The six book-sellers proctor non-suited wherein the gross falsifications, and untruths, together with the inconsiderate and weak passages, found in the apologie for the said book-sellers, are briefly noted and evicted, and the said book-sellers proved so unworthy, both in their second beacon-fired, and likewise in their epistle written in the defence of it, that they are out of the protection of any Christian, or reasonable apologie for either / by John Goodwin.
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             The six book-sellers proctor non-suited wherein the gross falsifications, and untruths, together with the inconsiderate and weak passages, found in the apologie for the said book-sellers, are briefly noted and evicted, and the said book-sellers proved so unworthy, both in their second beacon-fired, and likewise in their epistle written in the defence of it, that they are out of the protection of any Christian, or reasonable apologie for either / by John Goodwin.
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           The
           Six
           Book-Sellers
           Proctor
           Non-suited
           .
           WHEREIN
           The
           gross-falsifications
           ,
           and
           Untruths
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           inconsiderate
           and
           weak
           passages
           ,
           found
           in
           the
           Apologie
           for
           the
           said
           Book-Sellers
           ,
           are
           breifly
           noted
           and
           evicted
           .
           And
           the
           said
           Book-Sellers
           proved
           so
           unworthy
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           Second
           Beacon-fired
           ,
           and
           likewise
           in
           their
           Epistle
           written
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Protection
           of
           any
           
             Christian
             ,
          
           or
           reasonable
           
             Apologie
          
           for
           either
           .
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             G.
          
           A
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             He
             that
             justifieth
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             condemneth
             the
             righteous
             ,
             even
             they
             both
             are
             an
             abhomination
             unto
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             17.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           
             Who
             knowing
             the
             judgement
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             commit
             such
             things
             ,
             are
             worthy
             of
             death
             ,
             not
             onely
             do
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             consent
             with
             them
             who
             do
             them
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             32.
             
          
        
         
           
             They
             that
             forsake
             the
             Law
             ,
             praise
             the
             wicked
             :
             but
             such
             as
             keep
             the
             Law
             ,
             contend
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             28.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           
             Nullum
             vitium
             est
             sine
             Patrocinio
             .
          
           
             Sen.
             
          
        
         
           
             Causa
             patrocinio
             non
             bona
             major
             erit
             .
          
           
             Ovid
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Non
               est
               in
               medico
               semper
               relevetur
               ut
               aeger
               :
            
          
           
             
               Interdum
               doctâ
               plus
               valet
               arte
               malum
               .
            
          
           
             Idem
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             Cripps
             ,
          
           and
           
             L.
             Lloyd
             ,
          
           and
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           Shops
           at
           the
           Castle
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           and
           in
           Popes-Head-Alley
           ,
           near
           
             Lumbard-Street
             .
          
           1655
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           six
           Book-sellers
           Proctor
           non-suited
           ,
           and
           his
           Apologie
           proved
           the
           Apologists
           own
           condemnation
           .
        
         
           GOod
           Reader
           ,
           I
           shall
           do
           little
           in
           this
           paper
           ,
           but
           only
           give
           thee
           a
           few
           Items
           (
           with
           an
           Imprimis
           )
           of
           that
           large
           bed-rol
           of
           untruths
           and
           
             foul
             aspersions
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apologist
           expresseth
           himself
           )
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           composed
           an
           Apologie
           (
           or
           rather
           ,
           an
           Apologue
           ,
           instead
           of
           an
           Apologie
           )
           for
           his
           Book-men
           .
        
         
           If
           there
           prove
           to
           be
           any
           vacant
           paper
           towards
           the
           end
           ,
           I
           may
           give
           thee
           a
           taste
           of
           some
           weak
           and
           indigested
           sayings
           of
           his
           likewise
           .
           But
           concerning
           aspersions
           and
           untruths
           .
        
         
           Imprimis
           he
           saith
           ,
           p.
           3.
           that
           
             after
             search
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             omission
             of
             one
             word
             ,
             such
             ,
             had
             by
             a
             strange
             kind
             of
             multiplication
             ,
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             1
          
           
             produced
             a
             thousand
             ,
             wherein
             I
             render
             them
          
           [
           the
           Book-sellers
           ]
           
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             guilty
             of
             no
             less
             then
             forgery
             and
             falsification
             .
          
           Here
           are
           two
           of
           those
           evil
           things
           ,
           which
           himself
           calls
           
             soul
             and
             unjust
             aspersions
             .
          
           For
           first
           ,
           I
           take
           his
           book-men
           ●ardie
           ,
           (
           and
           charge
           them
           accordingly
           )
           with
           the
           omission
           of
           several
           other
           words
           ,
           besides
           
             such
             ,
             p.
          
           16.
           60.
           
           Besides
           ,
           I
           charge
           them
           in
           my
           book
           (
           and
           that
           most
           justly
           )
           with
           several
           other
           falsifications
           ,
           besides
           those
           committed
           in
           and
           about
           the
           Transcription
           out
           of
           my
           book
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           as
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           my
           Animadversions
           upon
           every
           Section
           of
           their
           Epistle
           (
           a
           very
           few
           only
           excepted
           )
           especially
           upon
           Sect
           ,
           1.
           20.
           and
           21.
           3.
           
           I
           no where
           make
           his
           bookmen
           guilty
           of
           Forgery
           ,
           for
           leaving
           out
           of
           the
           word
           
             Such
             :
          
           I
           only
           say
           in
           my
           Letter
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           
             some
             would
             call
          
           it
           
             Forgery
             .
          
           p.
           1.
           
        
         
           Item
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           p.
           3.
           that
           
             at
          
           the
           Book-sellers
           mis-transcribing
           
             
               §
               .
            
             2
          
           the
           passage
           out
           of
           my
           Book
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           
             I
             cry
             out
             of
             Antichristian
             dealing
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           is
           Book-seller-like
           also
           .
           I
           no where
           cry
           out
           of
           
             Anti-Christian
             dealing
          
           because
           of
           their
           
             un-Christian
          
           
           handling
           me
           in
           their
           transcribing
           me
           .
           I
           only
           call
           their
           request
           to
           the
           Parliament
           for
           the
           confinement
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           an
           
             Anti-Christian
             request
             ;
          
           of
           which
           I
           give
           a
           true
           ,
           and
           sober
           account
           .
           p.
           49.
           
        
         
           Item
           ,
           p.
           4.
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           
             so
             far
             profited
             in
             the
             art
             of
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             3
          
           
             calumnation
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             ashamed
             to
             prostitute
             the
             sentences
             of
             Calvin
             ,
             Piscator
             ,
             Pareus
             ,
             the
             Synod
             of
             Dort
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             to
             the
             maintenance
             of
             those
             Arminian
             Doctrines
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             world
             knows
             their
             souls
             abhord
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Doth
           the
           man
           speak
           truth
           ,
           when
           he
           calls
           it
           a
           
             calumniation
             ,
          
           truly
           and
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           
             falsification
          
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           to
           transcribe
           or
           report
           the
           sayings
           of
           men
           ?
           He
           is
           not
           able
           to
           prove
           that
           I
           have
           wronged
           the
           Authors
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           nor
           any
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           tittle
           or
           iota
           ,
           in
           any
           thing
           I
           have
           cited
           from
           them
           .
           And
           if
           
             their
             souls
             abhor'd
             the
             Doctrines
          
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           a
           twofold
           respect
           ,
           blame
           worthy
           ;
           1.
           
           Because
           
             their
             souls
             abhor'd
          
           such
           
             Doctrines
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           manifest
           truths
           of
           God
           .
           2.
           
           Because
           they
           assert
           and
           affirm
           that
           in
           words
           ,
           which
           upon
           such
           a
           supposition
           ,
           is
           most
           contrary
           to
           their
           sence
           and
           judgement
           .
           Besides
           it
           is
           much
           more
           
             Presbyterian
             ,
          
           then
           
             Orthodox
             ,
          
           to
           call
           the
           
             citation
          
           of
           mens
           
             sentences
          
           for
           the
           
             maintenance
          
           of
           what
           they
           plainly
           speak
           and
           avouch
           ,
           a
           
             prostitution
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Item
           ,
           p.
           4.
           
           He
           insinuates
           a
           charge
           against
           me
           of
           
             oppressing
          
           the
           Book-sellers
           
             innocency
             .
          
           It
           seems
           to
           falsifie
           mens
           writings
           
             
               §
               .
            
             4
          
           and
           opinions
           ,
           is
           Presbyterian
           
             innocency
             .
          
           But
           some
           of
           the
           Book-sellers
           themselves
           (
           I
           understand
           )
           are
           more
           ingenuous
           then
           their
           Apologist
           (
           as
           clients
           many
           time
           are
           then
           their
           Proctors
           )
           and
           do
           confess
           they
           did
           not
           well
           in
           defaceing
           my
           words
           ,
           and
           wish
           it
           had
           been
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Item
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           same
           page
           )
           he
           calls
           
             Toleration
          
           an
           
             accursed
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             5
          
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           and
           affirms
           it
           to
           be
           Mr.
           
           
             Goodwins
             Great
             Diana
             .
          
           If
           
             Toleration
          
           be
           an
           
             Idol
             ,
          
           how
           come
           
             Presbyterians
          
           to
           fare
           so
           well
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           by
           it
           ?
           
             Idols
          
           (
           the
           Scripture
           informeth
           us
           )
           do
           neither
           good
           ,
           nor
           evil
           ,
           
             Esa.
          
           41.
           23.
           44.
           10.
           
           
             Psal.
          
           115.
           4.
           5.
           
           &c.
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           (
           nor
           do
           wiser
           men
           then
           I
           ,
           know
           any
           )
           why
           the
           sect
           of
           High
           
             Presbyterialism
             ,
          
           should
           be
           
             tolerated
             ,
          
           more
           then
           its
           fellows
           .
           Certain
           I
           am
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           ill
           deserving
           of
           the
           civil
           State
           ▪
           yea
           or
           of
           humane
           society
           ;
           yea
           or
           of
           the
           interest
           of
           
           Christian
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           them
           ▪
           But
           why
           he
           should
           call
           ,
           
             Toleration
             ,
          
           my
           
             Great
             Diana
             ,
          
           it
           may
           be
           his
           interest
           ,
           or
           his
           disaffection
           to
           me
           ,
           knoweth
           ;
           but
           his
           conscience
           ,
           (
           I
           am
           confident
           )
           knoweth
           not
           ,
           especially
           if
           he
           understandeth
           what
           
             Toleration
          
           properly
           meaneth
           .
           I
           not
           long
           since
           plainly
           expressed
           my self
           to
           the
           chief
           Ruler
           of
           the
           land
           ,
           that
           my
           sence
           was
           not
           to
           have
           any
           
             Toleration
          
           granted
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           to
           any
           sort
           ,
           or
           sect
           ,
           of
           erroneous
           men
           whatsoever
           ;
           yea
           and
           further
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Magistrates
           power
           to
           grant
           any
           ,
           
             [
             id
             est
             ,
          
           to
           grant
           a
           liberty
           ,
           or
           permission
           unto
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           erre
           .
           ]
        
         
           Item
           yet
           again
           (
           in
           the
           same
           page
           )
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             if
             things
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             6
          
           
             be
             unpartially
             weighed
             ,
             it
             will
             evidently
             appear
             ,
          
           that
           to
           
             deny
             such
          
           or
           such
           a
           particular
           kind
           of
           
             unchangeablness
          
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           
             any
             unchangeableness
          
           in
           him
           at
           all
           ,
           
             though
             different
             in
             words
             ,
             yet
             is
             in
             sence
             the
             same
             .
          
           But
           
             if
             things
             be
             never
             so
             unpartially
             weighed
             ,
             doth
             it
             ,
          
           or
           will
           it
           
             evidently
             appear
             ,
          
           that
           to
           deny
           the
           Apologist
           ,
           (
           be
           he
           Mr.
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           or
           Mr.
           
             Jenkins
             ,
          
           or
           whosoever
           )
           to
           be
           such
           or
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           
             animal
             ,
          
           as
           suppose
           an
           Horse
           ,
           Mule
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           him
           to
           be
           any
           
             animal
          
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           suppose
           
             animal
             rational
             ,
          
           an
           
             animal
          
           endued
           with
           reason
           ,
           is
           onely
           
             somewhat
             different
             in
             words
             ,
             yet
             the
             sence
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           Item
           (
           in
           the
           same
           fourth
           page
           )
           he
           saith
           he
           is
           
             well
             assured
             ,
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             7
          
           
             upon
             much
             conference
             with
             Book-sellers
             since
             ,
          
           that
           
             it
             was
             not
             willfully
             or
             maliciously
             left
             out
             to
             deprave
             my
             meaning
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           this
           he
           alledgeth
           as
           his
           first
           argument
           to
           make
           it
           
             evidently
             appear
             ,
          
           that
           
             to
             deny
             such
             an
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             deny
             any
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           though
           
             somewhat
             different
             in
             words
          
           is
           
             yet
             in
             sence
             the
             same
             .
          
           Doth
           it
           ,
           
             evidently
             appear
          
           by
           the
           affirming
           of
           an
           untruth
           inconsiderately
           ,
           and
           not
           maliciously
           ,
           that
           to
           affirm
           a
           truth
           ,
           and
           an
           untruth
           ,
           is
           
             in
             sence
          
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           only
           
             somewhat
             different
             in
             words
             ?
          
           Is
           not
           this
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           demonstration
           ,
           which
           maketh
           it
           
             evident
          
           that
           white
           is
           black
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           something
           ?
        
         
           Item
           (
           towards
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           same
           page
           )
           why
           the
           denying
           
             
               §
               .
            
             8
          
           of
           
             such
             an
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           and
           
             any
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           should
           be
           
             in
             sence
             the
             same
             ,
          
           he
           adds
           (
           in
           the
           second
           place
           )
           this
           reasonless
           reason
           .
           
             The
             true
             reason
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             why
             the
          
           
           
             word
             such
             was
             left
             out
             ,
             was
             because
             it
             was
             a
             relative
             term
          
           [
           and
           was
           not
           this
           an
           offence
           ,
           deserving
           the
           punishment
           of
           being
           banished
           from
           the
           sentence
           ?
           ]
           and
           
             so
             if
             it
             had
             been
             expressed
             it
             would
             have
             necessitated
             the
             Transcription
             of
             a
             far
             larger
             proportion
             of
          
           Mr.
           
           
             Goodwins
             words
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           first
           ,
           this
           reason
           is
           not
           at
           all
           
             relative
          
           to
           the
           conclusion
           ,
           the
           apparent
           eviction
           whereof
           it
           pretends
           unto
           .
           For
           what
           is
           there
           in
           it
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           to
           
             deny
             such
             an
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           and
           
             any
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           are
           
             in
             sence
             the
             same
             ?
          
           2.
           
           It
           grosly
           contradicteth
           his
           former
           reason
           .
           For
           there
           he
           affirmed
           (
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           his
           Beacon-Firers
           )
           that
           the
           word
           was
           
             not
             wilfully
             left
             out
             :
          
           and
           here
           he
           affirmeth
           that
           it
           was
           
             left
             out
          
           upon
           consideration
           and
           debate
           .
           Now
           what
           is
           
             wilfulness
             ,
          
           but
           the
           fulness
           of
           the
           will
           ?
           and
           when
           is
           the
           will
           fuller
           ,
           then
           when
           a
           thing
           is
           willed
           ,
           or
           resolved
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           upon
           consideration
           ,
           and
           in
           order
           to
           the
           effecting
           or
           procuring
           of
           some
           beloved
           end
           ?
           3.
           (
           and
           lastly
           )
           if
           the
           
             nature
             of
          
           their
           
             work
          
           of
           Beacon-firing
           would
           
             not
             permit
             the
             transcribing
             of
             such
             a
             proportion
             of
             my
             words
             ,
          
           as
           was
           sufficient
           to
           explain
           my
           sence
           and
           meaning
           in
           that
           
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           which
           I
           deny
           unto
           God
           :
           they
           had
           provided
           better
           both
           for
           their
           consciences
           ,
           and
           credits
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           left
           out
           the
           whole
           sentence
           out
           of
           their
           book
           ,
           instead
           of
           leaving
           out
           the
           word
           
             Such
             ,
          
           (
           with
           others
           )
           out
           of
           the
           sentence
           .
           For
           is
           it
           reasonable
           ,
           or
           
             Christian
             ,
          
           to
           represent
           a
           mans
           saying
           as
           erroneous
           ,
           without
           declaring
           unto
           the
           Reader
           ,
           in
           what
           sence
           that
           word
           ,
           wherein
           the
           error
           is
           supposed
           to
           lye
           ,
           is
           meant
           or
           understood
           by
           him
           ,
           in
           case
           it
           be
           ambiguous
           ?
        
         
           Item
           (
           page
           5.
           )
           he
           saith
           that
           
             that
             assureance
             of
             the
             unchangeableness
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             9
          
           
             of
             Gods
             love
             ,
             which
             the
             Beacon-Firers
             implici●ely
             assert
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             denial
             whereof
             they
             charge
             me
             ,
             is
             very
             well
             known
             (
             to
             the
             Lord
             Protector
             ,
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             all
             intelligent
             men
             )
             to
             be
             that
             very
             ▪
             same
             which
             I
             oppose
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           If
           the
           Beacon-Firers
           do
           
             assert
             such
          
           an
           
             assureance
             of
             the
             unchangeableness
             of
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           I
           there
           describe
           and
           oppose
           ,
           I
           cannot
           beleeve
           that
           either
           my
           Lord
           Protector
           ,
           or
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           many
           if
           any
           )
           other
           intelligent
           men
           ,
           have
           any
           knowledge
           of
           such
           their
           assertion
           .
           For
           how
           should
           it
           ever
           come
           into
           the
           mind
           (
           much
           less
           into
           the
           steady
           and
           certain
           
             knowledge
          
           either
           of
           the
           Lord
           Protector
           ,
           Parliament
           ,
           or
           other
           
             intelligent
          
           
           man
           ,
           that
           men
           pretending
           to
           the
           true
           knowledge
           and
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Beacon-fires
           do
           (
           by
           the
           Apologists
           high
           testimony
           of
           them
           )
           should
           ascribe
           any
           thing
           unto
           him
           ,
           so
           abhorring
           to
           his
           nature
           ,
           so
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           holiness
           ,
           so
           destructive
           to
           his
           great
           end
           and
           design
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           godliness
           amongst
           men
           ,
           as
           such
           an
           unchangeableness
           of
           love
           to
           men
           ,
           which
           I
           there
           describe
           ,
           and
           deny
           unto
           him
           ?
           As
           for
           the
           
             unchangeableness
          
           asserted
           by
           my
           
             adversaries
             ,
          
           if
           it
           be
           such
           ,
           which
           opposeth
           the
           
             unchangeableness
             ,
          
           which
           I
           in
           twenty
           places
           (
           some
           of
           them
           pointed
           to
           in
           my
           
             Fresh
             Discovery
             )
          
           do
           assert
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           then
           yet
           I
           understand
           .
           If
           it
           be
           such
           which
           I
           reject
           ,
           and
           this
           with
           indignation
           and
           abhorrencie
           of
           soul
           (
           as
           I
           ,
           and
           all
           intelligent
           men
           ,
           have
           good
           cause
           to
           doe
           )
           neither
           the
           Beacon-Firers
           ,
           nor
           their
           Proctor
           ,
           can
           with
           truth
           charge
           me
           with
           rejecting
           any
           other
           ;
           nor
           consequently
           with
           rejecting
           all
           whatsoever
           .
           Therefore
           the
           mans
           
             Dilemma
          
           is
           impertinently
           frivolous
           .
        
         
           Item
           (
           p.
           5.
           )
           he
           chargeth
           me
           ,
           that
           
             my
             whole
             dispute
             is
             levied
          
           
             
               §
               .
            
             10
          
           
             against
             the
             unchangeableness
             of
             Gods
             love
             .
          
           A
           most
           horid
           ,
           bould
           ,
           and
           broadfac'd
           slander
           .
           For
           the
           main
           designe
           of
           that
           
             dispute
          
           of
           mine
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           is
           to
           explain
           ,
           vindicate
           and
           assert
           the
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             Gods
             love
             :
          
           and
           withal
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           to
           ascribe
           unto
           him
           such
           an
           
             unchangeableness
          
           of
           love
           ,
           as
           the
           Apologist
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           very
           inconsiderately
           do
           ,
           is
           (
           above
           all
           contradiction
           )
           to
           render
           him
           mutable
           in
           his
           affection
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             love
             ,
          
           which
           they
           ascribe
           unto
           him
           ,
           is
           
             felo
             de
             se
             ,
          
           falls
           foul
           upon
           ,
           and
           destroys
           it self
           .
           Upon
           this
           account
           the
           Reader
           desirous
           of
           satisfaction
           ,
           may
           please
           to
           peruse
           
             p.
          
           63.
           64.
           and
           
             p.
          
           205.
           206.
           207.
           of
           my
           book
           of
           Redemption
           .
           Therefore
           how
           importune
           and
           un-clerk-like
           is
           he
           in
           his
           Parenthesis
           following
           :
           
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             he
             confidently
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             judgement
             Gods
             love
             is
             unchangeable
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             for
             a
             spirit
             of
             error
             to
             be
             accompanied
             with
             a
             spirit
             of
             contradiction
             .
          
           Most
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           a
           spirit
           of
           error
           is
           very
           frequently
           accompanyed
           with
           a
           spirit
           of
           contradiction
           .
           And
           hence
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Apologist
           ,
           and
           other
           Ministers
           and
           Preachers
           of
           his
           judgment
           about
           the
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           seldom
           preach
           ,
           but
           that
           
           their
           Sermons
           are
           yea
           and
           nay
           ;
           the
           doctrinal
           part
           ,
           a
           
             Samaritan
             ,
          
           and
           the
           applicatory
           part
           ,
           a
           
             Jew
             .
          
           But
           whereas
           he
           would
           insinnuate
           me
           a
           self-contradictor
           ,
           because
           I
           somewhere
           deny
           his
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             love
          
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           assert
           such
           an
           unchangeableness
           of
           love
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           with
           the
           salvage
           of
           the
           glory
           and
           truth
           of
           all
           his
           Attributes
           ,
           is
           competent
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           declares
           himself
           to
           be
           the
           firstborn
           son
           of
           disingenuity
           ,
           unless
           to
           salve
           this
           dishonour
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           content
           to
           plead
           an
           
             Ignoramus
             .
          
           The
           passages
           he
           transcribes
           out
           of
           my
           book
           ,
           are
           palpably
           irrelative
           to
           his
           cause
           .
           They
           only
           prove
           that
           I
           
             deny
          
           such
           an
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             love
          
           in
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           fancyeth
           in
           him
           (
           which
           certainly
           ,
           whilest
           God
           spareth
           me
           my
           wits
           ,
           and
           the
           use
           of
           my
           reason
           and
           understanding
           to
           consult
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           I
           always
           shall
           deny
           )
           but
           they
           have
           no
           face
           or
           colour
           of
           proof
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           the
           
             unchangeableness
             of
             Gods
             love
          
           simply
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           such
           
             unchangeableness
          
           herein
           ,
           which
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Scriptures
           anywhere
           ascribed
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           Item
           (
           p.
           5.
           )
           He
           terms
           it
           
             Scepticism
          
           in
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           not
           
             
               §
               .
            
             11
          
           positive
           and
           assertive
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           but
           express
           my self
           modestly
           and
           with
           acknowledgement
           of
           some
           stond
           in
           my
           judgment
           ,
           where
           the
           matter
           is
           difficult
           ,
           and
           the
           grounds
           of
           the
           truth
           not
           so
           evident
           to
           me
           .
           Yet
           p.
           9.
           he
           profoundly
           taxeth
           me
           with
           want
           of
           
             modesty
             ,
          
           even
           where
           I
           have
           ground
           of
           confidence
           in
           abundance
           .
           But
           want
           of
           modesty
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           modesty
           ,
           are
           alike
           taxable
           ,
           when
           they
           do
           not
           serve
           high-Presbyterian
           turns
           .
           It
           seems
           High-Presbyterians
           ,
           pretend
           to
           a
           line
           of
           knowledge
           far
           higher
           then
           
             Pauls
             .
          
           For
           he
           professed
           that
           he
           
             knew
             but
             in
             part
             ,
          
           and
           accordingly
           
             prophecied
             but
             in
             part
             .
          
           But
           they
           are
           afraid
           of
           the
           reproach
           of
           
             Scepticism
             ,
          
           unless
           they
           profess
           to
           know
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           this
           without
           hesitancy
           ,
           or
           the
           least
           regret
           in
           their
           judgement
           ,
           about
           any
           thing
           .
           Their
           manner
           is
           to
           lay
           on
           load
           and
           strength
           of
           confidence
           on
           their
           conclusions
           ,
           even
           where
           their
           premises
           are
           weak
           and
           contemptible
           .
        
         
           Item
           (
           p.
           6.
           7.
           8.
           
           )
           he
           reasons
           most
           absurdly
           from
           the
           loose
           
             
               Sect.
            
             12
          
           ground
           of
           his
           distinction
           of
           
             a
             two
             fold
             love
             in
             God
             ,
             a
             love
             to
             righteousness
             ,
             a
             love
             to
             persons
             .
          
           For
           speaking
           of
           that
           
             love
             ,
          
           about
           which
           only
           the
           question
           sticketh
           between
           the
           Apologist
           
           and
           his
           opponents
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           a
           love
           of
           complacency
           and
           delight
           in
           the
           persons
           of
           men
           ,
           God
           loves
           no
           mans
           
             person
          
           materially
           or
           simply
           considered
           ,
           but
           onely
           as
           qualified
           with
           
             righteousness
             :
          
           as
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           hates
           no
           mans
           person
           ,
           with
           an
           hatred
           opposite
           to
           this
           love
           ,
           simply
           considered
           (
           this
           being
           the
           workmanship
           of
           his
           own
           hands
           )
           but
           onely
           as
           corrupted
           with
           sin
           and
           unrighteousness
           .
           So
           that
           when
           God
           
             loves
          
           a
           righteous
           person
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           love
           him
           with
           a
           twofold
           
             love
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apologist
           weakly
           supposeth
           )
           with
           one
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           another
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           
             person
             ;
          
           but
           he
           loves
           the
           
             person
             ,
             mediante
             justicia
             ,
          
           or
           because
           of
           that
           
             rightteousness
             ,
          
           which
           he
           findes
           in
           him
           :
           and
           would
           not
           
             love
          
           him
           (
           I
           still
           mean
           ,
           with
           that
           kind
           of
           
             love
          
           mentioned
           )
           if
           
             righteousness
          
           were
           not
           found
           in
           him
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           this
           love
           of
           his
           to
           
             righteous
             persons
             ,
          
           formally
           
             [
             i.
             e.
          
           as
           righteous
           ]
           and
           concretely
           considered
           ,
           is
           uniform
           and
           
             unchangeable
             :
          
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           other
           object
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           onely
           a
           person
           ,
           or
           persons
           ,
           so
           qualified
           .
           From
           hence
           likewise
           it
           evidently
           appears
           ,
           how
           impertinent
           the
           similitude
           is
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           Apologist
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           better
           supports
           ,
           statuminates
           his
           cause
           .
           
             A
             Prince
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             loves
             a
             Loyal
             and
             faithful
             subject
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             proves
             disloyal
             ,
             he
             hates
             him
             .
             Will
             any
             man
             deny
             that
             the
             Princes
             affections
             are
             changed
             ?
             And
             yet
             he
             continues
             to
             love
             loyalty
             ,
             and
             hate
             disloyalty
             .
          
           Who
           with
           half
           an
           eye
           ,
           seeth
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           if
           this
           Prince
           were
           like
           unto
           God
           in
           his
           love
           to
           a
           
             loyal
             and
             faithful
             subject
          
           [
           i.
           e.
           could
           love
           no
           
             subject
             ,
          
           but
           him
           that
           is
           
             faithful
             and
             Loyal
             ,
          
           nor
           hate
           any
           ,
           but
           him
           that
           is
           contrary
           ]
           it
           were
           unproper
           to
           say
           that
           his
           
             affections
          
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           either
           were
           in
           the
           case
           put
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           in
           any
           other
           changed
           .
           And
           that
           there
           is
           a
           sence
           ,
           wherein
           the
           
             Love
          
           of
           God
           to
           men
           ,
           may
           be
           said
           in
           some
           cases
           ,
           to
           be
           changed
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           such
           a
           sence
           as
           that
           wherein
           he
           is
           said
           to
           
             repent
             ,
          
           is
           I
           suppose
           the
           sence
           of
           all
           that
           understand
           themselves
           in
           these
           controversies
           .
           But
           this
           sence
           doth
           not
           suppose
           any
           change
           ,
           or
           changeableness
           ,
           in
           the
           Nature
           or
           Essence
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           really
           the
           same
           with
           his
           
             love
             ,
          
           but
           onely
           a
           change
           and
           changeableness
           in
           his
           dispensations
           in
           reference
           to
           such
           and
           such
           persons
           ,
           which
           all
           divines
           with
           one
           mouth
           affirm
           may
           be
           varyed
           and
           changed
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           same
           persons
           ,
           
           without
           the
           least
           shadow
           of
           variation
           ,
           or
           change
           in
           his
           Essence
           .
           And
           if
           1.
           the
           love
           of
           the
           
             Prince
          
           in
           the
           Apologists
           fable
           ,
           were
           his
           nature
           and
           essence
           ;
           And
           2.
           
           This
           essence
           of
           his
           simply
           and
           absolutely
           unchangeable
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           express
           himself
           according
           to
           the
           different
           manner
           of
           love
           and
           hatred
           towards
           his
           subject
           specified
           ,
           under
           the
           different
           deportments
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           and
           disloyalty
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           his
           affections
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           any
           proper
           sence
           ,
           be
           said
           to
           be
           changed
           (
           which
           is
           the
           sence
           wherein
           I
           constantly
           deny
           any
           change
           of
           affection
           in
           God
           ,
           although
           he
           should
           one
           while
           love
           a
           person
           with
           a
           love
           of
           complacency
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           upon
           his
           turning
           aside
           from
           righteousness
           unto
           sin
           )
           not
           love
           him
           ,
           but
           hate
           him
           with
           an
           hatred
           contrary
           to
           his
           former
           love
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           things
           are
           argued
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           ingenuous
           and
           unprejudiced
           men
           ,
           in
           the
           pages
           ,
           and
           passages
           of
           my
           Book
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           lately
           directed
           unto
           .
           But
           the
           Apologist
           stands
           declared
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           :
           and
           there
           is
           little
           hope
           of
           bringing
           him
           over
           to
           the
           right
           ,
           unless
           his
           company
           were
           willing
           to
           come
           along
           with
           him
           .
           
             How
             can
             ye
             beleeve
          
           (
           saith
           
             Christ
             )
             who
             receive
             honour
             one
             of
             another
             ?
             Joh.
          
           5.
           
           What
           the
           Apologist
           adds
           ,
           p.
           7.
           8
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           the
           9.
           
             sibi
             et
             muses
             canit
             ,
          
           or
           however
           it
           passeth
           my
           intelligence
           .
           Onely
           this
           I
           understand
           ,
           p.
           9.
           he
           citeth
           a
           passage
           from
           my
           Letter
           to
           Mr.
           
           
             Ca●yl
             ,
          
           Book-seller-like
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           with
           the
           omission
           of
           these
           Emphatical
           words
           in
           it
           :
           
             and
             I
             cannot
             but
             presume
             regularly
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           the
           Apologist
           hath
           done
           his
           good
           will
           to
           cover
           the
           nakedness
           of
           his
           six
           Friends
           ,
           the
           Beacon-Firers
           .
           
             But
             he
             may
             cry
             out
             ;
             H●i
             mi
             i
             quod
             nullis
             scelus
             est
             medicabile
             verbis
             !
          
           He
           hath
           indeed
           tryed
           his
           skill
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           make
           (
           with
           
             Cacus
          
           of
           old
           )
           
             Candida
             de
             nigris
             ,
             et
             de
             candentibus
             atra
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
        
         
           Black
           things
           ,
           look
           white
           ,
           and
           white
           to
           look
           like
           black
           .
        
         
           And
           they
           may
           do
           well
           to
           accept
           of
           his
           will
           for
           the
           deed
           .
           But
           the
           Black-amore
           is
           never
           the
           whiter
           for
           his
           washing
           :
           onely
           the
           Launderer
           hath
           blacked
           his
           fingers
           with
           handling
           him
           .
        
         
           Item
           p.
           9.
           
           He
           chargeth
           me
           with
           
             scurrilous
             language
             towards
             the
             learned
             and
             reverend
             Mr.
             Walker
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             with
             my
             bitter
             recipe
             ,
             which
          
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             I
             prescribe
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             for
             one
          
           that
           is
           not
           
             compos
             sui
             .
          
           He
           falsifies
           egregiously
           ,
           in
           saying
           that
           the
           
             Recipe
          
           (
           bound
           in
           some
           of
           the
           copies
           of
           that
           book
           ,
           contrary
           unto
           
           order
           from
           me
           nor
           is
           it
           in
           any
           the
           copies
           in
           my
           hand
           )
           was
           
             prescribed
             by
             me
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             if
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           It
           was
           as
           much
           prescribed
           for
           Mr.
           
             Pool
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           man
           :
           as
           for
           Mr.
           
             Walker
             :
          
           it
           was
           ●ather
           
             prescribed
          
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           his
           papers
           ,
           then
           
             to
             him
             .
          
           But
           when
           he
           tells
           me
           of
           
             using
             scurrilous
             language
             towards
             him
             ,
          
           if
           he
           would
           tell
           me
           what
           he
           means
           by
           
             scurrilous
             language
          
           (
           for
           High
           Presbyterians
           ,
           as
           I
           somewhere
           take
           notice
           in
           my
           Animadversions
           upon
           the
           Booksellers
           letter
           ,
           are
           much
           given
           to
           a
           kind
           of
           canting
           dialect
           )
           I
           should
           better
           know
           how
           to
           entertain
           his
           charge
           .
           If
           he
           understands
           the
           words
           in
           the
           common
           and
           best
           known
           signification
           ,
           I
           may
           reasonably
           suppose
           he
           onely
           read
           Mr.
           
           
             Walkers
          
           piece
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           not
           my
           answer
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           far
           worse
           then
           
             scurrilous-language
          
           against
           me
           ,
           which
           he
           found
           there
           ,
           presumed
           that
           somewhat
           
             scurrilous
             ,
          
           at
           least
           ,
           would
           be
           drawn
           from
           me
           thereby
           ,
           in
           case
           I
           should
           make
           any
           reply
           to
           him
           .
           But
           Mr.
           
             Walker
          
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           inherits
           the
           praises
           of
           
             learned
             and
             reverend
             ,
          
           notwithstanding
           any
           super-scurrility
           of
           language
           in
           his
           writings
           :
           
             In
             promptu
             ratio
             est
             :
             Presbyteralis
             erat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hereof
             the
             Reason
             is
             not
             far
             :
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             Grand
             High
             Presbiter
             .
          
        
         
           Howeuer
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           unbeseeming
           word
           ,
           one
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           heat
           and
           hast
           of
           writing
           ,
           either
           in
           answer
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           (
           for
           I
           think
           I
           am
           certain
           that
           I
           never
           began
           any
           fray
           with
           any
           man
           )
           may
           possibly
           have
           escaped
           my
           pen
           ,
           (
           although
           I
           know
           nothing
           at
           present
           in
           any
           of
           my
           writings
           ,
           that
           deserves
           the
           black
           brand
           of
           
             scurrilous
             .
             )
          
           I
           shall
           follow
           the
           
             copy
             ,
          
           which
           the
           Apologist
           tells
           me
           (
           and
           oh
           ,
           that
           the
           tidings
           were
           true
           )
           his
           Friends
           the
           Beacon-Firers
           have
           
             set
             me
          
           in
           an
           
             ingenuous
             acknowledgement
             of
             their
             errour
          
           in
           using
           such
           
             tartness
             of
             language
             in
             their
             letter
          
           to
           me
           .
           But
           it
           is
           not
           so
           much
           their
           
             tartness
             of
             language
             that
             I
             complain
             of
             ;
          
           but
           their
           numerous
           falsifications
           ,
           untruths
           ,
           and
           undue
           suggestions
           against
           me
           ;
           in
           which
           kind
           I
           am
           not
           conscious
           to
           my self
           that
           I
           ever
           wronged
           any
           man
           .
        
         
           Item
           p.
           9.
           
           He
           further
           chargeth
           me
           with
           
             saying
          
           something
           (
           himself
           saith
           not
           ,
           nor
           I
           think
           well
           knoweth
           ,
           what
           
             in
             favour
             of
             all
             cursed
             and
             damnable
             Doctrines
             :
          
           onely
           he
           
             means
          
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             for
             the
             toleration
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             suppression
             of
             them
             .
          
           Another
           
           most
           
             un-Christian
          
           aspersion
           ,
           and
           scandalously
           untrue
           .
           I
           never
           spake
           any
           thing
           in
           
             favour
             of
             any
             cursed
             or
             damnable
             Doctrines
          
           (
           either
           known
           ,
           or
           suspected
           for
           such
           by
           me
           )
           but
           have
           continually
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           both
           in
           publique
           ,
           and
           private
           ,
           faithfully
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           best
           of
           my
           understanding
           ,
           testified
           against
           them
           .
           Yea
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           pleading
           for
           a
           
             toleration
             ,
          
           or
           
             against
             a
             suppression
             ,
          
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           pleaded
           in
           either
           kind
           for
           so
           much
           as
           one
           of
           them
           .
           Yea
           my
           soul
           is
           aggrieved
           within
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Ministers
           both
           in
           City
           and
           countrey
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           out
           of
           consciousness
           of
           their
           inability
           to
           doe
           any
           thing
           to
           purpose
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           an
           unworthy
           remisness
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           have
           been
           so
           little
           active
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           ,
           in
           inlightening
           the
           world
           with
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           onely
           way
           to
           heal
           the
           darkness
           of
           the
           Apologists
           
             accursed
             and
             damnable
             Doctrines
          
           in
           the
           world
           .
           I
           confess
           I
           have
           laboured
           to
           disswade
           men
           from
           fighting
           the
           battails
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           with
           unhallowed
           weapons
           ,
           from
           
             plucking
             up
             the
             tares
          
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ;
           which
           cannot
           but
           endanger
           
             the
             plucking
             up
             of
             the
             Wheat
          
           also
           ;
           from
           applying
           such
           means
           for
           the
           cure
           ,
           which
           is
           like
           to
           enrage
           and
           strengthen
           the
           disease
           yet
           more
           .
           The
           Lord
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           gives
           this
           Testimony
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
          
           that
           
             they
             could
             not
          
           [
           and
           consequently
           did
           not
           ]
           
             bear
          
           [
           or
           tolerate
           ]
           
             those
             that
             were
             evil
             ,
             Rev.
          
           22.
           
           But
           doth
           the
           Apologist
           think
           that
           their
           
             non-beari●g
             ,
          
           or
           
             non-tolerating
          
           of
           them
           ,
           consisted
           in
           their
           fining
           ▪
           confining
           or
           imprisoning
           ,
           in
           their
           burning
           ,
           or
           slaying
           them
           with
           the
           sword
           ?
           This
           is
           ,
           not
           the
           
             Christian
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Antichristian
           ,
           non-toleration
           ?
           The
           
             Christian
             non-toleration
             of
             vain
             talkers
             and
             deceivers
             ,
          
           was
           taught
           by
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           when
           he
           tells
           
             Titus
          
           that
           their
           
             mouth
             must
             be
             stopped
             ,
             Tit.
          
           1.
           11.
           
           And
           their
           
             toleration
          
           (
           in
           such
           a
           sence
           as
           ever
           I
           pleaded
           for
           it
           )
           by
           the
           Lord
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             both
             grow
             together
             until
             the
             harvest
             ,
             Mat.
          
           13.
           20.
           
           But
           not
           weak
           and
           sinful
           men
           ,
           but
           the
           Lord
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           also
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           blessed
           for
           ever
           ,
           must
           give
           place
           to
           the
           High-Presbyterian
           interest
           ,
           and
           be
           arrested
           for
           pleading
           for
           a
           
             toleration
          
           of
           errors
           ,
           and
           
             damnable
          
           Doctrines
           .
        
         
           Item
           p.
           9.
           
           He
           chargeth
           me
           ,
           that
           in
           my
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             I
             set
             my-wits
             ,
             and
             the
             Scriptures
             too
             on
             the
             rack
             to
             maintain
             the
             monster
          
           
           
             of
             universal
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           spirit
           of
           the
           clients
           here
           again
           uttereth
           it self
           in
           the
           Proctor
           .
           For
           1.
           he
           cannot
           prove
           (
           nor
           is
           it
           true
           )
           that
           I
           either
           set
           my
           
             witts
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Scriptures
             on
             the
             rack
             ,
          
           for
           any
           end
           or
           purpose
           whatsoever
           .
           2.
           
           Much
           less
           is
           it
           true
           ,
           that
           I
           set
           either
           
             on
             the
             rack
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             maintaining
             of
             any
             Monster
             .
          
           If
           by
           
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             ,
          
           he
           means
           an
           exemption
           of
           any
           mans
           conscience
           ,
           from
           subjection
           unto
           God
           ,
           or
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           any
           of
           their
           lawes
           ,
           or
           sayings
           ,
           I
           have
           always
           been
           so
           far
           from
           maintaining
           this
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           that
           I
           have
           still
           opposed
           it
           with
           all
           my
           might
           ,
           with
           my
           whole
           heart
           and
           soul
           .
           If
           by
           it
           he
           means
           an
           exemption
           of
           the
           conscience
           ,
           from
           subjection
           unto
           men
           ,
           or
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           or
           sayings
           ,
           1.
           
           He
           gives
           it
           a
           scurrilous
           nick-name
           ,
           in
           terming
           it
           
             a
             Monster
             .
          
           2.
           
           The
           Scriptures
           need
           not
           be
           
             set
             on
             the
             rack
          
           for
           maintaining
           it
           :
           they
           voluntarily
           ,
           yea
           zealously
           ,
           and
           with
           expresness
           of
           plea
           ,
           plead
           for
           it
           .
           But
           whereas
           the
           Apologist
           makes
           mention
           of
           
             conscience
          
           here
           ,
           if
           (
           in
           his
           tittle
           page
           )
           where
           he
           confesseth
           himself
           to
           be
           
             nullius
             nominis
             ,
          
           instead
           of
           
             nominis
             ,
          
           he
           had
           put
           in
           ,
           
             conscientiae
             ,
          
           he
           had
           given
           a
           better
           and
           truer
           reason
           of
           his
           non-subscribing
           his
           name
           to
           his
           Apologie
           .
           For
           I
           verily
           beleeve
           that
           his
           inward
           thought
           was
           ,
           not
           that
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           
             no
             name
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           no
           credit
           or
           esteem
           with
           men
           )
           but
           that
           he
           was
           a
           man
           of
           too
           much
           credit
           ,
           to
           adventure
           it
           in
           the
           crazy
           bottom
           of
           such
           an
           Apologie
           .
        
         
           Item
           p.
           9.
           
           He
           confidently
           affirms
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           
           
             Edwards
             did
             answer
          
           my
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             satisfyingly
             and
             convincingly
             in
             the
             judgme●t
             of
             any
             impartial
             man
             ,
          
           And
           then
           insinuates
           a
           charge
           of
           disparagement
           against
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           
             replyed
          
           hereunto
           :
           and
           concludes
           my
           
             silence
             to
             be
             a
             confession
             that
             I
             cannot
             answer
             it
             ,
          
           yea
           
             is
             confident
             that
             this
             is
             the
             truth
             .
          
           Surely
           the
           man
           dreamt
           either
           all
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           part
           at
           least
           ,
           of
           this
           fable
           .
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           beleeving
           that
           the
           man
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           answered
           the
           book
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           either
           
             satisfyingly
          
           or
           
             convincingly
             ,
          
           that
           I
           cannot
           yet
           beleeve
           that
           ever
           he
           made
           any
           answer
           to
           it
           at
           all
           .
           It
           is
           somewhat
           strange
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           book
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           world
           should
           have
           such
           an
           eye
           ,
           as
           he
           importeth
           ,
           and
           which
           should
           be
           written
           particularly
           against
           me
           ,
           should
           never
           be
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           of
           by
           me
           ,
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           I
           know
           not
           how
           many
           years
           .
           However
           ,
           how
           greedy
           of
           
           aspersing
           and
           calumniating
           doth
           this
           man
           shew
           himself
           to
           be
           ,
           who
           thus
           simply
           insults
           over
           me
           for
           not
           returning
           an
           Answer
           to
           such
           a
           book
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           know
           that
           ever
           I
           had
           seen
           ,
           or
           heard
           of
           .
           
             Solomon
             saith
             ,
             He
             that
             answereth
             a
             matter
             before
             he
             heareth
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             folly
             and
             shame
             to
             him
             ,
             Prov.
          
           18.
           13.
           
           But
           this
           man
           would
           have
           the
           world
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           my
           not
           
             answering
             a
             matter
             before
             I
             heare
             it
             ,
          
           is
           folly
           and
           shame
           unto
           me
           .
           So
           that
           
             Solomon
          
           and
           he
           ,
           are
           of
           two
           minds
           .
           Another
           book
           of
           the
           Author
           he
           speaks
           of
           ,
           intituled
           
             Antapologia
             ,
          
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           it
           written
           in
           the
           same
           argument
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           
             Pryn
             ,
          
           (
           a
           man
           of
           more
           learning
           ,
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           more
           profound
           judgement
           ,
           then
           the
           Booksellers
           Proctor
           )
           proclaimed
           
             unanswerable
             ,
          
           I
           did
           answer
           ,
           and
           this
           
             satisfyingly
             ,
             and
             convincingly
             in
             the
             judgement
             of
             any
             impartial
             man
             .
          
           And
           if
           God
           stood
           by
           me
           to
           encounter
           and
           slay
           that
           
             Lyon
             ,
          
           I
           should
           have
           been
           able
           (
           I
           question
           not
           )
           by
           the
           same
           assistance
           to
           overcome
           that
           uncircumcised
           
             Philistine
          
           (
           if
           the
           
             Goliath
          
           be
           indeed
           
             in
             vivis
             ,
          
           which
           I
           much
           question
           )
           in
           whom
           the
           Apologist
           so
           much
           rejoyceth
           .
           But
           in
           imposing
           upon
           me
           his
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           what
           books
           I
           shall
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           answer
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           (
           whether
           my
           health
           ,
           strength
           ,
           or
           occasions
           otherwise
           ,
           yea
           or
           life
           it self
           ,
           will
           permit
           me
           to
           answer
           any
           ,
           or
           no
           )
           he
           acteth
           the
           part
           of
           High-Presbytery
           
             to
             the
             life
          
           (
           as
           his
           Book-sellers
           phrase
           is
           .
           )
           But
           all
           books
           written
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           
             Theologica
             facultas
          
           of
           High-Presbytery
           ,
           or
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           grossest
           
             contra-remonstrantism
             ,
          
           must
           be
           
             unanswerable
          
           by
           the
           verdict
           of
           this
           faculty
           .
           The
           Answer
           in
           the
           Press
           to
           my
           
             Pagans
             Debt
             and
             Dowry
             ,
          
           must
           needs
           be
           
             unanswerable
             ,
          
           because
           it
           is
           written
           indefence
           of
           the
           common
           error
           against
           the
           truth
           .
           But
           for
           his
           
             two
             acute
             and
             learned
             Doctors
             ,
          
           Doctor
           
             Owen
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Kendal
             ,
             whose
             labours
          
           (
           he
           saith
           )
           
             have
             had
             the
             high
             approbation
             of
             divers
             learned
             men
             ,
          
           enough
           of
           their
           wrirings
           have
           been
           answered
           already
           by
           men
           as
           
             acute
          
           and
           
             learned
          
           as
           they
           (
           whom
           I
           name
           in
           my
           Animadversions
           upon
           his
           clients
           Epistle
           )
           whose
           
             labours
          
           likewise
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           but
           
             have
             had
          
           (
           I
           am
           sure
           deserve
           )
           
             the
             high
             approbation
          
           of
           sundry
           
             learned
             men
             .
          
           However
           ,
           in
           case
           I
           shall
           not
           answer
           the
           writings
           of
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           shall
           the
           man
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           complices
           ,
           have
           any
           more
           reason
           ,
           upon
           such
           an
           account
           to
           conclude
           me
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           
             [
             i.
             e.
          
           self-condemned
           ]
           then
           either
           of
           his
           
             two
             acute
             and
             learned
             Doctors
             ,
          
           who
           have
           onely
           set
           
             Harpocrates
          
           
             a
          
           on
           work
           to
           answer
           some
           of
           the
           books
           that
           are
           extant
           against
           them
           ?
           And
           yet
           they
           are
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           years
           much
           more
           capable
           of
           the
           labour
           of
           study
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           beleeve
           )
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           occasions
           ,
           at
           much
           more
           liberty
           ,
           then
           I.
           
        
         
           Item
           p.
           10.
           
           He
           chargeth
           me
           ,
           that
           
             I
             twit
             Mr.
             Jenkin
             in
             the
             teeth
             ,
             with
             Carolizing
             ,
             Scotizing
             ,
             and
             telling
             him
             of
             his
             bands
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             most
             disingenuously
             and
             barbarously
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           might
           not
           he
           much
           more
           
             ingenuously
          
           have
           concealed
           Mr.
           
           
             Jenkins
          
           name
           here
           ,
           then
           his
           own
           ,
           in
           the
           Title
           page
           of
           his
           book
           ?
           It
           seems
           he
           is
           more
           tender
           over
           his
           own
           name
           ,
           and
           credit
           ,
           then
           his
           friends
           .
           It
           may
           be
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
          
           himself
           would
           never
           have
           owned
           the
           things
           ,
           which
           he
           now
           applies
           unto
           him
           ,
           nor
           would
           the
           world
           have
           looked
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           them
           ,
           as
           correlatives
           .
           However
           ,
           was
           I
           not
           provoked
           ,
           yea
           ,
           pressed
           upon
           ,
           and
           challenged
           by
           the
           Book-sellers
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           by
           himself
           )
           to
           
             make
             my
             exceptions
          
           against
           any
           of
           their
           
             Committee
             ?
          
           In
           which
           case
           ,
           what
           could
           I
           have
           done
           less
           ,
           then
           I
           did
           ?
           Certain
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           I
           dealt
           more
           fairly
           and
           favourably
           by
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
             ,
          
           then
           the
           Apologist
           hath
           done
           .
           I
           named
           him
           not
           in
           reference
           to
           any
           the
           crimes
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           observed
           that
           known
           law
           of
           civility
           ,
           which
           enjoyns
           men
           to
           spare
           the
           persons
           of
           men
           ,
           but
           permits
           (
           upon
           occasion
           )
           to
           censure
           their
           vices
           :
        
         
           Parcere
           Personis
           ,
           dicere
           de
           vi●iis
           .
        
         
           A
           Law
           which
           the
           Apologist
           himself
           hath
           transgressed
           ,
           
             dicend
             ,
             de
             utrisque
          
           and
           arraigns
           me
           for
           his
           own
           transgression
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           seems
           that
           so
           much
           as
           to
           mention
           High-Presbyterian
           miscarriages
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           unworthy
           ,
           though
           upon
           occasions
           never
           so
           equitable
           and
           importuning
           ,
           though
           with
           never
           so
           much
           tenderness
           and
           respect
           to
           their
           persons
           ,
           is
           
             disingenuity
             ,
          
           yea
           no
           lesse
           then
           
             barbarism
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           way
           ,
           whereas
           he
           chargeth
           me
           with
           
             telling
             Mr.
             Jenkin
             of
             his
             bands
             ,
          
           &c.
           he
           breaks
           the
           bands
           of
           truth
           ,
           and
           casts
           them
           from
           him
           .
           I
           no where
           so
           much
           as
           mention
           Mr.
           
           
             Jenkins
             bands
             ,
          
           either
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           other
           person
           :
           neither
           indeed
           do
           I
           know
           that
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
          
           ever
           suffered
           
             bands
             :
          
           
           I
           onely
           cite
           a
           few
           words
           out
           of
           
             Suetonius
             ,
          
           one
           of
           which
           signifieth
           ,
           
             bound
             .
          
           But
           in
           case
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
          
           hath
           suffered
           
             bands
             ,
          
           and
           it
           be
           
             Barbarism
          
           to
           mention
           them
           ,
           it
           seems
           there
           was
           a
           marvelous
           great
           difference
           between
           the
           Apostle
           
             Pauls
          
           bonds
           ,
           and
           his
           :
           For
           
             Paul
          
           oft
           mentioneth
           his
           
             bands
          
           as
           matter
           of
           honour
           unto
           him
           ;
           yea
           and
           commends
           other
           
             Christians
          
           unto
           their
           fellows
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           
             bands
             ,
             Heb.
          
           13.
           3.
           
           When
           the
           mention
           of
           a
           mans
           
             bands
          
           is
           matter
           of
           disgrace
           ,
           or
           disparagement
           unto
           him
           ,
           it
           argues
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           sufferings
           to
           be
           very
           unworthy
           and
           foul
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           such
           in
           the
           general
           opinion
           of
           men
           also
           .
        
         
           Item
           p.
           12.
           (
           towards
           the
           parting
           )
           he
           chargeth
           me
           with
           
             imputing
             unto
             God
             ,
             ignorance
             of
             future
             contingencies
             ,
             more
             Sociniano
             ;
          
           Well
           said
           the
           Apostle
           
             that
             evil
             men
             and
             seducers
             shall
             wax
             worse
             and
             worse
             ,
          
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           basest
           and
           broadest
           calumny
           in
           the
           whole
           piece
           :
           nor
           can
           I
           imagine
           what
           word
           ,
           phrase
           ,
           saying
           or
           passage
           in
           all
           my
           writings
           ,
           should
           imbolden
           the
           conscience
           of
           the
           man
           
             of
             no
             name
             ,
          
           to
           act
           this
           splenetique
           part
           in
           the
           end
           .
           Certain
           I
           am
           that
           I
           do
           as
           plainly
           as
           any
           other
           man
           ,
           and
           with
           as
           much
           strength
           of
           understanding
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           given
           me
           ,
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           assert
           the
           knowledg
           of
           all
           future
           contingencies
           ,
           yea
           of
           all
           things
           whatsoever
           unto
           God
           .
           The
           Reader
           (
           if
           he
           please
           )
           may
           satisfie
           himself
           by
           repairing
           to
           
             p.
          
           9.
           to
           
             p.
          
           39.
           40.
           to
           
             p.
          
           481.
           (
           besides
           many
           other
           places
           )
           of
           my
           book
           of
           Redemption
           .
        
         
           What
           he
           cavils
           ,
           p.
           10.
           11.
           against
           my
           Answer
           to
           Sir
           Francis
           
             Nethersole
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           were
           unsatisfactory
           ;
           and
           his
           charge
           of
           I
           know
           not
           how
           many
           greek
           misdemeanor
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           in
           relating
           the
           testimony
           of
           another
           concerning
           my
           treatise
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scriptures
          
           (
           where
           also
           without
           any
           reason
           ,
           or
           colour
           of
           reason
           ,
           he
           insinuateth
           against
           me
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           thought
           my self
           to
           good
           
             to
             vail
             the
             bonnet
             to
             Mornay
             ,
             Grotius
             ,
             Cameron
             ,
          
           in
           their
           writings
           about
           the
           same
           subject
           )
           being
           altogether
           eccentrical
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           his
           business
           (
           unless
           this
           were
           absolutely
           and
           universally
           to
           asperse
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           to
           vindicate
           his
           clients
           )
           as
           mine
           own
           ,
           I
           pass
           over
           ;
           only
           taking
           notice
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           how
           lamely
           and
           by
           halfs
           ,
           he
           
           presents
           my
           Answer
           to
           Sir
           Francis
           
             Nethersole
             ,
          
           opposing
           my
           justification
           of
           the
           design
           of
           putting
           the
           King
           to
           death
           ,
           to
           a
           passage
           in
           my
           
             Anti-Cavaelarism
             :
          
           2.
           
           How
           either
           weakly
           ,
           or
           proposterously
           and
           perversly
           he
           understands
           that
           part
           of
           my
           Answer
           ,
           which
           he
           describes
           .
           For
           there
           is
           an
           high
           and
           extraordinary
           interposure
           and
           appearance
           of
           God
           in
           stirring
           up
           the
           spirits
           ,
           and
           strengthening
           the
           hand
           of
           Rulers
           and
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           proceed
           in
           judgement
           against
           Kings
           degenerated
           into
           Tyrants
           ;
           in
           respect
           whereof
           the
           process
           is
           emphatically
           attributable
           unto
           God
           ,
           whereas
           the
           ordinary
           proceedings
           at
           Law
           by
           a
           single
           Judge
           against
           the
           Apologists
           
             Rogues
             ,
          
           are
           matters
           of
           course
           ,
           and
           common
           providence
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           stand
           now
           to
           reason
           the
           man
           into
           his
           sences
           about
           proper
           ,
           and
           improper
           ,
           Attributions
           unto
           God
           ,
           nor
           to
           cause
           him
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           what
           is
           properly
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           formally
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           formally
           ,
           cannot
           be
           
             eminently
          
           attributed
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           I
           consess
           I
           thought
           that
           such
           a
           Meraphysical
           pretender
           ,
           as
           Doctor
           
             Kendal
             ,
          
           had
           understood
           these
           things
           better
           then
           I
           perceive
           he
           doth
           .
           His
           pen
           strikes
           another
           false
           stroke
           ,
           in
           saying
           that
           the
           
             having
             of
             a
             mans
             sences
             sodden
             into
             Trapezuntius
             his
             temper
             ,
          
           is
           my
           
             OWN
             phrase
             .
          
           For
           where
           I
           use
           this
           phrase
           ,
           I
           plainly
           signifie
           that
           I
           borrow
           it
           ,
           and
           declare
           from
           whom
           .
           I
           shall
           further
           only
           take
           notice
           of
           this
           passage
           ,
           p.
           12.
           
           
             If
             he
             Answer
             me
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             answered
             Sir
             Francis
             Nethersole
             ,
             or
             Mr.
             Jenkins
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             either
             him
             ,
             or
             the
             world
             with
             any
             reply
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             is
             his
             constant
             refuge
             in
             arduous
             cases
             ,
             he
             means
             ,
             silence
             .
          
           Doth
           he
           not
           here
           plainly
           grant
           that
           it
           was
           no
           
             arduous
             case
          
           [
           or
           matter
           of
           difficult
           undertaking
           ]
           for
           me
           to
           answer
           either
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Nethersole
             ,
          
           or
           Mr.
           
             Jenkins
             ,
          
           inasmuch
           as
           I
           made
           not
           
             silence
             my
             Refuge
             ,
          
           when
           I
           answered
           them
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           no
           
             arduous
             case
          
           to
           answer
           his
           Apologie
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           not
           made
           
             silence
             my
             Refuge
          
           from
           the
           face
           of
           it
           ?
           Yet
           I
           confess
           there
           is
           a
           strain
           of
           prudence
           in
           the
           saying
           .
           For
           in
           case
           I
           should
           answer
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           
           done
           
             either
          
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Nethersole
             ,
          
           or
           Mr.
           
             Jenkin
          
           (
           as
           perhaps
           I
           now
           have
           done
           )
           it
           is
           his
           wisdome
           to
           arm
           himself
           with
           a
           resolution
           against
           
             troubling
          
           himself
           
             with
             a
             reply
             ,
          
           because
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           to
           be
           a
           
             trouble
          
           indeed
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           this
           to
           little
           purpose
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           Postscript
           ▪
        
         
           BEcause
           the
           man
           of
           no
           name
           chargeth
           me
           
             (
             pag.
          
           9.
           )
           with
           speaking
           in
           favour
           of
           all
           cursed
           and
           damnable
           Doctrines
           ,
           meaning
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           )
           
             for
             the
             toleration
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             suppression
             of
             them
             ,
          
           (
           besides
           what
           I
           have
           already
           answered
           to
           this
           charge
           )
           that
           He
           ,
           and
           His
           ,
           may
           understand
           ,
           that
           long
           before
           either
           his
           daies
           ,
           or
           mine
           ,
           there
           were
           men
           ,
           both
           wiser
           ,
           and
           learneder
           (
           and
           I
           fear
           more
           conscientious
           and
           pious
           ,
           then
           either
           of
           us
           )
           that
           speak
           as
           much
           ,
           or
           more
           ,
           then
           ever
           I
           did
           for
           a
           
             toleration
          
           (
           in
           such
           a
           sence
           as
           ever
           I
           pleaded
           for
           any
           )
           of
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           he
           (
           I
           doubt
           not
           )
           will
           call
           (
           as
           well
           he
           may
           )
           
             accursed
             and
             damnable
             ,
          
           I
           shall
           supply
           part
           of
           the
           vacant
           paper
           with
           some
           passages
           ,
           which
           he
           may
           read
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           in
           
             Hugo
             Grotius
             ,
             De
             Jure
             Belli
             .
             Lib.
          
           2.
           
             cap.
          
           20.
           
           §
           .
           50
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           First
           he
           transcribes
           out
           of
           
             Salvianus
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Marseilles
             ,
          
           these
           words
           (
           declaring
           his
           tendernesse
           about
           the
           punishing
           ,
           or
           rather
           for
           the
           non-punishing
           ,
           even
           of
           
             Arrian
          
           Heretiques
           .
           )
        
         
           
             Haeretici
             sunt
             ,
             sed
             non
             scientes
             :
             denique
             apud
             nos
             sunt
             haeretici
             ,
             apud
             se
             non
             sunt
             :
             nam
             in
             tantum
             se
             Catholicos
             esse
             judicant
             ,
             ut
             nos
             ipsos
             titulo
             haereticae
             pravitatis
             infament
             .
             Quod
             ergo
             illi
             nobis
             ,
             sunt
             &
             hoc
             nos
             illis
             .
             Nos
             illos
             injuriam
             divinae
             generationi
             facere
             certi
             sumus
             ,
             quod
             minorem
             .
             Patri
             filium
             dicunt
             .
             Illi
             nos
             injuriosos
             Patri
             existimant
             ,
             quod
             aequales
             esse
             credamus
             .
             Veritas
             apud
             nos
             est
             ,
             sed
             illi
             apud
             se
             esse
             pr
             sumunt
             .
             Hono●
             Dei
             apud
             nos
             est
             :
             sed
             illi
             hoc
             arbitrantur
             honorem
             Divinitatis
             quod
             credunt
             .
             In
             officiosi
             sunt
             ,
             sed
             illis
             hoc
             est
             summum
             Religionis
             officium
             .
             Impij
             sunt
             ,
             sed
             hoc
             putant
             summam
             esse
             pietatem
             .
             Errant
             ergo
             ,
             sed
             bono
             animo
             errant
             ,
             non
             odio
             ,
             sed
             affectu
             '
             Dei
             ,
             honorare
             se
             Dominum
             ,
             atque
             amare
             creden●es
             .
             Quamvis
             non
             habeant
             rectam
             fidem
             ,
             illi
             tamen
             hoc
             perfectam
             Dei
             aestimant
             charitatem
             :
             Et
             qualiter
             pro
             hoc
             ipso
             falsae
             opinion●●
             errore
          
           in
           die
           judicij
           puniendi
           sunt
           ,
           
             nemo
             potest
             scire
             ,
             nisi
             judex
             .
             Interim
             idcircò
             eis
             ,
             ut
             reor
             patientiam
             Deus
             commodat
             ,
             quia
             videt
             evs
             ,
             etsi
             non
             recte
             credere
             ,
             affectu
             tamen
             piae
             opinionis
             errare
             ,
             i.
             e.
             
          
        
         
         
           They
           are
           Heretiques
           ,
           but
           against
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           in
           our
           opinion
           ,
           but
           not
           in
           their
           own
           ,
           for
           they
           think
           themselves
           so
           far
           to
           be
           Catholique
           [
           or
           ,
           Orthodox
           ]
           that
           they
           defame
           us
           with
           the
           title
           of
           Heresie
           .
           Therefore
           what
           they
           are
           in
           our
           opinion
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           theirs
           .
           We
           are
           sure
           they
           do
           wrong
           to
           the
           divine
           generation
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           The
           Son
           is
           lesse
           then
           the
           Father
           .
           They
           beleeve
           that
           we
           do
           wrong
           unto
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           in
           holding
           that
           the
           Son
           is
           equal
           to
           him
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           with
           us
           ,
           but
           they
           presume
           it
           is
           with
           them
           .
           The
           honour
           of
           God
           is
           with
           us
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           of
           opinion
           that
           by
           their
           beleef
           they
           honour
           the
           God-head
           .
           They
           are
           officious
           amisse
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           they
           judge
           to
           be
           the
           chief
           duty
           of
           Religion
           .
           They
           are
           impious
           ,
           but
           they
           think
           it
           to
           be
           true
           piety
           .
           They
           erre
           ,
           but
           they
           erre
           with
           a
           good
           mind
           ,
           not
           out
           of
           hatred
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           affection
           unto
           God
           ,
           beleeving
           that
           by
           this
           they
           honour
           and
           love
           their
           Lord
           .
           Though
           they
           have
           not
           the
           right
           Faith
           ,
           yet
           they
           think
           this
           is
           the
           perfect
           love
           of
           God
           :
           and
           how
           
             they
             are
             to
             be
             punished
             at
             the
             day
             of
             judgement
             for
             this
             errour
          
           of
           a
           false
           opinion
           ,
           none
           knows
           but
           the
           judge
           himself
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           ,
           God
           lendeth
           them
           his
           patience
           ,
           because
           he
           sees
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           do
           not
           beleeve
           aright
           ,
           yet
           they
           erre
           out
           of
           an
           affection
           to
           a
           pious
           opinion
           .
        
         
           By
           the
           way
           ;
           the
           Christian
           equanimity
           of
           this
           man
           ,
           being
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           towards
           poor
           creatures
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           simplicity
           of
           their
           minds
           shall
           turn
           aside
           into
           by-waies
           of
           errour
           ,
           though
           very
           dangerous
           ,
           in
           things
           appertaining
           unto
           God
           ,
           may
           make
           Mr.
           
           
             Anonymus
             his
             cheeks
             to
             change
             colour
          
           (
           as
           his
           own
           phrase
           is
           )
           when
           he
           breaths
           out
           fines
           ,
           imprisonment
           ,
           banishment
           ,
           fire
           ,
           sword
           ,
           gibbet
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           against
           poor
           ,
           weak
           ,
           and
           foolish
           men
           ,
           onely
           for
           not
           being
           as
           quick-sighted
           to
           discern
           the
           truth
           from
           errour
           ,
           as
           he
           presumes
           himself
           to
           be
           ,
           or
           for
           not
           having
           (
           possibly
           )
           obtained
           from
           God
           the
           like
           grace
           and
           means
           for
           his
           comming
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           ,
           which
           himself
           hath
           done
           .
        
         
           The
           fore-mentioned
           Author
           rehearseth
           likewise
           (
           in
           the
           place
           directed
           unto
           )
           these
           words
           out
           of
           
             Austin
             ,
             Tom.
          
           6.
           
           
             Cnntrà
             Epistolam
             Manichaei
             ,
             cap.
          
           2.
           (
           though
           he
           nameth
           not
           
           the
           place
           )
           where
           this
           worthy
           Father
           disclaimeth
           all
           severity
           of
           proceedings
           against
           the
           
             Manichees
             ,
          
           though
           a
           most
           vile
           and
           pernicious
           sect
           of
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
           
             Illi
             in
             vos
             saeviant
             ,
             qui
             nesciunt
             cum
             quo
             labore
             verum
             in
             veniatur
             ,
             &
             quà
             difficile
             caveantur
             errores
             .
             Illi
             in
             vos
             saeviant
             ,
             qui
             nesciunt
             quàm
             rarum
             &
             arduum
             est
             carnalia
             phantasmata
             piaementis
             serenitate
             superare
             .
             Illi
             in
             vos
             saeviant
             ,
             qui
             nesciunt
             cum
             quantâ
             difficultate
             sanetur
             oculus
             interioris
             hominis
             ,
             ut
             possit
             intueri
             solem
             summum
             ,
             non
             istum
             ,
             quem
             vos
             collitis
             coelesti
             corpore
             ,
             oculis
             carreis
             &
             hominum
             ,
             et
             pecorum
             fulgentem
             atque
             radiantem
             ,
             sed
             illum
             de
             quo
             scriptum
             est
             per
             Prophetam
             ,
          
           Ortus
           est
           mihi
           justitiae
           Sol
           ,
           
             et
             de
             quo
             dictum
             est
             in
             Evangelio
             ,
          
           Erat
           lumen
           verum
           quod
           illuminat
           omnem
           hominem
           venientem
           in
           hunc
           mundum
           .
           
             Illi
             in
             vos
             saeviant
             ,
             qui
             nesciunt
             quantis
             suspirijs
             &
             gemitibus
             fiat
             ,
             ut
             ex
             quantulacumque
             parte
             possit
             intelligi
             Deus
             .
             Postremo
             illi
             in
             vos
             saeviant
             ,
             qui
             nullo
             tali
             errore
             decepti
             sunt
             ,
             quali
             vos
             deceptos
             vident
             .
             Ego
             autem
             —
             saevire
             in
             vos
             omninò
             non
             possum
             ,
             quos
             ,
             sicut
             me
             ipsum
             illo
             tempore
             ,
             ità
             nunc
             debeo
             sustinere
             ,
             &
             tantâ
             patientiâ
             vobiscum
             agere
             ,
             quantâ
             mecum
             egerunt
             proximi
             mei
             ,
             cum
             in
             vestro
             dogmate
             rabiosus
             &
             caecus
             errarem
             ,
             i.
             e.
             
          
        
         
           Let
           those
           be
           fierce
           [
           or
           cruel
           ]
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           know
           not
           with
           what
           labour
           truth
           is
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           and
           with
           how
           great
           difficulty
           errours
           are
           avoided
           .
           Let
           those
           be
           cruel
           to
           you
           ,
           who
           know
           not
           how
           rare
           and
           of
           how
           difficult
           an
           attainment
           it
           is
           to
           overcome
           carnal
           phantasms
           [
           and
           conceits
           ]
           by
           the
           serenity
           [
           and
           clearnesse
           ]
           of
           a
           pious
           mind
           .
           Let
           those
           [
           again
           ]
           deal
           cruelly
           with
           you
           ,
           who
           are
           ignorant
           with
           how
           great
           difficulty
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           inner
           man
           is
           healed
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           [
           look
           uponand
           ]
           behold
           the
           highest
           Sun
           ,
           not
           that
           which
           you
           worship
           ,
           as
           subsisting
           with
           an
           heavenly
           body
           ,
           &
           which
           shines
           with
           his
           beams
           in
           the
           fleshly
           eyes
           both
           of
           men
           and
           beasts
           ,
           but
           that
           Sun
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           written
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           
             The
             son
             of
             righteousnesse
             hath
             risen
             unto
          
           [
           or
           upon
           ]
           
             us
             ;
          
           and
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             He
             was
             the
             true
             light
             ,
             which
             inlighteneth
             every
             man
             that
             commeth
             into
             the
             world
             .
          
           Let
           those
           [
           yet
           again
           ]
           cruelly
           handle
           you
           ,
           who
           know
           not
           with
           what
           deep
           sighings
           and
           groanings
           [
           of
           soul
           ]
           even
           a
           little
           [
           true
           ]
           understanding
           
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           obtained
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           let
           those
           exercise
           cruelty
           towards
           you
           ,
           who
           never
           were
           themselves
           deceived
           with
           any
           such
           errour
           ,
           as
           now
           they
           perceive
           you
           deluded
           with
           .
           But
           as
           for
           me
           ,
           I
           can
           at
           no
           hand
           be
           [
           fierce
           ,
           or
           ]
           cruel
           towards
           you
           ,
           whom
           I
           ought
           now
           to
           bear
           with
           patiently
           ,
           as
           I
           did
           with
           my
           selfthen
           [
           when
           I
           was
           one
           of
           you
           ]
           yea
           and
           to
           intreat
           you
           with
           as
           much
           patience
           ,
           as
           my
           neighbours
           [
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ]
           shewed
           to
           me
           ,
           when
           I
           wandered
           like
           a
           mad
           and
           blind
           man
           ,
           in
           your
           opinion
           .
        
         
           The
           fore-named
           Author
           (
           in
           the
           place
           specified
           )
           to
           these
           two
           large
           transcriptions
           out
           of
           the
           two
           renowned
           Fathers
           mentioned
           ,
           subjoyneth
           (
           upon
           the
           same
           argument
           )
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             In
          
           Arrianam
           
             haeresin
             acriter
             invehitur
          
           Athanasius
           
             (
             Epist
             ad
             soli●ari●s
             )
             quòd
             prima
             in
             contradicentes
             usa
             esset
             judicum
             potestate
             ,
             &
             quos
             non
             potuisset
             verbis
             inducere
             ,
             eos
             vi
             ,
             plagis
             ,
             carceribusque
             ad
             se
             pertrahere
             amniteretur
             .
          
           Atque
           ita
           
             inquit
             ,
             seiqsam
             quàm
             non
             sit
             pia
             ,
             nec
             Dei
             cultrix
             ,
             manifestat
             ;
             respiciens
             ,
             in
             fallor
             ,
             ad
             illud
             ,
             quod
             legi
             ur
             ,
          
           Gal.
           4.
           29.
           
           
             Similia
             habet
             Hilarius
             ad
             Constantium
             .
             In
             Galliâ
             jam
             olim
             damnati
             sunt
             Ecclesiae
             judicio
             Episcopi
             ,
             qui
             ut
             Priscillianistas
             gladio
             animadvertere●ur
             curaverant
             :
             &
             in
             Oriente
             damnata
             Synodus
             ,
             quae
             in
             Bogomili
             exustionem
             consenserat
             .
             Sapienter
             dixit
          
           Plato
           ,
           
             errantis
             paenam
             esse
             ,
             doceri
             ,
             i.
             e.
             
          
        
         
           
             Athana●…us
          
           sharply
           inveigheth
           against
           the
           
             Arrian
          
           Heresie
           (
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Solitarians
           )
           because
           they
           made
           use
           of
           the
           chief
           power
           of
           the
           [
           civil
           ]
           Judges
           ,
           against
           those
           who
           contradicted
           their
           opinion
           ,
           and
           indeavoured
           by
           force
           ,
           stripes
           &
           prisonsto
           draw
           them
           over
           unto
           them
           ,
           whom
           they
           could
           not
           induce
           [
           or
           perswade
           ]
           by
           arguments
           .
           
             And
             so
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             it
             manifesteth
             it self
             ,
          
           not
           to
           be
           [
           truly
           ]
           
             pious
             ,
          
           nor
           reverential
           of
           God
           ;
           herein
           respecting
           ,
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           written
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           29.
           
           
             [
             But
             as
             then
             ,
             he
             that
             was
             born
             after
             the
             flesh
             ,
             persecuted
             him
             that
             was
             born
             after
             the
             spirit
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           
             Hilary
          
           hath
           the
           like
           writing
           to
           
             Constantius
             .
          
           In
           
             France
          
           those
           
           Bishops
           were
           long
           since
           condemned
           by
           the
           judgement
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           who
           procured
           the
           Priscillian
           Heretiques
           to
           be
           punished
           with
           the
           sword
           .
           And
           that
           Synod
           was
           likewise
           damned
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           which
           had
           consented
           to
           the
           burning
           of
           
             Bogomilus
             .
          
           It
           was
           wisely
           said
           by
           
             Plato
             ;
          
           that
           he
           that
           erreth
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           punished
           by
           being
           taught
           .
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Page
           4.
           l.
           25.
           r.
           
             with
             the
             ,
          
           l.
           26.
           r.
           
             High-Presbyterian
             .
          
           p.
           6.
           l.
           
             ult.
          
           after
           knowledg
           ,
           insert
           ,
           )
           p.
           10.
           l.
           21.
           r.
           
             musis
             .
          
           p.
           14.
           l.
           1.
           r.
           
             sheweth
             .
          
           p.
           16.
           l.
           28.
           r.
           
             wisdemeanors
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41506e-370
           
             a
             Harpocrates
             
               was
               worshipped
               by
               the
            
             Egyptians
             
               as
               the
               God
               of
               silence
               .