A vindication of that part of Spira's despair revived which is challenged by the Anabaptists, and shamefully callumniated by John Wells, a Baptist preacher : wherein also some things are handled relating to infant baptism and dipping in baptism : particularly it is evinced that dipping is not essential to the sacrament of baptism / by Thomas James, author of Spira's despair revived.
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             A vindication of that part of Spira's despair revived which is challenged by the Anabaptists, and shamefully callumniated by John Wells, a Baptist preacher : wherein also some things are handled relating to infant baptism and dipping in baptism : particularly it is evinced that dipping is not essential to the sacrament of baptism / by Thomas James, author of Spira's despair revived.
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           A
           VINDICATION
           Of
           that
           Part
           of
           
           SPIRA's
           Despair
           Revived
           Which
           is
           Challenged
           by
           the
           ANABAPTISTS
           And
           Shamefully
           Callumniated
           By
           
             JOHN
             WELLS
          
           ,
           a
           Baptist
           Preacher
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           also
           some
           Things
           are
           Handled
           RELATING
           TO
           Infant
           Baptism
           ,
           AND
           DIPPING
           in
           BAPTISM
           ,
           Particularly
           it
           is
           Evinced
           ,
           That
           Dipping
           is
           not
           Essential
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptism
           .
        
         
           By
           THOMAS
           JAMES
           ,
           
             Author
             of
          
           Spira's
           Despair
           Revived
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Lawrence
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           those
           Inhabitants
           of
           Ashford
           and
           the
           adjacent
           Parishes
           ,
           who
           attend
           upon
           my
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           
             Beloved
             Christians
             ;
          
        
         
           THE
           Dedication
           of
           these
           few
           Sheets
           of
           my
           Vindicatio●
           is
           due
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           a
           Crime
           to
           prefix
           any
           ●ther
           Name
           or
           Names
           :
           You
           are
           concerned
           with
           me
           in
           th●
           Matters
           here
           spoken
           to
           ;
           and
           your
           Concern
           is
           little
           le●●
           than
           that
           of
           my
           own
           ;
           yea
           upon
           some
           Accounts
           it
           is
           evident●●
           greater
           :
           You
           have
           also
           some
           knowledge
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           yea
           som●
           of
           you
           do
           know
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           I
           write
           ,
           to
           your
           exceedin●
           great
           grief
           and
           sorrow
           .
           This
           Neighbourhood
           hath
           of
           a
           long
           tim●
           been
           the
           Seat
           of
           many
           Anabaptists
           ;
           and
           the
           Stirs
           they
           have
           mad●
           have
           not
           been
           small
           ;
           witness
           that
           Disputation
           held
           in
           the
           Paris●
           Church
           July
           27.
           1649.
           between
           Fisher
           and
           several
           Ministers
           ,
           b●fore
           some
           thousands
           of
           Hearers
           (
           about
           three
           Thousand
           ,
           as
           th●
           Printed
           Relation
           telleth
           us
           it
           was
           guessed
           )
           and
           a
           late
           one
           b●tween
           them
           and
           my
           Predecessour
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           not
           come
           short
           〈◊〉
           my
           time
           ,
           having
           urged
           me
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           answere●
           them
           only
           with
           contempt
           of
           their
           Challenge
           .
        
         
           The
           Reflection
           I
           made
           touching
           their
           troubling
           weak
           and
           unst●ble
           Souls
           ,
           and
           their
           Practices
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           are
           Matters
           well
           know●
           to
           many
           of
           you
           :
           Every
           Day
           discovers
           how
           restless
           they
           are
           〈◊〉
           turn
           some
           or
           other
           of
           you
           away
           from
           the
           Faith
           you
           profess
           ,
           an●
           to
           make
           you
           renounce
           your
           first
           Baptism
           .
           Vpon
           these
           Account
           〈◊〉
           judge
           it
           a
           part
           of
           my
           Ministry
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           received
           in
           th●
           Lord
           ,
           to
           watch
           over
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           you
           from
           those
           Seducer●
           and
           if
           I
           should
           not
           take
           all
           occasions
           to
           warn
           ,
           to
           exhort
           ,
           and
           i●struct
           
           you
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           I
           should
           not
           fulfil
           the
           same
           .
           Beware
           of
           ●hem
           therefore
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           terrified
           and
           dismay'd
           at
           their
           bold
           and
           desperate
           Speeches
           ,
           cavilling
           at
           ,
           and
           condemning
           Infant-Bap●ism
           as
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           ,
           a
           Scriptureless
           thing
           ,
           as
           Antichristian
           ;
           which
           yet
           was
           practised
           many
           hundred
           of
           Years
           before
           the
           Name
           of
           Anabaptists
           ,
           or
           Baptists
           (
           being
           taken
           for
           a
           Society
           of
           People
           opposing
           Infant
           Baptism
           )
           was
           ever
           known
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           long
           before
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           was
           ever
           revealed
           .
           But
           why
           should
           ●ou
           be
           afraid
           to
           have
           your
           Children
           baptized
           ,
           when
           Christ
           shewed
           his
           Love
           to
           those
           Lambs
           ,
           by
           taking
           them
           in
           his
           Arms
           and
           blessing
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           makes
           no
           difference
           be●ween
           them
           and
           the
           oldest
           Disciples
           ,
           calling
           them
           Holy
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             the
             Promises
             equally
             belong
             to
             them
          
           ;
           and
           God
           to
           where
           in
           all
           his
           Word
           forbids
           you
           to
           dedicate
           them
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           refuseth
           them
           ?
           Let
           them
           shew
           you
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           ,
           which
           forbids
           Children
           to
           be
           baptized
           .
           What
           ,
           hath
           God
           less
           love
           for
           your
           Children
           than
           for
           those
           of
           his
           old
           People
           the
           Jews
           ?
           Is
           his
           Mercy
           clean
           gone
           from
           our
           ●hildren
           ?
           Is
           he
           not
           the
           God
           of
           the
           Christians
           also
           ?
           Yes
           ve●ily
           the
           same
           God
           in
           Covenant
           ;
           for
           he
           is
           a
           God
           keeping
           Cove●ant
           and
           Mercy
           with
           his
           People
           ;
           whose
           People
           we
           are
           if
           we
           be●ieve
           on
           Jesus
           Christ
           his
           Son
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           Children
           of
           Abra●am
           ,
           to
           whom
           Circumcision
           was
           given
           as
           a
           Seal
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ●od
           made
           with
           him
           and
           his
           Seed
           ;
           to
           which
           Baptism
           now
           answers
           ;
           Christ
           changing
           the
           two
           old
           Sacraments
           ,
           Circumcision
           and
           the
           Passo●er
           ,
           into
           Baptism
           and
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           the
           Subjects
           of
           them
           ●ho
           were
           to
           receive
           Spiritual
           Benefit
           and
           Priviledge
           thereby
           ●eing
           still
           the
           same
           .
           Many
           things
           I
           know
           they
           have
           written
           to
           ●isprove
           this
           ;
           but
           I
           seriously
           profess
           ,
           that
           their
           Distinctions
           and
           ●ub
           distinctions
           about
           Circumcision
           being
           a
           Seal
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           ●ot
           to
           his
           Seed
           ;
           the
           two
           Covenants
           God
           made
           with
           him
           ,
           
             &
             c.
          
           ●●re
           so
           handled
           by
           them
           in
           some
           of
           their
           Books
           scattered
           among
           us
           ,
           ●hat
           I
           can
           hardly
           understand
           them
           ,
           and
           wonder
           how
           they
           could
           render
           ●●ich
           plain
           Matters
           so
           intricate
           .
           But
           until
           they
           can
           shew
           you
           ●ow
           God
           makes
           a
           difference
           between
           Children
           under
           the
           Law
           and
           
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           taking
           theirs
           in
           ,
           and
           leaving
           ours
           out
           ,
           why
           should
           yo●
           keep
           your
           Children
           back
           from
           the
           priviledge
           of
           so
           blessed
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           or
           seek
           a
           new
           Baptism
           for
           your selves
           ?
           As
           for
           the
           point
           of
           Dipping
           ,
           can
           you
           ,
           dare
           you
           lay
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           Efficacy
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           wholly
           upon
           the
           quantity
           of
           Water
           ,
           as
           though
           the
           application
           of
           more
           ,
           or
           in
           another
           way
           than
           Sprinkling
           or
           pouring●
           could
           profit
           you
           so
           exceedingly
           ?
           Or
           ,
           must
           you
           needs
           be
           adult
           ,
           and
           profess
           yo●
           Faith
           ,
           as
           though
           the
           Vertue
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           did
           wholly
           consist
           in
           what
           you
           do
           ,
           and
           nothing
           in
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           〈◊〉
           Cannot
           God
           bless
           his
           own
           Ordinance
           to
           Infants
           ?
           Beware
           ,
           I
           be●seech
           you
           ,
           least
           you
           should
           provoke
           God
           ,
           by
           limiting
           him
           after
           thi●
           manner
           ,
           and
           scandalize
           your
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           even
           the
           purest
           of
           them
           (
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Wa●denses
           ,
           now
           commonly
           called
           Vaudois
           ,
           who
           were
           never
           tainte●
           with
           any
           Corruption
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           but
           certainly
           the
           most
           pur●
           and
           Apostolical
           in
           the
           World
           )
           who
           baptize
           Infants
           ,
           and
           generall●
           apply
           the
           Element
           of
           Baptism
           some
           other
           way
           than
           by
           dipping
           as
           by
           pouring
           it
           on
           ,
           sprinkling
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           what
           do
           yo●
           see
           in
           these
           Men
           that
           you
           should
           think
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           came
           only
           to
           them
           ?
           What
           Power
           and
           Demonstration
           of
           the
           Spirit
           is
           ther●
           in
           their
           Preaching
           ?
           What
           Holiness
           and
           Exemplariness
           in
           the●●
           Lives
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           to
           convince
           you
           that
           they
           are
           the
           Peop●●
           of
           God
           above
           others
           ?
           I
           do
           not
           go
           about
           to
           set
           you
           against
           their
           Persons
           ,
           or
           Societies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           say
           nothing
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           the●●
           Reproach
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           shewing
           you
           how
           vain
           it
           is
           to
           believe
           eve●●
           Word
           they
           say
           ,
           to
           prevent
           your
           being
           insnared
           by
           their
           confident
           boasting
           of
           things
           they
           are
           never
           able
           to
           prove
           .
           Let
           me
           speak
           〈◊〉
           some
           of
           you
           in
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           
             Be
             no
             more
             Childre●
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             ,
             and
             carried
             about
             with
             every
             wind
             of
             Doctrin●
             by
             the●
             slight
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             cunning
             craftiness
             ,
             whereby
             the
             he
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             :
          
           And
           I
           do
           earnestly
           exhort
           you
           all
           ,
           to
           a●tend
           to
           that
           Gospel
           Precept
           ,
           
             If
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             ●●th
             〈◊〉
             you
             ,
             live
             peaceably
             with
             all
             Men
          
           ;
           live
           peaceably
           even
           wi●●
           these
           Men
           ;
           as
           they
           are
           Neighbours
           live
           in
           love
           ;
           let
           not
           the●
           Questions
           and
           Strivings
           about
           Matters
           of
           this
           or
           any
           other
           natu●●
           
           imbitter
           your
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           provoke
           you
           to
           speak
           unadvisedly
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           any
           Misbehaviour
           in
           your
           Actions
           ;
           rather
           pity
           them
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           them
           :
           They
           are
           their
           own
           Enemies-many
           ways
           ,
           especially
           their
           Childrens
           ,
           whom
           they
           debarr
           of
           many
           blessed
           Priviledges
           ;
           therefore
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           be
           at
           peace
           with
           them
           :
           The
           strange
           Divisions
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           our
           Nativity
           is
           a
           sorrowful
           Consideration
           to
           all
           that
           fear
           God
           ,
           and
           are
           by
           no
           means
           unnecessarily
           to
           be
           widened
           :
           I
           could
           upon
           this
           account
           be
           content
           most
           gladly
           to
           be
           silent
           ;
           but
           my
           own
           defence
           ,
           and
           your
           security
           ,
           will
           excuse
           my
           Vndertaking
           :
           But
           truly
           I
           had
           rather
           appear
           among
           you
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           than
           in
           Print
           ;
           and
           had
           rather
           speak
           five
           Words
           to
           Edification
           than
           ten
           thousand
           in
           a
           way
           of
           endless
           Controversie
           .
           As
           for
           you
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           believe
           the
           Promises
           ,
           observe
           the
           Institutions
           ,
           and
           obey
           the
           Words
           and
           Commandments
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           keep
           your selves
           pure
           ,
           that
           none
           may
           be
           able
           to
           speak
           evil
           of
           you
           ,
           or
           to
           reproach
           your
           good
           Conversation
           ;
           this
           will
           give
           you
           Peace
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           your
           everlasting
           Happiness
           .
           For
           this
           I
           make
           my
           Prayers
           to
           God
           for
           you
           ;
           as
           also
           that
           he
           would
           stablish
           ,
           strengthen
           ,
           settle
           you
           ;
           hoping
           to
           approve
           my self
           a
           faithful
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           unto
           you
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           desiring
           and
           endeavouring
           your
           eternal
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             in
             the
             Work
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             THOMAS
             JAMES
             .
          
           
             From
             my
             Study
             ,
             
               June
               25
               ,
               1695.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           ON
           May
           21.
           
           I
           received
           a
           Letter
           with
           a
           printed
           Book
           inclosed
           ,
           being
           entituled
           ,
           
             A
             Reply
             to
             that
             part
             of
          
           Spira's
           
             Despair
             Revived
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Baptists
             in
             general
             are
             concerned
             ;
             but
             more
             especially
             those
             at
          
           Ashford
           in
           Kent
           .
           &c.
           Upon
           reading
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           I
           find
           it
           such
           as
           may
           ,
           if
           unanswer'd
           ,
           turn
           to
           my
           great
           Disgrace
           and
           Contempt
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           so
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           a
           means
           to
           invalidate
           that
           Evidence
           which
           I
           have
           brought
           in
           that
           
             Spira
             revived
          
           for
           the
           Truths
           of
           the
           blessed
           Gospel
           ,
           witnessing
           against
           the
           Atheistical
           Principles
           of
           this
           Age
           :
           And
           yet
           further
           ,
           this
           shameful
           Reply
           (
           for
           so
           it
           shall
           quickly
           be
           detected
           )
           is
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Honourable
           Lord
           Wharton
           ,
           seeking
           Patronage
           from
           so
           great
           and
           worthy
           a
           Person
           ,
           and
           so
           abusing
           of
           his
           Name
           .
           These
           things
           have
           such
           weight
           with
           them
           ,
           besides
           what
           else
           I
           shall
           offer
           toward
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           though
           some
           are
           for
           my
           silence
           altogether
           (
           it
           being
           hardly
           worth
           while
           to
           answer
           such
           ignorant
           and
           clamorous
           Persons
           ,
           my
           own
           integrity
           ,
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           no
           ways
           obnoxious
           to
           their
           Slanders
           ,
           being
           not
           likely
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           to
           suffer
           any
           dimution
           in
           my
           Credit
           and
           Reputation
           here
           upon
           )
           yet
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           ,
           being
           so
           nearly
           concerned
           ,
           and
           especially
           for
           the
           Truth
           's
           sake
           ,
           to
           write
           a
           few
           Lines
           ,
           and
           publish
           a
           short
           Answer
           in
           order
           to
           so
           just
           and
           necessary
           a
           Vindication
           .
           Now
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           not
           be
           tedious
           ,
           being
           indeed
           under
           a
           Temptation
           thereto
           ,
           writing
           in
           so
           just
           a
           Cause
           ,
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           Truth
           and
           my
           Credit
           ,
           which
           are
           exposed
           in
           a
           shameful
           manner
           by
           that
           Reply
           ,
           I
           will
           confine
           my
           Pen
           with
           in
           these
           narrow
           Bounds
           ,
           to
           write
           but
           of
           three
           things
           ;
           one
           concerning
           the
           Person
           who
           makes
           the
           Reply
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           ;
           th●●
           next
           concerning
           the
           Charge
           which
           is
           brought
           against
           what
           I
           formerly
           published
           in
           that
           Spira
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           it
           respected
           the
           Anabaptists
           which
           consists
           of
           two
           parts
           ;
           one
           concerning
           the
           poor
           Melancholy
           
           distracted
           Man
           ,
           
             R.
             M.
          
           and
           his
           tragical
           end
           ;
           which
           gave
           me
           occasion
           to
           reflect
           on
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           did
           him
           some
           wrong
           ,
           troubling
           him
           with
           their
           Notions
           about
           the
           necessity
           of
           Rebap●●zation
           (
           or
           being
           Dipped
           )
           which
           prov'd
           injurious
           to
           him
           in
           his
           weakness
           and
           strange
           confusion
           of
           Mind
           :
           The
           other
           concerning
           what
           I
           have
           written
           of
           their
           practising
           the
           like
           upon
           many
           others
           in
           much
           like
           Cases
           ,
           troubling
           the
           weak
           and
           unsetled
           Christians
           ,
           eagerly
           urging
           them
           to
           be
           dipt
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           making
           it
           a
           Salve
           for
           every
           Sore
           .
           In
           doing
           this
           I
           will
           consider
           the
           most
           material
           Passages
           in
           that
           Piece
           ,
           laying
           open
           the
           Ignorance
           and
           Injustice
           of
           the
           Publisher
           ,
           the
           several
           Slanders
           ,
           Falshoods
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           things
           as
           make
           it
           appear
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           wrote
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           I
           had
           knowledge
           of
           them
           ,
           was
           true
           and
           sincere
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           Reply
           is
           a
           mere
           Slander
           ,
           and
           bold
           and
           impudent
           Denial
           and
           Contradiction
           ;
           whereas
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           object
           in
           Truth
           and
           Sobriety
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           which
           I
           consider
           ,
           and
           is
           very
           material
           ,
           is
           the
           Person
           who
           makes
           the
           Reply
           ,
           and
           goes
           about
           to
           lay
           grievous
           Matters
           to
           my
           Charge
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           had
           wickedly
           forged
           all
           I
           have
           written
           against
           the
           Anabaptists
           .
           In
           the
           Conclusion
           
             (
             p.
             23.
          
           )
           he
           writes
           thus
           of
           himself
           and
           the
           Matter
           :
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             Stranger
             to
             you
             ,
          
           N.
           B.
           
             and
             to
             the
             whole
             Matter
             ,
             any
             otherwise
             than
             as
             I
             meet
             it
             in
             your
             Book
             (
             and
             some
             Friends
             ●ear
             you
             gives
             some
             Account
             )
             which
             hath
             loaded
             us
             with
             a
             greater
             weight
             ●han
             is
             fit
             to
             be
             born
             .
          
           Now
           surely
           this
           is
           a
           strange
           thing
           ,
           and
           most
           unrighteous
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           and
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           unparalell'd
           ,
           for
           a
           Person
           who
           owns
           himself
           a
           perfect
           Stranger
           to
           me
           (
           as
           indeed
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           is
           )
           upon
           the
           reporting
           a
           Matter
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           Write
           and
           Print
           at
           ●his
           rate
           against
           me
           .
           What
           ,
           
             a
             Stranger
             to
             the
             whole
             Matter
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           to
           Print
           at
           this
           confident
           rate
           ,
           aspersing
           ,
           and
           slandring
           me
           for
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           knows
           not
           but
           it
           may
           be
           all
           true
           ;
           as
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           made
           appear
           ?
           But
           Mr.
           Wells
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           think
           he
           that
           is
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           is
           entrusted
           to
           Print
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           may
           deserve
           this
           Title
           ;
           though
           what
           he
           is
           ,
           or
           his
           Quality
           or
           Calling
           I
           know
           not
           )
           was
           told
           what
           I
           had
           written
           was
           all
           false
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           
             some
             Friends
             gave
             him
             an
             account
             :
          
           What
           then
           ,
           is
           Mr.
           
           Wells's
           Pen
           become
           Mercenary
           ?
           And
           will
           he
           be
           a
           Champion
           for
           his
           Friends
           ,
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           though
           perchance
           he
           fight
           against
           the
           Truth
           ?
           How
           is
           it
           otherwise
           than
           so
           ,
           seeing
           he
           knew
           not
           the
           contrary
           ,
           never
           hearing
           but
           one
           side
           ?
           but
           surely
           Charity
           should
           have
           believed
           better
           ,
           and
           ●oped
           better
           of
           a
           Man
           of
           whom
           he
           knew
           nothing
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           no
           Crime
           was
           laid
           to
           my
           Charge
           by
           his
           Friends
           
           (
           and
           mine
           Adversaries
           )
           save
           only
           ,
           I
           charged
           them
           thus
           and
           thus
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           else
           imagine
           how
           he
           comes
           to
           give
           me
           that
           honest
           Title
           of
           
             Worthy
             Sir.
          
           Strange
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           Print
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           declare
           peremptorily
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           guilty
           of
           all
           the
           Evil
           he
           says
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           first
           vouchsafe
           to
           send
           a
           few
           Lines
           ,
           and
           enquire
           whether
           I
           could
           make
           any
           defence
           for
           my self
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           say
           before
           he
           pass'd
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           openly
           condemn'd
           me
           :
           What
           ,
           did
           he
           think
           I
           had
           nothing
           indeed
           to
           say
           ,
           not
           one
           Word
           ;
           no
           Evidences
           to
           be
           produced
           ,
           nor
           any
           Proofs
           of
           what
           I
           had
           alledged
           ?
           That
           good
           old
           Sentence
           ,
           
             Audi
             alteram
             partem
          
           ,
           which
           was
           ever
           esteemed
           so
           necessary
           a
           Rule
           in
           Judgment
           ,
           is
           quite
           laid
           aside
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           all
           regarded
           ;
           it
           seems
           Mr.
           Wells
           never
           thought
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           I
           vehemently
           suspect
           he
           never
           knew
           it
           .
           Should
           a
           Judge
           sentence
           a
           Man
           upon
           report
           only
           of
           his
           Accusers
           ,
           never
           examining
           him
           ,
           nor
           hearing
           what
           he
           had
           to
           say
           for
           himself
           ,
           it
           would
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           be
           construed
           the
           greatest
           piece
           of
           Injustice
           and
           Cruelty
           :
           Such
           as
           that
           of
           King
           James
           the
           First
           ;
           who
           coming
           out
           of
           Scotland
           to
           London
           to
           take
           the
           Crown
           of
           England
           ,
           first
           discover'd
           his
           Disposition
           to
           Arbitrary
           Government
           ,
           saith
           my
           Author
           at
           Newark
           ;
           for
           being
           told
           that
           one
           had
           cut
           a
           Purse
           in
           Newark
           ,
           the
           King
           ,
           without
           any
           legal
           Process
           ,
           or
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           signed
           a
           Warrant
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           of
           Lincolnshire
           to
           hang
           him
           ,
           which
           was
           executed
           accordingly
           :
           And
           this
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           was
           a
           Blot
           in
           the
           Scutcheon
           of
           King
           James
           the
           First
           .
           The
           Romans
           were
           so
           just
           as
           never
           to
           put
           any
           Man
           to
           death
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           against
           the
           very
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           to
           judge
           and
           condemn
           upon
           meer
           Reports
           ,
           without
           hearing
           the
           other
           side
           .
           Not
           only
           Life
           ,
           but
           a
           good
           Name
           are
           too
           precious
           to
           be
           cast
           away
           at
           this
           rate
           .
           One
           would
           think
           that
           Mr.
           
           Well
           's
           never
           went
           to
           a
           Latin
           School
           ,
           or
           was
           read
           in
           such
           Authors
           ,
           or
           how
           could
           he
           but
           have
           called
           to
           mind
           that
           Golden
           Sentence
           of
           
             Seneca
             ,
             Qui
             statuit
             aliquid
             parte
             inaudita
             altera
             ,
             Aequam
             licet
             statuerit
             ,
             haud
             aequus
             fuerit
             ?
          
           Had
           his
           Sentence
           been
           just
           ,
           yet
           without
           hearing
           first
           what
           I
           had
           to
           say
           for
           my self
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           unjust
           from
           him
           .
           But
           still
           they
           were
           some
           Friends
           gave
           him
           this
           Account
           .
           Were
           his
           Friends
           therefore
           Infallible
           ?
           Could
           they
           not
           possibly
           misinform
           him
           ?
           What
           an
           
             implicite
             Faith
          
           was
           this
           ?
           How
           just
           like
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Inquisition
           ?
           The
           Tribunal
           erected
           
             de
             propaganda
             fide
          
           !
           wherein
           the
           Accusers
           are
           examined
           in
           secret
           ;
           and
           the
           poor
           Prisoner
           is
           a
           Stranger
           to
           all
           that
           passeth
           ,
           till
           they
           begin
           to
           thunder
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           proceed
           to
           torture
           ,
           
           and
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           Execution
           .
           But
           might
           not
           these
           Men
           ,
           my
           Accusers
           to
           Mr.
           Wells
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Months
           running
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           and
           stirring
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           at
           last
           give
           in
           some
           false
           Evidence
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           notoriously
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           evince
           by
           and
           by
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           having
           so
           much
           Charity
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Wells
           will
           own
           it
           .
           Had
           but
           the
           Letter
           he
           had
           sent
           me
           with
           his
           Book
           ,
           been
           sent
           but
           some
           Months
           before
           ,
           his
           pains
           and
           trouble
           might
           have
           been
           spared
           ,
           and
           his
           Credit
           saved
           ;
           whereas
           now
           ,
           he
           hath
           brought
           himself
           into
           a
           Snare
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           his
           Friends
           ,
           who
           impos'd
           upon
           his
           Credulity
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           Prints
           gross
           Falsehoods
           ,
           never
           seeking
           to
           clear
           the
           matters
           to
           himself
           ,
           before
           he
           set
           Pen
           to
           Paper
           .
           How
           vain
           was
           it
           for
           him
           to
           write
           thus
           to
           me
           in
           his
           private
           Letter
           ;
           
             Worthy
             Sir
             ,
             It
             s
             very
             unpleasant
             to
             me
             to
             be
             troublesome
             to
             any
             ,
             but
             I
             cannot
             well
             avoid
             giving
             you
             the
             trouble
             of
             these
             Lines
             .
          
           Alas
           !
           the
           trouble
           of
           reading
           a
           Letter
           is
           not
           much
           ;
           but
           surely
           it
           would
           trouble
           any
           Christian
           to
           be
           thus
           slandered
           in
           Print
           ;
           especially
           when
           writing
           a
           few
           Lines
           a
           little
           sooner
           ,
           and
           taking
           that
           small
           trouble
           ,
           might
           have
           prevented
           so
           great
           Calumnies
           :
           What
           was
           this
           but
           to
           shoot
           secretly
           at
           me
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           wound
           me
           openly
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           desire
           me
           not
           to
           be
           troubled
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           so
           kind
           to
           tell
           me
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           ?
           Like
           those
           rude
           Persons
           ,
           who
           cry
           ,
           
             By
             your
             leave
             ,
             Sir
          
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           first
           shewed
           you
           some
           Incivility
           ,
           or
           done
           a
           Man
           some
           diskindness
           .
           But
           then
           he
           desires
           me
           not
           to
           take
           unkindly
           what
           he
           hath
           Printed
           ;
           for
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             have
             been
             as
             tender
             of
             you
             as
             the
             matter
             will
             bear
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             suppose
             ▪
             me
             to
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             assign
             wherein
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             ,
             God
             ,
             willing
             ,
             labour
             to
             give
             you
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           &c.
           Great
           Tenderness
           indeed
           !
           and
           a
           wonderful
           Care
           not
           to
           grieve
           me
           with
           what
           was
           Printed
           :
           But
           wherein
           doth
           it
           appear
           ?
           Resolved
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           he
           was
           ,
           or
           his
           Friends
           rather
           (
           for
           he
           saith
           in
           his
           Reply
           ,
           
             p.
             last
             ,
             He
             was
             sure
             he
             did
             it
             unwillingly
             )
          
           or
           both
           were
           so
           resolv'd
           and
           eager
           to
           expose
           me
           in
           Print
           .
           But
           what
           satisfaction
           shall
           I
           now
           have
           ?
           Will
           Mr.
           Wells
           confess
           his
           Fault
           as
           publickly
           ,
           and
           declare
           himself
           in
           an
           Errour
           ?
           yea
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           wronged
           an
           innocent
           Person
           ,
           and
           a
           Stranger
           ?
           That
           he
           hath
           traduced
           me
           in
           a
           very
           shameful
           manner
           ?
           That
           he
           hath
           acted
           most
           unadvisedly
           ,
           Hand
           ,
           over
           Head
           ,
           as
           we
           say
           )
           and
           very
           Unchristianly
           ,
           not
           seeking
           out
           the
           Truth
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           ,
           and
           easily
           might
           ,
           before
           he
           past
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           condemned
           me
           openly
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           of
           my
           Books
           coming
           forth
           ,
           and
           the
           Noise
           and
           Speeches
           of
           the
           
           Anabaptists
           about
           me
           ,
           threatning
           grievously
           ,
           I
           did
           expect
           something
           in
           Print
           (
           for
           what
           do
           they
           not
           dare
           to
           do
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           yea
           and
           delight
           in
           it
           also
           ?
           )
           but
           when
           it
           had
           lain
           by
           so
           many
           Months
           ,
           I
           was
           a
           little
           surprized
           to
           find
           it
           done
           ;
           but
           especially
           to
           be
           managed
           by
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           whose
           Name
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           I
           ever
           heard
           before
           ,
           I
           read
           it
           in
           his
           Letters
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           Confession
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Stranger
           to
           those
           very
           Men
           (
           some
           at
           least
           ,
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           one
           of
           them
           to
           me
           )
           who
           set
           him
           on
           Work
           
             (
             i.
             e
          
           )
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           body
           else
           could
           be
           procured
           .
           If
           my
           Neighbours
           could
           not
           write
           themselves
           (
           and
           yet
           three
           of
           them
           are
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           one
           hath
           been
           offering
           at
           it
           ,
           scribling
           out
           many
           Sheets
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Controversie
           )
           nor
           find
           a
           Man
           nearer
           than
           London
           ,
           yet
           surely
           he
           should
           have
           considered
           better
           with
           himself
           ,
           and
           not
           have
           been
           so
           hardy
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           written
           in
           a
           Case
           wherein
           he
           knew
           not
           one
           thing
           or
           other
           ;
           not
           the
           Person
           accused
           ,
           nor
           what
           defence
           he
           could
           make
           ,
           and
           how
           he
           could
           justifie
           himself
           ,
           and
           make
           good
           his
           Charge
           ,
           only
           being
           informed
           by
           those
           whose
           Interest
           it
           was
           to
           blast
           what
           I
           had
           written
           .
           When
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           had
           heard
           of
           the
           Disorders
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           ,
           How
           doth
           he
           write
           to
           them
           about
           it
           〈…〉
           Why
           thus
           ;
           
             When
             ye
             come
             together
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             hear
             that
             there
             b●
             divisions
             among
             you
             ;
             and
             I
             partly
             believe
             it
             :
          
           He
           partly
           believed
           what
           he
           only
           heard
           by
           report
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           Wells
           roundly
           takes
           up
           the
           matter
           reported
           to
           him
           by
           his
           Friends
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           believes
           every
           Word
           which
           the
           wise
           Man
           brands
           for
           Simplicity
           :
           
             The
             Simple
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           believes
           every
           Word
           .
           Ah!
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           had
           you
           acted
           mor●
           charitably
           ,
           and
           cautiously
           ,
           you
           had
           not
           discover'd
           your self
           so
           fa
           〈…〉
           nor
           done
           me
           this
           wrong
           ;
           your
           Folly
           had
           not
           been
           manifested
           nor
           had
           I
           suffered
           so
           much
           as
           this
           groundless
           Suspicion
           of
           evil
           doing
           ,
           which
           you
           prompt
           the
           World
           to
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           represented
           m●
           ▪
           But
           I
           hope
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           will
           pardon
           me
           that
           I
           bear
           so
           hard
           upon
           him
           For
           my
           Vindication
           doth
           not
           a
           little
           depend
           upon
           it
           ,
           though
           yet
           have
           clear
           Proofs
           to
           produce
           also
           .
           It
           was
           not
           only
           Folly
           and
           Injustice
           in
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           to
           do
           thus
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Argumen●
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           hath
           written
           against
           me
           is
           of
           n●
           value
           ;
           for
           they
           were
           my
           Adversaries
           who
           gave
           him
           Instruction●
           (
           surely
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           and
           he
           did
           not
           write
           of
           himself
           )
           and
           he
           Prin●
           only
           upon
           hear-say
           from
           such
           as
           bestirr'd
           themselves
           to
           throw
           o●●
           the
           Charge
           was
           laid
           against
           them
           .
           But
           now
           if
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           thin●
           or
           pretend
           that
           I
           have
           done
           him
           wrong
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           though
           he
           ha●
           only
           written
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           truth
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           in
           his
           Preface
           ▪
           
           
             His
             great
             end
             is
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Offenders
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             is
             his
             great
             Enquiry
             ,
          
           let
           him
           know
           that
           therein
           he
           doth
           abuse
           his
           Readers
           ,
           and
           suggest
           Falsehoods
           in
           so
           saying
           :
           For
           his
           very
           Title
           confutes
           him
           ;
           it
           is
           this
           ?
           
             A
             brief
             Reply
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             wherein
             the
             unjust
             Charge
             of
             Mr.
          
           Thomas
           James
           
             against
             them
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           
             the
             Baptists
             )
             is
             removed
             :
             N.
             B.
          
           is
           removed
           :
           What
           doth
           this
           imply
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           hath
           clear'd
           the
           matter
           fully
           ?
           proved
           his
           Party
           innocent
           ;
           convincing
           me
           of
           Falshood
           in
           all
           I
           have
           written
           ;
           making
           me
           a
           Slanderer
           ,
           a
           Lyar
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           But
           more
           fully
           yet
           ,
           after
           the
           Preface
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           in
           the
           Title
           again
           ,
           
             A
             Brief
             Reply
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             wherein
             he
             hath
             falsely
             charged
             them
             ,
          
           N.
           B.
           
             as
             will
             appear
             in
             the
             following
             Discourse
             .
          
           I
           pray
           in
           what
           Page
           or
           Line
           is
           this
           Appearance
           found
           ?
           Where
           are
           the
           Proofs
           ?
           Is
           there
           any
           thing
           shewed
           ,
           but
           only
           confidently
           said
           ,
           and
           a
           gainsaying
           of
           what
           I
           had
           written
           ?
           Let
           impartial
           Readers
           judge
           if
           Mr.
           Wells's
           Book
           do
           not
           center
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           all
           he
           brings
           be
           only
           a
           contradicting
           the
           matters
           I
           published
           ,
           and
           averring
           that
           I
           wrote
           not
           a
           Word
           of
           Truth
           .
           If
           his
           Title
           had
           run
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           had
           kept
           to
           it
           )
           
             A
             Challenge
             to
             Mr.
          
           J.
           
             to
             prove
             what
             he
             hath
             Printed
             against
             the
          
           Anabaptists
           about
           Ashford
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           tolerable
           ;
           but
           to
           talk
           of
           making
           all
           appear
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Piece
           .
           Thus
           he
           stumbles
           in
           the
           Threshold
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           very
           ominous
           for
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           falls
           worse
           and
           worse
           ever
           after
           (
           beginning
           with
           a
           very
           Foul
           Lye
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           shew
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           and
           ending
           with
           a
           Passage
           that
           overthrows
           all
           he
           writes
           .
           )
           Just
           so
           it
           is
           with
           his
           dealing
           with
           the
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           a
           Text
           in
           the
           very
           next
           place
           ,
           which
           he
           ●ets
           before
           the
           main
           Work
           (
           I
           hope
           he
           handles
           his
           Texts
           to
           more
           purpose
           before
           his
           Congregation
           ,
           )
           
             Prov.
             18.
             17.
             
             He
             that
             is
             first
             in
             his
             own
             Cause
             ,
             seemeth
             just
             ;
             but
             his
             Neighbour
             cometh
             and
             search●th
             him
             .
          
           A
           mighty
           search
           !
           and
           because
           
             my
             Neighbours
          
           gave
           him
           ●ome
           Account
           ,
           very
           pat
           to
           the
           case
           in
           hand
           no
           doubt
           :
           But
           for
           the
           ●earch
           ,
           if
           Mr.
           Wells
           had
           come
           to
           Ashford
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           searched
           ●ut
           somewhat
           ,
           enough
           I
           am
           sure
           to
           have
           stopp'd
           his
           hand
           ;
           but
           ●o
           search
           this
           matter
           at
           London
           was
           ridiculous
           .
           He
           search'd
           ,
           it
           ●eems
           ,
           with
           his
           Friend's
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           Ears
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           finds
           just
           as
           ●uch
           as
           they
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           whatever
           they
           would
           have
           .
           What
           ,
           
             a
             stranger
             to
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           search
           it
           out
           !
           For
           ●ame
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           write
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           I
           thought
           hearing
           a
           Re●ort
           was
           not
           searching
           :
           At
           this
           rate
           we
           may
           search
           out
           many
           things
           〈◊〉
           these
           times
           of
           War
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           ease
           ,
           what
           is
           done
           in
           
             ●landers
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
             ,
             Turkey
             ,
          
           and
           where
           not
           ?
           But
           if
           you
           trust
           
           Reports
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           miserably
           deceived
           ,
           though
           the
           News
           be
           told
           as
           confidently
           as
           your
           Friends
           could
           tell
           you
           this
           matter
           :
           One
           cries
           Victory
           ,
           and
           makes
           Bonfires
           ,
           and
           sings
           
             Te
             Deum
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           may
           be
           comes
           off
           with
           the
           loss
           :
           Another
           saith
           nothing
           was
           done
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           be
           it
           was
           a
           great
           Action
           :
           I
           think
           when
           we
           search
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ,
           we
           do
           more
           than
           hear
           what
           Parties
           in
           the
           Case
           say
           ,
           and
           interested
           Persons
           say
           of
           it
           :
           Not
           that
           I
           think
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           by
           one
           Party
           ,
           and
           examining
           Witnesses
           on
           one
           side
           ;
           but
           when
           Life
           or
           Credit
           are
           at
           Stake
           ,
           it
           is
           highly
           unjust
           to
           go
           this
           way
           ,
           to
           believe
           all
           that
           is
           said
           ,
           and
           then
           boldly
           tell
           the
           World
           in
           Print
           ,
           I
           have
           searched
           out
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           a
           Slanderer
           ,
           &c.
           
           There
           is
           one
           thing
           further
           concerning
           Mr.
           Wells's
           Carriage
           ,
           which
           I
           observe
           ,
           and
           then
           dismiss
           this
           Head
           
             (
             sc
             .
          
           )
           how
           unchristianly
           ,
           how
           uncharitably
           he
           carried
           it
           .
           Why
           should
           he
           ,
           being
           a
           stranger
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           believe
           his
           Ashford
           Friends
           against
           me
           altogether
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           my
           Design
           in
           writing
           that
           little
           Piece
           was
           good
           ;
           and
           that
           wherein
           I
           reflected
           on
           their
           Carriage
           ,
           it
           was
           done
           so
           candidly
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           were
           unwilling
           to
           say
           what
           I
           said
           out
           of
           a
           respect
           to
           them
           ?
           Let
           the
           Reader
           consider
           it
           ,
           if
           I
           did
           not
           write
           candidly
           ,
           and
           express'd
           the
           matter
           with
           moderation
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Words
           I
           began
           the
           Reflection
           with
           ;
           
             'T
             is
             beside
             my
             purpose
             to
             make
             Reflections
             upon
             Persons
             of
             any
             Opinion
             or
             Persuasion
             in
             Religion
             ,
             besides
             Atheists
             ,
             who
             are
             its
             avowed
             Enemies
             .
             The
          
           Anabaptists
           
             (
             or
          
           Baptists
           ,
           
             as
             they
             rather
             chuse
             to
             call
             themselves
             )
             are
             Men
             to
             whom
             I
             bear
             no
             such
             Grudge
             ,
             or
             Envy
             ,
             as
             to
             bring
             up
             any
             evil
             Report
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             a
             Calumny
             or
             unjust
             Accusation
             :
             God
             forbid
             ,
             that
             while
             I
             am
             writing
             for
             Christianity
             ,
             I
             should
             act
             so
             contrary
             to
             one
             of
             its
             Principles
             ,
             as
             to
             do
             thus
             :
             They
             are
             Christians
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             espouse
             this
             Cause
             of
             our
             Lord
             with
             my self
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             some
             of
             them
             my
             worthy
             good
             Friends
             ,
             pious
             ,
             judicious
             Persons
             ;
             but
             this
             I
             must
             publish
             upon
             this
             sad
             occasion
             ;
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             the
             Guilty
             would
             consider
             it
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           If
           this
           were
           not
           Courteous
           ,
           Candid
           ,
           Charitable
           ,
           what
           is
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           doth
           own
           it
           sometimes
           ,
           though
           he
           forgets
           what
           he
           writ
           at
           other
           times
           ;
           for
           he
           calls
           it
           Flattery
           ,
           and
           a
           
             meer
             Pretence
             ,
             p.
          
           16
           ,
           17.
           which
           shews
           what
           he
           could
           not
           but
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           very
           fair
           ,
           only
           he
           judges
           my
           Heart
           ,
           and
           acts
           uncharitably
           ,
           rendring
           me
           Evil
           for
           Good
           :
           For
           I
           seriously
           protest
           ,
           I
           wrote
           this
           out
           of
           good
           Will
           ,
           and
           not
           fawningly
           .
           But
           because
           this
           is
           the
           proper
           place
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           his
           Ignorance
           also
           ,
           in
           
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           thinking
           to
           fasten
           a
           Reproach
           upon
           me
           for
           pretending
           Christian
           Friendship
           to
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           stiling
           them
           my
           pious
           and
           judicious
           Friends
           ,
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           publishing
           such
           matters
           against
           them
           ;
           this
           he
           observes
           ,
           p.
           16
           ,
           17.
           once
           and
           again
           .
           Now
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           gross
           Ignorance
           in
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           or
           worse
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           ,
           or
           would
           not
           distinguish
           and
           see
           the
           difference
           I
           made
           between
           some
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           between
           the
           Innocent
           and
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           were
           my
           Friends
           and
           others
           .
           I
           said
           plainly
           thus
           ,
           
             They
             are
             Christians
          
           ,
           &c.
           and
           then
           I
           declare
           of
           some
           of
           them
           thus
           ;
           
             And
             there
             are
             some
             of
             them
             my
             worthy
             good
             Friends
             ,
             pious
             ,
             and
             judicious
             Persons
             then
             ;
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             the
             guilty
             would
             consider
             it
             :
          
           Now
           all
           this
           he
           jumbles
           together
           ,
           and
           makes
           all
           the
           Anabaptists
           my
           worthy
           ,
           pious
           ,
           and
           judicious
           Friends
           ;
           and
           then
           Wonders
           that
           I
           dealt
           so
           by
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           accuse
           them
           thus
           ;
           
             and
             is
             not
             this
             tragical
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             to
             cut
             the
             Throat
             of
             your
             Friends
             Reputation
             ?
          
           But
           surely
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           is
           no
           Logician
           ,
           or
           the
           meanest
           ever
           known
           ,
           who
           cannot
           distinguish
           ,
           nor
           perceive
           a
           difference
           in
           so
           plain
           a
           Case
           ,
           not
           to
           apprehend
           that
           some
           hath
           others
           for
           its
           opposite
           ;
           yea
           ,
           that
           some
           imports
           a
           few
           out
           of
           many
           in
           such
           Sentences
           as
           these
           :
           But
           whether
           he
           knew
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           he
           hath
           hapned
           upon
           an
           unlucky
           Fallacy
           in
           Logick
           (
           which
           is
           his
           natural
           Logick
           it
           seems
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           not
           have
           him
           proud
           of
           it
           )
           to
           compound
           what
           should
           be
           divided
           ,
           to
           huddle
           all
           together
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           impose
           a
           wrong
           Sense
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           true
           taken
           distinctly
           and
           apart
           as
           it
           ●ought
           :
           And
           what
           is
           more
           common
           than
           to
           speak
           of
           a
           Multitude
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           mean
           every
           individual
           of
           them
           .
           What
           will
           he
           think
           of
           St.
           Paul
           when
           he
           affirmed
           that
           to
           be
           true
           of
           the
           Cretians
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Poets
           had
           written
           of
           them
           :
           
             The
             Cretians
             are
             always
             Lyars
             ,
             evil
             Beasts
             ,
             slow
             Bellies
          
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             Epimenides
             .
             )
             This
             Witness
             is
             true
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           .
           What
           ,
           every
           Man
           ,
           Woman
           and
           Child
           in
           Crete
           Lyars
           ,
           beastly
           ,
           and
           slothful
           ,
           Pagans
           and
           Christians
           too
           ?
           No
           sure
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           
             vitium
             gentis
          
           ,
           an
           Epidemical
           Evil
           ,
           a
           Fault
           they
           were
           too
           much
           guilty
           of
           :
           As
           if
           I
           should
           say
           ,
           
             The
             Patriarchs
             were
             guilty
             of
             Poligamy
          
           ;
           yet
           not
           all
           therefore
           ,
           not
           Isaac
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           what
           would
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           think
           at
           this
           rate
           of
           that
           place
           were
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             the
             Disciples
             had
             indignation
             at
             the
             Ointment
             pour●d
             on
             Christ's
             Head
             ?
          
           Would
           he
           condemn
           them
           all
           for
           Judas
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           written
           ?
           and
           calumniate
           the
           Holy
           Text
           ,
           as
           
             Je
             〈…〉
             me
          
           tells
           us
           some
           did
           in
           his
           Days
           
             (
             Nescientes
             tropum
             qui
             vocatur
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             quo
             &
             pro
             uno
             omnes
             ,
             &
             pro
             multis
             unus
             appellari
             soleat
             )
          
           
           not
           knowing
           it
           was
           a
           figurative
           Expression
           .
           However
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           him
           and
           his
           Friends
           ,
           I
           will
           explain
           my self
           ,
           and
           declare
           my
           own
           Sense
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           plain
           enough
           I
           called
           all
           of
           them
           Christians
           ,
           and
           some
           my
           Friends
           ,
           and
           some
           guilty
           ;
           I
           count
           the
           Anabaptists
           in
           general
           Christians
           ,
           but
           some
           few
           of
           them
           I
           called
           my
           Friends
           ,
           pious
           and
           judicious
           Persons
           ;
           But
           I
           will
           assure
           him
           ,
           those
           whose
           Practices
           I
           have
           known
           about
           Ashford
           ,
           and
           written
           against
           ,
           I
           account
           none
           of
           this
           sort
           ;
           and
           whoever
           acts
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           have
           Knowledge
           thereof
           ,
           shall
           for
           ever
           be
           discharged
           by
           me
           of
           that
           Character
           ,
           pious
           and
           judicious
           .
           But
           it
           is
           time
           to
           leave
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           himself
           .
           Come
           we
           now
           to
           the
           matters
           of
           Fact
           :
           And
           here
           he
           urgeth
           wonderfully
           ,
           
             to
             assign
             the
             Person
             or
             Persons
             guilty
             of
             what
             I
             charge
             the
          
           Baptists
           with
           :
           Thus
           in
           the
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           ,
           in
           the
           Letter
           to
           me
           Printed
           before
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Reply
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Reply
           it self
           ,
           at
           every
           turn
           he
           urgeth
           this
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           should
           fail
           herein
           he
           commends
           it
           to
           my
           Lord
           Wharton
           to
           see
           that
           publick
           satisfaction
           be
           given
           ;
           and
           to
           my
           Church
           to
           take
           a
           Course
           with
           me
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           what
           if
           the
           Case
           do
           not
           require
           all
           this
           ?
           what
           if
           it
           be
           not
           necessary
           or
           convenient
           ?
           What
           ,
           must
           a
           Minister
           tell
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           what
           every
           one
           in
           trouble
           discover'd
           to
           him
           ?
           Must
           he
           publish
           the
           Names
           of
           every
           one
           concerned
           ?
           It
           may
           be
           an
           Husband
           or
           Wife
           is
           concerned
           ,
           Parents
           and
           Children
           ,
           Masters
           and
           Servants
           ,
           and
           the
           Circumstances
           are
           such
           that
           it
           is
           no
           ways
           fit
           or
           meet
           to
           name
           or
           assign
           Persons
           ;
           possibly
           it
           may
           breed
           Variance
           and
           Strife
           ,
           and
           promote
           great
           Disorders
           in
           Families
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           :
           It
           may
           be
           some
           Nabals
           are
           concerned
           ,
           some
           
           Shimei's
           ,
           who
           would
           trouble
           their
           own
           Houses
           ,
           and
           fill
           the
           Town
           with
           Raillery
           .
           May
           not
           a
           Minister
           spare
           Names
           in
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           be
           cryed
           down
           for
           one
           that
           spreads
           Slanders
           ?
           But
           it
           seems
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           and
           his
           Friends
           care
           not
           what
           becomes
           of
           any
           Person
           ,
           nor
           consider
           what
           is
           meet
           and
           fit
           ,
           what
           mischief
           they
           pull
           down
           upon
           others
           Heads
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           but
           salve
           their
           own
           Credit
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           perswade
           themselves
           :
           But
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           the
           World
           will
           judge
           this
           an
           extravagant
           Request
           ,
           to
           urge
           the
           Printing
           the
           Names
           of
           private
           Persons
           :
           And
           indeed
           I
           cannot
           conceive
           what
           good
           it
           will
           do
           those
           who
           know
           not
           these
           Parts
           ,
           to
           read
           the
           Names
           of
           strange
           Places
           and
           Persons
           ,
           which
           will
           sound
           as
           harsh
           as
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           perchance
           to
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           .
           As
           for
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Party
           who
           did
           these
           evil
           things
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           they
           have
           their
           Evasions
           to
           cast
           off
           
           the
           Reproach
           ,
           (
           and
           it
           is
           likely
           they
           lie
           upon
           the
           catch
           )
           such
           an
           one
           is
           none
           of
           them
           ;
           such
           an
           one
           they
           own
           not
           ;
           though
           it
           may
           be
           a
           Teacher
           ,
           or
           an
           old
           Anabaptist
           ,
           Persons
           certainly
           dipped
           ,
           and
           Baptists
           ,
           or
           nothing
           .
           But
           so
           it
           is
           ,
           many
           times
           they
           shift
           the
           matter
           off
           thus
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           the
           Historian
           said
           of
           some
           Enemies
           ,
           
             Difficilius
             est
             invenies
             quàm
             vincere
          
           .
           But
           is
           not
           this
           crying
           out
           for
           assigning
           Persons
           a
           mere
           Artifice
           ,
           to
           be
           so
           impatient
           of
           this
           kind
           of
           proof
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           a
           time
           laps'd
           since
           the
           matter
           was
           first
           published
           ;
           and
           since
           〈◊〉
           concerned
           to
           give
           their
           Testimony
           are
           their
           own
           Friends
           ?
           And
           who
           will
           doubt
           but
           that
           by
           this
           time
           they
           are
           taught
           their
           Lesson
           ,
           to
           speak
           but
           sparingly
           ,
           not
           the
           whole
           Truth
           ,
           or
           so
           fully
           as
           to
           prejudice
           their
           own
           Cause
           ?
           But
           I
           do
           but
           shew
           how
           vain
           it
           is
           for
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           to
           urge
           this
           assigning
           Persons
           ;
           they
           need
           not
           encourage
           themselves
           to
           hope
           to
           escape
           by
           this
           Stratagem
           :
           Proofs
           I
           have
           to
           produce
           sufficient
           and
           abundant
           ,
           and
           yet
           will
           be
           sparing
           of
           Names
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           most
           Criminal
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           As
           for
           the
           Case
           of
           that
           poor
           melancholy
           Man
           ,
           
             R.
             M.
          
           who
           made
           that
           Tragical
           Exit
           .
           The
           Case
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           I
           am
           conscerned
           ,
           was
           this
           :
           One
           of
           the
           same
           Name
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Kindred
           ,
           desired
           me
           to
           go
           and
           visit
           him
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           deplorable
           Condition
           ;
           and
           he
           importuned
           me
           not
           a
           little
           ,
           using
           this
           as
           a
           special
           Argument
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           continually
           assaulted
           by
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           weakness
           of
           Body
           and
           Mind
           were
           like
           to
           work
           their
           Will
           upon
           him
           .
           Upon
           this
           I
           went
           once
           (
           and
           never
           more
           )
           and
           my
           Carriage
           was
           as
           I
           Printed
           in
           the
           Narrative
           of
           his
           Condition
           ;
           and
           in
           discoursing
           with
           me
           ,
           he
           did
           declare
           himself
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           tht
           I
           was
           satisfied
           that
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           about
           Rebaptization
           was
           a
           great
           trouble
           and
           vexation
           to
           him
           .
           It
           is
           now
           several
           Years
           since
           my
           being
           with
           him
           at
           that
           time
           (
           about
           five
           Years
           since
           ,
           his
           Death
           was
           about
           four
           Years
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           and
           his
           Trouble
           lasted
           about
           three
           quarters
           of
           a
           Year
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           learnt
           from
           his
           Sister
           ,
           a
           Baptist
           ,
           who
           lived
           all
           the
           time
           with
           him
           ;
           )
           and
           so
           I
           think
           no
           wise
           Man
           will
           expect
           I
           should
           be
           positive
           as
           to
           the
           Words
           of
           our
           Discourse
           ;
           truly
           my
           Memory
           is
           not
           so
           happy
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           the
           matter
           is
           so
           far
           gone
           from
           me
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           spake
           so
           much
           as
           made
           that
           clear
           to
           me
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Motive
           to
           carry
           me
           to
           him
           .
           
             (
             sc
             .
          
           )
           that
           he
           was
           troubled
           about
           the
           Anabaptists
           Doctrine
           of
           Dipping
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Infant
           Baptism
           was
           null
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           must
           be
           rebaptized
           .
           Now
           ,
           what
           if
           I
           could
           not
           find
           out
           one
           Baptist
           had
           been
           with
           him
           ?
           Can
           it
           be
           thought
           when
           his
           
           Sister
           who
           kept
           his
           House
           was
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           his
           Trouble
           none
           came
           near
           him
           ?
           No
           ,
           not
           when
           he
           had
           follow'd
           them
           formerly
           ,
           and
           now
           in
           his
           Trouble
           return'd
           to
           hear
           them
           again
           ,
           as
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           p.
           15.
           and
           his
           own
           Sisters
           owned
           to
           me
           .
           Surely
           what
           I
           learn'd
           from
           himself
           was
           a
           thousand
           Witnesses
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           clear
           enough
           by
           other
           Circumstances
           .
           But
           see
           how
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           put
           them
           to
           shame
           ,
           and
           to
           condemn
           them
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Mouth
           .
           One
           of
           their
           Teachers
           (
           one
           of
           the
           three
           who
           was
           with
           me
           upon
           the
           Account
           of
           my
           Book
           ,
           did
           own
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           with
           him
           the
           same
           Day
           ,
           or
           the
           very
           next
           ,
           after
           my
           being
           there
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           discoursed
           with
           him
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           and
           that
           
             he
             urged
             Believers
             Baptism
          
           to
           him
           (
           meaning
           Dipping
           upon
           Profession
           of
           Faith.
           )
           Now
           supposing
           no
           more
           Evidence
           could
           be
           produced
           ;
           yet
           upon
           this
           alone
           ,
           how
           shameful
           was
           it
           for
           Mr.
           Wells
           to
           publish
           thus
           ,
           
             p.
             11.
             
             First
             ,
             We
             observe
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             the
             only
             Man
             that
             visited
             ,
             discoursed
             ,
             and
             advised
             this
             poor
             Man
             in
             his
             deplorable
             Estate
          
           ;
           and
           
             p.
             11.
             
             Mr.
          
           James
           
             was
             the
             Man
             chiefly
             concerned
             with
             him
             in
             his
             Hurry
             and
             Trouble
             of
             Mind
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             end
             he
             may
             not
             be
             thought
             remiss
             ,
             and
             the
             better
             to
             seem
             clear
             ,
             he
             finds
             out
             some
             to
             be
             mentioned
             ,
             that
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             did
             so
             much
             wrong
             .
          
           O
           shameful
           !
           Was
           ever
           any
           matter
           turned
           so
           fouly
           against
           another
           ?
           What
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           desired
           to
           visit
           him
           by
           one
           of
           his
           Kindred
           ,
           pitying
           his
           Condition
           ;
           when
           a
           Minister
           was
           carried
           to
           visit
           a
           poor
           disturbed
           Man
           ,
           must
           he
           therefore
           suffer
           in
           his
           Reputation
           ;
           and
           have
           the
           Odium
           of
           all
           cast
           upon
           him
           ?
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           't
           is
           too
           plain
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           wounded
           by
           the
           Anabaptists
           ;
           and
           I
           found
           him
           with
           an
           Arrow
           shot
           in
           ,
           sticking
           fast
           ,
           and
           tormenting
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           him
           in
           their
           Bonds
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           as
           himself
           owned
           ,
           and
           is
           certain
           ,
           is
           with
           him
           the
           same
           Day
           (
           for
           so
           the
           Woman
           ,
           his
           Baptist
           Sister
           is
           positive
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           not
           )
           urging
           Believers
           Baptism
           :
           whether
           he
           were
           there
           accidentally
           or
           not
           ,
           or
           upon
           design
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           there
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           ;
           and
           advised
           him
           .
           Yea
           ,
           further
           ,
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           as
           the
           Woman
           confessed
           to
           me
           in
           presence
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           accompanied
           me
           to
           her
           House
           ,
           June
           12.
           there
           was
           one
           F
           —
           another
           Teacher
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           visited
           him
           ,
           and
           had
           private
           Discourse
           with
           him
           about
           an
           hour
           which
           F
           —
           ;
           saith
           another
           Sister
           ,
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           hear
           preach
           ,
           and
           shewed
           some
           uneasiness
           as
           he
           went
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           she
           judged
           ,
           she
           was
           dissatisfied
           ;
           but
           one
           of
           the
           Neighbours
           ,
           a
           Baptist
           ,
           and
           his
           Sister
           ,
           she
           found
           going
           
           along
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           Neighbour
           had
           been
           at
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           ,
           she
           doubts
           not
           ,
           brought
           him
           thither
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           pity
           to
           him
           in
           his
           condition
           she
           went
           along
           with
           him
           also
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           same
           Man.
           Yet
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             observe
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             the
             only
             Man
             that
             visited
             ,
             discoursed
             ,
             and
             advised
             this
             poor
             Man
             in
             his
             deplorable
             Estate
             :
          
           What
           will
           the
           World
           think
           of
           this
           ?
           What
           can
           they
           ?
           To
           begin
           his
           Reply
           thus
           ,
           
             First
             ,
             We
             observe
          
           :
           Truly
           ,
           if
           you
           observe
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           
             First
             ,
             Secondly
             ,
             Thirdly
          
           ,
           and
           infinitely
           ,
           even
           as
           far
           as
           you
           please
           ,
           or
           can
           invent
           .
           But
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           did
           you
           observe
           this
           at
           London
           by
           your selfe
           ,
           or
           did
           your
           Ashford
           Friends
           give
           you
           these
           Instructions
           ?
           If
           you
           did
           it
           alone
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           wonderful
           Observation
           indeed
           ;
           you
           had
           better
           Eyes
           than
           Lynceus
           ,
           and
           more
           surely
           than
           Argus
           ;
           but
           if
           your
           Friends
           gave
           you
           this
           Instruction
           ,
           it
           was
           so
           much
           the
           worse
           :
           For
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           another
           confest
           to
           me
           )
           whose
           Hand
           was
           to
           the
           Letter
           to
           get
           a
           Reply
           set
           forth
           ,
           was
           one
           who
           confest
           that
           he
           was
           with
           the
           Man
           in
           his
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           ,
           and
           advised
           him
           :
           So
           then
           here
           are
           two
           of
           your
           Teachers
           found
           to
           be
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           who
           will
           not
           think
           but
           there
           were
           others
           also
           of
           your
           opinion
           in
           the
           space
           of
           about
           nine
           Months
           of
           his
           illness
           ?
           But
           ,
           again
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           how
           was
           I
           
             conversant
             with
             him
          
           ,
           as
           you
           write
           ,
           
             p.
             14.
          
           when
           I
           never
           spake
           to
           him
           but
           that
           one
           time
           in
           my
           life
           ?
           Never
           but
           once
           in
           his
           Company
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           able
           to
           discourse
           with
           him
           ?
           I
           had
           thought
           ,
           to
           
             be
             conversant
          
           ,
           had
           implied
           a
           Familiarity
           and
           frequenting
           a
           Persons
           Company
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           is
           no
           good
           English
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           best
           Interpretation
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           excuse
           the
           same
           from
           a
           Falshood
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           begin
           to
           grow
           weary
           of
           tracing
           our
           these
           Slanders
           ,
           and
           Untruths
           ;
           I
           will
           take
           notice
           only
           of
           one
           thing
           more
           (
           about
           the
           Case
           of
           this
           
             R.
             M.
          
           )
           and
           dismiss
           this
           Head
           :
           And
           really
           it
           is
           a
           sad
           thing
           ,
           to
           consider
           how
           these
           Men
           strive
           and
           struggle
           ,
           and
           are
           restless
           till
           they
           entangle
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Write
           and
           Print
           at
           that
           rate
           that
           doth
           ill
           become
           Christians
           ,
           whom
           I
           was
           willing
           ,
           and
           desire
           yet
           to
           own
           as
           such
           .
           Pray
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           now
           observe
           what
           follows
           in
           these
           Words
           ,
           
             p.
             15.
             
             Mr.
          
           James
           
             bestirs
             himself
             to
             persuade
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             Infant
             Baptism
             was
             true
             Baptism
             ,
          
           N.
           B.
           
             and
             to
             go
             to
             Town
             to
             board
             ,
             and
             make
             use
             of
             a
             Physician
             of
             his
             own
             way
             ,
             and
             to
             bear
             him
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             :
             But
             the
             poor
             Man
             grew
             weary
             ,
             not
             liking
             the
             means
             that
             was
             used
             .
             And
             it
             seems
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             told
             his
             Sister
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             in
             a
             consult
             what
             to
             do
             about
             him
             (
             one
             
             day
             )
             and
             ,
             unexpected
             to
             them
             ,
             he
             over-heard
             them
             ;
             and
             one
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             in
             love
             ;
             and
             another
             said
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             a
             Dram
             of
             true
             Grace
             ;
             but
             he
             ,
             hearing
             this
             ,
             it
             made
             an
             addition
             to
             his
             weak
             disturbed
             Head
             ,
          
           N.
           B.
           
             and
             gets
             away
             ,
             and
             relates
             the
             matter
             to
             his
             Sister
             ,
             and
             so
             waxes
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             he
             ends
             his
             Life
             .
          
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           when
           I
           read
           and
           consider
           this
           I
           am
           amazed
           ;
           so
           many
           Lyes
           in
           one
           Story
           !
           Such
           Falshoods
           sent
           forth
           so
           bare-fac'd
           !
           If
           my
           Neighbours
           gave
           these
           Instructions
           to
           their
           Brother
           Wells
           ,
           they
           are
           what
           I
           never
           took
           them
           to
           be
           ;
           if
           he
           Printed
           it
           of
           himself
           ,
           it
           is
           little
           better
           in
           him
           .
           Did
           I
           design
           a
           large
           Answer
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           large
           Field
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           matter
           enough
           for
           one
           of
           no
           great
           Parts
           to
           work
           upon
           ,
           enough
           to
           wind
           and
           toss
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           shame
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Friends
           who
           have
           acted
           in
           this
           Business
           :
           Surely
           some
           body
           owed
           them
           an
           ill
           turn
           ,
           and
           secretly
           wrought
           it
           this
           way
           .
           But
           however
           it
           were
           ,
           and
           though
           my
           Neighbours
           might
           deserve
           most
           ,
           yet
           I
           must
           keep
           to
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           only
           ;
           and
           truly
           he
           hath
           discovered
           himself
           all
           along
           to
           be
           an
           unaccountable
           Writer
           :
           Once
           before
           ,
           he
           observed
           that
           I
           was
           the
           only
           Man
           was
           with
           
             R.
             M.
          
           during
           his
           trouble
           of
           mind
           ;
           this
           he
           saw
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           at
           London
           ;
           there
           he
           could
           tell
           who
           went
           in
           and
           out
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           him
           ;
           and
           here
           he
           saw
           him
           at
           Board
           at
           Ashford
           ;
           which
           no
           Creature
           in
           Ashford
           ever
           saw
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           any
           of
           his
           Anabaptist
           Friends
           ;
           since
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           sent
           out
           this
           strange
           Relation
           ,
           we
           have
           ask'd
           his
           Friends
           here
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           ignorant
           of
           the
           matter
           :
           When
           I
           discoursed
           his
           Sister
           ,
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           who
           was
           his
           House-keeper
           ,
           she
           only
           said
           ,
           she
           thinks
           he
           was
           one
           Night
           at
           Ashford
           at
           his
           Cousins
           ,
           
             R.
             M.
          
           (
           the
           Person
           who
           carried
           me
           over
           to
           visit
           him
           )
           and
           her
           Son
           who
           went
           with
           him
           ,
           will
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           :
           But
           the
           Family
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           all
           say
           it
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           are
           certain
           he
           never
           lodged
           there
           one
           Night
           ,
           he
           dined
           indeed
           one
           Day
           there
           (
           as
           they
           tell
           me
           )
           and
           went
           up
           into
           a
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           lay
           down
           on
           a
           Bed
           to
           refresh
           him
           ;
           but
           never
           lay
           one
           Night
           in
           their
           House
           .
           But
           suppose
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           were
           one
           Night
           in
           Town
           ;
           What
           is
           this
           to
           Boarding
           ,
           and
           being
           there
           a
           time
           ,
           consisting
           of
           some
           Days
           at
           least
           ;
           and
           
             getting
             away
          
           from
           thence
           ,
           as
           though
           he
           were
           under
           some
           Confinement
           in
           the
           use
           of
           Means
           for
           his
           Recovery
           ?
           Well
           ,
           it
           seems
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           is
           good
           at
           Invention
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           a
           notable
           part
           of
           an
           Orator
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           just
           as
           his
           natural
           Logick
           I
           observed
           before
           :
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           no
           Master
           of
           Rhetorick
           did
           ever
           teach
           him
           to
           invent
           after
           this
           manner
           :
           
             Aristotle
             ,
             
             Cicero
             ,
             Quintilian
             ,
          
           &c
           ▪
           would
           have
           been
           ashamed
           of
           it
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           Heathens
           :
           And
           though
           we
           may
           sometimes
           conceal
           Truth
           ,
           and
           this
           we
           have
           Presidents
           in
           Scripture
           for
           ,
           yet
           neither
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           the
           written
           Word
           ,
           will
           allow
           us
           to
           forge
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           But
           who
           made
           this
           
             Officious
             Lye
          
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           only
           this
           I
           observe
           ,
           that
           because
           they
           would
           Print
           somewhat
           ,
           and
           had
           little
           to
           go
           upon
           (
           nothing
           in
           truth
           )
           therefore
           they
           have
           set
           up
           all
           this
           Sail
           ,
           and
           run
           themselves
           a
           ground
           .
           Mr.
           James
           
             bestirs
             himself
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ;
           strange
           ,
           that
           one
           Visit
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           very
           short
           one
           ,
           should
           be
           a
           bestirring
           a
           Man's
           self
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           but
           a
           few
           Miles
           off
           ,
           and
           the
           Man
           lay
           so
           long
           in
           trouble
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           have
           been
           there
           many
           scores
           of
           times
           for
           one
           ,
           or
           as
           oft
           as
           some
           of
           my
           Adversaries
           take
           occasion
           to
           talk
           with
           those
           they
           hope
           to
           bring
           over
           to
           their
           Opinion
           .
           But
           what
           did
           I
           persuade
           him
           him
           to
           ?
           Why
           ,
           
             to
             go
             to
             Town
             to
             board
             :
          
           Just
           as
           much
           as
           to
           go
           to
           London
           (
           or
           elsewhere
           )
           to
           be
           dipt
           by
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ;
           of
           whose
           Name
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           that
           I
           had
           ever
           heard
           :
           And
           ,
           how
           should
           any
           know
           that
           I
           perswaded
           him
           to
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           ?
           My
           Friend
           with
           me
           ,
           who
           heard
           all
           our
           Discourse
           ,
           is
           a
           perfect
           Stranger
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           his
           Sister
           declares
           ,
           she
           heard
           nothing
           of
           all
           we
           said
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           least
           I
           do
           them
           wrong
           ,
           and
           give
           not
           the
           true
           sense
           and
           meaning
           of
           the
           Words
           ;
           and
           to
           do
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           wrong
           ,
           (
           though
           indeed
           it
           would
           prove
           well
           for
           him
           if
           he
           had
           only
           written
           false
           English
           ,
           and
           mistook
           in
           the
           Sense
           )
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           Englishmen
           ,
           and
           desire
           every
           Reader
           to
           say
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           not
           the
           true
           meaning
           of
           the
           Words
           ,
           That
           I
           perswaded
           the
           Man
           
             (
             R.
             M
          
           )
           to
           go
           to
           Town
           to
           Board
           ,
           and
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Physician
           of
           my
           own
           way
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Man
           took
           my
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           Ashford
           to
           board
           )
           and
           while
           he
           was
           here
           ,
           after
           sometime
           (
           longer
           or
           shorter
           it
           matters
           not
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           allowed
           to
           be
           but
           some
           Days
           ,
           for
           so
           he
           writes
           ,
           of
           
             one
             Day
          
           )
           while
           they
           were
           consulting
           together
           (
           surely
           he
           means
           the
           Physician
           and
           my self
           ;
           for
           he
           mentioned
           no
           other
           before
           ,
           and
           his
           Sense
           carries
           it
           this
           way
           )
           he
           heard
           them
           say
           thus
           and
           thus
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           gets
           away
           .
           Now
           if
           I
           have
           given
           his
           Sense
           right
           ,
           and
           understand
           his
           English
           ;
           which
           surely
           is
           even
           so
           ,
           if
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           write
           intelligibly
           ,
           then
           here
           is
           a
           wild
           Romance
           ,
           and
           a
           Tale
           told
           ,
           and
           a
           foul
           pack
           of
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           make
           me
           ridiculous
           .
           But
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           ,
           who
           of
           all
           Ashford
           Town
           can
           say
           ,
           that
           ever
           
             R.
             M.
          
           was
           here
           at
           Board
           ,
           during
           his
           Melancholy
           ?
           What
           
           Anabaptist
           can
           stand
           forth
           ,
           and
           help
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           or
           his
           Friends
           ,
           out
           of
           this
           Mire
           ?
           In
           whose
           House
           did
           he
           board
           or
           lodge
           ?
           As
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           protest
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           call
           to
           mind
           that
           ever
           I
           saw
           that
           poor
           Man
           but
           once
           at
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           and
           once
           or
           twice
           while
           I
           was
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           :
           But
           that
           the
           Doctor
           and
           my self
           should
           ever
           discourse
           of
           him
           thus
           ,
           and
           he
           near
           enough
           to
           over-hear
           us
           ,
           is
           too
           like
           some
           other
           Passages
           in
           the
           Reply
           .
           Yea
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           turn
           it
           upon
           his
           Cousin
           
             R.
             M.
          
           and
           his
           Wife
           ,
           that
           they
           said
           so
           ,
           and
           talked
           so
           foolishly
           (
           as
           I
           find
           they
           harp
           upon
           it
           )
           yet
           that
           will
           not
           serve
           their
           turn
           ;
           for
           they
           not
           only
           deny
           it
           ,
           but
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hath
           written
           and
           Printed
           it
           (
           as
           I
           think
           I
           have
           shewed
           )
           quite
           otherwise
           .
           Well
           ;
           upon
           this
           wonderful
           Relation
           ,
           he
           gravely
           proceeds
           :
           
             Now
             if
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             then
             all
             this
             stirr
             to
             bespatter
             the
          
           Baptists
           ,
           
             is
             to
             clear
             your self
             :
             But
             you
             are
             the
             more
             intangled
             ,
             and
             are
             taken
             in
             the
             Snare
             you
             laid
             ;
             and
             I
             could
             wish
             there
             had
             been
             no
             occasion
             to
             discover
             it
             .
          
           Discover
           it
           !
           A
           wonderful
           discovery
           indeed
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           when
           this
           Vindication
           comes
           forth
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           will
           wish
           indeed
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           Heart
           ,
           there
           had
           not
           one
           been
           Word
           written
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Friends
           had
           been
           tongue-tied
           when
           they
           told
           him
           such
           a
           Story
           .
           Are
           these
           the
           Bonds
           and
           Fetters
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           and
           his
           Friends
           have
           put
           upon
           me
           ?
           And
           do
           they
           think
           to
           bring
           me
           forth
           and
           expose
           me
           thus
           to
           make
           them
           Sport
           ?
           Alas
           !
           I
           can
           as
           easily
           break
           them
           as
           Sampson
           did
           his
           Wit
           hs
           and
           Cords
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           certain
           they
           themselves
           have
           pull'd
           down
           an
           House
           upon
           their
           Heads
           .
           For
           shame
           let
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           write
           a
           Retractation
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           this
           single
           Story
           ;
           and
           seeing
           it
           is
           resolved
           ,
           that
           he
           or
           some
           other
           shall
           answer
           again
           ,
           write
           what
           I
           will
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           them
           told
           me
           (
           it
           seems
           they
           are
           greatly
           in
           love
           with
           Printing
           ,
           and
           are
           proud
           of
           appearing
           such
           able
           Persons
           )
           by
           all
           means
           let
           them
           clear
           this
           foul
           matter
           ,
           but
           let
           them
           take
           care
           least
           their
           stirring
           too
           far
           make
           it
           worse
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           high
           time
           to
           come
           to
           other
           things
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           last
           place
           ,
           to
           answer
           the
           Accusations
           brought
           against
           me
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           had
           slandered
           the
           Baptists
           ,
           in
           representing
           them
           as
           Persons
           wh●
           are
           industrious
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ,
           and
           in
           urging
           Dipping
           ,
           so
           a●
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Salve
           for
           every
           Sore
           .
           'T
           is
           needless
           to
           set
           down
           th●
           Reply
           made
           to
           this
           Charge
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           really
           afraid
           I
           shall
           tire
           m●
           Reader
           in
           leading
           him
           up
           and
           down
           after
           Mr.
           Wells's
           defence
           〈◊〉
           his
           Friends
           and
           Party
           :
           Though
           for
           brevity
           I
           repeat
           not
           his
           Word●
           
           yet
           I
           will
           do
           him
           no
           wrong
           (
           if
           I
           should
           it
           would
           appear
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           to
           my
           advantage
           ;
           )
           but
           I
           propound
           the
           Case
           plainly
           ,
           and
           answer
           it
           home
           .
           These
           are
           the
           things
           then
           he
           quarrels
           with
           me
           for
           ,
           having
           reflected
           on
           the
           Anabaptists
           as
           industrious
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ;
           and
           urging
           Dipping
           ,
           as
           though
           all
           Religion
           did
           consist
           in
           going
           down
           into
           the
           Water
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           he
           challenges
           me
           to
           assign
           the
           guilty
           ,
           or
           else
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             p.
             21.
             
             It
             must
             be
             concluded
             ,
             you
             cannot
             ?
             and
             then
             in
             what
             a
             shameful
             Case
             will
             you
             appear
             ?
          
           Now
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           assigning
           the
           Criminals
           ,
           I
           have
           already
           said
           a
           little
           in
           answer
           thereto
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           always
           fit
           and
           meet
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           material
           :
           
             Cui
             bono
          
           ?
           To
           what
           good
           would
           it
           be
           ?
           I
           have
           named
           some
           to
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           taking
           a
           course
           with
           them
           ,
           they
           thought
           to
           take
           a
           course
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           promised
           one
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           to
           print
           against
           me
           for
           justifying
           my
           Charge
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           confidently
           all
           was
           a
           Slander
           .
           What
           should
           I
           name
           any
           Persons
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           named
           publickly
           enough
           ,
           and
           they
           take
           no
           notice
           ,
           (
           not
           at
           least
           to
           be
           openly
           known
           of
           )
           but
           shut
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           stop
           their
           Ears
           ,
           and
           run
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           ,
           That
           I
           will
           give
           no
           Proofs
           or
           Satisfaction
           ?
           I
           appeal
           to
           those
           few
           present
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           
             they
             attended
             me
          
           (
           to
           use
           Mr.
           Well's
           own
           Words
           ,
           
             (
             p.
             9.
             )
             after
             the
             publishing
             my
             Book
             ,
          
           I
           appeal
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           the
           Consciences
           of
           their
           Three
           Teachers
           ,
           whether
           I
           did
           not
           name
           several
           guilty
           of
           the
           things
           I
           laid
           to
           their
           Charge
           .
           But
           to
           clear
           all
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           to
           satisfie
           their
           longing
           desires
           (
           so
           far
           as
           is
           any
           ways
           meet
           and
           ●it
           )
           of
           assigning
           Persons
           ,
           both
           those
           who
           were
           troubled
           and
           almost
           distracted
           by
           the
           Anabaptists
           urging
           it
           upon
           them
           to
           be
           Dipp'd
           ,
           as
           ever
           they
           hoped
           to
           go
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           be
           saved
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           did
           trouble
           them
           ,
           laying
           this
           mighty
           stress
           upon
           Dipping
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           put
           an
           end
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           clear
           my self
           ,
           and
           shew
           how
           able
           I
           am
           every
           way
           to
           vindicate
           my self
           from
           the
           foul
           Slanders
           cast
           on
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           my
           Charge
           good
           to
           a
           tittle
           ;
           let
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           know
           that
           I
           have
           several
           Depositions
           of
           Persons
           by
           me
           ,
           which
           fully
           prove
           the
           matter
           in
           Hand
           ,
           subscribed
           freely
           ,
           and
           which
           will
           be
           readi●y
           attested
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           ,
           upon
           just
           occasion
           .
           Behold
           one
           in
           Form
           ,
           ●s
           I
           have
           it
           by
           me
           with
           so
           me
           others
           .
        
         
         
           I
           ,
           
             N.
             N.
          
           do
           own
           and
           testifie
           ,
           That
           
             N.
             N.
          
           hath
           divers
           times
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           great
           Vexation
           and
           disquietude
           ,
           urged
           me
           to
           be
           Dipped
           ;
           setting
           forth
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           thereof
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           inveighing
           against
           those
           who
           practised
           Infant
           Baptism
           ,
           as
           Antichristian
           ,
           and
           urging
           me
           to
           be
           Dipped
           ,
           as
           ever
           I
           expected
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Witness
           my
           Hand
           ,
        
         
           N.
           N.
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           should
           I
           go
           about
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Practises
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           (
           about
           us
           )
           and
           reveal
           what
           many
           poor
           weak
           Christians
           have
           told
           me
           ,
           with
           great
           bitterness
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           how
           burthensome
           their
           very
           Life
           was
           to
           them
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           importunate
           Sollicitations
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           be
           dipped
           ,
           and
           their
           Desperate
           Speeches
           striking
           an
           Horrour
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           vexing
           their
           Souls
           continually
           ,
           it
           would
           ,
           I
           doubt
           ,
           sound
           very
           strange
           to
           many
           Readers
           :
           But
           so
           it
           is
           in
           truth
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           these
           Persons
           would
           fain
           be
           counted
           innocent
           ,
           and
           cry
           out
           of
           the
           wrong
           I
           have
           done
           them
           .
           One
           instance
           I
           cannot
           but
           produce
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           little
           largely
           ,
           it
           being
           so
           material
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           glad
           (
           as
           the
           Case
           is
           )
           to
           take
           the
           opportunity
           to
           let
           the
           World
           know
           it
           ,
           and
           judge
           thereof
           .
           And
           because
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hath
           sprinkled
           here
           and
           there
           a
           little
           of
           the
           point
           of
           Controversie
           ,
           and
           his
           Ashford
           Friends
           make
           advantage
           of
           his
           Reply
           (
           such
           as
           it
           is
           )
           to
           scatter
           their
           Books
           among
           us
           (
           and
           surely
           the
           like
           was
           never
           known
           :
           for
           to
           this
           Book
           of
           his
           they
           have
           tack'd
           another
           (
           stitch'd
           them
           together
           )
           yea
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           so
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           his
           Reply
           there
           are
           these
           few
           Lines
           Printed
           to
           couple
           them
           together
           ;
           
             And
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             point
             of
             Baptism
             ,
             we
             refer
             that
             to
             the
             following
             Treatise
             ,
             formerly
             written
             by
             another
             Hand
             ,
             intituled
             ,
             The
             Reason
             why
             ,
          
           &c.
           Good
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           why
           did
           you
           not
           send
           me
           a
           perfect
           Copy
           ?
           But
           I
           suppose
           you
           thought
           I
           should
           hardly
           be
           caught
           with
           your
           Chaff
           ,
           and
           therefore
           a
           few
           Books
           were
           provided
           for
           my self
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           could
           better
           judge
           what
           was
           written
           ;
           Truly
           this
           was
           civilly
           done
           ,
           not
           to
           trouble
           me
           with
           any
           more
           Books
           than
           your
           own
           ;
           and
           now
           it
           
           seems
           I
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           to
           answer
           any
           thing
           but
           your
           Reply
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           kindness
           I
           acknowledge
           (
           I
           say
           )
           because
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hath
           scattered
           up
           and
           down
           somewhat
           of
           Controversie
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           convenient
           to
           give
           a
           touch
           or
           two
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           prevent
           Mistakes
           and
           Error
           ,
           and
           to
           send
           forth
           an
           Antidote
           for
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Vindication
           for
           my self
           .
           The
           instance
           by
           which
           I
           take
           occasion
           to
           write
           this
           ,
           was
           this
           :
           A
           Woman
           aged
           near
           Forty
           Years
           came
           to
           me
           to
           be
           baptized
           :
           Upon
           instructing
           her
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           her
           answering
           to
           such
           Questions
           about
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           seemed
           to
           me
           necessary
           ,
           (
           first
           having
           consulted
           the
           Practice
           of
           other
           Churches
           in
           like
           Cases
           )
           and
           professing
           her
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           I
           baptized
           her
           on
           a
           Lord's
           Day
           in
           the
           Evening
           before
           the
           Communicants
           :
           Now
           ,
           quickly
           upon
           her
           being
           so
           baptized
           ,
           the
           matter
           being
           noised
           abroad
           ,
           she
           was
           set
           upon
           by
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           even
           as
           I
           have
           represented
           the
           too
           common
           Practice
           of
           some
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           them
           in
           their
           Communion
           (
           which
           they
           cannot
           disown
           )
           did
           exceedingly
           perplex
           this
           poor
           Woman
           with
           Questions
           and
           Cavillings
           ,
           asking
           her
           what
           Faith
           she
           had
           in
           what
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           speaking
           against
           it
           as
           no
           Baptism
           ,
           seeing
           she
           was
           not
           dipped
           :
           This
           really
           disturbed
           her
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           lamented
           it
           to
           me
           ;
           not
           that
           she
           was
           unsetled
           ,
           or
           believed
           them
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           followed
           her
           with
           such
           Discourses
           ,
           giving
           her
           no
           rest
           :
           Yea
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           time
           of
           writing
           this
           (
           which
           is
           now
           about
           two
           Years
           since
           her
           being
           so
           baptized
           )
           the
           Design
           is
           carried
           on
           very
           busily
           to
           proselite
           her
           :
           She
           declares
           to
           me
           ,
           how
           she
           is
           continually
           disquieted
           by
           that
           Party
           ;
           she
           now
           tells
           it
           me
           with
           Tears
           ,
           that
           she
           is
           wearied
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           hath
           desired
           them
           to
           let
           her
           rest
           ,
           being
           well
           satisfied
           in
           her
           Baptism
           .
           But
           that
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           considerable
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           At
           the
           time
           when
           those
           three
           Teachers
           were
           with
           me
           about
           about
           my
           Book
           ,
           among
           others
           whom
           they
           press'd
           me
           to
           name
           ,
           and
           instance
           in
           ,
           I
           named
           this
           Woman
           ,
           and
           represented
           the
           Evil
           of
           this
           Practice
           ,
           in
           going
           about
           thus
           to
           disquiet
           a
           poor
           weak
           Woman
           ,
           who
           was
           baptized
           so
           authentickly
           (
           as
           one
           would
           think
           all
           Christians
           should
           allow
           )
           being
           an
           adult
           Person
           ,
           having
           profess'd
           her
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           before
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           .
           Hereupon
           one
           of
           them
           had
           the
           confidence
           to
           tell
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           indeed
           no
           Baptism
           .
           Monstrous
           Doctrine
           !
           What
           will
           become
           of
           Christians
           at
           this
           rate
           ?
           and
           what
           hope
           can
           Millions
           have
           ,
           to
           whom
           
           it
           hath
           been
           applied
           in
           any
           other
           way
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Baptists
           ?
           What
           ,
           can
           a
           Mode
           destroy
           the
           Essence
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           ?
           and
           shall
           the
           Application
           of
           Water
           in
           a
           less
           quantity
           render
           it
           altogether
           ineffectual
           ,
           and
           destroy
           its
           end
           and
           efficacy
           ?
           When
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           is
           put
           upon
           the
           Person
           ;
           and
           the
           true
           Element
           of
           Water
           is
           used
           ;
           and
           the
           principal
           end
           of
           its
           application
           signified
           ,
           which
           is
           washing
           the
           Soul
           with
           Christ's
           Blood
           ,
           and
           purifying
           it
           by
           the
           blessed
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           all
           is
           done
           by
           a
           Minister
           ordained
           to
           that
           Office
           :
           Is
           not
           this
           Baptism
           ?
           O
           ,
           but
           she
           was
           not
           dipped
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           .
           Poor
           ,
           ignorant
           ,
           confident
           Men
           ,
           thus
           to
           cavil
           !
           The
           Word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           chosen
           by
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           doth
           signifie
           to
           wash
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           dip
           ;
           it
           signifies
           a
           washing
           with
           Water
           ,
           not
           only
           a
           total
           immersion
           ,
           but
           a
           partial
           ;
           not
           only
           a
           Dipping
           ,
           but
           other
           applications
           of
           Water
           to
           wash
           :
           Yea
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           those
           
             diverse
             Washings
          
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           spoken
           of
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           Heb.
           9.
           10.
           
           (
           which
           he
           calleth
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           )
           were
           not
           total
           immersions
           ,
           but
           partial
           ,
           of
           one
           par●
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           another
           ;
           and
           even
           Sprinklings
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           
             Levites
             ,
             Numb
          
           .
           8.
           5
           ,
           6
           ,
           7.
           and
           at
           the
           cleansing
           o●
           a
           Leprous
           Person
           ,
           Levit.
           14.
           7.
           
           From
           the
           Apostle
           I
           will
           lear●
           the
           meaning
           of
           this
           Word
           ,
           rather
           than
           from
           any
           Baptist
           .
           But
           Mr.
           Wells
           ,
           with
           his
           Learning
           would
           teach
           us
           thus
           ,
           
             p.
             12.
             
             You
             cannot
             be
             ignorant
             but
             that
          
           Baptiso
           
             is
             to
             dip
             ,
             and
             is
             allowed
             ,
             and
             approved
             to
             be
             so
             by
             the
             Lexicons
             ,
             Dictionaries
             ,
             and
             all
             approved
             Authors
             that
             are
             Orthodox
          
           ;
           (
           'T
           is
           well
           he
           did
           not
           say
           only
           to
           Dip
           for
           then
           I
           know
           what
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           )
           
             and
             't
             is
             rare
             to
             find
             a
             Schola●
             so
             weak
             as
             not
             for
             to
             allow
             it
             .
          
           Truly
           't
           is
           rare
           to
           find
           a
           Baptist
           though
           he
           cannot
           read
           one
           Word
           of
           Greek
           ,
           or
           understand
           Latin
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           to
           talk
           and
           write
           of
           the
           Sense
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           as
           though
           they
           had
           consulted
           Lexicons
           ,
           Dictionaries
           ,
           and
           wha●
           not
           ?
           But
           is
           not
           this
           a
           fine
           begging
           of
           the
           Question
           ?
           Wh●
           ever
           denied
           Dipping
           to
           be
           Baptizing
           ?
           But
           Mr.
           
           Wells's
           Friend●
           at
           Ashford
           might
           be
           ashamed
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           application
           o●
           Water
           is
           Baptizing
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Woman
           was
           not
           Baptised
           For
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           what
           learned
           Man
           ever
           rendred
           the
           Word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           only
           to
           Dip
           ,
           exclusively
           to
           all
           other
           significations
           ?
           I
           have
           no●
           search'd
           (
           as
           before-times
           )
           Lexicons
           and
           Dictionaries
           ,
           and
           fin●
           the
           Word
           rendred
           indeed
           to
           Dip
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           Wash
           ,
           yea
           ,
           an●
           to
           Sprinkle
           ;
           there
           comes
           in
           an
           
             Item
             ,
             làvo
             ,
             abluo
          
           :
           And
           surely
           〈◊〉
           
           is
           a
           significant
           Word
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Imprimis
           :
           Every
           Tradesman
           knows
           this
           .
           Indeed
           at
           the
           rate
           some
           Baptists
           writ
           and
           report
           the
           Words
           of
           the
           Learned
           ,
           they
           would
           perswade
           silly
           People
           all
           the
           learned
           Men
           were
           almost
           Anabaptists
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           Self-condemned
           ,
           being
           as
           they
           are
           in
           Opinion
           ,
           though
           of
           a
           contrary
           Practice
           .
           They
           make
           some
           speak
           a
           few
           Words
           ,
           and
           say
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           to
           Dip
           ,
           to
           plunge
           in
           Water
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           stop
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           cry
           hold
           ;
           whereas
           good
           Men
           ,
           might
           they
           go
           on
           ,
           they
           would
           add
           ,
           to
           Wash
           ,
           to
           pour
           on
           Water
           ,
           to
           Sprinkle
           :
           And
           their
           Quotations
           are
           much
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           very
           deceitful
           ,
           
             per
             saltum
          
           ,
           and
           keeping
           back
           a
           material
           part
           ,
           and
           so
           making
           them
           to
           speak
           very
           favourably
           for
           them
           ;
           the
           very
           thing
           we
           are
           upon
           proves
           this
           ,
           Mr.
           Wells
           saith
           ,
           Baptiso
           is
           to
           Dip
           ,
           as
           Lexicons
           ,
           &c.
           say
           ,
           as
           though
           that
           were
           all
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           needless
           to
           make
           a
           Digression
           to
           shew
           it
           by
           their
           Quotations
           of
           
             Zanchy
             ,
             Piscater
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             Poole
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           ,
           who
           can
           prove
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           himself
           was
           Dipped
           ,
           or
           Plunged
           in
           his
           Baptism
           ;
           or
           that
           any
           of
           those
           Baptized
           ones
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           were
           so
           Dipped
           or
           Plunged
           ?
           Not
           a
           Word
           that
           ever
           I
           yet
           read
           did
           prove
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           soundly
           prove
           it
           :
           Probability
           is
           no
           proof
           of
           this
           Degree
           ;
           Opinion
           is
           not
           Faith.
           An
           immersion
           there
           might
           be
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           a
           total
           one
           ;
           or
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           some
           other
           application
           ,
           as
           by
           pouring
           on
           of
           Water
           .
           That
           Baptism
           was
           oft
           performed
           of
           old
           by
           Dipping
           ,
           I
           gainsay
           not
           ;
           but
           that
           there
           were
           other
           ways
           ,
           is
           certain
           also
           .
           Pray
           let
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           construe
           these
           Words
           .
           
             Fundere
             aquam
             ,
             infundere
          
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           
             Javare
             ,
             abluere
          
           ,
           found
           oftentimes
           in
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Antients
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Aspergere
           ,
           for
           Baptizing
           ?
           Also
           let
           him
           unriddle
           ,
           how
           they
           Baptized
           some
           in
           Prisons
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           Beds
           ,
           sick
           of
           Feavours
           ,
           in
           Sweats
           ,
           &c.
           as
           Augustine
           tells
           us
           at
           large
           of
           a
           Friend
           of
           his
           ?
           If
           this
           were
           not
           done
           by
           some
           other
           way
           than
           by
           Dipping
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           let
           Mr.
           Wells
           declare
           how
           that
           could
           be
           .
           But
           shall
           we
           call
           in
           question
           at
           this
           day
           the
           Baptism
           of
           all
           those
           in
           former
           Ages
           who
           were
           not
           Dipp'd
           ?
           and
           strike
           so
           many
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           out
           of
           the
           Roll
           of
           the
           Baptized
           ,
           who
           are
           now
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           An
           horrible
           boldness
           to
           speak
           at
           this
           rate
           !
           But
           let
           them
           take
           heed
           ;
           for
           how
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           can
           they
           prove
           our
           Lord
           himself
           was
           so
           Dipped
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           one
           ancient
           Writer
           was
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           (
           and
           surely
           he
           was
           not
           alone
           )
           even
           
             Aurelius
             Prudentius
          
           ,
           who
           sings
           thus
           of
           it
           (
           being
           a
           famous
           
           Christian
           Poet
           flourishing
           about
           thirteen
           hundred
           Years
           since
           )
           
             Perfundit
             fluvio
             pastus
             Baptista
             locustis
             .
          
           
             i.
             e.
             John
             the
             Baptist
          
           poured
           some
           of
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           River
           on
           him
           ;
           our
           Baptist
           would
           teach
           him
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Immergit
             fluvio
          
           ,
           &c.
           but
           it
           seems
           he
           knew
           better
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           thought
           otherwise
           :
           And
           Bernard
           (
           a
           later
           Writer
           by
           far
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           very
           late
           neither
           ,
           for
           he
           lived
           about
           five
           hundred
           Years
           ago
           ;
           and
           hath
           the
           Honour
           ,
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           to
           be
           called
           by
           some
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           the
           Fathers
           )
           hath
           this
           notable
           Expression
           ,
           
             Infundit
             aquam
             capiti
             creatoris
             creatura-nobilior
             ,
             &
             Dei
             verticem
             mortalis
             dextra
             contrectat
             &
             contingit
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           John
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           
             that
             noble
             Creature
             ,
             poured
             Water
             on
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Creator
             ,
             and
             the
             Right
             Hand
             of
             a
             Man
             touched
             and
             handled
             the
             Head
             of
             God.
          
           I
           do
           not
           produce
           these
           Testimonies
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           would
           maintain
           that
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           was
           not
           Dipped
           but
           only
           to
           shew
           the
           boldness
           of
           those
           Persons
           ,
           who
           cavil
           at
           the
           Baptism
           of
           all
           such
           as
           are
           not
           plunged
           in
           Water
           ,
           and
           do
           ,
           by
           crying
           up
           Dipp'd
           or
           Damn'd
           ,
           trouble
           the
           weak
           ,
           and
           drive
           them
           into
           a
           dangerous
           Melancholy
           .
           Yea
           ,
           what
           if
           the
           Eunuch
           went
           down
           into
           the
           Water
           ,
           Acts
           8.
           38.
           or
           Christ
           came
           up
           out
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           
             Matth.
             3.
             16
             ,
             Mark.
          
           1.
           10.
           
           (
           though
           by
           the
           way
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           is
           only
           ,
           he
           came
           up
           from
           the
           Water
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           it
           )
           What
           doth
           this
           prove
           ?
           Dipping
           a
           total
           immersion
           ?
           Surely
           they
           that
           say
           this
           may
           say
           any
           thing
           .
           But
           now
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           Mr.
           
           Wells's
           Confidence
           ,
           to
           call
           Infant
           Baptism
           a
           
             Scriptureless
             Notion
             ,
             p.
          
           14.
           and
           
             p.
             13
          
           ,
           14.
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Sprinkling
             of
             Infants
             is
             a
             new
             Doctrine
             ,
             a
             Scriptueless
             thing
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
          
           Genesis
           
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
          
           Revelations
           :
           What
           ,
           
             a
             new
             Doctrine
          
           ?
           Let
           the
           famous
           Calvin
           ,
           be
           heard
           ,
           whom
           I
           chuse
           to
           quote
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           see●
           him
           quoted
           in
           their
           Books
           as
           one
           that
           wrote
           for
           their
           Opinion
           'T
           is
           in
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           which
           he
           calls
           his
           Appendix
           to
           the
           forme
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           written
           on
           purpose
           against
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           as
           the
           Title
           and
           the
           first
           Words
           declare
           :
           The
           Title
           this
           ,
           
             Poedobaptismum
             cu●
             Christi
             institutione
             ,
             &
             signi
             natura
             optimè
             congruere
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           )
           Infan●
           Baptism's
           agreement
           with
           Christ's
           Institution
           ,
           and
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Sign
           .
           The
           first
           Words
           are
           these
           ,
           
             Quoniam
             autem
             hoc
             s●culo
             phrenetici
             quidum
             Spiritus
             ob
             Poedobaptismum
             graves
             excitarunt
             i●
             
             Ecclesia
             turbas
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           Whereas
           in
           this
           Age
           some
           phrensical
           (
           or
           enthusiastical
           )
           Persons
           have
           raised
           great
           stirs
           in
           the
           Church
           about
           Infant
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           cease
           at
           this
           day
           to
           cause
           the
           same
           Tumults
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           subjoin
           this
           Appendix
           to
           restrain
           their
           Fury
           .
           Now
           the
           Passage
           I
           would
           quote
           out
           of
           this
           notable
           Chapter
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           
             Quod
             autem
             apud
             simplicem
             vulgum
             disseminaret
             ,
             longam
             annorum
             seriem
             post
             Christi
             resurrectionem
             praeteriisse
             ,
             quibus
             incognitus
             erat
             Poedobaptismus
             ;
             in
             eo
             Foedissimè
             Mentiuntur
             :
             Siquidem
             nullus
             est
             scriptor
             tam
             vetustus
             ,
             qui
             non
             ejus
             originem
             ad
             Apostolorum
             seculum
             pro
             certo
             referat
             (
             i.
             e.
             )
          
           Whereas
           they
           talk
           up
           and
           down
           among
           the
           silly
           people
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           many
           Ages
           after
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           before
           Infant
           Baptism
           was
           known
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           tell
           a
           
             most
             foul
             Lye
          
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           there
           is
           no
           Writer
           so
           ancient
           ,
           who
           doth
           not
           for
           certain
           refer
           the
           Original
           thereof
           to
           the
           Apostles
           Age.
           But
           why
           doth
           Mr.
           Wells
           tell
           us
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           and
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ?
           Who
           thinks
           Baptism
           was
           the
           Sacrament
           then
           in
           use
           ?
           But
           verily
           he
           hath
           laid
           himselfe
           open
           by
           this
           unwary
           Expression
           :
           For
           I
           can
           tell
           him
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           Children
           Baptized
           within
           that
           time
           (
           and
           that
           by
           Sprinkling
           also
           ,
           through
           the
           dropping
           of
           the
           Cloud
           and
           the
           dashing
           of
           the
           Waters
           ,
           as
           many
           Learned
           doubt
           not
           )
           and
           prove
           it
           out
           of
           Holy
           Scripture
           .
           Let
           him
           read
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           2.
           and
           see
           if
           the
           Apostle
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           That
           
             all
             the
             Congregation
             of
             Israel
          
           which
           passed
           through
           the
           Red-Sea
           ,
           were
           
             baptized
             unto
             Moses
             in
             the
             Cloud
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Sea
          
           ;
           the
           word
           is
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           which
           I
           leave
           to
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           to
           interpret
           .
           Were
           there
           not
           
             many
             Children
          
           ,
           thousands
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           the
           Men
           alone
           were
           above
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           ?
           Children
           of
           all
           Ages
           undoubtedly
           ?
           Though
           Paul
           calls
           them
           all
           Fathers
           in
           the
           first
           Verse
           ,
           yet
           I
           suppose
           that
           must
           be
           taken
           in
           this
           Sense
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Children
           came
           to
           Age
           ,
           they
           also
           were
           all
           Fathers
           in
           Israel
           ,
           their
           Fore-fathers
           :
           Yea
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           typical
           in
           some
           Sense
           of
           our
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           as
           he
           sheweth
           in
           the
           next
           Verses
           ,
           that
           their
           drinking
           of
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Rock
           ,
           was
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           :
           But
           why
           is
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           so
           over-confident
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           dangerous
           case
           ,
           sure
           ,
           to
           declare
           against
           Infant
           Baptism
           at
           this
           ●ate
           ,
           as
           a
           
             new
             Doctrine
          
           ,
           when
           
             Justin
             Martyr
             ,
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Origen
             ,
          
           and
           those
           Ancients
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           very
           next
           Age
           to
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           speak
           plainly
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           Practice
           in
           their
           Days
           ,
           and
           write
           of
           it
           as
           no
           other
           than
           Apostolical
           :
           Or
           why
           is
           he
           so
           confident
           to
           call
           it
           a
           
             Scriptureless
             thing
          
           ;
           when
           several
           Households
           are
           said
           〈◊〉
           Scripture
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           
           can
           never
           make
           it
           clear
           there
           were
           no
           Children
           in
           them
           ?
           But
           surely
           if
           Families
           might
           be
           without
           them
           ,
           yet
           there
           must
           be
           Children
           in
           Nations
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           to
           be
           made
           Disciples
           and
           Baptized
           by
           Christ's
           Commission
           to
           his
           Gospel
           Ministry
           :
           But
           we
           do
           not
           lay
           our
           stress
           on
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           build
           only
           on
           Probabilities
           .
           No
           ,
           but
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           that
           Infants
           are
           the
           Subjects
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           of
           old
           of
           Circumcision
           ;
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Old
           and
           the
           New
           Testament
           being
           one
           ,
           only
           the
           Seals
           of
           the
           Covenant
           altered
           ;
           washing
           being
           a
           more
           gentle
           way
           of
           initiating
           ,
           than
           cutting
           of
           the
           Flesh
           :
           If
           we
           had
           not
           this
           Priviledge
           under
           the
           Gospel
           to
           have
           our
           Children
           visibly
           entred
           and
           taken
           into
           God's
           Church
           ,
           the
           Jews
           were
           really
           in
           a
           far
           better
           State
           than
           we
           ,
           unless
           we
           will
           despise
           God's
           Sacraments
           and
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           care
           not
           whither
           our
           Children
           partake
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           go
           without
           them
           :
           Yea
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           we
           are
           concerned
           in
           God's
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           he
           made
           with
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Seed
           ,
           as
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           witnesses
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           same
           Spiritual
           Priviledges
           :
           
             Nisi
             fortè
             arbitramur
             ,
             Christum
             suo
             adventu
             Patris
             gratiam
             imminuisse
             aut
             decurtasse
             ,
             quod
             ex
             ecrabili
             blasphemia
             non
             vacat
          
           ;
           as
           saith
           Calvin
           in
           the
           former
           place
           ;
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           unless
           we
           think
           that
           Christ
           by
           his
           coming
           cut
           short
           his
           Father's
           Love
           and
           Grace
           ,
           which
           thought
           cannot
           be
           excused
           from
           Blasphemy
           it self
           .
           But
           where
           is
           the
           Repeal
           of
           that
           Priviledge
           ?
           Where
           is
           it
           said
           ,
           I
           did
           indeed
           receive
           their
           Children
           ,
           but
           as
           for
           yours
           I
           will
           not
           be
           so
           gracious
           to
           them
           ?
           Alas
           !
           Christ
           declares
           quite
           the
           contrary
           :
           He
           shewed
           his
           Love
           to
           little
           Children
           both
           by
           Words
           and
           Actions
           :
           And
           that
           good
           Shepherd
           who
           marked
           his
           Lambs
           of
           old
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Sheep
           ,
           would
           have
           them
           now
           washed
           alike
           in
           the
           Laver
           of
           Regeneration
           .
           But
           I
           must
           remember
           I
           write
           a
           Vindication
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           not
           my
           work
           to
           meddle
           with
           the
           Questions
           in
           debate
           between
           us
           ;
           only
           I
           have
           touched
           at
           these
           things
           ,
           being
           led
           to
           them
           by
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           the
           Vanity
           and
           strange
           Confidence
           of
           these
           Men
           in
           these
           matters
           ;
           it
           being
           that
           whereby
           they
           take
           the
           unwary
           and
           undiscerning
           Souls
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           grow
           weary
           of
           writing
           ;
           and
           indeed
           this
           is
           the
           great
           Mischief
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hath
           done
           me
           ;
           he
           hath
           created
           me
           some
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           many
           Thoughts
           ,
           whereas
           my
           Hands
           are
           full
           enough
           of
           Work
           ,
           the
           Work
           of
           my
           Ministry
           ;
           not
           being
           so
           happy
           as
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           mind
           a
           Flock
           ,
           and
           a
           Family
           ,
           and
           a
           Trade
           also
           ,
           and
           yet
           find
           time
           for
           Disputing
           ,
           Printing
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           upon
           every
           little
           pretence
           ?
           
           Were
           it
           not
           that
           I
           were
           afraid
           least
           I
           should
           betray
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Souls
           of
           some
           poor
           People
           ,
           who
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           expect
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           could
           be
           very
           well
           content
           to
           be
           silent
           ;
           but
           forasmuch
           as
           I
           am
           set
           for
           a
           defence
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           I
           cannot
           let
           such
           matters
           pass
           without
           taking
           some
           pains
           ,
           in
           a
           case
           where
           so
           many
           round
           me
           are
           so
           deeply
           concerned
           :
           Not
           so
           much
           that
           I
           need
           to
           fear
           my self
           as
           others
           ;
           I
           think
           nothing
           hath
           befallen
           me
           ,
           but
           what
           hath
           happened
           to
           other
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           far
           above
           me
           .
           I
           did
           but
           touch
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           kicked
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           sad
           noise
           .
           But
           ,
           thanks
           be
           to
           God
           ,
           they
           have
           prevailed
           but
           little
           hitherto
           ,
           in
           those
           endeavours
           they
           have
           used
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ;
           of
           which
           I
           had
           reason
           to
           complain
           ,
           and
           did
           seriously
           warn
           them
           .
           In
           six
           Years
           I
           have
           lost
           but
           one
           of
           my
           Flock
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           young
           Man
           ,
           who
           was
           but
           a
           little
           while
           under
           my
           Care
           ,
           and
           so
           suddenly
           gone
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           scarce
           aware
           of
           it
           before
           his
           Departure
           :
           It
           was
           but
           once
           I
           had
           opportunity
           to
           speak
           to
           him
           before
           his
           being
           Dipped
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           utterly
           refused
           my
           Offer
           to
           Discourse
           with
           those
           Anabaptists
           in
           his
           presence
           for
           his
           sake
           ,
           who
           had
           perverted
           him
           ;
           nay
           ,
           nor
           would
           he
           be
           brought
           to
           read
           a
           little
           Piece
           I
           would
           have
           put
           into
           his
           Hands
           ,
           but
           rashly
           he
           would
           be
           Dipped
           ,
           and
           renounce
           his
           first
           Baptism
           :
           And
           who
           could
           have
           stopped
           so
           resolute
           a
           Person
           ?
           Misguided
           Zeal
           did
           strangely
           transport
           him
           ,
           and
           since
           his
           Dipping
           he
           hath
           done
           me
           some
           wrong
           by
           misrepresenting
           some
           things
           I
           had
           said
           of
           Baptism
           ;
           but
           I
           forgive
           him
           .
           Surely
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hath
           lost
           his
           Wit
           (
           and
           that
           is
           pity
           indeed
           ,
           he
           sheweth
           so
           little
           all
           along
           )
           in
           that
           Expression
           ,
           
             p.
             17.
             
             Alas
             !
             't
             is
             to
             be
             supposed
             you
             have
             lost
             some
             of
             your
             Disciples
             (
             which
             )
             makes
             you
             so
             peevish
             ,
             pettish
             ,
             froward
             ,
             and
             unkind
             to
             your
             Friends
             .
          
           No
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           not
           some
           ,
           but
           one
           ;
           and
           my
           place
           is
           not
           thinn'd
           ,
           but
           much
           otherwise
           ;
           yea
           ,
           rather
           than
           fail
           ,
           your
           Friends
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           have
           a
           strong
           desire
           of
           doing
           me
           that
           Honour
           to
           be
           my
           Hearers
           :
           One
           of
           them
           who
           lived
           and
           dyed
           of
           your
           Communion
           ,
           a
           zealous
           Person
           in
           your
           way
           ,
           hath
           oft
           spoke
           to
           me
           and
           others
           of
           being
           my
           Hearer
           most
           gladly
           ,
           but
           refrain'd
           lest
           it
           should
           give
           Offence
           :
           And
           another
           ,
           who
           it
           seems
           (
           as
           one
           of
           your
           Teachers
           told
           me
           )
           had
           been
           inclined
           to
           your
           Opinion
           many
           Years
           ,
           yet
           having
           been
           my
           Hearer
           for
           some
           time
           ,
           after
           her
           being
           Dipp'd
           lamented
           it
           with
           Tears
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           leave
           such
           Preaching
           .
           Truly
           in
           this
           I
           am
           become
           a
           Fool
           ,
           in
           glorying
           ,
           but
           ye
           have
           compelled
           me
           .
        
         
         
           One
           thing
           more
           ,
           and
           I
           conclude
           :
           Whereas
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           makes
           a
           Challenge
           to
           dispute
           with
           me
           ,
           in
           his
           Reply
           ,
           especially
           in
           his
           private
           Letter
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           it
           would
           be
           but
           a
           spending
           time
           idly
           ,
           to
           argue
           with
           that
           Man
           ,
           who
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           put
           the
           Questions
           fairly
           he
           would
           dispute
           upon
           :
           His
           second
           Offer
           is
           this
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           
             We
             are
             ready
             to
             try
             the
             Cause
             ,
             whether
             Dipping
             or
             Sprinkling
             be
             most
             ancient
             ?
          
           But
           what
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           would
           this
           come
           to
           ?
           Who
           speaks
           against
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           Dipping
           ?
           But
           was
           it
           a
           total
           immersion
           ,
           a
           Dipping
           the
           whole
           Person
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           infallibly
           ,
           without
           Guesses
           ,
           Conjectures
           ,
           and
           Probabilities
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           but
           what
           if
           so
           ?
           If
           Christ
           give
           his
           Churches
           liberty
           to
           Baptize
           by
           pouring
           on
           Water
           ,
           or
           other
           Application
           (
           as
           the
           Word
           will
           bear
           ,
           as
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           may
           see
           in
           Lexicons
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           read
           and
           understand
           them
           )
           then
           this
           Question
           is
           meerly
           trifling
           .
           Dipping
           there
           might
           be
           in
           Christ's
           time
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           best
           way
           of
           Baptizing
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           the
           only
           necessary
           way
           ;
           not
           absolutely
           so
           ;
           if
           in
           case
           of
           Necessity
           and
           Mercy
           Men
           might
           break
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           
           and
           be
           blameless
           ;
           or
           on
           the
           same
           Account
           they
           might
           eat
           the
           Passover
           on
           another
           Month
           and
           Day
           then
           God
           instituted
           it
           ;
           surely
           then
           ,
           in
           case
           Dipping
           were
           used
           of
           old
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           of
           that
           absolute
           necessity
           as
           our
           Baptists
           pretend
           ,
           but
           in
           Case
           of
           Weakness
           ,
           &c.
           may
           be
           dispenc'd
           with
           ;
           and
           where
           we
           have
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           not
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ?
           But
           then
           his
           fourth
           Assertion
           is
           more
           frivolous
           :
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             We
             are
             ready
             to
             prove
             ,
             That
             Dipping
             is
             Baptizing
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             according
             to
             Christ's
             Institution
             .
          
           This
           indeed
           will
           require
           no
           great
           proof
           ,
           and
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           may
           manage
           it
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ;
           but
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           whether
           a
           total
           immersion
           ,
           Dipping
           all
           the
           Body
           ,
           be
           the
           only
           Baptism
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           nothing
           less
           ,
           nothing
           else
           ;
           whither
           it
           be
           exclusive
           of
           any
           other
           Application
           of
           Water
           ;
           and
           this
           we
           deny
           ;
           let
           who
           can
           prove
           it
           .
           Only
           the
           third
           Question
           is
           of
           any
           Moment
           ,
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Sprinkling
             of
             Infants
             be
             the
             Baptism
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           this
           he
           roundly
           denies
           ;
           and
           this
           comprehends
           both
           the
           Subject
           and
           manner
           of
           Application
           of
           the
           Water
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           all
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           divided
           to
           be
           rightly
           handled
           .
           But
           I
           think
           it
           will
           not
           be
           worth
           while
           to
           dispute
           with
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           of
           whom
           I
           do
           not
           know
           ,
           nor
           doth
           he
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           the
           least
           Learning
           that
           might
           be
           a
           means
           to
           keep
           him
           in
           Order
           ,
           and
           repress
           Clamorousness
           and
           Confidence
           .
           But
           if
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           have
           so
           much
           leisure
           ,
           and
           his
           Zeal
           be
           so
           great
           as
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           Ashford
           ,
           and
           my
           Circumstances
           fairly
           permit
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           say
           but
           I
           may
           meet
           him
           
           upon
           this
           Score
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           think
           to
           hide
           my
           Head
           ,
           but
           to
           give
           him
           an
           Answer
           :
           But
           still
           I
           must
           profess
           ,
           I
           am
           yet
           afraid
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           should
           come
           to
           a
           Tryal
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           would
           argue
           much
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           he
           writes
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           poorly
           ,
           and
           foully
           ;
           not
           handsomly
           nor
           honestly
           ,
           being
           over-confident
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           no
           ground
           for
           ;
           and
           so
           he
           would
           create
           abundance
           of
           trouble
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           perplex
           the
           matter
           he
           takes
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           do
           forgive
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           the
           wrong
           he
           hath
           done
           me
           ,
           only
           desiring
           him
           ,
           not
           to
           act
           so
           rashly
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           judging
           in
           a
           Cause
           ,
           and
           condemning
           a
           Person
           he
           is
           wholly
           a
           stranger
           to
           .
           As
           for
           my
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           stirred
           him
           up
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           eager
           for
           some
           body
           to
           Print
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           gave
           such
           false
           Witness
           ,
           I
           freely
           forgive
           them
           also
           ;
           only
           desiring
           them
           to
           mind
           their
           own
           Business
           and
           to
           be
           quiet
           ;
           above
           all
           ,
           to
           beware
           how
           they
           be
           concerned
           in
           Printing
           ,
           least
           they
           prejudice
           their
           own
           Cause
           ,
           and
           bring
           Shame
           and
           Disgrace
           upon
           themselves
           and
           their
           Brethren
           also
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           POST-SCRIPT
           .
        
         
           COnsidering
           whom
           I
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           ,
           in
           a
           special
           manner
           ,
           I
           do
           write
           ,
           in
           all
           likelyhood
           I
           have
           been
           so
           short
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           been
           too
           obscure
           .
           It
           may
           be
           some
           through
           ignorance
           may
           think
           Mr.
           Wells's
           Reply
           is
           not
           fully
           answered
           ;
           and
           others
           through
           a
           design
           may
           pretend
           and
           boast
           the
           same
           ,
           asserting
           ,
           That
           many
           considerable
           Passages
           in
           his
           Book
           are
           pass'd
           over
           in
           a
           deep
           silence
           ;
           And
           this
           they
           may
           falsly
           interpret
           ,
           as
           though
           I
           purposely
           let
           them
           alone
           ,
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           not
           able
           to
           answer
           them
           :
           Therefore
           ,
           to
           prevent
           and
           remedy
           all
           this
           ,
           take
           an
           Answer
           ,
           but
           very
           short
           ,
           to
           those
           places
           hitherto
           omitted
           in
           the
           former
           Vindication
           (
           which
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           make
           one
           continued
           Discourse
           )
           an
           Answer
           just
           enough
           to
           serve
           the
           turn
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           I
           will
           follow
           my
           Opponent
           ,
           and
           answer
           orderly
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             Epistle
             to
             the
             Reader
             (
             near
             the
             end
             )
          
           there
           is
           a
           very
           Sarcastical
           Passage
           ,
           reflecting
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           general
           :
           But
           though
           it
           be
           hard
           ,
           yet
           being
           nothing
           to
           
             our
             purpose
          
           ,
           only
           a
           piece
           
             of
             Raillery
          
           ,
           which
           it
           would
           be
           easie
           ,
           but
           unchristian
           ,
           to
           retaliate
           ,
           let
           it
           pass
           ;
           only
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           it
           seems
           by
           his
           private
           Letter
           to
           me
           )
           is
           
             an
             old
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           who
           in
           his
           Reply
           shews
           a
           great
           desire
           of
           Moderation
           ,
           should
           make
           such
           
             a
             Blot
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           .
        
         
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Letter
             to
             me
             .
          
           Worthy
           Sir
           ,
           Whatever
           your
           Ends
           and
           Aims
           were
           in
           setting
           forth
           those
           Tragical
           instances
           in
           your
           Book
           ,
           we
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           some
           part
           of
           your
           matter
           was
           to
           ridicule
           ,
           and
           represent
           the
           Anabaptists
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           a
           very
           weak
           insipid
           People
           ,
           and
           yet
           crafty
           and
           industrious
           to
           catch
           Men
           in
           despair
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Party
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           my
           Ends
           and
           Aims
           ,
           in
           setting
           forth
           that
           Book
           ,
           they
           were
           good
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           I
           express'd
           ,
           to
           bear
           my
           Testimony
           against
           the
           Atheism
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           and
           to
           employ
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Talent
           God
           had
           given
           me
           that
           way
           .
           What
           need
           you
           say
           ,
           
             Whatever
             they
             were
          
           ,
           when
           I
           declared
           they
           were
           such
           as
           these
           ?
           But
           my
           design
           was
           far
           from
           ridiculing
           the
           Anabaptists
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           sets
           it
           forth
           :
           It
           was
           indeed
           to
           warn
           and
           advise
           them
           ;
           and
           who
           cannot
           see
           how
           it
           came
           in
           ?
           Who
           will
           think
           ,
           or
           suspect
           I
           wrote
           that
           Piece
           to
           reproach
           the
           Anabaptists
           ?
           No
           ,
           it
           was
           far
           from
           my
           Heart
           and
           Thoughts
           ;
           but
           in
           writing
           ,
           this
           came
           in
           ,
           and
           it
           seemed
           to
           me
           not
           amiss
           to
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           hoping
           it
           might
           do
           good
           ,
           and
           might
           be
           serviceable
           to
           good
           ends
           ,
           not
           to
           Cavillings
           ,
           and
           Contradictions
           as
           it
           proves
           :
           But
           the
           Success
           I
           leave
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           very
           hard
           and
           unkind
           to
           bespatter
           us
           all
           with
           the
           miscarriage
           of
           a
           Person
           ,
           or
           Persons
           (
           if
           any
           such
           be
           .
           )
        
         
           How
           little
           need
           there
           is
           of
           this
           Reflection
           may
           appear
           by
           what
           I
           have
           written
           in
           my
           Vindication
           .
           Surely
           none
           will
           think
           me
           so
           weak
           (
           or
           malicious
           ,
           which
           Yet
           I
           am
           sorry
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           ever
           and
           anon
           suggests
           )
           as
           to
           charge
           this
           Evil
           upon
           every
           individual
           Baptist
           in
           England
           ,
           or
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           who
           are
           far
           enough
           out
           of
           my
           knowledge
           :
           My
           Words
           import
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           cleared
           them
           ,
           and
           shewed
           it
           was
           his
           Ignorance
           so
           to
           take
           them
           .
           But
           why
           that
           Parenthesis
           
             (
             if
             any
             fuch
             be
             ?
             )
          
           Verily
           I
           had
           not
           written
           so
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           not
           known
           it
           ,
           or
           could
           not
           have
           proved
           it
           :
           But
           if
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           would
           not
           believe
           me
           ,
           it
           was
           uncivilly
           done
           in
           him
           to
           go
           about
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           to
           do
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           We
           desire
           you
           to
           assign
           the
           guilty
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           clear
           our selves
           of
           that
           foul
           Scandal
           ,
           or
           else
           we
           prefume
           all
           is
           a
           Fiction
           of
           your
           own
           Brain
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           malicious
           design
           to
           bespatter
           and
           abuse
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           assigning
           the
           guilty
           I
           have
           already
           answer'd
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           done
           enough
           toward
           that
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           to
           clear
           my self
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           no
           Fiction
           of
           mine
           ,
           much
           less
           a
           malicious
           design
           :
           But
           is
           not
           this
           very
           ?
           unchristian
           in
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           to
           surmize
           thus
           ,
           and
           suggest
           such
           foul
           things
           as
           these
           ever
           and
           anon
           ?
           even
           such
           as
           one
           would
           not
           suspect
           of
           any
           who
           are
           not
           very
           obnoxious
           upon
           some
           evil
           account
           or
           other
           ?
           What
           ,
           to
           forge
           such
           matters
           as
           these
           ?
           To
           
           lay
           a
           malicious
           design
           to
           abuse
           a
           Party
           ?
           This
           is
           sad
           indeed
           :
           I
           am
           sorry
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           could
           harbour
           such
           thoughts
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           Print
           them
           too
           ;
           but
           the
           best
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           reason
           ,
           unless
           he
           were
           confident
           that
           all
           his
           Friends
           and
           Society
           ,
           were
           pure
           and
           infallible
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           James
           was
           the
           Man
           chiefly
           concerned
           with
           him
           
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           R.
           M.
           )
           in
           his
           hurry
           and
           trouble
           of
           mind
           ;
           but
           to
           the
           end
           he
           may
           not
           be
           thought
           remiss
           ,
           and
           the
           better
           to
           seem
           clear
           ,
           he
           finds
           out
           some
           to
           be
           mentioned
           that
           he
           says
           did
           so
           much
           wrong
           .
           
             And
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
          
           :
           Upon
           your
           ill
           Success
           you
           raise
           a
           clamour
           upon
           others
           to
           clear
           you
           ;
           and
           having
           digged
           a
           Pit
           for
           them
           ,
           fall
           in
           your self
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           exposed
           to
           open
           shame
           and
           reproach
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           Answer
           may
           serve
           very
           well
           for
           this
           .
           For
           it
           is
           all
           of
           one
           piece
           ;
           still
           unchristian
           ,
           uncharitable
           ,
           surmising
           and
           judging
           my
           Heart
           ,
           and
           mis-judging
           .
           Truly
           this
           is
           a
           very
           false
           and
           wicked
           Aspersion
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           strange
           to
           me
           that
           a
           Man
           should
           dare
           to
           hint
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           this
           ,
           which
           surely
           he
           could
           not
           expect
           that
           any
           Reader
           (
           but
           deeply
           prejudiced
           )
           should
           believe
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           abhor
           his
           Suggestion
           .
           I
           pray
           what
           was
           there
           that
           I
           should
           seek
           occasion
           to
           clear
           my self
           ,
           or
           find
           out
           some
           to
           take
           off
           any
           reproach
           might
           fall
           upon
           me
           ?
           I
           was
           desired
           by
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           
             R.
             M.
          
           to
           visit
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           obviate
           (
           what
           I
           could
           )
           the
           designs
           of
           some
           Anabaptists
           ;
           What
           hurt
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           in
           my
           consenting
           and
           going
           thereupon
           ?
           Or
           what
           need
           I
           to
           fear
           any
           shame
           if
           he
           did
           not
           hearken
           to
           my
           Advice
           and
           comply
           therewith
           (
           Yea
           ,
           how
           knows
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           but
           he
           did
           ?
           )
           But
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           looking
           after
           this
           ,
           that
           after
           that
           one
           Visit
           I
           never
           spake
           more
           to
           him
           .
           How
           vainly
           and
           wickedly
           then
           doth
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           suggest
           such
           Slanders
           ?
           Indeed
           he
           takes
           a
           liberty
           to
           write
           almost
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           You
           do
           say
           ,
           they
           presently
           sat
           in
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           told
           him
           his
           way
           to
           have
           Peace
           and
           Comfort
           was
           to
           be
           Dipped
           :
           Now
           this
           Mr.
           James
           doth
           particularly
           charge
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           〈◊〉
           must
           hear
           or
           see
           this
           done
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           hath
           published
           he
           knows
           no●
           what
           .
        
         
           No
           Man
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           will
           understand
           me
           that
           I
           said
           they
           told
           him
           
             in
             totidem
             verbis
          
           ,
           but
           
             in
             sensu
          
           ,
           that
           they
           perswaded
           him
           to
           this
           〈◊〉
           a
           way
           to
           peace
           and
           comfort
           .
           Now
           this
           I
           did
           hear
           ,
           though
           no●
           spoken
           to
           him
           ,
           yet
           by
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           his
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           used
           〈◊〉
           as
           a
           special
           Argument
           to
           induce
           me
           to
           visit
           him
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           〈◊〉
           heard
           so
           much
           from
           his
           own
           Mouth
           that
           satisfied
           me
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           
           even
           so
           :
           and
           I
           have
           proved
           it
           
             (
             a
             posteriori
          
           )
           in
           the
           former
           Vindication
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           some
           who
           did
           act
           thus
           ,
           advising
           him
           about
           Dipping
           as
           the
           way
           to
           Peace
           (
           for
           surely
           they
           did
           it
           not
           to
           trouble
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           told
           
             K.
             L.
          
           when
           he
           owned
           his
           discoursing
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           advising
           him
           upon
           that
           Head.
           )
        
         
           But
           that
           Dipping
           should
           be
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           in
           your
           esteem
           ,
           seems
           strange
           to
           us
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           that
           pretends
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           (
           and
           especially
           a
           Scholar
           )
           should
           so
           affirm
           .
        
         
           The
           Dipping
           those
           already
           Baptized
           (
           or
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           Baptized
           in
           Infancy
           )
           is
           indeed
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Case
           before
           us
           .
           Which
           of
           the
           Ancients
           did
           ever
           do
           this
           ?
           Who
           ever
           pleaded
           for
           it
           till
           of
           yesterday
           ?
           Of
           very
           late
           Years
           ?
           Let
           this
           be
           shewed
           by
           any
           of
           the
           Baptists
           .
           Though
           Dipping
           be
           a
           Baptizing
           ,
           yet
           Dipping
           those
           already
           Baptized
           (
           though
           but
           in
           Infancy
           ,
           or
           by
           pouring
           on
           of
           Water
           )
           is
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           .
           Where
           was
           this
           practiced
           in
           Primitive
           times
           ?
           In
           what
           Volume
           do
           we
           read
           it
           ?
           Indeed
           one
           or
           two
           (
           and
           I
           never
           saw
           more
           quoted
           )
           were
           against
           Baptizing
           in
           Infancy
           (
           but
           for
           other
           Reasons
           than
           our
           Baptists
           )
           some
           even
           deferring
           it
           to
           a
           Death-bed
           ;
           but
           not
           one
           that
           I
           have
           met
           with
           did
           declare
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           Child
           were
           Baptized
           it
           was
           nothing
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           must
           be
           rebatized
           ,
           when
           adult
           professing
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           very
           probable
           Mr.
           James
           might
           very
           much
           puzzle
           his
           weak
           disturbed
           Head
           ,
           if
           he
           press'd
           him
           to
           believe
           his
           new
           Doctrine
           of
           Sprinkling
           Infants
           ,
           or
           that
           his
           Infant
           Baptism
           would
           yield
           him
           any
           spiritual
           Profit
           or
           Comfort
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           my
           Work
           to
           press
           him
           thus
           ,
           only
           I
           told
           him
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           time
           now
           to
           think
           of
           new
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           being
           Dipped
           :
           I
           applied
           other
           Remedies
           than
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           suggests
           ;
           but
           I
           thought
           it
           proper
           (
           as
           the
           Case
           stood
           )
           to
           shew
           him
           that
           it
           was
           no
           ways
           necessary
           to
           have
           his
           Thoughts
           working
           at
           this
           time
           about
           Dipping
           ,
           but
           to
           rest
           where
           he
           was
           as
           to
           that
           point
           ,
           and
           to
           call
           upon
           God
           ,
           and
           resist
           the
           Devil
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           But
           was
           this
           solid
           and
           suitable
           to
           his
           Malady
           ,
           to
           instruct
           him
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           believe
           his
           Infant
           Baptism
           was
           comfortable
           and
           profitable
           to
           him
           ?
        
         
           I
           pray
           how
           doth
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           know
           that
           I
           did
           thus
           ?
           What
           trifling
           is
           it
           to
           Write
           and
           Print
           at
           this
           rate
           ?
           Is
           this
           a
           Reply
           ?
           To
           whom
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           ?
           If
           he
           had
           matter
           enough
           to
           write
           ,
           surely
           
           he
           would
           have
           spared
           such
           Passages
           .
           Just
           before
           he
           said
           ,
           
             if
             he
             press'd
             him
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           next
           Page
           ,
           
             if
             he
             alledged
             this
          
           ;
           but
           here
           he
           takes
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           I
           took
           this
           Course
           ,
           and
           then
           saith
           ,
           
             But
             was
             this
             solid
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Thus
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           is
           of
           and
           on
           ,
           and
           knows
           not
           what
           to
           write
           :
           But
           then
           he
           goes
           on
           boldly
           on
           this
           Presumption
           ,
           adding
           within
           a
           few
           Lines
           ,
        
         
           And
           thus
           he
           was
           hurried
           in
           his
           Mind
           ,
           and
           suffered
           (
           it
           is
           probable
           )
           not
           a
           little
           by
           that
           blind
           Zeal
           of
           yours
           ,
           or
           Scriptureless
           Notion
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           probable
           I
           hope
           to
           none
           but
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           :
           And
           who
           but
           he
           would
           look
           upon
           what
           I
           did
           as
           acted
           with
           blind
           Zeal
           ,
           when
           I
           did
           not
           run
           before
           I
           was
           sent
           ;
           nor
           sought
           occasion
           ,
           but
           was
           invited
           ,
           and
           importuried
           ,
           and
           then
           how
           could
           I
           do
           less
           out
           of
           respect
           to
           my
           Office
           ,
           as
           a
           Minister
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ?
           I
           went
           not
           with
           a
           design
           to
           make
           a
           Proselyte
           (
           as
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           hints
           ,
           p.
           10.
           saying
           ,
           
             You
             could
             not
             prosclyte
             him
          
           )
           yet
           if
           Mr.
           
           Wells's
           Friends
           had
           not
           been
           with
           him
           presently
           after
           me
           ,
           't
           is
           probable
           my
           Advice
           might
           have
           done
           more
           good
           ;
           but
           now
           it
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           guess
           at
           it
           〈◊〉
           for
           if
           I
           did
           him
           any
           good
           ;
           it
           seems
           they
           quickly
           marr'd
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           that
           Salve
           of
           Sprinkling
           in
           his
           Infancy
           were
           applied
           to
           him
           for
           his
           Spiritual
           Sore
           ,
           it
           might
           very
           well
           distract
           him
           .
        
         
           What
           if
           it
           were
           not
           applied
           ?
           then
           here
           is
           just
           nothing
           said
           ,
           a
           Reply
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           But
           what
           a
           dreadful
           consequence
           doth
           
             Mr.
             Wells
          
           draw
           from
           thence
           (
           supposing
           it
           were
           so
           )
           
             then
             it
             might
             very
             well
             distract
             him
             :
          
           A
           dreadful
           Reflection
           indeed
           a
           terrible
           Charge
           against
           Infant
           Baptism
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           reflected
           only
           upon
           the
           unadvised
           Carriage
           of
           some
           Baptists
           ,
           and
           their
           rash
           Zeal
           to
           promote
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ;
           their
           indirect
           and
           evil
           Practices
           ;
           their
           bold
           and
           bitter
           Speeches
           ;
           but
           I
           should
           have
           been
           ashamed
           to
           have
           branded
           their
           Doctrine
           thus
           Where
           Mr.
           
           Wells's
           Moderation
           is
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           it
           doth
           not
           appear
           in
           his
           Reply
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           he
           doth
           not
           mean
           a
           perfect
           Distraction
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           little
           hurry
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           next
           Words
           are
           exegetical
           ,
           and
           lessen
           the
           Sense
           ,
           as
           it
           follows
           ,
           
             and
             he
             n●
             suffer
             a
             little
             by
             such
             inconsiderate
             and
             blind
             Zeal
             :
          
           Let
           it
           b●
           so
           taken
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           best
           Sense
           ;
           for
           the
           other
           is
           very
           foul
           an●
           grose
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           World
           may
           be
           sure
           to
           know
           who
           you
           mean
           ,
           you
           repeat
           the
           name
           Anabaptists
           ,
           as
           you
           falsely
           put
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           wh●
           they
           rather
           chose
           to
           call
           themselves
           Baptists
           .
        
         
         
           Good
           Mr.
           Wells
           ,
           how
           did
           you
           read
           this
           ?
           Methinks
           you
           read
           as
           badly
           as
           you
           writ
           :
           How
           could
           you
           say
           I
           repeated
           the
           Name
           Anabaptists
           ?
           What
           ,
           did
           you
           mistake
           Atheists
           in
           the
           Lines
           before
           for
           Anabaptists
           ?
           For
           I
           never
           repeated
           this
           Word
           :
           Read
           Anabaptist
           twice
           if
           you
           can
           ;
           and
           surely
           Anabaptist
           and
           Baptist
           are
           not
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Name
           ;
           for
           you
           write
           your self
           a
           Baptist
           ,
           yet
           say
           I
           falsely
           put
           the
           Name
           Anabaptist
           upon
           you
           .
           But
           why
           falsely
           put
           upon
           you
           ?
           'T
           is
           the
           proper
           Name
           of
           those
           of
           your
           Opinion
           ,
           though
           it
           may
           be
           you
           like
           it
           not
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           call
           you
           Baptists
           it
           is
           a
           Favour
           ,
           which
           Favour
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           shew
           you
           (
           I
           mean
           those
           of
           your
           Opinion
           )
           but
           you
           acknowledge
           it
           not
           ;
           but
           are
           angry
           ;
           yea
           ,
           if
           we
           call
           you
           not
           Anabaptists
           ,
           we
           do
           in
           a
           sort
           disown
           our
           own
           Baptism
           and
           Principles
           about
           that
           point
           :
           For
           we
           say
           (
           and
           doubt
           not
           we
           are
           able
           to
           prove
           it
           )
           that
           Infants
           are
           truly
           Baptized
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Adult
           :
           But
           you
           Baptize
           such
           as
           were
           so
           Baptized
           in
           Infancy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           truly
           agrees
           to
           you
           ,
           which
           signifies
           Rebaptizers
           .
           For
           my
           part
           I
           am
           not
           for
           long
           and
           hard
           Names
           
             (
             Sesquipedalia
             verba
          
           )
           or
           else
           I
           had
           us'd
           that
           Name
           of
           Ca●apaedobaptists
           ;
           but
           I
           judged
           the
           other
           both
           proper
           ,
           and
           best
           known
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           not
           see
           why
           it
           should
           be
           a
           matter
           of
           Offence
           to
           you
           to
           use
           it
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           of
           no
           great
           Moment
           ;
           however
           I
           used
           these
           two
           promiscuously
           
             (
             Anabaptist
          
           and
           Baptist
           )
           not
           designing
           to
           reproach
           you
           by
           the
           Name
           (
           no
           nor
           any
           otherwise
           seeking
           occasision
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           too
           oft
           suggested
           )
           but
           only
           to
           write
           most
           properly
           ;
           which
           is
           according
           to
           common
           speech
           ,
           and
           as
           may
           be
           best
           understood
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Would
           desire
           thee
           to
           be
           so
           Candid
           ,
           as
           to
           correct
           the
           Faults
           thou
           maist
           find
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           censure
           me
           too
           hardly
           for
           the
           ●ame
           ;
           for
           I
           could
           not
           be
           present
           at
           the
           Press
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sensible
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           have
           suffered
           in
           this
           kind
           already
           ,
           so
           I
           may
           still
           suffer
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Care
           and
           Precaution
           I
           have
           used
           .
        
      
       
         
         
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           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Samuel
          
           Slater's
           Earnest
           Gall
           to
           Family
           Religion
           ;
           being
           the
           Substance
           of
           Eighteen
           Sermons
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Addy's
           Stenographia
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           Art
           of
           Short
           Writing
           compleated
           ,
           in
           a
           fa●
           more
           Compendious
           way
           than
           any
           yet
           extant
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           The
           
             London
             Dispensatory
          
           reduc'd
           to
           the
           Practice
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           the
           London
           Physicians
           :
           Wherein
           are
           contained
           the
           Medicines
           ,
           both
           Galencial
           and
           Chymical
           ,
           tha●
           are
           now
           in
           use
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           Those
           out
           of
           use
           omitted
           ;
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           those
           in
           use
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           Latin
           Copy
           ,
           here
           added
           .
           By
           
             John
             Peachey
          
           of
           the
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           Physicians
           in
           
             London
             .
             12
             o.
          
           
        
         
         
           Mr.
           
           Hamond's
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           at
           Mr.
           
           Steel's
           Funeral
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           8
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           .
        
         
           History
           of
           the
           Conquest
           of
           
             Florida
             8
             vo
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           A●kins's
           English
           G●ammar
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           English
           Tongue
           reduced
           to
           Grammatical
           Rules
           .
           Compored
           for
           the
           use
           of
           English
           Schools
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             John
             S
             〈…〉
          
           r's
           Discourse
           of
           Temp●ing
           Christ
           .
           12
           o.
           
        
         
           —
           His
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           ,
           in
           Three
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           .
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           Mr.
           Daniel
           Burgess's
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           of
           the
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           ,
           Rest
           ,
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           Blessed
           Portion
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
           12
           o
        
         
           Mr.
           George
           Hamond's
           ,
           and
           Mr
           Matthew
           Parker's
           Discourses
           of
           Family
           Worship
           .
           Written
           at
           the
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           of
           the
           united
           Ministers
           of
           
             London
             .
             12
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             Miscellana
             Sacra
          
           :
           Containing
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           occasional
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           ,
           and
           Sacred
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           12
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           Monro's
           Iustitutio
           Grammaticae
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           Sir
           Jonas
           More
           's
           Mathematical
           Compendium
           .
           The
           Third
           Edition
           12
           o.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           William
           Scoffin's
           help
           to
           true
           Spelling
           and
           Reading
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           Or
           ,
           a
           very
           easie
           Method
           for
           the
           teaching
           Children
           ,
           or
           elder
           Persons
           ,
           rightly
           to
           Spell
           ,
           and
           exactly
           to
           Read
           English
           ,
           &c.
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           The
           Triumphs
           of
           Grace
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           last
           Words
           ,
           and
           edifying
           Death
           of
           the
           Lady
           
             Margart
             De
             la
             Musse
          
           ,
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           aged
           but
           Sixteen
           Years
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           in
           
             May
             1681
             12o
          
           .
        
         
           The
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           :
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           a
           perpetual
           Almanack
           of
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           useful
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           Prayers
           ,
           
             &c
             12o
          
           .
        
         
           Man's
           whole
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           ,
           and
           God's
           wonderful
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           of
           him
           thereunto
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           By
           Mr.
           
             Dan.
             Burges
             .
             12o
          
           .
        
         
           Advice
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           .
           By
           Mr.
           
             Daniel
             Burges
             12o
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
           Gibbons's
           Sermon
           of
           Justification
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           
             Scala
             Naturae
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           a
           Treatise
           proving
           both
           from
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           and
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           Existence
           of
           good
           Genii
           ,
           or
           Guardian
           Angels
           .
           12o
           .
        
         
           
             Graaf
             de
             Succo
             ,
             Pancreatico
          
           :
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           Anatomical
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           the
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           and
           Office
           of
           the
           Pancreatick
           Juice
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           
             Packs
             Praxis
             Catholica
          
           :
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           ,
           the
           Countryman
           's
           Universal
           Remedy
           :
           Wherein
           is
           plainly
           and
           briefly
           laid
           down
           ,
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Matter
           ,
           Manner
           ,
           Place
           ,
           and
           Cure
           of
           most
           Diseases
           incident
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           Man.
           8vo
           .
        
         
           English
           Military
           Discipline
           :
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           ,
           the
           Way
           and
           Method
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           and
           Foot
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           present
           time
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           and
           Engines
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           ,
           
             &c.
             8
             vo
          
           .
        
         
           Orbis
           Imperantis
           Tabelle
           Geographico-Historico-Genealogico-Chronologiae
           ,
           &c.
           
             Curiously
             engraven
             on
             Copper
             Plates
          
           .
           8
           vo
           .
        
         
           
           Clavi's
           Grammatica
           :
           Or
           ,
           the
           Ready
           way
           to
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             Latine
             Tongue
          
           :
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           most
           plain
           Demonstrations
           for
           the
           regular
           Translating
           English
           into
           Latin
           ;
           fitted
           to
           help
           such
           as
           begin
           to
           attain
           the
           Latin
           Tongue
           .
           By
           
             F.
             B.
             8
             vo
          
           .
        
         
      
       
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