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Occaﬁ'oned‘ by {overalr injurious Rcﬂog
xions- of His upon at Treacifc cntituled.
Juﬁiﬁcatio- Paulina.

For (he better Information of his wake: or
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By TH'O MFAS TULLI D. D;
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M“ B AXTE R ,

have latelie from three feveral publicke trust‘-
I fengers of yours (thelater treading ﬁill up-

On the heels of the former) received your
expected Salutations: all of them much refem:
bling Ahimavaz, both for the fwiftnefs of their
pace, and that they "‘had’norhin’g to fay when
they came. The two ﬁrﬁ indeed approached me
as if they had a mind to lye Incognito's, for
they took up their lodgings where none would
enquire fOr them ; the one in alittle corner of
a Preface to MIr Danvers , the other. in the wide
open ﬁeld of your Catholicke Theologie, where
yet he ﬁood plac’d {‘o cunningly, that a man
might traverfe about three parts of that large
Cbampian, before he'could gaine the Sati-sfaélion

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2. Sam. 18.19;

to fee him; Your 3“. is of a freergConverfation , Preface to two
and though He brought the face of warr with Differ. about

him, and feem’d to threaten much , YCI I found Hg.

him civil and good natur’d , and he went oﬁ"
fairely without doing any hat-me; In your Pre-
face to Mr. Danvers, I am beholding '0 you
for the trouble you have fav’d me of tranfcr-ibin-g

that very little I haveofyour new Original Sinatra;
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27mm: vero preterezmdum non cenfeo 8m. p, 2..only I‘
beg your leave to Englifh it for me fake of your
un-l'atine Readers 3. and thus it founds. Oh: tbiﬁg
I judge alegét not to ée- are-add . 10612-5 is enovelty- a-
mongﬂ t1): nerve}? C témgb it may frame: little more
remote firm-£52 Argument éeﬁre Us) Mat t6! Pre—
facer( I know not 5} wéat ﬂirtzmate Mercury) [ms
ﬁmnd 7/5 anotber Original Sin of 4 mm later Dan
tbm t/a‘at #5165 claims from Adam. 0 Mind Dizzines'
wba ever went before .’ This is my charge , and the
whole of it to a word , which I intreat the Reader
(for his better fatisﬁaim ) to-keep care£ulLy in»
his mind; '

Now, 51‘ r that I doe not prazvaricate-‘or mill
report you in a fyllable , your Selfel doubt not
will be my Compurgater in your P R E F‘A C E to.
a Treatife of another mans concerning the nature ,e
Ends, and DWI/pence of the bra Covenants. Your
words are thefe, 0255' writers, if not moﬂ Cbriﬁiems,"
doe greatly darhm tbefacr ed Doﬁrim 5} overclocking;
Me Interefi ofcbildren in t6: Affiam‘ of Meir xterm
Parents, and tbihke tbey participate of’na Guilt, and
ﬁeﬂer for N0 0 R16 IrNAL SIN‘lvm ADAMS.
ONL T. Any that is not blind (and-underftands
the language). may fee I {alien upon the Iaﬂ claufe
alone , the new. Original S IN ', I meddle with no,
other IN T E R E S T S of Children; this is the A
All of my charge , A new or (as you pleal‘antly
call it) a S E C 0 ND A R Y Original Sin , that
is , a ﬁcondarjﬁrﬁ of All.

Now let us compare your Anl'wer, which in!

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the fame Preface “is Clearly to this effeﬂ ,- that I-
charge. you only for holding ﬁrm guilt ofcbildrm in
their mwerfmvnﬂm. For although in the clofe Of
that period you {huff-1e inyour ﬁeondur} Original
Sin, that comes in but by the By, not as any words
of mine but as an Ex aﬁwzdantz‘ , a private whifpcr
of your own, where it would not by All be fo
eaﬁly minded as any Part , much lefs as the whole
of my Charge. '

'I .appenienow to your fel‘fe , whether this was
done as. a faire ingenuous Antagoniﬁ, or to ufe Delia chw
your own words , as an Impartial Frimdof/‘acred thal’rrf-tf
Trutb mbo it about the Dominion ofﬂarnal Intertﬁ , anng;
faﬂion, andﬁlﬁprejudiu; «new: car’d «flit malady
efprcﬁdmce, .648} judging (9-5; Will any ‘unby-
afs’d Reader think you have done me right here ,
and not rather be tempted to beleiVe you fought
aQttarrel? you thank! have prov’d that Tome be-
‘ fore your felfc had own ’d mother Original Sin ,
and that under the very terms C for I doe not de-
ﬁrc you fhould give your {elf the trouble to
make any Con/quaint: for my ufe) inﬁead of
which you prefent me With [3m Intereﬂ of chiiu
dren in their Parents Sins , which neitherI nor
any Body Elfe I know off denies as to the thing ,
though as to the Extent and other circumftances
all are net agreed, and you may in that enjoy
your Opinion for me. Sr, Auﬁin has a ﬂurp re-
buke for him , yui mr‘a fuppw'mit yuwﬁioaist,»
End biddt 415 have an eye to him, but I for-
' care.

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You goe onthere to tell your Reader ( {would
Jnope not to exﬁofe mngnmtance ) 1&an voyeur
new Original Sin Mas. Aﬂﬁimbjuugmﬁitnwmd mm
orﬁer antient animodegn writer‘s :‘-_=mreinyoq haw
done me bur right , for‘indeed‘lzﬂid nor? know
it, and defpaire I ever fhalh; butvnmreofwthat
anono 1 '. ~1' r 2.1 .. .I‘tgw :I arm n" . “"W "‘"H .4,»

, . You mightjha‘EC-IRCrIdtyidu-r (igniting the: - to.
n} againﬁ me with i'ts ﬂouriﬂt, thardwﬁikﬂtﬁfzd
15er you , whichis,anothervpeoee-of - newes to inc.
I admire the myftery-fo-nmch the more fonthe no»
table prooﬁyotrhavgeannexedao, p‘erﬁwademe and
atheism beleiyc- “natal betvufekympfxz} More“);
1}, Remain mt . Md woﬁem. dam Saudis:
what would you have . me to"‘fnbfume «2--‘..1.;¢mﬁnd
norhing bur this bardfchaptct‘ ;-.thatI'.am.not.fo
harm! wearaﬂz lems‘bﬁm Riemann-more
for the-Lit‘anyrthen I._. ,Wbe‘ewill bozablftmﬁﬁhd
beforeyoqdﬁypqﬁgbt with ﬁldlwms as there?
I have heard of {Jame Me mmngaimmon:,..wbofe
fancies or, ferments, havefound in this paﬂ‘age- of
the ‘Litanny a way to‘Purgatory, but never any till
upwitbat difcoryerd bx-ghc; the Nowxﬁtlmhofanew
Original Sin. Why W351 nor, aswell attaqu’d with
the fecond Commandment-3 what needof 'gorhg

any farther ? . , . . :
.1, Mm“. Inthe clofe of the fame " Preface you pronufe
w:- us fuller fatisﬁcaionto bath thefe points, fﬁﬂlﬁcm

tian by works, and the Secondary'Original Sin.
Iruly, Sr, I_craveyour,pardo.n , .if.-L thinke your
fulleft Satisfaétion would be a full entire Ramad-

tian: ‘

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ﬁbﬂ of both; of the latter, a‘sy'ou, g'raveit the

new .ﬁamp offanothcr Original tSin :; farther I

am no: , en‘g‘ag3df- at prefab igainﬂ'z,aiﬁf . ’Tis. ‘a.

pity: bill: LthEi‘gpo'd’zwalw ‘Ofi~.yd!ifsoﬂ1buldasbe.

wm‘7d-1imo "Re'al 2461202734 viVﬁ’Gre:yon-J'pmfefs.Appealtotbe
our readinefs .to 511} tbe frat-b {at a. «JeaneﬁRate‘L'be-P- 4-

tlim tﬁe Reca'ntation ofyaur Error. ﬂyfm more

Au’ﬁiﬂ‘si ,"i mbi‘é -.E3r’en1ﬁ]aﬁs' i. 0f 14th:} tﬂ; Adhiil‘able’

mo'deﬁy , {Which ”énamdlly’diali:‘ihé-sGolpﬁﬁn hfS‘x

ether: ekbellcnltt Writings."r md’rd‘ Hfﬂt’h‘aﬁi git-34'

nerous Love to famed Irutb r Which. fhohldmxakc

us lay‘allour poor :concems; and. repuratiOns

at it?s .feEt'ig.‘. gandmiazhre one: nyge-xaoﬂ; az; goad‘

Godfrienr'e ’ above =::-au:;the: ﬂléu ts s and :A, :1ch mail-1

tion‘é of: a "Trium'phs'?Entt.‘-'a'las'st'5r,' how? rﬁaimLy:

fu’ch heraicke felfe-abaf‘eménts are robe expc-i

ﬂed your . fe-lfe have taught 'us in remarkca--

abLCWOTdSL": ('3) \11 3;, F '- “ ‘ ' ‘ '.; f

2-.- xI'Il'rkze» them :90 ﬁnd!) ulnar-I :h‘opc. ,the (Reader;

will not think.:thcnr1:‘ImWorthy': :my ,rranfcm'bing.u

If (fa-y YQU )- yo?!" M910 friend tlmftu err: ,' wa/E'Dﬁput. g. of
recovery you deﬂrer, be ﬁre you write not 0160::- Right to (30.3;

futation;.qf=* 61's .Elr-raﬂ‘m‘, ﬁr. ordinar-iU L643): tbemcms. [2.4813
way to ﬁﬂm .thm-fin Mm , Wand to-maée.;b,fm431‘
ﬁver/é. Same. ‘ivillitbink‘r-téia n a, bard Cen/ilre 19-.

Pa]? upon learned. Godly/Hen. ”But Mere-7s no rea.

ﬂmz‘ng againﬁ Common unymﬂionaéle Experimm'

Ofsalz ,tbe .Cartloads- of Controver/ial writings Mat»

[Warm in» tbe. wbrld boy ﬂan} can 5}sz {name Mat. can-

who’d t6: Antdgorziﬁ ,-' and; traugbtr-lﬂm, to a Re-

cantdtion?’ Andanun 5. Aﬂomm youﬂ/‘wé to mm in
A A 3 ' m.

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the bearing of tube World , tbey yre/im’ly triﬂe/mud.
their Reputation 10 5e fa engaged, Mat t6!) are ex-
cited to defend it shit“ all their migb We! inﬂendnfm,
impartidi Conﬁderutizm of your Arguments,and e”: Ire-dc“
‘ dy Entertainment nftbe Trad/1,260 had téeir PVit: to
ﬂudy bow tomb good moat once thy deliver’d,TI-IAT
T H E W01 LD MAY NOT THIN K E ‘EITHE'M
SO WEAKE‘AS TO HAVE MISTAKEN.
Nay , they at!» doe PRO F ESS T0 , LQV E
TH E T RUTH “Tram, yet the SELFE ie'
[6 near their and [6 7031333115 them (9c. Words
full of truth with the fad experience of all Ages tn
conﬁrm theme and you that have given usthe Adq
vifo have {particular obligation to obferve them
punaually for your felfe upon all occaﬁons. But ,
Sr, to deal plainly and Chriﬁianly with you . ’Tis
not only my own fear. hat of divers-knowing peg-9'
fons , who pretend C at leaﬁ ) to be your very:
.Fr'imds, and to have a fair Refpe’ét for your Parts
and ﬁncerity , that you fail too near the reach 05
the defcription , you here give of others. lb";
a particular reafon to fear it. A great Outcry you
have made of Me , as chargeing you. With things,
you have retraﬂed ; which . if true, I hope is nu
inexcufable crime on my part, for I’m fure itwill
amount to no more than a fault of unwillfull Igno-
rance. I knew net it was my duty to read all the
books your fruitfull pen has brought into . the
world, much 1er to look for Retraﬂatioas , Where.
I had no Encouragement to Expeéi , nor any In-
kription of your numerous Treatifes hinted that

leaﬂ:

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limit promife of f0 noble a felfodcnial. ; and let me
aﬂ'u re yowl have no: been negligent in my Enqui-
ries of thofe that might know better than my (elf,
what you have retraﬁed : All I have met with pro-
fefs. to be as ignorant as my felfof this. Your ve-
ry late Preface to the Difcourfe of the two Cove-
nants ﬂiews us little of Retractatiou.

And to come clofer to you , if I have wrong’d
you in this matter C as you allwzles charge me )
what’s the reafon you have met hitherto direﬁed
us to the particulars of your Recantation- , rebut .
when , wbere .9 but throw a general roving Accura-
tion againﬂ me without offer of proof. You din
reét me indeed toa f‘mall Book above twenty years
380(35 you fay) retraﬂed, Preface to the two dif-
put. of Orig. Sin, p. 44. I fuppofe you. mean
your Aphorif ms (the moﬂ fcholar-like and elabo-
rate C though erroneous ). Book in Controverfy
you ever compos’d, excepting it’s numerous Ora»
cular Diélates) and thence Appeal efpeeially to
your Dlﬁutation: aﬂoat Juﬂtﬁutian, and form 0-
the-rs. But truly, Sr, 1 cannor trudge up and down
to every place you wou'ldfend“ me, my legs at pre—-
{cat are too weak. Had you a mind to fatisf-y

your Reader , what would it have coll you to fave _

him a labour with one point of your ﬁnger to the
particular places .7 All I can pick up of any feem-
ing Retraﬂatirm C wherel have happen’d to be) is
that You fome where fay C after your w-a ry delibe-
rate manner) that worksare necelTary AT LEAST
to Me Continuation of 01m jz/ﬂiﬁmtion. But, Sr, A T

LEAST

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LE A S T founds no alterationdfju'dge‘fnent Butane
Hwﬁtation , or, fuﬁmﬁonzar mammal? have you
me for ‘youriAntagonift in What: ( [maﬁa/u») in
the-known? Reformed notion; ' Our: Queﬁ‘iérii Sr,

: with your good leave (difguife and darken it as

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you pleafe ) is not what is necelTary to thejufliﬁ-
ed Perﬂm, or to the continuance of his Juﬁiﬁéation,
butwhat to the primary‘ juﬂiﬁcatio'n it’S‘ felf," in
which if you di‘fclaim your Works , the’Controverai
fy will fhrink into a narrow point , and then you
may in time be oblig’d to unravell all your en:
tangled Threds of Jultiﬁ‘cation again , ‘8: €me
to-rhe Penance of fpeaking as your Neighbours
doe. . ‘ '
Only you cannot blame me if I will) you would
goe about your farther explanations to fame bet-
ter purpofe than hitherto you have done, that you
would net raife clamou rs of being groﬂ} mifrepor—
ted by me , for I doubt all the‘gro'ﬂMlﬂep'erts will
come to fome Other door at Iaft, 'thatyou'would
make good your {mouth fuggeﬁion , that fuch Tea-
cbers as oppofe you think that Agreeing Men (in
there points) are not agreed : In fhorl' marina few
plain undzfguis’d words , You would let us know
where We are agreed , and where not, and deli-
ver your Reader from the Jealoufy you have rais’d
that there is no fuch Agreement. So that if the
fear bejuﬁ and ,true He may not be furpriz’d; if -
falfe he may give it over. Siverzes, Ne opp";
mar , ﬂu fal/m at tandem aliyuando timere deﬁ-

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I have done with your ﬁrftAtta‘cque, and pro-
ceed to, the next inayour, CAT HO-L I'QUE
'TH E Q L O G‘Y;-,» fol. {255. There it fe‘ems you
are pleas’d againgn'ot only to arraign rand‘l‘con‘ﬂ-
demn me for my Doéirine , but to put me all‘o in
the Cubb with divers mean and contemptible Ma-
leﬁzﬁours, fuel) as wild Saltmar/Ii, P. Hoéﬂm, and
the Marrow —of medem Divinity , whOl‘e ‘Author
C cm of great kindne/B no doubt to fomebody?)
you induﬁriouﬂy tell us in the margin , :1: refor-
ted to baa: tam an bone/I Baréer; a note which
many think you might have fpar’d. as well as
any that ever traded fobuﬁly in Controverﬁes
of Religion; Thus you think ﬁt- to mark our
my poor name to Poﬁerity. ,

But , good Sr , one word with you before we
goe off from this fuggeﬁion fo full of Trutb
and Civility, Had you no other names in your
memory, had ”you not many. {cores of. ‘greateﬂ
Eminence and repute in the Chriitian World of the
fame Judgementwith me, that you could ﬁnd'no
better Fellowes for methen fuch as thefe? Know
you noLI‘fpeak the fame thing with all the
Reformed Churches (where they have creation)
and generally with all the Old Reformed Wri-
ters? This fure would be too grofs an lmputa‘-
tion of Ignorance to a Perfon of your Parts.
Fame , Judi/ﬁr} and Reading. Do you know it?
Then you have made me Reparatiou enough by
J'Oiningime in that very foundalws Reﬂexion With
fuch numerous Wortbies as thofe. For ﬂiatlne

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kt it be no longer Dr. Tully , Saltmarfﬁ, 8pc,
But t6! Cburcb of England‘iwith all the reﬁ of
the Reﬁnmd, and their ﬁve-pelt old renown’d
.Writers ; thefe be your beﬁnryyeur Saltmar/Iies‘,‘
and your Barierﬁcriélers. ' I‘ am heartily" ferry
ybu have forc’d me to be {‘0 plair‘r with yen ;.
had not ﬁnch names. aadifb many of them been
«cmbarqu’d with‘mine 'in that'odious Inﬁnuation‘
-I.».j'could- have turn’d‘it i'nta‘mecr Diverti/émm
6 for orherwife it could deferve no farther no-
tice) But as it is you may well allow me to
queﬁion by what Spirit you th-ruﬁ that Para;
graph into your Bookgnd to. believe nu prmeﬁau
ﬁonCanU-afaﬂum. ' ‘

I muﬁt nOt wave theCharaCter‘ you there give
your Readers of me and the ﬂexed Ember 8w.
' viz. "where you adnmiﬂa «hcm'rha't fuel) Wren,
.am'in.¢£oir barmdhehwmé 'Tsreatz'fcvs (beiq xvi/E
’or Ortbodax calamari ,—chtd»glad' and mﬁaIthd 5y
incongrum- notion: of? man'suﬁzmiav‘me-b titer to.
untangle mdwqﬂund &c. What lewd Net-work
Treatifes fame of thofe names were ever gull-.4
ty off. or what {AWL they caught by their Net-
:nzoné, but Widgeonsaec. [I know. not; ‘ But. {at
any man feriouﬂ'y: pertﬂ‘e your own cannﬁofver-
ﬁal writings in. thefe points, and ‘tis not impro-
bable bat (' as in Anfelm's dream.) he Will ﬁnd"
all overfpmad with ‘ New, fov-Smany'Wiﬁdﬁlgs in»
and’ozlt- 9 0f and on ., this may: and 1163!de ', ﬁrtb
cloud: of Nov?! Diﬁinﬂiom , Premélef, Lﬁn‘ftg.
rim, dye. fucb wbeelings and lines of Circum-

vallatiom

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vallat'ion at a modeﬂ diﬁance about the (amm-
on , and faint . uncertain Approaches to. it, that
to my knowledge divers who will] you Wellhavo
fadly complain-’d‘ of it, and proféﬁ iydurfu’ll’er Ex-
plan‘ations (‘ as you call them) have' but bewil.
dred them more, and fent them away with lefs fad
tisfaﬁion than they came unto them. You will
nor, I hope , account" me yourEnemy. for telling
you the truth, and yet, fo {may do you good, pafs
what judgement of me you pleafe, it matters
little. '

And now , Sir, to your large P RE F A CE
before your Dzﬁmt.‘ of Original Sin , all whieh
you: have frank-1y beﬂow’d on me; ‘but withfuch
an unfortunate miﬂ‘ake ,' wc-areneitherofrtw the
better for it, I have no proﬁt, and you no credit by
it.For though you charitably intend-fornethiug for
my fatisfaﬂion,’tis all loﬂ in your fpeaking vowing
to tbe Qgeﬂim. You maytemember, Sr,-¢f‘?"hat
ﬁands viﬁble to every‘eye.) that-:Iwhm‘g’i 5’03““
ly with your new Original Sin, wldrriv'dfrom Adam,
unknown,anhard off before in the Chriﬁian World,
and which therefore Ithought well deferv’d‘ tho -
Exclamation, .whictho paras you", awe: and 716(-
alogos doc; «To this your Preface has not one word
to'thc 1311113th nothing in all your quotations,
that I laid to your charge, of which more a4-
non. . .

m But becaufe you give us Prtﬁaenponi-Brlfacev,
atnedley of thing: that have no great coherence
Wm‘ Yw‘nu’n deﬁgu- (. to (boom, 1 l’upp'ofe,
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your way to fonie of your m0re~Innocent‘,'b‘ut
credulous Readers ) l. mul’e attend your » Moc
. And ﬁrft of all I cannot butIa-‘ppmve your-Nate:
concerning Good Intentions, that 769} will not 7113i;
)3! our Errours , "and tlmt 6} our bold bail} fudgeingsi
qftbo/E tbings PVe never well digeﬂed ,. or underlined;
in do nut bring Our ﬁlm: into a fuﬂu’cion .', Our Yin-b
derﬁandingrare none of tbé large}? ﬂat, or. plainly
to,-that aﬁ'eél. -,Only your Remarque in my judge-
ment had been more compleat with the Addition
of that rational fenttnce in the Law , Magma Ne.
glig'entia rﬁJathulpng; Due-haﬁwhen .Wilifallimd
Excgﬁvémmyjuﬁly bri ng Ou r Morn]: into quzﬁioq
too. .2Fo'r willfu ll ignorance'has ever been account!
ed fomewhatmore than a fault of the‘ mind and
Underﬁanding; ' '_ : ’ ~ 12 .. 2
,I-j-Now, Bryan; you endure a little pl’aiirdeal-
ing‘from a friendly -Antagonift? Do you think your.
good'Admonitio'n has no Al‘peﬁ-‘upnn your safe; ,7:
would God it look’d not fo full upon you: ”Laps
p63! to your own Confcience C aswell: as the Rea-
ders judgement)whe;therofals,twovbe deeper ,in‘tbc
Guilt. of bold and bag} S‘udgringz; you that -in,,yaut
ﬁngle leekie'Brigandinc. darerfethrth-Lwithifohigh
:- fail againft- wind» and tide to. brave :all’gtbﬁ Rea.
formed; Churches 8m. 01' I who content my felﬁto
caﬁ my Anchor by theirs upon the Faith and Do.
{trine which m am: idelimr’dio t6: Saints; uiém-
.bling at a thoughu ofpexalt-ing. my; fell? above {0; man
my Worthies at Whole, feet it would more-become
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you andme to {it with Reverenee , than to be thus
Pelting at their Heads , and dragging them by the
hoary hairs , as a ﬂzeﬁa'cle and a Byword to all.
You know,- 51, C at leaﬂ give others leave to think
they doe) What Armies, of what Strengtb and Qua-
lity appear in thefe Battails againﬁ you, and that
through fuch poor Names as mine , you defy and
mot/ml them , you may hear more anon.

I felt therefore no came as yet to repent me. of
calling C as you fay ) to tbeAcademicall Tom!» C to
'All indeed) that, as they love the knowledge of the
Trail) , they take You not for an Oracle in your
hid dividing fagularitie: Iblefs GodI can with
a clear Confaence call upon them again andaigain
mode {0. ,‘S 'i; I" .r“\ 'J \ 02‘." 1S. -"'.SS*'( 0' .t;

Next you fall upon that obvious popular Topick
of each Parties bidding their Fellows beware of the
‘ Other-5 Papiﬁs, Proteﬂmzts , Lutberansg Calviniﬂs F 54. 6‘
8m. Of which the natttral Inference muﬁ be this,
Ergo my Admonition Cor 'a'ngnotihcxémtani s oﬁﬂtze
like nature ) concerning Your felf is not to be
heeded. Might not the falfe Teachers in the
munch’ s Lnfanc'y have us ’d the fanzePlea for them-
{elves to the many Caveats put in againﬁ them by
the Apoﬁles. ’ 0r Were thofc Caveats to be blaﬁed
gafbantafms er. Mime/police Can your own Cour- P St;
teous Phrafc) .Or were the faithfull Admonitors to
Withdraw their. good C011nfels upon Fearthatfuch
Waving'fopick ﬂiould- besbrought againﬁ Them ?
any. dotaany man praéiicewh-aryouxhere condemn
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‘treated me in your foremention’d Catbaliyue Tlmb‘.
g} , where you expreﬂy diﬂiiade yourReaders'to
be inﬂwﬁed by Me, or Salmqrﬂ) are. .left they
be led into Errour. Truly , Sr; Iwonder what
opinion you have of the Age you live in ' ( for Vetea
ra preteria'mzt) to thinkfuch little wiggles-and
Eva/ions will pafsfor rational Difoourfe, nay that
even your frequent Selﬁoppq/itims’, though inthe
open view and light of the Sun -,' 'ﬁiali‘ﬂi‘nkiav'ray
unobferv’d ‘ ' ~ “ . :
You fay well 7. s. that it is not tbepart of a good
man to ﬁt 6611:6623 togctlm' by Me Ears, «the! a
make People trial/ewe} difer when :6!) do not. If
this be deﬁgnfd (as no doubt it is ) for the-Tm-
chers of fuﬂiﬁcation by F aitb witbout works, Ipray
what Churches are by this Doctrine ﬁt by t!» Ears
ugetﬁer ? not the Reformed fut-e , for, as l have
ﬂiow’d you elfewhermhey are of one lip and doubta
lefs of one Heart too in the Poinr,with both againft
yOUr own make-bate Novelties. What Other soci.
etiés of men you can take in , except Papiﬁs, Soot;
aims , or of late the QmégrsJ underﬁand not.
And would you have us yield up the great Truth;
of the Gofpei for fear of offending ﬁnch-CW
ﬂipp: as thefe ? In. women time, Sr", Yon‘my
do Well to Conﬁde: Who began the Fray ,. and how
much eaﬁer ’tis to begin one , than to endin-
Next you proceed to fome grave Advice com.
mended toour Acceptation-from the To“ of mm,-
and ﬂ mob Equine: of your W , and that in
effect is not to conclude diﬁrau in Doﬂrinc ﬁ-onl
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difermt Terms , 'Orders or Metbod: of Expreﬂionr,
digcﬂiug qf Conceptions Sec. and withall give us
timely n0tice you are reﬁlved‘ to we aim?! qf
your skill and opportunity to undeca’ve thin that
' think a dlﬁrmt name or metbod’ie asdiﬂrermt Dav
grim. And ’tis a very Charitable undertakeing
where ever fuch fad creatures can be found , who
know net the Same Tb’ing may be exp ref s’d in Dif-
ﬁerent Names or Languages. .

But I pray , Sr,‘ let’s fall a little clefer toour.
Buﬁmfs’. {peak in good fadnefs: would you act
have your friends with the Glib [wallow conclude
upon this Admonitionr, that all the Difference
hivixt’ynumd'me ( or others oi the £511): judge-~
men! )" in the point of 3Wcatz'am is utterly Vai—
lml, nOthing but a ﬁrife abettt Word: and Forms:-
of Expreﬂion, and that in the Maine we are a»
greed? ’Tis clear enough, I think, you would. But
not {cu faﬁ ,' Sr, my weak legs'eannOt hear you;
company at this rate. Whats! Pcrﬁd} contendiﬂv'm
no more than a Diﬁercnce in wordsl iFaitb along...
and Mt Fat/1110;», Fit ith with; and. without works,
one and the ﬂame. thing? Excuf e mtr dulnefs hem. I'
fee-it is not for nmhing. that to-an.'0bje£lion a..-
gainﬁ your Doﬁrine as'Popi/b», you return this
Heroique Anfwcr , FR 1 GH TEN N 0 T . M E.
WITH THE NAME OF PA PIST, wk»:
{ﬂeck t-ISe Irate. It feems YOU wouldbetaken
for .a ﬂoat Prue/idler, and fo you are; ~'.All no
doubt in the Point befOre Us is ca sneer Logo-v
mach], With which no Man. of Matt/e. ought now‘

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to be frighted, though Our Wbite-limr’d Progeni-
tor: in. the Reformed Churches durf’t noritzkc the‘nOte
fo high. A ' . ’ ‘
, Sr, you have taught me to guefs‘What Anfwer
you would return to This: which very likely
would be to this effeﬂ. What? wouldyou have ‘
mefrigbted from owning: Truth becaufear Pad
piﬁ owns it too ? Then IHmuft not believe (her-d
is a God or a fefm (Ste. (‘ and ['0 on for two or
three pages together) * I: tbia Dollrine ﬁt ﬁr an
Academical Dollar , and a Mailer of a literate foA
ciet} {And having; run om-arwhilc-fo pertinently
and-.wit'hallfo modem} then rm to fame. Sn
molt if not all the DiEetences betwixt Us and.
the Romy]; Church were ever held (‘with ybur
good leave.) by as wife and learned Proreftants
as ever-yon -=or1-are:.ﬁlce to be for more than
Tryingsof words, and above all in the Article.
of yumﬁcamn , which you feem to place amongﬂ:
your Lagamacbies, or'Logicall notions; Let any
difcerning Reader compare the 43. Sea. of this
Preface with the words in p. 5. of your Appeal
teat/.92- Light. and ’tis likely he will concurr with
me (let him be never fo Aiery) in that Melané
ch!) Pbantafm or Fear. For 'tis worth the'noting
how in that dark Appeal, where you diﬁinguiﬂz of
Popiﬂr points; i. e. fome where the Difference is
irreconcilcalk-g Others in elfeét but in words; We
have no direélion upon which Rank we muﬁ be“-
{tow fem/{cation , norhing of it at all from you ,
Name or Thing. But nob} , new to the alll‘eeing
.God , you ﬂzould know bell your felf. Sr,

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' “Sr, pile one Diﬂinﬂion or Eva/ion upon anew
ther as long as you pleafe , as many feverall
Faith. and works a and fuﬁlfcatiom as you can
name , all this will never make the tum Poles meet,
your Doﬂrine I mean of Juﬁiﬁcation with that
of the Reformed Cburcbes. But feeing you are
[’0 buﬁe in turning ‘Our greateﬁ Controverﬁes
with the Papills 8cc. into a obi/(I171) Conteﬁ of
words; to undeceive fame of your Readers,who
dream of no harm from fuch a Name as yours
(but in the ﬁmﬂicit} of their hearts go along
wherever you lead them ) we muﬂ: give it a lit-
tle farther Examination. And a little will ferve the
turn.

' Words, Sr, as they a-re'enfranchis’d into Lan-
guage, are but the Agents and Faﬁors' of T Hugs,
for which they continually negatiate with our
minds , conveighing errands upon all occaﬁons
from one foul to another. Whence it follows
that their Ufe and {igniﬁcation is Malta-die, but
by the Ramp of the like PiluicéW/i'g' and ImPQ'
ﬁtion from whence a't ﬁrft they receiv’d their be-
ing, and therefore ( if I-may here accommodate
the holy. phrafe.) of no private Interpretation.
What all others call a free you muft not calla
Stone , and pretend the difference is but in a name
or Words. For although the fame thing may be
fuﬂiciently reprefented by different wordsfti‘s and
lywhen they are fynonymw and agreeing in fenfe .;
Incannot be otherwife , no more than a Stan: can

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Now as keeping clof‘e to this common Ufagc
of Words is necefi‘ary in all affairs of humane
life, ’tis fo efpecially in the concerns of Faitb
and Religion. 'Tis not fure for nothing that.

a; my. 1.13. Paul advis’d Timothy to hold faf’t the FORME

meat. in

of found Words, non [612m guaad ﬁdﬁantiam , fed
yuoad iffam oration}: ﬁguram faith Calvin. For

{lutl‘ﬂP-Tom- (as the wife and learned Melanchton has minded

us Well.) Ami/7e? mréorum proprietate, gate rerun
none ﬁmt, alias conﬁngi re: neceﬂ} eff. That is,-
when once we lay aﬁde the fropriety of words,
which are the notes or Symbols of tbing: , We
pafs undoubtedly. tothe minting of new 761‘:ng
themfelves. The old Primitive Doﬁors and
Churches were fuﬁiciently aware of this, and
therefore would not difpenfe withthe Intruﬁon
of one 33m (much. It“ atonement word) in
any Article or head of Faith , where Cuffome and
{be U/bge of 16: Claureb had authmiz'd anather.
And this they did upOn the great-and togent rea-
fon Melancbmt gave us but now -, 2% becaufe
they were not to learn that fnch as tiaﬂgbt with
the Church a would be content to [peak as {he
did , and that the Contrary Praéﬁce never boded
good to the Unity , Peace, and Dual-inches";
ﬂed to her care: Of which I think weof this
Age have had Inftances enough amen-alt our
felves to our coﬂ : R! that r to return your
kindnefs.) It i! not 16: part of a 6004 man to ﬁt
Chum l} the Ear: togrtber, and to make Our
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gulpb which was ever ﬁx’d between Us and the
I‘everall branded Corrupters of the Truth is now
fo neer‘upon the clofe that if a man do butgoe
me a little to take his feeze, he may eaﬁly
jump over it. Nor is it the partgof a mfe
Tearber to think himfelf, that Men are agreed,
where every eye may fee them dealing Moms
and Deaths about.

As for the Diﬁ‘erence'of Met/30d , Ordering,
Digeﬂiug and expreﬂingaour Conceptions ("of which
you feem to make little account in Compari-
fon'.) I know not yet how far you may ﬁretch
yOUr Order and Metbod of conceptions; whether
you fpeak of that order which is no more than
a éeauty , or Circumﬂamee; or would draw it out
to All indeﬁnitely , and fo leave nothing butde-
formity and Confuﬁon. A child may be born
with all the parts and limbs of a perfec‘l man ,
yet if not plac’d in their rank and Order may
be a prodigious Monger: and a Book may want
ne'r a letter of the Alphabet (‘andall repeated
many thoufaud times over.) yet nOt contain a
word either of fenfe or Language for want of
Order.

‘ Thus Papiﬁs and Pratefiants are agreed about

the neceﬂty of good works, yet the diﬁrem
.is much wider than you 'feem to make it, be,
Ciufe both do not rankthat neceﬂity alike; the
one ﬁretching it to the ﬁrﬂ Juﬁiﬁcationw the
Other not , but conﬁning it to it’s proper Ran/z
311d Province of Inberent holiuefs, where it
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ought to keep. 80 that upon {'0 crude and ge.
nerall an Admonition about different Names ,.
Words, Orders, and wayes of Expreﬂon , your
weaker Readers. had need beware that inﬁ'ead
of inftruﬁiug you do not entangle and'confound’
them. ' . . .

Next , Sr, you are pleas-'dato turn fomething
ant of your way to a pleafant Difcourfe about
Melancboly and it's ill- effefts, perhaps to drive
the pernicious humour front-all your Readers
by your odd introduétion of it there (with
it's handfome Attendants.) as Heraclitus was
cur’d of 'his , pro tempore,. by a. not extreamely
differing R-encontre. j

lhavenow done with that part of your Preface,
which you have wafted upon yourSecondary Orig.Sin'.
. But you have one word with me more ,. and
I’m glad it is- but one ,. for fuch fad work as
this might afﬂict a more Athletiquc conﬁiwtion
then mine ;‘and in earneIi'I fomewhat wonder
how you held om with it your fel-fe-, it gnuﬁ:.n¢eds
make any man ﬂak at the-heart.

And now the heavensare on a fudden all co-
ver’d with black; 3 Item: is coming, to Which
the former was bur a brisk-muﬁcal'gale. Lets
looke to our tackling. . . . -

In my 71:11:]: Paulina-, I had made two civil
requeﬁs to you, the one I’ll-05¢l tevexcutiaa. that
you.would we]! examine and ﬁft your felfe be-
fore God and your own confcienCC,- Whom you
efpeciauy. deﬁgn by that ONE Perfon, who .4-

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lone (upon fuppoi‘al' of difference ) is who
followed before all DilTenters in the matter of
Juﬁiﬁcation , according toyour 42; Direét. for
the Cure of Cb’urcb Bibi/[amt My other ﬁtit is
in thefe words , Diligemit}: arm! fe perpenderet
8(C.- That you would diligently'conﬁder the great
Afﬁnity your fuﬁiﬁwtion has contracted with the
Pepi/7);

Now let the Reader well: obferve how you
manage this...pétrr Of the Battail ;. and thence
take his meafur-e‘s of your'skt’ll and dexterity in
Controverfal Engagements. Let him take natice
ﬁtﬁ where and how you begin , with a meer
catcb‘ at the word [Diligence] to let us' know
«what [a bardSt’udmt you have beenin your time”. P- 4,4,"
Tour Call for Diligence ( fay you ) telLs- me you
know me not, W60. have little ﬂiar’d‘ far labour
tﬁefe 37. year-s , and I am my: unﬁt fbr increa/EH
--diligmces and' this is‘all we have to that Cons
cern. . .-. ,, 2 - . e,; r, . .
I pray, Sr‘,.did I" ever tax you‘C (ﬁreﬂy/or
indireﬂly) with {loath in your Studies .9 and yet
do nor you fuggeﬁ unto your Reader I do&
And ﬂtall we call this Sincerit}? my dcﬁre was
you would take your Ballam'e} and weigh incredi-
ligently , that fo you might fee the very fmall'
odds betwixt/ your Juﬁiﬁcation and'the Comm!
. of Treats; for to me neither of‘ them turns the
fcale upon the Other: I' fpake of no’ pains or
1050!” , but only a more diligent Conﬂdfration-

For give me leave, Sr.,.by, the by. tomind

‘ C 34. you ,.

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you , that much. reading and tumbling of Books
contains nor all the neceﬁ'ary- ingredients of an
ufefull Schollar. no- more than the thrufling
down of meat in abundance to the Stomach
makes a ﬁrong or. healthfull._B,ody.-, If We. will
have good’ Headland .rz'utrimwt ,- gﬁrong ‘Nerve;
and bones for aéliou..- after the bell cboyce of
our meat, we muﬁ allow natureher due peri-
ods of Concoﬂiom otherwife all will be but _un-
perfcét or hur’tfull chyle. ’Tis'Meditatioanrs,
which is the Stomach of'jthe. mind yweigbingr,
ﬁﬂing , and reﬂec‘ling; upon what we» reade :
in which if there happen to be an errour, either
in point of diligence, or judgement ( as too of;-
ten there does) no after-concoﬂion. will make
amends; Allwill-be Craditie andCantagz‘on‘ﬁill. ‘

But .now. ( if you pleafe) to. our buﬁnefs of
ffuﬁiﬁcatim C for you know well enough my
wordsrefer. only. to -that.)pyou fay )0” will
not ﬁlmmon me before God , or Conﬁimce, but
ﬁlm: will the world think: of my dealing-s to bait,
and that by gm]? MISREPORTS , afmall
Boob. dove twentyyears R E T R A C T E D.

Sr , I gave you -no Summons, but a Friendly
Admnition (as all the world may fee) and I
here do it again. I have MISREPORTED
you in nathing, much lel's GROSSLY (let
your friends themfelves be Judges.) 1 know of
'no RETRACTATION'you have made to.“
this day, notwithﬁanding all my diligent en-
quiries, of Perfons that are well acquainted With

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you: no one Back: under that title (which‘yet
would have been no difgrace to {‘o gooda worke )
no talkeof RETRACTATIONS till I had
printed my 'Booke ,' and that only from your
Selfe , no direé‘tion from You” either what you
have retraft'ed, or where we may ﬁnd it ﬁnce;
which is yet the more amazing, becaufe in yOur
ﬁrf’t complaint of this matter, it. 4. you tell us
of about SIXTY Books’of Retra’ﬂations (in
part at leaﬂ 3- you‘have Writ, and blame me for;
paﬂing them All by without obfcrvation : I en-
vy not the readinefs and fecundity of your Pen;
but you feem a Pretender to Cryptography in
Writing what few Eyesrif anyJwbeﬁ’des your;
own can-readea Welhwhe‘n NYC fee ; there: fa’m’d Re...
traﬂationswve {hall take our me’afu res accordingly.

But , Sr, for your Own, your Readers , and
the Truths fake , I befeech ”you take care we
have no Retraﬂation of jthofe zyct‘ ifwiﬁlle- Ram-
ﬂatiom. , and that you no where :mmw‘iﬂ your“
felft- ' ' '

'Sr , the world witty expe‘ﬁ fome clearer and
more iguana. ‘fatisfaétion from «you, (‘ at this
time of- the day.) then. -to be wheadl.'d with bare
Talia , and complaints - of 'grof‘s MISRE.
PORTS , where none at all appears. And- ‘
truly, Sr, I give you this Admonition as a
friend, for mherwifelwneedednot; , .

Next you furprifeme with apretty ngﬁion a
W05) Jam: 4 Lagi'calraﬂ-of Deﬁning into a TM-
ologica! dc Re,- and We heare of this new quirkefp.‘ 4;.

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of Deﬁning from you more then once, and. "ti;
All your own fruitfull Invention , 7115111}: Cbriﬁi
Imputata is one thingrfay you.) amitbe Deﬁni--
tion of fuﬂice or ,z'mputataion. 23.: a‘notétr. 0f 3‘11;
[lice , or Imputatz’on '.’ I take [OR] Sir , t9.
' be a Disjum‘live, not a Copulative ,‘and lo ’tis a.
plain Fallacy of Dial/ion, which any young Lag'
gick-Smatterer would tell you. Who knowes not'
that the mall is :one thing, and the véitmeﬁ. of-
it anather , and fo muﬁrhave their Deﬁnitions,a-‘
part; but, good Sr, is the Deﬁnition of awbite wall
anathcr thing-from-a white wall? tbcnrit isno ood
Deﬁnition, and our Plea now is not. about fa! e De.
ﬁnitiom, but what are fuppos’d‘rat lcaﬁ.) to be‘
True; aboutDeﬁnitions indeﬁnitely, for therclies-
your Nam]! Inﬁruﬁion. .' .. ' -
inﬂict, Sr, is one thing, andthe'lmpatation of
it anather. but Imputed inflict cannot differ from
it’s true Deﬁnition, unlefsyou will have it to differ
really from it's felfe. Here then we have a tram}
{parent Fallacy. ~
You goon, and ask me 171'» good cameﬂ I am de-
ﬁrm to knowzvbom you mean: , and there you ftop.’
MS- Your queﬁion isimperfeét and fpeakcs out no fcnfe;
Mine is plainly this , whom you meane by {ha-t
ONE Rare Per/5r: , ﬁlo/(jingle judgement}? CUP-
0“ D’ﬁﬂm‘f J to h prefer’d, in tbe Point of jg.
ﬁlfcation , and to Julian); qum fail“ in Dogrin
3miﬁcationiv antrpomzt- You-nead-DOI doubt bug
that I am in (email here, for I am ambitious (,f
his Acquaintance. Now let’s attend your Anﬁmcr

(and

Cst'
.( and I earneﬁly deﬁre the Reader to obferve it
throughout.) ' '

Why , ﬁrft Pagnine , Buxtqrf 8:0. are very good

' Hebraicians y Dr. Pocock is good for the Arabique
(He is {a to a great Eminence in that,and many Lan-
guages (with ﬂare of other good learning) beﬁdes,
to fay nothing of his rare Chriﬁian vertues , the
Crown of all.) Dr. Wallis for a Geometrician, (and

{0 he is in many {ingular endowments and abilities

, ‘beﬁdesJ :Dn- Willia in Pbyﬁcle, and to on. There,
and fuch like Exallmt men , are to 5: prefer’d in

" tbeir may , éeﬁire fuel: at never ﬁudyed tbo/é fciences
(‘ a ﬂender commendation for [‘0 eminent and worthy
Perfons! J A whole Page and a halfe confum’d in
this ramble. But now at left you will fall- to the
point, and‘tell: me their names, wba are Mm Deﬁ-
ner: of faﬂiﬁcation , F ﬂit/J, and Imput‘ation, and 6am
delimr’d mﬁzr more judicious, and digeﬂed tbougbts of ‘P. 47; ,
tbeﬁ: wings tbm my felf. Indeed ! your fervant ,
was that ever any (blefiion of mine 3. And is this
all you have to fay in'th'e matter. and in the audié
ence of the world too?not one ﬁll/awe more. To l‘ a ve
you farther labour , Iyield to all the worthy per-
{ons you have nam'd (excepting onlyyour own
Difciples.) I am not worthy to be compar’d with,

‘ them. I deﬁre no man (“young or old.) to preferr
me before my Betters , Ieaﬁ of all when I am ﬁn-
- .gular , and walke alone.

But, Sr, with your favour, this will not do your
work ; we muff have fome Other account of. yam):
9‘1““ , then what you have given us yet. . I {hall

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take leave to prefent Our indifferent Readers with
a more ingenuous, and truer fate of the Qneﬁion’,
farr more fuitable both td my plain meaning, and
the clear purport of your own direﬁion. Letthe
cafe be this. There is O N E, who of late has ra’il‘d'
much duﬁ amongﬁ us about the grand article of
ju/i‘iﬁs‘ation , Whether it be 5} Faitb with”: works;
or 5} Faitb and WORKS too. All ouroldire-‘
nowned Divines on this ﬁde, and beyond the fears;
are unanimouﬂy agreed that Juﬁiﬁcation is by»
F aitb alone , i. e. without Works. ' This 0 N E,
Perfon has often publiﬂied his Judgement, to the
contrary. The matter is of very great concern
by the confeﬂion of bath. So that‘a poor Acadia
mica! Doc‘lor may very rationally enquire of you,
who‘in this cafe is to be preferr’d ; That ON E,
or thofe Many; If that. 0 NE , then lam ailmoﬂ
brought to the Perfon I fought for;and why would
he be (‘0 baﬂtful to be willingly emerald? nay, why
fo injurious to the Publique? ’Tis true .it would be
fome fmall reﬂexion upon thof e innumerable
worthies who have gone'before him ,r fuch as our
Steve], Rainolds, Aﬁbot, Wbite, Field, ‘Wbitdéﬂ"
Perkin: , Andrews, Davemmt , are.
But T rat}: is Troth {till , and men muﬁ not be
over model} in it’s caufe " and why may not QN E,
.5“ MB“; Lynceus , that can fee through a ﬁone wall. dtfcoa-
cm Dina. ver more then a thoufand that cannot 2 Bur no
4" ifI am nm to goe along with him . then I am lea
kill to herd it with the illiterate Rulersand Majoe
rity: and if this be my duty . why ﬂiould notthaé
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ONE encourage me by hi'slfxamplehay f uppol‘ e he
is upon all occaﬁons (as openly as he yet thinks ﬁt)
perfwading me, that they are more worthy to be
dircéied by him then he by them. To form: fuch'
cafe as this, Sr’, I expeﬁed your Anfwer , and not-
a needlefs inﬁgniﬁcant fcorn of my poor indean
vours in the caufe of to great a Truth.

There remaines yet one fmall ﬁll-yueﬁion , and
then lam quit at prefent from the tediouﬁﬁ 'tafke
I ever yet undertooke. ‘You deﬁre me to tell you ,
wbetber I dzﬂer from you, in tbe rule of calm/cl, Wbicb
you were gave your ignorant people or no.

Sr, our young men in the Univerﬁty call this a
Fallacy offer/era! yaeﬁions in one. Your direftion
is built‘of various materialls and feveral apparti~
ments , fome of which I like well enough , Others
not. I am only concern’d ( as the blind may fee)
about your matters of big/2 and diﬁcultﬁewlation
in the clofe of your direﬁion , wherein you would
have‘that ON E man to be prefer’d before all the
rel}. Amongft there in the Application of your '
ruleyou place the Deﬁnition a juﬁzﬁcation ( i. e.
andmyailyﬂor all your mincingjthe Thug it felfe).

Now , Sr, without any rovings, whaling: , or
am: tom I give you this plain Categorical anfwer , _
that 1 exceedingly differ from you , and that upon
thefe two Accounts: _

i 1. Becaufe I neither hold the Doéirine ofJuﬂi-
“cation to be properly of ﬁewlatiz/e concern a but
wholly praﬂicat : nOr 2. Fol think it to-be {0 full
of dlﬁwm a. ,as your very difcoumgiﬂg f ”8361130"
to your ignorant People imparts. D 2 No

(2'8 D
No matter of Speculation: For though in 311130513
ml knowledge there be fome antecedent contempla-
_ tion of the nature and properties of the ﬁnd; or
Objeﬁ, yet ’tis the Endand {cope alone,which gives-
the diftinét and proper denomination. In Etbicés
our fchollars are taught the natures of moral ails ,
vertues, and felicity it’s felfe; yet weinf‘truét them
alf‘o that moral Pbi-lofop/J} is a praﬁical, not a [pc-
culativefcimce, and that all they know of there
matters is to be refer’d and applyed unto the great
ﬁreﬂical End, how they may be morally bay?) 1 as
the Philofopher tells us , Eratocéyyam, “4"“?45’9’s
and if he diant , all, that have but the ordinary
are of reafon,cannot chufe but know. Henceii’t fol-
low'es, that fuﬁzﬁcation being at lea-ft the ﬁrﬁﬁep »
in order to Eternal Happinefs‘ , the knowledge of
this is no- more of [peculéztivt-eoneet‘it, f'then far! a
man to know his way balm, efpecially when there
is bUt One way , and if that be miftaken he is in ex-
treamcﬁ danger offeri/ﬁing in tbe way wherein he
goes. Indeed to know the certain number ofshe
ﬂaps or paces between is a fpeculati-ve niece}, but
to know his way thither , I am of opinion that e-
very man who has a 60m beleives it to be anather
thing ; aske who comes next. We never enter
into the way of life till we are 7uﬁiﬁed', nor can
we be Juﬂiﬁed but in the may and method'bf Gods.
own appointment. All Other waye‘s do bUt lead us
from ant 50712:. , - ‘ '
Nor 2. Is the Doélﬁne of inﬂiﬁcatim {'0 53gb
addtﬁcult, but that the meme}? Chriﬁian may» un-
derﬂﬂd

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demand it fuﬂiciently to Salvation, {‘0 far as words
can make it intelligible. And you have done lit-
tle fervice to your weaker chriﬁian (‘ as well as to

the great rbleﬂ‘ed cbarter of Salvation) to perf wade "

them otherwife,_ and to lead them out ofthe plain
road into woods andmazes, to that O N E Man
. of Extraordinary judgement and clearne/S’; no body
muff know what’s his name,or where he dwells; and

fo’ to whirle them'about , till you have made them ~

fo giddy , they know not whither to goe.

St, I underﬁand fomthing at thefe years (.‘With-
out your Tntorage) of the duty both of Pnﬁors and
People. But Iknow not whatyoum‘eane to make
the may to neat/en (‘ reveal’dﬂlﬁciently to all ,. and
.wherein-allarefo much concern’d.) to be a matter
of Mg}; abﬂruﬁ? fpeculation,‘ as if none but great
fchollars, and men of extraordinary judgement
could by the right ufe oftheScrzftnree, and other
ordinary common means, be able to ﬁnd it out,
till they have. met with that Elias who is .to
folve all doubtsy though here (bleﬂ'cd be God}
ghgr‘ejstno: doubt, area-11', whatever. you have
intruggeﬁed to the contrary. The earth may
fend up clouds ‘enOUgh to darkeh the noon-day
[11721 but this; does net hinder that glorious
Creatureto- be ﬁill both the Fountain. of Light.
and the mag. wﬁélt‘ﬁof bodies. The Fancies‘,
xi“; ,__ Paﬂions, and Intereﬂs of ﬁn-ful men may
” putﬁrange colours Upon the face of the 61M-
reﬁ and moft important truth , but when the
faint‘is broughtto'the ﬁrgfs it meltsoﬁ" in a
. D 3 m0!»

(so)
moment, to the juft reproach of fuch as dawb’d it
on. . . .
Bur, - Sr, (to dealt: a little more freely with you)
I cannot well fwallow down in the lump what you
would have me and Others to do , when you direéi:
us to prefet’r that O N E man before tbe Rulers and
Majority of Votes , till you acquaint us whq that
Gentleman is , and what fort of Rulers and Majoa
ritie: you meane. ‘ ~ - ,
And ﬁrﬁ for the ﬁngle Perfon ( that Menard» in
Divinity) to whomwe are upondzfermqes to make
our Appeals , Ibel‘eech you, Sr, how {hall your Ig-
norant onuakgr- 'Chtiﬁian be able to Judge of ﬁb-
are/3? If you thinke he may. I know no reafon he
ﬂzould be difgrac’d for an Ignorant. He had need
to have a very competent meafure of abilities him.
felfe, who is to give his verdict of mothers , even
{0 fart-as to make him hisfupd-Deﬁor of‘theChait‘e.
Or mul’t he take all upon truﬂ from that One mans
Fancy ofbim/élﬁ , or'fro’m others that by many (e.
‘cret inviﬁble Arts may be eaﬁly indue’d to cry him
up? But this is to make him ameer Tool . and to
turn his difeerning ﬁrmly into a mechanifme of
Mind Obedience. Perhaps he may be'no fuch Wm 43
with; perfon,in the judgement of the mod knowing
and foéer men, of no more then ordmaty parts;
learning , or vertues , in allmuch (:2dede ’0-
thers , fave in the din of his name. He then can-
n0t be your man , for that Items to be againft your
own bypatﬁfﬁs- , . . .
Neat it oughtJ thinkeuo be wellconlider’d-in '8
cafe

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eafe of {9 high importance , 91m“): .g‘uiéw ,. to what
Rulers and Majoritie: this, 0 NB ' muff be prefer'd‘
(and bOth plainly were my gueﬂ‘ion) A learned 'in-’
telligent Cbriﬁian (nay one of moderate abilities)
in acafe of Cbriﬂiani-gt before Heatbens, no. doubt:
and little lefs for a judiciaws and'pious Prateﬂant’
before a pacEdSymd, or Majority, who hang their
eyes upon the lipps of a Pope. But what ﬂi'all your-
Ignorant Proteﬁant do 3 {ball one ﬁngle Proteﬁants
judgement in jfuch a cafe as faﬁzﬂcatim mm the
fcale upon the-known declar’d judgment of his Own
Cburcb in eonjunﬂion with all t6: reﬂ of the Refor-
med ? I will! that be no part ofyour meaning; and
if it be . I like not your Ballance; your direélion'
( at beft ) is a mad: and dangerous Dirﬁ‘ate -, aaDiuia'
ding ,1 and nOt-agaring rule.’ . S'oyou have my Ans.
fwer to your queﬁion. » '

But, Sr, will you, pleafeto gratify me with you-1"
poﬁtive anfwer to one Of mi’nejor-I defp’aix ‘of fol-s

ving it my felfo zfyobtﬂeﬁtelqoio alkyd“; 1"“ “43‘" a

vbetber in we“ 1%" 36' WW ””1” d1.” “55"” 5
or rule of coma/e110“ .tbrft'giv‘e. we {gnarm't people :
and Without expeﬁing my. ﬁn‘fwer one minure, ‘014
hearing mefpeake one fyl-lable for my felfe, I ﬁnd
prefently your dreadfull (emetic: m’ﬁ'dggainﬁ%e
in~this killing tone, are .101 ﬂit-berein‘a mmﬁirgué'
lar event!) admiration -.’ are not all Protes‘iant‘s , Pad
pm: ,' cbriﬂiazzs, learned beatbtm agreed in we Rule
Igwe9what may be the meaning of this outcry from
a perfon oﬂyour veracity, mejtémﬁ’, cbarity Ste;
which has allmoﬁ driven me out from the focietyf
o

P. 49.

(32:)?

of men to eatgtanfswithfther wild. aﬁsi of: meiﬁefd _,

Why , I milﬁf holdgl'wﬁetklgr.1.:‘ml-por..~ﬁo,that
a herd of serram'lgnorqmm‘rigrtobe ‘Préfer’dbc:

fore one [earned Judicious mami and that too in his"

own profefﬁon, as thofe that never read Logick; be-'
fore Ariﬂotle Bet. now. let‘ my #ahfwe'rprbve what
it will ,' I am condemn'd before hand , vft‘ngalar" ('6
2m: to admiration. Then I am Tet aétellingﬁl‘know
not What, tell your ﬂbollars, and tie world , .p._ 48;-
fell your fébellars, you are éut one and tbe} are many

(which no doubt would be 'a great-piece of newes!

to them) 'ibid. Then again, tell tﬁe world&e.p49."=
Doubtlefs there is fomething in that, UnfOrtu‘-‘
nate (though civil ) reyueﬁ of mine , which gall:
you more then ordinary. [For thefe do not found
like wordsrof mule , bit 053W, and1 Parofoﬂ.‘
But , Sr, will you pleafocoilhzruswvameom'ai
little into th‘c'emlerair? (‘for’ihere'is no brea-
thing in this Stove.J..Wh>at is—‘irtyou would have"
mqteﬂ alljthefe people)? wfhy'yjﬂo this-eﬁeav: (735*
ibeforo) «has lachﬂdﬁmhisﬁm-‘iowb is” to be pres-i
fer’d in his .judgemene'ofiatiﬁgGrnét, Hebrew 8m."
before the ablcﬁ which: of the World‘in thofe L’an-
guages. '.. '- .‘ ;'1 . i W _'..-"., .
: -.:Bnt«pray.,’ Sr, maynu'é Ia'be excus’d'? whatever
I-‘hibk, it‘gocs againﬁ more tell‘fuchuﬁuﬁ‘ to me
warld, as my own mind and judgement. tI'Vmu'ld
ﬂat trumpet. my own {liable ,rr'ivbower dotbeirs)
withoUI agreater caulk. -Iidxinke my time may
be better employed by minding you that preﬂés are
akind of fact-ed things, and ought not to be-pno'é
fan’d

(“3-3 )

. fan’d by the 'paﬂions, intereﬁs , weakneﬂ‘: , or ex-
tranaganc-es ofmen. In private and familiar difcou r-
fes fome greater liberty may be allowed; but he
that f peaks to the-whole world, ' owes reverence and
caution to it, without which every book we pub-
.lifh is little better. then a libel againﬁ our Reader ;'
and even when we court him , we do but en-
title him to all the impertinencies and follies of our

ens. . .

P But above all, this can never be minded enough.
that if of ever} idle word , much more ﬂanderoza
and 'reviling ones account ﬂrall ﬁe given in tbe day of
judgement». Had you minded this ( as you. ought )
you could not have vented thoi‘ e very'va'in words
(,I will fay‘nowmfe.) you have done againﬁ me
nap and down this preface; as alfo in the reft of
your books where you mention my name.

You have yet a piece of another yueﬁionand then
it will be high time for us to make an end, and to
think: our readers may bavel’ome buﬁnefs beﬁdes.
’Tis this , wlmt mean you to bring in tbe intimation, Pref. p. to?
Mat tbw tbe great Traits of God will depend on Im-
mune faﬂi-ages; even wbetlzer God [ball ﬁe God. Sr ,
if you have not difus’d your Acquaintance with the
latin Tongue , and fo miﬁaken , ' you might have
engliﬂl’d the words I game: out of Tertullian in the
like cafe , with more ﬁncerz‘ty. For any one may
quickly fee, I‘make not the Divine Exiﬂence (as
you would have me.) an inﬂame of tbegreat Trutbs
0/504 (though Ihopc no harme if I did F0.) but
as a conﬁyuemial dependent,- whether it {hall be fo
, E or

C 34 )
at no, upon the fubjeﬁion of the wondofGod‘to thg
will of man , efpecially of. ONE man , in oppoﬁ.
tion to all Others.

Then you would have me to conﬁder whether I
do well to wander Ar tiﬁcial; Logical Deﬁnitions, con--
troverted 5) tbs greateﬁ Divmm, with lb: great
Trutb: of-Gadt . .

To which I anfwer. I. ThatI am aﬂiam’d you
fhould thus over and over expo/r your {elfewith
your moft illogical evaﬁon of logical and artiﬁcial ’
deﬁnitions , as if (fuppoﬁng them true) they
were hat the fame Re with the deﬁnitum, as I have
told you already. Good Sr 1. taike what you pleafé
in private-tozfuch as underﬁand nor what you fay,
and let. them- give you:a Grand: 2015? for your
pains: but you. may do well to ufe more civility to
the reafon of a fcbollar, though he hath not yet
worn out his freﬂnmms gown. - ~

2-. Iabfolutely deny what you rd raflily ava,.
that the deﬁnition ofjuﬂiﬁcation i: contravened by
zbegreatzfi Divims. This is one of yourliberal
Dic‘iates. The- Refbrm’ d. Divines are all I minke-,6?-
for: your- [rife agreed about themture of fuﬂzﬁcn-
tian , its caufes- 8m. and confequently cannOt difl
fer about the Deﬁnition. Prove the contrary when
you can, and let thefe poore F-igelmve: alone 1 at
leaft befiow them fomwhere elfe.

The Clare Ofyour Preface 1511 cover ﬁt for fuch a
pm), You Jumble not in. the audience of God
and man to fuggeﬂ again that hard-fronted ca.
lawn}, (how can any man call it lefs ?) 142:1}131 I-.

. prefer:

(=35)

~prefer a majority qf’egnqmnt: beforega learned man
in’his-own profeﬂion; and thereupon found your
trumpet to this 'tuner‘ t/Jieﬁt Doﬁrinefor a Doﬁor,
anda. Mafia" of a Literate ﬂm‘et} .9 you know nor
what theevent ofallthis may be 3. for fuppofe now
being - dragg’d in {my ﬁ'arlet (“a habit more fuitable
fOF.him«that,tl7illmP/JSJ at the wheel ofyou r chariot
.in the view-of all men, I {hould happen to be degra-
ded, and tumdout 'of my literate fociety,‘ would
.it not troubleyou ? no doubt .5 butthen-it might
happen to be too late. '_

In the meane time, Sr, (without any difparage-
intent to your own degree) the name and quality of
a D O C T0 R and Maﬁer of a Literate ﬁwiety
might have been treated more civilly by you. And
,fo let that goe along with it’s fellowes. For the
pleafant fpeech to my bearers andfcbollars, you put
.into my mouth at parting, Ileave it .as divertife-
ment to any that has a mind to be merry .upon f0
.fad an occaﬁon : yet one Aﬂeifmein it muﬂ not be
omitted, which fronts it thus; Hearer: andfcbollars,
:55: and Mat :35 tbe true deﬁnition of F aitb and fuﬁiﬁ-
cation , even aftbe variomforts cf F aitb and fuﬁzﬁ-
cation &c. g V _

But . Sr , Ifcar yourhaﬁ has betrayed yourme-
mory, and .made you forget that I commend your
om deﬁnition of faith (lagical .orzartifz‘cial) with
fome needful explanations;andtherefore‘yoqmight
‘ 3‘ leaft for my farther encouragement hay: {par'd '
me there. As for the bringing alt/am aflfaith .into
me deﬁnition , I confers mydifability to dait, but

E 2 . .ﬂiall

P. so.

(‘36 )

(hall leave it to fuch as are skill’d in makéiﬁg Deg
ﬁnitiom and their drﬁnimms- two feve'raili things”,
with whom it will be an- e'af‘y workev So for your
various deﬁnitioM’Of »-_3‘uﬂz:ﬁcat‘ia» Cab/iiltttive, f0“
temial, executive, in Fora Deiv, in Faro con/Eimtih
8tc. one would expeﬁ fo‘me more then ordinary
ﬁnfe a comnting by the train and rumble of words
which attend it ; when indeed all looké lﬂte a nicer
artiﬁce, to fet people a gazing upon fame-Other
matters while you :are t'onveighing your felfe with

the gueﬁion out of the way. -
lfit be nor fo,what need of this heap of diﬂiinéiions
here, when you know thequeﬁion betwixt Us is of
no other fit/ﬁt‘ﬁcaﬁon; but the conﬂita'tive inForo
Def, that which makes us righteous in the court of
heaven. 1 have nething to do withyou'yet in any
tll‘e , as your an eanﬁie'hce' wthell you when you
pleal‘e. If you have net more jvﬂic'e and Civility for
"your intelligent Readers , I willi- you'wwould ﬂow
more compaﬂion to your ignorant homage-rs , and-
not thus abnfe them with yom- palpable waﬁons. "
t And now, Sr , ifyour pen can fpare you a few
“minutes ,~ I thinke you may dowel!- to nae-o
a little upon what you have done allreadyXo't‘t have

'here and in Other places indeavour’d what you,

could to 'expol'e a perfon who ‘had never bem'lmci-‘l
vi! to you . but rather had a fair :11ch For ybnf;
and indeed once tooke you foraqaite-other man,
mm I have found you now. You have per-(mud
the plain fence of qu‘el’tions between us, hid your:
felfe from the ignorant in mills and clouds , aﬁd .
importinencies of words. And

C37)

_ 'Andare fueh W0 R K S as thel'e the rounds of
3m}: laddera’are .thefo your Reps and ﬁages to heat-
wen; efpetcially when upon all occaﬁons . and e.-
mi, in this er'eface you tell us. you~are going-tome
.great and dreadful triéuml? will you {306 out Of
the world thus? I heartilypray you may nor, and
.hope you will not. . . . . \

I cannot end without begging the Readers parl-
don for this trouble I have given him though in
my juﬁ-and acre/far} defame. ,1 know it mm needs
be tedious to him , which has been fo in fuch a
‘meafure to my felfe. - . ‘ . . .g _

Que, wordmoreto you,.Sr. and I have-done.
Firﬂ , if any words have ekap’dme, of greater
plainmﬂand liéerty then I would Otherwil‘e have
us'd, I deﬁre you would lay your hand upon
your breaﬁ , and conﬁder what ( indeed unfuﬂ'e-
table) provocatiéﬁs you have given mc,by your odi-
ous reprefentatious of me to the world in all the
material part of your Preface (fuch as if they
were {me I were ﬁngnough to be begg'd for a
fool _) Your vain [triumph and infultings. over nae,

"fromhqthine butidie few?“ of your. own... Let

the equal reader judge between us.

Next -, that being now fo well acquainted
with you, I intend no farther reply to any thing
you {hail thinke ﬁt to publiﬂi alga-int} me hereafter,
got indeed to any “hr upon there controvedics ;
contextiing my felfe to have deliver’d my Judge-
ment thus far ; Whercin if you, or any man re-
main unfatisﬁed , you may, for we, enjoy your

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opinionsin peace; refolving to contend wi thtro
man ‘for the fmall vulgar triumph of the laﬂ 6;-
loudeﬁ word: yet nor defoairing, tut God in his
time will infule. courage into mm of far more :4-
tilitie: tbm my felfe to defend his cauf'e. So
wifhin-g you all the happinefs (Temporal, and
Eternal) I do to my felfc, I'bid you .1: ARE-
WELL.

from my‘Country-‘Habitation, Jun. 1‘3-

Prov. 9. 3. 9. Retake a wife man, and be vii!
Jove tbee: Give inﬂruﬁien to .a wife man, .4»
.6e will le )(t 1717“. A

I!

FINDS.

Errata.

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