And
           yet
           we
           know
           where
           these
           things
           will
           not
           be
           confess'd
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           long
           as
           there
           are
           Prejudices
           and
           Interest
           ,
           and
           depraved
           Affections
           in
           mankind
           ,
           Truth
           will
           be
           obscure
           :
           And
           
             the
             things
             that
             are
             easy
          
           ,
           
           
             are
             yet
             to
             Hereticks
             hard
             to
             understand
             ,
          
           saith
           St.
           Cyril
           .
           But
           the
           defect
           in
           them
           ,
           makes
           none
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           entire
           ,
           compleat
           ,
           and
           clear
           ,
           when
           men
           do
           disagree
           about
           it
           ,
           as
           when
           it
           is
           by
           all
           unanimously
           consented
           to
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           sum
           up
           what
           I
           have
           said
           in
           the
           words
           of
           St.
           Chrysostom
           ,
           who
           thus
           delivers
           himself
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           
             The
             Scriptures
             are
             easy
             to
             understand
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             exposed
             to
             the
             capacity
             of
             every
             Servant
             and
             Plough-man
             ,
             and
             Widow
             ,
             and
             Boy
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             is
             most
             unwise
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
             Therefore
             God
             penned
             the
             Scriptures
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             Publicans
             ,
             Fisher-men
             ,
             Tent-makers
             ,
             Shepherds
             ,
             Neat-herds
             ,
             and
             unlearned
             Men
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             the
             simple
             People
             
             might
             have
             any
             excuse
             from
             reading
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             they
             might
             be
             easie
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             the
             Artificer
             ,
             the
             Housholder
             ,
             and
             Widow-woman
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             is
             most
             unlearned
             :
             Tea
             the
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             ,
             as
             School-masters
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             made
             their
             Writings
             plain
             and
             evident
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             so
             that
             every
             man
             of
             himself
             only
             ,
             by
             reading
             them
             ,
             might
             learn
             the
             things
             spoken
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           If
           the
           Reader
           desires
           further
           satisfaction
           ,
           he
           may
           find
           it
           in
           a
           Learned
           Book
           newly
           publish'd
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Discourse
             concerning
             the
             Nature
             and
             Grounds
             of
             the
             certainty
             of
             Faith
             ,
          
           p.
           40
           ,
           80
           ,
           81
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Q.
           3.
           
           
             What
             are
             these
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
          
           ?
        
         
           Our
           Author
           offers
           Three
           Instances
           of
           such
           Necessaries
           as
           are
           not
           clearly
           revealed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Trinity
           ,
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           first
           of
           these
           he
           thus
           discourses
           .
        
         
           
           
             For
             Example
             ;
             Is
             the
             Belief
             of
             a
          
           Trinity
           ,
           
             One
             God
             and
             Three
             Persons
             ,
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             as
             the
             Creed
             of
             S.
          
           Athanasius
           ▪
           
             assures
             us
             it
             is
             ,
             in
             what
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             of
             Scripture
             is
             it
             clearly
             expressed
             ?
             If
             you
             send
             me
             to
             the
          
           1
           
             Epist.
             of
             S.
          
           John
           ,
           Chap.
           5.
           
           Ver.
           7.
           
             where
             we
             read
          
           ,
           There
           are
           Three
           who
           give
           Testimony
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           these
           Three
           are
           One
           ;
           
             or
             to
             the
             Gospel
             of
             S.
          
           John
           ,
           Chap.
           10.
           
           Ver.
           50.
           
           I
           and
           my
           Father
           are
           One
           ;
           
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             shew
             clearly
             out
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             the
             word
          
           One
           
             here
             signifies
             a
             strict
             Identity
             or
             Vnity
             of
             Substance
             ,
             as
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             holds
             ;
             not
             a
             meer
             Moral
             Vnion
             ,
             as
             many
             Learned
          
           Arrians
           
             and
             others
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             all
             confess
             the
             same
             word
             signifies
             in
             S.
          
           John
           ,
           Chap.
           17.
           
           Ver.
           21.
           
             where
             our
             Lord
             Prays
             that
             all
             Believers
             may
             be
          
           One
           ,
           
             as
             he
             and
             his
             Father
             
             are
          
           One
           ;
           
             where
             certainly
             he
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             to
             mean
          
           One
           
             in
             Substance
             .
             In
             what
             Verse
             then
             and
             Chapter
             in
             Scripture
             have
             we
             these
             or
             the
             like
             words
             ,
             The
             word
          
           One
           
             in
             the
          
           1
           
             Epist.
             of
          
           S.
           John
           ,
           
             Item
             in
          
           S.
           John
           '
           
             s
             Gospel
             ,
             signifies
             a
             strict
             Identity
             ;
             which
             notwithstanding
             I
             conceive
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             if
             all
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             be
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             .
             Now
             if
             the
             Belief
             of
             a
          
           Trinity
           
             be
             not
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             I
             desire
             it
             may
             be
             clearly
             owned
             in
             these
             or
             the
             like
             words
             :
          
           'T
           is
           not
           necessary
           for
           Salvation
           to
           believe
           Three
           Persons
           and
           one
           God
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Creed
           of
           S.
           Athanasius
           ,
           and
           Definition
           of
           the
           first
           Council
           of
           Nice
           ,
           when
           the
           Church
           was
           in
           her
           Purity
           ,
           not
           the
           least
           corrupted
           .
        
         
           
           The
           sum
           of
           our
           Author's
           Argument
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Trinity
           is
           not
           clearly
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           because
           Unity
           in
           some
           places
           signifies
           not
           a
           Unity
           of
           Essence
           ,
           but
           of
           Will
           ;
           which
           way
           of
           arguing
           supposes
           that
           if
           a
           word
           be
           taken
           in
           two
           or
           more
           different
           senses
           ,
           then
           the
           Scripture
           doth
           not
           clearly
           contain
           the
           things
           contained
           in
           those
           words
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Example
           ;
           the
           word
           ,
           Door
           ,
           is
           sometimes
           taken
           in
           Scripture
           in
           a
           proper
           sense
           ,
           sometimes
           in
           a
           Metaphorical
           ;
           and
           being
           thus
           differently
           taken
           ,
           we
           cannot
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           certainly
           know
           when
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           Properly
           ,
           and
           when
           Metaphorically
           ;
           and
           must
           be
           at
           a
           perfect
           loss
           to
           understand
           ,
           whether
           when
           our
           Saviour
           is
           called
           a
           
             Door
             ,
             John
          
           10.7
           .
           it
           's
           not
           meant
           properly
           ;
           and
           when
           St.
           Peter
           is
           said
           to
           stand
           at
           the
           
             Door
             ,
             John
          
           18.16
           .
           it
           's
           not
           meant
           Metaphorically
           .
           Or
           to
           come
           nearer
           to
           our
           Author
           ,
           the
           
             Body
             of
             Christ
          
           is
           sometimes
           taken
           for
           a
           Natural
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           a
           Mystical
           Body
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           cannot
           be
           certainly
           assured
           ,
           whether
           when
           Joseph
           begg'd
           the
           Body
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Mystical
           
           Body
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           &c.
           were
           
             given
             for
             the
             edifying
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Eph.
           4.11
           ,
           12.
           it
           's
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           Christ's
           Natural
           Body
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           so
           difficult
           a
           case
           ,
           
             which
             is
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             be
             answer'd
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
          
           p.
           4.
           (
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           the
           Addresser
           )
           What
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ?
           What
           in
           reason
           will
           content
           him
           ?
           It
           's
           nothing
           less
           than
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           be
           shewn
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           
             Verse
             and
             Chapter
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             we
             have
             these
             or
             the
             like
             words
             ,
             —
             The
             Word
          
           One
           
             in
             St.
          
           John
           '
           
             s
             Epistle
             ,
             signifies
             a
             strict
             Identity
             :
          
           And
           he
           might
           have
           gone
           on
           without
           end
           in
           the
           same
           way
           ;
           and
           one
           as
           obstinate
           as
           himself
           ,
           may
           say
           ,
           Shew
           me
           some
           other
           Chapter
           and
           Verse
           ,
           wherein
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           
             Door
             ,
             John
          
           10.
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           Metaphorically
           ,
           and
           the
           word
           
             Body
             ,
             Ephes.
          
           4.
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           Mystically
           ;
           or
           else
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           we
           cannot
           know
           what
           Door
           ,
           Proper
           or
           Metaphorical
           ;
           or
           what
           Body
           ,
           whether
           Natural
           or
           Mystical
           ,
           is
           meant
           in
           those
           places
           ;
           for
           ,
           
             This
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             if
             these
             things
             are
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           Thought
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           our
           Author
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           don't
           find
           this
           Address
           comes
           out
           with
           other
           Allowance
           ,
           than
           
             Printed
             for
             R.
             Taylor
          
           )
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           do
           not
           envy
           him
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Invention
           ,
           so
           I
           shall
           leave
           him
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           self-enjoyment
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           his
           Friends
           the
           
             Learned
             Arrians
          
           went
           not
           his
           way
           in
           opposing
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           nor
           the
           Orthodox
           in
           defending
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           this
           Point
           was
           now
           to
           be
           argued
           ,
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           hold
           with
           the
           Orthodox
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           places
           produce
           this
           of
           1
           John
           5.7
           .
           for
           it
           ,
           would
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           as
           plainly
           said
           ,
           The
           Father
           ,
           Word
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           are
           One
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           are
           Three
           ;
           and
           that
           tho
           Unity
           is
           sometimes
           taken
           in
           a
           Moral
           sense
           ,
           as
           John
           17.21
           .
           yet
           the
           arguing
           of
           
           St.
           John
           in
           the
           former
           place
           ,
           shews
           it
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           same
           sense
           as
           the
           latter
           ;
           he
           making
           a
           plain
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           Unity
           that
           is
           betwixt
           the
           
             Three
             that
             bear
             record
             in
             Heaven
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Three
             that
             bear
             witness
             in
             Earth
          
           ;
           for
           of
           the
           Three
           that
           bear
           Record
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           
             They
             are
             one
          
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           Three
           that
           bear
           witness
           on
           Earth
           ,
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           
             They
             agree
             in
             One.
          
           Now
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           mere
           Moral
           Union
           that
           was
           betwixt
           the
           Father
           ,
           Word
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           (
           who
           are
           the
           
             Three
             in
             Heaven
          
           )
           it
           would
           have
           been
           as
           well
           said
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           the
           Water
           and
           the
           Blood
           (
           which
           are
           
             the
             Three
             in
             Earth
          
           )
           that
           they
           
             Agree
             in
             One.
          
           In
           like
           manner
           would
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           support
           the
           proof
           of
           this
           Article
           from
           John
           10.30
           .
           
             I
             and
             my
             Father
             are
             One
             ,
          
           and
           shew
           that
           it
           's
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Unity
           of
           Essence
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           mere
           Will
           and
           Consent
           ;
           because
           
             the
             Jews
             took
             up
             stones
             to
             stone
             him
             for
             blasphemy
             ,
             and
             because
             that
             thou
             being
             a
             man
             ,
             makest
             thy self
             God.
          
           But
           since
           there
           is
           a
           Union
           that
           may
           be
           betwixt
           God
           and
           Man
           without
           making
           man
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           John
           17.21
           .
           it
           follows
           that
           neither
           did
           our
           Saviour
           speak
           ,
           nor
           the
           Jews
           understand
           him
           to
           have
           spoken
           of
           a
           Moral
           ,
           but
           a
           Natural
           Union
           ;
           but
           for
           this
           let
           me
           recommend
           the
           Addresser
           to
           the
           Second
           Part
           of
           the
           
             Dialogue
             concerning
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             and
             Transubstantiation
             compared
             ,
          
           p.
           10
           ,
           11.
           and
           Published
           the
           last
           Year
           .
        
         
           His
           second
           Instance
           is
           of
           the
           Incarnation
           ;
           of
           which
           he
           saith
           ,
        
         
           
           
             Again
             ,
             Is
             the
             Belief
             of
             the
          
           Incarnation
           
             necessary
             for
             Salvation
             ?
             Where
             is
             it
             clearly
             expressed
             in
             Scripture
             ?
             You
             refer
             me
             to
          
           S.
           John
           ,
           chap.
           1.
           
           The
           Word
           is
           made
           Flesh.
           
             But
             you
             know
             that
             many
             Learned
             Men
             ,
          
           Nestorius
           
             and
             others
             ,
             
             denied
             that
             word
             to
             signifie
             a
             strict
             Incarnation
             ,
             but
             either
             a
             Moral
             Vnion
             ,
             or
             a
             meer
             external
             appearance
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             held
             Christ
             not
             to
             have
             a
             real
             but
             a
             phantastick
             Body
             .
             Now
             be
             pleased
             to
             shew
             me
             in
             what
             Verse
             or
             Chapter
             it
             is
             clearly
             expressed
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             words
             signifie
             a
             strict
             Incarnation
             ?
             But
             if
             you
             deny
             the
             belief
             of
             this
             Mystery
             to
             be
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             own
             it
             ,
             for
             our
             satisfaction
             ,
             in
             these
             or
             the
             like
             words
             :
          
           It
           is
           not
           necessary
           for
           Salvation
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Second
           Person
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           was
           made
           true
           Man.
           
             And
             if
             the
             Belief
             of
             neither
          
           Trinity
           nor
           Incarnation
           
             are
             necessary
             ,
             shew
             me
             what
             't
             is
             ,
             and
             where
             expressed
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           
           Setting
           aside
           what
           the
           Opinion
           of
           Nestorius
           was
           (
           which
           our
           Author
           for
           ought
           I
           perceive
           understands
           not
           )
           the
           sum
           of
           what
           is
           said
           ,
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Scripture
           is
           not
           clear
           in
           this
           Point
           ;
           because
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Many
             learned
             Men
          
           ,
           Nestorius
           
             and
             others
             ,
             deny
             that
             word
          
           [
           he
           means
           that
           phrase
           ]
           
             to
             signifie
             strict
             Incarnation
          
           .
           So
           that
           if
           a
           learned
           Man
           ,
           or
           learned
           Men
           dispute
           the
           Point
           ,
           that
           Point
           so
           disputed
           ,
           or
           the
           words
           expressing
           it
           ,
           cannot
           be
           clear
           ,
           or
           the
           Sense
           certain
           .
           But
           I
           have
           before
           shewed
           that
           this
           is
           no
           reason
           against
           the
           perspicuity
           of
           Scripture
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           because
           nothing
           can
           be
           clearer
           express'd
           than
           many
           of
           those
           things
           which
           are
           sometimes
           made
           matter
           of
           Disputation
           .
        
         
           As
           what
           can
           be
           clearer
           ,
           than
           that
           Christ
           had
           a
           Body
           
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Bones
          
           ?
           Yet
           there
           were
           some
           of
           our
           Authors
           
             Learned
             men
          
           ,
           that
           held
           Christ
           was
           
             a
             meer
             external
             appearance
             of
             a
             man
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             have
             a
             real
             ,
             but
             a
             phantastic
             Body
             .
          
           And
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           denial
           of
           his
           
             learned
             Men
          
           ,
           do
           yet
           maintain
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           to
           be
           evidently
           delivered
           in
           the
           words
           ,
           
             The
             word
             was
          
           (
           not
           is
           ,
           
           as
           he
           mistakes
           )
           
             made
             Flesh.
          
           For
           who
           was
           the
           Word
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           is
           called
           
             God
             ,
             ver
          
           .
           1.
           that
           made
           all
           things
           ?
           ver
           .
           3.
           
           And
           what
           was
           
             his
             being
             made
             Flesh
          
           ,
           but
           his
           being
           
             made
             of
          
           the
           Seed
           of
           
             David
             ?
             Rom.
          
           1.3
           .
           And
           how
           was
           he
           made
           Flesh
           ,
           but
           by
           being
           united
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           becoming
           Man
           ?
           Now
           if
           the
           Word
           ,
           that
           was
           God
           ,
           was
           the
           Word
           and
           not
           Man
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           made
           Flesh
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           was
           made
           Flesh
           ,
           did
           not
           cease
           to
           be
           the
           Word
           ,
           then
           there
           must
           be
           in
           him
           two
           Natures
           united
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Incarnation
           .
        
         
           His
           3
           d
           Instance
           is
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             in
             order
             to
             Practice
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Query
           upon
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
        
         
           
           
             Then
             in
             order
             to
             Practice
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             keep
             holy
             the
          
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           
             that
             is
          
           ,
           Sunday
           
             and
             not
          
           Saturday
           .
           
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             in
             what
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             it
             is
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ;
             as
             also
             where
             the
             Abrogation
             of
             the
          
           Saturday
           
             is
             clearly
             expressed
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             not
             necessary
             for
             Salvation
             to
             keep
             holy
             the
          
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             your
             warrant
             for
             it
             in
             these
             or
             the
             like
             terms
             :
          
           It
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           keep
           holy
           the
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Sunday
           .
        
         
           
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           the
           obligation
           to
           observe
           
             the
             Lord's-Day
          
           is
           more
           or
           less
           necessary
           or
           unnecessary
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Institution
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           such
           as
           the
           Institution
           is
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           Obligation
           .
           If
           it
           be
           of
           mere
           Humane
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           institution
           ,
           it
           may
           by
           the
           same
           Authority
           be
           altered
           as
           it
           was
           established
           :
           If
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           subject
           to
           humane
           arbitration
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           it
           by
           the
           Revelation
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           cannot
           be
           Divine
           .
           And
           that
           it
           's
           established
           upon
           such
           Authority
           ,
           I
           shall
           offer
           these
           considerations
           :
        
         
         
           1.
           
           There
           is
           as
           much
           in
           the
           Reason
           of
           the
           thing
           for
           this
           peculiar
           Day
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           for
           the
           Sabbath
           in
           the
           Patriarchal
           and
           Jewish
           Church
           ;
           for
           what
           the
           Moral
           Sabbath
           was
           to
           Man
           upon
           his
           Creation
           ,
           and
           the
           Ceremonial
           Sabbath
           was
           to
           the
           Jews
           upon
           their
           Deliverance
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           Deut.
           5.15
           .
           that
           is
           the
           
             First
             Day
             of
             t●●
             Week
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Lord's
             Day
          
           to
           Christians
           ,
           upon
           our
           Redemption
           by
           Christ
           ,
           which
           was
           accomplished
           and
           testified
           in
           his
           Resurrection
           on
           that
           Day
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           the
           Mark
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           set
           upon
           it
           ,
           when
           that
           which
           was
           otherwise
           called
           
             the
             first
             Day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
          
           was
           afterwards
           called
           
             the
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ,
           Rev.
           1.10
           .
           It
           being
           usual
           in
           Scripture
           after
           that
           Times
           ,
           Places
           ,
           Things
           ,
           and
           Persons
           were
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           by
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           to
           have
           his
           Name
           as
           a
           Mark
           of
           Propriety
           given
           to
           them
           :
           Thus
           we
           read
           of
           
             the
             Lord
             's
             Passover
          
           ,
           Exod.
           12.11
           .
           
             The
             Sabbath
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           Exod.
           20.10
           .
           
             The
             Temple
             of
             the
             Lord.
             The
             Lord's
             S●pper
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           11.20
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           know
           not
           what
           Reason
           can
           be
           assigned
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Things
           thus
           dignified
           by
           this
           Title
           ,
           are
           elsewhere
           of
           Divine
           Institution
           ,
           and
           so
           named
           because
           of
           that
           Institution
           ;
           that
           this
           Day
           should
           be
           called
           the
           
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           of
           Divine
           ,
           but
           Humane
           Institution
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           We
           may
           observe
           further
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           New
           World
           of
           Redemption
           began
           upon
           that
           Day
           ,
           so
           upon
           the
           same
           Day
           did
           Christ
           solemnly
           consecrate
           the
           Christian
           Church
           by
           the
           Descent
           of
           the
           Holy-Ghost
           upon
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           Acts
           2.1
           ,
           2.
           (
           as
           of
           old
           ,
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           was
           by
           a
           Cloud
           or
           Divine
           Appearance
           ,
           Exod.
           40.34
           .
           1
           Kings
           8.10
           ,
           11.
           )
           which
           they
           had
           the
           Promise
           of
           ,
           and
           until
           which
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           to
           depart
           from
           Jerusalem
           ,
           and
           to
           enter
           upon
           the
           work
           of
           gathering
           a
           Church
           ,
           Acts
           1.4
           .
        
         
         
           4.
           
           It
           was
           the
           Day
           which
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           times
           held
           their
           stated
           Assemblies
           upon
           for
           Divine
           Worship
           ;
           as
           appears
           Acts
           20.7
           .
           1
           Cor.
           16.2
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           first
           branch
           of
           his
           Query
           ,
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             in
             what
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             it
             is
             clearly
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           His
           next
           is
           ,
           
             Where
             the
             Abrogation
             of
             the
          
           Saturday
           [
           he
           means
           the
           Sabbath
           ]
           
             is
             clearly
             expressed
          
           ?
           I
           may
           answer
           him
           ,
           it
           's
           in
           the
           same
           Chapter
           and
           Verse
           where
           
             the
             Abrogation
             of
          
           Circumcision
           
             is
             clearly
             expressed
          
           .
           And
           when
           he
           can
           find
           out
           
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             for
          
           the
           one
           ,
           I
           will
           undertake
           to
           shew
           him
           
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
          
           for
           the
           other
           .
           Indeed
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           an
           express
           Abrogation
           of
           either
           ;
           For
           Baptism
           being
           instituted
           by
           Christ
           as
           a
           means
           of
           Initiation
           into
           his
           Church
           ;
           Circumcision
           that
           was
           the
           old
           way
           of
           admission
           ,
           must
           fall
           in
           course
           ,
           because
           the
           one
           was
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           other
           .
           So
           
             the
             Lord's
             Day
          
           being
           set
           a-part
           for
           the
           publick
           and
           solemn
           Worship
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           the
           Sabbath
           that
           was
           before
           appointed
           for
           it
           ,
           must
           in
           reason
           surrender
           to
           it
           .
           So
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Col.
           2.16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             Let
             no
             man
             judge
             you
             in
             meat
             ,
             or
             drink
             ,
             or
             in
             respect
             of
             an
             holy-day
             ,
             or
             of
             new-moons
             ,
             or
             of
             th●
             sabbath
             [
             days
             ]
             which
             are
             a
             shadow
             of
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             is
             of
             Christ.
          
           Where
           the
           word
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           tho
           in
           the
           plural
           ,
           signifies
           the
           Seventh
           day
           ,
           or
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           ,
           as
           it
           doth
           Matt.
           25.10
           ,
           12.
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           in
           the
           New-Testament
           :
           And
           which
           being
           
             a
             shadow
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             Holy-days
          
           and
           New-Moons
           ,
           was
           with
           those
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           reasons
           ,
           to
           cease
           by
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           as
           the
           Institution
           of
           Baptism
           abrogated
           Circumcision
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Lord's
             Day
          
           abrogated
           
             the
             Sabbath
          
           ;
           so
           we
           may
           certainly
           infer
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Sabbath
           was
           
             a
             shadow
          
           ,
           and
           abrogated
           as
           such
           (
           which
           the
           Apostle
           here
           
           asserts
           )
           that
           there
           was
           some
           other
           day
           instituted
           in
           the
           place
           of
           it
           ;
           (
           these
           things
           mutually
           inferring
           each
           other
           )
           and
           what
           that
           day
           is
           ,
           I
           may
           leave
           to
           our
           Author's
           guess
           ,
           without
           again
           going
           to
           
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
          
           .
        
         
           
           
             If
             you
             say
             that
             everyone
             is
             only
             bound
             to
             believe
             what
             is
             clear
             to
             him
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             reading
             it
             with
             Sincerity
             and
             Humility
             ;
             then
             I
             must
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             What
             if
             I
             ,
             reading
             Scripture
          
           Sincerely
           
             and
             with
          
           Humility
           ,
           
             cannot
             find
             clearly
             expressed
             either
             the
          
           Trinity
           or
           Incarnation
           ?
           
             will
             it
             not
             be
             necessary
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             my
             Soul
             to
             believe
             these
             two
             Mysteries
             ?
          
        
         
           
           I
           Answer
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           Sincerity
           and
           Humility
           ,
           do
           imply
           the
           due
           use
           of
           all
           the
           means
           a
           person
           hath
           in
           possession
           ,
           for
           the
           finding
           out
           the
           Truth
           ;
           such
           as
           diligent
           reading
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           Consultation
           with
           such
           as
           are
           most
           able
           and
           fit
           to
           assist
           him
           :
           And
           where
           this
           temper
           is
           ,
           and
           this
           course
           is
           taken
           ,
           there
           will
           never
           be
           wanting
           what
           is
           necessary
           .
           John
           7.17
           .
           
             If
             any
             man
             will
             do
             his
             will
             ,
             he
             shall
             know
             of
             the
             doctrine
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             whether
             I
             speak
             of
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           No
           man
           can
           believe
           but
           according
           to
           the
           motives
           of
           credibility
           ,
           and
           the
           reasons
           he
           hath
           for
           his
           Faith.
           An
           obligation
           lies
           upon
           all
           to
           believe
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           but
           that
           is
           when
           they
           are
           proposed
           :
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           so
           we
           are
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           so
           only
           we
           can
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           do
           not
           say
           as
           this
           Writer
           words
           it
           ,
           That
           
             Every
             one
             is
             only
             Bound
             to
             believe
             what
             is
             clear
             to
             him
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
           For
           the
           Obligation
           to
           believe
           ,
           doth
           not
           depend
           upon
           his
           Understanding
           ,
           but
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ;
           his
           want
           of
           understanding
           may
           be
           taken
           as
           an
           excuse
           for
           his
           want
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           doth
           not
           diminish
           his
           obligation
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           No
           man
           shall
           answer
           for
           what
           he
           had
           not
           a
           power
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           wants
           the
           Means
           ,
           or
           fails
           of
           the
           End
           in
           a
           due
           use
           of
           those
           Means
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           imputed
           to
           him
           ,
           John
           15.22
           .
           
             If
             I
             had
             not
             come
             and
             spoken
             unto
             them
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             had
             sin
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           question
           ,
           but
           as
           he
           that
           is
           truly
           sincere
           would
           believe
           if
           he
           was
           able
           ,
           and
           could
           see
           into
           the
           strength
           of
           evidence
           for
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           this
           ingenuous
           disposition
           of
           mind
           will
           be
           a
           reason
           for
           Almighty
           God
           to
           give
           him
           that
           Faith
           which
           is
           necessary
           ,
           or
           to
           pardon
           the
           want
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           was
           to
           chuse
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           sincere
           and
           err
           in
           a
           Matter
           of
           Faith
           ,
           than
           believe
           upon
           the
           full
           Conviction
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           sincere
           in
           the
           p●ofession
           of
           it
           ;
           being
           sensible
           that
           what
           is
           involuntary
           is
           a
           less
           sin
           than
           what
           is
           voluntary
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           shall
           suffer
           less
           for
           a
           fault
           in
           my
           Understanding
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           not
           help
           ,
           than
           for
           a
           fault
           in
           my
           Will
           ,
           which
           I
           might
           .
           Therefore
           let
           a
           person
           first
           learn
           Sincerity
           and
           Humility
           ,
           and
           
             read
             the
             Scripture
             sincerely
             and
             with
             Humility
             ,
          
           and
           then
           he
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           find
           all
           Truths
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           so
           clearly
           and
           sufficiently
           expressed
           therein
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           be
           thereby
           convinced
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           fail
           in
           it
           ,
           he
           may
           be
           sure
           his
           Sincerity
           and
           Humility
           will
           do
           more
           through
           the
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           to
           save
           him
           ,
           than
           the
           want
           of
           a
           Belief
           of
           some
           things
           otherwise
           necessary
           ,
           can
           do
           to
           damn
           him
           .
        
         
           
           
             Put
             the
             Case
             I
             have
             recourse
             (
             as
             by
             these
             I
             have
             )
             to
          
           Church
           Guides
           ,
           
             and
             they
             tell
             me
             I
             must
             believe
             those
             Mysteries
             :
             Is
             it
             necessary
             I
             believe
             these
             Guides
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             then
             Scripture
             alone
             is
             not
             clear
             in
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             for
             here
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             believe
             what
             is
             not
             clear
             to
             me
             in
             Scripture
             .
             Again
             ,
             am
             I
             bound
             to
             keep
             holy
          
           Sunday
           ,
           
             tho
             I
             find
             no
             Precept
             for
             it
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             not
          
           Saturday
           ,
           
             tho
             I
             find
             an
             express
             Command
             for
             it
             ,
             no-where
             Abregated
             
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             because
             my
          
           Guides
           
             tell
             me
             I
             must
             do
             so
             ?
             If
             I
             must
             ,
             then
          
           Guides
           
             are
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             Scripture
             alone
             without
             them
             is
             not
             sufficient
             .
             Be
             pleased
             to
             own
             this
             Proposition
          
           —
           Scripture
           alone
           is
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           without
           Guides
           to
           Interpret
           it
           .
           
             If
             notwithstanding
             my
          
           Guides
           ,
           
             I
             am
             not
             bound
             to
             believe
             either
          
           Trinity
           or
           Incarnation
           ,
           
             or
             observe
          
           Sunday
           ,
           
             then
             I
             must
             beg
             of
             you
             to
             warrant
             with
             your
             Authority
             these
             words
             :
          
           I
           am
           not
           bound
           to
           keep
           holy
           the
           Lord's-Day
           or
           Sunday
           ,
           tho
           the
           Guides
           of
           the
           Church
           tell
           me
           I
           must
           ,
           if
           I
           cannnot
           find
           it
           clearly
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           
             But
             you
             tell
             me
             ,
             That
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             are
             either
             clear
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             or
             evidently
             deduced
             out
             of
             Scripture
             .
             Very
             well
             .
             Assign
             then
             these
             Necessaries
             ,
             and
             deduce
             them
             out
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             shew
             the
             Verse
             and
             Chapter
             from
             whence
             is
             evidently
             deduced
             an
             Obligation
             to
             keep
             holy
          
           Sunday
           
             and
             not
          
           Saturday
           .
           
             Again
             ,
             the
             Evidence
             of
             that
             Deduction
             is
             either
             had
             immediately
             from
             the
             meer
             reading
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             without
             help
             of
          
           Guides
           ,
           
             and
             then
             I
             desire
             to
             see
             the
             Places
             from
             whence
             these
             Necessaries
             are
             evidently
             inferr'd
             ;
             or
             it
             cannot
             be
             had
             but
             by
             the
             help
             of
          
           Guides
           ,
           
             and
             then
             the
             Scripture
             alone
             is
             not
             sufficient
             .
          
        
         
           
           What
           he
           here
           saith
           concerning
           Church-Guides
           ,
           and
           Deductions
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           has
           been
           before
           in
           good
           part
           prevented
           ,
           and
           shall
           have
           a
           farther
           Reply
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           ,
           before
           I
           proceed
           ,
           how
           our
           Author
           doth
           all
           along
           rather
           design
           to
           amuse
           his
           Reader
           ,
           than
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Point
           ;
           of
           which
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Paragraph
           ,
           but
           is
           an
           Evidence
           .
           As
           for
           Instance
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           thus
           argues
           ,
           
             If
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             are
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             either
             clearly
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             an
             Interpreter
             for
             
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             words
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
          
           p.
           1.
           
           Now
           he
           cannot
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           
             an
             Interpreter
             for
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             words
             ,
          
           is
           no
           more
           denied
           by
           us
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           sufficient
           for
           them
           ;
           without
           he
           understands
           more
           by
           
             Meaning
             of
             the
             Words
          
           ,
           than
           he
           cared
           his
           Reader
           should
           at
           first
           perceive
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           argues
           again
           ,
           
             Put
             the
             case
             I
             have
             recourse
             to
             Church-Guides
             ,
             and
             they
             tell
             me
             I
             must
             believe
             those
             Mysteries
             ;
             is
             it
             Necessary
             I
             believe
             those
          
           Guides
           ?
           —
           
             Am
             I
             bound
             because
             my
             Guides
             tell
             me
             I
             must
             do
             so
             ?
          
           Now
           he
           knows
           that
           such
           Guides
           as
           
             it
             's
             necessary
             to
             believe
          
           ,
           are
           the
           Guides
           they
           indeed
           would
           have
           ,
           but
           we
           deny
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           proceeds
           ,
           
             The
             evidence
             of
             the
             Deduction
             is
             either
             had
             immediately
             from
             the
             mere
             reading
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             without
             help
             of
             Guides
             ;
             or
          
           &c.
           
           Now
           who
           ever
           said
           ,
           that
           all
           Necessaries
           are
           to
           be
           learned
           by
           all
           persons
           by
           
             the
             mere
             reading
             of
             Scripture
          
           without
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           ,
           such
           as
           Attention
           ,
           Consideration
           ,
           Prayer
           ,
           Interpreters
           ,
           and
           Guides
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           He
           then
           infers
           fallaciously
           ,
           
             Or
             it
             cannot
             be
             had
             but
             by
             the
             help
             of
             Guides
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Scripture
             alone
             is
             not
             sufficient
          
           :
           For
           when
           the
           Scripture
           alone
           is
           said
           to
           be
           sufficient
           ,
           it
           's
           meant
           so
           as
           to
           contain
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           it
           's
           sufficient
           as
           a
           Rule
           for
           all
           things
           belonging
           to
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           exclude
           the
           Necessity
           of
           any
           other
           Rule
           of
           that
           kind
           :
           But
           it
           's
           not
           so
           
             alone
             sufficient
          
           as
           to
           exclude
           all
           Means
           by
           which
           it
           's
           to
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           He
           farther
           conceals
           himself
           ,
           when
           after
           he
           had
           applied
           the
           case
           to
           Church-Guides
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           would
           be
           understood
           of
           private
           and
           ordinary
           Teachers
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           lodges
           it
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           some
           stated
           and
           universal
           Infallible
           and
           unerring
           Guide
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           next
           Question
           .
        
         
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           
             But
             if
             all
             Necssaries
             to
             Salvation
             be
             not
             clear
             enough
             in
             Scripture
             to
             be
             understood
             without
             an
             Interpreter
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             be
             necessary
             to
             know
             who
             and
             where
             the
             Interpreter
             is
             .
             If
             you
             remit
             me
             to
             the
             Decision
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             necessary
             to
             know
             whi●h
             is
             that
             Church
             .
             If
             you
             tell
             me
             all
             Christian
             Churches
             joined
             together
             ,
             then
             it
             follows
             that
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             believe
             nothing
             but
             what
             all
             Christians
             agree
             in
             ;
             for
             what
             they
             disagree
             in
             ,
             cannot
             be
             the
             Sentiment
             or
             Decision
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             but
             only
             of
             a
             part
             of
             it
             .
             I
             am
             not
             then
             obliged
             to
             believe
             the
          
           Trinity
           ;
           
             for
             the
          
           Arians
           ,
           
             tho
             Christians
             ,
             deny
             it
             .
             I
             am
             not
             obliged
             to
             believe
             the
          
           Incarnation
           ,
           
             for
             many
             Christians
             deny
             that
             Christ
             was
             God
             made
             Man
             by
             a
             strict
             Incarnation
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             a
             Moral
             Vnion
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Man
             who
             had
             the
             Authority
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             his
             Plenipotentiary
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Now
             then
             let
             me
             know
             on
             what
             all
             Christians
             agree
             ,
             and
             let
             me
             have
             your
             Warrant
             that
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             believe
             neither
             the
          
           Trinity
           nor
           Incarnation
           ,
           
             nor
             any
             thing
             wherein
             all
             Christians
             do
             not
             agree
             .
             Now
             if
             you
             tell
             me
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             stand
             to
             the
             Determination
             of
             one
             particular
             Church
             ,
             or
             some
             and
             not
             all
             ,
             tell
             me
             which
             ,
             and
             why
             that
             or
             those
             more
             than
             others
             ?
             What
             Church
             ,
             for
             Example
             ,
             were
             particular
             Persons
             bound
             to
             follow
             Two
             hundred
             years
             ago
             before
             the
          
           Reformation
           ?
        
         
           
           Our
           Author
           at
           first
           put
           the
           Question
           ,
           
             Whether
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             are
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ?
          
           And
           upon
           this
           he
           argues
           ,
           
             If
             they
             be
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             either
             clearly
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             an
             Interpreter
             for
             the
             meaning
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             not
             .
          
           If
           the
           Addresser
           could
           have
           gained
           the
           first
           Point
           ,
           That
           
             all
             necessaries
             are
             not
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ,
          
           then
           the
           Case
           lay
           fair
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           follow
           (
           as
           he
           supposes
           )
           that
           there
           must
           be
           some
           external
           and
           speaking
           Authority
           from
           whence
           those
           Necessaries
           
             not
             contained
             in
             Scripture
          
           ,
           are
           to
           
           be
           received
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           are
           to
           be
           fought
           :
           This
           is
           a
           Case
           he
           puts
           to
           the
           Question
           ,
           
             If
             not
             ,
             where
             must
             I
             seek
             them
             ?
          
           But
           there
           he
           leaves
           it
           :
           Indeed
           it
           was
           a
           tender
           Point
           ,
           because
           of
           late
           they
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           that
           they
           have
           Scripture
           for
           what
           they
           differ
           from
           us
           in
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           talk
           of
           Necessaries
           not
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           instance
           in
           those
           Necessaries
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           give
           up
           that
           Cause
           which
           they
           have
           so
           much
           laboured
           to
           support
           in
           that
           way
           ;
           and
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           the
           Treasurer
           of
           all
           those
           Necessaries
           ,
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           not
           so
           suitable
           to
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           present
           Age
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           to
           others
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           that
           would
           not
           be
           yielded
           ,
           That
           
             all
             Necessaries
             are
             not
             contained
             in
             Scripture
             ,
          
           he
           then
           puts
           in
           with
           a
           Second
           ,
           That
           
             they
             are
             not
             so
             Clearly
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             need
             an
             Interpreter
          
           ;
           and
           if
           this
           be
           yielded
           ,
           he
           would
           in
           his
           own
           opinion
           ,
           save
           his
           Cause
           ;
           for
           then
           he
           concludes
           there
           must
           be
           some
           Guide
           and
           Interpreter
           ,
           and
           
             it
             will
             be
             necessary
             to
             know
             who
             and
             where
             the
             Interpreter
             is
             .
          
           Now
           if
           we
           may
           guess
           what
           kind
           of
           Interpreter
           or
           Guide
           it
           is
           that
           he
           would
           have
           ,
           it
           's
           one
           that
           is
           necessary
           for
           all
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           whose
           Interpretation
           all
           are
           obliged
           to
           receive
           ;
           a
           Guide
           that
           is
           a
           Judg
           ,
           and
           whose
           Judgment
           is
           absolute
           ,
           final
           ,
           and
           conclusive
           ,
           into
           which
           all
           is
           to
           be
           resolved
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           there
           is
           no
           appeal
           ;
           that
           is
           to
           teach
           
             all
             Necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             not
             contained
             in
             Scripture
          
           ;
           and
           to
           interpret
           the
           meaning
           of
           those
           that
           are
           ;
           without
           which
           we
           cannot
           know
           whether
           there
           be
           a
           Trinity
           ,
           or
           our
           Saviour
           was
           Incarnate
           ;
           and
           upon
           whose
           determination
           all
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Faith
           do
           depend
           for
           their
           declaration
           .
           Here
           the
           Case
           is
           immutably
           fixed
           ,
           says
           our
           Author
           ,
           
             I
             must
             believe
             ;
             it
             's
             necessary
             to
             believe
             ;
             I
             am
             obliged
             to
             believe
             ,
             and
             am
             bound
             to
             follow
          
           ;
           as
           he
           puts
           the
           Case
           .
        
         
         
           But
           now
           we
           that
           are
           for
           Ministerial
           Guides
           and
           Interpreters
           that
           are
           appointed
           by
           God
           for
           the
           teaching
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           whose
           Office
           it
           is
           to
           teach
           them
           so
           as
           they
           may
           understand
           and
           judg
           for
           themselves
           ,
           know
           nothing
           of
           such
           a
           Guide
           as
           he
           would
           introduce
           upon
           us
           ;
           and
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           be
           cautious
           ,
           when
           we
           find
           both
           the
           Apostle
           declaring
           against
           it
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           1.24
           .
           
             Not
             for
             that
             we
             have
             dominion
             over
             your
             Faith
             ,
             but
             are
             helpers
          
           ;
           and
           our
           Saviour
           warning
           us
           against
           such
           an
           Imposition
           ,
           Matth.
           23.8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             Call
             no
             man
             master
             on
             earth
             ,
             for
             one
             is
             your
             master
             .
          
           It
           's
           his
           Prerogative
           alone
           to
           challenge
           such
           an
           absolute
           submission
           from
           us
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           a
           gross
           Usurpation
           in
           any
           other
           to
           claim
           and
           assume
           it
           :
           So
           that
           we
           may
           leave
           our
           Author
           to
           find
           out
           ,
           
             Who
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             Interpreter
             is
          
           ;
           for
           we
           own
           no
           such
           Guide
           or
           Interpreter
           as
           he
           would
           impose
           upon
           us
           ,
           whether
           he
           means
           by
           it
           any
           particular
           Church
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           or
           Society
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           or
           indeed
           any
           humane
           Authority
           whatsoever
           .
           And
           when
           he
           or
           his
           Partizans
           think
           it
           worth
           the
           while
           to
           undertake
           the
           proof
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           shall
           as
           clearly
           prove
           it
           as
           the
           Trinity
           and
           Incarnation
           are
           from
           Scripture
           ;
           we
           that
           profess
           the
           latter
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           
             sincerely
             desirous
             of
             finding
             out
             the
             Truth
          
           as
           he
           can
           be
           ,
           do
           promise
           him
           to
           own
           the
           former
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           Reason
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           have
           a
           fair
           occasion
           offered
           to
           try
           their
           skill
           upon
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           put
           the
           Case
           a
           little
           forward
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sensible
           our
           Author
           would
           take
           it
           in
           good
           part
           to
           have
           it
           granted
           that
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           are
           not
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           it
           brought
           to
           his
           first
           Question
           ,
           
             If
             so
             ,
             where
             must
             I
             seek
             them
             ?
          
           Or
           that
           ,
           They
           are
           
             not
             clear
             enough
             in
             Scripture
             without
             an
             Interpreter
          
           ;
           that
           at
           least
           the
           next
           Question
           may
           be
           brought
           on
           ,
           
             Who
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             Interpreter
             is
             ?
          
           And
           therefore
           to
           gratifie
           him
           as
           much
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           present
           
           suppose
           that
           all
           things
           necessary
           are
           not
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           then
           in
           his
           order
           and
           words
           ,
           I
           ask
           ,
           
             What
             those
             necessaries
             to
             Salvation
             are
             ,
          
           that
           are
           not
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           
             where
             each
             of
             them
             may
             be
             found
             ?
          
           Now
           he
           that
           supposes
           this
           ,
           must
           proceed
           upon
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           (
           since
           no
           Church
           besides
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ,
           is
           of
           this
           mind
           .
           )
           And
           whither
           may
           we
           expect
           to
           be
           directed
           so
           soon
           as
           to
           the
           Creed
           of
           Pope
           Pius
           IV.
           which
           contains
           the
           chief
           of
           those
           Doctrines
           they
           differ
           from
           other
           Churches
           in
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           made
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           received
           and
           believed
           ,
           as
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           ,
           being
           by
           that
           Pope's
           Authority
           ,
           in
           consequence
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           incorporated
           into
           one
           and
           the
           same
           
             Profession
             of
             Faith.
          
           By
           which
           means
           they
           are
           forced
           upon
           one
           of
           these
           two
           Difficulties
           ,
           either
           to
           prove
           their
           new-coined
           Articles
           by
           Scripture
           as
           well
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           ;
           or
           to
           show
           that
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Nicene
           Creed
           are
           no
           more
           to
           be
           proved
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           without
           Tradition
           and
           the
           Churches
           Explication
           ,
           than
           those
           of
           Pope
           Pius
           :
           The
           former
           they
           are
           never
           able
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           attempts
           that
           way
           have
           proved
           vain
           and
           unsuccessful
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           have
           taken
           several
           ways
           for
           the
           latter
           ,
           sometimes
           detracting
           from
           the
           Sufficiency
           or
           Perspicuity
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           at
           other
           times
           exalting
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           Church-Authority
           to
           an
           equality
           with
           it
           .
           For
           since
           all
           these
           Points
           are
           made
           by
           this
           means
           equally
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           and
           since
           it
           's
           as
           necessary
           to
           believe
           on
           pain
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             is
             the
             Mother
             and
             Mistress
             of
             all
             Churches
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             are
             truly
             ,
             really
             ,
             and
             substantially
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Soul
             and
             Divinity
             ,
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Substance
             of
             the
             Bread
             is
             turned
             into
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Substance
             of
             the
             Wine
             into
             his
             Blood
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Since
           it
           's
           as
           necessary
           to
           believe
           this
           ,
           as
           the
           
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           and
           Incarnation
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           sensible
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           proved
           in
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           they
           find
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           give
           the
           same
           Authority
           to
           one
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           down
           the
           Scripture
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           exalt
           the
           Church
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           .
           So
           that
           if
           we
           will
           look
           for
           things
           necessary
           ,
           not
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           can
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           ordain
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           which
           whenever
           so
           ordained
           are
           as
           much
           to
           be
           believed
           and
           received
           as
           those
           which
           have
           their
           Authority
           immediately
           from
           Scripture
           .
           And
           after
           our
           Author
           hath
           beat
           about
           ,
           and
           done
           his
           endeavour
           to
           loosen
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Faith
           from
           the
           written
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
          
           ;
           hither
           he
           would
           bring
           the
           Case
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           
             obliged
             to
             stand
             to
             the
             Determination
             of
             one
             particular
             Church
             ,
          
           as
           he
           insinuates
           ,
           page
           4.
           
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           return
           his
           own
           words
           upon
           him
           ,
           
             If
             you
             remit
             me
             to
             the
             Decision
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             necessary
             to
             know
             which
             is
             that
             Church
             .
          
           For
           since
           there
           are
           several
           pretenders
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           
             Christian
             Arrians
          
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           Dissenters
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           find
           out
           this
           True
           Church
           ,
           and
           
             why
             that
             more
             than
             others
          
           ?
        
         
           Is
           it
           because
           she
           herself
           saith
           she
           is
           the
           True
           Church
           ?
           All
           the
           rest
           claim
           the
           like
           Character
           of
           being
           a
           True
           Church
           ;
           and
           besides
           ;
           this
           is
           to
           demand
           the
           thing
           that
           is
           to
           be
           proved
           .
           Is
           it
           that
           she
           is
           like
           a
           City
           upon
           an
           Hill
           ,
           or
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           to
           be
           known
           by
           a
           self-evident
           Light
           ?
           Why
           is
           it
           not
           then
           as
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           indisputably
           owned
           to
           be
           the
           true
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           True
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           City
           to
           be
           a
           City
           ,
           or
           the
           Sun
           to
           be
           the
           Sun
           ?
           Is
           it
           to
           be
           found
           out
           by
           the
           Notes
           and
           Marks
           of
           the
           True
           Church
           ?
           Then
           we
           must
           find
           out
           the
           Marks
           before
           we
           find
           out
           the
           Church
           that
           is
           to
           be
           known
           by
           
           them
           .
           And
           then
           the
           pinching
           Question
           comes
           on
           ,
           
             Where
             must
             I
             seek
          
           these
           Notes
           ?
           It
           's
           to
           be
           feared
           that
           will
           lead
           us
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           know
           what
           follows
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           Are
           we
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Church
           by
           an
           Infallible
           Guide
           ?
           Then
           we
           are
           to
           find
           such
           a
           Guide
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           have
           no
           direction
           where
           to
           seek
           ,
           or
           by
           what
           Notes
           we
           may
           know
           it
           .
           Here
           indeed
           we
           are
           left
           in
           a
           Maze
           to
           beat
           out
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           have
           made
           the
           Church
           a
           Guide
           ,
           have
           appointed
           no
           Guide
           to
           lead
           us
           to
           the
           Church
           .
           That
           is
           a
           Track
           we
           must
           find
           of
           our selves
           ,
           there
           we
           must
           use
           our
           own
           simple
           Reason
           ,
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           Enquiry
           .
           So
           that
           how
           certain
           soever
           we
           may
           be
           when
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           be
           infallibly
           certain
           which
           is
           the
           Church
           that
           
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             follow
          
           ;
           because
           this
           kind
           of
           certainty
           is
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           had
           out
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           we
           have
           gone
           thus
           far
           upon
           Supposition
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           once
           more
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           is
           upon
           the
           Hill
           visible
           and
           demonstrable
           ,
           yet
           because
           the
           Church
           is
           a
           Collective
           Body
           ,
           where
           is
           the
           Seat
           of
           that
           Infallible
           Authority
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           to
           attend
           to
           ,
           and
           finally
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           ?
           Is
           it
           in
           every
           particular
           person
           ?
           Then
           because
           Infallibility
           knows
           no
           degrees
           ,
           I
           my self
           should
           in
           that
           Church
           be
           as
           Infallible
           as
           the
           Supreme
           Pastor
           of
           it
           .
           Is
           it
           in
           one
           particular
           person
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           General
           Council
           ?
           
             Who
             ,
             and
             where
             is
             it
             ?
          
           Must
           I
           suspend
           till
           I
           know
           ,
           or
           till
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Church
           agree
           in
           it
           ?
           If
           you
           tell
           me
           
             all
             joyned
             together
          
           (
           as
           our
           Author
           has
           taught
           me
           to
           Reason
           )
           
             then
             it
             follows
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             believe
             nothing
          
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           
             but
             what
             all
             agree
             in
             ;
             for
             what
             they
             disagree
             in
             ,
             cannot
             be
             the
             Sentiment
             or
             Decision
             of
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             but
             only
             of
             a
             part
             of
             it
             .
             I
             am
             not
             then
             obliged
             to
             believe
          
           the
           Pope's
           Infallibility
           ;
           for
           the
           Councils
           
           of
           Basil
           and
           Constance
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           Church
           ,
           tho
           Papists
           
             deny
             it
          
           .
           Nor
           am
           I
           
             obliged
             to
             believe
          
           a
           Council
           Infallible
           without
           the
           Pope
           ,
           because
           those
           at
           
             Rome
             deny
             it
          
           .
           And
           because
           what
           's
           a
           good
           Argument
           in
           one
           case
           ,
           is
           good
           in
           another
           ;
           let
           me
           have
           our
           Author's
           
             Warrant
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             bound
             to
             believe
             neither
          
           Infallible
           ,
           since
           neither
           of
           these
           agree
           with
           the
           other
           .
           For
           certainly
           I
           am
           no
           more
           
             obliged
             to
             believe
             the
          
           Infallibility
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           which
           they
           do
           thus
           disagree
           in
           ,
           than
           our
           Author
           would
           perswade
           us
           that
           we
           are
           
             not
             obliged
             to
             believe
             the
             Trinity
             ,
          
           because
           
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             tho
             Christians
             ,
             deny
             it
             .
          
           But
           supposing
           that
           the
           Seat
           of
           Infallibility
           be
           clear
           and
           evident
           ;
           Yet
           how
           can
           I
           ,
           that
           am
           at
           a
           vast
           distance
           of
           years
           or
           place
           from
           that
           Oracle
           ,
           whatever
           it
           is
           ,
           be
           infallibly
           assured
           that
           these
           that
           are
           put
           into
           my
           hands
           are
           the
           very
           Results
           and
           Decrees
           of
           that
           Authority
           ?
           Or
           that
           this
           that
           I
           think
           ,
           or
           am
           told
           ,
           is
           the
           true
           and
           undoubted
           sense
           of
           them
           ?
           Or
           (
           to
           speak
           modestly
           )
           How
           can
           I
           be
           as
           much
           assured
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           of
           the
           Authority
           and
           Sence
           of
           Scripture
           ?
           Or
           that
           Christ
           hath
           not
           spoken
           as
           plainly
           and
           intelligibly
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           his
           Vicar
           or
           Substitutes
           have
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Canons
           and
           Decrees
           ?
           So
           that
           tho
           the
           Church
           be
           Infallible
           ,
           and
           I
           a
           Member
           of
           that
           Infallible
           Church
           ;
           yet
           what
           will
           that
           Infallibility
           avail
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           am
           without
           the
           doors
           of
           that
           Infallible
           Council
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           immediate
           Dictates
           of
           the
           Infallible
           Chair
           ?
           And
           unless
           the
           spirit
           of
           Infallibility
           descends
           from
           the
           Chair
           to
           the
           meanest
           Priest
           who
           is
           to
           instruct
           and
           direct
           me
           ;
           or
           is
           indorsed
           upon
           every
           Decree
           ,
           and
           inspires
           every
           Article
           with
           its
           own
           unerring
           sense
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           infallibly
           certain
           .
           And
           I
           may
           be
           no
           more
           certain
           of
           the
           true
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Infallible
           Church
           ,
           than
           I
           am
           of
           the
           sense
           of
           Scripture
           under
           the
           Conduct
           of
           a
           Fallible
           Church
           ;
           since
           the
           
           immediate
           Authority
           I
           depend
           upon
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           the
           Sense
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           all
           this
           while
           Fallible
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           I
           am
           told
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           Creed
           as
           that
           before
           mentioned
           of
           Pope
           Pius
           IV.
           that
           contains
           in
           it
           such
           Articles
           that
           every
           one
           is
           so
           bound
           to
           believe
           ,
           as
           
             without
             the
             belief
             of
             which
             no
             Man
             can
             be
             saved
             :
          
           And
           I
           find
           in
           that
           Creed
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             is
             the
             Mother
             and
             Mistress
             of
             all
             Churches
             .
          
           And
           yet
           how
           shall
           I
           be
           Infallibly
           assured
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           there
           ever
           was
           such
           a
           person
           as
           Pope
           Pius
           the
           4th
           ?
           or
           that
           he
           ever
           composed
           such
           a
           Creed
           ?
           or
           that
           the
           foresaid
           Supremacy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           is
           one
           of
           those
           Articles
           ?
           The
           Pope
           I
           never
           saw
           ,
           nor
           am
           like
           to
           see
           .
           A
           Council
           is
           a
           rare
           thing
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           care
           not
           to
           hear
           of
           at
           Rome
           ,
           and
           are
           able
           to
           do
           as
           well
           without
           as
           with
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           where
           shall
           I
           be
           infallibly
           instructed
           in
           these
           matters
           ?
           How
           shall
           I
           then
           be
           sure
           that
           the
           Article
           aforesaid
           is
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             is
             the
             Mistress
          
           of
           all
           Churches
           within
           the
           particular
           Diocess
           of
           Rome
           only
           ?
           For
           here
           is
           a
           different
           use
           of
           the
           same
           Word
           ;
           and
           if
           ,
           in
           our
           Author's
           way
           of
           Arguing
           ,
           a
           different
           use
           of
           the
           same
           word
           will
           render
           us
           uncapable
           of
           attaining
           the
           sense
           contained
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           to
           little
           purpose
           to
           read
           the
           word
           without
           an
           Infallible
           Assistant
           always
           at
           hand
           to
           explain
           it
           clearly
           and
           certainly
           to
           us
           .
           So
           that
           if
           there
           be
           no
           better
           
             way
             to
             end
             the
             many
             Controversies
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
          
           than
           what
           he
           calls
           
             the
             only
             and
             surest
             way
          
           ,
           they
           are
           likely
           to
           continue
           for
           his
           time
           .
           And
           if
           their
           Church
           has
           no
           surer
           way
           to
           bring
           the
           Case
           to
           an
           issue
           ,
           than
           this
           of
           exposing
           Christianity
           to
           save
           themselves
           ,
           they
           will
           as
           soon
           make
           men
           to
           quit
           all
           Religion
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           they
           have
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           theirs
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           cannot
           be
           ,
           but
           by
           subverting
           those
           Principles
           upon
           which
           the
           best
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Christian
           ,
           is
           supported
           .
        
         
         
           Here
           I
           might
           have
           concluded
           ;
           but
           our
           Author
           may
           take
           it
           ill
           ,
           if
           after
           I
           have
           traced
           him
           from
           Paragraph
           to
           Paragraph
           ,
           I
           should
           leave
           out
           his
           pathetical
           Conclusion
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           follows
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     I
                     conceive
                  
                   ,
                   
                   
                     an
                     Answer
                     to
                     these
                     Doubts
                     absolutely
                     necessary
                     for
                     the
                     Salvation
                     of
                     my
                     Soul.
                     For
                     how
                     can
                     I
                     be
                     saved
                     ,
                     if
                     I
                     know
                     not
                     what
                     is
                     necessary
                     thereunto
                     ?
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     say
                     a
                     satisfactory
                     one
                     ,
                     for
                     no
                     other
                     can
                     flow
                     from
                     your
                     Learned
                     and
                     virtuous
                     Pens
                     ;
                     I
                     only
                     fear
                     that
                     some
                     Pin-feather'd
                     Divine
                     ,
                     out
                     of
                     an
                     itch
                     to
                     appear
                     in
                     Print
                     ,
                     may
                     prevent
                     yours
                     ,
                     and
                     put
                     me
                     off
                     with
                     a
                     Flim-flam
                     ,
                     or
                     an
                     uncharitable
                     Jeer
                     ,
                     or
                     Railing
                     against
                     some
                     particular
                     Church
                     he
                     may
                     fancy
                     me
                     to
                     be
                     of
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     nothing
                     to
                     my
                     purpose
                     ,
                     who
                     seek
                     where
                     I
                     may
                     find
                     securely
                     Necessaries
                     to
                     Salvation
                     ,
                     not
                     where
                     I
                     cannot
                     find
                     them
                     .
                     This
                     would
                     be
                     also
                     prejudicial
                     to
                     the
                     Church
                     of
                  
                   England
                   ;
                   
                     for
                     when
                     Men
                     see
                     Doubts
                     so
                     sincerely
                     and
                     submissively
                     Proposed
                     ,
                     Answered
                     only
                     with
                     Jeers
                     ,
                     Railing
                     and
                     Invectives
                     ,
                     or
                     omitted
                     and
                     let
                     pass
                     ,
                     as
                     not
                     deserving
                     an
                     Answer
                     ,
                     they
                     must
                     needs
                     doubt
                     of
                     the
                     Learning
                     ae
                     well
                     as
                     of
                     the
                     Virtue
                     and
                     Charity
                     of
                     their
                     Leaders
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Now
                     were
                     the
                     Satisfaction
                     I
                     here
                     desire
                     ,
                     intended
                     for
                     myself
                     alone
                     ,
                     it
                     might
                     have
                     seemed
                     more
                     proper
                     to
                     have
                     made
                     my
                     Address
                     in
                     particular
                     to
                     some
                     one
                     of
                     your
                     Reverend
                     and
                     Learned
                     Body
                     ;
                     but
                     forasmuch
                     as
                     it
                     concerns
                     so
                     many
                     others
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     I
                     perswade
                     my self
                     ,
                     will
                     prove
                     extremely
                     beneficial
                     to
                     Religion
                     ,
                     it
                     being
                     the
                     surest
                     ,
                     nay
                     only
                     way
                     to
                     end
                     the
                     many
                     Controversies
                     of
                     this
                     Age
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     forced
                     to
                     desire
                     of
                     you
                     ,
                     whose
                     high
                     Character
                     obliges
                     you
                     to
                     a
                     Zeal
                     of
                     Souls
                     ,
                     a
                     publick
                     ,
                     and
                     withal
                     a
                     speedy
                     Answer
                     ,
                     by
                     which
                     you
                     will
                     highly
                     oblige
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     SIRS
                     ,
                     Yours
                     ever
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   LONDON
                   :
                   Printed
                   for
                   
                     Randall
                     Taylor
                  
                   ,
                   1688.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           Our
           Author
           has
           too
           plainly
           discovered
           himself
           ,
           and
           had
           reason
           to
           suppose
           his
           Reader
           might
           
             well
             fancy
             him
             to
             be
             of
             some
             particular
             Church
          
           ;
           and
           he
           may
           as
           well
           expect
           to
           receive
           a
           due
           Correction
           for
           this
           his
           Dissimulation
           ,
           that
           pretends
           to
           be
           in
           doubt
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Church
           (
           as
           he
           supposes
           )
           Infallible
           ;
           that
           pretends
           
             the
             Answer
             to
             these
             Doubts
             absolutely
             necessary
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             his
             Soul
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           is
           of
           a
           Church
           in
           which
           he
           is
           judged
           to
           hazard
           his
           Soul
           if
           he
           doth
           but
           doubt
           ;
           that
           Presents
           
             An
             Address
             to
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           to
           resolve
           his
           Doubts
           ,
           and
           yet
           has
           a
           Guide
           of
           his
           own
           whom
           
             it's
             necessary
             to
             believe
          
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           
             is
             bound
             to
             follow
          
           ;
           that
           pretends
           to
           be
           
             sincerely
             desirous
             of
             finding
             out
             the
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           doth
           all
           he
           can
           to
           involve
           it
           :
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           brings
           these
           very
           Doubts
           to
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           of
           late
           so
           frequently
           answered
           by
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           Confutation
           ,
           tho
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           not
           altogether
           to
           the
           Silencing
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           .
           I
           will
           direct
           him
           to
           the
           Books
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           by
           way
           of
           Courtesie
           he
           will
           in
           his
           next
           direct
           us
           to
           the
           Answers
           that
           have
           been
           since
           returned
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Peoples
             Right
             to
             Read
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             in
             Answer
             to
             the
             Representer
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Discourse
             concerning
             a
             Guide
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Answer
           to
           some
           late
           Papers
           .
           
             Page
             40
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           late
           Dialogue
           ,
           between
           a
           New
           Catholick
           Convert
           ,
           and
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           to
           prove
           the
           Mystery
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Trinity
           and
           Transubstantiation
           compared
           ,
           
             &c.
             in
             2
             parts
          
           .
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           the
           Request
           to
           Protestants
           to
           produce
           plain
           Scriptures
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             With
             the
             Vindication
             of
             it
             ,
             called
             ,
          
           A
           Short
           Summary
           of
           the
           principal
           Controversies
           .
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           a
           Book
           Entituled
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Authority
           .
           
             Page
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           The
           Difference
           betwixt
           the
           Protestant
           and
           Socinian
           Methods
           ,
           
             in
             Answer
             to
             the
          
           Potestant's
           Plea
           for
           a
           Socinian
           .
        
         
           All
           these
           Books
           ,
           with
           several
           others
           to
           the
           same
           purpurpose
           ,
           were
           Printed
           the
           last
           year
           ;
           and
           if
           our
           Author
           had
           consulted
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           and
           had
           as
           sincerely
           read
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           pretends
           to
           propose
           his
           doubts
           ;
           whatever
           his
           Confidence
           might
           ,
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           his
           Conscience
           would
           not
           have
           found
           any
           just
           occasion
           to
           have
           made
           this
           Address
           ,
           nor
           needed
           Another
           to
           Answer
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           nothing
           less
           will
           satisfy
           our
           Author
           ,
           than
           an
           Answer
           from
           
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
           It
           's
           not
           a
           particular
           person
           that
           he
           conceives
           sufficiently
           qualified
           to
           undertake
           his
           Case
           ,
           and
           to
           rescue
           his
           Soul
           ,
           which
           he
           is
           so
           
             solicitous
             to
             save
          
           out
           of
           this
           danger
           ;
           and
           
             to
             instruct
             him
             in
             this
             weighty
             Affair
             .
          
           But
           it
           is
           
             their
             Reverend
             and
             Learned
             Body
          
           (
           as
           he
           fleeringly
           stiles
           them
           )
           that
           he
           presents
           his
           Address
           to
           ;
           from
           whom
           he
           expects
           a
           
             Publick
             ,
             and
             withal
             a
             Speedy
             Answer
             .
          
           He
           writes
           as
           if
           they
           were
           now
           in
           Convocation
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           were
           all
           obliged
           through
           the
           Two
           Provinces
           forthwith
           to
           assemble
           about
           this
           important
           Case
           ;
           and
           by
           one
           Solemn
           Act
           of
           theirs
           ,
           
           to
           return
           
             an
             Answer
             to
             these
             Doubts
             ,
             which
             is
             absolutely
             necessary
             for
             the
             Salvation
          
           of
           his
           Soul.
           But
           because
           it
           's
           now
           not
           a
           season
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           't
           will
           be
           too
           long
           to
           stay
           till
           the
           days
           grow
           longer
           ,
           and
           the
           ways
           better
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           might
           as
           well
           presume
           to
           try
           what
           might
           be
           done
           by
           a
           private
           hand
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           as
           well
           accept
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           might
           
             Present
             an
             Address
             to
             the
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             in
             behalf
             of
             himself
             and
             others
             ,
          
           and
           at
           last
           subscribe
           in
           his
           own
           name
           with
           a
           ,
           
             Sirs
             ,
             Yours
             ever
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswell
          
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Eucharist
          
           in
           the
           two
           great
           Points
           of
           the
           
             Real
             Presence
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Adoration
             of
             the
             Host
          
           ;
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           
             Two
             Discourses
          
           lately
           Printed
           at
           Oxford
           on
           this
           Subject
           :
           To
           which
           is
           prefixed
           a
           large
           Historical
           Preface
           relating
           to
           the
           same
           Argument
           .
        
         
           Two
           Discourses
           ;
           Of
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Dead
           .
        
         
           The
           Fifteen
           Notes
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           laid
           down
           by
           Cardinal
           Bellarmin
           examined
           and
           confuted
           .
           4
           
           0.
           With
           a
           Table
           to
           the
           Whole
           .
        
         
           
             Preparation
             for
             Death
          
           :
           Being
           a
           Letter
           sent
           to
           a
           young
           Gentlewoman
           in
           France
           ,
           in
           a
           dangerous
           Distemper
           of
           which
           she
           died
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Wake
          
           ,
           M.
           A
           120.
           
        
         
           The
           Difference
           between
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Rome
          
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           a
           late
           Book
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Agreement
             between
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             and
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Private
             Prayer
          
           to
           be
           used
           in
           difficult
           Times
           .
        
         
           A
           True
           Account
           of
           a
           Conference
           held
           about
           Religion
           at
           
             London
             ,
             Sept.
          
           29.
           1687.
           between
           
             A.
             Pulton
          
           ,
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           
             Th.
             Tenison
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           as
           also
           of
           that
           which
           led
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           followed
           after
           it
           .
           4
           
           0.
        
         
           The
           Vindication
           of
           
             A
             Cressener
          
           ,
           Schoolmaster
           in
           Long-Acre
           ,
           from
           the
           Aspersions
           of
           
             A.
             Pulton
          
           ,
           Jesuit
           ,
           Schoolmaster
           in
           the
           Savoy
           ,
           together
           with
           some
           Account
           of
           his
           Discourse
           with
           Mr.
           Meredith
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           shewing
           that
           Protestants
           are
           on
           the
           safer
           Side
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           uncharitable
           Judgment
           of
           thier
           Adversaries
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Their
             Religion
          
           is
           the
           surest
           Way
           to
           Heaven
           .
           4
           
           0.
        
         
           Six
           Conferences
           concerning
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           wherein
           is
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           overthrows
           the
           Proofs
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           the
           pretended
           Sacrament
           of
           
             Extreme
             Vnction
          
           ;
           with
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Occasions
           and
           Beginnings
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Western
           Church
           .
           In
           Three
           Parts
           .
           With
           a
           Letter
           to
           the
           Vindicator
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Condom
           .
        
         
           The
           Pamphlet
           entituled
           ,
           
             Speculum
             Ecclesiasticum
          
           ,
           or
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           Prospective-Glass
           ,
           considered
           ,
           in
           its
           False
           Reasonings
           and
           Quotations
           .
           There
           are
           added
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Preface
           ,
           two
           further
           Answers
           ,
           the
           First
           ,
           to
           the
           Defender
           of
           the
           Speculum
           ;
           the
           Second
           to
           the
           Half-sheet
           against
           the
           
             Six
             Conferences
          
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Second
             Defence
          
           of
           the
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           against
           the
           new
           Exceptions
           of
           
             Mons.
             de
             Meaux
          
           ,
           late
           Bishop
           of
           Condom
           ,
           and
           his
           Vindicator
           .
           The
           FIRST
           PART
           .
           In
           which
           the
           Account
           that
           has
           been
           given
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
           Meaux's
           Exposition
           ,
           is
           fully
           Vindicated
           ;
           the
           Distinction
           of
           Old
           and
           New
           Popery
           Historically
           asserted
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           in
           Point
           of
           Image-worship
           ,
           more
           particularly
           considered
           .
           4
           
           0.
        
         
           A
           
             Second
             Defence
          
           of
           the
           Exposition
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           against
           the
           New
           Exceptions
           of
           
             Mons.
             de
             Meaux
          
           ,
           late
           Bishop
           of
           Condom
           ,
           and
           his
           Vindicator
           .
           The
           SECOND
           PART
           .
        
         
           The
           Incurable
           Scepticism
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           [
           
             Six
             Conferences
             concerning
             the
             Eucharist
          
           ]
           4
           
           0.
        
         
           Mr.
           Pulton
           Considered
           in
           his
           Sincerity
           ,
           Reasonings
           ,
           Authorities
           :
           Or
           a
           Just
           Answer
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           hitherto
           published
           in
           his
           
             True
             Account
          
           ;
           his
           
             True
             and
             Full
             Account
             of
             a
             Conference
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           His
           Remarks
           ;
           and
           in
           them
           his
           pretended
           Confutation
           of
           what
           he
           calls
           Dr.
           
             T
             's
             Rule
             of
             Faith.
          
           By
           
             Th.
             Tenison
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           A
           Full
           View
           of
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           
             Ancient
             Church
          
           relating
           to
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           wholly
           different
           from
           those
           of
           the
           
             Present
             Roman
             Church
          
           ,
           and
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           belief
           of
           Transubstantiation
           .
           Being
           a
           sufficient
           Confutation
           of
           
             Consensus
             Veterum
             ,
             Nubes
             Testium
          
           ,
           and
           other
           late
           Collections
           of
           the
           Fathers
           pretend●ng
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
           40
        
         
           An
           Answer
           to
           the
           
           Representer's
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           State
           and
           View
           of
           the
           
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66372-e200
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             De
             Doctr.
             Christ.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Sum.
             Part
             3.
             
             Tit.
             18.
             c.
             3.
             ff
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             White
             's
             Way
             to
             the
             true
             Church
             .
             Sect.
             8.
             
             N.
             2.
             
          
           
             Enarrat
             .
             in
             ps
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             In
             John
             1.1
             .
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Homil.
             1.
             in
             Math
             &
             Hom.
             3
             de
             Laz.
             
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Q.
             4.
             
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Address
             .