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             Vindiciæ pædo-baptismi, or, A confirmation of an argument lately emitted for infants baptism in a letter to a reverend divine of the Church of England / by R.B. ...
             Burthogge, Richard, 1638?-ca. 1700.
          
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             1685.
          
           
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           Infant baptism.
           God -- Goodness.
        
      
    
     
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           Vindiciae
           Poedo-Baptismi
           :
           OR
           ,
           A
           CONFIRMATION
           OF
           AN
           ARGUMENT
           Lately
           Emitted
           for
           Infants
           Baptism
           :
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           To
           a
           Reverend
           Divine
           OF
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           By
           R.B.
           M.D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Simmons
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Prince's
           Arms
           in
           
             Ludgate
             Street
          
           .
           1685.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Was
           at
           the
           Point
           of
           making
           a
           Resolution
           before
           I
           receiv'd
           yours
           (
           of
           June
           9.
           )
           wholly
           to
           neglect
           that
           Libellous
           Disputation
           (
           as
           it
           is
           called
           )
           between
           a
           Doctor
           and
           an
           Apothecary
           ;
           as
           a
           thing
           that
           doth
           not
           only
           betray
           the
           Unsincerity
           ,
           the
           Artifices
           ,
           the
           Impotent
           Passions
           of
           him
           that
           wrote
           It
           ;
           but
           that
           to
           a
           Prudent
           and
           Judicious
           Reader
           ,
           doth
           (
           as
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Viper
           )
           carry
           in
           its
           own
           Bowels
           ,
           Causes
           that
           in
           time
           will
           destroy
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           seeing
           you
           Advise
           me
           that
           it
           may
           not
           be
           unfit
           that
           something
           be
           said
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           too
           good
           an
           Opinion
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           generally
           ,
           being
           malicious
           ,
           and
           invidious
           ,
           is
           apter
           to
           take
           impression
           from
           a
           witty
           Calumny
           and
           Detraction
           ,
           than
           from
           the
           soundest
           and
           most
           solid
           Reasoning
           and
           Argument
           ,
           on
           these
           and
           the
           like
           considerations
           ,
           I
           now
           resolve
           to
           Reply
           .
        
         
         
           But
           in
           doing
           so
           ,
           that
           I
           resemble
           not
           my
           Adversary
           ,
           whom
           not
           only
           I
           ,
           but
           many
           sober
           and
           indifferent
           Persons
           do
           condemn
           for
           Impertinence
           ,
           for
           Falsehood
           ,
           for
           Bitterness
           ,
           for
           Peremptoriness
           and
           Presumption
           ,
           and
           for
           such
           other
           Courses
           as
           (
           to
           use
           the
           Expression
           of
           a
           Noble
           Person
           )
           tend
           rather
           to
           Rumor
           and
           impression
           in
           the
           Vulgar
           sort
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           likelihood
           of
           any
           good
           Effect
           .
           For
           this
           Reason
           ,
           I
           am
           determined
           in
           Replying
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           propose
           unto
           my self
           for
           my
           Example
           ,
           That
           wise
           and
           Religious
           Bishop
           of
           whom
           when
           he
           returned
           Answer
           to
           a
           Pamphlet
           much
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           of
           a
           nature
           like
           to
           this
           before
           me
           .
           My
           Lord
           Bacon
           says
           ,
           
             That
             he
             remembred
             that
             a
             Fool
             must
             be
             Answered
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             becoming
             like
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             considered
             the
             matter
             which
             he
             handled
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Person
             with
             whom
             he
             dealt
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Points
           therefore
           that
           I
           will
           go
           upon
           ,
           shall
           be
           only
           these
           :
           First
           ,
           To
           shew
           nakedly
           and
           truly
           the
           Occasion
           of
           my
           engaging
           with
           my
           Adversary
           in
           this
           Controversy
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           shew
           the
           Unfairness
           of
           his
           Proceeding
           in
           the
           Publick
           Management
           of
           it
           ,
           together
           
           with
           the
           motives
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           )
           induced
           him
           to
           the
           Unfairness
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           To
           Note
           but
           as
           it
           were
           in
           passing
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           By
           ,
           the
           Undue
           Aspersions
           which
           he
           casts
           upon
           me
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           my
           Argument
           ;
           together
           with
           the
           Malice
           is
           in
           them
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           Briefly
           again
           to
           state
           the
           Argument
           I
           made
           ,
           and
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           That
           as
           it
           is
           not
           a
           Log
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           nor
           Vncouth
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           is
           still
           extreamly
           Affrighted
           at
           it
           .
           (
           for
           he
           dares
           not
           touch
           it
           ;
           )
           and
           still
           hath
           cause
           to
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           my
           Engaging
           with
           him
           ;
           the
           first
           Occasion
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           already
           )
           was
           purely
           Accidental
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           drawn
           on
           I
           scarce
           know
           how
           ;
           he
           says
           ,
           by
           the
           importunity
           of
           the
           Lady
           ,
           my
           readiness
           to
           comply
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           his
           unwariness
           ;
           and
           let
           it
           be
           so
           .
           But
           a
           casual
           ,
           passing
           ,
           undesigned
           Discourse
           it
           was
           ;
           a
           Discourse
           that
           as
           it
           did
           begin
           ,
           so
           I
           thought
           it
           would
           have
           ended
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ;
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           scarce
           had
           one
           Thought
           of
           it
           afterwards
           .
           But
           as
           for
           any
           Insulting
           upon
           him
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           now
           complains
           ,
           and
           never
           before
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ;
           and
           with
           which
           he
           thinks
           to
           bespeak
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           Readers
           (
           for
           
           indeed
           he
           needs
           them
           )
           and
           to
           excuse
           his
           own
           Acerbity
           ;
           he
           cannot
           produce
           one
           Witness
           of
           any
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           by
           me
           :
           I
           can
           many
           ,
           even
           of
           Persons
           that
           were
           present
           at
           the
           whole
           Discourse
           ,
           to
           Attest
           the
           Contrary
           .
           But
           that
           he
           was
           Insulted
           upon
           ,
           and
           that
           (
           in
           his
           own
           Terms
           )
           
             his
             Sword
             was
             as
             it
             were
             broken
             over
             his
             Head
             ,
             and
             with
             Triumph
             ,
          
           you
           must
           believe
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           the
           Weapons
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           (
           They
           )
           were
           but
           Words
           ;
           and
           you
           can
           hardly
           think
           ,
           He
           lost
           
             His
             ,
             THEN
          
           ;
           who
           ,
           still
           ,
           speaks
           Swords
           and
           Daggers
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           tell
           me
           ;
           Well
           :
           All
           this
           ,
           hitherto
           ,
           was
           but
           a
           Transient
           Accidental
           Discourse
           ,
           such
           as
           might
           happen
           every
           day
           ,
           when
           Persons
           meet
           who
           are
           of
           different
           Perswasions
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           an
           End.
           But
           how
           came
           it
           afterwards
           to
           be
           so
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           so
           Deliberate
           ,
           as
           from
           Words
           that
           are
           but
           Birds
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           to
           become
           Writings
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           Bears
           at
           the
           Stake
           ?
           Truly
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           by
           what
           my
           Adversary
           writes
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Fashion
           in
           which
           he
           writes
           ,
           in
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           in
           Pag.
           16.
           17.
           that
           nothing
           but
           Resentment
           on
           his
           part
           ,
           of
           the
           Insolence
           and
           
           Affront
           that
           then
           was
           offered
           Him
           ,
           and
           a
           motion
           of
           Vanity
           on
           mine
           ,
           to
           Answer
           his
           Challenge
           ,
           drew
           on
           this
           second
           Engagement
           ;
           Little
           else
           can
           be
           inferred
           from
           what
           he
           hath
           written
           concerning
           it
           .
           But
           indeed
           ,
           on
           my
           part
           it
           was
           nothing
           less
           than
           so
           ,
           and
           nothing
           less
           on
           his
           neither
           ,
           Pretendedly
           ;
           for
           all
           was
           Conscience
           ,
           nothing
           but
           Conscience
           and
           enquiry
           after
           further
           Light
           ,
           with
           which
           in
           a
           Letter
           that
           he
           sent
           me
           above
           a
           year
           and
           half
           (
           he
           calls
           it
           in
           his
           usual
           figure
           ,
           Sometime
           )
           after
           ,
           he
           importuned
           my
           Answer
           ,
           and
           prevailed
           .
           For
           who
           is
           there
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           believed
           (
           as
           then
           I
           did
           )
           that
           it
           was
           Conscience
           ,
           pure
           Conscience
           that
           Acted
           him
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           received
           from
           him
           (
           as
           I
           had
           )
           a
           Letter
           so
           concernedly
           Penn'd
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           much
           movement
           :
           with
           so
           much
           importunity
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           seeming
           sincerity
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           knew
           him
           not
           any
           better
           than
           I
           did
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           for
           thus
           his
           Letter
           ,
           bearing
           Date
           Sept.
           9.
           1681.
           doth
           speak
           in
           so
           many
           words
           .
        
         
           UPon
           this
           Occasion
           Honoured
           Sir
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           Occasion
           was
           a
           motion
           he
           made
           me
           ,
           about
           Perfecting
           the
           Printing
           
           and
           Publishing
           of
           a
           Book
           of
           Dr.
           Worsley's
           )
           I
           shall
           also
           take
           the
           boldness
           to
           remind
           you
           of
           a
           Conference
           you
           were
           pleased
           sometime
           since
           
             to
             entertain
          
           with
           my self
           upon
           the
           subject
           of
           
             Infants
             Baptism
          
           ,
           when
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           insist
           upon
           the
           Covenant
           made
           with
           Abraham
           ,
           wherein
           God
           Promised
           to
           be
           a
           God
           to
           him
           and
           to
           his
           Seed
           after
           Him
           ;
           from
           whence
           you
           Argued
           ,
           that
           in
           as
           much
           as
           by
           Vertue
           of
           that
           Covenant
           both
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Seed
           after
           him
           were
           to
           receive
           the
           Sign
           of
           Circumcision
           ;
           and
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           expresly
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Blessing
           of
           Abraham
           was
           to
           come
           upon
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           it
           thence
           followed
           ,
           that
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           and
           their
           Posterity
           also
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Spiritual
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           Baptism
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Seal
           of
           the
           same
           Covenant
           under
           the
           New
           Testament
           Administration
           .
           Having
           since
           that
           time
           therefore
           Revolv'd
           this
           Argument
           of
           yours
           in
           my
           Thoughts
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           satisfie
           my
           Conscience
           till
           I
           could
           either
           come
           to
           some
           satisfactory
           clearness
           in
           my
           own
           mind
           concerning
           the
           Cogency
           thereof
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           
           till
           I
           had
           drawn
           up
           something
           or
           other
           in
           writing
           ,
           that
           might
           at
           least
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Justification
           unto
           my Self
           in
           the
           way
           of
           my
           present
           Practice
           .
           And
           after
           many
           
             fervent
             Addresses
          
           and
           Petitions
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           as
           I
           might
           not
           mistake
           my
           way
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           might
           not
           Oppose
           or
           neglect
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Heavenly
           Truth
           ;
           I
           have
           at
           length
           drawn
           up
           the
           Inclosed
           paper
           ,
           which
           I
           do
           therefore
           now
           humbly
           offer
           to
           your
           serious
           consideration
           ,
           with
           this
           
             Earnest
             desire
          
           ,
           that
           if
           after
           all
           that
           I
           have
           now
           said
           ,
           you
           shall
           yet
           Judge
           me
           to
           be
           under
           a
           mistake
           in
           the
           Present
           Point
           in
           reference
           to
           my
           Opinion
           about
           the
           spirituall
           seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           please
           
             at
             least
          
           to
           suggest
           to
           me
           what
           you
           think
           may
           be
           substantially
           Objected
           by
           way
           of
           opposition
           thereunto
           .
           I
           hope
           dear
           Sir
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Investigation
           of
           Truth
           that
           both
           you
           and
           my self
           also
           do
           aim
           at
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           Dearer
           to
           us
           than
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           ;
           and
           therefore
           if
           notwithstanding
           what
           I
           have
           now
           offered
           ,
           you
           shall
           still
           apprehend
           that
           I
           have
           mist
           it
           in
           my
           present
           Search
           and
           Reasonings
           concerning
           it
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
          
           you
           to
           endeavour
           
           my
           Correction
           and
           better
           Information
           therein
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           indeed
           drawn
           up
           the
           Enclosed
           Paper
           by
           way
           of
           Postscript
           to
           a
           
             large
             Discourse
          
           in
           Reference
           to
           Infant
           Baptism
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           before
           Compiled
           ,
           
             wherein
             I
             do
             consider
             and
             give
             answer
             to
             all
             the
             most
             material
             Arguments
             which
             are
             usually
             Insisted
             on
             for
             the
             Justification
             of
             the
             Practice
             of
             Infant
             Baptism
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           also
           in
           the
           Present
           Paper
           you
           will
           perceive
           that
           I
           do
           touch
           upon
           some
           other
           Arguments
           than
           what
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           Insist
           upon
           in
           the
           formention'd
           Conference
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           with
           you
           upon
           this
           subject
           .
           I
           know
           dear
           Sir
           ,
           that
           you
           'll
           not
           be
           Offended
           with
           me
           for
           making
           
             thus
             bold
          
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           will
           not
           Reject
           what
           may
           be
           substantialy
           offered
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           Truth
           ,
           though
           by
           never
           so
           mean
           a
           Hand
           .
           Now
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           at
           length
           to
           send
           forth
           his
           Light
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           Love
           and
           fear
           him
           may
           Serve
           and
           Worship
           him
           with
           one
           heart
           and
           with
           one
           shoulder
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Primitve
           Pattern
           ,
           is
           the
           Earnest
           desire
           of
           your
           most
           Affectionate
           and
           Humble
           Servant
           
             P
             C.
          
           
        
         
         
           Now
           Sir
           ,
           is
           there
           in
           this
           whole
           Letter
           the
           least
           Insinuation
           of
           any
           Resentment
           in
           him
           ?
           the
           least
           of
           any
           Insulting
           over
           him
           ?
           or
           Abuse
           put
           upon
           him
           ?
           in
           that
           which
           here
           himself
           calls
           but
           a
           Conference
           ;
           the
           softest
           word
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           If
           he
           had
           any
           Resentment
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           how
           often
           hath
           the
           Sun
           gone
           down
           on
           his
           Wrath
           !
           How
           deeplv
           was
           it
           dissembled
           !
           how
           subtilly
           masked
           over
           with
           the
           fair
           Pretences
           of
           Conscience
           !
           of
           Enquiry
           after
           further
           Light
           !
           and
           of
           Longing
           for
           Satisfaction
           !
           and
           All
           ,
           how
           faced
           with
           seeking
           of
           God!
           —
           This
           Letter
           was
           that
           which
           drew
           me
           on
           in
           this
           business
           ;
           which
           being
           a
           Business
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           I
           then
           believed
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           who
           in
           my
           Circumstances
           but
           would
           ?
           )
           I
           pursued
           it
           in
           my
           first
           Reply
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Fairness
           and
           Candor
           imaginable
           :
           But
           was
           Answer'd
           with
           so
           much
           Presumption
           ,
           Asperity
           ,
           and
           Arrogance
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           have
           been
           as
           void
           of
           Sence
           ,
           as
           He
           of
           Civillity
           ,
           and
           Sincerity
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           seen
           at
           last
           (
           though
           somewhat
           of
           the
           latest
           )
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           a
           willingness
           of
           Receiving
           ,
           or
           of
           Giving
           further
           Light
           ,
           as
           was
           Pretended
           ;
           but
           Rooted
           Malice
           ,
           and
           a
           Lust
           of
           
           Revenge
           that
           inspir'd
           him
           .
           Conscience
           was
           but
           the
           Bait
           ,
           the
           Hook
           was
           uuder
           ;
           Let
           him
           Print
           his
           First
           ,
           Second
           ,
           and
           Third
           Answers
           ,
           as
           he
           sent
           them
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           the
           World
           judge
           ,
           if
           it
           went
           any
           less
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Reminds
           me
           of
           the
           second
           Head
           on
           which
           I
           am
           to
           Discourse
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           unfairness
           of
           his
           Proceeding
           in
           the
           Publick
           management
           of
           this
           business
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           Motives
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           I
           suppose
           )
           Induced
           him
           to
           this
           unfairness
           .
        
         
           His
           unfairness
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           was
           but
           Letters
           only
           that
           had
           been
           Written
           by
           him
           to
           me
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           Letters
           only
           that
           are
           Referred
           to
           by
           me
           in
           those
           I
           Published
           :
           as
           also
           ,
           seeing
           I
           wrote
           not
           any
           but
           on
           this
           urgent
           Importunity
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           Printed
           what
           I
           wrote
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           Candid
           ,
           so
           Just
           ,
           and
           so
           exact
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Publication
           which
           I
           made
           ,
           as
           I
           Omitted
           nothing
           so
           I
           added
           nothing
           but
           what
           I
           put
           a
           Mark
           upon
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           world
           might
           note
           it
           .
           I
           say
           the
           unfairness
           is
           ,
           that
           ,
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           this
           seeker
           of
           Truth
           and
           one
           who
           as
           himself
           tells
           us
           ,
           dayly
           
             prayeth
             for
             the
             desireable
             Vnity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             
             Bond
             of
             Peace
             ,
          
           that
           he
           instead
           of
           Publishing
           the
           Letters
           which
           Indeed
           he
           sent
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           sent
           them
           ,
           should
           Print
           a
           Base
           and
           Fictious
           Disputation
           that
           never
           was
           in
           Reallity
           ,
           as
           the
           Sum
           of
           all
           the
           Letters
           that
           went
           between
           us
           .
           Where
           as
           indeed
           ,
           he
           but
           presents
           the
           World
           with
           Pieces
           ,
           and
           Patches
           ,
           both
           of
           his
           own
           Letters
           ,
           and
           of
           mine
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           in
           those
           Patches
           (
           he
           )
           so
           Industriously
           Disguises
           ,
           Alters
           ,
           and
           abuses
           the
           Argument
           I
           manage
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           as
           impossibly
           to
           see
           it
           in
           his
           Libel
           in
           its
           true
           Proportions
           and
           Figure
           ,
           as
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           Base
           and
           Barbarous
           Methods
           (
           such
           as
           these
           he
           uses
           )
           are
           Proper
           means
           ,
           either
           of
           Attaining
           unto
           the
           
             Bond
             of
             Peace
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           unto
           the
           
             Vnity
             of
             the
             Spirt
          
           .
           Thus
           four
           Letters
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Main
           ones
           ,
           are
           suppressed
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           which
           I
           even
           now
           repeated
           .
           This
           is
           his
           unfairness
           .
        
         
           The
           true
           Motives
           ,
           why
           he
           did
           not
           Publish
           his
           Three
           first
           Responsory
           Letters
           ,
           his
           Second
           ,
           Third
           ,
           and
           Fourth
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           his
           Fifth
           ,
           and
           Sixth
           ,
           (
           for
           why
           he
           supppessed
           the
           First
           of
           all
           that
           was
           sent
           ,
           is
           Evident
           enough
           ,
           from
           what
           hath
           been
           declar'd
           already
           ,
           )
           may
           
           Probably
           be
           presum'd
           to
           be
           these
           (
           following
           .
           )
        
         
           First
           ,
           He
           did
           it
           ,
           to
           hide
           from
           the
           Observation
           of
           his
           Readers
           ,
           the
           Just
           causes
           I
           had
           of
           making
           those
           Complaints
           I
           did
           in
           my
           Letters
           ,
           of
           his
           unfairness
           ,
           Rudeness
           ,
           and
           Vanity
           ?
           of
           his
           bold
           Assertions
           ,
           without
           Proofs
           ,
           his
           Cunning
           Evasions
           ,
           instead
           of
           direct
           Answers
           ;
           his
           always
           partial
           ,
           and
           often
           false
           pretended
           Repetitions
           ;
           and
           his
           Triumphs
           before
           the
           Victory
           &c.
           which
           
             undue
             Proceeding
          
           ,
           used
           without
           any
           provocation
           or
           any
           Examaple
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           ,
           by
           a
           man
           that
           breathed
           nothing
           but
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           desire
           of
           Satisfaction
           ,
           and
           seeking
           of
           Light
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           after
           seeking
           of
           God
           ;
           should
           it
           be
           apparent
           in
           his
           Letters
           ,
           as
           undoubtedly
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           he
           is
           Conscious
           it
           is
           ;
           as
           it
           would
           have
           had
           an
           aspect
           not
           very
           pleasing
           unto
           most
           others
           ,
           so
           possibly
           it
           might
           awaken
           in
           some
           of
           his
           own
           party
           that
           mean
           well
           ,
           and
           are
           truly
           Conscientious
           ,
           very
           strange
           apprehensions
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           his
           humor
           ,
           carriage
           ,
           and
           conduct
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           the
           main
           of
           his
           Cause
           .
           This
           likely
           he
           foresaw
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           He
           chose
           to
           act
           his
           part
           by
           way
           of
           a
           Dialogue
           ,
           rather
           than
           of
           Letters
           ,
           to
           hide
           from
           the
           Eyes
           of
           his
           
             own
             Party
          
           ,
           the
           Strength
           and
           Cogency
           of
           my
           Argument
           ;
           which
           being
           Harmonical
           ,
           the
           force
           and
           power
           of
           it
           lyes
           in
           the
           Joynts
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Reference
           of
           its
           parts
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Dividing
           and
           Mangling
           of
           the
           parts
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Hudling
           and
           Confounding
           of
           them
           together
           ,
           (
           both
           which
           ,
           at
           times
           ,
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           in
           his
           Dispute
           ,
           )
           the
           
             force
             thereof
          
           is
           unseen
           ,
           and
           is
           lost
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           managed
           the
           business
           ,
           he
           might
           well
           hope
           to
           perswade
           his
           own
           Party
           ,
           whose
           hands
           likely
           would
           be
           as
           full
           of
           his
           Books
           ,
           as
           empty
           of
           mine
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           said
           nothing
           in
           my
           Argument
           but
           what
           he
           there
           Repeats
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           as
           true
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           of
           the
           first
           of
           Genesis
           is
           in
           the
           Contents
           of
           it
           ;
           he
           never
           giving
           but
           an
           imperfect
           summary
           (
           and
           that
           too
           ,
           many
           times
           ,
           with
           a
           mixture
           of
           falshood
           )
           in
           the
           Report
           he
           makes
           of
           what
           I
           did
           propose
           to
           be
           prov'd
           ;
           but
           he
           mentions
           not
           the
           very
           Proofs
           themselves
           ,
           of
           what
           I
           proposed
           .
           This
           will
           appear
           most
           manifestly
           ,
           by
           but
           comparing
           
           his
           Pretended
           Disputation
           ,
           with
           my
           Printed
           Letters
           .
           Had
           he
           only
           Printed
           His
           Letters
           ,
           some
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           Probably
           ,
           those
           of
           them
           that
           are
           Just
           and
           Prudent
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           recourse
           also
           to
           mine
           .
           But
           now
           ,
           his
           Disputation
           speaking
           all
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           they
           may
           think
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           that
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           was
           done
           to
           hide
           the
           Advantage
           I
           had
           over
           him
           in
           the
           course
           of
           the
           Argument
           ;
           how
           I
           gained
           ground
           ,
           by
           what
           steps
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           Mediums
           ;
           as
           also
           ,
           to
           conceal
           that
           Tergiversation
           shifting
           and
           shuffling
           ;
           that
           declining
           the
           force
           of
           my
           Argument
           ;
           and
           that
           Insisting
           on
           little
           things
           that
           are
           by
           the
           by
           ;
           with
           other
           such
           like
           Artificies
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           accused
           him
           .
           All
           this
           is
           hinted
           in
           my
           Letters
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           not
           ignorant
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           plain
           by
           his
           own
           :
           Let
           him
           shew
           the
           Contrary
           else
           ,
           by
           Publishing
           them
           .
           Half
           an
           eye
           may
           easily
           discern
           ,
           that
           the
           controversy
           was
           almost
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           before
           his
           fifth
           Letter
           was
           written
           ;
           which
           yet
           ,
           is
           the
           first
           he
           Publishes
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           what
           ever
           he
           says
           ,
           more
           was
           in
           it
           then
           a
           bare
           Respect
           and
           kindness
           to
           his
           Reader
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           as
           he
           tells
           us
           P.
           66.
           )
           
           he
           
             would
             not
             be
             burthensome
          
           ;
           Ay
           ,
           there
           was
           also
           some
           little
           mixture
           of
           kindness
           and
           Respect
           unto
           himself
           ,
           he
           knew
           the
           Burthening
           of
           his
           Reader
           (
           for
           Burthened
           certainly
           he
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           judicious
           and
           Considerate
           ,
           with
           Verbosity
           without
           sence
           ;
           with
           Common
           placing
           without
           discretion
           ;
           with
           skirmishing
           about
           but
           words
           ;
           and
           with
           other
           such
           unseemly
           and
           Impertinent
           Artificies
           .
           )
           he
           knew
           ,
           such
           Burthening
           of
           his
           Reader
           in
           the
           Consequence
           would
           be
           a
           Renewing
           of
           that
           Vexation
           and
           Anguish
           which
           he
           had
           found
           so
           grievous
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           Bemoans
           so
           much
           both
           in
           his
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           book
           .
           P.
           17.
           
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           seeing
           I
           dispair
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Provocation
           I
           can
           give
           ,
           to
           succeed
           in
           my
           design
           of
           induciug
           him
           to
           print
           entirely
           ,
           and
           Bonâ
           cum
           fide
           ,
           the
           suppressed
           Letters
           which
           he
           sent
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           take
           occasion
           ,
           from
           his
           
             Published
             Animadversions
          
           ,
           to
           make
           his
           other
           Readers
           sensible
           (
           for
           you
           are
           so
           already
           )
           both
           of
           the
           Credibility
           of
           the
           former
           Motives
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           charge
           Imployed
           in
           them
           ;
           by
           observing
           (
           to
           them
           )
           out
           of
           many
           Instances
           
           that
           do
           occur
           ,
           but
           one
           or
           two
           for
           a
           taste
           .
           The
           first
           shall
           be
           of
           his
           Candour
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           the
           Second
           ,
           of
           his
           way
           and
           Method
           in
           Arguing
           .
        
         
           The
           First
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           his
           Candour
           and
           sincerity
           ,
           shall
           be
           in
           the
           Repetition
           which
           he
           makes
           of
           the
           first
           Paragraph
           of
           my
           first
           Letter
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           purposedly
           ,
           but
           ungratefully
           omits
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Period
           that
           Relates
           to
           the
           Movement
           and
           Importunity
           with
           which
           he
           solicited
           ,
           and
           even
           compelled
           me
           into
           this
           business
           .
           For
           instead
           of
           adding
           (
           and
           so
           Importunate
           and
           
             Iterated
             Requests
          
           to
           give
           you
           the
           Result
           of
           my
           most
           cool
           and
           serious
           considerations
           of
           what
           you
           have
           done
           in
           it
           .
           )
           he
           knowing
           that
           a
           passage
           of
           that
           significancy
           ,
           would
           make
           it
           plain
           he
           was
           the
           first
           aggressor
           ,
           at
           least
           as
           to
           writing
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           came
           not
           in
           but
           on
           his
           great
           Solicitation
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           detect
           his
           great
           ingratitude
           ,
           so
           it
           would
           interfere
           with
           what
           he
           often
           insinuates
           ,
           about
           the
           Rise
           of
           the
           Controversy
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           he
           Craftily
           Omits
           it
           ,
           and
           only
           drawes
           a
           Line
           ;
           which
           only
           notes
           ,
           that
           something
           is
           wanting
           ,
           but
           no
           body
           could
           Divine
           ,
           
           it
           was
           this
           ;
           the
           sense
           going
           on
           so
           smooth
           without
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           ,
           is
           one
           instance
           of
           his
           ingenuity
           and
           of
           his
           sincerity
           ,
           but
           we
           have
           another
           which
           do's
           much
           resemble
           it
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           that
           of
           publishing
           to
           the
           world
           his
           Reflections
           on
           those
           little
           Points
           (
           for
           〈◊〉
           you
           may
           see
           them
           to
           be
           so
           )
           in
           the
           first
           Edition
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           which
           my self
           had
           altered
           and
           amended
           in
           the
           second
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           
             knew
             I
          
           had
           Corrected
           and
           altered
           them
           ;
           yet
           he
           slily
           insinuates
           in
           the
           margen
           of
           his
           dispute
           ,
           (
           P.
           28
           &
           32
           )
           as
           if
           he
           had
           not
           known
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           alterations
           are
           only
           in
           the
           Print
           :
           whereas
           ,
           I
           printed
           nothing
           in
           my
           Letters
           but
           what
           I
           first
           sent
           him
           ,
           Except
           That
           in
           my
           Last
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           advertised
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           which
           I
           marked
           with
           an
           Asterisme
           .
           This
           is
           so
           great
           an
           imposture
           on
           his
           Readers
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           an
           abuse
           ,
           that
           (
           P.
           65.
           )
           even
           himself
           doth
           offer
           something
           that
           might
           pass
           for
           an
           Extenuation
           ,
           If
           this
           meanness
           of
           his
           proceeding
           should
           ever
           chance
           to
           be
           Noted
           .
           But
           this
           is
           one
           of
           his
           arts
           still
           ;
           he
           kn●w
           that
           many
           would
           observe
           the
           wound
           he
           gives
           in
           the
           Margen
           ,
           
           that
           would
           not
           much
           regard
           
             the
             Balm
          
           he
           afterward
           applys
           ,
           for
           the
           healing
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           less
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           not
           applyed
           directly
           .
           So
           much
           for
           his
           ingenuity
           and
           Candour
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           his
           Method
           of
           Arguing
           ;
           besides
           a
           gift
           he
           has
           of
           telling
           and
           Applying
           of
           Tales
           ,
           and
           of
           Capping
           of
           verses
           ;
           he
           uses
           to
           pervert
           the
           words
           of
           his
           Adversary
           ,
           and
           in
           things
           of
           little
           moment
           ,
           to
           raise
           a
           dust
           ,
           and
           make
           great
           a
           doe
           ;
           either
           to
           blind
           the
           Eyes
           of
           those
           that
           shall
           consider
           him
           ,
           or
           to
           divert
           them
           ,
           from
           what
           is
           
             the
             main
          
           in
           the
           business
           ;
           for
           with
           this
           ,
           Especially
           if
           it
           be
           difficult
           ,
           he
           is
           but
           seldom
           used
           to
           meddle
           ,
           at
           all
           ;
           or
           if
           at
           all
           ,
           not
           closely
           .
           To
           manifest
           this
           ,
           I
           but
           desire
           his
           Readers
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           perusall
           of
           the
           
             Title
             Page
          
           of
           my
           Book
           and
           of
           my
           Advertisement
           ,
           they
           would
           observe
           his
           Reflections
           upon
           them
           ;
           both
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           them
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           design
           of
           them
           .
           How
           that
           for
           the
           matter
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           made
           upon
           words
           only
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           manner
           of
           them
           ,
           upon
           words
           distorted
           from
           the
           proper
           and
           Genuine
           sence
           of
           their
           Author
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           design
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           made
           to
           expose
           ,
           
           and
           abuse
           ,
           and
           inodiate
           ,
           and
           therefore
           some
           of
           them
           are
           often
           ,
           and
           most
           maliciously
           Inculcated
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           consideration
           of
           what
           is
           materiall
           ,
           and
           substantial
           ,
           and
           in
           confirmation
           of
           the
           Argument
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           Witty
           enough
           in
           little
           matters
           ,
           to
           pervert
           the
           sence
           of
           his
           adversary
           ,
           to
           raise
           a
           Calumny
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           things
           soberly
           said
           to
           pass
           for
           ridiculous
           ;
           so
           he
           is
           as
           wise
           in
           greater
           Matters
           ,
           to
           avoid
           any
           touch
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           fear
           of
           his
           Head
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           well
           remembers
           (
           Page
           17
           )
           once
           already
           was
           in
           danger
           ,
           by
           
             having
             a
             Sword
             as
             it
             were
             broken
             over
             it
             .
          
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           Truth
           ,
           and
           very
           manifest
           .
           For
           in
           my
           Advertisement
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           done
           by
           way
           of
           Argument
           (
           and
           that
           's
           no
           Inconsiderable
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           whole
           consisting
           of
           but
           Nine
           L●aves
           ,
           and
           Six
           of
           them
           are
           spent
           
             that
             way
          
           ,
           under
           
             four
             considerations
          
           )
           all
           this
           he
           wholly
           skips
           over
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           at
           all
           ,
           his
           business
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           design
           ,
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           reason
           and
           argue
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           Calumniate
           ,
           Expose
           ,
           and
           abuse
           ;
           he
           that
           hath
           so
           many
           words
           for
           bad
           ,
           or
           for
           Impertinent
           purposes
           ,
           hath
           not
           one
           word
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           
           which
           only
           became
           him
           .
           One
           would
           think
           a
           man
           so
           much
           in
           pretentions
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           of
           nothing
           but
           Conscience
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           who
           did
           only
           seek
           to
           give
           ,
           or
           to
           receive
           satisfaction
           ,
           should
           have
           judged
           it
           proper
           to
           have
           considered
           what
           was
           Argumentative
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           whatever
           else
           he
           did
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           sure
           not
           to
           have
           left
           undone
           the
           thing
           that
           most
           Imported
           those
           ends
           .
           But
           of
           this
           not
           one
           word
           ,
           but
           while
           he
           is
           dealing
           in
           his
           Mint
           ,
           Annis
           ,
           and
           Cummin
           ,
           (
           and
           yet
           he
           is
           not
           for
           Tything
           )
           he
           leaves
           those
           greater
           matters
           undone
           .
           I
           beleive
           by
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           will
           easily
           infer
           as
           I
           do
           ,
           that
           really
           it
           was
           not
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           he
           at
           first
           pretended
           ,
           in
           his
           Letter
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           
             Rouzed
             Courage
          
           as
           he
           tells
           his
           Reader
           ,
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           made
           him
           so
           concerned
           ,
           and
           so
           forward
           in
           this
           controversy
           .
           And
           he
           accordingly
           manages
           it
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           serious
           matter
           ,
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           light
           and
           Information
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           business
           of
           Quarrel
           ,
           and
           of
           Vanity
           ;
           only
           to
           recover
           (
           if
           he
           can
           )
           his
           lost
           Credit
           ,
           and
           that
           Field
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           himself
           confesseth
           P.
           17.
           )
           once
           he
           fairly
           left
           me
           ,
           and
           now
           he
           would
           unfairly
           regain
           .
        
         
         
           You
           see
           his
           unfairness
           in
           the
           Publick
           Management
           of
           the
           business
           between
           us
           which
           is
           the
           Second
           Head
           I
           propounded
           ;
           I
           now
           advance
           to
           the
           third
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           Note
           (
           but
           briefly
           )
           the
           Unjust
           Aspersions
           which
           he
           makes
           of
           Contradiction
           and
           Incoherence
           ,
           and
           of
           Ostentation
           and
           Vanity
           ,
           as
           he
           scents
           them
           in
           my
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           those
           he
           runs
           upon
           ,
           under
           two
           Heads
           :
           the
           First
           ,
           with
           Respect
           to
           the
           Harmony
           ;
           the
           Second
           ,
           to
           the
           Novelty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Harmony
           ,
           he
           says
           ;
           First
           that
           I
           affirm
           in
           my
           Advertisement
           that
           in
           this
           Controversy
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           of
           Exactness
           of
           Critiscisme
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           ,
           namely
           in
           one
           of
           my
           Letters
           ,
           that
           Gen.
           17.
           9.
           10.
           must
           be
           understood
           Crittically
           :
           and
           that
           the
           Apostle
           was
           as
           Critical
           upon
           it
           as
           I
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           can
           be
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           in
           my
           Advertisement
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           concern'd
           to
           see
           the
           Article
           of
           Infants
           Baptism
           to
           Hang
           on
           Wyres
           ,
           and
           by
           Geometry
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           could
           not
           see
           it
           owner
           of
           sure
           and
           solid
           Foundations
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           as
           in
           my
           Letters
           I
           lay
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           in
           my
           Letters
           I
           applaud
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           Argument
           for
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           in
           one
           of
           my
           Letters
           ,
           I
           call
           the
           Opinion
           of
           antipedo
           Baptism
           a
           Novelty
           ;
           and
           yet
           had
           said
           in
           another
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           those
           who
           would
           not
           suffer
           little
           Children
           to
           come
           to
           Christ
           to
           be
           Bless●d
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           Perswasion
           of
           this
           Anabaptist
           .
           These
           are
           his
           Mountains
           Births
           as
           to
           the
           Harmony
           of
           my
           Argument
           .
        
         
           Really
           Sir
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           ,
           without
           Blushing
           ,
           and
           Begging
           of
           your
           Pardon
           ,
           for
           giving
           you
           the
           trouble
           of
           so
           great
           Imp●rtinencys
           ,
           to
           Enter
           into
           Discourse
           of
           things
           so
           Vain
           ,
           so
           Frivilous
           ;
           but
           since
           it
           must
           be
           done
           ,
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           do
           it
           as
           Little
           to
           your
           Disturbance
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           sobriety
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           little
           Amplification
           ,
           as
           is
           Possible
           :
           I
           will
           but
           touch
           on
           these
           matters
           ,
           and
           note
           them
           ,
           without
           Insisting
           and
           Staying
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           his
           First
           Imputation
           then
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           one
           may
           understand
           a
           Text
           made
           out
           and
           unfolded
           by
           a
           Crittick
           ,
           who
           himself
           is
           no
           Crittick
           ;
           so
           ,
           that
           I
           spake
           of
           Exactness
           of
           Crittiscism
           ;
           and
           of
           that
           too
           ,
           as
           a
           Part
           of
           Humane
           learning
           ;
           as
           is
           Evident
           by
           the
           Coherence
           ,
           
           where
           I
           spake
           of
           it
           .
           Ay
           ,
           and
           when
           in
           my
           Advertisement
           I
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           Exactness
           of
           Critiscism
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           Business
           ;
           I
           then
           did
           and
           with
           a
           direct
           Prospect
           unto
           what
           I
           had
           affirmed
           in
           my
           Letter
           ,
           both
           concerning
           Gen.
           17.
           9.
           10.
           and
           the
           Apostle
           Paul's
           being
           Crittical
           upon
           it
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           did
           add
           by
           way
           of
           Limitation
           (
           
             for
             the
             main
          
           )
           that
           
             for
             the
             main
          
           of
           the
           Controversy
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           it
           .
           And
           indeed
           the
           Controversy
           for
           the
           main
           of
           it
           ,
           doth
           not
           depend
           on
           any
           Crittiscism
           ;
           much
           less
           upon
           Exactness
           of
           Crittiscism
           ,
           and
           least
           of
           all
           upon
           Exactness
           of
           Crittiscism
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Part
           of
           Humane
           Learning
           ;
           one
           need
           not
           to
           be
           a
           great
           Scholar
           ,
           a
           great
           Philosopher
           ,
           or
           a
           great
           Crittick
           (
           as
           he
           must
           be
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           exact
           one
           )
           to
           understand
           that
           Text
           ,
           or
           the
           Apostles
           Crittiscism
           upon
           it
           ;
           which
           to
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Humane
           Crittiscism
           ,
           but
           a
           Divine
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           Second
           ,
           I
           grant
           I
           did
           say
           I
           was
           concerned
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           I
           was
           )
           to
           see
           the
           Article
           of
           Infants
           Baptism
           hang
           on
           wyres
           ,
           and
           by
           Geometry
           ;
           on
           which
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           do
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           hung
           by
           all
           that
           do
           not
           find
           it
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           
           is
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           find
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           others
           before
           have
           found
           it
           )
           inlay'd
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           an
           Instituted
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           Those
           that
           lay
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           do
           not
           lay
           it
           on
           its
           true
           Foundations
           .
           But
           I
           never
           said
           as
           this
           Wyre
           drawing
           man
           ,
           whose
           only
           business
           is
           to
           put
           me
           under
           Odium
           ,
           and
           Envy
           with
           all
           Partys
           ,
           would
           make
           me
           say
           ;
           That
           all
           before
           me
           hung
           it
           but
           on
           Wyres
           ;
           for
           Those
           did
           not
           ,
           even
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           of
           mine
           ,
           who
           founded
           it
           on
           Abrahams
           Covenat
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Constitution
           of
           an
           Instituted
           Church
           ;
           as
           many
           did
           before
           me
           ;
           and
           as
           even
           Mr.
           Baxter
           must
           ;
           seeing
           the
           Membership
           of
           Children
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Principal
           Argument
           he
           goes
           upon
           cannot
           be
           understood
           but
           with
           Relation
           to
           the
           Constitution
           of
           a
           Church
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           Inlay'd
           in
           the
           Covenant
           .
           And
           where
           now
           I
           Pray
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           is
           that
           Vanity
           or
           that
           Contradiction
           which
           this
           Lincey'd
           man
           that
           Looks
           through
           stone
           walls
           hath
           Espyed
           ,
           or
           rather
           Invented
           ?
           I
           say
           Invented
           ;
           for
           when
           he
           Affirms
           (
           P.
           3.
           )
           that
           I
           said
           I
           could
           not
           see
           it
           (
           meaning
           Infants
           Baptism
           )
           to
           be
           owner
           of
           sure
           and
           solid
           foundations
           ,
           
             Vnless
             it
             be
             as
             I
             
             here
             lay
             it
          
           ;
           )
           he
           Imposes
           Grosly
           ;
           I
           said
           no
           such
           words
           ;
           I
           only
           said
           ,
           (
           Unless
           it
           were
           Inlaid
           (
           as
           I
           find
           it
           is
           )
           in
           the
           very
           Constitution
           of
           an
           Instituted
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
           )
           and
           many
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           If
           not
           most
           now
           a
           dayes
           do
           take
           it
           to
           be
           so
           Inlaid
           ;
           All
           do
           ,
           that
           Ground
           it
           on
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           All
           find
           it
           to
           be
           so
           in
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           same
           Method
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           his
           Third
           Exception
           ;
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           last
           Paragraph
           of
           my
           first
           Letter
           ,
           speaking
           of
           some
           that
           in
           our
           Saviours
           time
           ,
           did
           forbid
           little
           Children
           to
           come
           unto
           him
           to
           be
           Blessed
           ,
           I
           said
           in
           a
           Parenthesis
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           smilinglyly
           ;
           not
           by
           way
           of
           Position
           as
           a
           thing
           on
           which
           I
           Insisted
           ,
           but
           only
           Pleasantly
           (
           that
           some
           (
           it
           may
           be
           of
           your
           Perswasion
           )
           &c.
           )
           But
           such
           is
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           Exactness
           of
           Judgment
           of
           our
           great
           Disputer
           ,
           that
           he
           takes
           as
           spoken
           seriously
           ,
           That
           which
           was
           but
           Pleasantly
           spoken
           ;
           making
           it
           to
           Contradict
           what
           other
           where
           I
           say
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Novelty
           of
           his
           Perswasion
           .
           And
           to
           perswade
           his
           Reader
           the
           better
           (
           for
           none
           that
           is
           mine
           can
           think
           
           so
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           hath
           grounds
           for
           what
           he
           says
           ;
           he
           falsely
           represents
           my
           words
           ,
           and
           makes
           me
           say
           (
           Pag.
           3.
           )
           
             That
             it
             is
             Probable
             ,
             those
             that
             would
             not
             suffer
             little
             Children
             to
             come
             to
             Christ
             were
             of
             his
             Perswasion
             .
          
           Is
           not
           this
           an
           honest
           Disputant
           ,
           or
           rather
           a
           cunning
           sophister
           ?
           I
           said
           (
           some
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           of
           your
           Perswasion
           .
           And
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           is
           but
           happily
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           most
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           Possibility
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           made
           Probability
           of
           it
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           hath
           made
           a
           Serious
           matter
           of
           what
           was
           only
           intended
           for
           a
           Divertive
           one
           .
           But
           of
           this
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           I
           shall
           hear
           again
           ,
           and
           be
           Rhimed
           for
           it
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           I
           will
           Ask
           him
           one
           hard
           Question
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           Where
           it
           is
           that
           I
           do
           say
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           says
           I
           do
           )
           
             to
             this
             purpose
          
           ,
           (
           that
           't
           is
           Probable
           ,
           &c.
           )
           sure
           he
           can
           never
           find
           it
           ,
           but
           where
           he
           finds
           ,
           that
           
           Mahomet's
           Tomb
           at
           Mecca
           ,
           to
           use
           his
           own
           Expression
           (
           Pag.
           5.
           )
           is
           said
           to
           hang
           by
           Geometry
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Licians
           suffered
           none
           to
           propose
           a
           New
           Law
           but
           at
           his
           Peril
           ,
           (
           Pag.
           5.
           )
           and
           that
           is
           no
           where
           ,
           but
           either
           in
           his
           own
           Common-Place-Book
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           speak
           in
           his
           own
           most
           Civil
           Language
           )
           within
           his
           own
           Pericranium
           ;
           and
           there
           ,
           Magnetism
           
           and
           
             Geometry
             ,
             Serious
          
           and
           
             Pleasant
             ,
             Licians
          
           and
           
             Locrians
             ,
             Scotus
          
           and
           
             Sotus
             are
             all
             one
          
           :
           and
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Mensa
           ,
           as
           a
           Table
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           ended
           with
           the
           Reflexions
           which
           he
           makes
           as
           to
           the
           Harmony
           of
           my
           Argument
           ,
           the
           which
           you
           see
           ,
           are
           so
           rarely
           Proper
           ,
           and
           so
           Judicious
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           well
           believe
           (
           though
           he
           say
           it
           himself
           Pag.
           64.
           )
           
             That
             his
             Reader
             will
             find
          
           (
           namely
           in
           his
           Book
           )
           
             somewhat
             of
             Brain
             as
             well
             as
             Tongue
             :
          
           and
           somewhat
           of
           his
           Brain
           you
           have
           already
           had
           ,
           upon
           the
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Argument
           .
           Now
           ,
           you
           shall
           have
           somewhat
           too
           of
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           upon
           the
           Novelty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           upon
           this
           Head
           ;
           First
           ,
           He
           Gravely
           Informs
           me
           ,
           that
           
             Innovators
             hear
             not
             well
             among
             the
             Judicious
          
           )
           (
           P.
           4.
           )
           As
           if
           Anabaptists
           were
           not
           Innovators
           ;
           but
           all
           for
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           Old
           way
           .
           Secondly
           ;
           He
           is
           again
           at
           his
           Tales
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Licians
          
           (
           he
           should
           have
           said
           the
           
             Locrians
             )
             suffered
             none
             to
             Propose
             a
             New
             Law
             but
             at
             his
             own
             Peril
          
           )
           (
           P.
           5.
           )
           as
           if
           Arguments
           were
           Lawes
           ;
           or
           that
           Infants
           Baptisme
           were
           not
           setled
           by
           ours
           .
           In
           fine
           ;
           He
           Adds
           ,
           (
           and
           you
           may
           think
           from
           Pure
           love
           )
           
             that
             
             the
             Church
             of
             England
          
           (
           by
           all
           means
           ,
           He
           is
           much
           Concerned
           for
           Her
           ;
           )
           
             and
             all
             other
             the
             Assertors
             and
             advocates
             of
             Infants
             Baptism
             on
             the
             Old
             Foundations
             ,
             are
             more
             concerned
             in
             one
             Passage
             than
             He
             )
             (
             P.
          
           5.
           )
           As
           if
           all
           ,
           of
           all
           orders
           ,
           were
           fast
           asleep
           ;
           and
           all
           like
           to
           be
           lost
           ,
           unless
           a
           Goose
           a
           Second
           time
           ,
           should
           save
           the
           Capitol
           .
           You
           see
           Sir
           ,
           his
           Extraordinary
           Courtesie
           for
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           
             other
             the
             Advocates
             and
             Assertors
             of
          
           Infants
           Baptism
           But
           I
           hope
           
             this
             Church
          
           and
           those
           other
           Advocates
           and
           Assertors
           of
           Infants
           Baptism
           ,
           will
           not
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           be
           Wheedled
           into
           a
           Mistake
           .
           You
           may
           be
           sure
           his
           Courtesie
           is
           but
           Polyphemus
           '
           s
           ;
           Now
           indeed
           ,
           He
           fights
           against
           one
           ;
           but
           know
           ,
           he
           hath
           a
           Reserve
           for
           all
           (
           you
           
             now
             must
             look
             to
             your
             Old
             Foundations
             ;
             He
             is
             Principally
          
           (
           P.
           5.
           )
           
             at
             Present
             at
             least
          
           )
           
             only
             concerned
             about
             the
             new
             one
             .
          
           )
           Mark
           that
           ,
           (
           
             at
             Present
             at
             least
          
           .
           )
           This
           Church
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           others
           ,
           hath
           no
           entire
           security
           (
           from
           him
           ;
           )
           
           It
           is
           not
           a
           Peace
           but
           only
           a
           Cessation
           he
           grants
           .
           (
           
             He
             is
             at
             Present
             only
             concerned
             about
             the
             new
             one
          
           ;
           )
           But
           time
           may
           come
           for
           the
           old
           ones
           too
           ;
           And
           Really
           ,
           he
           is
           Provided
           already
           if
           such
           a
           time
           shall
           
           come
           ;
           For
           (
           as
           you
           had
           it
           before
           ,
           in
           his
           Letter
           )
           
             He
             hath
             a
             very
             Large
             Discourse
             which
             he
             had
             before
             Compiled
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             doth
             Consider
             and
             give
             Answer
             to
             all
             the
             most
             Material
             Arguments
             which
             are
             usually
             Insisted
             on
             for
             Justification
             of
             the
             Practice
          
           of
           Infants
           Baptism
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           it
           seems
           (
           for
           all
           his
           Kindness
           to
           her
           )
           and
           all
           other
           
             the
             Advocates
             and
             Assertors
             of
             Infants
             Baptism
          
           (
           though
           now
           he
           claws
           them
           )
           might
           have
           heard
           of
           him
           sooner
           ;
           Ay
           ,
           and
           have
           felt
           him
           too
           before
           this
           ;
           but
           that
           ,
           unluckily
           for
           my self
           ,
           but
           luckily
           enough
           for
           this
           Church
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           other
           Advocates
           and
           Assertors
           ,
           I
           did
           come
           in
           his
           way
           ;
           and
           now
           ,
           the
           Cry
           is
           
             Novelty
             !
             Novelty
          
           !
        
         
           Truly
           I
           think
           it
           very
           needless
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           others
           thought
           so
           too
           )
           to
           Vindicate
           my self
           from
           his
           Extravegancies
           upon
           his
           Topick
           ,
           and
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Title
             Page
          
           of
           my
           Book
           on
           which
           he
           principally
           grounds
           Them
           ,
           as
           it
           went
           from
           me
           ,
           was
           nakedly
           this
           :
           
             An
             Argument
             for
             Infants-Baptism
             deduced
             from
             the
             Analogy
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Harmony
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             .
          
           And
           what
           is
           added
           ,
           if
           any
           Imputation
           can
           be
           laid
           to
           it
           ,
           of
           Gaudiness
           or
           Ostentation
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           
           Put
           on
           the
           Book-seller
           ,
           as
           the
           Occasioner
           of
           it
           .
           I
           acknowledge
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Method
           is
           wholly
           New
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           certainly
           is
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           not
           said
           as
           this
           Disputer
           doth
           Report
           it
           ,
           That
           the
           Argument
           is
           wholly
           New.
           Method
           and
           Matter
           are
           very
           different
           things
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           very
           Title
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           noted
           that
           the
           Method
           is
           wholly
           New
           ;
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Grounds
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           Matter
           ,
           not
           that
           they
           are
           wholly
           New
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           not
           commonly
           Observed
           .
           Implying
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           have
           been
           ,
           and
           are
           ,
           by
           some
           ,
           Observed
           ,
           though
           ,
           Happily
           ,
           not
           by
           every
           Body
           :
           And
           who
           will
           say
           they
           were
           ?
           And
           when
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           Argument
           as
           I
           do
           manage
           it
           ,
           hath
           little
           Authority
           ;
           't
           is
           manifest
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           the
           Argument
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           and
           grounds
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           Method
           and
           Form
           of
           Managing
           of
           it
           .
           I
           say
           not
           ,
           the
           Argument
           Simply
           ,
           but
           the
           Argument
           as
           I
           do
           Manage
           it
           :
           the
           Method
           of
           Management
           is
           mine
           ,
           and
           is
           New
           ;
           but
           the
           Grounds
           on
           which
           it
           is
           Bottomed
           are
           not
           New
           ;
           but
           are
           as
           Old
           as
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Bible
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           to
           Alter
           Schemes
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           Innovate
           Articles
           :
           Schemes
           are
           but
           
           Dispositions
           of
           Matter
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           exceeding
           various
           ,
           and
           often
           are
           ,
           even
           where
           the
           Matter
           for
           the
           main
           is
           the
           same
           .
           But
           what
           if
           the
           Argument
           were
           New
           ,
           and
           all
           as
           New
           as
           the
           Method
           ?
           Would
           it
           to
           a
           Man
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           a
           Seeker
           of
           Light
           ,
           a
           Lover
           of
           Truth
           ,
           go
           the
           less
           in
           Value
           but
           for
           That
           ,
           if
           it
           is
           Good
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           Antiquity
           any
           more
           than
           Novelty
           :
           It
           is
           Verity
           only
           ,
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           considered
           by
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           indeed
           that
           is
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           old
           Arguments
           are
           not
           Entertained
           by
           it
           ,
           only
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           old
           .
           So
           new
           ones
           are
           not
           Rejected
           ,
           only
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           new
           .
           
             Dies
             diem
             docet
          
           :
           but
           I
           may
           not
           so
           much
           Imitate
           the
           weakness
           of
           my
           Adversary
           ,
           as
           to
           fall
           a
           Common
           Placing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           say
           no
           more
           as
           to
           this
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           Followed
           my
           Adversary
           in
           his
           Prosecution
           of
           his
           two
           Topicks
           ,
           Harmony
           and
           Novelty
           ,
           and
           have
           considered
           his
           Reflections
           ;
           and
           now
           ,
           should
           very
           gladly
           dismiss
           a
           Subject
           so
           unpleasant
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           to
           Edification
           :
           but
           that
           in
           a
           charge
           he
           makes
           upon
           me
           ,
           both
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           there
           is
           another
           Instance
           of
           his
           Falshood
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           
           and
           Calumny
           ,
           Proper
           fruits
           of
           that
           Distemper
           (
           zeal
           you
           must
           believe
           it
           
             for
             the
             abused
             word
             of
             God
          
           )
           which
           (
           as
           himself
           tells
           you
           )
           
             did
             put
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Temper
             and
             warmed
             him
             .
          
           )
           And
           this
           I
           might
           not
           omit
           ,
           he
           sayes
           ,
           (
           
             He
             dares
             Refer
             himself
             wholly
             to
             his
             Reader
             ,
             whither
             I
             have
             not
             with
             equal
             absurdity
             (
             
               for
               so
               he
               modestly
               Expresses
               it
            
             )
             First
             ,
             made
             Abraham
             the
             Representative
             of
             the
             Carnal
             seed
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Included
             Baptism
             in
             the
             17
             th
             .
             of
             Genesis
             .
             And
             Thirdly
             ,
             Excluded
             the
             first
             grand
             Promise
             out
             of
             Genesis
             .
             3.
             15
             ,
             &c.
             And
             he
             Wonders
             (
             
               for
               he
               is
               given
               to
               Wondering
               ,
            
             )
             that
             I
             should
             see
             a
             command
             for
             Infants
             Baptism
             in
             Genesis
             17
             th
             .
             and
             not
             discern
             a
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             in
             the
             Third
             of
             Genesis
             .
             For
             this
             matter
             He
             dares
             Refer
             Himsef
             to
             the
             Reader
             .
             )
             And
             indeed
             it
             is
             a
             daring
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           For
           as
           to
           the
           First
           ,
           
             that
             I
             should
             make
             Abraham
             the
             Representative
             of
             the
             Carnal
             seed
          
           )
           As
           he
           Expresses
           it
           ,
           simply
           and
           Absolutely
           ;
           so
           ,
           it
           is
           another
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           is
           Maliciously
           said
           ;
           for
           in
           that
           very
           Letter
           in
           which
           I
           do
           Explain
           my self
           as
           to
           this
           Particular
           ,
           there
           (
           P.
           157.
           )
           
           my
           words
           are
           these
           ;
           (
           
             on
             the
             whole
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             absurd
             ,
             if
             duly
             weighed
             ,
             to
             say
             (
             which
             yet
             
               I
               do
               not
               peremptorily
               say
            
             ,
             )
             that
             in
             That
             part
             of
             the
             Covenant
             in
             which
             Abraham
             is
             joyned
             with
             the
             seed
             ,
             He
             should
             stand
             for
             his
             natural
             posterity
             ,
             as
             the
             seed
             doth
             for
             Christ
             Mystical
             .
          
           )
           And
           now
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           ;
           am
           I
           not
           so
           far
           from
           a
           possitive
           affirmation
           of
           what
           he
           says
           
             I
             make
          
           ,
           that
           I
           say
           in
           Terms
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           Possitively
           affirm
           it
           ?
           What
           I
           said
           ,
           is
           Evidently
           said
           not
           by
           way
           of
           Position
           of
           what
           I
           did
           conceive
           as
           certain
           ;
           but
           by
           way
           of
           Proposal
           ,
           of
           what
           was
           yet
           Uncertain
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           which
           yet
           might
           merit
           Consideration
           :
           and
           more
           is
           to
           be
           said
           for
           it
           ,
           than
           Happily
           this
           Disputer
           can
           answer
           .
           Indeed
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           10.
           there
           ,
           under
           the
           Term
           (
           ye
           )
           Abraham
           and
           Ishmael
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Family
           then
           Present
           are
           Comprehended
           ,
           and
           those
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           did
           represent
           and
           stand
           for
           the
           natural
           Family
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Second
           ,
           namely
           Baptism
           in
           Genesis
           17
           ;
           )
           I
           never
           said
           in
           Terms
           that
           there
           was
           any
           Immediate
           Command
           for
           Baptism
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           
           I
           knew
           the
           Institution
           of
           Baptism
           was
           long
           after
           .
           I
           
           only
           said
           ,
           and
           still
           say
           ,
           that
           an
           Obligation
           is
           lay'd
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           9.
           not
           only
           upon
           Abraham
           himself
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           upon
           his
           seed
           also
           ;
           and
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           that
           this
           seed
           is
           Christ
           ,
           Christ
           Mysticall
           ,
           or
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           .
           And
           is
           this
           an
           absurdity
           ?
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Text
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           Apostle
           says
           ,
           I
           hope
           is
           no
           absurdity
           .
           I
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           because
           the
           Apostle
           says
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           seed
           is
           Christ.
           To
           disprove
           that
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           Put
           the
           absurdity
           on
           me
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           Apostle
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Third
           ,
           which
           is
           concerning
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           in
           Genesis
           3.
           15
           
           )
           I
           still
           affirm
           ,
           and
           still
           believe
           I
           may
           without
           absurdity
           ,
           that
           though
           by
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           woman
           in
           that
           Text
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           be
           meant
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           Predicted
           there
           ,
           and
           was
           prefigured
           also
           in
           Sacrifices
           ;
           yet
           ,
           that
           nothing
           there
           doth
           pass
           by
           way
           of
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           is
           spoken
           of
           Christ
           there
           by
           way
           of
           promise
           to
           Adam
           ;
           all
           is
           by
           way
           of
           Denunciation
           on
           the
           
             Serpent
             .
             I
          
           say
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           spoken
           there
           is
           spoken
           but
           to
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           not
           to
           Adam
           ;
           and
           let
           him
           that
           thinks
           otherwise
           ,
           but
           Look
           into
           the
           
           Text
           and
           see
           if
           it
           be
           not
           .
           I
           appeal
           from
           unwarie
           Prejudices
           ,
           unto
           
             Common
             sense
          
           .
           But
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           spoken
           somewhat
           in
           my
           Printed
           Letters
           ,
           from
           Page
           the
           99
           th
           .
           to
           Page
           the
           106.
           
           So
           I
           have
           discoursed
           more
           fully
           (
           of
           it
           ,
           )
           with
           Persons
           of
           a
           greater
           Caracter
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           Integrity
           and
           Candour
           ,
           than
           our
           Present
           Disputer
           ;
           wherein
           ,
           one
           day
           ,
           the
           Reader
           may
           receive
           satisfaction
           .
           But
           for
           my
           Antagonist
           ,
           he
           thought
           ,
           This
           was
           a
           Popular
           Point
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           would
           Affect
           me
           ,
           and
           therefore
           only
           he
           Insists
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           Inculcates
           it
           ;
           and
           is
           not
           this
           malicious
           ?
           why
           had
           he
           not
           Argued
           it
           out
           ?
           as
           I
           Expected
           he
           should
           ,
           but
           that
           't
           is
           much
           Easier
           to
           Exclaim
           and
           Calumniate
           ,
           than
           to
           Demonstrate
           and
           argue
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           am
           come
           (
           and
           very
           glad
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           come
           )
           to
           the
           fourth
           thing
           I
           promised
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           briefly
           to
           state
           again
           the
           Argument
           I
           made
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           little
           He
           is
           in
           his
           Reply
           unto
           that
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           Great
           ,
           in
           Callumniating
           ,
           and
           in
           Perverting
           .
           And
           the
           method
           I
           will
           take
           shall
           be
           ,
           First
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           the
           Grounds
           of
           the
           Argument
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           form
           it
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Ground
           I
           go
           upon
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Covenant
           Established
           by
           God
           with
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           Seed
           ,
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           is
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
          
           ;
           or
           that
           Original
           Grant
           ,
           and
           Great
           Charter
           ,
           by
           which
           Believing
           Gentiles
           always
           did
           ,
           and
           do
           Claim
           both
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Promises
           they
           have
           Title
           to
           ;
           As
           also
           ,
           that
           Abraham
           is
           The
           Person
           
             By
             ,
             From
          
           ,
           and
           Vnder
           whom
           they
           Claim
           ;
           as
           being
           his
           Seed
           .
           
             If
             Christ's
          
           then
           Abraham's
           Seed
           ,
           and
           Heir's
           according
           to
           the
           Promise
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           others
           that
           are
           Proper
           ,
           there
           is
           ,
           First
           ,
           
             A
             Promise
          
           on
           the
           One
           Part
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           
             A
             Restipulation
          
           on
           the
           Other
           :
           A
           Promise
           on
           God's
           Part
           ;
           and
           then
           a
           Restipulation
           upon
           
           Abraham's
           Part
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Seed's
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Promise
           that
           God
           doth
           make
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Seed
           ,
           it
           is
           (
           Vers.
           7
           ,
           8.
           )
           
             That
             he
             will
             be
             a
             God
             to
          
           Abraham
           ,
           
             and
             to
             his
             Seed
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             to
          
           Abraham
           ,
           
             and
             to
             his
             Seed
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           this
           Promise
           made
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           in
           which
           Almighty
           God
           doth
           give
           Himself
           ,
           and
           all
           he
           hath
           to
           him
           ,
           is
           called
           by
           the
           Apostle
           the
           
             Blessing
             of
             Abraham
          
           ;
           of
           which
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           it
           doth
           Descend
           on
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
             Gal.
          
           3.
           
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Restipulation
           ,
           which
           is
           on
           the
           Part
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Seed
           ,
           it
           is
           (
           Vers.
           9.
           )
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             Therefore
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             ;
             In
          
           which
           Restipulation
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           main
           thing
           on
           which
           I
           do
           insist
           in
           reference
           to
           my
           Argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           in
           order
           to
           the
           making
           Clear
           whatever
           any
           wise
           Relates
           unto
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           concerns
           our
           present
           purpose
           )
           Particularly
           consider
           ,
           First
           ,
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Duty
           in
           it
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
          
           ,
           and
           shew
           what
           is
           imported
           in
           that
           Expression
           .
           
             Secondly
             ,
             I
          
           will
           shew
           the
           Propriety
           of
           this
           Duty
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Duty
           bound
           on
           Abraham
           by
           this
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           his
           Proper
           Duty
           ,
           in
           Reference
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Blessing
           in
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           I
           will
           demonstrate
           ,
           That
           the
           subjects
           in
           this
           Restipulation
           and
           Duty
           ,
           or
           the
           Persons
           upon
           whom
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           is
           bound
           ,
           are
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Seed
           ,
           and
           that
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           is
           ,
           Principally
           ,
           the
           
             Believing
             Gentiles
          
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Duty
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           
             Keeping
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           .
           It
           was
           ,
           
             at
             Last
          
           ,
           Agreed
           between
           us
           (
           and
           I
           in
           my
           Argument
           ,
           Fol.
           132.
           133.
           
           
           Abundantly
           have
           Proved
           )
           that
           to
           keep
           Gods
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Duty
           injoyned
           ,
           is
           to
           
             keep
             the
             Sign
          
           of
           Gods
           Covenant
           ;
           And
           it
           must
           be
           Granted
           Also
           ,
           that
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           ,
           is
           ,
           for
           him
           that
           keeps
           it
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           
             wear
             that
             Sign
             himself
          
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           it
           upon
           all
           His
           ,
           in
           Token
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           Himself
           ,
           so
           that
           All
           he
           owns
           ,
           is
           God's
           .
           This
           I
           proved
           in
           my
           First
           Letter
           ,
           from
           Pag.
           16.
           to
           Pag.
           23.
           and
           Confirmed
           in
           my
           Advertisement
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           Add
           now
           another
           Consideration
           to
           make
           it
           further
           manifest
           ;
           namely
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           Covenant
           for
           Substance
           is
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           )
           whereas
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           say
           in
           Genesis
           ,
           17.
           
           
             I
             will
             be
             a
             God
             to
             thee
             and
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             to
             thee
             and
             thy
             Seed
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             And
             therefore
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             shall
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           to
           keep
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           his
           Covenant
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           whereas
           he
           speaks
           so
           in
           Genesis
           ,
           17.
           he
           saith
           in
           Jer.
           31.
           17.
           
           (
           where
           he
           Repeats
           the
           same
           Covenant
           ,
           )
           
             I
             will
             be
             their
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             they
             s●all
             be
             my
             People
          
           ;
           what
           in
           Genesis
           is
           expressed
           by
           their
           
             keeping
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           or
           Sign
           ,
           is
           in
           Jeremy
           Expressed
           ,
           by
           their
           being
           Gods
           Propriety
           ,
           or
           own
           :
           So
           that
           ,
           these
           are
           
           Equivalent
           Terms
           ;
           and
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           God
           (
           or
           his
           Sign
           ,
           )
           is
           only
           to
           denote
           the
           Propriety
           that
           those
           who
           are
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           do
           All
           Acknowledge
           ,
           All
           Own
           that
           he
           hath
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           All
           theirs
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           was
           Interpr●ted
           to
           Abraham
           ;
           who
           was
           not
           only
           to
           be
           Circumcised
           Himself
           ,
           but
           to
           see
           that
           all
           his
           Males
           ,
           Old
           and
           Young
           were
           Circumcised
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           Males
           ,
           who
           only
           were
           Actually
           Circumcised
           ,
           and
           only
           Capable
           of
           being
           so
           ,
           the
           Females
           also
           were
           
             Reputed
             Included
          
           .
           For
           (
           as
           I
           said
           in
           my
           former
           Discourse
           )
           
             as
             the
             Sign
             was
             directly
             given
             Only
             to
             the
             Males
             ,
             so
             the
             Promise
             also
             in
             Terms
             ,
             was
             only
             to
             the
             Males
             ,
             Abraham
             and
             Isaack
             ;
             but
             then
             ,
             as
             the
             Females
             were
             Included
             in
             the
             Males
             in
             the
             Covenant
             (
             for
             who
             will
             deny
             That
             ?
             )
             so
             ,
             by
             like
             Reason
             ,
             they
             were
             included
             also
             in
             the
             Sign
             .
          
           It
           is
           but
           Reason
           that
           Concludes
           the
           Former
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Reason
           will
           Conclude
           the
           Latter
           .
           Besides
           ,
           who
           will
           say
           the
           Females
           were
           Excluded
           the
           Passover
           ?
           were
           they
           not
           of
           the
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           Members
           of
           the
           Families
           ,
           or
           Houses
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Passover
           was
           Eaten
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           ?
           are
           
           they
           Excluded
           any
           where
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           not
           plainly
           intimated
           both
           by
           Maimonides
           and
           by
           other
           Rabbins
           ,
           that
           even
           they
           also
           did
           Celebrate
           that
           Feast
           ;
           but
           yet
           ,
           none
           Uncircumcised
           might
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ,
           the
           Duty
           bound
           upon
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Seed
           by
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Sign
           ,
           by
           wearing
           of
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           by
           putting
           of
           it
           upon
           All
           Theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           Gods
           Propriety
           .
           The
           
             Next
             Thing
             is
          
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           this
           Duty
           which
           is
           bound
           upon
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Seed
           ,
           by
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           the
           proper
           Duty
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           And
           what
           can
           be
           more
           plain
           than
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           seeing
           ,
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           bound
           upon
           them
           in
           Reference
           to
           the
           Promise
           ,
           as
           a
           Consequence
           of
           it
           ;
           
             I
             will
             be
             a
             God
             to
             thee
             and
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             give
             to
             thee
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           There
           is
           the
           
             PROMISE
             :
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             THEREFORE
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           There
           is
           the
           Consequent
           DUTY
           .
           And
           't
           is
           the
           only
           Duty
           mentioned
           ,
           as
           Required
           by
           God
           by
           way
           of
           Restipulation
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           
             Keeping
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           bound
           upon
           them
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           
           of
           it
           .
           
             In
             fine
          
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           highly
           reasonable
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ;
           For
           as
           God
           in
           this
           Covenant
           Solemnly
           ,
           by
           Promise
           and
           by
           Oath
           ,
           doth
           give
           Himself
           and
           All
           His
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Seed
           ;
           Is
           it
           not
           most
           Fit
           ,
           most
           Proper
           ,
           that
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Correspondence
           ,
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Seed
           should
           Solemnly
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           is
           by
           some
           Open
           and
           External
           Rite
           ,
           and
           Act
           ,
           and
           such
           an
           Act
           and
           Rite
           ,
           Signing
           is
           ,
           )
           give
           up
           themselves
           and
           Theirs
           again
           to
           God
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           is
           Observable
           ;
           That
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Command
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           lay'd
           upon
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           upon
           his
           Seed
           ;
           and
           seeing
           keeping
           of
           the
           Covenant
           is
           keeping
           of
           the
           Sign
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           ;
           it
           follows
           ,
           That
           putting
           of
           the
           Sign
           on
           Children
           ,
           and
           on
           Servants
           ,
           is
           not
           done
           ,
           at
           least
           not
           Principally
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           any
           Title
           ,
           Right
           ,
           or
           Priviledge
           which
           these
           Children
           ,
           or
           Servants
           have
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           own
           immediate
           being
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           done
           ,
           in
           Consequence
           of
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           under
           which
           the
           Parents
           and
           Masters
           are
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           in
           which
           they
           do
           Restipulate
           ,
           and
           so
           ,
           take
           on
           them
           this
           Duty
           .
        
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           subjects
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           Those
           on
           whom
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           in
           it
           is
           bound
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Third
           thing
           to
           be
           Demonstrated
           ,
           they
           are
           Abraham
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           or
           Abraham
           and
           Isaac
           ;
           and
           in
           Isaac
           ,
           Christ
           mystical
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Believing
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           Abraham's
           Spiritual
           Seed
           .
           And
           that
           Christ
           Mystical
           ,
           or
           Christ
           and
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           Intended
           principally
           ,
           by
           the
           Seed
           ;
           I
           manifested
           in
           my
           First
           Letter
           ,
           (
           P.
           24.
           25.
           
           )
           in
           my
           Second
           Letter
           (
           from
           P.
           128.
           to
           132.
           )
           and
           in
           my
           Last
           Letter
           ,
           from
           Romans
           4
           th
           13
           ,
           16
           ,
           17
           ;
           which
           Text
           doth
           put
           it
           out
           of
           all
           question
           ,
           that
           Isaac
           did
           not
           only
           Typifie
           and
           Figure
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           in
           the
           
             manner
             of
             his
             Birth
          
           (
           as
           my
           Adversary
           would
           have
           it
           only
           do
           ,
           )
           but
           that
           he
           did
           also
           stand
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           Represent
           them
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Promise
           .
           And
           if
           Isaac
           Represented
           the
           BelievingGentiles
           ,
           and
           did
           stand
           for
           them
           (
           as
           he
           did
           )
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Promise
           ,
           then
           Certainly
           whatever
           Duty
           by
           virtue
           of
           that
           Covenant
           ,
           was
           Bound
           upon
           him
           ,
           That
           very
           Duty
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           the
           same
           Covenant
           ,
           was
           also
           Bound
           upon
           them
           ;
           Else
           ,
           how
           could
           he
           stand
           for
           them
           and
           Represent
           them
           
           in
           it
           !
           This
           Interpretation
           of
           that
           Text
           is
           so
           plain
           ,
           so
           Evident
           ,
           
             that
             even
             my
             Adversary
             in
             his
             
               Last
               Letter
            
             (
             P.
             115.
             )
             says
             ,
             I
             well
             Expounded
             Romans
             4.
             13
             ,
             16.
             17.
             
             )
             but
             what
             he
             adds
             (
             viz.
             )
             that
             I
             do
             so
             to
             this
             Purpose
             ,
             namely
             to
             Prove
             Isaac
             a
             Type
             and
             Figure
             of
             the
             Believing
             Gentiles
             in
             the
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             his
             Super-natural
             Birth
             ,
             to
             which
             our
             Regeneration
             in
             Some
             sort
             Corresponds
             .
          
           That
           's
           another
           Falshood
           ,
           another
           Impious
           Fraud
           ,
           and
           made
           on
           Purpose
           to
           deceive
           his
           Party
           ;
           that
           when
           He
           cannot
           answer
           me
           ,
           he
           may
           yet
           Impose
           upon
           them
           .
           For
           that
           I
           had
           no
           such
           purpose
           there
           as
           he
           Insinuates
           ,
           is
           plain
           ;
           for
           
             there
             I
          
           prove
           ,
           that
           Isaac
           Represented
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ,
           or
           spiritual
           seed
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Promise
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Duty
           and
           Obligation
           also
           ,
           bound
           upon
           the
           seed
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           promise
           ;
           and
           I
           Appeal
           unto
           his
           own
           Party
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           man
           Else
           that
           is
           of
           sence
           in
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           will
           comparehis
           Letter
           and
           mine
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           not
           so
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Ground
           on
           which
           I
           state
           my
           Argument
           ,
           which
           thus
           
             I
             Form.
             If
          
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           under
           
           Abraham's
           
           Covenant
           ,
           are
           
           Abraham's
           seed
           ,
           and
           are
           Principally
           meant
           in
           the
           17
           
             th
             .
             Genesis
          
           9
           th
           .
           Then
           ,
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           to
           keep
           Gods
           Covenant
           :
           The
           Consequence
           is
           Evident
           ,
           the
           Text
           is
           Plain
           for
           it
           ;
           
             Thou
             and
             thy
             seed
             shall
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             .
          
           And
           if
           to
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           there
           ,
           be
           to
           keep
           the
           sign
           of
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           by
           Wearing
           of
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           on
           all
           theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           Gods
           Propriety
           ;
           Then
           if
           believing
           Gentiles
           be
           to
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           ,
           they
           are
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           wearing
           of
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           on
           all
           theirs
           ,
           in
           token
           of
           Gods
           Propriety
           ,
           and
           Title
           :
           (
           Themselves
           must
           be
           signed
           ,
           and
           ,
           all
           theirs
           also
           must
           be
           signed
           .
           )
           Now
           ,
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           under
           
           Abraham's
           Covenant
           ,
           are
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           ,
           and
           are
           Principally
           Meant
           and
           Intended
           in
           Genesis
           17.9
           .
           as
           I
           have
           proved
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           Gods
           Covenant
           there
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           God's
           Covenant
           ,
           by
           wearing
           of
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           on
           All
           Theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           Title
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           also
           proved
           before
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           are
           to
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           ,
           God's
           sign
           ,
           by
           
           wearing
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           Putting
           it
           on
           all
           theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           Gods
           Propriety
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           Title
           to
           them
           ;
           which
           Sign
           must
           be
           ,
           either
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           Sign
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           greater
           Elucidation
           ,
           I
           will
           break
           the
           Argument
           abroad
           ,
           into
           shorter
           Sillogismes
           .
           Abraham's
           seed
           must
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           ;
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           are
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           must
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           .
           To
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           must
           keep
           God's
           Covenant
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           must
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           it
           .
           To
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           God's
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           to
           wear
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           it
           upon
           all
           theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           Title
           to
           them
           ;
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           God's
           Covenant
           ;
           Therefore
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           are
           to
           wear
           it
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           it
           upon
           all
           Theirs
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           Title
           to
           them
           .
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           must
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           ;
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             THOU
             and
             
             thy
             SEED
             .
          
           A
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           then
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           in
           the
           
             time
             of
             the
             Seed
          
           ;
           Else
           ,
           how
           shall
           the
           Seed
           keep
           it
           ?
           they
           cannot
           keep
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           if
           the
           Covenant
           have
           no
           Sign
           .
           Some
           Sign
           then
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Seed
           ,
           must
           keep
           ,
           by
           wearing
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           on
           
             All
             Theirs
          
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           ,
           Let
           this
           Disputer
           tell
           (
           as
           I
           said
           )
           whither
           it
           shall
           be
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           what
           ;
           for
           I
           need
           to
           go
           no
           further
           .
           Only
           here
           ,
           as
           we
           go
           along
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           Unfit
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           the
           Preventing
           of
           further
           Calumny
           ,
           to
           Observe
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           speak
           in
           Reference
           to
           a
           Sign
           ,
           of
           taking
           it
           themselves
           ,
           and
           putting
           it
           on
           
             All
             Theirs
          
           ,
           I
           mean
           nothing
           but
           their
           being
           Signed
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           seeing
           that
           
             All
             Theirs
          
           be
           also
           Signed
           ;
           without
           Considering
           here
           ,
           or
           intending
           to
           Consider
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           Minister
           of
           the
           Sign
           :
           But
           only
           who
           is
           the
           Subject
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           my
           Argument
           ,
           which
           in
           my
           Letter
           I
           did
           lay
           on
           four
           Propositions
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Blessing
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           that
           Covenant
           of
           God
           ,
           under
           which
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ,
           the
           Spiritual
           
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           Are
           :
           and
           is
           the
           Blessing
           that
           doth
           Descend
           on
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           All
           the
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           Benefit
           and
           Advantage
           ,
           of
           the
           Covenant
           and
           Blessing
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           is
           under
           Equal
           Obligation
           ,
           to
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           of
           that
           Covenant
           ,
           of
           that
           Blessing
           ,
           as
           Abraham
           himself
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           the
           Duty
           or
           Incumbence
           arising
           from
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           Blessing
           made
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           his
           Dedication
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           All
           his
           unto
           God
           ,
           he
           should
           take
           himself
           ,
           and
           should
           put
           upon
           
             All
             His
          
           ,
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           :
           which
           is
           the
           Mark
           and
           Sign
           of
           God.
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           from
           
           Abraham's
           Dedication
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           All
           his
           unto
           God
           ,
           there
           ariseth
           a
           Distinction
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           into
           Internal
           and
           External
           ,
           Absolute
           and
           Relative
           ;
           and
           that
           This
           Distinction
           is
           Evangelical
           .
           From
           these
           
             Grounds
             I
          
           drew
           the
           
             former
             Conclusion
          
           :
           and
           you
           may
           take
           the
           Argument
           from
           them
           
             Briefly
             ,
             Thus.
          
           The
           Blessing
           doth
           descend
           upon
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           
             Proper
             Duty
          
           of
           that
           Blessing
           doth
           Descend
           also
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           of
           that
           Blessing
           ,
           to
           see
           that
           both
           themselves
           ,
           and
           all
           
           theirs
           be
           Signed
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           God's
           Propriety
           :
           and
           the
           Believer
           ,
           that
           gives
           himself
           sincerely
           ,
           is
           Internally
           Holy
           :
           and
           those
           that
           are
           given
           by
           him
           are
           Externally
           so
           .
           'T
           is
           you
           see
           in
           the
           former
           four
           Propositions
           ,
           (
           which
           even
           my
           Adversary
           himself
           doth
           also
           Acknowledge
           ,
           Pag.
           25.
           )
           that
           the
           main
           strength
           of
           my
           Argument
           for
           
             Infants
             Baptism
          
           Consists
           :
           and
           yet
           ,
           it
           is
           Plain
           ,
           that
           ,
           hitherto
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           need
           of
           any
           Criticism
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           Exactness
           of
           Criticism
           ,
           and
           least
           of
           all
           ,
           of
           Exactness
           of
           Criticism
           as
           a
           Part
           of
           Humane
           Learning
           :
           either
           to
           Conceive
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           it
           :
           But
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           let
           us
           take
           a
           View
           of
           his
           Reply
           unto
           it
           ;
           Comparing
           what
           I
           say
           for
           Infants
           Baptism
           ,
           with
           what
           he
           Answers
           to
           That
           I
           say
           .
        
         
           But
           before
           we
           do
           so
           ,
           give
           me
           Leave
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           his
           way
           of
           Replying
           thrusts
           into
           my
           Thoughts
           a
           Story
           I
           have
           Read
           long
           ago
           in
           Keckerman
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           be
           Pardoned
           if
           I
           shall
           tell
           one
           Story
           ,
           when
           he
           does
           many
           )
           It
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           Certain
           Respondent
           being
           Non-plust
           by
           his
           Opponent
           ,
           and
           Unable
           to
           Conceive
           any
           Sensible
           Answer
           to
           return
           to
           him
           ,
           makes
           use
           of
           two
           Nonsensical
           ,
           
           but
           strong
           words
           ,
           to
           Chouse
           him
           .
           If
           (
           says
           he
           )
           Mr.
           Opponent
           you
           do
           take
           it
           Archepadial●ter
           ,
           I
           grant
           it
           ;
           But
           if
           Reflexive
           ,
           I
           deny
           it
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           you
           take
           it
           Nonsensicaly
           one
           way
           ,
           I
           grant
           it
           ;
           if
           you
           take
           it
           Nonsensicaly
           another
           way
           ,
           I
           deny
           it
           :
           and
           thus
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           my
           Respondent
           deals
           with
           me
           ;
           and
           he
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           he
           knows
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           been
           the
           only
           Person
           who
           have
           said
           so
           of
           him
           ,
           on
           this
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           ,
           you
           will
           not
           think
           I
           go
           about
           to
           Abuse
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           very
           Truth
           I
           tell
           you
           ;
           for
           what
           Distinct
           ,
           what
           Proper
           Sence
           is
           there
           
             in
             what
             he
             says
             in
             Answer
             ?
          
           or
           what
           Application
           of
           it
           can
           be
           made
           to
           either
           Proposition
           ?
           which
           yet
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           Reply
           unto
           ;
           but
           ,
           inded
           doth
           only
           Elude
           :
           for
           ,
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           several
           four
           forementioned
           Propositions
           ,
           he
           speaks
           Thus.
           
        
         
           
             In
             your
             first
             Proposition
             ,
             I
             only
             allow
             the
             
               Spiritual
               Essence
            
             of
             the
             Covenant
             to
             Descend
             upon
             Believing
             Gentiles
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Additaments
             and
             Appendages
             being
             variable
             things
             ,
             and
             separable
             from
             it
             ,
             do
             not
             necessarily
             descend
             with
             it
             I
             have
             Elsewhere
             at
             Large
             Evinced
             
             unto
             you
             .
          
           Here
           he
           should
           have
           told
           us
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           Essence
           ,
           what
           the
           Spiritual
           Essence
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Additaments
           ,
           and
           should
           have
           Applyed
           it
           .
        
         
           
             In
             your
             Second
             Proposition
             ,
             I
             Allow
             that
             the
             Seed
             of
             
               Believing
               Gentiles
            
             that
             have
             the
             benefit
             of
             
             Abraham's
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             made
             ,
             are
             under
             an
             Equal
             Obligation
             unto
             those
             
               Proper
               Duties
            
             and
             Services
             NOW
             required
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             Abraham
             was
             Himself
             ;
             Understanding
             it
             of
             the
             Adult
             Believing
             Off-Spring
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Infants
             of
             Believing
             Gentiles
             .
          
           My
           Second
           Proposition
           speaks
           of
           the
           
             Seed
             of
          
           Abraham
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           :
           his
           Answer
           of
           their
           Children
           only
           .
        
         
           
             In
             your
             Third
             Proposition
             ,
             I
             Allow
             that
             the
             Believing
             Gentiles
             are
             Obliged
             to
             Dedicate
             themselves
             and
             all
             that
             is
             theirs
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             Abraham
             was
             .
             But
             in
             as
             much
             as
             there
             is
             a
             double
             Dedication
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             by
             Religious
             Education
             and
             fervent
             Supplication
             ,
             this
             Latter
             Dedication
             I
             Allow
             ;
             the
             Former
             as
             it
             Respects
             our
             
               Infant
               Seed
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Reasons
             I
             have
             Elsewhere
             given
             you
             I
             deny
             .
          
           
           I
           say
           there
           ,
           that
           Signing
           is
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           what
           is
           This
           to
           That
           ?
        
         
           
             In
             your
             fourth
             Proposition
             concerning
             a
             twofold
             Holiness
             ,
             External
             and
             Internal
             ,
             Absolute
             and
             Relative
             ,
             arising
             from
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             though
             I
             grant
             that
             so
             it
             was
             under
             the
             former
             Administration
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             Elsewhere
             proved
             that
             as
             for
             any
             External
             or
             Relative
             Holiness
             then
             Arising
             from
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             it
             is
             now
             Abolished
             .
             And
             as
             
               I
               have
               already
            
             also
             demonstrated
             that
             the
             first
             of
             Cor.
             7.
             14.
             doth
             not
             at
             all
             prove
             the
             Continuation
             thereof
             in
             the
             Gospel-Day
             ,
             so
             neither
             is
             there
             any
             other
             Scripture
             that
             I
             know
             of
             ,
             that
             can
             be
             Pertinently
             Alledged
             ,
             for
             the
             Justification
             of
             such
             a
             Notion
             .
             Though
             I
             grant
             that
             there
             is
             an
             External
             and
             Internal
             Holyness
             now
             arising
             among
             Gentile
             Professors
             ,
             the
             Latter
             from
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             Former
             from
             a
             meer
             Pretension
             to
             it
             .
          
           You
           see
           his
           demonstrations
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           'em
           )
           His
           Proofs
           which
           should
           be
           Here
           ,
           are
           all
           Elsewhere
           .
           But
           what
           if
           they
           were
           here
           ?
        
         
         
           What
           in
           all
           This
           is
           to
           the
           Business
           in
           hand
           ?
           for
           if
           the
           Promise
           or
           Blessing
           of
           Abraham
           do
           descend
           upon
           his
           Seed
           ,
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Proper
             Duty
          
           of
           that
           Promise
           or
           Blessing
           (
           which
           Descends
           )
           doth
           also
           Descend
           ;
           and
           to
           be
           Signed
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           see
           that
           all
           theirs
           be
           Signed
           also
           ,
           in
           Token
           of
           Gods
           Propriety
           and
           Title
           ,
           is
           That
           Proper
           Duty
           :
           then
           let
           him
           Talk
           
             Of
             Spiritual
             Essence
             that
             doth
             Descend
             ,
             and
             of
             Appendages
             that
             do
             not
             ;
             of
             Proper
             Duties
             and
             Services
             now
             required
             of
             them
             ,
             understanding
             it
             of
             Adult
             Believing
             Off-spring
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Infant
             Seed
             of
             Believing
             Gentiles
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Dedication
             must
             be
             by
             Religions
             Education
             and
             Supplication
             ,
             not
             by
             Baptism
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           let
           him
           talk
           in
           this
           fashion
           as
           long
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           he
           lives
           :
           it
           will
           certainly
           follow
           for
           all
           That
           ;
           that
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           Now
           Requir'd
           of
           
             Believing
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           is
           to
           sign
           themselves
           ,
           and
           t
           o
           see
           that
           All
           theirs
           (
           their
           Children
           also
           )
           are
           signed
           ;
           which
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           must
           either
           be
           with
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           with
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           with
           some
           other
           sign
           ;
           Let
           him
           tell
           which
           ,
           or
           what
           .
           For
           Mark
           it
           ,
           shall
           the
           Blessing
           descend
           ,
           and
           not
           
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           of
           that
           Blessing
           ?
           Is
           not
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           much
           a
           Duty
           Bound
           upon
           the
           Seed
           ,
           as
           the
           Promise
           ,
           a
           Blessing
           made
           to
           it
           ?
           Ay!
           is
           not
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             ,
          
           as
           Plainly
           said
           ,
           as
           
             I
             will
             be
             a
             God
             to
             Thee
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             to
             Th●e
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
             ?
          
           And
           if
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           be
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           is
           agreed
           to
           be
           )
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           ,
           Let
           him
           distinguish
           as
           he
           will
           ,
           (
           
             with
             
               Spiritual
               Essence
            
             ,
             and
             Appendages
             ;
             with
             
               Proper
               Duty
               now
               ,
               and
               then
            
             ;
             with
             
               Dedication
               by
               Religious
               Education
               ,
               and
               by
               Baptism
               .
            
          
           That
           is
           ,
           with
           Archepodialiter
           and
           Reflexive
           :
           Certainly
           ,
           to
           
             keep
             the
             Sign
          
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           of
           the
           Seed
           ,
           and
           
             as
             much
             bound
             upon
             it
          
           ,
           and
           All
           as
           fast
           ,
           as
           the
           Promise
           it self
           is
           made
           unto
           it
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Gentiles
           that
           Believe
           ,
           are
           (
           as
           I
           have
           proved
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Apostle
           says
           they
           are
           )
           
             That
             Seed
          
           ;
           Then
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Sign
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           the
           Proper
           Duty
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           that
           Believe
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           bound
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           All
           as
           Fast
           ,
           as
           the
           Promise
           and
           Blessing
           there
           ,
           is
           made
           unto
           them
           .
           And
           this
           is
           not
           only
           high
           Reason
           ,
           but
           God's
           Express
           
             WILL
             :
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             Therefore
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             .
          
           It
           is
           
           God's
           Mind
           ,
           therefore
           it
           is
           to
           be
           done
           :
           and
           that
           this
           is
           a
           proper
           way
           of
           Arguing
           ,
           himself
           says
           ,
           Pag.
           27.
           
        
         
           You
           may
           think
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           speak
           more
           Plainly
           ,
           and
           more
           closely
           to
           any
           Point
           ,
           than
           here
           I
           have
           to
           this
           ;
           and
           that
           certainly
           the
           17
           th
           of
           Genesis
           9
           th
           .
           is
           very
           much
           to
           purpose
           ,
           as
           to
           an
           Obligation
           upon
           Gentile
           Believers
           or
           
           Abraham's
           seed
           ,
           with
           Reference
           to
           the
           keeping
           of
           some
           sign
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           last
           Result
           ,
           to
           the
           keeping
           of
           Baptism
           ;
           and
           happily
           you
           will
           think
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           than
           what
           is
           said
           already
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           manifest
           ,
           and
           beyond
           Dispute
           .
           But
           Sir
           ,
           if
           these
           are
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           my
           Adversaries
           ;
           he
           tells
           me
           plainly
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           will
           find
           a
           Rule
           as
           he
           spakes
           )
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           or
           (
           as
           my self
           do
           word
           it
           ,
           )
           If
           I
           will
           find
           any
           Obligation
           there
           upon
           believing
           Gentiles
           to
           keep
           the
           sign
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           I
           have
           mentioned
           ;
           
             it
             will
             be
             incumbent
             on
             me
             to
             prove
             ,
             First
             ;
             my
             three
             Partys
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             them
             )
             in
             the
             Covenant
             there
             mentioned
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             my
             two
             signs
             ;
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             Abraham
             Represented
             the
             Carnall
             seed
             only
             in
             Circumcision
             ,
             and
             Isaac
             ,
             the
             spiritual
             seed
             in
             Baptism
             .
          
           )
        
         
         
           I
           know
           it
           must
           exceedingly
           surprize
           you
           ,
           to
           see
           me
           put
           on
           three
           new
           issues
           ;
           Especially
           ,
           seeing
           in
           his
           fifth
           Letter
           (
           P.
           71.
           )
           
             All
             was
             fairly
             and
             Candidly
             Agreed
          
           (
           for
           so
           he
           speaks
           ,
           )
           to
           depend
           on
           two
           others
           ,
           (
           viz
           )
           the
           Duty
           and
           the
           Subjects
           ;
           And
           seeing
           also
           ,
           he
           might
           as
           well
           have
           put
           me
           upon
           Proving
           that
           the
           POPE
           is
           Antichrist
           ,
           that
           the
           Earth
           is
           a
           Planet
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           is
           a
           world
           in
           the
           Moon
           ,
           as
           on
           Proving
           the
           Points
           he
           Mentions
           ;
           so
           little
           they
           are
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           For
           ,
           whither
           three
           Partys
           are
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           but
           two
           Provided
           
           Abraham's
           seed
           be
           included
           in
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           seed
           be
           
             Believing
             Gentiles
          
           :
           and
           though
           but
           one
           sign
           be
           spoken
           of
           Determinately
           and
           Particularly
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           be
           Circumcision
           ;
           Provided
           Genesis
           17.
           9.
           be
           understood
           of
           
             Signing
             generally
          
           :
           and
           though
           Abraham
           Represented
           not
           the
           Carnall
           seed
           only
           in
           Circumcision
           ,
           nor
           Isaac
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           
             at
             all
          
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           seeing
           he
           was
           never
           Baptised
           :
           Yet
           ,
           if
           Isaac
           Represented
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           namely
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Promise
             verse
          
           the
           7
           th
           .
           and
           8
           th
           .
           and
           in
           the
           Obligation
           and
           Incumbence
           verse
           9
           th
           .
           Though
           he
           
           did
           not
           Represent
           them
           (
           as
           Certainly
           he
           did
           not
           )
           in
           Baptism
           ;
           (
           yet
           )
           It
           will
           as
           clearly
           follow
           ,
           That
           the
           Obligation
           and
           Incumbence
           which
           was
           Bound
           on
           
             Isaac
             verse
          
           the
           9
           th
           .
           as
           He
           Represented
           the
           
             Beli●ving
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           was
           ,
           in
           him
           ,
           in
           that
           verse
           bound
           on
           most
           fast
           upon
           them
           ;
           As
           ,
           that
           the
           Promise
           and
           blessing
           which
           in
           verses
           7.
           8.
           was
           made
           to
           him
           ,
           was
           in
           those
           Verses
           ,
           in
           him
           ,
           made
           and
           Confirmed
           also
           unto
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           Obligation
           and
           Incumbence
           be
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           be
           to
           keep
           the
           sign
           ;
           they
           must
           as
           surely
           keep
           the
           sign
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           Covenant
           ;
           as
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           it
           ,
           hope
           for
           the
           Blessing
           .
           The
           Duty
           is
           as
           much
           Bound
           on
           the
           seed
           ,
           as
           ,
           the
           Promise
           is
           made
           to
           it
           ;
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             thou
             and
             thy
             seed
             .
          
           This
           (
           I
           must
           tell
           him
           again
           )
           is
           as
           Plainly
           said
           as
           ,
           
             I
             will
             be
             a
             God
             to
             thee
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
             ,
             and
             give
             to
             thee
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Seed
           is
           under
           the
           Obligation
           ,
           that
           is
           within
           the
           Promise
           .
           These
           are
           not
           things
           that
           are
           barely
           said
           ,
           but
           are
           Abundantly
           proved
           before
           ,
           and
           Evident
           in
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
         
           I
           know
           he
           says
           (
           P.
           50
           )
           
             that
             as
             to
             what
             concerns
             the
             Obligation
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             whole
             17
             
               th
               of
               Genesis
            
             but
             what
             relates
             to
             Abraham
             and
             his
             Natural
             Family
             ony
             ,
             &c.
             
             God
             only
             then
             designing
             to
             signifie
             unto
             Abraham
             together
             with
             his
             Natural
             seed
             and
             Family
             ,
             what
             was
             their
             
               Present
               Duty
            
             under
             the
             Then
             Present
             Administration
          
           )
           And
           that
           God
           did
           signifie
           their
           Present
           Duty
           under
           that
           Administration
           is
           beyond
           dispute
           ;
           for
           therefore
           he
           Instituted
           Circumcision
           ,
           as
           that
           Duty
           .
           But
           that
           in
           that
           
             whole
             Chapter
          
           He
           should
           signify
           nothing
           as
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           ,
           but
           with
           Reference
           only
           unto
           Abraham
           and
           to
           his
           natural
           seed
           and
           Family
           ,
           can
           no
           more
           be
           said
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           Signified
           nothing
           there
           as
           a
           blessing
           promise
           and
           priviledge
           ,
           but
           unto
           Abraham
           and
           to
           his
           Natural
           Seed
           and
           Family
           ,
           only
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           same
           persons
           ,
           plainly
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           ,
           that
           are
           in
           the
           blessing
           an
           d
           promise
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           a
           God
           
             to
             thee
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           I
           will
           give
           
             to
             thee
             and
             to
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           shall
           keep
           my
           Covenant
           .
           And
           who
           shall
           be
           believed
           ?
           the
           Apostle
           that
           said
           ,
           that
           that
           seed
           is
           
           Christ
           ,
           Christ
           Mysticall
           ;
           or
           this
           Disputer
           that
           saith
           ,
           no
           seed
           is
           meant
           there
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Natural
             Seed
          
           and
           Family
           .
           But
           shall
           the
           Seed
           indeed
           be
           within
           the
           promise
           and
           blessing
           ,
           and
           not
           under
           the
           Duty
           and
           Obligation
           ?
           when
           yet
           the
           same
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           God
           in
           the
           same
           Continued
           speech
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           same
           Persons
           under
           the
           same
           Denomination
           ,
           (
           
             viz.
             Abraham
             and
             his
             Seed
          
           )
           doth
           both
           bind
           on
           the
           Duty
           and
           make
           the
           Promise
           :
           who
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           Tender
           man
           as
           This
           is
           will
           dare
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           one
           must
           still
           abide
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           be
           lay'd
           aside
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           take
           the
           blessing
           but
           leave
           the
           Duty
           ?
           
             Certainly
             they
             that
             will
             not
             look
             to
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             for
             new
             Testament
             Dutys
             ,
             must
             not
             Look
             to
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             for
             new
             Testament
             Priviledges
             .
          
           We
           must
           not
           claim
           by
           the
           Old
           Testament
           Promise
           and
           blessing
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           not
           be
           under
           the
           proper
           Duty
           and
           service
           ,
           of
           that
           promise
           and
           blessing
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           Return
           to
           his
           
             three
             Points
          
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           says
           ,
           it
           is
           Incumbent
           upon
           me
           to
           prove
           them
           ,
           
             if
             I
             will
             find
             believing
             Gentiles
             any
             wise
             concerned
             in
             the
             17
             tth
             .
             of
             Genesis
             ,
             with
             Reference
             to
             Signing
             ;
             the
             First
             is
             ,
             my
             three
             Partys
             ;
             the
             Second
             my
             two
             signs
             ;
             the
             Third
             ,
             
             
             Abraham's
             standing
             for
             the
             Carnal
             seed
             in
             Circumcision
             ,
             and
             
             Isaac's
             for
             the
             Spiritual
             in
             Baptism
             .
          
           )
        
         
           To
           the
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Covenant
           is
           Tripartite
           ;
           though
           still
           I
           say
           as
           I
           have
           said
           already
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           Argument
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           stand
           thereon
           ;
           yet
           ,
           it
           is
           Evident
           enough
           ,
           from
           what
           I
           urged
           in
           my
           last
           Letter
           ,
           (
           P.
           155.
           156.
           
           )
           to
           which
           I
           Expect
           a
           distinct
           Answer
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           the
           three
           Partys
           are
           Distinctly
           Noted
           ,
           and
           are
           
             God
             ,
             Abraham
          
           and
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           ;
           for
           first
           ,
           the
           Covenant
           is
           made
           between
           God
           ,
           and
           Abraham
           ,
           singly
           and
           separately
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           person
           ,
           Genesis
           17.
           2
           ,
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           But
           then
           ,
           in
           verses
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           is
           taken
           in
           as
           well
           as
           
           Abraham's
           self
           ;
           and
           so
           ,
           the
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           only
           between
           God
           and
           Abraham
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           but
           Bipartite
           ;
           Now
           ,
           another
           party
           being
           taken
           in
           or
           Added
           ,
           Namely
           ,
           
           Abraham's
           seed
           ;
           becomes
           Tripartite
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           ,
           His
           answer
           is
           in
           the
           
             Sixth
             Letter
          
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           glorys
           as
           Unanswered
           ;
           and
           there
           he
           says
           ,
           (
           P.
           121.
           )
           
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Covenant
             Between
             God
             the
             Father
             and
             Christ
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             a
             Covenant
             taking
             in
             all
             his
             seed
             ,
             
             called
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             (
             says
             he
             )
             doth
             that
             make
             it
             Tripartite
             ?
             are
             not
             Christ
             and
             Believers
             considered
             as
             one
             Party
             ?
          
           )
           you
           see
           how
           Theologically
           and
           how
           Divine-like
           he
           speaks
           (
           if
           this
           be
           he
           that
           speaks
           and
           not
           some
           Supervisor
           )
           as
           if
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           which
           yet
           (
           to
           Note
           it
           by
           the
           by
           )
           is
           never
           called
           ,
           in
           Express
           Terms
           ,
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           as
           if
           that
           Covenant
           were
           the
           same
           (
           Covenant
           )
           with
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           that
           what
           passed
           Between
           God
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           before
           the
           Worlds
           were
           ,
           was
           the
           very
           same
           with
           what
           passed
           between
           God
           and
           Abraham
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           in
           time
           .
           The
           Covenant
           of
           Redemption
           indeed
           was
           Bipartite
           ,
           it
           was
           between
           God
           and
           Christ
           only
           :
           But
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           is
           Tripartite
           ,
           between
           
             God
             ,
             Abraham
          
           ,
           and
           
           Abraham's
           seed
           or
           Christ
           ,
           for
           Isaac
           the
           seed
           ,
           is
           Christ.
           In
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Redemption
           are
           but
           two
           named
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           are
           three
           Partys
           .
           But
           on
           this
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Logomachy
           and
           strife
           about
           words
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           much
           Insist
           .
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Point
             to
             be
             proved
             ,
             is
             ,
             (
             he
             says
             )
             my
             two
             signs
             .
             And
             that
             Baptism
             
             and
             Circumcision
             are
             two
             signs
             ,
             is
             not
             hard
             to
             be
             proved
             ;
             But
             doubtless
             ,
             That
             is
             not
             his
             meaning
             ;
             he
             hath
             the
             Confidence
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               I
               do
               make
               two
               signs
               ,
               not
               only
               under
               the
               two
               administrations
               ,
               but
               Two
               Determinate
               Particular
               signs
               in
               Genesis
               17.
               namely
               ,
               Baptism
               in
               the
               9
               
                 th
                 verse
              
               ,
               which
               says
               ,
               (
               
                 but
                 falsly
              
               ,
               )
               I
               call
               The
               sign
               ;
               and
               Circumcision
               in
               the
               10
               th
               for
               
                 saith
                 he
              
               (
               P.
               80.
               )
               thus
               Runs
               your
               own
               Paraphrase
               upon
               the
               words
               ;
               therefore
               thou
               Abraham
               and
               thy
               seed
               Isaac
               in
               the
               Letter
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               shall
               keep
               the
               sign
               of
               my
               Covenant
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               both
               he
               and
               they
               ,
               and
               thou
               also
               must
               be
               Baptised
               .
               (
               P.
               114
               )
               
                 he
                 says
              
               ;
               But
               say
               you
               though
               Isaac
               was
               Circumcised
               ,
               and
               Ishmael
               too
               ,
               yet
               there
               are
               
                 two
                 signs
              
               in
               that
               Text
               Circumcision
               and
               Baptism
               .
               )
               And
               (
               P.
               115.
               )
               
                 He
                 says
              
               ,
               But
               that
               there
               is
               any
               such
               sign
               as
               Baptism
               in
               Genesis
               17
               th
               .
               and
               that
               Isaac
               was
               signed
               by
               it
               as
               a
               Type
               or
               Figure
               of
               the
               Gentile
               Believers
               (
               as
               you
               now
               seem
               to
               Affirm
               ,
               and
               your
               Paraphrase
               Imports
               )
               I
               deny
               &c.
               
            
             )
          
        
         
           You
           Sir
           ,
           who
           have
           Perused
           my
           Letters
           ,
           know
           very
           well
           how
           false
           and
           
           how
           Imposturous
           an
           Imputation
           this
           is
           ;
           and
           Bad
           is
           that
           Cause
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           upheld
           but
           with
           Impostures
           ,
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           Forgeries
           .
           But
           (
           for
           the
           Rectifying
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           happily
           have
           not
           seen
           those
           Letters
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           may
           be
           too
           Credulous
           to
           this
           Inventor
           ,
           )
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           I
           was
           so
           far
           from
           Affirming
           any
           thing
           of
           any
           Tendency
           to
           what
           he
           Impudently
           fastens
           upon
           me
           in
           the
           former
           Passages
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           once
           thought
           it
           ;
           I
           only
           Affirmed
           ,
           that
           Isaac
           (
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           )
           did
           Represent
           and
           stand
           for
           Believing
           Gentiles
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           Promise
           and
           Blessing
           given
           to
           them
           and
           to
           the
           Duty
           and
           Incumbence
           put
           upon
           them
           ;
           This
           I
           did
           say
           ,
           and
           but
           this
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           Let
           him
           Confute
           it
           if
           he
           can
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           I
           ever
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           
             two
             Determinate
          
           and
           Particular
           Signs
           ,
           namely
           ,
           Circumcision
           and
           Baptism
           ,
           either
           Instituted
           ,
           or
           immediately
           intended
           in
           the
           Seventeenth
           of
           
             Genesis
             ;
             I
          
           said
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Seventeenth
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           double
           Obligation
           ,
           namely
           ,
           First
           ,
           a
           more
           
             General
             One
          
           ,
           Verse
           the
           Ninth
           ,
           imposed
           upon
           Abraham
           and
           upon
           his
           Seed
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           Isaac
           in
           the
           Spirit
           Principally
           ;
           
           and
           that
           was
           in
           
             General
             Terms
          
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           is
           to
           keep
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           I
           said
           ,
           must
           be
           understood
           Generally
           ,
           for
           keeping
           the
           Covenant
           in
           the
           sign
           of
           it
           ,
           whatever
           the
           sign
           at
           any
           time
           be
           :
           and
           not
           Particularly
           and
           Determinately
           ,
           for
           keeping
           of
           it
           Immediately
           in
           Circumcision
           or
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           other
           Particular
           Sign
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Particular
           Obligation
           is
           in
           Verse
           the
           Tenth
           ,
           and
           This
           is
           laid
           upon
           Abraham
           and
           his
           Natural
           Family
           ,
           but
           not
           ,
           in
           Terms
           ,
           upon
           
           Abraham's
           Seed
           :
           and
           it
           is
           an
           Obligation
           unto
           Circumcision
           :
           This
           being
           the
           Particular
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           for
           That
           Administration
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           this
           he
           tells
           me
           ,
           (
           Pag.
           58.
           )
           
             You
             tax
             me
          
           (
           and
           I
           believe
           by
           this
           ,
           you
           see
           that
           I
           had
           reason
           to
           tax
           him
           )
           
             for
             a
             bold
             Abuse
             in
             saying
             ,
             that
             you
             intimate
             that
             Baptism
             is
             immediately
             intended
             in
             the
             Ninth
             Verse
             of
          
           Genesis
           ,
           
             Seventeenth
             .
             Mark
             your
             own
             word
             ,
             not
             Instituted
             ,
             but
             Intended
             :
             whence
             I
             Argue
             ,
             if
             Baptism
             be
             neither
             there
             Instituted
             nor
             Intended
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             in
             the
             Letter
             ,
             nor
             Intention
             of
             that
             Text
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             there
             at
             All.
             
          
        
         
         
           Here
           this
           Wyre-drawing
           man
           ,
           instead
           of
           giving
           Satisfaction
           to
           my
           first
           Taxation
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           shamelesly
           incurs
           a
           second
           ;
           for
           his
           perversion
           of
           my
           words
           ,
           in
           what
           he
           says
           ,
           is
           so
           Notorious
           ,
           that
           truly
           it
           was
           
             for
             Pitties
             sake
          
           I
           passed
           it
           over
           in
           my
           last
           Letter
           ,
           without
           a
           Reply
           ;
           and
           yet
           he
           Tryumphs
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           This
           was
           never
           Answered
           .
           I
           said
           ,
           and
           do
           say
           ,
           that
           Baptism
           is
           not
           immediately
           intended
           in
           the
           Seventeenth
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           Ninth
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Sense
           of
           that
           Verse
           is
           General
           and
           indeterminate
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           if
           Baptism
           ,
           or
           Circumcision
           either
           ,
           were
           immediately
           intended
           ,
           it
           must
           have
           been
           Determinate
           and
           Particular
           ,
           not
           speaking
           (
           as
           it
           doth
           )
           of
           Signing
           in
           General
           ,
           but
           of
           signing
           with
           This
           or
           That
           Particular
           Sign
           ,
           which
           it
           doth
           not
           immediately
           .
        
         
           
             But
             I
             pray
             you
             Sir
             ,
             Observe
             here
             his
             Extraordinary
             Skill
             in
             making
             of
             Arguments
             ,
             for
             thus
             he
             forms
             His
             :
             
               If
               Baptism
               be
               neither
               Instituted
               nor
               Intended
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
            
             (
             
               He
               should
               have
               said
            
             immediately
             intended
             ,
             
               for
               so
               I
               did
            
             :
             )
             and
             again
             ,
             
               If
               Baptism
               be
               neither
               in
               the
               Letter
               nor
               in
               the
               Intention
            
             (
             for
             so
             he
             varies
             again
             ,
             to
             Tenter
             it
             unto
             his
             
             Purpose
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             said
             so
             .
             )
          
           What
           then
           ?
           
             then
             it
             is
             not
             at
             all
             there
          
           ;
           well
           concluded
           :
           If
           it
           be
           not
           at
           all
           there
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           at
           all
           there
           .
           I
           said
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           
             Immediately
             intended
          
           ;
           This
           he
           Reports
           ;
           (
           if
           it
           be
           not
           in
           the
           Letter
           nor
           in
           the
           Intention
           ,
           )
           and
           that
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           is
           very
           wisely
           said
           of
           him
           ;
           As
           if
           the
           Letter
           and
           the
           Intention
           were
           Opposites
           ,
           and
           that
           That
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           a
           Text
           ,
           which
           is
           intended
           in
           it
           ;
           nor
           That
           intended
           in
           a
           Text
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           it
           ;
           whereas
           all
           other
           men
           ,
           but
           he
           ,
           do
           think
           that
           That
           is
           intended
           in
           a
           Text
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Sense
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           to
           be
           intended
           is
           no
           more
           than
           to
           be
           meant
           .
           And
           may
           not
           that
           be
           
             mediately
             ,
             I
          
           do
           not
           say
           Remotely
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Quibble
           upon
           it
           (
           Ay
           ,
           
             Remotely
             enough
          
           )
           may
           not
           that
           be
           mediately
           meant
           and
           intended
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           so
           immediately
           ?
           and
           that
           Secondarily
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           so
           Primarily
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           doubtless
           .
           And
           So
           all
           Particular
           Instances
           are
           intended
           and
           meant
           in
           General
           Propositions
           ;
           not
           Immediately
           and
           Primarily
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Sense
           is
           only
           General
           ,
           Else
           the
           Proposition
           were
           not
           so
           ;
           but
           Secondarily
           and
           Mediately
           .
           And
           thus
           Baptism
           may
           be
           intended
           in
           
           the
           Seventeenth
           of
           
             Genesis
             Ninth
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             ,
          
           my
           Sign
           ,
           
             Thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           :
           not
           immediately
           ,
           for
           so
           the
           Sence
           is
           but
           General
           and
           Indeterminate
           ,
           God
           not
           having
           yet
           Discovered
           in
           what
           Particular
           Sign
           or
           Covenant
           ,
           either
           Abraham
           ,
           or
           his
           Seed
           should
           keep
           it
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           be
           mediately
           intended
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Particular
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           I
           do
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Covenant
           must
           be
           
             kept
             generally
          
           and
           indeterminately
           ;
           but
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           those
           words
           Verse
           the
           
             Ninth
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
          
           (
           or
           my
           Sign
           )
           
             therefore
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             .
          
           )
           must
           be
           understood
           Generally
           ,
           and
           Indeterminately
           .
           But
           though
           the
           Sense
           be
           General
           and
           Indeterminate
           in
           the
           
             Ninth
             Verse
          
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           Abraham
           and
           to
           his
           Seed
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           Tenth
           it
           is
           determined
           ,
           as
           to
           Abraham
           and
           to
           his
           Natural
           Family
           ;
           though
           not
           as
           to
           his
           Spiritual
           Seed
           .
           And
           if
           Determined
           but
           in
           the
           Tenth
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           yet
           Determined
           in
           the
           Ninth
           .
        
         
         
           I
           thought
           once
           to
           have
           said
           no
           more
           upon
           
             this
             Particular
          
           ,
           than
           what
           I
           had
           before
           ;
           my
           meaning
           and
           intention
           in
           it
           being
           so
           Perspicuous
           ,
           to
           Prudent
           and
           Understanding
           Readers
           ;
           and
           his
           Absurdity
           and
           Grosness
           in
           Opposing
           it
           ,
           so
           Plain
           and
           Manifest
           .
           But
           the
           Opinion
           of
           
             the
             Many
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           Last
           word
           is
           always
           a
           sufficient
           Answer
           ,
           hath
           made
           it
           Necessary
           that
           I
           should
           say
           more
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           once
           for
           All
           ,
           to
           put
           my
           meaning
           out
           of
           Doubt
           (
           if
           it
           can
           be
           yet
           in
           Any
           ,
           )
           I
           will
           here
           a
           little
           further
           Illustrate
           it
           .
           And
           to
           this
           Purpose
           ;
           it
           having
           pleased
           God
           to
           say
           in
           the
           17
           th
           .
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           ;
           Understanding
           ,
           by
           keeping
           the
           Covenant
           a
           keeping
           
             the
             Sign
          
           ;
           Let
           us
           suppose
           he
           should
           have
           added
           ,
           in
           the
           Tenth
           Verse
           ;
           Circumcision
           is
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Sign
           which
           thou
           Abraham
           shalt
           keep
           ,
           and
           Baptism
           the
           Conant
           or
           Sign
           
             thy
             Seed
          
           shall
           keep
           .
           Would
           it
           not
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           be
           very
           Evident
           that
           keeping
           of
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Sign
           in
           the
           Ninth
           Verse
           ,
           must
           be
           understood
           but
           Generally
           ,
           and
           Indeterminately
           ,
           not
           ,
           as
           yet
           for
           a
           keeping
           either
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           or
           of
           Baptism
           in
           Particular
           ,
           but
           Generally
           
           keeping
           Gods
           Sign
           be
           it
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           when
           he
           shall
           Please
           to
           institute
           it
           .
           Now
           as
           God
           hath
           said
           ,
           
             Thu
             shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
             in
             the
             Ninth
             Verse
             ,
          
           so
           he
           hath
           said
           
             PARTITIVELY
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             Covenant
             that
             thou
             shalt
             keep
             ,
          
           for
           so
           the
           Seventy
           render
           it
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             That
             YOU
             shall
             keep
          
           ,
           (
           Distinguishing
           YOU
           from
           thy
           SEED
           )
           for
           so
           the
           Hebrew
           .
           But
           though
           he
           say
           what
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           Sign
           it
           was
           that
           Abraham
           himself
           and
           his
           Present
           Family
           should
           keep
           ,
           he
           leaves
           unsaid
           ,
           as
           not
           proper
           yet
           to
           say
           ,
           what
           Sign
           or
           Covenant
           the
           Spiritual
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           should
           keep
           ;
           for
           that
           Seed
           being
           yet
           Un-born
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           Reason
           that
           the
           Covenant
           or
           Sign
           it
           was
           to
           keep
           ,
           should
           not
           yet
           be
           Instituted
           .
           Ishmael
           was
           at
           the
           Institution
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           Isaac
           was
           not
           there
           .
           Ishmael
           that
           stood
           for
           the
           Natural
           Family
           ,
           He
           was
           there
           ;
           Isaac
           that
           stood
           for
           the
           Spiritual
           Family
           ,
           was
           then
           Vn-born
           ;
           and
           this
           Timing
           of
           the
           Institution
           ,
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           as
           Inoted
           before
           ,
           should
           be
           insisted
           upon
           ;
           it
           signifies
           much
           .
        
         
         
           But
           ,
           in
           Regard
           my
           Adversary
           will
           be
           Apt
           to
           tell
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           case
           I
           put
           is
           but
           supposition
           ,
           and
           one
           may
           suppose
           any
           thing
           ;
           I
           shall
           therefore
           take
           the
           Text
           as
           it
           Lyes
           ,
           and
           only
           ask
           him
           two
           or
           three
           Questions
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           do
           Expect
           Direct
           and
           Categoricall
           Answers
           .
           The
           First
           is
           ,
           whither
           Circumcision
           were
           Actually
           Instituted
           in
           the
           9
           
             th
             .
             verse
          
           ?
           for
           if
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           (
           as
           indeed
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           not
           Instituted
           but
           in
           the
           10
           th
           .
           )
           then
           certainly
           to
           keep
           the
           Covenant
           in
           verse
           9.
           could
           not
           be
           Determinately
           to
           keep
           Circumcision
           .
           I
           ask
           him
           again
           ,
           If
           this
           proposition
           ,
           Circumcision
           is
           Gods
           Covenant
           ,
           or
           Gods
           Sign
           ,
           be
           an
           Identick
           proposition
           ,
           and
           do
           signify
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           that
           Circumcision
           is
           Circumcision
           ?
           for
           if
           he
           say
           it
           signifies
           more
           (
           as
           I
           should
           think
           he
           will
           ,
           )
           then
           the
           Term
           Covenant
           or
           Sign
           ,
           in
           it
           ,
           must
           signify
           Generally
           and
           Largely
           .
           
             In
             fine
             ,
             I
          
           would
           Ask
           him
           if
           when
           it
           Pleased
           God
           to
           say
           ,
           
             this
             is
             my
             Covenant
             which
             you
             shall
             keep
             ,
             every
             man
             Child
             among
             you
             shall
             be
             circumcised
             ,
          
           He
           then
           said
           
             no
             more
          
           than
           what
           he
           had
           before
           in
           verse
           the
           9
           
             th
             .
             thou
             Shalt
             keep
             my
             Covenant
             therefore
             ,
             thou
             and
             thy
             Seed
          
           ?
           For
           if
           God
           do
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           or
           no
           other
           in
           verse
           10.
           
           than
           he
           had
           said
           before
           in
           verse
           9.
           then
           he
           saith
           but
           the
           
             same
             again
          
           ;
           But
           if
           he
           do
           say
           other
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           (
           as
           undoubtedly
           he
           does
           ,
           for
           now
           and
           not
           before
           ,
           he
           tells
           what
           the
           Covenant
           is
           ,
           )
           then
           keeping
           of
           the
           Covenant
           verse
           the
           9
           th
           .
           must
           be
           understood
           but
           generally
           ;
           as
           certainly
           it
           must
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           Evincedit
           must
           ;
           in
           some
           measure
           in
           my
           First
           Letter
           (
           P.
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27.
           )
           but
           more
           expressly
           ,
           in
           my
           Second
           ;
           from
           (
           P.
           85.
           to
           91.
           )
           and
           most
           fully
           in
           my
           Last
           ,
           from
           (
           P.
           150.
           to
           154.
           )
           In
           these
           Places
           you
           will
           see
           the
           Vanity
           of
           his
           Boast
           (
           P.
           62.
           )
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             that
             the
             sence
             cannot
             be
             General
             and
             Indeterminate
             ,
             for
             a
             General
             Indeterminate
             sence
             is
             no
             sence
          
           .
           )
           Thus
           ,
           General
           and
           Appellative
           Expressions
           are
           Nonsensicall
           to
           this
           man
           ,
           and
           (
           
             owe
             no
          
           man
           
             any
             thing
             but
             to
             Love
             one
             another
             ,
          
           )
           at
           this
           Rate
           ,
           shall
           signifie
           nothing
           ;
           (
           as
           indeed
           ,
           it
           seemeth
           not
           to
           signifie
           much
           with
           Him
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           not
           said
           Owe
           not
           
             James
             ,
             Peter
             ,
             John
          
           ,
           or
           Paul
           ,
           but
           (
           owe
           no
           man
           ,
           )
           nothing
           but
           Love.
           
        
         
           And
           so
           much
           for
           his
           two
           signs
           ;
           )
           a
           Fiction
           of
           his
           Own
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           fasten
           on
           me
           ;
           whereas
           I
           never
           spoke
           ,
           or
           thought
           of
           two
           particular
           signs
           ,
           as
           
           Actually
           Instituted
           in
           the
           17
           th
           .
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           but
           only
           of
           
             signing
             Generally
          
           ,
           spoken
           of
           verse
           9.
           and
           of
           a
           Particular
           sign
           instituted
           In
           verse
           the
           10
           th
           ;
           Thus
           I
           spoke
           ,
           and
           still
           speak
           ;
           which
           no
           more
           doth
           signifie
           
             two
             signs
          
           ,
           than
           when
           one
           shall
           say
           ,
           (
           God
           made
           man
           a
           Reasonable
           Creature
           ,
           and
           Peter
           is
           a
           man
           ,
           )
           He
           speaks
           of
           
             two
             men
          
           ;
           of
           one
           in
           the
           former
           proposition
           ,
           and
           of
           another
           in
           the
           Latter
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Third
           Point
           which
           he
           would
           put
           me
           upon
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           Prove
           ,
           
             That
             Abraham
             Represented
             the
             Carnal
             Seed
             only
             in
             Circumcision
             ,
             and
             Isaac
             the
             Spiritual
             Seed
             in
             Baptism
             )
             I
             have
             spoken
             abundantly
             what
             my
             sense
             is
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             already
             :
             and
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             latter
             ,
             I
             have
             also
             already
             shewed
             it
             a
             Calumny
             as
             to
             the
             Implication
             that
             Isaac
             was
             Baptised
             ,
             and
             in
             Baptism
             was
             a
             Type
             .
          
           But
           though
           he
           was
           not
           a
           Representative
           or
           Figure
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           Seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           the
           believing
           Gentiles
           ,
           in
           Baptism
           ;
           seeing
           he
           never
           was
           Baptised
           ;
           yet
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Representative
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Promise
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           well
           in
           the
           Duty
           and
           obligation
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Priviledge
           and
           Blessing
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           by
           this
           ,
           beyond
           all
           Dispute
           .
           But
           of
           all
           
           this
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           before
           ;
           Isaac
           was
           not
           a
           Representative
           of
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           1
           Cor
           7.
           14.
           from
           which
           I
           prove
           there
           is
           an
           External
           Relative
           holiness
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Internal
           and
           absolute
           ;
           He
           Roundly
           tells
           his
           Reader
           (
           P.
           24.
           (
           for
           he
           never
           told
           me
           so
           before
           ;
           )
           
             That
             as
             he
             hath
             already
             Demonstrated
             ,
             it
             doth
             not
             at
             all
             prove
             the
             Continuation
             of
             any
             External
             or
             Relative
             holiness
             arising
             from
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           )
           But
           Sir
           ,
           you
           must
           not
           be
           too
           Easy
           in
           Believing
           of
           him
           as
           to
           Demonstration
           ,
           for
           I
           Assure
           you
           ,
           after
           what
           I
           answered
           in
           my
           First
           Letter
           ,
           (
           from
           P.
           33.
           to
           49.
           )
           which
           once
           you
           thought
           beyond
           Exception
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           still
           do
           ,
           I
           never
           Received
           the
           least
           reply
           in
           any
           of
           his
           Letters
           as
           to
           That
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           what
           he
           speaks
           (
           P.
           24.
           )
           of
           
             Demonstration
             here
          
           ,
           It
           is
           as
           what
           he
           says
           of
           it
           in
           many
           other
           Places
           ,
           and
           with
           Reference
           to
           many
           other
           Particulars
           (
           viz.
           )
           But
           a
           Vision
           of
           his
           too
           much
           heated
           fancy
           ,
           and
           a
           Popular
           charm
           .
           The
           world
           must
           know
           that
           he
           hath
           
           done
           great
           things
           
             some
             where
          
           ,
           but
           he
           cannot
           tell
           where
           himself
           .
        
         
           Not
           that
           I
           would
           have
           you
           think
           too
           Confidently
           ,
           that
           here
           he
           is
           Catcht
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           have
           Affirmed
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           he
           hath
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           already
           Demonstrated
           ,
           when
           Indeed
           he
           has
           not
           ;
           you
           must
           not
           presently
           believe
           he
           cannot
           make
           it
           out
           :
           for
           this
           ,
           as
           Difficult
           as
           you
           or
           I
           would
           think
           it
           ;
           It
           is
           an
           Easie
           Atchivement
           to
           a
           man
           of
           his
           Performance
           .
           He
           that
           can
           find
           
             a
             sign
             in
             Genesis
          
           17.
           9
           ,
           
             as
             implyed
             in
             the
             sence
          
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           he
           speaks
           P.
           105.
           )
           when
           yet
           himself
           says
           ,
           
             the
             Text
             mentions
             no
             sign
             at
             all
             or
             gives
             the
             least
             hint
             of
             any
          
           ;
           He
           I
           say
           that
           can
           Affirm
           ,
           
             the
             Text
             Mentions
             no
             sign
             at
             all
             ,
             nor
             gives
             the
             least
             hint
             of
             any
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           can
           Interpret
           what
           he
           sayes
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           does
           ,
           )
           that
           
             there
             is
             no
             such
             Term
             ,
             or
             a
             Syllable
             of
             that
             sound
             in
             the
             Text
          
           ;
           that
           is
           he
           that
           can
           say
           a
           thing
           is
           in
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           is
           neither
           mentioned
           ,
           nor
           Hinted
           in
           the
           Least
           ,
           in
           the
           Terms
           of
           it
           ;
           He
           may
           say
           what
           he
           will
           ;
           you
           must
           not
           think
           to
           hold
           him
           ;
           if
           you
           think
           you
           have
           Him
           fast
           in
           the
           very
           Terms
           ,
           he
           will
           give
           you
           the
           slip
           by
           a
           
             Syllable
             of
             the
          
           
           sound
           ;
           and
           salve
           his
           Contradictions
           with
           Nonsense
           .
           To
           be
           Mentioned
           and
           Hinted
           ,
           which
           (
           with
           all
           others
           )
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           Express'd
           and
           Imply'd
           in
           a
           Text
           ;
           by
           this
           Interpreter
           ,
           shall
           be
           understood
           of
           Sounds
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           Senses
           ,
           Ay
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           no
           Mention
           nor
           hint
           of
           
             any
             sign
          
           ;
           And
           he
           that
           says
           (
           any
           sign
           )
           cannot
           be
           understood
           to
           mean
           the
           sound
           (
           sign
           .
           )
        
         
           The
           Mention
           of
           the
           1
           Cor.
           7.
           14
           
           ;
           Reminds
           me
           of
           his
           Amazement
           ,
           (
           P.
           128.
           )
           for
           he
           is
           often
           Amazed
           ;
           Amazed
           much
           he
           was
           ,
           at
           my
           Exposition
           of
           Genesis
           17.
           9.
           10.
           and
           now
           again
           Amazed
           
             almost
             as
             much
          
           ,
           at
           my
           Interpretation
           of
           Rom.
           4.
           in
           my
           Argument
           (
           from
           P.
           166.
           to
           168.
           )
           And
           indeed
           ,
           nothing
           but
           a
           Mazement
           can
           Excuse
           his
           great
           mistakes
           ;
           as
           ,
           
             that
             I
          
           should
           say
           the
           Reward
           to
           Abraham
           was
           Personal
           and
           Earthly
           ,
           and
           was
           of
           Canaan
           only
           ;
           and
           that
           my
           Expressions
           have
           a
           sound
           that
           is
           Harsh
           and
           dissonant
           to
           Rom.
           4.
           and
           4.
           )
           My
           design
           in
           Touching
           on
           this
           Text
           ,
           was
           only
           to
           Evince
           that
           
           Abraham's
           Receiving
           Circumcision
           as
           a
           Seal
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           by
           Faith
           (
           which
           he
           had
           urged
           ,
           was
           nothing
           Contradictory
           
           to
           what
           I
           said
           Concerning
           His
           standing
           with
           Ishmael
           ,
           and
           the
           Rest
           of
           the
           Family
           Gen.
           17.
           10.
           in
           the
           Business
           of
           Circumcision
           ;
           how
           that
           they
           stood
           for
           and
           Represented
           there
           the
           whole
           natural
           Houshold
           .
           That
           Canaan
           was
           the
           Reward
           of
           
           Abraham's
           Faith
           ,
           who
           but
           such
           a
           Sophister
           ,
           dares
           soberly
           to
           Deny
           it
           ?
           the
           Text
           is
           plain
           for
           it
           .
           Genesis
           15.
           17.
           
           But
           that
           Heaven
           also
           was
           not
           his
           Reward
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           say
           ;
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Text
           doth
           ,
           which
           though
           in
           the
           Letter
           it
           doth
           but
           Mention
           Canaan
           ,
           yet
           surely
           ,
           it
           did
           not
           Exclude
           Heaven
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Danger
           ,
           and
           Dissonancy
           in
           my
           Expressions
           to
           Romans
           4.
           4.
           
           I
           ask
           him
           ;
           was
           not
           the
           Reward
           given
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           for
           his
           Believing
           ?
           How
           else
           was
           it
           that
           his
           Faith
           was
           Accounted
           unto
           him
           for
           Righteousness
           ?
           for
           though
           the
           Reward
           was
           Infinitely
           much
           Superior
           to
           any
           Desert
           of
           his
           Faith
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Thing
           that
           God
           in
           Justice
           ,
           was
           no
           ways
           Oblig'd
           to
           make
           ;
           yet
           a
           Reward
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           a
           Reward
           (
           in
           the
           very
           Idea
           and
           Notion
           of
           it
           )
           is
           of
           and
           For
           something
           :
           A
           Reward
           it
           was
           ,
           but
           a
           Reward
           of
           Grace
           ,
           not
           of
           Debt
           ;
           God
           gave
           it
           as
           a
           
           Gratuity
           ,
           for
           what
           Abraham
           did
           ;
           but
           Abraham
           could
           not
           have
           Demanded
           it
           as
           his
           due
           ,
           or
           a
           Debt
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           He
           tells
           me
           
             
               (
               P.
               129.
               )
            
             that
             all
             that
             follows
             to
             the
             close
          
           (
           namely
           ,
           
             
               in
               my
               last
               Letter
               from
               P.
            
             169.
             
               to
               the
               End
            
          
           .
           )
           is
           but
           strife
           about
           words
           ;
           In
           which
           he
           finds
           not
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           doth
           Nauseate
           .
           )
           But
           you
           Sir
           ,
           will
           find
           a
           Vindication
           in
           it
           of
           that
           (
           But
           )
           incerted
           in
           my
           Paraphrase
           ;
           and
           also
           a
           Demonstration
           in
           it
           that
           (
           ye
           )
           in
           Genesis
           17.
           10.
           even
           from
           his
           own
           Concessions
           ,
           cannot
           be
           understood
           of
           Abraham
           and
           that
           his
           Seed
           which
           is
           in
           verse
           the
           9
           th
           .
           but
           must
           be
           meant
           of
           
             Abraham
             Ishmael
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Rest
           of
           the
           Then
           Present
           Family
           ;
           and
           Consequently
           ,
           that
           Circumcision
           was
           not
           then
           Enjoyned
           on
           the
           Seed
           as
           it
           stands
           in
           the
           9
           
             th
             verse
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Believing
           Gentiles
           ;
           but
           only
           on
           the
           Natural
           Family
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           Main
           thing
           to
           be
           Proved
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           know
           I
           have
           omitted
           any
           thing
           of
           Moment
           ,
           (
           for
           his
           Scoffs
           ,
           Jears
           ,
           Gibes
           ,
           &c.
           are
           of
           none
           )
           among
           his
           Reflections
           :
           no
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           in
           His
           
             Last
             Letter
          
           ,
           that
           is
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           Except
           a
           Sophister
           
           will
           think
           I
           should
           consider
           his
           Logick
           (
           P.
           120.
           )
           and
           ,
           because
           Stierius
           and
           Sanderson
           ,
           and
           indeed
           other
           Logicians
           ,
           Generally
           ,
           do
           say
           ,
           (
           and
           he
           must
           be
           a
           very
           Mean
           One
           that
           doth
           not
           know
           so
           much
           ,
           )
           
             that
             Members
             of
             a
             Division
             must
             be
             Opposite
          
           ;
           Meaning
           not
           properly
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           Enemies
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           must
           not
           Interfere
           and
           be
           Coincident
           ;
           That
           therefore
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           concluded
           ,
           That
           
             All
             Distinction
             is
             Opposition
          
           ;
           that
           Disparates
           are
           Opposites
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           ,
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           his
           Seed
           ,
           cou'd
           not
           be
           Distinct
           Partys
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           Opposites
           ,
           and
           even
           Enemies
           to
           one
           Another
           .
           But
           if
           any
           think
           so
           ,
           I
           Leave
           him
           to
           the
           Care
           of
           this
           Apothecary
           ,
           and
           to
           Hellebore
           .
           You
           may
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           see
           what
           I
           have
           said
           in
           my
           Argument
           (
           P.
           153
           ,
           &c.
           )
           as
           to
           This.
           
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           cannot
           but
           Observe
           how
           Little
           Reason
           there
           is
           to
           Trust
           my
           Adversary
           in
           Citations
           and
           how
           much
           cause
           I
           have
           to
           make
           you
           and
           All
           his
           Readers
           this
           Request
           ,
           that
           you
           never
           believe
           that
           I
           Affirm
           ,
           or
           deny
           any
           thing
           which
           he
           ,
           hereafter
           ,
           though
           with
           never
           so
           much
           Confidence
           shall
           Report
           I
           do
           ,
           unless
           you
           first
           consult
           
           my
           own
           Writings
           ,
           and
           see
           it
           there
           :
           And
           I
           would
           also
           desire
           of
           Him
           ,
           that
           seeing
           he
           is
           so
           much
           given
           to
           mistake
           my
           Meaning
           ,
           He
           would
           never
           Report
           my
           sence
           ,
           But
           in
           mine
           own
           Terms
           ;
           and
           That
           is
           but
           a
           fair
           Request
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           much
           Afflicted
           that
           my
           Adversary
           gave
           me
           this
           Occasion
           of
           Writing
           again
           on
           this
           Subject
           .
           I
           know
           that
           Truth
           ,
           Like
           silver
           ,
           will
           appear
           the
           Brighter
           for
           being
           Burnished
           .
           The
           more
           He
           presses
           this
           Controversy
           ,
           the
           more
           the
           Subject
           of
           it
           will
           come
           in
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           Discourse
           ,
           in
           Time
           ,
           will
           Ripen
           and
           Mellow
           Notions
           in
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           At
           First
           ,
           seem
           hard
           and
           Harsh
           .
           Nor
           will
           his
           Pious
           Frauds
           ,
           His
           Rayling
           upon
           Arguments
           instead
           of
           Answering
           of
           them
           ,
           His
           unsober
           Reflecting
           on
           His
           Adversary
           instead
           of
           Arguing
           with
           him
           ;
           His
           Base
           Hints
           ;
           or
           his
           Direct
           Scurrillitics
           ,
           which
           
             Even
             now
          
           Dis-serve
           his
           cause
           with
           Wise
           and
           Good-men
           ,
           Uphold
           it
           Long
           with
           any
           .
           These
           are
           mean
           ,
           Unmanly
           ,
           and
           Unchristian
           Methods
           ,
           and
           (
           Let
           him
           Note
           it
           )
           never
           used
           but
           in
           Extremity
           ,
           and
           when
           a
           
           Case
           is
           Deplor'd
           ;
           which
           His
           being
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           time
           to
           End
           this
           Trouble
        
         
           
             From
             Sir
             ,
             Your
             Faithfull
             Friend
             and
             Servant
             .
             R.
             B
          
           
             Bowdon
             .
             
               July
               4.
               1684
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
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           which
           is
           annexed
           ,
           a
           short
           History
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Affairs
           ,
           from
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           to
           the
           Birth
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           and
           a
           Map
           also
           added
           of
           Canaan
           and
           the
           adjacent
           Countries
           ,
           very
           useful
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           whole
           History
           ,
           by
           
             S.
             Cradock
          
           ,
           B.D.
           fol.
           
        
         
           The
           Lives
           of
           sundry
           Eminent
           Persons
           in
           this
           latter
           Age
           ,
           in
           Two
           Parts
           .
           First
           ,
           Of
           Divines
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           Mr.
           
             Hugh
             Broughton
          
           :
           Mr.
           
             R.
             Boid
          
           :
           Dr.
           Twist
           :
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Wilson
          
           :
           Dr.
           
             Sam.
             Bolton
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Vines
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Blacherhy
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Ralph
             Robinson
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Janeway
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Machia
          
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Sam.
             Winter
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Tregas
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
           
             Rich.
             Mathew
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Allein
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Staunton
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Fairclough
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Wadsworth
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             O.
             Stochton
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             T.
             Gouge
          
           .
           To
           which
           are
           Added
           ,
           some
           Remarkable
           Passages
           in
           the
           Lives
           and
           Deaths
           of
           divers
           Eminent
           Divines
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           :
           (
           viz.
           )
           Mr.
           
             John
             Scringer
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Blair
          
           ,
           Mr
           ,
           
             And.
             Stewart
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Weleb
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Hugh
             Kennedy
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Brute
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Davidson
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Patrick
             Simpson
          
           :
           Together
           with
           an
           Account
           of
           several
           Providences
           strange
           and
           Extraordinary
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Of
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           Mr.
           
             Philip
             Sidney
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Coot
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Lamot
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Nath.
             Barnadiston
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Rowe
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Matthew
             Hale
          
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Mary
             Hunter
          
           ,
           Lady
           
             Alice
             Lucy
          
           ,
           Lady
           
             Mary
             Vere
          
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Kath.
             Clark
          
           ,
           Countess
           of
           Warwick
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Margaret
             Baxter
          
           ,
           Lady
           Armine
           ,
           Lady
           Langham
           ,
           and
           Countess
           of
           Suffolk
           .
           By
           
             S.
             Clark
          
           sometime
           Pastor
           of
           
             Bennet
             Finek
             ,
             London
          
           :
           to
           which
           is
           Added
           ,
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Author
           .
           fol.
           
        
         
           The
           New
           Testament
           of
           our
           Lord
           and
           Saviour
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           with
           Annotations
           ,
           Containing
           First
           ,
           An
           Interpretation
           of
           all
           difficult
           Phrases
           and
           words
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Parallel
           Scriptures
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           
           Matter
           and
           Words
           ,
           to
           which
           is
           Annexed
           the
           Harmony
           of
           the
           Gospels
           .
           By
           
             Samuel
             Clark
          
           ,
           I.
           f.
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           Church
           History
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           Bishops
           and
           their
           Councils
           abreviated
           ,
           including
           the
           Chief
           Part
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           Christian
           Princes
           and
           Popes
           ,
           and
           a
           True
           Account
           of
           the
           most
           Troubling
           Controversies
           and
           Heresies
           till
           the
           Reformation
           .
           By
           
             Richard
             Baxter
          
           ,
           a
           Hater
           of
           False
           History
           .
           in
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           A
           Treatise
           of
           Episcopacy
           ,
           confuting
           by
           Scriptur-Reasons
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           Testimony
           ,
           that
           sort
           of
           
             Diocesian
             Churches
          
           ,
           Prelacy
           and
           Government
           ,
           which
           casteth
           out
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           Species
           ,
           Episcopacy
           ,
           Ministry
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Confound
           the
           Christian
           World
           by
           Corruption
           ,
           Usurpation
           ,
           Schism
           and
           Persecution
           :
           meditated
           in
           the
           Year
           1640.
           when
           the
           &c.
           
           Oath
           was
           imposed
           ,
           written
           1671.
           and
           lastly
           published
           1680.
           by
           the
           importunity
           of
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           who
           demand
           the
           Reasons
           of
           our
           Non-Conformity
           .
           By
           
             Rich.
             Baxter
          
           ,
           in
           4
           to
           .
        
         
           Forgetfulness
           of
           God
           the
           great
           Plague
           of
           Mans
           Heart
           ,
           and
           Consideration
           of
           the
           Principal
           Means
           to
           cure
           it
           .
           By
           
             W.
             D.
          
           M.A.
           once
           Fellow
           of
           King's
           Colledge
           Cambridge
           ,
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
         
           
             Londinum
             Triumphans
          
           :
           or
           ,
           An
           Historical
           Account
           of
           the
           grand
           influence
           the
           Actions
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           haue
           had
           upon
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           for
           many
           Ages
           past
           ,
           shewing
           the
           Antiquity
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           ,
           and
           Renown
           of
           this
           Famous
           City
           ,
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           Rights
           Priviledges
           and
           Franchises
           ,
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           Charter
           ,
           the
           improbability
           of
           its
           Forfeiture
           or
           Seisure
           ,
           the
           Power
           and
           Strength
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           and
           the
           several
           Contests
           that
           have
           been
           betwixt
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Commonalty
           ,
           Collected
           from
           the
           most
           Authentick
           Authors
           ,
           and
           illustrated
           with
           variety
           of
           Remarks
           ,
           worthy
           of
           the
           perusal
           of
           every
           Citizen
           .
           By
           
             W.
             Gouge
          
           .
           Gent.
           8●
           .
        
         
           The
           Samaritan
           shewing
           that
           many
           unnecessary
           Impositions
           are
           not
           the
           Oyle
           that
           must
           heal
           the
           Church
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           way
           or
           means
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           by
           a
           Country
           Gent.
           who
           goes
           to
           Common
           Prayer
           and
           not
           to
           Meetings
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           The
           Plea
           for
           Children
           of
           Believing
           Parents
           ,
           for
           their
           interest
           in
           
           Abraham's
           Covenant
           ,
           their
           right
           to
           Church-Man
           ship
           with
           their
           Parents
           ,
           and
           consequently
           their
           Title
           to
           Baptism
           .
           The
           
           cause
           of
           Publishing
           this
           Discourse
           after
           so
           many
           Learned
           men
           have
           laboured
           in
           this
           province
           is
           declared
           in
           the
           preface
           to
           the
           Reader
           by
           
             Giles
             Freeman
          
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           Peaceable
           resolution
           of
           Crioscience
           touching
           our
           present
           Imposition
           ,
           wherein
           Loyalty
           and
           Obedience
           are
           proposed
           and
           setled
           upon
           their
           true
           foundation
           in
           Scripture
           Reason
           ,
           and
           the
           Constitution
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           against
           all
           Resistance
           of
           the
           present
           Power
           ,
           and
           for
           compliance
           with
           the
           Laws
           so
           far
           as
           may
           be
           in
           order
           to
           Union
           with
           a
           draught
           in
           specimen
           of
           a
           Bill
           for
           Accomodation
           ,
           in
           Octavo
           .
        
         
           
             Moral
             prognostications
          
           ,
           (
           1
           )
           what
           shall
           befall
           the
           Church
           on
           Earth
           till
           their
           concord
           ,
           by
           the
           restitution
           of
           their
           primitive
           Purity
           ,
           Simplicity
           ,
           Charity
           .
           (
           2.
           )
           How
           that
           Restitution
           is
           like
           to
           be
           made
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           and
           what
           shall
           besall
           them
           henceforth
           unto
           the
           End
           ,
           in
           the
           Golden
           Age
           of
           Love
           ,
           written
           by
           
             Richard
             Baxten
          
           ,
           when
           by
           the
           King's
           Commission
           ,
           we
           in
           vain
           Treated
           for
           Concord
           ,
           1661.
           and
           now
           publisht
           in
           1680.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .