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 A Short history of the 
 Donatists 
 
A S H O R T 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 DON ATI ST S. 
 
 W I T H A N 
 
 APPENDIX, 
 
 I N W H I CH 
 
 The proud and Hypocritical Pharifee and Schlf- 
 matical Donatijl are compared with the Rev. 
 Mr. George Whitefield, and the Methodip. 
 
 Illi fiUi mail, qui nonodio inlquicatum arienarum, fed Audio contentionum fuarum^ 
 
 Infirmas plebes jaftantia fui nominis irretitas, vel totas trahere,' vel cQxil divi- 
 
 dere afFeaanc, fuperbia tumidi, pervicacia vefani, calumniis infidioC, feduione 
 
 turbulenti j ne luce veritatis carere oftendantur, umbram rigida feveritafis^ ob- 
 
 tendunt, et qua in fcripturis fanftis, falva dikaionis finceritate, & cuftodita pa- 
 
 cis unitate, ad corrigenda fraterna vitia, moderatiori curatione fieri prxcepta, 
 
 ad facrUeg-.um fchifmatis, et ad occafionem prxcifionis ufurpant, dicentes, eccc 
 
 ail apoftolui, [i Cor. v.] Aufe«e malum ex vobiJ jpfis. .^ _ , .^ ^ 
 aw apynu , l ^^^^^^,^J ^^^^^^^a Eplftolam Parmenlani [Donat!Jfa} Lib. 3. Tom. 
 
 VII. Oi'. p. 51. Edit. Frobenfi, 'Bajtleay anno 1556.] 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed for T. Cooper, at the GMe in Patcr-nojler 
 Row. 1741. 
 
i^ R E F A C Ej 
 
 nrHE Donatifls {ijohofe Jhort Hiftory I have undertaken) 
 •^ fprung up at the beginning of the fourth Century^ and 
 gave fuch Dijlurhance to the African Churches^ as to occa- 
 Jion the ajfembling of Council Upon Council^ to put a Hop to 
 the Progrefs of fo daring and formidable a Schifm. 
 
 This Method, though indeed it proved in forne Meafure 
 ineffe&uak yet gave fome of the befi of the Chriflian Em- 
 perors, fuch an Idea of the Objiinacy and Perverfenefs of 
 thefe Schifmaticks, and of the dangerous Tendency of their 
 Principles, that they ena£ied fome very fever e Laws againfi 
 them 5 by which, not only their Property, but their very 
 Lives were affe5led. This leffened their Numbers very 
 much, though it did not put an end to the Schifm, which 
 fubjijled after thefe Laws were made, at leaji two hundred 
 Tears. 
 
 What their Principles were, Ifhall have occafton to fhem 
 in the following Hiftory, and in what refpe^s they agree 
 with a modern Se5l of Enthufiafts, called Methodifts, / 
 fhall endeavour to prove in th'e Appendix. 
 
 Their Method of propagating their Schifm, was by bitter 
 Calumnies raifed againfl the Catholick Clerg]r, and how 
 nearly the Methodifts refemble them in this particidar, it 
 will be no difficult Matter to prove. 
 
 \a\ Railing at and reviling the Clergy of the efiablifhed 
 Church, as it is the mofl popidar, fo "'tis their moft common 
 Topick of Harangue, as beiyig well adapted to the Tafte of 
 the giddy-headed Multitude, who are but too ready to give 
 Ear to every Thing that is advanced, in order to deftroy the 
 Reputation of their Betters, but more efpecially the Clergy of 
 the Church of England. Juft are the Obfervations of a 
 late admirable Writer, and home to our Purpofe, though 
 
 \a\ '* There are great Numbers—fays " rity, are thruft by an "E-vll Splnt that 
 
 the Author of the Friendly Debate, *' hach deceived chem, into Pride, Self- 
 
 Contin. p, 248.]— '* Who under Colour *' love, Raflinefs, unnatural AfFe*5lion, 
 
 •* of Zeal of God's Glory, Hatred of " uncharitable Surmifes, and moft Urjr 
 
 ** ain, Defire of fer^ing God in Since- *' cbriftian Judgmect of their Brethren.*" 
 
 A Z made 
 
iv PREFACE. 
 
 made on another Occafion. [^] " It is fo eafy ( fays he) and 
 «' withal fo alhantageous a Subje^ to expofe the Faults of 
 «' others^ and efpecially the fuppofed Corruptions of a nati- 
 *' onal Church •, that the Inclination of ambitious Men^ to 
 *' e:^pofe the innocent Pra^ices of the Church, may be 
 " eaftly accounted for. It feems to unwary Perfons to be 
 *^ an evident Argument of an \c] exalted Sandity, to op- 
 *' pugn the received Difcipline of any Communion ^ fmce 
 *' this infinuates^ as if they were more religious and know- 
 *'' ing than a whole Nation. 'To fuch Men nothing is more 
 " grievous than to be tied down to the ordinary Rules of 
 " Religion and Concernment \ ftnce to be religious in the 
 *' common Way would never difiinguifh them from other 
 *' Men^ fomewhat mufi be attempted by thern^ which may 
 " make the credulous Part of Mankind cry out^ fee a Man 
 " [J] more religious than all the Clergy that went be- 
 
 ^' fore, or are contemporary with him. Ihey all 
 
 *' preached, or at kail allowed of fcandalous Cuftoms : 
 " This May^^ Piety is extraordinar}% and qualineth him 
 *' beyond others to be a \e\ Governor of the Church. 
 " // is lamentable indeed to confider^ that the Credulity of 
 ** Mankind fhoidd be fo eaftly wrought upon by defigning 
 *' Men •, and that Impoftors of this Kind fhould fo feldom 
 " want Succefs : Such Exclamations againfi the received 
 " Order and [f] Difcipline of the Churchy have ever ftnce 
 
 " the 
 
 [*] Mr. WhATtoui Defence of Plura- ad eorum vefaniam accedebant) Dona' 
 
 Uties, 2d Edir. p. 5. tif!a : Tales funt hodie ex Anabaptifth 
 
 [c\ Hoc tamen reperiemus nimlam nonnulli, qui fupra alios volunc 'vidtfri 
 
 morofitatem ex fuperbia magis et faftu, profecifle. Calvlni Inflitut. Lib. 4. capr 
 
 falsaque fanclitatis opintone, quam ex 4. Seft. 13. p. 274«_ 
 
 vera fani^icate, -veroque ejus ftudiorafci. Vid. S. Epipham: adverf. Harref. Lib. 
 
 Itaque qui ad faciendam ab Ecclefia de- 2. Tom. H. Hzref. 5-9. Se£l 13. Tom.- 
 
 fe£tionem funt aliis audaciores, ec quafi I. Op, p. 504. Edit. Petavii Colonic 
 
 jintejjgn^wt, ii ut plurimum nihil aliud 1682. 
 
 eaufcs habent, r.iH ut omnium contemptu [5] The very Cant of LayMethodifii 
 
 oftentent fe efle aliis meliores, Joan^ concerning their Teachers. 
 
 Calvini Infi'itut. Lib. 4. cap. r. Se£>. 16. " O He is a fweet Many fays one, an 
 
 p. 275. Edit. ^mj?elxdc2v:t 1667. *' apaimate M^n, faith afecond, a»j«/t- 
 
 [(i] Fuerunt enim Temper, qui falsa <^ ;V/^ Pri^c/7er, faith a third." — [Contin. 
 
 abfolirta: fanclimonia; perfuafione imburi, of Friendly Debate, p. 241.I 
 
 quanquam aerii Dasmonesjjvn faftieflenr, [/] Qui [viz. Donattjla] quum cer- 
 
 omnium confortium afpernarertur, in nerent in Ecclefiis vitia, quK verbis qui- 
 
 quibus humanum aliquid fubefie cerne- dem reprehenderent Epifcopi, fed fxtorw- 
 
 rent. Talcs olitn eran: Caihari, et (qui rrtunkatkne non pleiterent (quia non pu- 
 
 / Mbanr 
 
PREFACE. V 
 
 *^ thejirft Foundation of it, been the common Place to all 
 *' ambitious Clergymen deftring to appear zealous : Nothing 
 " is more eafy than to dtfcover Vices in another, or Corrup- 
 " tions in a Society. This is a Subje^l that zvill afford con- 
 " fta7tt Matter to puhlick Harangues, and can never he ex- 
 " haujled. At the fame Time nothing is more popular, in 
 " that it gratifieth the perverfe Natii^'e of Men, <a:ho ge- 
 " nerally love to hear Things and Ferfons of puhlick Ejleem 
 *' decried', and fecureth to the pretended ZtdXot the Reputa- 
 " tion of a more exalted Piety than that which appears in 
 " any of thofe whom he oppofeth ; with this Artifice a Man 
 " may not only create Authority to himfelf, hut cover his own 
 " Faults however grofs and nmyierous, hy diverting and fix- 
 ^' ing the Eyes of Men upon the Faults of others : Or if 
 " his own Crimes be too notorious to be diffeinhled, compen- 
 
 " fating for them by a wonderful Appearance of Zeal 
 
 " This Air of Popularity hath been the great Pefi of 
 " the Church in all Ages : IVhen Church-men employ their 
 " Befigns^ not fo much to preferve to themfelves the Honour 
 " of Religion, as to acquire to themfelves a Name and h-^ 
 " tereft among the Multitude : When they apply themfelves 
 " to obtain the Faroour of the profeffed Enemies of the 
 " Church, and at the fame Time flick not to betray her 
 " Corfiitutions, and to be infirumental in hei^ Bifgrace. 
 " Boubtlefs in the ancient Church it would not have been 
 " thought any great Recommendation of a Catholick Cler- 
 " gyman, to have fought the Favour of the Donatifts, 
 ^'. to admit and fecond thofe heavy Imputations which they 
 " caft upon the Catholicks, to call them Brethren, md 
 " treat the fincere Members of the Church as Ene7nies. 
 « How can it ever be expelled, that the Laity fhould con- 
 " fcientioufly obey the Conjlitutions of the Church, and retain 
 " their Buty to her, when her Clergy make light of her 
 « Authority, vilify her Confiitution, court the Friend- 
 
 tabanc fe hac via qulcquam profeauros) nifi angelica perfrdione amni ex pare 
 in Epifcopos atrociter invehebantur tan- confpicuum, fub prstcxtu fui Zeli qulc- 
 quam Difcipliȣ proditorcs, et a Chrifti quid eft xdificationis fubverrunc. fU/- 
 grege impio Schifmate fe dividebant. i//V;r Inftitut. Lib 4. cap. li. Seil. 12. p. 
 Qualiter hodie faciunt Anabapt'ijix, 9"* 33i'j - 
 dum nullum coBcuro Chrifti efife agnofcunc 
 
vi P R E t* A C ^. 
 
 *^ Jhip of thofe who have divided themfelves from her Com-^ 
 '« muniGu^ and feek her Ruin ? When for their fake they 
 *' will flight her facred Offices^ mutilate and difufe her Ce- 
 *' remonies^ profiitute her Honour^ andhetrayher Caufe!'' 
 
 'The fame Writer proceeds to give an Account of tht 
 Mendicant Orders amongfi the Papifts. 
 
 [^] " Hoe Mendicant Orders arofe^ and chiefly infefied 
 '^ the Church in the thirteenth Age. 'They pretended an ex- 
 *' traordinary Call from God to reform the World., and to 
 '' corre5l the Faults of the fecular Clergy. For this end., 
 " they put on a mighty fhew of Zeal for the good of Meris 
 " Souls., and of Contempt of the World ; accufed the fecu- 
 " iar Clergy of familhing the Souls of Men., called them 
 *' dumb Dogs and curfed Hirelings, and maintained that 
 '*• evangelical Poverty became the Miniflers of the Gofpel ; 
 *' and that it was unlawful for them to poffefs ayiy Things^ 
 " or to retain Propriety in any worldly Goods : As for the 
 '' puUick Orders of the Church they would not he tied to 
 *^ them., alledging., that themfelves being wholly fpiritual, 
 '' could not be obliged to any carnal Ordinances. They 
 *' broke in every where upon the parochial Clergy \ ufurped 
 " their Office in all populous and rich Places., fet up Altars 
 " of their own., withdrew the People from the Communion 
 *' of the Pariih Priefl, would fear ce allow the hopes of Sal- 
 *' vation to any hut their own Difciples., whom they hetwich- 
 *' ed with great pretences of San5lityand Affiduity in preach- 
 *' ing : Thofe Artifices had raifed their Reputation and In- 
 '' terefi fo high in a few Tears., that they wanted very little 
 *' to ruin the fecular Clergy., and therewith the Church : 
 " But in lefs than an Age the Cheat of thefe Impoilors he- 
 " came manifefi to all Men!^ 
 
 \g\ Defence of Flttralitles, p. 9. Domimch, p. 81. The Carmelites or tohtti 
 
 There were four Orders of them, if Friers in the Year 1222, were founded 
 
 we may believe the Writer of a Tra£l:, by Albert, Patriarch of Jernfalem, who 
 
 entitled, The Stsmmary of all religious gathered together a few Hermits that 
 
 Houjes in England and Wales 1 717. lived on Mount Carmel, p. 83. The 
 
 Who tells us in his Appendix, p. 78, &c. ^ugujiinlan Friers, who increafed fo 
 
 That the Franufcans or grey Friers were prodigioufly as to have in a few Years 
 
 inftituced in the Year T2o6 by .Jr. Fr^MiTiV, two thoufand Convents of Men, and 
 
 p. 79. That the Dominicans or black Fri- three hundred of Women, pafled from 
 
 eri, toG^ their rife jji it 16, from Sl^ Italy wtQ England in the Year 125-2. 
 
 ' APaJJage 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 vn 
 
 A Pi5fure this fo nearly refembling the Teachers among ft 
 the Methodifts, that it could not have been drawn more 
 to the Life^ had they fat for it ; and their Principles feem 
 to tally as exa^ly as if they had been forged by the fame 
 Hand^ and upon the fame Anvil. 
 
 I fhall conclude 'this Preface with a remarkable Affidavit 
 lately publifhed in one of the [h] News-Papers. 
 
 'The King againft John Powell, otherwife Howells. 
 
 « The Reverend John Williams, Re^or of Fifhguard, 
 " in the County of Pembroke, Clerk ; David Edwards of 
 " the Parijh of MdinQ, in the faid County, Teoman-y Ste- 
 « phen Morris of the Parifh of Whitchurch of the faid 
 " County., Teoman *, each fpeaking for himfelf and not one 
 *.' for the other., fevsrally make Oath. And firft., the faid 
 " John Williams /i?r his Part fays., that on the ^A,th of 
 " March laft paft., the faid John Powell, otherwife 
 *' Howells, without any Provocation whatfoever from this 
 *' Deponent., or any other Perfon whatfoever then prefent^ 
 *' did traduce, vilify., and abufe in a very opprobrious Man- 
 " ner., the Body of the whole Clergy of the Church of Eng- 
 *' land, and one or more of them by name., declaring among 
 " other ill Language., that they were the vileft and moft 
 '' ignorant Perfons., Whoremongers., or Drunkards in the 
 " World., or to that effe^ ; and did at the fame Time blame 
 " a7td cenfure the Liturgy of the Church of England as 
 " by Law eftablifhed ; and declared., that he would fuppoj-t 
 " his Doctrine and Refidence in this Country, with Sword 
 " in Hand, as was done by Perfons of his Tenets in Crom- 
 « well'j time, or to that effeSl. And the faid Perfons fay, 
 " that John Powell, otherwife Howells, is a Stranger, 
 <« and an Itinerant Preacher, and lately come into the faid 
 
 [A] The Englljhntxns Evening Pofl, « the Wejlern Sonih Wales Circuit, con- 
 and Univerjal Advertifert No. 80. To " cerning a Difclple of mjitefield's, 
 the PuWifher of which is the following *' which (hews to what a Pitch of Im- 
 Letter relating to this Affidavit. *' pudence. Impiety, and Blafpheiny, 
 
 " Sir, lobfervedinoneof your£rc»- " thofe Enthufafis are arrived, under 
 
 «« ingPoJis, a pious Copy of Verfes taken *' the Difguife of SancTicy. I make no 
 
 « out of Wfiitefield's Journal ; I now ** further Reflexion upon it, but pre- 
 
 *' take the Liberty of prefenting you *' fent it to you literally as it came to 
 
 ** with an ^ffidavitj as it was taken be- " my Hands.'* 
 *! fore Mr. J. Trever, Chief Jufticc of 
 
 County 
 
vm 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 ** County of Pembroke from Breconfliire ; ajid ftnce his 
 ♦* arrival hath gathered together in unlicenfed Places^ in 
 ** the Night Seafon^ and at other 'Times Multitudes of Ser- 
 ** vants and other People^ and has thereby caufed great Up- 
 *' roars and Diforders in the County^ very much to the dread 
 *^ of peaceable and well meaning Perfons, though he never 
 '' was ordained^ licenfed, or regiflered^ as thefe JDepon^ents 
 *' have been informed^ and believe ; and as the faid John 
 <«' Powell, otherwife Ho wells, hath himfelf acknowledged, 
 *' And the faid Stephen Morris for his Part farther fay s^ 
 *' that lately at one of his Meetings^ he heard the faid John 
 ** Powell declare to great Numbers of People to whom he 
 ** was then holding forth^ or exhorting^ that Infant Baptifm 
 *' was infernal, and that it came from Hell -, and that he 
 *^ would \f\ kindle a pire in Pembrokefhire infix Weeks 
 «' Tirne^ which fhould not he quenched in an Age^ or to that 
 ** E;^e5l. And the faid David Edwards for his Part far- 
 ^' ther faiths that lately at one of fuch his Meetings^ he 
 *' ij^W /i?^ y^/i John Powell, ej/^^r^K;^}^ Howell s, declare 
 *^ to fever al hundreds of People^ to whom he was then hold- 
 *'' iyig forth and exhorting^ that the Bifhops would ordain the 
 *' mofi vile Perfons^ or the Devil himfelf in Man's Sbape^ 
 *' for Clergymen^ for a Purfe of Gold^ or a Bribe^ or to 
 *' thai Effe^. And the faid Levy James for his Part 
 ^ farther fays^ that the faid John Powell, otherwife 
 *' Howells, lately at another of fuch his Meetings^ did de- 
 " dare to fever al hundreds of People^ to whom he was then 
 *' holding forth^ and exhorting-, that there are Saints on 
 *' Earth equally as pure as were Thieves^ and that they did 
 *' obftru^^ or hinder^ the Sons of God, in their PPay to the 
 *' Kingdom of Heaven^ or to that Purpofe or Effe5i'^ 
 
 5 worn at Havtr ford Weft, Jlpril l^^ 
 1740, before me, 
 
 J. Trevor. 
 
 m * Bleffed be God, Mr. 'B n " Hell fhall not be able to quench it.** 
 
 " fpoke right, the Tire is kindled in the [Continuat.of Mr. W%/Vtf/W<i's Journal, 
 *^ Country J and I know all the Devils in from his arrival at London, &c. p. 40.J 
 
 A SHORT 
 
A SHORT 
 
 H I S TORY 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 DON ATI ST S. 
 
 DU R I N G the tenth general Perfecution, the 
 Emperor Bioclefian in the nineteenth Year of 
 his Empire, in order to pluck up Chriftianity 
 by the Roots, publifhed an Edid: [^], that all Chriftian 
 Churches fhould be levelled with the Ground : And all 
 the Utenfils belonging to the Church's Service, with its 
 Ornaments, fhould be feized for his Ufe : And that the 
 Holy Scriptures fhould be burnt, and that thofe, who 
 refufed to comply with this Edi6t, fhould themfclves be 
 condemned to the Flames. 
 
 Amongft the Confejjors at that time, Felix a Deacon, 
 \y\ who had, in an Epiftle, feverely girded the Emperor 
 for his Tyranny ; and refufed to obey the Commands 
 of the Inquifitors who commanded him to deliver up 
 the Ornaments of his Church, and the Evangelical Books 
 that were in his keeping, fled for Protedlion to Men^ 
 furius then Bifhop of Carthage^ who concealed him for 
 fome time. But when his enemies difcovered the place 
 
 [a\ Anno declmo nono imperii P/o- g'lc. Lib. 14. cap. 4. Edit, ^rtijlelad. 
 
 cUtiant, omnibus in locis per imperato- 1702. 
 
 ris llteras, palam indiftum fuit : Ut [^] lifdem temporibus Falix quidem 
 
 turn deturbarentur Ecclefijg, foloque Diaconus, qui propter famofam, nefcio 
 
 aequarentur: Turn Scrl^turx Chrijiianoritm quam, deTyranno Imperatore tunc fac- 
 
 abfumerenturigni, tarn Epiftolam appellatus eft. [Optat, 
 
 [Baronii Annal. ad Ann. 30a. To. de Schifmat. Donatijl. adverfus Parmt' 
 
 II. p. 760. Edit. Cdm. y^^r/pp;». 1624.] man. Lib. i,p. 40. t,dit, Aibafp'nai Pa' 
 
 Vid. Forhfti Inftruft* HQftorico-Tiieoio- rif 1631. 
 
 B where 
 
[ 2 ] 
 
 where he was hid, [r] Menfurius was commanded either 
 to give him up, or to appear to anfwer the Contempt 
 of the Emperor's Edidt, which he chofe to fubmit to 
 rather than betray a Chriftian Brother, But before the 
 Time appointed for his Appearance, he took Care 
 to fecure the Goods belonging to his Church -, had an 
 Inventory made thereof; and having committed the 
 Care of the Treafury to fome of his Prefbyters -, and 
 the Inventory to a [d] faithful old Woman, in whom 
 he could conlide : Charging her to preferve it for his 
 Succeflbr, if it fhould pleafe God to think him worthy 
 ot the Crown of Martyrdom : He appeared to- the 
 Summons of the Emperor, [e] where he had a hearing, 
 and was acquitted, and had leave to return to Carthage^ 
 but was prevented by Death. 
 
 The Biflioprick being now void, Botms and Cceleftus, 
 two Prefbyters, were Competitors for it with Cacilian : 
 But the lad tor his approved Integrity was chofen Bifhop 
 of that See, by the unanimous Confent and [/] Suffrage 
 of the Members of that Church ; and was ordained ac- 
 cordingly by \^] Felix Bifhop of Jpttwga. Upon 
 which the good old Woman, agreeably to the Truft re- 
 pofed in her, delivered up the inventory of that Trea- 
 f^jry to C^ciliau. [b\ And he fummoning the Elders 
 to deliver up the Treafure with which they were intruft- 
 cd, whether they had fold, or fhared it amongll: them, 
 is not certain ; but they refufed to deliver it up, upon 
 which CceciUan proceeded againft them with ecclefiaflical 
 Cenfures % which occafioned thofe facrilegious Elders to 
 renounce any farther Communion with him, as their 
 Bifhop : And joining with Botrui and C^lefius, they 
 
 {c] Quern cum ponulatum Menfuuui tu«, eo pervenire non potult. XValepi 
 
 ptibhce denegaietrelario irifiTa -eit : Re- de Schifmate Donatlfiar. Cap. i. P.77C 
 
 fcnptum venit, ut fi Menfurius Fxlicem Vide Optat. Lib. i. p 41.] 
 Diacomim non reddidiffet, ad Palarlum [/] Tunc fuffragJo totius Populi 
 
 dingeretiir convsntus, non ]eves patie- Cxcilij?ius eligirur. fOptjt. Lib. i p 41 
 batur angufiias, &c, [Optai. id ib.l (^] Optat. Id. ib. 
 
 [d] Of tat. de Schdm. Donattf. Lib. [h] Convocantur fupra memorati fe- 
 
 ^ Vi'*T*/r n niores, qui faucibus avaritia commen- 
 
 \e\ Jiiffus eft ad Comitstum perducl ; datam ebiberant pra:dam. Cum reddere 
 
 TJbi caufa difta, abfolutus & ad Car- co^erent'Jr, iubduxeruac communioni 
 
 /*^4?«e»» Km:fius eft, led mortc pravea- plebgm. 0/>m/. Id, ib, 
 
 begun 
 
[ 3 ] 
 
 begun a Separation in the Church of Carthage^ which 
 had hke to have proved fatal to the [f] African Churches* 
 With thefe a wealthy, but fadious Woman, Q:\tLucilla^ 
 join'd in the Separation : She having been difobliged 
 by dedlian when an Archdeacon ; he ([^] reproving her 
 for her Superftition) and being unwilling to fubmit to the 
 Difcipline enjoin'd her [/], fhe join'd with thefe fadlious 
 Prefbyters againft him •, and with her Money prevail'd 
 upon Secundus^ Primate of Numidia^ and Donatus of 
 Cafa Nigra^ with fome others, to oppofe Cc^ciUan. 
 
 Thefe being ready enough to fecond her, being them- 
 felves liable to the Cenfures of the Church, for betray- 
 ing their Brethren in the laft Perfecution, and delivering 
 up their Bibles to the Perfecutors, for which they had 
 the name of Traditors^ met together to the Num- 
 ber of feventy at Cirta, (afterwards Conftantina^ from 
 its being rebuilt by Conftantine.) The Names of the 
 principal Bifhops that met at that time, were [?«] Dona^ 
 tus Mafculitanus^ Vi5for^ Marinus^ Purpurius^ and Bo^ 
 7iatus a CaftsNigris^ who, that they might carry on their 
 
 [/'] DonatuSf a quo Donation', per [/] Nee non Litcilla, quae jamdudum 
 
 Africam fub Confiante Conjiantlotjue ferre non potujc difciplinarr), cum omni- 
 
 Principibus, aflerens a Noftris Scripturas busfuis, potens ac faftiofa foemina, com- 
 
 in perfecutione Ethnkis tradiras, totam munioni mifceri noluit : Sic cnbiis con- 
 
 pxne yifricanjt & maxitne Numidiam, venientibus caufis ac perfonis, tai^um eil: 
 
 fua perfuafione decepit ut malignicas haberec effeftum. Schifma 
 
 [^Hieronym- Catalog. Scriptor. Ecclefi- igitur illo tempore confufe mulieris ira- 
 
 afticor. To. I. Op. p. 129. Edit, j^nt- cundia peperit, ambitus nutrivit, ava- 
 
 tverpU, 1578.] ritia roboravit. [Optat. Ibid. p. 41.} 
 
 [t] Hoc apud Carthaginem poft ordi- Donatus per Africam, uc infeiices quof- 
 
 nationcm C*dl'ianl faftum efle, nemo que foe:entibus pollueret aquis, Lttdlla 
 
 eft qui nefciat : per LncWam fcilicet, opibiis adjutus eft. [Wermym. adverfus 
 
 riefcio quam Fcenainam faftiofam, quae PebgianoSf To. II. p. 26J.J Vide Pc 
 
 ante concuflam perfecurionis turbinibus tavli Dogmat. Theologic. Lib. 14, cap, 
 
 pacem, dum adhuc in tranquillo eflfec 14. p. 266. 
 
 Ecclefia : Cum correptionem Archidia- [wj] Igitur cum Carthagimm veniflec 
 
 coni CecUlanl ferre non poflet, qux ante Secnndus, et reliqui qui Cirtenfi conciiio 
 
 fpiritualem cibum et potum, os nefcio interfuerant : Nempe Donatus Mafculi- 
 
 cujus Martyris llbare dicebatur, et cum tanus, &c. — E: alii feptuaginca numero 
 
 prseponeret calicifalucari, OS nefcio cujus Epifcopi, &c. ^al^Jius de Schifmat. 
 
 hominis mortui, & fi Marcyris, fed nee- Donatiftar. Cap. 2. Vide Eufebli, Ec- 
 
 dum vindicati, correpta, cum confufione clef. Hiftor. &c. p. 776. Edit- Canta- 
 
 irara difceflit. [Optat. Lib. 1. p. 40. hueU ijzo. Vide eciam ./^wgw/Frwi, Epift, 
 
 Attgujiin Ep. i6z. To II. Op. Edit. i6z. 
 Frobenii 'Bajikit, 1556. p. 733.] 
 
 B t Defjgn 
 
[ 4 } 
 
 Pcfign againft dtclUan with lefs Sufpicion of Prejudice, 
 began to purge themfelves of that Guilt, which by 
 their Fear and Cowardice they had contradlcd in the 
 Time of Perfecution. Upon which it was found they 
 were all [«] guilty, Secundus himfelf not excepted, as 
 appeaf'd from the Charge brought againft him by Pur^ 
 furhjs Bifliop of Limata^ in which he acquiefced, and 
 ordered them all to fit down, which they did, faying, 
 [o] nanks he to God, which was their Form of abfolv- 
 ing themfelves. After this, they proceeded to the Elec- 
 tion of a Bifliop of Cirla, and made choice of Silvanus^ 
 who was likewife a ^radkor : And Ccscilian oppofing 
 his Ele6lion drew the hatred of the whole Fa5lion upon 
 him : Upon which they endeavoured to make void his 
 Election to the Biflioprick of Carthage^ and prefer'd [/>] 
 Major'inus a domed ic Chaplain to [^] Lucilla^ who had 
 been Deacon to Ccecilian, to the Bifhoprick of Carthage^ 
 upon pretence that both Cacilian, and Felh his Ordainer 
 had been [r] Traditors, (a Crime of which they them- 
 felves had been confefTedly guilty) and endeavoured to 
 
 perfuade 
 
 . fn] HisEpifcop's interrogante ^ecimd& 
 Tifiifitanoy tr.jdidiff'e confefTi funt, et cum 
 ipfe SecHiidus a Pnrpurio Incrcparetur, 
 quod et ipfe cfiu apud St.^tionarhs fuerir, 
 & non tuserir, fed difm'.flus fic ; non 
 .fine cauia difm-fllim fuifle, nifi quia tra- 
 didtrat ; jam omnes Hxrethi cceperunt 
 murmurare : Quorum fpirkum Secundus 
 jnetuens, conf.lium accepit a filio fratris 
 fui, Sccnndo minere, uttalem caufam Deo 
 fervarer, et d\x\t Secundus y fedete omnes. 
 [Optat. Lib. r. p. $9. ^ugu/iin. Epift. 
 162. p. 726, 727.] 
 
 [0] Tunc diftum eft ab omnibus Deo 
 Gratia i, et Sederunt. [Optat. Lib. i. 
 f 40.J 
 
 [p] Qujere harum ongincm rerum, 
 & invenies banc re in vos dixifle fenten- 
 tiam i cum Schtfmjticls Hxreticus fo.. 
 ci^fti. Non enim Cacillav.us exivit a 
 M.ijirinn avo tu ^ fed Miijorlnus a C^ci- 
 lia?in : Ncc Cxc'l'iatius recelTit a Cathedra 
 Petri, vel Cypriani, fed ^Majorinui cujus 
 m Ciithecfram fedes : Qua; ante ipfum 
 MaioriuMm originem non habebau [0/- 
 
 tat. de Schifmat. Donatlj?. adverfus Per' 
 menian. Lib. i. p. 38.] 
 
 r^J Plurimos Epifcopos cum Secund* 
 Numidix Primate pecunia conupit, eif* 
 que perfuafit, ut depofito Crf«7/aHo, Ma- 
 jorinum Le£lorem Domeiiicum fuum, 
 Ecclefiz Carthaginenji prsfieerent. [y3t^ 
 bajpintei obfervat. i. in Optatum. p. 2.] 
 
 Majorinus qui leiHior in Diaconio Ca- 
 ciUani fuerat, Domefticus LticilUy ip(a 
 fufFragante, Epifcopus ordinatus eft a 
 Traditoribuiy qui in Concilio Numididi, 
 (ut fjperius daximus) crimina fua fibi 
 confeiri funt, et indulgentiam fibi invi- 
 cem tribuerunt. [Optat. Lib. i. p. 42,] 
 
 [rj Trad! tores quid em non folumraodo 
 nos non prcbatis j fed nee patres veflri 
 patrcs noftros ran pctuerunt. 
 
 [^ugujiin. contra literas Petilianl Do- 
 H7tift. Lib. 2. p. III. To. vn. Op.] 
 
 Nos autem cum habearr.ms in manibas 
 Gefta Ecclefiaftica et Municipalia, in qm- 
 bns legamus eos qui conrra Caci/iafmm 
 alcerum Epifcopum ordinaverjnt, et po- 
 tius iuifie Divimrum Cudicum Tradito- 
 , rtst 
 
[ 5 ] 
 
 perfuade the people, that Ccecilian was no Minifter of 
 Chrift ; nor thofe that adhered to him, true Members 
 of the Church. 
 
 [s] Donatus a Casd Nigra^ a principal Perfon in this 
 Schifm, was the firft amongft them, that fet up private 
 Meetings, and feparared from the Catholick Bi/hops, up- 
 on pretence, that lapfed Perfons, and profane Traditors^ 
 were promifcuoufly admitted amongft them, to the de- 
 filing of all who join'd in Communion with them. 
 Which Pretences to Separation are excellently well con- 
 futed by Saint Auftin Bifhop of Hippo^ who has wrote 
 a large Volume profefledly againft them : And Optatus 
 Bifhop of MileviSy who has wrote largely againft the 
 Schifm of the Bonatifts in anfwer to PannemaUy who 
 was himfelf [/] Mock-Biftiop of Carthage. 
 
 Donatus and his Party^ the more eafily to eftablifti 
 and ftrengthen their Intereft, were induftrious in gaining 
 over Profelytes to their new Se5f., and for that Purpofe, 
 like the proud Pharifee^ compafs*d both Sea and Land, 
 
 What Methods of Sed udtion they made ufe of, I 
 (hall have occafion to difcover, when I proceed to a 
 Comparifon between the Donatifts and Methodifts. 
 
 The firft Invader of this holy Office amongft them, 
 was not long liv'd ; for about the Year 306^, Majorinus^ 
 the fchifmatical Bifhop of Carthage^ died, and no 
 one was thought fo proper to fucceed him as [u] Dona^ 
 tiis., who from that time probably gave Denomination to, 
 the Schifm, (though they afterwards [w] difclaimed 
 
 rety non tamen infultamus. [Id. "jbid. Trofelyttm, hoc eft, ut mutetls alicufufi 
 
 p. 91.] Dicimus Traditoribus confeflis feaam. Tu quidem cujus fea^fuem 
 
 in ens <iui Traditores dicerentur, diftas nefcio : Tamen imporrune a te diftum 
 
 fuiflfe fententias. ^uguji'm. Ep. 162. efle asftimo, quod re jam force huiys 
 
 To. II. p. 727. Vide ^«g»/?/». conrra diai pcenitear. Nunquid nos aliquas per- 
 
 Vonatifias poft Collationem. To. VII. agravimus Terras ?] Nunquid nos ali^ 
 
 p. £;94. Vide Optat. Lib. i. p. 42. tjua clrcuimus Maria? Nunquid nos ad 
 
 . [s\ Donatus a Cafis Ni'gris, dux ac peregrines acceffimus portus ? Nunquid 
 
 .fignifer ilhus taftionis. [l^alef. de Schif. nos aliquem adduximus Hlfpanum & Gal- 
 
 mzt. Do7tatiftar. cap 2. p. 776.] lum? Aut nos ordinavimus ignorancibus 
 
 [f J Albafp'mai obfervatiOD. in OptaU peregrinum ? [Optat. de Schifm. Donut 
 
 ?• lo.J Lib. 2. p. 51.J 
 
 [«] Commemorafti enim ledum in [«,] At refugiebant DonStlftx nomi- 
 
 Evangelio, Va vobh Hypocrite tjtd flrcui- nari a priori Denato. [Viz. a Cajis Nren'sX 
 
 l« Maria & Term, nt fmaiis mum quem conftvet a Mihh'mit Papa efli 
 
 daoi/. 
 
[6 ] 
 
 it) and then it was no longer Pars Majorinu but Pars 
 Bonati. This Perfon aded fo far in Contempt of the 
 Catholkks^ that he afllimed the Power of filencing the 
 Catholic Bipjops : And to prevent any prejudice that might 
 arife to himfelf or Party, he and his Fa5iion determined 
 to complain firft to the Emperor, in order to caft the 
 Odium of the Schifm, with all its terrible Confequences, 
 vpon Ccfcilian^ whom he accufed to be a Traditor ; and 
 contrary to the Praflice of the Church, he petitioned 
 the Emperor [Conftantine'] that Tranfmarine Bifhops, 
 and more particularly from France^ might be appointed 
 to^ hear the Caufe : Which Petition was fubfcribed by 
 [xl Lucianus^ Bignus^ NaJJulius^ CapitOy Fidentius^ and 
 other Bilhops of Bonatus's Party. 
 
 The Emperor was much concerned to hear of thefe 
 differences ', and would have been glad, if they could 
 have been amicably determined amongft themfelves. 
 However he grants their requeft, and appoints Miltiades 
 Bifhop of Rojne^ with Rbeticius, Mat emus ^ and Ma- 
 rims three French Bifhops, to hear the Caufe, and [y'] 
 writes to Miltiades to that Purpofe. 
 
 Thefe Bifhops met at Rome : And Miltiades in order 
 to expedite the Caufe, took to his Afliftance [z] fifteen 
 Italian Bifhops : And after a fair and candid Hearing 
 of what the Bonatifts could objed to Cacilianh Character, 
 {Bonatus himfelf being prefent) and as thorough a Can- 
 vafs of the Affair as could be, the Bonatifts not pro- 
 ducing any WitnefTes in Proof of their Charge, but 
 fuch only as confefTed, that they had nothing to objed to 
 C^cilian's Charadler (only producing a Sentence given 
 againft him at Cirta, where they condemned him with- 
 
 damnarurrit ITnde potiusaDew/rfopoflea ad Ann. 313. Tom. III. p. 117.J 
 
 Epifcopo C^r/Ai^^mfMy/nomenfeaccepifTe [y] Eufebu, Ecclef. Hift. Lib. iqj^ 
 
 dicebant, qiiem pro wd'^«o habebant, at- cap. 5. p. 484. Edit. Reading Canta- 
 
 que ab omni labe puriflimum de'ende- brigi£ ijzo. Vid. Optat, Lib. i. p. 44. 
 
 bant. 'BarotiU Annal. ad Ann. 306. [z] Ad urbem Romam ventum eft. 
 
 To III- p. 14. ab lis tribus Gallls, & ab aliis qulndc- 
 
 [x] Dat2 a Luci.wo, Digno, Najf**- ccm Italis, convenerunc in domum 
 
 tio, CapUoney Fidentio, et ceteris Epifco- Fatt/?£ in Laterano, Optat. de Schifra. 
 
 pis a parte Douati. [Optat. de Schifm, Donatiji* Lib. !• p. 44* 
 Donatifi. Lib. 2. p. -^ 'Barortii Annal. 
 
 / out 
 
[73 
 
 "out a Hearing *,) they condemned [a] honatus for his 
 fchifmatical Pradlices, acquitting Cacilian^ and receiv- 
 ing him into their Communion. 
 
 But Donatus^ notwithftanding he had foHcited the 
 Emperor for a Hearing by Bifhops not dependent upon 
 the African Churches, yet was unwiUingto ftand to their 
 award. 
 
 So that the Emperor was obliged to fend two Bifhops 
 to affift in the Eftabhfhment of [b'\ Unity. And they 
 having ftaid at Carthage fifty Days, and having dili- 
 gently enquired into the Caufes and Grounds of the 
 Schifm ; and finding that Bonatus did fchifmatically 
 defend [r] Altar againft Altar, and Bifhop againflBifhop, 
 they joined in Communion with C^ciliany condemning 
 Donatus and his Party. 
 
 This turbulent Man would not yet acquiefce, but was 
 determined to [dl appeal from the Bifhops that condemned 
 him at Rome^ and complain'd, that MiUiades and his 
 Collegues were but a few in Number, and very partial : 
 (Nay, thac Miltiades himfelf was a Traditor) and de- 
 fired, that a fuller Council might be called, finally to 
 determine the Controverfy. Upon which the Emperor, 
 though he was fo furprized at the Impudence of the 
 
 [4] His decern ec novem confident!- tus apud imperatorem scculatus, «t tat 
 
 bus Epifcopis, caufa Donati et Cxctliani judiciis non iolnm Epifcopalibus, fed iw- 
 
 in medium mifla eft a fingulis. In Do- perialibus abfolutus. [Augnjiln. contr* 
 
 natHm funt has fantentix lats : Quod I>o»dir//?. poft CoUar. cap.25. Tom. VII. 
 
 confeflus fit fe rebaptizaflTe, & Epifcopis p. 6i8-J 
 
 lapfis manum impofuiflTe : Quod ab Ec- [t] Tunc duo Epifcopi ad Afrkam 
 
 clefia alienum eft. mifli funt, Eunomitts ec Olymplusy uc xt- 
 
 [Optat.^Q Schifm. Donatijiar, Lib. I, metis duobus unum ordinarent. 
 
 p. 44.] [Optat. Lib. I. p.44»l 
 
 Teftes indufti a Donato confeiTi [c] Non contra Caciltanam, fed con- 
 fun t fe non habere quod in CitcUianHm tra orbem terrarum qui ei per ignoran- 
 dicerenc: CitciUamts omnium fupra me- tiam communicat, altare alterum erigere 
 moracorum fententiis innocens eft pro- audeamus. {^Augttjiin. Ep. 162. To, 11. 
 nunciatus : Etiam Milttadis fententia. Op, p. 729.J 
 qua judicium claufum eft his verbis. [/ij Qui cum Ctedlianum innocenreia 
 
 " Cum confliterit CtecUianum ab iis pronunciafiient, & Donatum, qui Schifma 
 
 " qui cum Donato venerunt, juxca pro- Carthagimiecenty fententia percufliflTent, 
 
 *< feflionem fuam non accufari, nee a iterum veftri ad imperatorem venerunt, 
 
 ** Donato conviftum efie in aliqua parte et de judici© Epifcoporum, in quo ylQti 
 
 ** conftiterit, fuse Communioni Ecclefi- fuerant, murmurarunc, 
 
 *' afticac integr.o ftatu retinendum merito [Angnjlin, Ep, i66» Tom, II. 0/. p.* 
 
 «• eflecenfeo." [Optat. U.Wi.'] 756.] 
 
 CtecUiams ec ab comn pr»d«ce(rori- 
 
 Appeal, 
 
[8 ] 
 
 Appeal, as loudly to [/] declaim againfl Bonatus and 
 his Party, yet was pleafed out of his abundant Grace 
 and Goodnefs, to call a more general Council at Ar- 
 ies [j-] in the Year 314, at which were prefent 200 
 Bifliops according to Saint Auftin [h], and 600 according 
 to yf^^Biihop of Vienna : But the latter, in Baronm^s opi- 
 nion, was under a Miftake [z]. The Emperor, in order to 
 bring the Affair that was to be laid before this Council, 
 to a fhort iffue, fent orders to jElian his Proconful in 
 Africa, [k] that fetting afide all State Affairs, he 
 fhould make publick Enquiry into the Life and Charac- 
 ter of Felix Bifhop of Aptunga, (the Ordainer of C^- 
 Lilian, who was accufed by the Donatifts as a Traditor.) 
 jEIian, taking to his Affiftance fome fit Perfons [/], 
 purfued the Emperor's Orders : And upon Examination 
 of competent WitnefTes, he found they agreed in a Tef- 
 timony of Felix's Innocence and Cbri/iian Courage. 
 
 Indeed, 
 
 f /] Sufficit ergo et Donatum tot fen- 
 ten tiis efle percufliim, & CacUiannm 
 tantd judicjoeffe purgatum : Ec tamen 
 Dekatfts appellandum ab Epifcopis cre- 
 djdic ; Ad quam appella'donem Ccnfl^in- 
 thtts itnperacor fic refpondit, rabida 
 furoris andiKia, ficut in caufis GentUlnm 
 fieri folet, appellationenn inrerpr.fuerunt. 
 [Optat. de Schifm. Donatiji. Lib. i. p. 
 
 ;[&] Dedit ille aliud Arehtenfe judi- 
 cium aliorum fcilicet Epifcoporum, non 
 quia jam necefle erat, fed eorum pervef- 
 iitatibus cedens, & omnlmodo cupiens 
 tantam impudentiam cohibere. [AHguJi'm. 
 Epift. 162. p. 734-] iterum clementif- 
 fiftius imperacor alios judices Epifcopos 
 rfedit apud Aretatum GallU civitatem, & 
 ab jpfis veftri ad ipfum imperatorem ap- 
 pellarunt, donee etlam ipfe caufam cog- 
 nofceret, & Cicilumum innocentcm, il- 
 los calum niofos pronunciaret. \_Auguftm. 
 Ip. 166. p. 757.] 
 
 [h] Adeo dementes funt homines ut 
 ducencos judices apud quos vi£ti funt, 
 viciis litigaroribus credunc efle poflpo- 
 Dendos. 
 
 [jiugnfiin, contra Parmenian. Donatip:. 
 Lib. I. cap. 5, Tom. VII. p. 16.] 
 
 [f} Scinius ^demtm Epifcopam Vlen- 
 nnftm iiiiiinare fexcentos Epifcopos in- 
 
 terfuifie Concilio ArelAtenft celebrato 
 
 fub Conjiantino : Sed errare videtur i 
 
 dum tempore Nlc<eni concilii, concilium 
 
 illud fuiffe coaftum tradit. 
 
 {^aronit Annal. ad Ann, 314. To; 
 
 III. p. 144.] 
 
 Vide Joan. LaunoH Epift. i. ad Hen- 
 
 rknm Mnmmariuntf p. 480, &c. de GOn- 
 
 cilio Arelatenjt. 
 
 [it'] Tunc Conjiantlnui ad t/^l'ianmm 
 
 proconfulem fcripfic, ut remotis necef- 
 
 litatibus publicie, de vica P^licis jipinn*' 
 gftani publice quasreretur. 
 
 [Optat. de Schifmati Dtnat'tjiar. ilb. 
 
 I. p. 4j^.] 
 
 [/] Habentur volumina aftorum in 
 quibus continentur praefentium nortinS^ 
 qui fuerant in causa Claudii Sa^nriani 
 curatoris, & CxcUiani magiftratus et Su- 
 perflitionarii, & Scuhxingentiif & Solo- 
 nts Officialis publici ipfius temporis: Poft 
 quorum refponfa a fupra memorato Pro- 
 cnnfule, hzc pars fententiae di£b e^* 
 Fxlicem autem religiofam Epifcopam, /«- 
 her urn ejjh ab exttjlione infirumentortim 
 deificorum ma>iife(lum efi, cum nemo in 
 ilium aliquid prebare potnerit, quod reti" 
 ^iofijfimai fcrlpturas tradldcrit, vel exuf- 
 fertt : Ommnm enim interrogatlo fupra- 
 firipta manifijia eft, nullas fcrifturas 
 deijica$, vciinvtntas vel corrnptas, vel in- 
 certas 
 
[ 9 I 
 
 Indeed, Ingenttus the Notary^ at the Inftance of the 
 Donatiftsy declared, that he had feen ce^-tain Letters 
 in the Hands of Alfius Ccecilian^ . which exprefled the 
 Guilt of Felix as a Traditor ; but upon Examination 
 they were found to be Forgeries ; And [w"} Ingentius be- 
 ing condemned to the Punifiiment called Eculeus [or 
 Equuleus'] unlefs he would confefs who had prompted 
 him to that Forgery, the Terror of that Punifhment 
 [which is in the nature of a \n'] Rack] did fo prevail 
 with him, that he confefled he had forged thofe Letters 
 at the Inftigation of fome of the Donatifls. 
 
 When the Council met, and had received fo full an 
 Account of the Innocency of Felix^ [o] the Bonatijls 
 having no new Articles to exhibit, only reviving their 
 old Slanders, by adding frefh Impudence and Malice to 
 the Profecution of them ; the Council having with great 
 Patience heard their Clamours and falfe Accufations, 
 juftified C^cilian^ condemned his Accufers, and made 
 a fevere [/>] Canon againft them. 
 
 The Emperor confirmed the TranfadVions of this 
 Council, which fo provoked the Donatifls^ that they 
 
 cenfcii fwjfe. Hoc adU contmetur, ^uod cap. 7. p. 284. To. Vll. Op."] 
 Fxllx Epffcopus reli^iefus, Uln teytiporibust Ingentius vero Epiftolam Cmllani, & 
 
 neque prafens fuerit, neque confcientiam a£la Municipalia falfafle convidtus, in 
 
 aecommodaverity neque alicjuld t-ile fieri carcerem mifTus eft, ut ar£liori interro- 
 
 jufferttf unde pulfa arcjueexterfainfamia, gat'ion'i fervaretur. [Valef, de Schifiil. 
 
 CHin ingentilaude illojudlcio rerejfit. {^Optit. Donatifi. ctp. ll.p. 781.] 
 Lib. I. 145. AuguJiin.Y.'p'A. 152. To. [»] Ecnleus ftipes erat, cui veluc equo 
 
 II. p. 699. Ep. 162. p. 727. Id. ib. p. imponebantur rei, & varie torqueban- 
 
 730. tur, cruciabantur, & diitendebantur. Ste- 
 
 [m] Quendam etiam fufpenfum Eculeo phani Thefaur. lingu. Latin. Vide eciam 
 
 in causa Felicis Epifcopi &c. — [Augufiln. Calvlni Lexic. Juridic. fub voce Eculeus. 
 
 Epift. 162. To. II, p. 731.] Et Ingen- Ft ralcfii liiot- in Amm'uru Marcelliitt 
 
 tiHi fcriba fublicus pepetidit fub me:u Lib. 26, p. 472. Edit. Parijiis 1681. 
 imminencium tormentorum. [Optat, [0] Donatafiis quid refpondeanc non 
 
 Lib. I. p. 45.] invenientibus, eadem repecentibus, tan- 
 
 Denique cum Maximus Ingentlum de- dem aliquando caufa firiirecur. jiuguftin, 
 
 curionem ZiqnenJiHm civitatis epiftolam Collar. 3*^" Diei contra Donatiftasj To. 
 
 Cjcciliani ex duumviris falfafTe concetide- VlI. p. 592.] 
 
 ret, eundem ipfum /Kgff«r;«w fufpenfum, [p] Concil. ArelatenC- i. Can. 14. 
 
 aftis quae fuberant pervidimus, ec idao De his qui falfo accufant fratres fuos, 
 
 minime tortum, quod fe decurionem placuit eos ufque ad exitum non com- 
 
 Zicjuenfium civitatis efle aflfeveraverlt : municare, fed falfum tfftem juxta fcrip- 
 
 Unde volumus eundem ipfum 7«^e«f;«7» turam impunitum non licere efle. 3/n- 
 
 fubidonea profecutione, ad coraitatum rni Concil. Tom, I. p. 267. Edit. 
 
 menm Confiantini u^ugufit miius. {Ah- Parifiis 1636.] 
 luftln, contra Crefcon, Grammat, Lib. 3. 
 
 C condemned 
 
[ lo 3 
 
 condemned both the [q] Emperor and Council as guilty 
 of Partiality. 
 
 Their Schifm began now to fpread into more remote 
 Parts, and they were not only formidable in [r] Jfrica^ 
 but they had their Emijfaries in France^ and at Rome, 
 where one [i] Vi^or was made a Titular Biftiop. 
 
 Bonatus^ thinking that by Perfeverance his Party 
 might at length prevail, petitions the Emperor for an- 
 other meeting, which was appointed at [t] Mtlan^ 
 where the Donatifts upon a fair Hearing were condemin- 
 ed by the Emperor as Authors of the Schifm, and 
 Difturbers of the Peace of the African Churches. 
 
 The Emperor being tired out with their importunities, 
 fent word to his Lieutenant Valerius^ that the Donatifts 
 
 [f] Nee tamen quamvis tot judiciis 
 vifti atque opprefli, pervicaciflimis con- 
 tentionibus finem impofuerunt : Sed fu- 
 rore quodam occxcati, imperatorem ip- 
 fom, a quo damnati fuerant reprehen- 
 dere, &'acci;fare coeperunt. [Valef. de 
 fichifrrat- Donafijiar. cap. 14. p. 783.J 
 Nee fic totics vicli quieverunt Dofiatifite, 
 fed de judicibus ecclefiaflicis, ipfique 
 imperatore criminofa murmura fp^''^^" 
 rune. [Forbefti Inftru£i. Hiftorico- 
 Theol. Lib. XIV. cap. 4. p. 664.] Vide 
 «t:am Optat. Hift. Carthag. Coiiat. p. 
 650. 'Baron. Ann2\. ad Ann, 316. To. 
 III. p. 188.] 
 
 [r] TetKpore Donatl, a quo Donatijitt, 
 cum fefo multa pars Africit in erroris 
 fui fiirias prxcipUaret, cumque immemor 
 nominis, religionjs, profeflionis, unios 
 hnniinis facrilegam remeriratem Ecclefias 
 Chrifti pratponeret, tunc, quicunque per 
 Atricam conftiuiti, profano ■ fchifmace 
 deteftato, univerfis mundi ecclefiis ad- 
 f>ciati funt, &c. Fincentti Lirlnenjis 
 Commonitor. cap. 5. Bibliothec. pacrum 
 veterum per De la 'Eigne, Tom, 4, p. 
 
 57-J „ ^ 
 
 Elfdem pjsne momentis vefter furnr 
 in Afric^m revrtitur, quibus Diabolus 
 
 de fuis current us relaxatur.- Veniflis 
 
 rabidi, veniftis irati, membra laniances 
 Ecclefise, fubtiles in feduciionibu«, in 
 eaedibus im manes, filios pacis ad bella 
 provocantes : De fedibus fu'? multos fe- 
 CJOis extr.rres, cum cordncta manu ve- 
 rientes, "B-jJilhas invafiftis, muki exnu- 
 i»ero veftro per loca plurima cruenras 
 
 operati fant csdes, & tarn atroces, uc 
 de talibus faftis ab ill-us temporis judi- 
 cibus rehtio mitteretur. Memora- 
 
 mini per loca Cr.gula qui fuerint veftri 
 difcurfus ; nonne de numero veftro fue- 
 runt Felix Diabenfts, Jattuarins Flamen 
 Pijienpi, ec cseteri, qui tota celeritate 
 cucurrcrunc ad Caftellum Lemellenje, 
 ubi cortra importunieatem fuam vide- 
 runt Bafilicam claufam ,- prasfentes jufle- 
 runt comites fuos ut afcenderent culmi- 
 i»a, nudarent te£h, jafliarent tegulas ; 
 imperia eorum Gne mora completa, et 
 cum alcare defenderent Diaeoni Catholiet, 
 tegulis plurimi cruentati lunt, duo occifi 
 fine : Prlwps filius Januarit^ & Donatus 
 filiiis Niniy urgenribus et pracfentibus 
 coepifcopis veftris fupra memoratis. 
 Opt,%t. de Scbif. Dr^nat, Lib. 2. p. 54.] 
 
 [$'] Mini}? eft Vifior [Garhienfis.'] Erat 
 ibi filius fine patre, tiro fine principe, 
 difripulusfine magiftro, fequens fine ance- 
 cedente, inquilinus line domo, hofpes 
 firre hofpitiO, paftor fine grege, Epifcoput 
 fjie pnpnlo. Opt^t. Lib. 2. P 49- 
 
 W Quod ubi cognovit providus impe- 
 raror, reliqucs ab officialibus cuftoditos 
 fecit. Mfdithntim pervenire : Quo cum 
 etiam C^cHianus perveniffet, ipfum quo- 
 qne ficut fcripfit adhibutr, cegnitaque 
 causa qua diligent '3, qua cautela, qua 
 provifi'>ne, ficut ejus indicant lirer^e, C<t- 
 dlinnrim innocenrifilmum, illos impro- 
 biflfimos judicavit. Aitgnfiin. Epift. 162. 
 To. IL p. 7?4- Vide etiam Valrj, de 
 Schifmat. Denatijf, 
 
 / were 
 
[ ir } 
 
 were an incorrigible Fadtion, and were to be left to the 
 Puni/hment of their own Fury, and of God's righteous 
 Judgment [«], which he was in feme Meafure obliged 
 to : For it is probable, that he could not fo eafily have 
 retained Africa under his Subjetflion, but by yielding a 
 little to fo powerful a Fa6lion : For they were fo numerous, 
 that upon a Revolt, Africa would have been in Danger 
 of being loft. He therefore thought it proper, though 
 he [w] detefted their fictions and fchifmatical Beha- 
 viour, to difpenfe with them at prefent. 
 
 This good Emperor, notwithftanding all the Favours 
 he had already granted them, by calling Council after 
 Council, and the moft fair and candid Hearing and 
 Determination of this Affair, for the fake of Peace 
 and Unity, was determined to try what might be done 
 by a meeting of [x'] Eaftern and African Bifhops : But 
 this his good Intention proved of no EfFed, being de- 
 feated by the implacable Spirit of thofe wretched Se5fa^ 
 ries, who had received already but too, many Favours at 
 his Hand ; For thefe ConcefTions, he was much blamed, 
 but without Reafon, if we confider that about that Time 
 the Arian Herefy fprung up, by which he was much em- 
 barrafted. 
 
 The Bonatifts being apprized of it, profecuted their 
 own wicked Caufe at home with more than ufual Con- 
 fidence ; and took the Liberty of foliciting the Emperor to 
 abrogate all thofe Laws that had been made againll them : 
 And whereas many of them had been abridged the Li- 
 berty of exercifing their Fundions ♦, and others had been 
 
 [«] Etidem iniperatorad ?^^/Vr?«»i [qu. [*] ConJiantinu.t qui unlverfo orbi 
 
 Verinumy "Baron. Annal. To. HI. ad Ann. Romano firmiffimam pacem praftirerac, 
 
 5^1. p. 244.] De illorum exilio foluco uc eam.quoque reftituerer Ecclefise labo- 
 
 & ecrum furore Deo vindici remittendo, ravic: Totusigitwr in earn cogicadonem 
 
 liceras dedic Crifpo & Cohft.int'mo kcTum incumber!*, ad fedandum morbum pelH- 
 
 coufulibus, &c! j^ugitjlin. contra D'^na- ferae diflentionis quo Jlfricana jamdiu 
 
 tiji. poll CoUat. cap. 33. To. VII. p. laboralTet Ecclefia, unum hoc remedium 
 
 Czs* reperit ; ut quandoquidem Occidentaks 
 
 [w] In quibus riteris Confimti»ut fie Epifcopi duobus conciliis jam congrega- 
 
 eos deceflatur, ut nihil ilia indulgentia tis nihil perfecerant, Orlentales in ^fri- 
 
 poffec deformius inveniri. Auptfiin. Bre- cant mitccret, qui rem ab 3liis fruftra 
 
 vie. Collar, cum DonAt'iji. Coll. tertii tentatam. ta/idem aliquando perficerent. 
 
 ®ici, To. Vll. p. 590. Vide etiam [t^aUf, de Schifmace Domtifiar. cap. 
 
 'Barmii Ai^al. ad Ann. jzi. p. 244, 11. p. 784.J 
 
 emed 
 
( 12 ] 
 
 exiled for a notorious TranfgrefTion of the Laws ; yet 
 they folicited the Emperor to recall fuch as were banifh- 
 ed, particularly Siivanus, a Bonatift Bi(hop, who was 
 banifhed upon full Proof made by Nundinarius, of his 
 felling the Ornaments of his Church ; though the Dona- 
 ftfts afcribcd it to other Caufes, which Saint Auftin has 
 fully confuted •, and obferves, [y'] that being evidently 
 proved a ^r adit or ^ he was willing to continue in the 
 Schifm, hoping that he might find that falfe Honour 
 amongft the Donatifts^ which he could not lay claim to 
 in the Catholic Church, Nay, it is remarkable, that in 
 their Petition, they defired to enjoy [z] Liberty of Con- 
 fcience \ which is more properly termed fomewhere by 
 St. Aujliyu Lihertatem agendi^ a Liberty of ading as 
 they pleafed, and doing what was right in their own 
 Eyes : And that they might not be forced to communicate 
 with CaciUan^ whom they boldly entided, the Emperor'' s 
 [a] prelatical Knave \ declaring, that they would not 
 be thereunto induced either by Threats or Promifes : 
 Thefe Demands, though highly infolent, were propofed 
 to the Emperor at fuch a Jundlure, that he was forced 
 in fome Mcafure to comply with them. 
 
 This turbulent Temper moved St. Auftin fo much, 
 that he declared it afterwards as his opinion, \h] that if 
 the Devil had been fo frequently baffled even by Judges 
 of his own chufing, he would not fo impudently have 
 perfifted in the defence of fo unwarrantable a Caufe. 
 
 And that this Indulgence was forced from the Empe- 
 ror, is apparent from his confolatory Epiftle, written to 
 
 \.y] Qi^' ^""^ Traditor fuit permanere communicaturos antiftiri ipfius nebuloni, 
 
 Haretlcns voluit, ut falfum honorem in paratofque eos perpeti quicquid eis tacerc 
 
 parte Donati haberet, qui habere in Ca- voUiiflet. Quern Conjiantini jinttfiitdn 
 
 tholica nullum potuit, tarn manifeftis iyTfiw/on^w, utique CicaVMWHwintelligivo- 
 
 Traihionis fuse geftls publico judicio rcfe- lebant. [Augujlin. Brevie. Collar, cum 
 
 ratis. [j^ugHjiin. Lib. 3. contra Cref- Ponaf//?. Collat. terrii Diei, Tom. III. p. 
 
 fonium Grammatic cap. 30. To. VII. p, 5-90. Vide etiam Valef. de Schifm, Do- 
 
 a6i.] natlft. cap. 17. p. 784.J 
 
 [zj Epifcopi partis Donati libellum [^] Puto quod ipfe diabolus fi autori- 
 
 dederunt Conjiantino, pofcentes ut libere tate judicis, quern ulcro elegerat, toties 
 
 ipfds agere finerer, nee invitos ad com- vinceretur, non effet tarn impudens uc 
 
 jnunionemC-co7M»;cogerevellet. [^alef. in ea causa perfifteret. [^Auguft, EpJft, 
 
 de Schifm. Donat. cap. 17. p. 784.] 167, To. 11. p. 765. 
 
 [a] Nam ibi dicunt nullo tnodo fe 
 
 3 , *e 
 
t 13 3 
 
 the Catholic Bijhops throughout the African Churches, &c. 
 which is to be met with in the [r] Appendix to Optatus. 
 
 [d] The Catholic Bijhops being now thoroughly en- 
 gaged in Defence of the Chriflian Religion, againlt the 
 Arian Herefy, the Donatifis are fcarce mentioned for 
 three or four Years during the Council of Nice : But as 
 foon as ever that Council was ended, they renewed the 
 Controverfy, and carried it on with more Fiercenefs and 
 Bitternefs than ever. For Donatus the firft dying, ano- 
 ther of the fame Name, (tiled by his Party by way of 
 Eminence, Donatus the Greats was nominated to the See 
 of Carthage by the fchifmatical Donatifts \ a man indeed 
 of more Learning, but not lefs obftinate and [f] proud 
 than his PredeceiTor. He engaged armed Troops of 
 his Followers againft the Catholics *, and took even the 
 Liberty of affronting the Emperor's Officers in the Exe- 
 cution of their Office. 
 
 The Emperor truly compaffionating the miferable 
 State of the African Churches, orders a Remittance of 
 large Sums of Money to C^cilian for their Support, 
 with a very refpe^ful Letter to him, made mention of 
 by [/] Eufehius. 
 
 This Remittance was thankfully received by the Ca- 
 tholics : But the Pride and Malice of Donatus was fo 
 great, that he forbad his Followers to receive any Share 
 of the Emperor's Bounty, if it was offered *, for which 
 [g] Optatus gives a very good Reafon. 
 
 [c] Quod fides debult, quantum pru- mmem jeftimaret, non verendo eum, 
 dentia valuir, prout puriras potuit, ten- qui poft Deum ab hominibus cimebatur. 
 tafle me per omnia humanitatis etmo- \^Optat. de Sch. Do?i, Lib. 3. p. 65.] 
 derationls officia optima fcitis, &c. [/] Eccle'". Hift. Lib. 10. cap. 6. p.- 
 [Optat. Op. p. 287.] 486. 
 
 [d] Credo noftros in refutandis Aria- [g] Miferac enim ornamenta domi- 
 nis cotos efle. [Hift. Collat. Carthag. a bus Dei, miferac pauperibus eleejnofy-. 
 Fr^indfco "Baldwino* Append. Optat. p. nam, nihil Donato; cur ergo infanivit, 
 606.1 cur iratus eft ? Cur quod miflum fuerac 
 
 [f J Ec vero Donatus ille Carthaglmn' repudiavit ? Et cum illi qui ijiilli fueranc 
 
 fit eo evafic, ut non modo tanquam ari- dicerent, fe ire per provincias fingulas, 
 
 quis Hannibal imperatores Romams fu- & volentibus accipere fe daturos, ille 
 
 perbe contemneret ; fed tamquam Deus dixit ubique fe literas pramiGfle, ne id 
 
 coleretur, &c. [Hift. Coll. Carthag, p. quod allacum fuerat pauperibus alicubi 
 
 606.] Dum fe Donatus fuper impera- difpenfaretur. 
 
 torem cxtoUit, jam quafi hominum ex- [Optat. de Schifm. DtnatiJI. Lib. Ji 
 
 •elTerac metas, ut fe ut Dcura, non ho- p. 65.J 
 
 The 
 
[ Hi 
 
 The Emperor finding that he could not engage them 
 to their Duty by his Clemency, determined to proceed 
 againft them with Rigour \ and ordered [Jo] that thofe 
 Places where the Bonatijls aflembled fhould be forfeited 
 to the Emperor's Ufe •, and they were rendered incapa- 
 ble of ecclefiaftical Promotions, \Ut mhil Ecclefia nomine 
 pofftderent.'] By which Means the Church Catholic had a 
 better profped of Peace, and feveral Families which 
 had been before difunited, were now reftored to Unity 
 by their return into the Bofom of the Catholic Church. 
 It is remarkable that this Faftion (hould fubfift after fo 
 many Laws made againft them : When the Emperor 
 had given exprefs Orders to Anulinus [i] to reftore the 
 Catholics thofe PofTeffions and Privileges which their 
 Enemies had ufurped. Nay, he granted to the Clergy 
 in Communion with Cacilian^ new [^] Privileges and 
 Immunities, but exempted both Heretics and Schifmatics 
 from the Benefit of thofe [/] Ediuis. 
 
 But this excellent Emperor, who had long endeavour- 
 ed to reconcile the contending Parties, was at length 
 worn out by Care and Concern ; and it is probable 
 that thefe faElious Se5faries might contribute not a little 
 towards the bringing down his grey Hairs with Sorrow to 
 the Grave, he dying in the 65th Year of his Age, and 
 the 31ft of his Empire, in the Year of our Lord [m] 
 
 337- 
 
 But their Malice did not end with his Death ; for his 
 
 Son Conjlam^ who was Heir not only to his Father's 
 
 [h] Quare coaftus Confiantlnui pr'm- [k] '^"rro Tratra)/ afra^ttTrAU f <tu* 
 
 ceps alioqui mitif^mus majori vigore ac fe- Xur^pyia* ^JxnfMti dXiiTacyr.rBs tPixzuXaX' 
 
 veritateadverfuseos infurgere : Prlmufque ^^,vai. Eufeb. Ecclef. Hift. Lib. lo. cap. 
 
 omnium imperatorum, qui contra partem 7. p. 488.] 
 
 Donati legem feverilTimam tulit : Ut [/J Privilegiaquae contemplationercli- 
 
 cun£ia eorum loca, in quibus congregari gionis indulta funt Catholicis tantum le- 
 
 confueveranc fifco virdicarentur. Ut gis obfervatoribus prodefle oportet. Ha- 
 
 icnhit Anguji'mus in Ep. 68. & l6j. & ridcos non folum ab lis privilegiis alie- 
 
 libro 2. contra PetiliaHum. nos efle volumus, fed etiam diverfis mu- 
 
 [VaUf de Schifmate Donattji, cap. neribus conftringi & fubjici. Conftanti- 
 
 14* p. 78 3. J mtSi &c. ad DraciUanum. Cod. Jufii- 
 
 [/] "L7rii<i'r)7ri^ '^poi>f,r,y.i6x Tavrx aTrs^, nian- Lib. I . Tit. y. Se£t. I . De Hxrfr' 
 
 ait ecuTAi iy.n/aa-iiii 'o-ooTtpsr e<7yrinia-ety, "tu ticis, &c. 
 
 i'lKa.ia aihav aVexATots-etSiiva/, &c. [w] 'Baronii Aiinal. ad Annt 337, 
 
 £«/rWz/Ecclef, Hill. Lib. 10. cap. j. Totlll. p. 51/." 
 
 Dominions, 
 
[ ^5 ] 
 
 Dominions, but his Virtues, was likewife the Objedl of 
 their inveterate Hatred. He being defirous of uniting 
 thtk fchifmatical Members to that Church from which 
 they had caufelefsly feparated, fent [71] Pauhis sind Maca- 
 rius about the Year 348 with fome Alms to the African 
 Churches : And thefe Legates having in a friendly man- 
 ner applied to Donatus^ with an Offer of the Emperor's 
 Bounty, and an Exhortation to Catholic Unity^ he not 
 only refilled to accept any Share of the Bounty, but flew 
 out into a PafTion, fpeaking difrefpedful Words of the 
 Emperor ; and by this Means he defeated thofe Mea- 
 fures the Emperor took for the eflablilhing Peace in the 
 African Churches : And fome of his [o\ Adherents fpi- 
 rited up that mad hair-brain'd Sed of Enthufiafis^ the 
 Circumcellians^ to give Difturbance to the Legates^ of 
 which they complained to Sihefter^ a Catholick Officer, 
 and defired for their Security a Guard of Soldiers : And 
 notwithftanding they were attacked by thefe mad People, 
 of whom they cut off great Numbers in their own De- 
 fence ; yet at the Inftance of the Catholic Bifhops and 
 Clergy, they forbore any farther Ads of Hoftility •, and 
 this the Donatifts complained of as an Ad: of Perfecu- 
 tion ; and infinuated that the [p] Catholic Bifhops, &c. 
 were the Occafion of it. 
 
 Towards the end of this Emperor's Reign [q] a Coun- 
 cil was held at Carthage^ Gratis being then Bifhop, to 
 reftore Peace to the African Churches. In which fome 
 
 [ti] Quern enim latet prxter te, quia tudo. S\c Invenlt Donatus "Bagalenjit 
 
 peregrinus es, & potuerunc cibi falfa unde contra Macarium furiofam condii- 
 
 narrari : Aut quis negare poteft rem cui caret turbam Hoc metu deterriti illi 
 
 tota Carthago principaliter reftis eft, im- qui Thefauros ferrent, quos pauperibus 
 
 peratorem Confiantem P^um 8c Maca- erogarenr, invenerunt in tanra necefli- 
 
 rlttm primitus non ad faciendam unica- tare confilium, ut a Sylvefiro Comite ar- 
 
 rem mififfe, fed cum Eleemofynii, quibus matum militera poflularejit. [Optat. de 
 
 fublevata per Ecclefias fingulas poffic re- Schifmat- Donati/i. Lib. 3. p. 68. Vid, 
 
 fpirare, veftiri, pafci, gaudere paupertas ? etiam 2?««£7, Concil. To.I. p. 567.] 
 Qui cum ad Donatum patrem fjum ve- [p] Quod ab aliis provocantibus fac- 
 
 nir«nt, ec quare venerant, indicarent, turn eft, nobis non debet impucari ; 
 
 ille folito furore fuccenfus, in hxc verba quid hoc ad nos ? Quid ad Ecclefiam 
 
 prorupit, ^id eft imperatori cum Eccle- Catholicam pertinet? Quicquid obje- 
 
 jfia ? & de fence levitacis fuse multa ma- ciftis, vos feciftis. [Optat. Lib. 3, p. 69.] 
 ledifta efFudit. Optat. de Schifm. Donat. [tj] "Bimu, Concil. Tom. I. p. j6S. 
 
 Lib. 3. p. 64. "Baron. Annal, ad Ann. 348. No. x6. 
 
 [o\ Eorum poftea convalwerat multi- Sec p, 664. 
 
 excellent 
 
[ i6 ] 
 
 excellent Canons were made, which abated the Fury of 
 the Donatifts : But the Emperor [r] Conftans being {lain 
 by a Band of wicked Confpirators, his Brother Conftan- 
 ttus became fole Emperor, and immediately after pro- 
 fefled himfelf an Ar'ian^ and of confequence an Enemy 
 to the Catholic Church : Upon which the Donatifts p'lntd 
 with the Arlans and other Heretics in order to diftrefs her. 
 
 Though Maxifnus, the orthodox Bifhop of Neapolisy 
 was deprived of his Bifhoprick for not fubmitting to the 
 yirians^ and they placed Zozlmus in his See *, yet 
 Maximus kept his Station, till by Force he was ejeded ; 
 and even then he denounced an Anathema again ft the 
 Intruder^ which (if we may give Credit to the Autho- 
 rity of Marcellinus^ as mentioned by Baronius) had fuch 
 an EflTed: upon him, [j] that when he applied to the 
 Difcharge of \m epif copal Fun5f ion ^ and endeavoured to 
 fpeak to the People, his Tongue hung fo far out of 
 his Mouth, that he was difabled from fpeaking -, nor 
 could he draw it in again, till he went out of the Church : 
 "Which befalling him a fecond and third Time, he re- 
 linquifhed his ufurped Dignity. 
 
 'Twas not long after Conftantius had declared himfelf 
 an [/] Arian^ that the Empire of the IVeft was taken 
 from him, and given to Julian the Apoflate^ who was 
 educated in the Chrtftian Religion, and had been a Read- 
 
 [r] Anno 35-0. "Baronit Annal. ad perdidifle, tf^rr<!/;V«r jB<i/;//c<j>«(&resmira) 
 
 Ann. 350. To. III. p. 678. FUu^y's forts verurfi in ojficittm /inji^uttrevocataeji.— - 
 
 Ecclef. Hill, book 3. vol. 2. p. 187. Sed hoc ipfum totles pa^tts efi, qmotiti in 
 
 [s] In Zozimum fuo loco fuffeftum ab "BafiUcam dlverfii diebta intrare tcntaret. 
 
 y7r'iams anachematis fencentiam tulit, DenieiHe ob earn caufam tandem cejfit Epif- 
 
 qu£e quidem juflo Dei judicio, nequaquam copatus ut frijlinum o^lum linguK integre 
 
 incaflum abiic, fed invaforem aliensefe- redderetnr. Baron, ad Ann. 359. No. 
 
 dis ita perculit ut ceteris fieret in ex- 5-7. To. HI ^|845. 
 emplum contemptiNuminis, fidei teme- [t'\ Sed ;0 prodigium) quo tempore 
 
 ratJE, ac temeritatis prxfumprx. Nam a Confiantto adimitur dlvinitas filio Dei, 
 
 (ut Marcellhiits zudtoT eft; De Schifni. eodem qunque ab ipfo imperium abripltur, 
 
 Urf. & Damaf.) ex CO tempore cum cum mGalliis JnlianuSt a milicibus alias 
 
 coactop puloperagere velletEcclefiafticcs acclamatus, imperator eligltur, ec quan- 
 
 fun6liones, atque obire facta, hiter tpfa tumlibet invitus cogitur imperare, a quo 
 
 (inquit) verlia facerdotaliai ejus tuifua eflec anno fequenti Orientalt quoque im- 
 
 protenditur, nee valtttt earn ampUus revo- perio ipfe Conjiantins exuendus & vita, 
 
 care hitra oris meatum : Eo qiiod contra nifi eum mors citior confecifler. Xaronii 
 
 modum nature, extra os psnderet nt Annal. ad Ann. 360. No. JJ. To. H. 
 
 iovl anhch. Qui vidit fe linguae officium p. 876. 
 
 er 
 
[ 17 ] 
 
 er in the Church of [//] Nkomedia : Bat upon his Ac- 
 cefTion to the Empire," he profcfTai himleh'^ an Enemy 
 to Chriftianity^ and debarred the Chnftians not only of 
 the Privilege of ferving in his Arniies, but excluded 
 them from all publick Offices in the Commonwealth ; 
 [w'] and in order more expeditiouHy to dciiroy CbriJIiaftity^ 
 which he thought might be effected by encouraging di- 
 vifions, he allowed the Bifliops of the ^rian and Do- 
 natift Fa6tions, to follow their different Opinions in 
 God's Worfiiip, provided they adted nothing which might 
 be prejudicial to his Government, or the Peace of the 
 Empire. 
 
 For the Liberty granted, the Bonatljls were very li- 
 beral in tiieir Thanks to Julian, though he diftinguifhed 
 the Chnjiians with the Nick-name of Galileans, and 
 encouraged the Arians, and other Heretics, who denied 
 the Divinity of the fecond and third Perfons in the ever 
 bleffed Trinity againft tiie Orthodox. Upon this the 
 JDonatifts proved more proud and imperious towards the 
 Catholics ; and to pleafe Julian they pulled down thofe 
 Croffes which had been eredled in publick Places, at the 
 Coft and Charge of the Emperor Co7iftanti?2e ; and fet 
 up Julian's Image in their Place. Nay, in an Addrefs 
 to him, they ftiled him the [x] only Pattern and Exemplar 
 of Juftice. And when he was dead, they frequently 
 wilhed their Protedor alive again -, and thinking in his 
 Life Time that Julian was too flow in his Proceedings 
 towards the Defirudion of Cbrijlianity, they probably 
 
 [h]^aiJ»t7,( sy Nntc/zucTs/* £k«x>i- To. H. p. 757-] 
 <r/ac «'v«rv«?-«f naL^iffAtai, Socmth Hift. Ouando JuHanui vobls Chrifli invl- 
 
 Ecclef. Lib. 3. cap. i. p. 169. Edit, dens pad, Tiafilkas rtddxAit, unitang 
 
 CantabrigU 1720. quiE ftrages a vobis faiSje funt, quando 
 
 [wi Quibusfuccedens ^K/L'wwidefertor vobifcum apertis Templis fuis etiam 
 
 Chrifti, & inimicus fupphcannbus veftris Da:mones exultabant. A$tguf:'m. contra 
 
 Roi^atiano & Pnntio libertatem perdicioni Y^tivzs Petiliam Donatifr. Lib. 2, p. 136. 
 partis Donati permific. Denique tunc [*•] Hxc erac ejus przjudicanda jiilti- 
 
 reddidit Xafilkas IfxreticJs, quando tern- tia, quam fupplicantes Ro^atiantis & 
 
 pla D<«rwowm.- Eg mode putans C/)r//?/.j- Pontius laudaverunt, dicentes bomini 
 
 num nomen poffe perire de terris, fi uni- Apojiata, quod apud eum fola jt^fiitia 
 
 tad EcclefiiK, de qua lapfus fuerar, inva- babcrec locum. 
 
 deret i & facriiegas difl>nfiones llberas \_/^ug1*^{^ Id,ib;d. etEpift. 48. p. y^' J 
 «fle permittere:. [^Augrjlln. Ep. 166. 
 
 D lent 
 
[ i8 ] 
 
 lent him a helping Hand. For as both [y] St. Jujlin 
 and Optatus obicrve, they treated the Catholics in a 
 way much exceeding the Rage and Barbarity of the 
 Heathens. They pulled down their Churches, [z], af- 
 faulted the Catholics whilft at their Devotions •, flew 
 many of them wichout regard to Quality, Age, or Sex ; 
 [a] profaned the holy Eucharilt by throwing the Ele- 
 ments to Dogs, which run mad upon it, and tore their 
 Mafters in pieces : They fold the confecrated VelTels to 
 the Heathens for the Service of their Idols •, pulled down 
 Altars, and burnt the holy Scriptures. 
 
 \h^ Felix, one of their Leaders, deflowered a Virgin, 
 who had not long before acknowledged him as her fpi- 
 ritual Guide : And they committed fuch [<:] Outrages, 
 that were they not recorded by faithful Writers, might 
 exceed common Bdief. And they treated the Catholics 
 who went over to their Communion as Pagans , by [d] 
 
 rebap- 
 
 [y"" In quo labor c multi Catholici, & 
 maxime Eplfcopi & Clerici horrenda & 
 dura perpelB funt, qus commemoirare 
 longum eft ; quando quorundam et ocu- 
 li extin£li funt, et cujufdam Epifcopi 
 manus et lingua prscifa eft : Nonnulli 
 etiam trucidati funt : Taceocudeliflimas 
 C£edes & domorum deprasdariones, per 
 no£iurnas ingrelfiores et incerdiaj non 
 /olutn privatorum habitaculorum, verum 
 cdam Ecclefiarum, in quas flammas mm 
 defuerunt, qui & codices dominicos mir- 
 lerent. [j^ugpjiin. Ep. 50. ad "Bonifa- 
 ciumy To. II. p. i2l.l 
 
 [z] Veniftis r<ibidi, veniftis irati, 
 membra laniantes Ecclefia: ; fubtiles in 
 fedu£i:ionibus, in ca-dibus immanes. fi- 
 lios pads ad beIJa provocante£— Bafil cas 
 invafiftis, &c. [Optat. de Schifmat. Lib. 
 a. p. 54.] 
 
 [a] Id. lb. p. 55- JulTerunt eucharif- 
 tiam canibus fundi, non fine figno dlvini 
 judicii; nam iid em canes accenfi rabie, 
 ipfos dominos fuos quafi latrones fanfti 
 corpons reos dcnte vindice tanquam \g- 
 notos & inimicos laniav runt. 
 
 [^3 Interea fupra memt.ratus F*Ux 
 [Idicreenfis] inter crimina fua, & facinora 
 nefanda, ab eo comprehenfi;m puellam, 
 eui mitram ipfe impofuerat, » qua paulo 
 
 ante pater vocabatur^ nefarie inceftare 
 minime dubitavit, [Optat. Lib. a. p. 
 56.] 
 
 [c] Pejora mala nobis veftri nunc fa- 
 ciunt : Non tantum nos fuftibus quaP- 
 fant, ferroque concidunt, verum etiam 
 in oculos excinguendos calcem mixtoace- 
 to incredibili excogitarione fceleris mit- 
 tunt. Domus infuper noftras compilan- 
 tes, arma fibi ingentia & terribilia fabri- 
 carunt, quibus armati per diverfa difcur- 
 runt comminantes, atque anhelantes ca:- 
 des, rapinas, incendia, ca:c.tates. jin- 
 gHjiin. Epift. 68. p. 326, Vid. AHguftm. 
 contra DonatiJl> poft Collat. Tom. VII. 
 p. 6of. 
 
 [d] CrlfpiriMS vefter Calamitantn cum 
 emiflet pofleflionem, non dubitavit in 
 fundo CathoHcorum Imperaiornm, quorum 
 legibus, nee in civitatibus efle juffi ei'>is, 
 uno terroris impetuoftagintaanimas mi- 
 ferabili Gemicu muflitantes, rebapt'izari' 
 do fubmergere. [Augujim. contra literal 
 PitUtaniy Lib. a. To. 7. p. J37, 155.] 
 Audent etiam rehapti^are CathoUcoSy ubi 
 amplius fe efle Hzreticos confirmarunr. 
 jittgttfiin. de Hxrejihns, ad ^od vult 
 Dtum Diaconum, Tom. Vl. p. 28 ] 
 
 Nos eis objicimus furorem fchifmatis, 
 
 ubaftizationii infaniam, ab Hxred.tate 
 
 Chrifti, 
 
[19] 
 
 rebaptizing them, adding [e] Exorcifm thereto. Nay, if 
 we may give Credit to Confiantinus HarmempuluSy [who 
 lived in the 12th Century according to Dr. [/] Cave^ 
 namely in the Year 1150, but is placed in the 14^1, by 
 [^] Fiibricius]. They made ufe of [b] Ceremonies not 
 pradifed by the Catholks in the Sacraments ; and im- 
 pofed new Covenants upon thofe who went over to their 
 Communion, exhorting their Followers not to approach 
 the Affemblies of the Catholics, For which St. Aujlin 
 expoftulates with [/] Crifpiuus^ a wealthy and leading 
 Man amongfl: the Donatifts. Julian was fucceeded in 
 the Empire by Valentinian^ a true Friend to the Chriftian 
 Religion, though he joined to himfelf his Brother Va- 
 kns an Arian. In the fifth Year of his Empire [^] 
 died Donatus the fecond, (liled by his Followers, as 
 has been before obferved, Donatus the Greats and was 
 fucceeded as fchifmatical Bifhop of Carthage, by Par- 
 menian., againft whom Optatus wrote [/] fix Books at 
 leaft ; and [m] Saint Aujlin likewife wrote againft him. 
 For a Lift of the Catholic and Donatift Biftiops of that 
 
 Chriftl, qux peromnesgentes difFufa eft, Hothec. Vet. Patmm, Tcii;. I. p. ^36. 
 
 nefariam feparationem. [Aug. Ep, 162. ParlJiU i6xx. 
 
 Tom. II. p. 75 J-. VideEpift. 172., 175.] [/J AngnjUn. -on. Crefcon. Grammat. 
 
 Bapt.fma auda£ier, & quod contra !e- Lib. 3. Tom. VII. p. 265. 
 ges eft iteratis. [Optat. Lib. i. p. 35. J [kj Hoc tempor-, ' Scil. Ann. 368.] 
 Chriftus dicit in Evangelio, qui femel lo DiiiunQ.o Dnnato P[^a:^o EpifcDpo Car- 
 tus non habet icerum neceffitatem lavan- thagiwienft p<rcis fchirmaticorum, imo ca- 
 di, tu rebaptizando iterum lavas. [Op- v'ns Don ztijiarttm, fubrogatus eil in ejus 
 f<»f. Lib, 4. p.yS-J l')rum ab i faem iz£t />(\^ P arrmnianus e- 
 
 [e] V. s rebaphzando exorcizatis ho- jufdem kdx cenaciirimus cuftos atqiie 
 
 minem fidelem, & dic:tis deo habicanti, defenfbr. ["Barofiii Avm\. ad Ann. 3^8. 
 
 malediae exi foras. [Optat. Lib. 4. p. No. 12. Ti>ir,. IV. p. 224. V.cie ecam 
 
 79.] Quid iniquius quam f.vorazdrf fpi- 3rt/^i^^q/:Annal. Pol nco Eccieliaft. Tom. 
 
 ritum fanftum, alcaria frangere, eucha- HI p. 21.; 
 
 riftiam animalibus projicere ? [Optat. f/J Dupin is of Opinion, that rhe fe- 
 
 Lib. 2. p. fS.J venth Book is fuppoGtirious. Ecclef, 
 
 [/] Cave's Hift. Literar. Sxc. Wat- Hift. of the 41 1 Cen.'ury, Vol. II. p- ^7. 
 
 denf. p. 386. [Edit. Londmi 1698. j Tr'-cu/pkus wis ni & difFerert Opinion; 
 
 [g] F^fcnVzV Bibliothec. Grxc. Tom. iil'us memimt Treculphus, Optatmkr>p. 
 
 X. p. 174.1 fit adverfum Z)o«<u;.7w< p.irris caiumr.ias 
 
 [h] Oi ts-ipi Tov AiVaTov h^uv 'rZ X-'f' ^'^^^^ ?• ["Baftiagn AwnA. Politic^ Ec- 
 
 jtetTixcvTjf \ii-t~vo irpiTjpov rj77ret^^vro, Kxt clef. Tom. III. p 22. j 
 
 ivTu /uirAAU/u.Cdv:)v rav dynta-judTo v. [m] Vide AngujUru Op. Tom. VI', 
 
 Cwjiantini Harmenopul, de St^is, Bib- p. i, &c. 
 
 D 2 See, 
 
[ 20 ] 
 
 See, I refer the Reader to the [;';;] Margin. 
 
 Gratus for the Catholics^ and Parnienian for the Do- 
 7iaUjis^ were Biuiops of Carthage in the Year 0,6^. 
 What Temper and Difpofition the latter was of Optatus^ 
 Bifhop of Miievh^ and his Contemporary, has proved 
 at large. He was near as proud as [o] Donatus^ and 
 did not fall much fhort of him in [p'] Calumny and 
 [^] Cruelty. 
 
 Valentinian made fome good lawsagainft this wretched 
 Se5l \ but they had not the Effect of thofe Laws made 
 againft them by fome of his Succefibrs. 
 
 Valentinian and Valens being dead, they were fucceed- 
 ed by^ Gratian and Valentinian the younger [about the 
 Year 378] who left the Government of the Empire in a 
 great Meafure to the Care of Theodofius ; who, though 
 be ufed the moft powerful and prudent Means, both 
 then and afterwards when he was Emperor, to fupprefs 
 tiie Donati/is, yet he could not do it efFeflually. By 
 One Law made in his Time, they were commanded to 
 leave the [r] Emperor's Dominions ; and in this Law, 
 by which all the Laws made againft them, by preced- 
 ing Emperors, were confirmed, they are ranked in 
 the Number of the moft peftileut Heretics. 
 
 [n] Series Ep'ifcoporum qui Carth.f Series Epifcoporum Donatifiarum, qui 
 
 gtni prj:fuerunt, a Menjitrio ad Colld- per idem tempus Cartkagini tuerunt. 
 tionem. 
 
 McnfuriHs, Mjjorlnus Primus Donat':ftarum» 
 
 C£cU'<anjts, Dmatus alter, five Cafcnjis* 
 
 Rttfjts. Donatus Magnus. 
 
 CratHS. Pa-'menLinui- 
 
 GenetHiiS. Primianus- 
 
 Aurelius, 
 
 [Albafpinai ob ervar. 3. in OpirittiTn, p. 10.] 
 
 [0] Deinde cum ante ipfius fuperbiam, [p] Et tamen ftudio criminandi li- 
 
 omnes qui in Chrifto crediderant Chrif- banter bla^hemare voluifti Vomuifti 
 
 tiani vocarentur, aufus eft populum cum de peSore tuo convitium. [Optat. de 
 
 deo dividere : U: qui ilium fecuti Tunc Schifm. Donatijl. adverfus ParmenianHm, 
 
 jam Chrifiianl non vocarentur, fed Dona- Lib. 2. p. 51.] 
 
 <//?.«; Et fi quandoad eum aliqui tx ali- [9] Optat. Lib. 2. p. 54- 
 
 ^ua Africajia provincia veniebanr, ilico [r] Nufquam in Romanum locum 
 
 ad fmgulos quofque veniences hsc erant conveniendi, mnrandique habeant facul- 
 
 verba, quid apud vosagitur departemea? tarem. [Cod. Jufi'mlan. Lib. i. Tit. 5. 
 
 Quafi jam vere pupulum cum deo divifj- Seel. 5. Imp. Theodof. 8c Valentinian. 
 
 jar, ut intrepid e fuam diceret partt-in. Csf Florentio PrKfe£io Przetorio.] Vide 
 
 [Optat. de Schifmar. Donat:Jh Lib- 3. leges Gratianl adverfus Donatijl as, "Baf- 
 
 p, 66.] na^ii Ann. Tom. III. p. 147, &c. 
 
 jrcadius 
 
[21] 
 
 Arcadius and Honorius^ fucceeding tlieir Father Theo- 
 dofius the Greats made feveral fevere Laws againft them. 
 One was, that under the name of Heretics^ under which 
 Clafs they are frequently ranked in the [j] hnperial Ld.wSy 
 though they were in Propriety no more than [f\ Schif- 
 malks. They were [//] denied all Places of publick 
 Worfliip under whatfoever Denomination ; and were 
 forbid fuch Meetings under a large and fevere [w] Pe- 
 nalty. 
 
 Nay, the following Law was exprefsly made againft 
 the Manichees and Donatifts. [x'] We profecute " the 
 *' Manichees and Bonatifls with Severity, and that de- 
 *' fervedly, commanding, that they enjoy not the fame 
 " Privileges with others -, becaufe their Offence being 
 " againft our holy Religion, is a common Injury to 
 " Chriftians : We pronounce them therefore incapable 
 '^ of enjoying any publick Bounty, or of the Power of 
 '« making Wills and bequeathing their Goods." 
 
 And by the lame Law, their Sons were debarred 
 from inheriting their Eftates, unlefs they renounced the 
 Errors of their Fathers ; and all Servants who forfook 
 fuch Mafters, to hold Communion with the Catholics^ 
 were hereby indemnified. 
 
 [5] Vid. Calvin, Lexicon J urlduum ihh Jujilnian. Lib. I. Tit. 5. Se£l. 3. Imp^ 
 
 voce Hxrejzs. Arcad. & Honor. A A. Ckarcho Pr^e- 
 
 [f] Dow<«f(/?<c unam Triniracis fubftan- itSio Urb.] 
 
 tiam confirentur. Nee ipfa cum [n?] Ad hoc interdicatur his omnibus 
 
 illis vercitur qusftio, fed de fola Com- ad licanias faciendas nofte vel die profa- 
 
 munione infeliciter litigant, & contra nis coire conventibus, ftatuta videljcec 
 
 unitatem Chrifti rebelles inimicitias per- condemnatione centum librarum auri con- 
 
 verfitate fui erroris exercer.t. An^ttftlm tra officium fublimitatis tux, vel prafi-^ 
 
 Ep. 50. Tom. II. Op. 207. Denicjue diale quinquaginta, fi quid hujufmodi 
 
 apud vos & apud nosuna eft Ecclefiaftica fieri vel in publico vel in privatis Kdibuj 
 
 converfatlo, communes Ie£liones, eadem concedicur. fid. ibid.j 
 fides, ipfa fideifacramenra, eadem myf- Ix] Mafiich^es, vel Manich<tas, ve! 
 
 teria. [Optatl de Schlfmat, Donatiji. Donatijias meritillima feveritate perfequi- 
 
 Lib. 5. p. 84. Vide etiam. Lib. 3. p. mur; huic itaque hominum generi nibH 
 
 72.] ex moribus, niliil ex legibus commune. 
 
 [«] Can6ti Hxretli ^rocul dubio no- fit cum cxteris. — Sed nee filios h^redes- 
 
 verinc omnia fibi loca adimenda efle, eis exiftere, auc adire permittimus, nifi 
 
 five fub Ecdeftarum nomine teneantur, a paterna pravicate difceflerint. — Servos 
 
 five Diacouica appellantur, vel etiam infuper extra noxam efle volumus : Si 
 
 Decanica ; five in privatis a;dibus, vel lo- dominum facrilegum evitantes ad Eccle- 
 
 cis hujufmodi ccetibus copiam prsberevi- fiam Catholicam fervitio fideliore rranfie- 
 
 deanrur, his aedibus, vel Incis privatis rint. Cod. Lib. i. Tit, 5. Sedl. 4. 
 
 Eeclefis Catholics vindicandis. Cod. /7»;»p. Arcadius, Hon orius, 5c c. 
 
 Thefc 
 
[ 22 ] 
 
 Thefe Laws were indeed fevere enough, (and may 
 feem too rigorous and harfh to our modern Libertines 
 and Free thinkers) and to fuch as had any regard to the 
 [ )'] lawful Injundions of civil Governors, would have 
 been thought obligatory, but to the Bonatifts^ who were 
 not eafily rrfirained by Laws, they werj of little Ef^eem. 
 
 In the Year 401, AureUus Bifhop of Cari:oage af- 
 fcmbled a Council at [z] Carthage^ in order to bring 
 over the Duimtlfls to the Catholic Coj?imumon, offering 
 to fuch of their Bifhopsas would return to the Church, a 
 Continuance of thofe [a] Dignities which they were poflefT- 
 ed of amongft the Donatiffs : But even thefe ConcefTions 
 would not prevail with them. At [b] Milevis likewife 
 was a Council aflembled about the Year 402 •, at which 
 Saint Au[tin was prefent, and he defcribes their accurfed 
 Pra6lices, giving one inftance [c] of a young man, who 
 having been rebuked by his Bifhop, for treating his 
 Mother barbaroufly, he threatned her upon it, to go over 
 to the Donatijh^ and that then he would murder her. 
 Upon which he flies to them, and is rebaptized^ and in 
 white Garments, fuch as were ufed by the Circumcellians^ 
 he fheds his Mother's Blood. From which Inftance Saint 
 Aufiin obferves, that this barbarous Wretch^ who whilft 
 of the Catholic Churchy durft not ftrike his Mother with- 
 otit Reproof-, when he became a Donatift^ flew her 
 with Impunity. 
 
 "[y] Quicunque ergo legibus impera- ceptis poffe perfeverare. 'Baron. H. ib. 
 
 torum ouje pro Dei veritate feruntur, ob- p. 141. 
 
 temperate non vult, acquirit grande fup- [b\ !S/«n;V Concil. Tom. I. p. 777. 
 pricium. Attgujiin. Ep. jo. Tom. II. [c] Quid enim execrdb'illus quzfo te 
 
 p. 210. ut alia taceam, quam id quod nunc acci- 
 
 [x] Porro AureUus Epifcopus Cartha- die. Corripitur ab Epifcopn fuo juvenis, 
 
 ginenfts, folicitus fuit ut hoc eodem anno, crebris caed.bus manris, infanus, et impias 
 
 ex omnibus Africans Fcclefias provmciis manus nee illis diebus cum ctiam feve- 
 
 ad fynodum colligerentur Epifcopi, in- ritas legum fceleratiffimis parcit, a vifce- 
 
 d'lxirque fynudum generalem ad menfem ribus unde natus eft revocans, minatur 
 
 Sepcembris, ut omnium fententia fummi eidtm matri fe in partem Donati tx^u(\- 
 
 ponderis res tra£larptur, nimirum pax turum, & earn quam incredibili furore 
 
 univerfalis cum omnibus Donatrjlis. Xa- folec cxdere perempturum. Minatur ei, 
 
 ronii Annal. ad Ann. 401, Tom. V. p. tranfit in partem Donati, rebaptizatur fu- 
 
 141. rens, et in maternum fanguinem fre- 
 
 [<«] Ut DonatiJJis redire volentibus mensalhisvejiibuscindiditur. [Augujlln* 
 
 ad Ecclcfiam Catholicam indulgeretur Ep, 168. Tom. II. p. 765, 766.] 
 in iifdem ojrdinibus apud fuos ante fuf- % 
 
 In 
 
[ n ] 
 
 In the Year 404, another Council was held at [J] 
 Carthage againft the Donatifts^ which fent two of their 
 Bifhops, Theafius and Evodius^ to the Emperor Hono- 
 rius^ defiring his Protedion of the Catholic Churches^ 
 and an Enforcement of thofe Laws made by preceding 
 Emperors againft the Donati^s, Upon the Complaint of 
 thefe Bifhops, Honorius was exceedingly grieved, and 
 granted every Thing that the [<?] Catholics rcquefted upon 
 this Occalion -, and made fome [/] ad-iitional Laws 
 againft the Donatijh \ which though they did not wholly 
 put an end to the Schifm, yet tended in a great Meafure 
 to [g~\ leflen their Numbers. 
 
 Saint Jujiin who was a great Enemy to [h] Perfecu- 
 tion in every Shape -, and thought before the Promulga- 
 tion of thefe Laws, that no one ought to be compelled 
 to Unity, but to be perfuaded by found Reafons and 
 good Arguments to Conformity : Yet from the good 
 Effe6t of theie Laws, he altered his [f] Opinion, and 
 obferved' [,^], that his City, (namely Hippo^ of which 
 he was Bilhop) which had been almoft entirely feduced 
 
 by 
 
 [d] "Baron, ad Ann. 404. Tom. V. 
 No. 123, &c. p. 240. 
 
 [f] Annut his omnibus imperator Ho- 
 norlns ; uc ejus refcriptis anno fequenci 
 datis intelligi poteft, Id.ib. p, 241. 
 
 [f] "Baron, ad Ann. 405. No. Zf, 
 26. p. 253. & alibi. 
 
 [^] Secuta quidem ef^ ex fententia 
 unitas, non itatamen nx. Dnnat'fin omnes 
 ad Catholicam reverfi fiint Ecclefiam, 
 remanentibiis eorum aliquibus obftina- 
 tioribus, quos nee ratio, nee merus cor- 
 rexit. \Baron. ad Ann. 405-, Sedl. 36. 
 
 P ^^4-j 
 
 [h- Verum li ejus [fcilicec Aftgufi'im] 
 exemplum fine difcrimine fequi Tiber, 
 quia Dpnatifits non modo Haeredcis valde 
 fediciofis, fed etiam crudeliirimis homici- 
 dis pee am capitis irrogandam non cen- 
 fuit, quid fupereft nifi uc fceleraris om- 
 nibus parcatur, modo reliquis fceleribus 
 Hterefeos crimen adjunxerint. Quid igi- 
 tur nempe ut ego quidem arbitror, non 
 fpeftabat Augttjiinui quum pro Dona- 
 tifiarum vita intercederic, quid princi- 
 pibus in Hsreticos liceret, vel quid Da* 
 
 nitifta mererenrnr, fed quod expedire 
 novera: in hac causa, id ut tieret a Cxfaris 
 pra:fe3:is contendebat. "Beza de Hxre- 
 ticis a mag-firatu pttmend's, Tradat, 
 Theologic. Vl I. p. 142. Geneva 1 576. 
 
 f/j O fi poflem tibi oftendere ex ipCis 
 Circttmcellinmhss quzm multos jam Catho- 
 lic )S man-ifeftos habeamus, damnantes 
 fuam priftinam vitam, & mifcrabilem 
 errorem, quo fe arbicrabantur pro Ec- 
 clefja Deifacere, quicquid inqu.eta rerhe- 
 ritate faciebant ; qui ramen ad hanc fa- 
 nitatem non perducerentur, nifi le^ura 
 i!*arum qus tibi difplicent, vinculis tan- 
 qua m Phrienetlci ligarentur. [yltf^ujlin, 
 Ep ft. 48. ad yinctndum, p. 1 6 7. J 
 
 Nan illos auc illos homines, fed mu!- 
 tas civitaces videmus fuilT- D.natlfias^ 
 nunc eflfe Catholicos, deteftari vehementer 
 d'tabolicam feparationcm, dili,^'.ere ardenter 
 nnitatem. y^u^ttfiin. Ep, 48. p. 174. 
 
 [k] Nam mea primitus fententia erst 
 neminem ad unitdem Chriftj co^'en- 
 dum, verbo efTe agendum, difputacione 
 pugnandum, ratione vincendum, re 
 jklos Catholicos bab^iCTiUS, quos apertns 
 HiirstUdt 
 
[ 24 3 
 
 by the Bonatifts^ by the Emperors Laws, which punifh- 
 cd fome of them with Deaths was as much united in 
 Catholic Unity, as if there had never been a Schifm in 
 that Place. For being firfl: awed by Fear, that Truth 
 (which was not to be met with amongft i\\€\v fchifmatical 
 Leaders) afterwards convinced them, and made them 
 abhor their former wicked Praflices. 
 
 " They were reconciled in Crouds, [/] (fays M. U 
 «' Ahhs Fleury) from the Time that the Laws were pub- 
 *' lifhed againft them, and particularly that of the 22d 
 *' of June 414, by which they were all fined in very 
 *t confiderable Sums. But thofe whom the Severity of 
 '^ thofe Laws could not prevail with to return to the 
 *' Church, broke out with greater Fury than before, 
 «' which they carried to fuch a Heigth, as to kill them- 
 *' felves out of mere Spight to the Catholics^ in order 
 «' to load them with the hatred of their Death. Cer- 
 *^ tain good People, being terrified at thcfe Examples, 
 *' were in doubt whether it were not better to let them 
 *' alone, than to urge them too far." 
 
 In the Year 41 S, the ifl of May^ all the Bifhops of 
 Africa met in full Council at Carthage^ and [w] " there 
 ^' drew up feveral Canons touching the Reunion of the 
 *' Bonatifts, in order to fix upon a Cathedral ; to which 
 *' the feveral private Churches, which the Bifhops had 
 *« reunited either before or fince the enadting of the im- 
 *' perial Laws againft them, fhoujd be fubordinate : In 
 *^ what manner their reunited Bifhops fhould fhare the 
 
 Httrettcos noveramus ; fed hxc opinio exemplum imitari vifum eft orthodoxis, 
 
 jnea non contradlcentium verbis, fed donee Donattjlarnm^ ec CircumcelUonnm 
 
 demonftrantlum fuperabatur exemplis. hue pervellerec pervicax & infanabilit 
 
 Nam prime mibi opponebatur civitas infania nimium diu tolerata. Nam pra:- 
 
 mea, quj£ cum tota effet in parte Dona- ter fchifma, quo non aliud exltiabilius fi 
 
 ti, ad unitatem Catholicam timore le- proceffiflet, agitabant, vulnerabant, in- 
 
 gwm imperialium converfa eft, quam nunc jeaa in oculos calce aceto temperara cxo- 
 
 vidimus ita hujus veflrx animofiratis per- culabant orthodoxos alios occidentes, ali- 
 
 riciem deteftari, ut in ea nunquam fuifle os ad homlcidium metu mortis adigen* 
 
 credatur. u4tigKfiln, Epift. 48. p. 174. tes. Erafmi Apolog. ziverins Monachos 
 
 Ufqiie ad iEtatem ^ttgpji'ini, hoc eft Hifpams, Tit. 4« Tom. JX. p. 1054, 
 
 ^plus quam quadringentis port Chriftum, Edit. Lugdun. "Batavor. 1706. 
 -narum annis, nufquam legimus ortho- [/J Ecclefiaftical Hiftory, Book 25, 
 
 dnxos implorafle praefidium adverfosH^:- Vol. 3. p. I99» 
 jfticos, cum id frequenciftime fa£i:um eft [rn\ Fleury , ibid. p. ail. 
 ab ipfis Hxrciicis ; nunquam camen hoc 
 
 ' « Diocefe 
 
r 25] 
 
 « Dlocefe with the Catholic Bifhops : In what manner 
 *' the Zeal of thofe fhould be rewarded^ who were par- 
 *« ticularly afTiduous in converting the neighbouring 
 " People j" with feveral other good Laws tending to 
 Union. 
 
 This Schifm had already fubfifted in the African 
 Church, to its great Difturbance above a Century : And 
 though it is plain, (as has been already obferved) that the 
 Laws made againft the Bonatifls had much leiTened 
 their Numbers, by engaging many of them to Confor- 
 mity with the Catholic Churchy fo that it was not in 
 the Power of the reft to give much Difturbance ; yet 
 that they ftill had a being in Jfrica for near two 
 hundred Years longer, is evident from the genuine [n] 
 Epiftles of Gregory the Great^ who flourifhed at the lat- 
 ter end of i\\Qjixth^ and died at the beginning of the 
 feventh Century^ namely in the Year \o'\ 604. It is 
 obferved of him by Monfieur Bupin^ (with fome fmall 
 Hints of Iks Supremacy as Bifhop of Rome,) [p] '« That 
 *' he ftood up againft the Donatijls of Afric^ and hin- 
 "s dred a Bonatift Bifhop from being Primate of iV«- 
 * midia ; and chofe in his Room one Columhus, whom 
 /^ he made his Delegate and Agent. He ordered him 
 *' afterwards to hold an AfTembly of the Bifhops of 
 *« Numidia, to judge a Bifhop who was accufed for tak. 
 « ing Money to fuffer a Bonatift Bifhop in his City» 
 '' and defires he may be depofed, if he was convided 
 «* of his Crime : For it is very juft (fays he) that one, 
 *' who hath fold Jefus Chrift for Money to a Heretic^ 
 " fhould henceforth be difabled to difpenfe the holy 
 << Myfteries, B. 2, Ep. 33. On the other hand he ex- 
 
 [»] Id unum monuiffe non pigebir, nee facile ad pac?m et uniratem Ecdefias 
 
 hoc fchifma diutilTime in Afric& perfevc- revertuntur, qui fe ab ea temere abrupe- 
 
 rafle. Nam pontificaru Gregorii magnl, runt, [FalcJ. de Schifm. Donatiji, cap. 
 
 id eft annis fere trecentis ab ordinatione 18. p. 785-.] 
 
 Majorini, Donhijiarum fchifma adhuc per [oj Dupin's Eccl. Hift. of the fixth 
 
 jifricam viguit ; ut docec Gregorins in Cent, p^ 73. 
 
 libro I. Epiftola 7f. ad Epifcopos 2/«- [p] Dnpm, ibid, p. 89. V\Aq Launotl 
 
 midia :Sx. Ep. 33. lib. 2. et in libro 3. Epift. 2. Michaeli Girardi, Vertolitnfi 
 
 Ep« 3i> 35* & in libro J. Ep. 36, & Abbati, p. 617. 
 ^1* adeo tenax efl erroris fui fchifma > 
 
 E « horted 
 
[ a6 ] 
 
 *« horted Pantaleon Governor, of Afric^ to put a flop 
 " to the Progrefs of this Schifm^ B. 3. Ep. 32, q^p,, 
 
 . «' He made an order, forbidding to admit the Bonatifts 
 ' " who were convidted into the Clergy,** which plainly 
 
 •^ proves the Miftake of [^] Balduin, a famous Civilian^ 
 who, though he allows that the Bonatifts fubfifted in 
 the Time of Gregory the Great in other Places, yet 
 feems to think, that Africa was pretty free from them. 
 
 I Ihall now conclude this (hort Hiftory of the Bona- 
 tifts^ with an Account of fome of thofe [r] Se^s which 
 fprung from that fchifmatical Monger ; which, though 
 they were much divided amongft themlelves, yet united 
 their Forces whenever an Opportunity of aggri^ing the 
 Catholics offered itfelf ; and thefe Se5is received a Deno- 
 mination from their feveral Leaders. 
 
 The [j] Luciferians were the moft moderate, and 
 were fo called from [t] Lucifer Calaritamis Bifhop of 
 Sardinia ; he was prefent at the Council of Nice^ and 
 was a zealous Defender of the Catholic Faith againft the 
 Arians \ for which he was banifhed when they were in 
 Power •, and yet he afterwards fepa rated from the Ca- 
 t holies, becaufe fome Arians [«], upon renouncing their 
 rorf, were admitted into the Catholic Churchy and made 
 capable of holding ecclefiaftical Preferments. 
 
 [if] Nam et Grc^oWJ Font, remporlbus God forbid) that they will crumble like 
 
 mulcos paiTim fuifle, ex ejus Epiftolis ap- the Donatifis into Variety of Seds, and 
 
 paret. iibcra_ randem tuic Ecclefia ^/r/- receive different Denominations from 
 
 caJia, & puHis Vandalis^ reftituta fuas li- their Leaders, Namely, the Wejleys, J^hit^ 
 
 bertati imperiotjue Rom. [Hirior. Car- field, In^haviy De Lamotte, Rogers, 
 
 ihagtnerif, CoUat- a Fra. 'BaldttinOf J. C. Seward, and Howel Harris^ 
 
 Append. Optat. p. 657. [jj See an Account of the Errors of 
 
 [r] Multa inter Donatljias fafta funt the Lnciferians, jiugujiin. de Agone 
 
 fchi(mat3, & ab eis fe diverfis coetibus ChrtfiianOf Tom. III. p. 775. Defpiritii 
 
 alii atque alii fepararunt. Forbefn In- et anima, Tom.III. p. 888. 
 
 firua. Hiftorico-Theologicar. Lib. 14. [r] Luciferiams a Lucifero Calarltana 
 
 cap. 4. p. 664. E6.\u A7vjiel£dar»i 1702. Epifcopo exortos, &c. Augufiln. de Hx' 
 
 The Methndifts are now much divided refibusad quod vnlt Deum, Tom. VI, p. 
 
 amongft themfelves. Mr. 3r n 30. 
 
 one of the firft, as I am told, a man of [«] Hoc difpUcuit Lucifero, quia fac- 
 
 a truly religious Difpoficion, and anEne- turn eft in eis fufcipiendis atque fanandit 
 
 my to Schifm and Fa^iion, hath met qui veneno perierant Arlano : Et cui 
 
 with fufficient Provocation to quit the difplicu'.r, in Tenebras cecidit Schifmat'is, 
 
 Cofnmximvn oi tht(Q hot headed Zealots, amiflb luminc charitatis. Attgufiin, Eij* 
 
 And it is probable, that if this filly <jo. Tom, II. p. 2aS. 
 Sea fliould fubfift foj- any TimB, (which 
 
 2 The 
 
[ 27 ] 
 
 The [u?] Ctrcumcellians were another Seel of Do7ia' 
 tlfts^ and the moft defperate Sedt amongll them. They 
 were their Bravos^ or HeHors^ to fwagger and fight for 
 them upon all Occafions : They were the Zealots that 
 pretended to higher Difpenfations than their Brethren •, 
 for it was their Opinion, that they were infpired by 
 God to a(5t and fuffer extraordinary Things, which they 
 were ready to attempt, whenever their Brethren or their 
 own Lulls did tempt them thereunto. 
 
 Another Se^ of them was raifed by Salvlus one of 
 their Bifhops •, he built a Church for his Party, and kept 
 a Separate Congregation for feme Time •, but being aban- 
 doned by the Donatiffs, who condemned him in one of 
 their [x] Synods^ he was given up to the Fury of the 
 Circumcellians, who hung [y] dead Bogs ahoiit his Neck, 
 and danced round him, finging filthy Songs. 
 
 [»] Ad hancHserefim in Aphrlca, et 
 jlli pertinent qui appellantur Clrcnmcel- 
 lionetf genus hominum agrefte, et fa- 
 mofiilims audacis ; non folum in alios 
 immania facinora perperrando, fed iiec 
 fibi infana fericate parcendo. Nam per 
 mortes varias, maxime prscipitiorum, 
 et aquarum, et ignium, felpfos necare 
 confuerunt, et in iftum fur-jrem alios 
 quos potuerint, fexus ucriufque feducere 
 aliquando ut occidantur ab iis, morrem 
 nifi fecerint comminantes. \^Aagnfiin. de 
 Hxrefibus, ad ejuodvult Deum Diaconum, 
 Tom. VI. p. 28.] 
 
 Porro fi nos velimus probare vos efle 
 jnterfeclores prophetarum, nimis Ion- 
 gum fit ut per loca fingula colligamus 
 quas furiofi vertri principes Clrcnmcellio- 
 ntim, et ipfx catervK vinolentorum atque 
 infanorum juvenum asdiderint ab initio 
 fchifmatis veftri, fed omnino cedere de- 
 fiftant ftrages de proximo agro. uiu- 
 gujlin. contra literas Patiliani, Lib. 2. p. 
 
 Cinumcellknes^ Thllaftrms Circui cores 
 vocar, haerefi tregefima feptima in Africa 
 (inquit) funt, qui Circuttores dicuntur, hi 
 circumeunt terras, & quos inveniuni in 
 via, cogunt eos ut inter£ciantur ab illis 
 dicentesfe defiderare pati martyrium — 
 Forbefti Inftru£t. Hiftorico-Theologic. 
 Lib. 14. cap. 4. p. 664. Vide etiam Phi- 
 lajirti Epifcopi ^ri:(ienjis Libr. de Ha:- 
 ref, Biblioihec. patrum veterum, Tom, 
 
 IV. per de la "Eigne y p. ai. Vhilafirlm 
 floruit circa Ann. 380. Vide Sxculum 
 Areanum. C^x/f'sHift. Literar. p. 2.28. 
 
 [at] Allegabant veftri 'Bagaienfe con- 
 cilium, & damnacos flaf^itabanr, in "Ba- 
 galenfi facris aedibus pelli inftabatur, dic- 
 ta caufa eft,- cum eo prasfente, Sahitrm 
 Membrejitanum, Hsrecicum oftendffis, 
 viciftis, expuliftis. [Attgvftin. contra 
 Crefcomnm Grammaticum, Lib. 3. Tomt 
 VIL p. 276.] 
 
 [7] Membrejitanis fuis dicitenim J**?/- 
 vius, cur tantas Abitinenfes plagas & 
 contumelias intulerunr, per quas ifti me- 
 ruerunt ut de Ecclefia pelierentur i uc 
 ejus cervici etiam mortuorum canum ca- 
 davera colligarent : Ut poftremo cum 
 illo ad turpes voces, cantat'ionefque fal- 
 tarenr. Qnem fermonem, pofteaquam 
 tanta perpeflus eft, eum puramiis ha- 
 buifle cum fuis, quos miferos decepic, uc 
 alteram (ihi'LuJiUcam fabricarenc. — Taf- 
 corum tyrannorum commemorarur anti- 
 qua credulitas, qui mortuavivis, humana 
 humanis corpora conjungebant: Canina 
 vero humanis, & hxcEpifccpallhnsmtm- 
 bris, nefcio utrum quifquam fe vel audi0e 
 unquam vel legiffe commemorat. 
 
 [Atigitftin, contra Epiftolam Taryne* 
 mani Donatijixy Lib. 3. Tom. VTl. p. 
 73. AngMjiln. contra Crefcon. Gfam- 
 mat. Lib. 4. cap. 48. Vide 3.»/«4g8 
 Annal. Tom. IIL p. 14S.] 
 
 E 2 
 
 Thcrs 
 
[.28] 
 
 There was another Se5f of them called Maxmintamjlsy 
 from Mamniniarius^ who was Competitor with Primia- 
 tnus for the See of Carthage^ being of the \z] Alliance 
 of Donatus, and aflifted by fome good Women, he was 
 in hopes of Succefs *, but for any real Worth or Abi- 
 lity, other than to be at the Head of a Party or Fadlion, 
 St. Auftin fomewhere obferves, that Maximinianus might 
 have been Minimianus^ and Priniianus Po§fremianus\ 
 The Aflembly was divided, but the greater Part voted 
 for Prirnianus^ to the no fmall Difturliance oi Maixu 
 minianus. and his Adherents, who from that Time refufed 
 to hold Communion with their Brethren •, and gathered 
 ieparate Congregations, and in a fmall Time he and his 
 Brethren had engaged forty three Bifhops of their Side, 
 and thefe condemned Primiams, and acknowledged 
 Mamninianus for their Primate. Nay, St. Auftin takes 
 notice of another meeting, in which were one hundred 
 Bifhops that confirmed Maximmianus \ but ftill Pri- 
 tnianus^s Party out-numbered them, being above [a] 
 three hundered Bifhops, and thefe fhortly after at ano- 
 ther Synod at Bagata^ refcinded all that the Maximima- 
 Tiiffs had done and eftablifhed Primianus in the See, 
 Saint \h'] Au^in (an Author in high efleem even with 
 [r] fome who were not greatly attached to the Fathers) 
 gives a good account of this Matter, and informs us, 
 
 [s:] Qusrite per quam foeminam M<j«r- [^j] Sed de numero contend is cum 
 
 tniniamts, qui dicitur eJTe Donatl propin- Maxlmlnianijlis-, ut dixi faveo, trecenti 
 
 quus. fefeaCommunione Primiam, frx- decern plures funt quam centum, vel 
 
 ciderit ,• et quemadmodum congregata quoc tuerunr, qui damnaverunc a parte 
 
 F.pifcoporum fa6iione, Primiannm dam- Maximimarti Primianttm. [Angttjiin* Er 
 
 xiaritjibfentem,&adverfus eum Epifcopu5 narrat. in Pfalm. xxxvi. Tom. VlII. p. 
 
 ordinatus fie jiuguftin. Epift. 162. p. 300.] 
 
 737. lb ! j^ugujlin. contra Crefcomum Gram - 
 
 Apud Carthaglnent Maxlminlinns con- macicum. Lib. 3. Tom. Vll. p. 273, 
 
 tra Prlmiamim ab ejufdem erroiis cen- &c. 
 
 turn ferme Epifcnpis ordina'us ; et a re- ' [«] De Angujlino vero quid dicam > 
 
 liquis treceritis decern, cum eis duode- Ego certe de iilo non aliter fei tire me 
 
 cim qui ordinationi ejus etiam prasfan- profiteer, quam de eo qui in explicandi* 
 
 tla corporali interfuerunt, atrocifHma prascipuis Chrijilanic rdigionis capitibus, 
 
 criminacionedamnatuscompuliteos nofle veteres omnes, turn Grtcos^ turn Latinot 
 
 etIam ex:ra Ecclefiam dare pofle biptif- fcriptores, men quidem judicio longo 
 
 mum Chrifti. [Augnfiin, de Hasref. ad intervailo fuperavic. ["Beza de HxretUis 
 
 ^uod vult Deum Diaconuin, Tom. VI. a magiftratu puniendis. Tra€l. Theolo- 
 
 p. 28- Vide Tom, VII, p. 15. EpiU. 50. gic. Tom. L p. 141.J 
 "ifonio II. p. 2^5 
 
 that 
 
that they could with6tit Scruple execute the imperial 
 Laws againft (fuch as occafioned Divifions in their 
 Churchj the Maximinianiffs but thought it Perfecution, 
 when the CathoUcks proceeded by the fame Laws againft 
 them ; :and farther obferves, that the^- Maximinianifls 
 were compared by them, to [d] Core^ Dalhan, and 
 Abiram ; and that they pronounced Sentence againft 
 them in a lofty (if not blafphemous) Scile. Nay, he 
 fully confutes them from their own Arguments againft 
 the [e] Maximinianifts, 
 
 Though the Donaiilfs were branched out into more 
 [/] Secfs than my intended Brevity will allow me to 
 take notice of. Yet how they agree in many refpeds 
 with a modern Seft of Enthufiafts^ called Methodi^Sy I 
 Ihall endeavour to prove by a Comparifon in the follow- 
 ing Appendix, 
 
 [dl Sic certe incipit ea fententia cum ['Bafnagil Annal. Tom. III. p. 148.] 
 
 omnipotenris Dei & Chrifti ejus volun- [e\ Coepic hoc eorum faAum contra 
 
 tare in Ecclefia 'Bagalenfi concilium gere- illos pro Catholica multum valere, uc 
 
 remus, Gamalms, Primianus, Pontius, &c» era eorum penitus clauderentur. [^u- 
 
 et cateri numero trecenti decern. Placuit gufi'm, Epift. jo. Tom. II. p, 215, 
 
 Spiritui Saniio qui in nobis eji, pacem Vide etiam Enarrac. in Pfalm, xxxvi. p. 
 
 firmare perpecpam, & fchifmata refecare Z93> 294. J 
 
 facrilega. Denique cum multa in eos [/] Optatus takes notice of a Seft 
 
 horrenda vomuiflent, paulo poft aic amongft them fomewhat refembling the 
 
 Maxivnirtianum fidei xmulum, veritacis fakers. 
 
 adulterum, Ecclefije matris inimicum, Dum aliqui veftrum & non intelledlas 
 
 Dathan, Core, & Abiron miniflrum, de proferunt ledtiones i ut auferant eciam 
 
 facis gremio fententia fulmen excuffit. illud, quod inter omnes homines folet 
 
 Angufiin. contra Crefconium, Lib. 3, p. efle commune, falutationis videlicet of- 
 
 275.] ficium. Nam et vos ipfi aliqui in per- 
 
 Horrendum quod legimus in Augufij. fun£loria falutatione ofcula folita dene- 
 
 m, [Ep. 66.J modo praconem mififtis, gatis. Et docencur multi, ne Ave di- 
 
 qui clamaret Quifquis MaxiniiniaHO cant cuiquam noftrum, Optat, Lib. 4. p. 
 
 (ommuaicaverit incendetur domus ejus. 78. 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The proud Pharifee. Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 l^l/^OD, I thank thee, 
 
 yJT ^hat ] a?n not as 
 
 ether Men are^ Luke xviii. 
 
 II. 
 
 fa] DoTiaiu! imitated the proud Pt^a- 
 TifeCy when he Taid, Non haheo tjuod «g- 
 nofcat Dens, [ I know nothing for which 
 I may ask God Forgivenefs.] 
 
 Oftat. de Schifmat. Dondtijiof. Lib. 
 -?• P" J7» "S^^^ Fgrifiis J63I. • 
 
 NO W therefore I am 
 fully convinced, that 
 there is a fundamental Dif- 
 ference between us and them, 
 [Viz. The Methodtfts and 
 the Clergy of the Church c^ 
 England.'] 
 
 They believe only an out- 
 ward Chrift : We further 
 believe, that he muft be in- 
 wardly formed in our Hearts 
 alfo ; but the natural Man 
 receiveth not the Things of 
 the Spirit of God ; for they 
 are Foolifhnefs to them, 
 neither can they know them, 
 becaufe they are fpiritually 
 difcerned. [Coj2t. of Mr. 
 JVhitfield'^ Journal from his 
 arrival at London, p. 15.] 
 
 Bleffed be God I find my 
 felfmuch refre/Jjcd in Spirit, 
 and a new fupply of Strength 
 given me : Thus it Jhall he 
 done to the Man whom God 
 delighted to honour, \Whit- 
 Jield^ ibid. p. 41.] 
 
 By the Strength of my 
 divine Leader I fhall at laft 
 be more than Conqueror 
 over the Canaanites^ and 
 carnal Teachers amongfl the 
 Jfrael of God. [Id. ib. p. 79 J 
 
 My 
 
[ 31 1 
 
 J'he proud VhmkQ. iWr. Whitefield, (^c. 
 
 My Heart was full of 
 God, and I /pake as one 
 having Authority, fid. ib, 
 p. io8.] 
 
 I felt the Power of God 
 come upon me, and I fpake 
 with Demonftration of the 
 Spirit to the Hearers Souls. 
 [Continuar. from his em- 
 barking &c. to his arrival 
 at Savanna^ p. 72.] 
 
 Comparing himfelf with 
 the Mijfionaries fent into the 
 We!f Indies. 
 
 " I think, (fays he) there 
 " was a vifible Difference 
 « after we had been preach- 
 '' ing amongft them." 
 [Whitfield, Ibid. p. ^6.1 
 " I now" [viz. after his 
 Admiflion into Pembroke. 
 College Oxford,'] << begaa 
 *« to pray and fing Pfalms 
 " thrice every Day, be- 
 " fides Morning and Even- 
 " ing ; and to faft every 
 « Friday:' [Mr. White-' 
 fieWs fhort Account of God's 
 Dealings with him, &c. p. 
 26.] 
 
 '' I joined with them, 
 " [viz, the Methodijls'] in 
 *' keeping the Stations^ by 
 " fafting Wednefdays and 
 *' Fridaysr [Whitefield, ib- 
 p. 29.] 
 
 I faji twice in the Week, 
 [Luke xviii. 11.] 
 
 ne'^ 
 
[ 3 
 
 They disfigure their Faces^ 
 that they may appear to Men 
 tofaft^ verily they have their 
 Reward. [Mar. vi. i6, 17.] 
 
 When thou doeff thine 
 Alms^ dont found a "Trumpet 
 before thee^ as the Hypocrites 
 do in the Synagogues^ and in 
 the Streets^ that they may 
 have glory of Men. [Mat. 
 vi. 2.] 
 
 2 ] 
 
 Mr, Whitcfield, ^c. 
 
 *' I f aft ed twice aWeek., 
 
 <' my Apparel was mean, 
 
 '' and I thought it was un- 
 
 <« becoming a Penitent, [^] 
 
 ' « to have his Hair powder'' d : 
 
 " / wore woollen Gloves, 
 
 *< and a patched Gown, and 
 
 *' [b] dirty Shoes." [Id. ib. 
 
 *' I was from Time to 
 " Time engaged to vifit 
 «« the Sick and the Prifo- 
 *' ners, and to read to poor 
 " People, till I made it a 
 ' Cuftom, as moft of us 
 "did, to fpend an Hour 
 *' every Day in A5ts of Cha- 
 " rity'^ [Short Account, 
 &c. p. 29. J 
 
 " Having out of Pride 
 *« put down in my Diary 
 ** what I gave away., Satan 
 " tempted me to lay my 
 ♦' Diaryquiteafide." [Shore 
 Account, p. 40.] 
 
 \a\ Moreover when ye faflt be not as 
 the Hypocrites f of a fad Countenance > for 
 they disfigure their Faces, that they may 
 appear to Men to fafi. [Mat. vi. l6, 17. J 
 
 [b] *Tis not improbable, but in Time, 
 he may lay afide his Shees, and follow 
 the Whims of thofe Heretics, intitled by 
 Fkilajirius Excalceati. Vid. Lib. de Hz- 
 ref. Hxr. 33. Bibliothec. Patr. Tom. IV. 
 p. 20. A D» "Eigne. Excakeatorum Hxre- 
 Cs, qux Excalce<^t08 ambulare debere 
 homines adferit. Quod fub Mofe inquiunc 
 diftum eft, Solve Calceamenta tua, ec 
 quod Efaias ica ambulaverit tribus annis, 
 &c. 
 
 Retired 
 
[ 33 ] 
 
 T'hefcbifmaticalDomtiG:. Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 They love to pray in the j^^^jj.^^ ^^ ^^ adjacent 
 Synagcgi^es, and in the Cer^ pjni ^^^^ my Friends to 
 ners of the Streets, that they prayer. [Journal from Low- 
 may he feen of Men. Mat. j^^ ^^ Gibraltar, p. 5.] 
 VI. 5. " Paid Mr. £. a Vifit, 
 
 *' who mod kindly enter- 
 '' tained us. — After we re- 
 " turned from his Houfe, 
 '' ^^ kneeled down on the 
 *' Sea Shore, and prayed 
 " for /^^;;z /Z?^/ cppofed 
 *' /y^d-wy^tej." [Journ. from 
 London to Gibraltar, p. 19.] 
 " At my firft coming in- 
 't to the Inn [at Kilrufh in 
 ^^ Ireland'] we kneeled down^ 
 " and prayed. Again at 
 *' Night fung Pfalms, and 
 *« prayed v/ith the Cap- 
 '' tain, and feveral of my 
 
 't Ship-Mates. The 
 
 *' firft Time 1 believe, the 
 
 *•*' Room was put to fuch a 
 
 *' Ufe by a Ship's Crew and 
 
 " their Chaplain.'* [Cont. 
 
 of Mr. IVhitefield's Journal, 
 
 ^c. to his return to Lon- 
 
 ddn, p. 30.] 
 
 [^] Donatus de C^i^ iVi- Mr. fVhitefield and the 
 
 ^ri, &c. withdrew from Methodifts, though they are 
 
 C^cilianBi(ho]poi Carthage, [c] unwilling to allow it, 
 
 and plainly 
 
 [b] Ille autem non erat CarthaR!ne./ts [c] ", Let not mv Adverfaries fa/, I 
 DonJtlM'^^ Ep-.fcopus, fed a C./. Ni- " have tnrurt "^y^^i^\^"j;. ^^I^^^.^^^^f ^ " J'. 
 
 ^ Lu ADn.1. ad Ann. 306. TQm. III. p. - th.s Generat.on, count th^mfeves un- 
 
 -1 •* << worthy^ 1 go out into tne i-ijgnway> 
 
 '^*J t* i.r.i Hedges, ai.d compel! Harlots, 
 
 f ♦* Publicans 
 
[ 34 1 
 ^/jefcbIJmaticalDon^ii&, Mr. Whitefield. 
 
 and thofe Bilhops that ad- 
 hered to him, and would 
 not To much as hold Com- 
 munion with them in the 
 Sacrament of the Body and 
 Blood of Chrift, but re- 
 ceived it fecretly in [c] pri- 
 vate Hoiifes, 
 
 &C. 
 
 The way that the Do/ia- 
 t'ifts feduced People to their 
 Communion, is made men- 
 tion of by Optatus and St. 
 Auftin^ and was to the fol- 
 lowing purpofe, [d] Good 
 Man, or good PFornan, 
 you are at prefent no 
 better than a Pagan : Be 
 advifed for the good of 
 your Soul to come out of 
 that Babylon, and he made 
 a Chrijlian •, for you have 
 good Affe6lions, if they 
 were fandified ; and by de- 
 fcrting the Catholics^ you 
 may 
 
 f c] Nolebant cam aliis facrificnre, fed 
 in dom'ibus fecrece. [Optat. de Schifm, 
 Vonatiji. Lib. i.] 
 
 \d] '?i nuUus eft prxter unum qui re- 
 dimit animas omnium credentium, quid 
 eft quod dicitis, Redimlte animas leftras ? 
 Jnm iilud quale eft quod hominibus Chrl}- 
 tiaMS, eriam C/er/aV dicits, eftore CAr;/"- 
 fian'. Et cum admiraculo quodam uni- 
 cuique dicere, Cat Set, auc C^tia Scia, 
 cum qui ad Deum ie converfum efle 
 profeflus eft, Paganum vocas. 
 
 [Optat, de Schif. Don. Lib. 5. p. 75-.] 
 
 His enim verbis loqui non erubefcunCj, 
 CaiSsl, CdiaSeia, [la. Lib,/, p. ^^.] 
 
 plainly feparate from the 
 eftabliflied Church, and with 
 as little Reafon as the Do- 
 natifis had to feparate from 
 the Catholics ; and can con- 
 defcend to receive the Sacra- 
 ment now and then in [<i] 
 Court- Houfes, inftead of 
 Churches. [Continuat. of 
 Mr. IVhite field's Journal 
 from his embarking to his 
 arrival at Savannah, p. 72.] 
 The Methodifts pretend 
 to purer Ordinances, and 
 to better Edification than are 
 to be met with in the efta- 
 blifhed Church •, and feduce 
 its Members from it by fuch 
 idle pretences as thefe : That 
 their Clergy preach [<?] meer 
 Morality, (when they know, 
 that they preach the true 
 Dodrines of the Gofpel} 
 and exhort them, if they 
 have any regard to their e- 
 ternal Salvation, to be Fol- 
 lowers of them. 
 
 The 
 
 ** Publicans and Sinners to come in^ 
 " that my Matter's Houfe may be filled. 
 ** They who are fincere will follow af- 
 " cer me to hear the Word of God." 
 [Cont, ot Mr. Whitcfield's Journal to his 
 arrival at London^ &c. p. 88.] 
 
 [^j Our Church does not allow the 
 Admininration of the holy Communion, 
 in any other Place but the Church, un- 
 lefs in the cafe of Sicknefs. 
 
 [f] Mr. iVlnteficld [I am informed] 
 has treated the great Archbifhop Tillot- 
 fen, and that modeft [but admirable] 
 
 Author of the ff**/* Ontj cf Man, with 
 
r 35 ] 
 
 ^hefchif?nat2cal'Don2XA. Mr. Whitefield, &c, 
 
 may become an eminent 
 Proficient in San6lity. 
 
 When this Fa6lion fpread, 
 they left their private lurk- 
 ing Places, and built [d-] 
 new Churches, though now 
 and then they invaded and 
 feized upon the Churches of 
 the Catholics[f^ *, and wafh- 
 ed the very Walls of them, 
 thinking that they were pol- 
 luted *, and at length were fo 
 powerful, as to hinder the 
 Orthodox from burying in 
 the [^] Church-yard. 
 
 This 
 
 [c] Et Bafilicas fecere non neceflarias. 
 [Op tat. de Schifm. Donatijl. Lib. 3. p. 
 6i.] 
 
 Cum fufficerent rempla Dei qus fue- 
 rant, alia facere voluerunt. [Id. ib. p. 
 63.] 
 
 [/] Aut fi veftigia roftra efl'e vcbis 
 videntur polluta, fufficeret terra, quid ec 
 parietes lavare voluiftis, in quibus hu- 
 mana non pofTuntponi veftigia: Parietes 
 lion calcare, fed canrutn videre po:ui- 
 mus. [0/>?i3r. Lib. 7. p. 99.] 
 
 Exorcix.aJitSy et iavaftis, fine causa Pa- 
 rietes : Ur hoc nequitiz genera fubruere- 
 tis fimplicifTimorum hominum mentes. 
 [Optat. Lib. 2. p. 57.] 
 
 Jam illud quale eft, quod in multis 
 locis etiam Parietes lavare voluiftis, et 
 fine caufa inclusa fpatia falsa aqua & fpar- 
 gi pr^ecepiftis. j Opt at. Lib. 7. p. 98. j 
 
 [/jj Quid referam etiam illam impie- 
 tatem de veftra conjuracione venientem, 
 quia ad hoc "Bajilicas invadere voluiftis, 
 utvobis folis coemiceria vindicetis, non 
 permictentes fspeliri corpora Cacholica, 
 <it terreatis vivos, male tra£tatis et mor- 
 tuos, negantes funeribus locum, [pptat. 
 Lib. 7. p. 95.] 
 
 The Methodius arc not 
 indeed fo wealthy as to build 
 Churches, their Followers 
 (though very numerous,) 
 being commonly of the 
 loweft Rank of People. 
 They preach generally upon 
 Mounts, Co7nmons^ from 
 Bcwling Greens and [ / ] 
 Starting Pofts, 
 
 Thefe 
 
 an unbecoming Freedom, by reprefent- 
 ing them as meer Heathen Morallfis ; 
 and I have feen a Letter from a 'Brother 
 and Fellow Labourer of his, in which 
 ^rchbjjhop Tillotfon and Bifhop "Bull are 
 treated with the like Freedom in the 
 following Words. '* 'Tis impofliblefor 
 *' a Man to talk at the rate you did on 
 " Sunday laft, but from too bigotted a 
 ** regard to the Notions and Sentiments 
 ** of fi^me of your polite modera Di- 
 " vines, fuch as Archbifhop Tillotfon, 
 '^ and Bifliop 12«//; who alas have buc 
 ** too much perverted the Gofpe], have 
 ** explained away the Life and Spirit 
 " and Su|)ftance of it, and entertained 
 '' us with the dry Husks of Morality, 
 " ir.Rezd is>i feafiin^^ us with the fatted 
 *' Calff and cloachmg us with the Robes 
 *' of Chrift's perfed Righteoufnefs to co- 
 *' ver our Sins, and ftrip us of our filthy 
 *' Rags." 
 
 [/J *' At feven according to Ap- 
 '* pointment, I preached to about three 
 " thoufand Hearers on a Common near 
 " the Town, [viz. of Northampton'] 
 " from the Starting Pojl. Great Power 
 '* I believe was amongft us, and I 
 " preached with wonderrul Pleafure, be- 
 *' caufe then I thought I had aftualPof- 
 " feflion of one of the Devil's firovg 
 " Holds." [Cont. of Whitejield's Jour- 
 " jial from his arrival at London, to his 
 *' Departure, &c. p. 106.] 
 
 Sain^ Jerome's Words to Rreffinusm^.y 
 
 properly enough be applied to the 'Vanity 
 
 of this Gentleman. Hoq folum requiro 
 
 Ft ab, 
 
[ 36 ] 
 
 l^hefihifmaiicalDomii&i. Mr, Whitefield, tSc. 
 
 Thefe they feem now to 
 [^] prefer to confecrated 
 Places of publick Worfhip, 
 though they have made 
 fome Attempts to [/:?] ufurp 
 the Pulpits of the Or/W^;; ; 
 nay, when thefe have been 
 denied them, they have 
 thought the Refufal a Kind 
 of Perfecution. «' When 
 *' I was on board the Marf^ 
 (fays Mr. Whitefield^ Con- 
 tination of his Journnal 
 from his arrival at London^ 
 p. 1.) " thofe particular 
 *' PafTages of the Prophet 
 ** Jeremiah 
 
 aT3 exlmia fanftltate, & ccnfura tui cu- 
 ius ranta eft puritas, ut ad Sudaria & 
 Semiciiiil'ia tua Da:mones rugiant. Apo- 
 log. adverfus Ruffintim Par. 3. cap. ii. 
 p. z6z. 
 
 [g'i " My preaching in the Fields 
 " may difpleafe fome timorovis, bigotted 
 ** Men ; but I am thoroughly jperfuaded 
 " it pleafes God ; and why fliould I 
 *' fe^r any thing elfe ?" [Cent, of Mr. 
 Whitefield's Journal from his Arrival at 
 Lendnn, 6cc. p. 4<5.J 
 
 " God put It into the Hearts of fome 
 ** Gentlemea to lend me a large 3owf- 
 ** /«g Green, where I preached to about 
 
 " five thoul'arid People. Blefled be 
 
 *' God, that tne Hovoling Greenh turned 
 *• into a preaching Place : This I hope 
 *' is a Token, thacAflembly Rooms and 
 *' Play Houfes will foon be put to the 
 *' fame Ufe. O may the Word of God 
 *' he m'fhty to the pnl'.hi^ down of thefe 
 *' ftrong Holds nf the-DevtU" — [rVhite^ 
 field, ibid. p. 60.] 
 
 *' My own Heart was much enlarged, 
 ** and the divine Prefence was much a- 
 ** mongftus; and indeed I always find 
 ** I have moft power when I fpeak in 
 '' the open Air. A Proof this to me, 
 *' that God is pleafed with this way of 
 "■ preaching." [Wfntefieldy Ibid.p (59.] 
 
 [h\ Weekly Mifcellany. 
 

 [371 
 
 TtoefchlfmaticalT>oxi^i\^^ Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 «' Jeremiah^ which relate 
 to the Oppofition he met 
 with from falfe Prophets 
 were deeply imprefled oa 
 " my Soul, and now I fee 
 <« the Wifdom of God 
 *' in it, for five Churches 
 *' have already been denied 
 «' me ; bleffed be God all 
 «« Things happen for the 
 <^ Furtherance of the Gof- 
 *' pel, I now preach to ten 
 '« Times more People than 
 «' I fhould if I had been 
 «' confined to the Churches. 
 *' Surely the Devil is blind, 
 *< and fo are his EmiiTaries, 
 <« or otherwife they would 
 *' not thus confound them- 
 « felves. Every Day I am 
 «' invited to frefh Places, I 
 «' will by the Divine AlTif- 
 u tance go to as many as I 
 *' can." [Whitefield^ ib. p. 
 53.] 
 This Partv grew by De- " The Methodifts increafe 
 greesfo formidable in /fnV^, fo much, if we may take 
 that at Conftantina (former- Mr. PFhitefield's word, that 
 ly Cirta) {h} they pofTefTed he has preached in his Field 
 ^ them- Meetings to twelve thoufand. 
 
 [Cont. of his Journal from 
 
 [h] Per fingulas jifrics clvkates ita his arrival 2it Loudon, p. 1 8.] 
 jam pervagabatur hoc malum, ut pene y^ tWentV thoufaud, [Id. 
 
 rent -Be^ia de Hxretids a raagiftratu lb. p. 9 O.J 10 tMirty tnOU- 
 fK«,W/., Tom.I. Traa.Theolog,c. p. ^^^^^ j-j^j^^ p. 89.] Nay, 
 
 '"^Reverfi in JfrUam, -Bafilkam inva- tO eio;hty thoufand PcrfODS^ 
 
 ferunc, quam in Co»y?^«fiW civ'tate in rjj ^u ^ in.l 
 
 AW/a idem Confiantinns er.gendam ^IQ. 10» p. 111. J 
 
 euravit, qua privaci, Catholici Chrlftiana 'J^Tlt 
 
 ^ patient la 
 
[ 38 ] 
 
 Tlefcbi/maticalDonztiH. Mr. Whiteiield, &c\ 
 
 themfelves of the principal 
 Church, and compelled the 
 Catholics to meet in the Fif- 
 cal [or the Place where the 
 Emperor's Treafure was 
 kept ♦,] and upon the Peti- 
 tion of the Catholics^ that 
 they might convert it into 
 a Church, the Emperor 
 caufed a Church to be built 
 for them at his own [f] Ex- 
 pence. 
 
 They were great Inter- 
 preters of God's Judgments 
 upon their Adverfaries, 
 When Urfadus^ a Catholic 
 Officer of the Emperor's, 
 loft his Life in the Wars, 
 the Donatlfts [Jz] rejoiced 
 very much, and pronounced 
 
 his 
 
 patientia ja^luram t^lerantes, a turbifque 
 excitandis penitus abftinente>, petierunt 
 ab imperatore//"c^j/2w fibi largiri locum, 
 jn quo adificarent Ecclefiam, &c. 
 
 'Bjro?./V Anna), ad Ann. 316. Torrii 
 311. p. 185. Vide etiam Valef. de Schif. 
 Donatiji. cap. ly. 
 
 ft] Sed extac refcriptum Cotijlantinid.6. 
 cofdem Epifcopos, quo peticioni illorum 
 annuens, non folum f.fcakm domum eis 
 donari prscepit, verunri etiam fumptus 
 ad fabricationem Ecclefice fubminiftravlt. 
 Valef. de Schifm. Donatifi* cap. ij. p. 
 
 [k] Audi, inquir, periit Macarias, pe- 
 tiit UrfacitiSy cun£lique comires veftri, 
 Dei paricer vjndifta per lerunt : Urfacium 
 namque Barbarica pugna profiratum, fs- 
 vis unguibus alkes, canumque avidi den- 
 ies morfibus dircerpfemnt- [Aufiujiin. 
 conrra Titeras Tetillani Donat'tfi. Lib. l. 
 a. Tom. VII. Of. p. 143, 147 .J 
 
 The Methodifts take up- 
 on them likev/ife to inter- 
 pret God's Judgments upon 
 their fuppofed Adverfaries. 
 " One Thing (fays Mr. 
 White field. Con tin. of his 
 Journal from his arrival at 
 London^ &c. p. 31.) " af- 
 " fe6led me much in their 
 " Letters, viz. the News 
 " of a p-eat Oppofer^s being 
 '< given over by the Phyfi-- 
 " dans : — Alas ! poor Man, 
 " we all prayed heardly for 
 him, knowing how (hort- 
 ly he muft give an Ac- 
 count of what he had 
 moft unjuftly faid, and 
 wrote againft me, and 
 many true Servants of 
 Jefus Chrift : Father, lay 
 not this Sin to his Charge. 
 '^ Amongft the Letters I 
 received from religious 
 " Cor- 
 
 cc 
 
[ 39 ] 
 
 q'hefchifmaficalDon^tia. Mr. Whitefield, &e. 
 
 his Death as a divine Judg- 
 ment upon one of their ca- 
 pital Enemies •, they did the 
 like upon Macarius and o- 
 thers. . 
 
 C( 
 
 (c 
 
 They pretended to Vifions 
 of [/] Angels. 
 
 The 
 
 Correfpondents,onewrites 
 to me thus. — Mr. [Venn] 
 who wrote that Letter ia 
 the Mifcellany died Yef- 
 ^' terday, [t] he is now 
 ^« gone to give an Accoisnc 
 '' ofthe many hard Speeches 
 " contained therein ; and is 
 " convinced, that Ortho- 
 " doxy in Notion is not 
 *' the whole of Religion." 
 [PVbitefield, ibid. p. 33.] 
 
 The Methodifis pretend to 
 
 Virions \_k], '' Sunday^ 
 
 March 
 
 Et invidiam facitis Macarit qui fi ali- 
 quid afpere feck pro unitate, leve vide- 
 ri poterir, dum vos pro diflenfione 
 tanta mala, acerba, cruenta, et hoftilia 
 feceritis. 
 
 [Opat. de Schifm. DonatiJ}* Lib. 2. 
 p. 55. Vid. Lib. 3. p. 74-76.1 
 
 [/] lUe entm ordinem Chuflianltatis 
 civitatis veftrz tibi ut infinuaret, jujfijfe 
 fibiangelumfcriblt, cum tu teneasChrtfiia- 
 nltatem non civitatis tux tantum, non 
 tanrum j^phrha, vel Afrorurriy fed totlus 
 orbis terrje, q'lje annunciata eft, & an- 
 runciatur omnibus gentibus. [Augrtfiin. 
 Refp. Uteris cujafdam Po«4*//?. Ep. 165. 
 p. 7 JO. Tom. IL Op.^ 
 
 Quaproper cum Pattltts Apoftolus ite- 
 rum dicat, quia Ipfe Satanas trausf'gurat 
 ft in j^ngdum Iticis j unde non efle mi- 
 rum fi miniftri ejus non transfigurant fi- 
 cut miniftros juftitiae. Si vere ifte ali- 
 quem angelnm vidic^erroris nuncium ; ec 
 de unitate Catholica Chrlfttanos feparare 
 cuplentem, ipfe paflus eft Angelum Sata- 
 n£ transfigurantem fe velut angelum lu- 
 cis. Si autem mentitur, et nihil tale 
 vidit, ipfe eft minifter .y^f^w^c, transfigu- 
 ransVe velut miniftrum juftitiK, [wf«- 
 Siufi, Id. ib. p. 753] 
 
 [t] Ut crimina in filentium mitterent 
 fua, vicam infamare conati funtalienam : 
 Et cum poffent ipfi ab innocentlbus ar- 
 gui, innocentes arguere ftuduerunt, mit- 
 rentes ubique literas livore diftante con- 
 fcriptas. [Optat. Lib. i. p. 42..] 
 
 Magis enirn amplexi funt occafionem, 
 qua pofTent alios falsa criminatione per- 
 fundere, ee converfis in eos linguas ho- 
 minum, ab inquifitione criminum fuo- 
 rum hoc modo declarare, [Augufiin, 
 Epift. 162. Tom. IL Op. p. 729.] 
 
 *' It is true indeed, (fays the Author 
 <' of the Friendly Debate^ Continuar. p. 
 ** 188,) In this manner to fit fpelling 
 '^ and obferving divme Juftice upon 
 " every Accident and flight Difturbance 
 " that may happen humanly to the Af- 
 '* fairs of Men, is but a Fragment of 
 ** your broken Revenge. — For if they 
 *' can perfuade the People, that we are 
 '* purfued with the divine Vengeance, 
 '« they have obtained their End to make 
 "■' all Men forfake us, and think the 
 *< worft that can be thought of us." 
 
 \k] Dr. Hkkts (in his Sermon, intitled, 
 The Spirit of Enthmjiafm cKorcifed, Vol. 
 I. p. 108. makes mention of the Life 
 of Dr. Samuel Winter, Provoft of Tri- 
 nity College in D«bUn in the Times, 
 The Author of v;hich faith, " That he 
 '* faw the Sky open, and heard a Vf)ice 
 ** that faid, that neither he nor his ihouid 
 2, ** ever 
 
[ 40 ] 
 
 ^befchifmaticalDonma. Mr. Whitefield, &c, 
 
 *' March 2^^ a Servant of 
 
 '' Mv^Bradlefsitnt tode- 
 
 *' fire 
 
 " ever want, [which could not be true, 
 *' for his Son went a begging;] that Gtfd 
 ** aflured him that he (hould have a fafe 
 *^ Voyage into Ireland', and convert many 
 *' Souls there. That when he prayed 
 *'' for a fick Perfon in another Land, he 
 ** had an Aflurance of the Party's Reco- 
 *' very by an audible yoke, and a glori-' 
 ** ous 'Brifhtnefs that fhined round about 
 ** him. That when he was very fick, be 
 ** aflured his Wifehefhould not die, be- 
 *' cdufe God had not fulfilled a certain 
 ** Promife which he made to him. That 
 " he converfed with Angels in a Dresm, 
 *' and had ihewed unto him the exceed - 
 •• ing Weight of Glory, which is laid up 
 *' in Heaven for God's chofen ones. 
 " That he lay a whole Day in a heaveniy 
 » " Rapture, and defired his Wife, a Mi- 
 
 ** nifter and other Friends to tell him, 
 ** Whtthsr he were in the Tiodyt or out of 
 •' the "Body, for he could not tell. Before 
 ''he prayed with Colonel Jonet's Wife 
 *' when ftie was fick, he asked her whe- 
 ** ther fhe had Faith to be healed? 
 ♦■ And when he had done praying, he 
 *' art'ured her fhe fhould live; that his 
 *« Hearers could teli by his Prayers for 
 '* fick Perfbns, whether they fhould reco- 
 ** ver or nor. — That Mrs. Winter's fitter's 
 *' Hus'rand being very fick ^i London, 
 " (he fent to the Dr. at Dttblin to pray 
 '• for him ; but before he could be per- 
 *' fuaded to pray, he retired privately to 
 *'* know of God, if he veere yet alive i 
 " and after Prayer aflured the Company 
 ** that he fliould recover. That once 
 *' praying in Imiration of yf^r<7^^»j'sln- 
 ** terceflion for Sodom, as he kneeled a- 
 " gainft a Poft in the Room, he faw <* 
 *' greai fhining Light ahjttt him, and 
 '* perfedly heard a Voice, frying, The Na- 
 *' tioHs fhall f>e faied for ten thoufaad 
 ** Righteous fike. Thatheufed to pray 
 '' for Things, and had his anfwer before 
 ** he rofe from his Knees, and imme- 
 *' diately gave Thanks thereupon : That 
 " he often heard Voices, when none 
 <' heard them but himfclf, according to 
 *' ^^t xxii. 9, 
 * See an Account of a notber remark- 
 
 able Enthtifafi, one Mr. Weljh, % Siottijk 
 Irlinifter. Hiekts^ Ibid. p. 10^. 
 
[41 1 
 
 1hf€bifmaficaIl)on2iii&, Mr. Whltefield, ^c. 
 
 '' fire to fpcak with me : 
 " Going to him, I found 
 '' a young Man il)^ but 
 *' perfeaiy fcnfible : He 
 *' defired the reft to go our, 
 *' and then hid:' OnThurf 
 ' day Night about eleven, 
 
 * being in Bed^ but broad 
 
 * awake, I heard one call- 
 ^ ing out Peter^ Peter 
 
 < JVrigk', and looking up, 
 
 * the Pvoom was as light as 
 
 * Day, and I faw a^Maa 
 
 * in very bright Clothes 
 
 * ftand by my Bed^ who 
 
 < faid, Prepare yourielfj 
 
 * forycur End is nigh ; and 
 
 * then immediately all was 
 « dark as before.' " I told 
 " him the Advice is good 
 *' whencefbever it came : 
 " In a few Days he reco- 
 " vered from his Illnefs 5 
 *' his whole Temper v/as 
 '« changed, as well as his 
 *' Life ; and fo continued 
 *' to be for three or four 
 " Weeks ^ he relapfed^ and 
 «' died in Peace." 
 
 [Extrad: of Mr. John 
 
 WeJIefs ]omn2i\, p. 16.] 
 
 the Bondtijls pretended The Methodifts pretend 
 
 iikewife to the working of ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^s. See an Ac« 
 
 \in\ Miracles. comwx. of the Child that was 
 
 lunatic^ and the Woman 
 feized with leeming Agonies 
 
 r»i3 Et Pontius fecit Miraculum. [-.^a- qS T\'^r,x\\ in TIpp-U t nii/> 
 gufiln. Exp. in Evang. Johann, Traa. f^ ^-^^^\ [" ^''^^^ . Y'!.' 
 
 13. Tom. IX. p. tzz.} [Co-'^t:. of Mr. Whiteiield'% 
 
 And G Jour- 
 
[ 42 ] 
 
 ^defchifmatkalDovi^ii^^ Mr. Whltefield, &c. 
 
 Journal from his arrival at 
 London^ p. 42.] 
 And to immediate [«] An- '^ What gave me great 
 fwers from God in Prayer. " Comfort was, that the 
 
 " Opportunity," [viz. of 
 preaching at Deptford,] '' I 
 ** believe, was granted in 
 •' anfwer to Prayer," 
 [JVhitefield''s Journal to Gi^ 
 braltar^ Part I. p. 4.] 
 
 <« Have received fomc 
 *' remarkable Anfwers to 
 *« Prayer, both in refped 
 *« of myfelf and Family." 
 
 [Cont. of Mr. Whitefield's 
 Journal, from his embark- 
 ing, to his arrival at ^^- 
 vannah^ p. 22.] 
 
 *' JVednefday^ November 
 *« I. This Afternoon, — as I 
 «« was in fecret, humbling 
 <' myfelf before God 
 <« and had been praying for 
 
 *' a fair Wind, News 
 
 ** were brought that the 
 *' Wind was fair ; which 
 *' put me in mind of the 
 *' Angelas being fent to D^. 
 *' niel^ to tell him, his 
 •' Prayer was heard, when 
 <' he was humbling his Soul 
 ** in Failing and Prayer 
 
 [n] Donam oravir, "et refpondic ei '' ^O^.the Peace and Refto- 
 Deus de Ccelo, crederem fi non divififlet << ratlOn of Jerufalem. 
 unitacem Ecclefia:. \_Atigufiin. Expofit. \Whitp{ipU\ Cont frnrrt 
 
 inEvang.>/;4«n.Traa.i3. Tom.ix. \yi^ mtepeia s ^ov^i. irom 
 £, iM.] his arrival at Savannah to 
 
 his return to London^ p. 
 And 2o.j ^ '' May 
 
[43 ] 
 
 I'hefchifmaticaljyomiiG:. Mr. Whitefield, Q?^. 
 
 " May 8, preached as 
 
 '' ufual in the Evening at 
 
 " Kennington Common, — 
 
 " Some confiderable Time 
 
 « before I fee out from 
 
 " Town, it rained very 
 
 " hard, fo that once I 
 
 " thought of not going ; 
 
 " but feveral pious Friends 
 
 " joined in Prayer, that 
 
 " God would be pleafed to 
 
 *' with.holdtheRain,which 
 
 " was done immediately." 
 
 [fVhitefield^ ibid. p. 93.] 
 
 And it is certain, that " God was pleafed to 
 
 they were but too familiar " give me a Proof that he 
 
 with the Deity. *' was with me in the ^Ship." 
 
 UVhitefield's Journal to G/- 
 hraltar, &c. Part I. p. 4.] 
 " This Day God was 
 « with me of a Truth. — 
 «' Had God with me all the 
 « Daylong." [Id.ib. p. 
 
 J 7.] 
 
 " Had a feeling PofTef- 
 " fion of my God." [Id. 
 ib. p. 21.] 
 
 " The Holy Ghoft has 
 " been with me of a Truth." 
 [Continuat. from his arrival 
 at Savannah^ &c. p. 4.] 
 
 " God is with me of a 
 " Truth." [Id. ib. p. 6.] 
 
 " God has vouchfafed me 
 
 <« fuch plentiful Communi- 
 
 « cations from himfelf, that 
 
 «' I have abundant Reafon 
 
 They G 2 « to 
 
They tampered with the 
 [o] weaker S"X, and led 
 captive filly Women laden 
 v»itb Sins, 
 
 E 44 ] 
 
 0efcbrfmatica!l)oivmii. Mr. Wiiitefield'/C^:. 
 
 " to cry our. Surely God is 
 " hi this Placed [Id. ib. 
 p. 22.1 
 
 '' Had fweet Commu- 
 nion with God laii Niglit.-* 
 , [Id. lb. p. 23.] 
 
 '' On JFedfiefday at fix, 
 <« we have ^ noble Company 
 '* of Women^ not. adorited 
 ^' with Gold and coftly Ap- 
 '' parel, but with a meek 
 " and quiet Spirit, and good 
 ^' Works." 
 
 [Mr. JFefiefs Letter to 
 iMr. IVbilefield, Cont. of his 
 Journal to his arrival at 
 London^ p. 42.] 
 
 'Tis notorious what dif- 
 mai Feuds the Melbodifts 
 have raifed in- [/] private 
 Families, by alienating the 
 Affections of Hufbandsand 
 Wives from each other, by 
 rendering Parents unnatural 
 to their Children, and Chil- 
 dren iindutiful to their Pa- 
 rents : Mafters harfii and 
 bitter towards their Servants, 
 and Servants difobedient to 
 their Mafters. Nay, they 
 feem to value themfelves 
 
 [/)] OptaiKs bids the Bo- 
 miijis remember, how they 
 have divided and torn the 
 
 [o] Aut jvit u:for & refedit rnaritus. 
 lOptat, de SchU'm. Don^tJJIar. Lib. 3. 
 
 ?'73-] 
 
 [«] Recordatnini qiioircd^ a vobis 
 jamdudam niarrls Ecclellfe membra ab- 
 invicem diftra£la .fiinc. Non eninl u- 
 namquamque doriiiim feducere potuiltis, 
 fed auc ivit uxor, & refedlt maritns, act 
 f arentes feduiti funt, 8c fiFii I'equi nclue- 
 r nc : Aur ftetic frater forore tnigrante, 
 perluaflonibus ve.ftns divifa funr corpora, 
 & nomine pietatis. lOpiut. Lib. 5. p. 
 
 73-] 
 
 SufEceret infania: veRra:, quod n-;em- 
 ibra laniaft'.s Fccleliar, qii(;d Dei p-fulbs 
 in iinirace pofito?, veftns feduftionibus 
 divifiilir, [Optat. Lib. 6. p. 94.] Fin- 
 centius Lirlnnijii [Corrmdnit'ir. cap. 6.] 
 makes almoft rhe fimeObrcrvacinr! upon 
 the Ariani. Nee er.im ranrnm affinita- 
 fes, cognationer, amicitio:, dorrus, ve- 
 rum etiarn urbes, populi, provincia:, na- 
 tiqnes. irno univ.^rfum p-iftrsnio Rnyua- 
 nuyn imperium fundiius concudum & e- 
 jnptum eii, 
 
 'hers 
 
 Meml 
 
 [/] Unde ergo jam dicere pur^ Con- 
 fcientiSE fiilffe fraudatorem p-jpillorurrij, 
 & vidua'fum opprefTorem, cdnjugiorum 
 feparatorem, patrimoniorum alienoruni 
 prodirorem, venditorcm, divlfor^m, 
 {^jigujim.' cor\X.xz literas Petlllaia [Dot 
 nation] Lib. a. Tom, VII. |>. m.] 
 
 / upon 
 
[ 45 ] 
 
 Ti)efchifmaUcaIDon2iti(\, Mr, Whitefield, &e. 
 
 Members of the Church, 
 their common Mother, from 
 one another. For- you could 
 not (fays he) f^jduce a whole 
 Family at once -, but Fluf- 
 band and Wife, Parents and 
 Children, Brethren and Sif- 
 ters, were divided ; fome 
 continuing in the Commu- 
 nion of the Church, others 
 falling off into their Schifm ; 
 and by their Perfuafion, the 
 Body of Chrift was divided 
 into feveral Bodies, and dif- 
 ferent Forms of Religion. 
 
 They raifedfalfe Reports, 
 and unjuftly cenfured thofe 
 that were not of their Com- 
 munion, as well Superiors 
 as Equals. Nay, to the 
 Epifcopal Charader they 
 had little regard ; for they 
 falfely accufed Melchiades 
 [q] [or Miiliades] Bifhop of 
 Ro772e as a Tradilor^ and 
 for no other reafon than 
 this, that he prefided in 
 a Council, which was held 
 at Rome, and upon a fair 
 
 [ql Tunc Donatijla ipfum McLh'mdem 
 coeperunc crimini TradUioms arguere, & 
 dicere majores fuos propterea illius judi- 
 cium refugiffc, quod Tr^rf/ror fuifiec ; quad 
 rion jam judicio ejus aiUfterenti & re 
 {ponderenc fe in Cxdiianum non habere 
 quod dicerenr. 
 
 [A7i^uRtn. Brevic. Collat. contra Do- 
 riatipai, Tom VII. Op. p. 587.] Vide 
 etiam libr. Avgi'-fiinl contra Dcn/ttijias ^ 
 fo^ Collatjonemj Tom. VII. p 601. 
 
 Hearing 
 
 upon it. I have feen a Let* 
 ter from a Methodift Preach- 
 er, who afllgns it as the 
 Caufe of his being univerfal- 
 ly hated [w], " That he 
 " has bred a great deal of 
 " Difturbance in whole 
 " Neighbourhoods and tV 
 " milies. 
 
 " I could not but take 
 " Notice of a fundamental 
 " Miftake his [n] Lordfhip 
 
 [to] The BlHiop of Dotcne and Conner 
 (in his Speech to the Clergy at Llfnegarvy, 
 December 26, 1638. p, 11.) obferves, 
 in a Stri£lure on a Buok, intitled, A 
 Dialogue of rohite Devils, *' That it 
 *' ever there were vobhe Dt^vth; or De- 
 *' vils transformed into Angels of Light, 
 '^ it is in their Perfi)ns, who under the 
 *' pretence of Sanaicy, labour to bring 
 " in all manner of Diforders into the 
 ** Church, and Confufion into the Com- 
 " mon wealth." 
 
 [»] " One who has been reputed the 
 " moft orthodox Prelate in the King- 
 " dom, in a late Pdiloral Letter, cdvifes 
 *' his Clergy fo to explain the Doarine 
 '' of Jullification in the Sight of Goi 
 " by Faith only, as to make Good 
 '< Works alfo a neceflary Condition of 
 '' the fame. Such Advice from a Ro- 
 ** man Cardinal would have been no 
 *' more than we might have expeaed, 
 *' but from a Bilhop of the Church of 
 ** England is indeed fuipr'"zin?, and 
 ** much to be lamented," [Mr. IVkiti^ 
 field's Letter to the Relipious Societies 
 in England and Wain, Sec. 1740. p, 
 14.] 
 
 " of 
 
1 46 ] 
 
 ThefchtfmaficalDomtia. Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 Hearing,determined againft 
 them, in favour of the Ca- 
 tholics: Nay, they condemn- 
 ed all [r] thofe that were 
 not in their way of think- 
 ing. 
 
 They fpake evil of the 
 
 Calholic [jj Bifhops and 
 
 Clergy j and when they 
 
 found 
 
 [r] Cur non execrat'io m illos potius 
 cadit qui univerfum orbem terrarum 
 Chrijiianum damnareaufi funt inauditum, 
 in quo tam ingenti hominum numero, 
 fine uUa dubitacioneifuerunt, & funt ab 
 eorum criminibus innocences. Augujiin. 
 contra Epift, Parmeniani, Lib. 2. cap. 
 a. Tom. VII, p. zf. 
 
 [s] Quid incereft an gladio ferias an 
 lingua percutias, indubJtanter Homiclda 
 eSy fi per ce mortuus fuer'itqui vivebat. — 
 Deuterinm Partenium, Dona turn, ^ Getu- 
 lUumt Dej Epifcopos linguje gladio jugu- 
 
 lafti. 
 
 " of London was guilty of 
 «« in a Paftoral Letter pub- 
 '« lifhed this Day, [Juguji 
 «' 8,] for in it he exhorts 
 " his Clergy fo to explain 
 *' the Doftrine of Juftifi- 
 «« fication by Faith alone, 
 '« as to make our good 
 «c Works a neceifary Con- 
 « dition of it. — St. Paul in 
 " his Epiftle to the Gala- 
 <« /f/^«j, pronounces a dread- 
 «' ful Anathema againft the 
 «« Maintainers of this Doc- 
 *' trine. — I pray God his 
 ** Lord (hip may fee his 
 *' Error, and thereby be 
 ^^ freed from fo tremendous 
 <« a Sentence, and let ail 
 ♦' the People fay, Jmen,'* 
 [Contin. of TVhitefield*^ 
 Journal, from his embark- 
 ing, ^c. to his arrival at 
 Savannah^ &c. p. 5.] 
 
 Mr. Whitefield^ though 
 upon every Occafion he 
 flourifhes upon fanatical 
 Teachers, of all Denomi- 
 nations, yet he is not afham- 
 ed to treat the Clergy of 
 the Church of England in 
 a very indecent and oppro- 
 brious Ma^nner, comparing 
 them to the Priefts of Baaly 
 and himfelf and fome Fa- 
 natics (who are probably in 
 his way of thinking) to Eljr 
 ,, ja/j^ 
 
[ 47 ] 
 
 nefchifinaticalT>on2X\&. Mr. Whitefield, &e. 
 
 found that nothing would 
 ftick upon their Dodtrine, 
 fo as to difcfedit it, they 
 then fell foul upon their [/] 
 Perfons. And Saint Aujiin 
 obferves upon them, that 
 they carried on this Work 
 by [u] idle Complaints^ and 
 vain Sind grounJlefs Lies, 
 
 lafti, fundentes fanguinem n on corporis 
 fed honoris : Vixerunt poftea homines, 
 fed a vobis occifi funt in honoribus Dei 
 Sacerdotes. [Optat. de Schif. Don. Lib. 
 3. p. 60.] 
 
 [f] Ills Machina: Httreticorum ut con- 
 viSi de pcrfidia ad maledifta fe confe- 
 rant. Apolog. Hleron. adverfus Ruffi- 
 num. Lib. 2. cap. 11. Tom. II. operum, 
 Ddit. AntwerpU 1578. p. 261. 
 
 Nullus veftrum eft qui non convitia 
 jioftra traftatibus fuis mifcear ; profer:is 
 Evangel-urn, et facicis abfenti fratricon- 
 vitium, auditorum animis infundicls 
 odia, inimicitlas docendo fuadecis, Hxc 
 omnia dicendo contra nos fcandala po- 
 nitis. [Optat, contra Donatiji* Lib. 4, 
 
 p. 78.] 
 
 [«] Ita mente cxci tenebrcfas calum- 
 nias inneftebant, addentes etiam mani- 
 ieftam fah'itatem, c*^c. [Augujlin. contra 
 Donadjl. poftCoUat. cap. 13. Tom. VII. 
 p. 602..] 
 
 Quid ad hue attenditis ad eorum infanas 
 tjtterelaif et va»a mendaeia, [Id. ib. 
 cap. 35. p. 626.] 
 
 Ipii nobis objiciunt vel falla crimina 
 mortuorum, vel etlam fi vera, taroen 
 aliena, non intelligcntes in iis, quae nos 
 eis objicimus omnes illos tenere. [Aw 
 gKjiin. Ep. i6z. Tom. II, p. 735.] 
 
 jah, [Cont. of his Journal 
 to his embarking, &c. to his 
 arrival at Savannah, p. 31.] 
 He calls them Wolves in 
 S'heeps cloathing. [Ib. p. 32.] 
 Natural Men, and carnal 
 fecure Minijiers, [Ibid. p. 
 34.] Blind Guides, [Ibid, 
 p. 39.] Compares himfelf, 
 ^c. to Michael, and the 
 eftabliflied Clergy to the 
 Dragon. [Ibid. p. 43.] and 
 fays elfewhere. [Contin. of 
 his Journal from his arrival 
 at London, p. j^,'] " That 
 " for the moralizing Ini- 
 " quity of the Priefts the 
 " Land mourns j and that 
 " he has converfed with 
 " feveralof the beft of all 
 " Denominations,andmany 
 " of themfolemnly proteft, 
 " that they went from the 
 " Church, becaufe they 
 " could not find Food for 
 " their Souls : That they 
 " ftayed among us till they 
 *' were ftarved out. I 
 '« know this will expole 
 " me to the ill Will of 
 " all my indolent, earthly 
 " minded, pleafure taking 
 «' Brethren : But was I not 
 " to fpeak, the very Stones 
 « would cry out againll 
 " them." 
 
 They 
 
 The 
 
[48 ] 
 
 ^hefchifmaficalDon2iii^. Mr. Whlteiield 
 
 They rejected xhtLittirgy 
 made ufe of by the Catho- 
 lics \ and the Prayer for the 
 
 The Methodiffs feem to 
 prefer their own extempore 
 EffLifions to the Liturgy of 
 
 Emperor made mention of the Church of England, 
 by i'ertullian, [-z^l Oramus " God grant I may purfue 
 
 j)ro I??iperatore, l^c. they 
 omitted. And this is not 
 to be wondered at, if what 
 is faid of them be true, 
 that they likewife laid afide 
 the Ufe of the [.r] Lord's- 
 Prayer, 
 
 They pretended to the 
 power of [ jv] conferr'wg the 
 Holy Choft. 
 
 ["w] Jam ranc medltabatur contra 
 pracepta Apoftoli Pauli^ poteftatibus & 
 regibus injuria m fa cere ; pro quibus fi 
 apoftolum audirer, quotidiero^-are debue- 
 
 " the Method of expound-^ 
 " ing and praying extem- 
 " pore : I find God bleffcs 
 " ir more and more." 
 
 [Continuat. of Mr. J^Vhite- 
 f eld's Journal, from his ar-^ 
 rival at London^ p. 7.] 
 
 *' I find I gain great 
 " Light by preaching ex- 
 *' tempore^ fo that I fear I 
 '' fliould quench the Spirit 
 *' if I did not go on to 
 «' fpeak as he gives me Ur- 
 '' terance." [Id. ib. p. 17.] 
 
 " Near Saint Ja-mes^s 
 " Square one young Wo- 
 " man was filled wiih the 
 *' Holy Ghofty and over- 
 " flows with Joy and Love." 
 
 Continuat. of Mr. White- 
 feWs Journal, from his ar- 
 
 rat. [0/>?rtf. de Schirm. DonatJJiar. Lib. riVai at Lonclon, OCC, p. 42. J 
 
 3. p. 64.] cs Heard of one that ;t* 
 
 '' ceived the Holy Ghoft^ 
 *' immediately upon my 
 " preaching Chrift." 
 
 [JVhltefield, ibid. p. 78.]^ 
 '' And fome were {o filled 
 « -UiMh the Holy Ghofl'' [up- 
 on Mr. JVhite field's preach- 
 ing on a Bowling-green at 
 Cheltenham near Glouce/Ier,'] 
 «' That 
 
 [x] Turn definent diet fratres nojlrl 
 cum defierint dicere Fater yiofier. [^ti- 
 £uJi.\T\ Pfalm.xxxii. Tom. VIII. P.C25,] 
 
 [y] FoUJoannem quippe Apoftolus re- 
 baptizavit ; vos baptlzare poft OptaCtim, 
 neminem audetis; an quia Optatns in u- 
 nitate veftra fuit ? Quare vos poft Opta- 
 tum non bapritacis, nifi in has angufllas 
 coar'Slcac csciras vefira, utdicatis Of r^r«r/j 
 dare potuifle Spiritunt fan£lurn^ Joannem 
 noK p'^.tuiflfe. [^/iu^iifim. contra lireras 
 Tetilianl Donatiji, Lib. 2. Tom. VII. 
 p. 114.J 
 
 They 
 
[49 J 
 
 'J'befdtfrmfical DomtiA. Mr. Whltefield, &c. 
 
 •* That they were almoft 
 •* unable to fupport thcm- 
 *' feJves under it [o]. This 
 " I know is FooJiilinefs to 
 '« the 7mtural and Letter^ 
 '* learned Man. But I write 
 •« this for the Comfort of 
 " God's Children. They 
 *' know what thefe Things 
 mean." [Id.ib. p. 80.] 
 *' I hope I fhall have 
 fome that dare be fingu- 
 larly good, and will not 
 be kept our by the Prefs." 
 [White field's Journal from 
 Gibraltar to Savanna^ Part 
 
 II. p. 36.] 
 
 *' 1 he People received 
 " me moft gladly, having 
 '* had a Famine of the 
 '* Word for a long Seafon." 
 
 They accounted them- 
 felves to be of a Church, 
 that had neither [z\ Spot nor 
 Wrinkle \ to be [a'\ heavenly 
 Men ; and the Members of 
 the Catholic Church to be 
 qurte the reverfe. That they 
 were the only true [^1 Chrif- 
 tiam^ 
 
 (C 
 
 fz] Comnnemoraftis & Apoftolum 
 Paulttm dixiffe fine R*tgay & fine Sorde 
 
 Ecclefiam efle debere. Non tibi vi» 
 
 detur Rug* qua: non poflit uUis fatisfac- 
 tionibus vendi, aut exphnari ? Quid tale 
 a nobis admiflum eft ? Nos expeftamus 
 Deum vindicem. [Optatf, de Schifm. 
 DonatJJi. Lib. a. p. fy.] 
 
 Omitco dicere, quam fcelerata fuper- 
 bia dicanr, neminem efle inter collegas 
 fuos, vel feipfcs cum aliqua macula & 
 vitio, non membrorum, fed quod pejus 
 
 eft, morum. Sed tanco ifti amore 
 
 hominum c«ci funt, & corde impudico 
 adulteros mentis fus, uni legitimo viro 
 coxquare non dubirant i ut quod de folo 
 Domino Jefu Chnllo dici potuit, etiam 
 in Donato perfe£ium fuifle contendant. 
 [Augufiin. contra Epiftolam Parmenian. 
 Dinatifi, Lib. 2. cap. 7. Tom. VIL p. 
 
 [a] Nee terra eftis, nee in terra, fed 
 cceleftes in Ccelo habitatis. [^ugujim- 
 Ep. 48. Tom. II. Op, p. 189.] 
 
 [i] Qua:re quoque a Maximiniam, ni- 
 hil aliud de fe dicit : Non eft enim alius: 
 Impius fuperbis cumor apud omnes, qui 
 
 fe 
 
 [0] " This fure makes fo many think 
 " that every ftrong and unufual Motion 
 *' they find within them, is the Work and 
 " Operation of theSpirit of God. And that 
 " every Place of Scripture that comas on 
 ** a fudden into their Mind is darted 
 ** from Heaven, and the immediate 
 *' D,aate of the Holy Ghoft, though ne- 
 *' ver fo impertinently applied to their 
 " prefenc Occafions; and that all the 
 " ardent A{Fe<aions and Tranfporis, and 
 *' Raptures they have in Prayer, or ac 
 " other Seafons, are likewife Infpra- 
 *' tions from above, and that now they 
 *'^are fi/led with the Holy Ghoft ^ which 
 ** is a grofs and ignorant Conclufion 
 " in my Opinion, for want of fuch ob- 
 '* vious Confideratlons as thefe j that 
 *' fuch Heats and Flights are common 
 " to them with the Poets and excellent 
 *' Orators, and that bad Men have had 
 " them as well as the beft." [Continuat. 
 of Friendly Debate, p. 220. j 
 
 H [Journal 
 
[ 50 1 
 
 ^befcbi/matical DonmH^ Mr. Whitefield^ 
 
 tians, the chofen ones, and 
 the Catholics Reprobates : 
 They comparing themfelves 
 to the [d:] Wheats and their 
 Adveriaries to the Chaff, 
 pretending themfelves to be 
 the only true [d] Church, 
 
 &c. 
 
 (t a Chrifti unkate difcindunt ; quam fe 
 folos Cijrifiianos efle jaaant, & damnare 
 cxteros i non folum quibus eorum lis no- 
 ta elt, verum etiam quibus eorum nee 
 nomen auditum- [Aup'fiin, concra Cref- 
 eonium Grammaikum, Lib. 4. cap. 59. 
 :rom. VII. p. 327.] 
 
 fc] Vex deniquearrogantiffima, atque 
 falfiffima velUaeft,- ita non noflra, quid 
 palcK cum f rum en to ? \_jiuguftln. Ibid. 
 
 cap. 59. p. 527.] . r: y r 
 
 [d] Sicapparet eciamejus tccleiia non 
 in fola ylfrica ^ficut ipfi impudenciffima 
 vanitate delirant) fed toto orbi terrarum 
 difFufa. {Augufiln. Ep. 50. Tom. H. Op. 
 p. 208 ] 
 
 Tertius error fuic, qucd Novatlani fe 
 folos dicerent effe Chrifti Ecclefiam. 
 Hoc enim ex ipsa nominis arrogar.tia, 
 qua fe folos mundos appellabant j & ex 
 ipfo fch'.fmare, & rebaptizacione mani- 
 feftum eft. Id ipCum de Donatljiis di- 
 feite frripferunt Optatus Milevitanus li- 
 bro 2**° contra Parmenianum, et Au- 
 gHp.bitis Kaerefi fexagefima nona : & li- 
 bro 2^° contra Crefconium, rap. 37. & 
 libro 5. contra Epiftolam Parmeniani, 
 cap. 2. {Forbefii Inflru£i. Hirtorico- 
 Theologic. Lib. 14. cap. 5. P.665.J 
 
 They 
 
 [Journal from Savanna to 
 his return to London^ p. 8.] 
 
 '' Many who were awak- 
 " ened by my preaching a 
 " Year ago, are now grown 
 '' ftrong Men in Chrifti by 
 '^ the Minift ration of my 
 ^' dear Friends, and Fel- 
 " low Labourers, John and 
 '^ Charles JVeppr [Cont. 
 from his arrival at London,, 
 p. 2.] 
 
 " Spent this Morning in 
 
 <« vifiting fome religious [^] 
 
 " Souls^ that live in this 
 
 " Sodom [^Bath']. God hath 
 
 «' a Rem- 
 
 [p] Mr. Whitefield hy relijous Souls 
 means (I prefume) the fame Thing that 
 the Fanatics in the Times did when they 
 gave one another the Title of Saints, 
 And I cannot forbear applying to him 
 the following Words of the Author of 
 the Friendly Debate. [Continuat. p. 268.] 
 *' Alas! good Man, doth he think that 
 " we have fuch an Opinion of him and 
 '^ his Saiutsy as they have of themfelves? 
 *« He flatters himfelf too much,- it is 
 *' one Thing to imitate the Saints, and 
 *' another Thirg to counterfeit them. 
 " He fhall never perfuade me, that 
 <' Gltiickf.lver is better than Gold : And 
 *^ that a turbulent and aflfrighted Imagi- 
 ** nation can be a furer Guide eittier in 
 *' the Choice or Exercife of our Reli- 
 ^' gion, than a calm Reafon, and a fix'd 
 " and v/ell refolved Judgment. Lee 
 " him call himfelf and his Party Saints 
 *' a thoufand Times, or as ofc as he 
 '* breathes, it fhall never move me ac 
 '' all, nor ftiall I think the worfe, 
 " but the better of myfelf for being 
 ♦* none of them. Let him pride him- 
 " felf in new Devices of a different 
 *' Worfhlp for the SaintSy and the reft 
 *' of the World, I am very well con- 
 " tented, if ihey will but withdraw 
 <* ihemfelves 
 
Vhefchif7naticallDomii9i. Mr. Whiteiield, &c. 
 
 " a Remnant every where.'* 
 [Ibid. p. ^y,-\ 
 
 " Good God, wherever 
 *' I go, people are ready to 
 *' perifli for lack of Know- 
 «' ledge, and are as igno- 
 .. '^ rant of Jefus Chrift, as 
 «' are the Papifis. MyHeart 
 «' within me is broken be- 
 " caufe of the Prophets'* 
 [Ibid. p. y^,-] 
 
 The Mdhodifl Teachers^ 
 though they profefs them- 
 felves Members of the efta- 
 blifhed Church, yet 'tis plain 
 that they are rotten ones, 
 from the abufe of her Cler- 
 
 [f] They joined with all 
 fadious Parties tho* never 
 fo heretical : And notwith- 
 ftanding there were great 
 Feuds between them, and 
 
 feme that feparated from . 
 
 them ; yet as often as Op- gy, ^ and their high Enco- 
 
 portunity offered to diftrefs comiums upon Dijfenting 
 and difturb the Catholics^ 
 
 they united againft them. •' themfelves far enough from us, and 
 
 > *' lee us be out of the hearing of their 
 " Gihben'JJj. Let him lead them to 
 *' the Indies if he pleafe, and be fepa- 
 *' rated from us by the wUe Ocean ; ic 
 will be a great Sacisfa£lion to enjoy 
 
 our Worlhip quietly to ourfelves. . 
 
 His Precifenefs, I aflure him, fhall 
 never trouble me at all, and I fup- 
 ■ pofe I may pafs my Word for our 
 whole Church, that they will not com- 
 plain for want of his Company ,• nor 
 think it any Dlfgrace to our Worfhip, 
 that fuch do not like jc — There were 
 always People of a morofe and four 
 Humour whom nothing can pleafe ; 
 no not what they do themfelves, v/hen 
 
 once it pleafes others too And 
 
 therefore if they not only withdraw 
 themfelves from us, but alfo flight, and 
 fet us at naught. The Concern is 
 not fo great as to require my Care. 
 Let them call us the Worlds and if 
 they pleafe, the Dogs that are wtthous 
 the holy City, I value it no more than 
 *' the Barkings of an angry C»rr . 
 
 They H 2 Teachers 
 
 [ff] Hoc ergo modo quod juftum eft, 
 ihjuftum judicarunt, cum Optatum Gil- 
 doniamim, totius ^phrlae gemitum, tan- 
 quam facerdotem & coUegam honorantes 
 in coramunione tenuerunt : Aut fi eum 
 Gorde improbabant, fed pro pace tolera- 
 bant, difcant nuUius pacifici patientiam 
 malo non confentientem, ab ullis malis 
 pofle macular!, &c. Auguftin. contra 
 Epiftolam Parmeman. Lib. 2. cap. 2. 
 p. 2f. Tom. VII. 
 
 Nonne toleranturab els cjedes, et in- 
 cendia Cmjirncellt'onnm, qui funt venera- 
 tores przcipitatorum ultro cadaverum, & 
 fub incredibilibus malis unius Gptati, per 
 tot annos totiiis Aphrkx gemitus? Pares 
 jam dicere fingularum per Aphrlcam re- 
 gionum, & civitatum, & fundorum ty- 
 rannicas poteftares, & publica Latroci- 
 nia. Augtifiin, Epift. 162. Tom. II. p. 
 72^. 
 
[ 52 ] 
 
 'The/chifmatical'Donm&:. Mr. WhiteMd, &c. 
 
 teachers of all Denomina- 
 tions, whom they dignify 
 with the Stile and Titles of 
 [q]fpintual Men. [Cont. of 
 Mr. V/hitefieldh Journal, 
 from his embarking to his 
 zxnw?i\2it Savannah^ p. 28.] 
 Eminent Men^ and burning 
 and /hining Lights. [Ibid. p. 
 < , 34.] 'True and faithful Sol- 
 
 diers of Jefus Chrift. [Id. 
 ib.] Eminent Servants of 
 Jefus Chrift, [p. 43.] 
 
 People of all Denomina- 
 tions are promifcuoufly ad- 
 mitted into the Communion 
 of the Methodifls. Nay, if 
 Fame is not a Liar, coin- 
 mon Strumpets have been 
 admitted amongft them, as 
 holy Sijlers^ to the great Dif- 
 quiet and Difturbance of 
 fome that were pious and 
 well meaning Men amongft 
 them. And when many 
 out of Pique, or Prejudice, 
 have run from the Commu- 
 nion of their own regular 
 and orthodox Minifters, 
 thefe Gentlemen have a- 
 betted and encouraged them, 
 probably with an Aflurance 
 
 They received Men of 
 [/] defperate Fortunes into 
 their Communion, fuch as 
 were in Debt or Difgrace 
 through their debauched and 
 vicious Lives, and fuch as 
 were difcontented, as think- 
 ing themfelves ill ufed by 
 Magiftrates, Parents, or 
 Matters, lifted themfelves 
 Under the Banner of Do;^^/^.% 
 and his SuccefTors. And 
 they were encouraged fo to 
 do by their Leaders who 
 
 f /] Nam cum hujofmodi 'bomirtim 
 genus ante unkatcm per loca fingula va- 
 garentur ,• cum Maxldo et Fajir ab ipfis 
 infanienribus fan^orum duces appeilaren- 
 tar J nulli licuit fecuram effe in poffef- 
 fionibus fuis : Debitorum chirograpba a- 
 ihiferant vires : Nullus creditor illo rem- 
 
 fore exigendi habuit Tibertatem. Terre- 
 antur omnes Uteris eomm, qui Te fanc- 
 eorum duces fuifle jaftabant : Et fi in 
 obtemperando eorum jufifionibus tarda- 
 fctur, advolabat fubito muldtudo infana, 
 et praecedente terrore creditores periculis 
 ^allabantur, [Of tat. Lib. 3. p. 67.] 
 
 told 
 
 [cf] Dr. Jackfon obfarves of fome pre- 
 tended Reformers, ** That in their Lan- 
 " guage, every Cormorant that would 
 •' countenance their Caufe was ^ fane 
 *' ttfied Perfon, and a Son of God." 
 [Append, to the third Part of Friend^ 
 Debate, p- J44'J / 
 
[ 53 ] 
 
 T'hefchifmaficalDon^LtiA, Mr. Whitefield^ 
 
 &c. 
 
 told them [j^], that their 
 Sins were all pardoned in 
 their Communion, fuch Ho- 
 nour did thefe new pretend- 
 ed Saints confer upon each 
 other whilft they lived, and 
 they thought themfclves en- 
 titled to a Crown of [b] 
 Martyrdom^ if they died in 
 Defence 
 
 [g] Unde eft ergo, quod vobls perfec- 
 tam fanftitatem de fuperbia vindicatis ? 
 Nifi ut appareat, quia vos ipfjs decipitis, 
 et Veritas in vobis non eft, Joannis focii 
 efl« noluiftls. Cum enim ieducitis ali- 
 quos, promitiitis vos indulgentiam pec- 
 catorum efle daturos: Et cum vultis do- 
 nare peccata, veftram profitemini inno- 
 centiam, et remiflicnem peccatorum fie 
 datls J quafi nuUum babearis ipfi pecca- 
 tum ; non eft ifta praefumprio, fed de- 
 ceptio, non Veritas fed mendacium, [Op- 
 tat- Lib. 2. p. 5-6, fy,] 
 
 [h] Si quis ergo eorum damnatus in 
 tali crimine fueric, martyr centinuo sfti- 
 mandus eft, quia pro f iperftitione, quam 
 piam religionem putabat pcsnas legibus 
 luit. [j4uqu(i'm. contra Epift. Pdtrwfwwsi 
 Donatiji. Tom, VII. p. 19.] 
 
 Audent facrilega fchifmata vel haerefes 
 impijB, fi quando in ftagello ut fe corri- 
 gant admonentur, poenas furor is fui in- 
 ter marryria depurare. [Id* ib. p. 72.] 
 
 Si fupra memoratos videri martyres vul- 
 tis probate illosamaflepacem, in quafunc 
 prima fimdamenta manyrii, autdilexifle 
 Deoplacidam unicacem, aut habuiflecum 
 fratribus charitatem. [Optat. de Schif. 
 Donate Lib. 3. p. 71, 72.] 
 
 Et cum vivatis ut lacrones, mori vos 
 jaftatis ut Martyres. [j^ugujim. contra 
 literas Vetillani Donatiji, Lib. 2, cap. 83. 
 Tom. VII. p. 136.1 
 
 Nulla igitur causa eft cjr tanto fcelere 
 feparationis, & facrilegio fchifmatis pe- 
 reatja, ec tamen fiquid pro hac tanta im- 
 
 ?iietate patiamini, eciam baptizari veftro 
 anguine dicitis, l/ingnfi, contra Lib, 
 PetiL p* I04»] 
 
 Kemo 
 
 of their being of the Num- 
 ber of the Kledl, that can- 
 not, fo long as they continue 
 in their Communion, fall 
 from Grace. 
 
 " Some of the Clergy, 
 " if poflible, would oblige 
 " me to depart out of thefe 
 *« Coafts." [Cont. of Mr. 
 WhitefieJd's Journal, to his 
 arrival at LWc?;/, &c. p. i.] 
 
 '' The Holy Ghoft wit- 
 *' neffeth in every Place, 
 '' that Labours and Afflic- 
 " tions, and Trials of all 
 " Kinds abide me. O my 
 " dear Friends, pray than 
 « none of thefe Things may 
 *' move me, and that I may 
 *' not count even my Life 
 " dear unto my felt, fothat 
 " I may finifh my Courfe 
 '' with Joy." [Ib. p. 113.] 
 
 " I would not defire to 
 '« reign till I have fuffered 
 " with my Mafler : Hea- 
 " ven will be doubly fweet 
 '« when I am worn out with 
 *' Diftrefles, and Perfecu- 
 " tions, for the fake of 
 « Jefus Chrift." [Cont. 
 from his embarking, to his 
 arrival at Savannah^ P- 25.] 
 
 <' Perhaps this may coft 
 «' me my Life, but what 
 «« have 1 to" do with that ?'* 
 [Id. ib. p. 32.] 
 
i ^4] 
 
 "ThefcbifmaficalDonatiA. Mr. Whitefield, Gf^. 
 
 Defence of their abominable 
 Schifm. 
 
 They often wrefted thb 
 Scripture to ferve a Turn, 
 by taking a Text which 
 they [i] did not under- 
 
 Nemo ergo vobis auferc liberum judi- 
 cium i fed vos diligenter attendite quid' 
 potiuseligatis, urrum correfti vivere in 
 pace, an in malitia perfeverantes, falfi 
 martyrii nomine vera fupplicia fuftinere. 
 [jiugnfiln. contra Lit. Peliliani, Lib. I. 
 p. 104.] 
 
 Quid autem infericius atque perverfius fi- 
 cut Donatijia faciunt, qui fe perfecutionem 
 perpeti gloriantur, quam de coercitione 
 iniquitatis {\ix non folum nefcire con- 
 fund i fed etiam velle laudari, ignorances 
 cxcitate mirabili, vel animofitate dam- 
 nablli, fe fcire difllmulantes, quod Mar- 
 tyres veros non faciat pana, fed caufa, 
 [Auguftin. Ep. 167. Tom, II. Op, p. 
 
 762.] Donatijiie vel interfici fe ab 
 
 aliis cogentes vel fe dantes pracipites, 
 Martyro fe nobilitarigloriabantur. Urjini, 
 Traftat. Theologicar. p. 8. Neujiadii 
 Talat'morum 1 584. St. jiuftin in his Let- 
 ter to'Bomfacey at that Time a Tribune, 
 flates the Difference between true and 
 falfe Martyrs, Ep. 5-0. p. 207, &c. 
 
 [zj Nee vos negare poteitis, qui con- 
 tra no3 fcandala ponitis : Dam aliqui 
 veftrum €t non iatelle^as proferunt lec- 
 tiones. 
 
 ftand. 
 
 '' We dined with feveral 
 *« Chriftian Friends with 
 *' the kind Keeper of the 
 *« Prifon, [viz, atBriftol,'] 
 *' and rejoiced exceedingly, 
 *' that we fliould one Day 
 *' or other fing together in 
 « fuch a Place as Paul 
 «« and Silas did. God pre- 
 '* pare us for that Hour ; 
 *' for 7 believe it will come, 
 *' Ijhall he exalted,^ I mufi 
 *' he humhledj' [Continuat. 
 from his arrival at London ^ 
 
 p. 35.] 
 
 Though Mr. TVUtefield 
 pretends indeed to be a great 
 Mafter of Scripture Phrafe, 
 yet how little he is acquaint- 
 ed with the true Senfe and 
 Meaning of it, appears plain 
 from various Paffages in his 
 Journals, many of which 
 he has either mifunderftood, 
 or has grievoufly [r] mif- 
 applied to ferve a wretched 
 Caufe. And many Things 
 that are applied in Scripture 
 to Mofes or the Prophets, 
 
 to 
 
 [r] Credice experto, quafi Chrijiianui 
 Chrijitanis loquor, venenata funt illius 
 dogmata, aliena fcripturis fanftis, vim 
 fcripturis facientia. [Hieronym, Ep. 65. 
 Pammachio, et Oceano, Tom. II. Op, 
 Edit, /intwerpla if 78. r. 229.] 
 
 " Irenatis [fays Dr. Sherlock, Difconrpt 
 concerning the Knowledge of Jefus Chriji, 
 p. 95.] ** obferves of the Valentinians, 
 *' chac they ufed one Artifice or other 
 
 to 
 
[55] 
 
 T'hefchifmaticalDon2X\{\:. Mr. Whitefield, &e^ 
 
 fland, and torturing it to to Chrift or his Apoftles, 
 their own Senfe, in order to &c. This vain [but weak] 
 fcandalize their Adverfaries. Man has diredly applied to 
 
 his own Cafe, as appears 
 from the two or three fol- 
 lowing Inftances (out of 
 many.) 
 
 *' At my return home I 
 " was much rejoiced at the 
 ^' fight of my honoured 
 ''- Friend Mr. John Wejley^ 
 ^^ whom God's Providence 
 
 *^ has fent to Briftol 
 
 " Lord now let t eft thou thy 
 «' Servant depart in Feace?^ 
 [Cont. of his Journal, from 
 his arrival at London^ p. ^c^.^ 
 " In Company with about 
 " thirty on Horfeback, I 
 ** came to Abergavenny,-^ 
 <' All the Way that we jour- 
 neyed, God ftrengthened 
 me mightily in the inner 
 Man, and I could think 
 of nothing fo much as 
 Jojhua going from City 
 to City, and fubduing the 
 [j] Devoted Nation^'* 
 [PFblteJield, Ibid. p. 6g.] 
 " My 
 
 (( 
 
 They 
 
 " to adapt all the Speeches of our Saviour, 
 •' and all the ji/fe^ories of Scripture, Male 
 «' compofito Phantafmati, to the ill contriv- 
 <« ed Fio:mer.c of their own Brain j and 
 '< thus the Minds of Men are abufed 
 «' with Words and Phrafes, and the 
 ** Scripture prei3ed to ferve every new- 
 <» fangled Conceit in Religion." 
 
 [i] The Author of the Friendly De- 
 bate, [Continuation, p. 2.J obferves, 
 ** That 
 
I 56 ] 
 
 TbeJcijI/ma^kalDonsitii}:. Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 Si 
 
 They arrived at laft to 
 that pitch of Pride, that their 
 Followers [k] /wore by I hem ^ 
 and adored and made^Gods 
 of them, for which they were 
 feverely girded by OptatuSy 
 
 {It] Et ut in error^m vefter populiis 
 jnittat, laudando felices appellac ; & be- 
 ne nominant, & per vos juranc : Ec per- 
 fonas veftras jam pro Deo habere nofcun- 
 tur, Solet Deus ad probandam fidem in 
 juratione ab hominibus nominari. Sed 
 icum per vos juratur, jam apud veftros 
 de Deo et Chrifto filencium eft. Si ad 
 vos divina mlgravit de ccelo religio, 
 quia per vos juratur, nemo veftrum lan- 
 gueat ; nolite mori, imperate nubibus, 
 pluice fi poteftis, ut per vos plenius jure- 
 
 tur, et de Deo fileacur. O facrile- 
 
 gium impietate-commixtum, dum ho- 
 mines per vos jurantes libenrer audit,- 
 et vocem Dei in auribus non admittitis 
 veftris. [Opt at. de Schifm, Donatifiar* 
 Lib. 2. p. 58.] 
 
 who 
 
 ^' My firft alking leave 
 fordiePulpits,and preach- 
 '* ing in the Fields, not- 
 •' withftanding they are de- 
 '^ nied, puts me in mind 
 '< of the Children of Ifrael 
 '^ firft intreating leave of 
 '* Og^ Sibon, &c. to go 
 '« quietly through their 
 '' Land, but fighting their 
 " way through when leave 
 «« was denied. Like them 
 ^' by the Strength of my di- 
 " vine Leader, I fhall at 
 « laft be more than Con- 
 <« queror over all the Ca- 
 * ' naanites and earnalTeach- 
 " ers of the Ifrael of God." 
 [Whitefield^ Ibid. p. 79.] 
 *' Many Teemed pricked 
 <« to the Heart, and fome 
 " fo quickned, that they 
 " cxpreffed a defire to fol- 
 " low me wherefoever I 
 " fhould go." 
 
 [Mr. JVhitefieWs Journal 
 from London to Gibraltar ^ 
 p. 17.] 
 
 " Oh God, how doft 
 " thou follow me with thy 
 " BlefTings wherefoever thou 
 
 " That fome SeSiaries in his Time were 
 " taught in a foohfhand dangerous Man - 
 " ner to imitate the Scripture Phrafe ; 
 " and to apply all that concerned Ifrael 
 *' to themfelves, and all that concerned 
 ** the feven accnrfed Nations, or Egypt t 
 *» or "Bahylon, to their Neighbours." 
 
 '* fendeft 
 
[ 57 ] 
 ^^hefchifmaticalDomtia. Mr. Whitefield, &c. 
 
 who wrote (as has been be- " fendeft me! I looked for 
 fore obferved) largely and «' Perfecution, but lo 1 / 
 profefTedlyagainft this proud " am received as an A:igel 
 and profane Sect, « of God. Not unto, me, 
 
 " O Lord. if^o. 
 
 [Continuat. of his Jour- 
 nal, from his arrival at Sa- 
 vannah^ P- 9-] 
 ' " An univerfal Joy ap- 
 *« peared in their Faces at 
 «' my unexpe6led return, 
 *' and they were ready to 
 *« fay. How beautiful are 
 «' the Feet of him who brings 
 '« eth glad Tidings of Sal- 
 
 *' vatton,^' 
 
 [Cont. from his arrival at 
 Savannah^ to his return to 
 London i p. lo.] 
 
 " God enabled me — to 
 «« preach at V/apping Cha- 
 " pel, fo that the Word 
 < « pierced the Hearers Souls, 
 * ' and afterwards I expound- 
 " ed and prayed for an 
 ' « Hour and a half with great 
 " Power and Demonftra- 
 *' ticn of the Spirit, and 
 *' my Heart was full of 
 « God. How im^nediatcly 
 " does Jefus Chrift reward 
 '« me for rny poor Services ! 
 «' As foon as tny daily JVork 
 «' is done^ he fays, enter 
 «' thou into the Joy of thy 
 " Lord ; he coTnmands^, and 
 '« it is done. ^* 
 
 I [Contin, 
 
'^hefcbifmatical'Don^m, Mr, Whitefleld, ^c. 
 
 [Contin. of his Journal, 
 from his arrival at London^ 
 &c. p. 5.] 
 
 '' As foon as I came to 
 " Town, I took my leave 
 '^ of a Society in Caflle- 
 " 6'/r^^/.-^But Tongue can- 
 *' not exprefs the Sorrow 
 *' they were in at the men- 
 '« tion of my Departure. — 
 «^ After this I did the fame 
 " at a Society in Nicholas- 
 " ftreet •, and I believe 
 " for near an Hour they 
 *« wept aloud and forely 
 *' all over the Room, as 
 *« though they were mourn- 
 «'* ing for the Death of 
 '' their firft Born. 0,6 / /:7^£c; 
 " clofe are their Hearts knit 
 *' to me." 
 
 [Cont. from his arrival at 
 London^ to his Departure, 
 ^r. p. 64.] 
 
 *' London People were 
 " much improved fmce I 
 *' left them ; indeed their 
 " Hearts feem to be quite 
 " broken \ and I believe 
 *' they would pluck out 
 " their Eyes, if it were 
 *' poflibletoferveme.^rid. 
 ib. p. 88.] 
 
 " In the Afternoon I 
 
 " preached at Black Heathy 
 
 " when I faid, finally Bre- 
 
 <« thren farewell^ thoufands 
 
 " imme- 
 
[ 59 J 
 
 TbefchifmaficalDon2X\{!i. 
 
 . Mr. Whitefield, (3e. 
 
 
 *' immediately burft out in- 
 
 
 *« to ftrong Cryings and 
 
 
 " Tears." 
 
 
 [Cont. from his embark- 
 
 
 ing, ^c, to his arrival at 
 
 
 Savannah^ p. 6.] 
 
 _ 
 
 " And indeed I could 
 
 
 " al moft fay [/], they would 
 
 
 " pluck out their own Eyes 
 
 
 *^ and give me." [Id. ib. 
 
 
 P- 52-] 
 
 [r] <' May I never by p'ie and Vain' 
 " g,loyy provoke God to dej-^.t from me." 
 [Journal from London to Gibraltar, &C. 
 Fart I. p. i8.] '* Oh that I was hum- 
 " hie, that I might be fit for the high 
 *' and lofty One, who inhabiteth Eternity 
 « to work by. [Ibid. Part II. p. 4.7.] 
 
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