A continuation of the defence of Hvgo Grotivs, in an answer to the review of his annotations whereto is subjoyned a reply to some passages of the reviewer in his late book of schisme, concerning his charge of corruptions in the primitive church, and some other particulars / by H. Hammond ...
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             A continuation of the defence of Hvgo Grotivs, in an answer to the review of his annotations whereto is subjoyned a reply to some passages of the reviewer in his late book of schisme, concerning his charge of corruptions in the primitive church, and some other particulars / by H. Hammond ...
             Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
          
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             1657.
          
           
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           Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
           Owen, John, 1616-1683.
           Socinianism -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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           A
           CONTINUATION
           OF
           THE
           DEFENCE
           OF
           
             HVGO
             GROTIVS
             ,
          
           IN
           AN
           ANSWER
           TO
           The
           
             Review
          
           of
           his
           ANNOTATIONS
           .
        
         
           Whereto
           is
           subjoyned
           a
           REPLY
           to
           some
           passages
           of
           the
           REVIEWER
           in
           his
           
             late
             Book
          
           of
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           concerning
           his
           
             charge
          
           of
           
             Corruptions
          
           in
           the
           
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           some
           other
           particulars
           .
        
         
           By
           
             H.
             Hammond
          
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             G.
          
           for
           
             Richard
             Royston
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           
             Ivy.
          
           Lane
           ,
           
             M.
             DC
             .
             LVII
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           STATIONER
           .
        
         
           
             Mr
             Royston
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           been
           so
           often
           called
           on
           for
           the
           Reply
           to
           the
           Review
           of
           
             Grotius's
          
           Annotations
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           at
           length
           inclined
           to
           change
           my
           former
           purpose
           ,
           and
           permie
           those
           few
           sheets
           (
           prepared
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Review
           came
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           but
           then
           laid
           aside
           ,
           on
           a
           perswasion
           that
           they
           might
           be
           safely
           spared
           )
           to
           follow
           the
           former
           on
           that
           subject
           ,
           rather
           then
           deny
           to
           any
           so
           easie
           a
           request
           .
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             Friend
             ,
             H.
             H.
             
          
           
             
               Septemb.
               4.
               1656.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           CONTINVATION
           OF
           THE
           DEFENCE
           OF
           
             HVGO
             GROTIVS
             ,
          
           In
           ANSWER
           to
           the
           REVIEW
           of
           his
           Annotations
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           IF
           he
           that
           hath
           read
           the
           
             Review
             of
             the
             Annotations
          
           of
           
             Hugo
             Grotius
             ,
          
           which
           is
           offered
           as
           a
           
             Reply
          
           to
           the
           
             second
             Defence
          
           of
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           ;
           seem
           from
           thence
           to
           have
           any
           new
           scruples
           infused
           into
           his
           mind
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           cost
           him
           many
           minutes
           to
           
             deposite
          
           them
           ,
           by
           observing
           with
           me
           this
           
             method
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             First
             ,
          
           by
           adverting
           (
           on
           the
           
             first
          
           head
           that
           of
           the
           
             satisfaction
          
           
           
             of
             Christ
             )
          
           not
           onely
           what
           fair
           and
           large
           
             characters
          
           of
           his
           thoughts
           lie
           
             legible
          
           to
           all
           men
           in
           his
           
             Book
             De
             satisfactione
             ,
          
           written
           on
           
             purpose
          
           against
           
             Sosinus
          
           on
           this
           subject
           ,
           but
           also
           how
           those
           have
           been
           since
           back'd
           with
           
             indubitable
          
           evidences
           of
           a
           
             later
          
           and
           fresher
           
             date
             ,
          
           taken
           from
           his
           own
           express
           words
           in
           his
           
             Discussio
          
           (
           the
           
             last
          
           thing
           he
           wrote
           )
           and
           in
           a
           
             letter
          
           under
           his
           
             own
          
           hand
           (
           dated
           after
           the
           time
           of
           his
           
             surmised
             change
             )
          
           written
           on
           purpose
           to
           forest
           all
           this
           
             surmise
             ,
          
           and
           to
           assure
           us
           of
           his
           
             constant
          
           adhering
           to
           that
           sense
           which
           he
           had
           delivered
           in
           his
           
             Book
             De
             satisfactione
             .
          
           Which
           two
           as
           they
           are
           most
           
             irresrugable
          
           proofs
           of
           the
           matter
           in
           hand
           ,
           being
           
             testimonies
          
           of
           him
           that
           certainly
           best
           knew
           his
           own
           thoughts
           ,
           whether
           he
           were
           
             changed
          
           or
           no
           ,
           so
           to
           
             neither
          
           of
           these
           is
           the
           least
           word
           of
           
             Reply
          
           here
           offered
           by
           the
           
             Reviewer
             ,
          
           and
           so
           stand
           in
           full
           
             force
          
           against
           all
           that
           is
           here
           
             suggested
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           remembring
           that
           from
           the
           
             a
          
           beginning
           of
           this
           
             debate
             ,
          
           the
           
             posthumous
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           were
           expresly
           
             renounced
          
           and
           
             reiected
          
           by
           me
           ,
           as
           departing
           manifestly
           from
           the
           judgment
           of
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           ,
           formerly
           expressed
           in
           those
           writings
           which
           he
           had
           
             completed
          
           and
           published
           in
           his
           
             life
          
           time
           ,
           and
           consequently
           as
           unsufficient
           
             arguments
             ,
          
           or
           testimonies
           of
           his
           
             change
             ,
          
           when
           produced
           against
           his
           own
           
             repeted
          
           and
           
             express
          
           declarations
           to
           the
           
             contrary
             ;
          
           And
           yet
           from
           these
           are
           the
           proofs
           now
           
             principally
          
           brought
           in
           this
           
             Review
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           contrariety
           betwixt
           these
           and
           his
           
             Book
             De
             satisfact
             :
          
           his
           change
           concluded
           ,
           with
           what
           appearance
           of
           reason
           the
           
             Reader
          
           will
           soon
           discern
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           considered
           the
           
             premisses
             ,
          
           and
           what
           shall
           now
           occasionally
           be
           added
           thereto
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           this
           manner
           of
           dealing
           
             two
          
           things
           onely
           are
           pleaded
           in
           the
           
             Review
             ,
          
           which
           here
           must
           be
           regarded
           ,
           before
           I
           proceed
           :
           1.
           
           That
           the
           
             Accuser
             having
             to
             deal
             with
             that
             book
             of
             Annotations
          
           that
           goes
           
             under
             his
             name
             ,
             If
             they
             are
             none
             of
             his
             ,
             it
             is
             neither
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             or
             other
             ,
             of
             any
             concernment
             to
             him
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           5.
           
           To
           this
           I
           reply
           ,
           
             first
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           in
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           a
           manifest
           
             diversion
             ,
          
           a
           course
           which
           is
           sure
           to
           render
           all
           
             debates
             infinitet
          
           In
           my
           answer
           to
           his
           
             Preface
          
           of
           
             Animadversions
          
           on
           
             Iguntius's
          
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           I
           inserted
           ,
           
             ex
             abundanti
             ,
          
           one
           ,
           and
           onely
           
             one
             Digression
             ,
             A
             Defence
             of
             the
             learned
             H.
             Grotius
             .
          
           And
           streightwayes
           
           the
           whole
           stream
           of
           the
           
             Controversie
          
           is
           
             diverted
          
           into
           that
           one
           
             narrow
             chanel
             ,
          
           removed
           from
           the
           
             question
          
           of
           
             Episcopacy
             ,
          
           to
           the
           inquiry
           into
           
             Grotius's
          
           his
           opinions
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           one
           
             compitent
             diversion
             .
          
           After
           this
           ,
           when
           both
           in
           that
           my
           
             Digression
             ,
          
           and
           also
           in
           my
           second
           
             Defence
             ,
          
           I
           had
           confined
           my
           plea
           to
           
             Grotius
             himself
             ,
          
           and
           those
           writings
           published
           by
           him
           in
           his
           
             life
          
           time
           ,
           and
           known
           to
           be
           
             written
             ,
          
           and
           
             perfected
          
           by
           him
           ,
           expresly
           rejecting
           this
           book
           of
           
             posthumous
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           is
           now
           pleased
           
             principally
          
           to
           insist
           ,
           and
           found
           his
           charge
           against
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           on
           those
           his
           
             posthumous
             Annotations
             ;
          
           which
           is
           a
           perfect
           
             diversion
          
           again
           ,
           instead
           of
           a
           
             reply
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             waving
          
           evidently
           ,
           because
           
             changing
          
           of
           the
           
             whole
             question
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           as
           
             uneffectual
          
           at
           this
           
             plea
          
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           yet
           much
           more
           
             unreasonable
             ,
          
           if
           
             circumstances
          
           be
           considered
           ,
           being
           evidently
           
             prevented
             ,
          
           and
           
             superseded
          
           by
           that
           which
           hath
           
             past
          
           in
           this
           
             debate
             .
          
           For
           if
           there
           were
           any
           truth
           in
           those
           words
           of
           his
           
             Epistle
          
           to
           the
           
             Oxford
             Heads
             ,
             [
             My
             Defensative
             as
             to
             my
             dealing
             with
          
           Grotious's
           
             Annotations
             is
             suited
             to
             what
             the
             Doctor
             pliads
             in
             his
             behalf
             ]
          
           then
           certainly
           he
           must
           be
           
             concern'd
          
           in
           this
           ,
           which
           yet
           he
           resolves
           to
           be
           none
           of
           his
           
             concernments
             ;
          
           For
           it
           is
           sure
           that
           my
           
             plea
          
           was
           framed
           in
           
             Defence
             of
             Grotius
             himself
             ,
          
           (
           not
           of
           those
           
             incomplete
          
           if
           not
           
             false
             images
          
           of
           him
           ,
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Annotations
             ,
          
           which
           I
           professed
           to
           
             reject
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           
             plead
          
           for
           .
           )
           Accordingly
           my
           words
           in
           the
           first
           proposal
           of
           this
           matter
           to
           debate
           ,
           were
           these
           ,
           
             [
             This
             very
             pious
             ,
             learned
             ,
             and
             judicious
             man
             hath
             of
             late
             among
             many
             fallen
             under
             a
             very
             unhappy
             Fate
             ,
             being
             most
             unjustly
             calumniated
             sometimes
             as
             a
             Socinian
             ,
             sometimes
             as
             a
             Papist
             —
             ]
          
           And
           then
           how
           can
           this
           
             Defensative
          
           be
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ,
           conformed
           or
           
             suited
             to
             my
             plea
             ,
          
           if
           it
           refer
           not
           to
           the
           
             same
             subject
             ,
             viz.
          
           to
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           or
           those
           
             Books
          
           of
           his
           ,
           which
           are
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           his
           
             completed
             ,
          
           genuine
           
             writings
             ?
          
           such
           alone
           being
           
             competent
          
           testifications
           of
           his
           sense
           ,
           and
           so
           measures
           to
           judge
           of
           his
           
             perswasions
             ,
          
           whether
           he
           were
           a
           
             Socinian
          
           or
           no
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           A
           
             second
          
           part
           of
           his
           plea
           is
           by
           reflecting
           again
           on
           that
           evidence
           ,
           which
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           he
           had
           formerly
           offered
           from
           the
           
             Printers
             Preface
             to
             the
             volume
             of
             Annotations
             on
             the
             Epistles
             .
             ]
          
           But
           here
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           
             entrance
             ,
          
           is
           a
           
             mistake
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           
             clearing
          
           of
           my self
           ,
           more
           then
           on
           
             apprehension
          
           of
           any
           
             advantage
          
           the
           
           
             Reviewer
          
           can
           gain
           by
           it
           ,
           I
           must
           first
           take
           notice
           of
           .
           The
           
             Evidence
          
           was
           by
           him
           
             b
          
           cited
           from
           some
           words
           of
           the
           
             Preface
             to
             the
             last
             part
             of
             the
             Annotations
             ,
             beginning
          
           thus
           ,
           
             Jam
             vero
             sciendum
             est
             —
          
           To
           those
           words
           there
           found
           ,
           I
           gave
           answer
           in
           my
           
             second
             Defence
             ,
          
           p.
           7.
           and
           he
           now
           tels
           me
           that
           a
           
             slight
             in
             spection
             will
             serve
             to
             manifest
             how
             ill
             it
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           my
           
             answer
          
           or
           the
           
             sense
          
           I
           gave
           of
           the
           words
           produced
           )
           
             agrees
             with
             the
             intention
             and
             words
             of
             the
             Prefacer
             ,
             who
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
          
           Grotius
           
             had
             himself
             published
             his
             Annotations
             on
             the
             Gospel
             five
             years
             before
             ,
             and
          
           so
           
             proceeds
             ,
          
           reciting
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Prefacer
          
           for
           eight
           lines
           together
           ;
           and
           concluding
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           
             Apologist
             read
             this
             Preface
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             desisted
             from
             the
             plea
             insisted
             on
             ;
             If
             he
             did
             not
             ,
             he
             thought
             assuredly
             he
             had
             much
             reason
             to
             despise
             them
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             to
             do
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           Who
           would
           not
           think
           there
           were
           somewhat
           herein
           really
           
             mistaken
          
           by
           me
           ,
           which
           called
           for
           this
           so
           
             solemn
             rebuke
             ?
          
           But
           the
           
             Reader
          
           is
           intreated
           to
           consult
           the
           place
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           be
           not
           
             worth
          
           his
           
             pains
             ,
          
           he
           may
           
             believe
          
           me
           ,
           who
           made
           the
           
             inspection
          
           more
           then
           
             slightly
             ,
          
           and
           can
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           part
           of
           what
           he
           thus
           now
           recites
           ,
           to
           be
           met
           with
           in
           that
           
             Preface
             ,
          
           whence
           he
           hath
           formerly
           drawn
           his
           
             testimony
             .
          
           I
           say
           in
           that
           
             Preface
          
           to
           the
           
             last
             part
             of
             the
             Annotations
          
           under
           
             Gretius's
          
           name
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           
             words
             [
             Jam
             viro
             sciendum
             —
             ]
          
           were
           (
           truly
           )
           cited
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           
             Words
          
           it
           was
           visible
           ,
           that
           I
           gave
           that
           
             answer
             ,
          
           which
           he
           now
           pretends
           to
           refute
           from
           the
           
             intention
          
           and
           
             words
             of
             the
             Prefacer
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           The
           short
           is
           ,
           There
           being
           
             two
             volumes
          
           of
           
             Annotations
          
           set
           out
           since
           
             Grotius's
          
           death
           ;
           the
           
             former
          
           on
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           and
           so
           on
           through
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           and
           Saint
           
             James
             ,
          
           the
           
             later
          
           on
           the
           other
           
             six
             Catholick
             Epistles
          
           and
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           and
           before
           the
           
             former
          
           of
           these
           the
           
             Printers
             Epistle
             ,
          
           inscribed
           ,
           
             Typographus
             Lectori
             ,
          
           before
           the
           
             latter
          
           a
           
             Praemonitio
             ad
             Lectorem
             :
          
           From
           the
           
             latter
          
           of
           these
           it
           is
           that
           the
           words
           
             formerly
          
           by
           him
           produced
           ,
           
             Jam
             verò
             scieudum
             —
          
           and
           to
           which
           (
           consequently
           )
           I
           gave
           
             answer
             ,
          
           were
           
             cited
             .
          
           And
           I
           that
           
             obediently
          
           and
           
             diligently
          
           read
           over
           that
           to
           which
           I
           was
           
             directed
             ,
          
           and
           there
           
             finding
          
           the
           words
           which
           were
           cited
           ,
           gave
           my
           
             answer
          
           to
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           I
           thought
           the
           words
           capable
           of
           ,
           am
           now
           unexpectedly
           
             rebuked
          
           
           for
           not
           
             reading
          
           it
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           so
           for
           
             despising
             those
             with
             whom
             I
             had
             to
             do
             ;
          
           when
           indeed
           what
           is
           now
           in
           the
           
             Reply
          
           cited
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           found
           there
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           
             Printers
             Epistle
          
           to
           
             another
             volume
             .
          
           By
           what
           means
           he
           fell
           into
           this
           
             mistake
             ,
          
           and
           was
           by
           that
           led
           into
           this
           
             causeless
             severity
             ,
          
           I
           leave
           him
           upon
           
             recollection
          
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           I
           need
           add
           no
           more
           for
           the
           
             vindicating
          
           my self
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           yet
           if
           I
           shall
           now
           (
           having
           till
           now
           no
           
             occasion
             )
          
           attend
           to
           this
           other
           
             testimony
             ,
          
           now
           newly
           alledged
           by
           him
           out
           of
           that
           
             other
             Preface
             ,
          
           it
           will
           soon
           appear
           that
           it
           neither
           (
           as
           is
           pretended
           )
           
             disproves
          
           the
           
             answer
             ,
          
           which
           I
           gave
           to
           the
           words
           
             formerly
          
           cited
           from
           the
           
             premonition
             ,
          
           nor
           
             refutes
          
           what
           I
           had
           
             first
          
           said
           concerning
           the
           
             Posthumous
             Annotations
             ,
          
           and
           then
           surely
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           much
           
             concern'd
          
           in
           it
           :
           Not
           the
           
             first
             ;
          
           for
           my
           
             Answer
          
           being
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           
             Opus
             Integrum
             signified
             not
             that
             volume
             completed
             ,
             and
             so
             made
          
           integrum
           
             intire
             by
          
           Grotius's
           
             own
             hand
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             volume
             or
             volumes
             which
             contained
             all
             his
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           Adversaria
           
             on
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
             ]
          
           This
           is
           no
           way
           
             refuted
             ,
          
           but
           rather
           
             confirmed
          
           by
           these
           other
           words
           of
           the
           
             Typographus
             Lectori
             ,
          
           for
           there
           also
           
             Opus
             integrum
          
           signifies
           the
           
             whole
             volume
          
           or
           
             volumes
             ,
          
           as
           that
           is
           opposed
           to
           the
           
             Magna
             pars
             voluminis
          
           in
           the
           line
           before
           ,
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           its
           being
           
             completed
          
           or
           
             made
             intire
             ;
          
           Which
           alone
           having
           been
           
             denied
          
           by
           me
           ,
           my
           answer
           is
           still
           secured
           from
           any
           force
           of
           this
           
             Testimony
             .
          
        
         
           11.
           
           Not
           the
           
             second
             ;
          
           For
           if
           I
           shall
           now
           grant
           the
           
             Printer
          
           to
           have
           in
           that
           
             Preface
          
           delivered
           the
           
             whole
          
           and
           
             naked
          
           truth
           ,
           (
           which
           I
           had
           no
           obligation
           to
           be
           confident
           of
           )
           and
           consequently
           that
           
             Grotius
             committed
          
           to
           a
           Friend
           those
           
             Annotations
             ,
          
           in
           order
           to
           
             Printing
             ,
          
           yet
           this
           no
           way
           proves
           that
           they
           were
           
             completed
          
           and
           
             perfected
          
           by
           him
           ;
           There
           is
           a
           
             middle
             ,
          
           truly
           supposable
           ,
           betwixt
           these
           two
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           they
           were
           by
           occcasion
           of
           the
           
             Authors
          
           unexpected
           
             diversions
             ,
          
           delivered
           to
           him
           imperfect
           .
           This
           
             Remainder
          
           of
           
             Annotations
          
           now
           by
           the
           
             Reader
          
           expected
           to
           follow
           those
           on
           the
           
             Gospels
             ,
          
           and
           on
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             learned
             Compiler
          
           being
           now
           at
           some
           leisure
           to
           set
           about
           it
           ,
           was
           suddenly
           called
           back
           from
           
             Paris
          
           to
           
             Sweden
             ,
          
           a
           long
           voyage
           ,
           not
           certain
           whether
           ever
           he
           should
           return
           again
           (
           as
           indeed
           he
           did
           not
           )
           or
           whether
           
             God
          
           would
           spare
           him
           life
           and
           vacancy
           to
           
             perfect
          
           that
           
           work
           :
           Having
           therefore
           
             communicated
          
           his
           notes
           to
           a
           learned
           man
           (
           one
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           much
           more
           addicted
           to
           the
           
             doctrine
          
           of
           
             Calvin
          
           then
           
             Socinus
             )
          
           going
           now
           thence
           ,
           he
           left
           them
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           committed
           the
           
             publishing
          
           of
           them
           to
           his
           care
           ,
           taking
           onely
           with
           him
           those
           
             sheets
          
           which
           were
           not
           
             legible
             ,
          
           which
           he
           hastily
           
             transcribed
          
           in
           his
           journey
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Printer
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           returned
           them
           from
           
             Hamburge
             ,
          
           and
           these
           ,
           as
           by
           his
           words
           appears
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           
             last
             volume
             ,
          
           that
           on
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           which
           therefore
           had
           truly
           
             thus
             much
          
           of
           his
           
             last
             hand
             ,
          
           as
           this
           
             hasty
             transcribing
          
           comes
           to
           ;
           so
           
             hasty
          
           that
           
             M.
          
           who
           was
           prepared
           to
           write
           them
           again
           for
           the
           
             presse
             ,
          
           did
           almost
           despair
           of
           
             decyphering
          
           them
           .
           The
           rest
           ,
           those
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           remained
           in
           the
           
             first
             rude
             draught
             ,
          
           and
           are
           not
           pretended
           to
           have
           been
           (
           so
           much
           as
           
             hastily
             )
             transcribed
          
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           never
           obtained
           that
           
             perfecter
             growth
             ,
          
           that
           
             fulness
          
           of
           
             limbs
          
           and
           
             lineaments
             ,
          
           which
           I
           did
           and
           do
           suppose
           his
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           and
           
             greater
             leisure
          
           would
           have
           afforded
           them
           .
           Which
           therefore
           cannot
           with
           any
           
             justice
          
           be
           
             balanced
          
           against
           the
           
             contrary
          
           evidences
           and
           
             plain
          
           words
           either
           of
           his
           
             Discussio
          
           (
           the
           last
           thing
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           written
           before
           his
           death
           )
           or
           of
           his
           
             later
             ,
          
           dated
           after
           his
           reading
           of
           
             Crellius's
          
           and
           the
           
             Socinians
             interpretations
          
           (
           to
           which
           his
           supposed
           change
           is
           imputed
           )
           and
           avowing
           his
           
             continued
          
           adherence
           to
           his
           
             former
          
           doctrine
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           the
           
             several
          
           passages
           producible
           out
           of
           his
           
             undoubted
          
           writings
           ,
           
             maturely
          
           composed
           ,
           and
           
             publisht
          
           by
           him
           ,
           which
           
             positively
          
           and
           
             professedly
          
           set
           down
           his
           sense
           ,
           and
           cannot
           be
           
             prejudiced
          
           by
           such
           
             uncertain
             ,
          
           feeble
           
             suggestions
          
           as
           these
           ,
           drawn
           from
           his
           supposed
           
             misunderstanding
          
           of
           some
           few
           
             pages
          
           in
           the
           
             Epistles
             .
          
           And
           let
           this
           serve
           for
           a
           second
           stage
           in
           my
           proposed
           
             method
             .
          
        
         
           12.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           adhering
           to
           my
           
             former
          
           method
           ,
           and
           ,
           upon
           the
           grounds
           
             premised
             ,
             abstracting
          
           from
           or
           
             setting
             aside
          
           (
           as
           't
           is
           visible
           I
           have
           done
           from
           the
           first
           
             rise
          
           of
           this
           
             debate
             )
          
           these
           
             posthumous
             Annotations
             ,
          
           upon
           account
           of
           some
           
             heterodox
             mixtures
          
           in
           them
           discernible
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           
             our
             justification
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             satisfaction
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           some
           other
           particulars
           ,
           
             elsewhere
          
           noted
           ,
           and
           
             confining
          
           our
           discourse
           (
           more
           reasonably
           )
           to
           
             those
             Annotations
             ,
          
           which
           he
           
             perfected
          
           and
           
             published
          
           in
           his
           
             life
          
           time
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           those
           on
           the
           
             Gospels
          
           and
           on
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           
           taking
           in
           also
           
             all
          
           his
           other
           
             writings
          
           whatsoever
           ;
           There
           cannot
           be
           any
           ground
           of
           
             suspicion
          
           concerning
           his
           
             change
             ,
          
           nor
           want
           of
           
             instances
          
           (
           which
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           now
           requires
           )
           to
           disprove
           his
           
             Vniversal
             Negative
             ,
          
           and
           to
           invalidate
           the
           
             charge
          
           brought
           against
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           ,
           of
           his
           
             wresting
             to
             another
             sense
             every
             text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             wherein
             testimony
             is
             given
             to
             that
             sacred
             truth
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             concealing
             and
             obscuring
             the
             doctrine
             of
             them
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           13.
           
           I
           shall
           therefore
           ,
           being
           now
           admonished
           of
           
             Quintilians
          
           rule
           of
           
             aut
             negandum
             aut
             defendendum
             ,
          
           do
           my
           duty
           in
           observing
           it
           ,
           and
           formally
           
             deny
          
           his
           
             position
             ,
          
           of
           
             every
             text
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           for
           contrary
           
             instances
             ,
          
           begin
           with
           
             Matth.
          
           20.
           28.
           where
           the
           
             son
             of
             man
             is
             said
             to
             give
             his
             life
             a
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             ransome
             for
             many
             .
             Here
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Grotius
             ,
             Puto
             respici
             vaticinium
             ,
          
           Isa.
           53.
           10.
           
             ubi
             dicitur
             ,
             si
             Christus
             vitam
             suam
             dedisset
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             quod
             hic
             rectè
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             vertitur
             ,
             fore
             ,
             ut
             sui
             cognitione
             multos
             justificaret
             ,
             &
             postea
             ,
             ipse
             peccata
             multorum
             tulit
             .
          
           Here
           first
           ,
           the
           
             parallel
          
           is
           set
           by
           
             Grotius
          
           betwixt
           the
           
             Evangelist
          
           and
           the
           
             Prophet
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           and
           to
           that
           53
           of
           that
           
             Prophecy
          
           is
           brought
           this
           sense
           ,
           of
           
             Christ's
             giving
             his
             life
             a
             ransome
             for
             many
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           his
           
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           farther
           explained
           by
           that
           
             other
          
           phrase
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           there
           used
           ,
           his
           
             bearing
             the
             sins
             of
             many
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           9.
           28.
           his
           
             being
             offer'd
             to
             bear
             the
             sins
             of
             many
             .
          
        
         
           14.
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           The
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             ransome
          
           here
           is
           interpreted
           by
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             sacrifice
             for
             sin
          
           there
           ,
           and
           after
           more
           fully
           ,
           by
           
             sacrificium
             piaculare
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           an
           
             expiatorie
             ,
             propitiatorie
             sacrifice
             for
             sin
             ,
             victima
             lustralis
             —
          
           and
           the
           
             giving
             his
             life
             a
             ransome
             ,
          
           the
           
             offering
          
           it
           up
           such
           a
           
             sacrifice
          
           for
           
             many
             ,
          
           and
           this
           as
           the
           ground
           or
           condition
           of
           his
           
             justifying
             many
             by
             the
             knowledge
             of
             him
             ,
          
           which
           what
           is
           it
           but
           the
           
             founding
          
           of
           our
           
             justification
          
           in
           the
           
             propitiatory
             sacrifice
             of
             Christ's
             death
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           in
           the
           
             satisfaction
          
           wrought
           by
           it
           for
           us
           ?
        
         
           15.
           
           So
           
             Mat.
          
           26.
           28.
           
           Where
           
             Christs
             bloud
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             is
             said
             to
             be
             shed
             for
             many
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sins
             .
             Here
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Puto
             Danielis
             oraculum
             respici
             ,
             in
             quo
             de
             Messiâ
             dictum
             est
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             cum
             praecessisset
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             ad
             expianda
             peccata
             .
             Adde
             quae
          
           Rom.
           5.
           15.
           
           (
           it
           should
           be
           10.
           )
           
             sic
             &
             in
             Barnabae
             quae
             dicitur
             Epistola
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Adding
           ,
           
             Simul
             autem
             transit
             Christus
             à
             comparatione
             foederum
             ad
             comparationem
             sacrificiorum
             piacularium
             ,
             in
             quibus
             anima
             pecudis
             offerebatur
             ,
             velut
             succedanea
             anima
             hominis
             qui
             mortem
             meruisses
             ,
             unde
             victima
             ferre
             peccata
             dicebatur
             in
             lege
             .
             Hinc
             mo●i
             victima
             pro
             homine
             —
          
           Here
           again
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           words
           of
           
             Daniel
          
           of
           
             making
             reconciliation
             for
             iniquity
             ,
          
           and
           
             confirming
             the
             covenant
             with
             many
             ,
          
           c.
           9.
           24.
           27.
           are
           set
           as
           a
           
             Prophecy
             parallel
          
           to
           this
           
             Evangelical
          
           truth
           of
           
             Christs
             bloud
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             being
             shed
             for
             the
             expiating
             of
             our
             sins
             .
          
           So
           likewise
           
             Rom.
          
           5.
           10.
           of
           our
           
             being
             reconciled
             to
             God
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             enemies
             ,
             by
             the
             death
             of
             his
             Son
             .
          
           And
           all
           these
           three
           illustrated
           by
           the
           plain
           words
           of
           
             Barnabas's
             Epistle
             ,
          
           that
           
             Christ
             offered
             up
             himself
             the
             vessel
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             a
             sacrifice
             for
             our
             sins
             .
          
           2.
           
           It
           is
           here
           affirmed
           of
           his
           
             bloud
             ,
          
           that
           it
           was
           an
           
             expiatory
             sacrifice
             ,
          
           such
           as
           wherein
           one
           is
           
             offered
             up
             in
             stead
             of
             the
             other
             which
             had
             deserved
             death
             ,
          
           and
           is
           accordingly
           said
           to
           
             bear
             the
             sin
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
           And
           then
           what
           could
           be
           more
           expresse
           to
           the
           
             doctrine
          
           of
           
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           then
           these
           
             three
          
           places
           of
           
             Prophet
             ,
             Evangelist
             ,
          
           and
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           thus
           interpreted
           ,
           which
           being
           added
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           now
           laid
           before
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           (
           willing
           to
           have
           perswaded
           the
           
             Reader
          
           these
           were
           none
           such
           ,
           because
           I
           formerly
           thought
           it
           needless
           to
           produce
           them
           )
           will
           sure
           now
           passe
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             instances
          
           as
           
             competent
          
           as
           any
           
             Quintilian
          
           would
           exact
           ,
           to
           disprove
           the
           
             Vniversal
             proposition
          
           of
           the
           
             [
             not
             one
             text
             in
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             —
             which
             is
             not
             wrested
             to
             another
             sense
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             doctrine
             concealed
             and
             obscured
             by
             these
             Annotations
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           16.
           
           But
           here
           on
           this
           ocasion
           the
           place
           in
           his
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           
             Isa.
          
           53.
           is
           by
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           resumed
           ,
           as
           hopeful
           to
           yield
           some
           
             colour
          
           to
           infer
           his
           
             charge
             ;
             Where
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             he
             gives
             such
             an
             exposition
             of
             the
             whole
             Chapter
             ,
             as
             is
             manifestly
             and
             universally
             inconsistent
             with
             any
             such
             design
             on
             the
             words
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             he
             intends
             to
             prove
             from
             them
             in
             his
             Book
          
           De
           satisfact
           
             and
             in
             particular
             tels
             you
             in
             his
             Annotations
             on
             the
             place
             ,
             as
             also
             on
          
           1
           Pet.
           2.
           24.
           
             that
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             signifies
          
           auferre
           ,
           
             which
             with
             all
             his
             strength
             he
             had
             there
             contended
             against
             .
          
        
         
           17.
           
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           (
           as
           to
           his
           
             exposition
          
           of
           the
           
             whole
             chapter
             )
          
           that
           I
           have
           already
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           
             Grotius
          
           endeavoured
           to
           find
           a
           
             first
             sense
          
           of
           the
           words
           of
           that
           
             Prophecy
             ,
          
           so
           as
           to
           belong
           
             peculiarly
          
           
           to
           the
           
             Jews
          
           usage
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           and
           that
           I
           acknowledge
           not
           to
           be
           appliable
           alwayes
           to
           their
           usage
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
           But
           beside
           this
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             more
             principal
             and
             sublime
             sense
             ,
             and
             that
             oft
             the
             more
             literal
             of
             the
             two
             ,
             wherein
             the
             whole
             chapter
             belongs
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           but
           this
           sense
           being
           more
           
             vulgarly
          
           markt
           by
           others
           ,
           is
           onely
           in
           
             general
             ,
          
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           pointed
           at
           by
           him
           ,
           in
           those
           short
           
             Annotations
             ,
          
           being
           also
           more
           fully
           explicated
           elsewhere
           ,
           in
           a
           set
           
             discourse
          
           on
           that
           
             subject
             .
          
        
         
           18.
           
           This
           
             answer
          
           being
           formerly
           given
           by
           me
           ,
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           is
           now
           pleased
           to
           
             mistake
             ,
          
           and
           to
           change
           it
           into
           a
           
             distinction
          
           betwixt
           the
           
             literal
             and
             mystical
             sense
             of
             a
             place
             ,
          
           and
           then
           to
           undertake
           that
           his
           
             perverting
             the
             first
             literal
             sense
             of
             the
             chapter
             ,
             or
             giving
             it
             a
             completion
             in
             any
             person
             but
             Christ
             ,
             is
             no
             lesse
             then
             blasphemy
             .
          
           But
           to
           this
           I
           reply
           ,
           that
           my
           words
           are
           
             misreported
          
           by
           the
           
             disputant
             ,
          
           and
           agreeably
           my
           
             sense
          
           also
           .
           For
           I
           
             distinguisht
          
           not
           betwixt
           the
           
             literal
          
           and
           
             mystical
             sense
          
           of
           the
           place
           (
           or
           if
           I
           had
           ,
           I
           must
           much
           have
           wronged
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           who
           resolved
           the
           words
           to
           belong
           oft
           
             more
             literally
             or
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           than
           
             to
             any
             other
             )
          
           but
           betwixt
           the
           
             first
          
           and
           
             literal
             interpretation
             ,
          
           which
           had
           its
           
             immediate
             completion
             among
             the
             Jews
             ,
          
           near
           that
           time
           ,
           wherein
           it
           written
           ,
           and
           the
           
             more
             remote
             ,
             concerning
             Christ
             :
          
           that
           indeed
           
             mystical
             ,
          
           because
           
             veiled
          
           under
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           but
           
             literal
          
           also
           ,
           because
           that
           to
           which
           the
           very
           words
           belonged
           as
           
             properly
             ,
          
           oft
           more
           
             properly
             ,
          
           than
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           As
           when
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             plain
             word
          
           without
           any
           
             figure
          
           belongs
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           onely
           the
           
             figurative
          
           interpretation
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           
             Jeremy
             .
          
           Of
           these
           two
           senses
           
             Grotius
          
           makes
           
             frequent
          
           mention
           in
           his
           
             interpretations
             .
          
           See
           the
           note
           on
           
             Zach.
          
           9.
           9.
           
           
             Behold
             thy
          
           King
           
             shall
             come
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             primo
             &
             maxime
             obvio
             sensu
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             and
             most
             obvious
             sense
             belongs
             to
          
           Zorobabel
           ,
           
             but
             sublimiore
             quodam
             sensu
             ,
             in
             a
             more
             sublime
             sense
             to
             the
             Messias
             ;
          
           And
           many
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           19.
           
           If
           thus
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           had
           understood
           my
           words
           (
           which
           I
           then
           thought
           
             plain
          
           enough
           ,
           till
           I
           saw
           them
           
             misapprehended
             )
          
           I
           am
           in
           
             charity
          
           to
           think
           he
           would
           not
           have
           deemed
           it
           
             little
             lesse
             then
             blasphemy
             ,
          
           thus
           to
           
             interpret
          
           words
           of
           some
           other
           in
           a
           
             first
             ,
          
           but
           that
           
             lesse
             principal
          
           sense
           ,
           which
           belong
           to
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
          
           in
           the
           
             more
             principal
          
           and
           
             sublime
             sense
             ,
          
           more
           
             remote
          
           in
           time
           of
           
             completion
             ,
          
           but
           not
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             propriety
          
           of
           the
           words
           .
        
         
         
           20.
           
           This
           the
           
             instance
          
           did
           evince
           ,
           which
           I
           gave
           from
           the
           words
           ,
           
             [
             out
             of
             Egypt
             have
             I
             called
             my
             Son
             ]
          
           which
           evidently
           had
           a
           
             first
             sense
          
           in
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           a
           
             second
             ,
          
           equally
           
             literal
          
           in
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           so
           't
           is
           applied
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ;
          
           and
           many
           more
           might
           be
           brought
           of
           affinity
           with
           it
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           need
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           It
           will
           be
           more
           to
           the
           purpose
           of
           vindicating
           
             Grotius's
             intention
             ,
          
           and
           clearing
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           that
           I
           give
           the
           
             Reader
          
           one
           signall
           passage
           from
           him
           ,
           by
           which
           his
           sense
           must
           in
           all
           reason
           be
           judged
           ,
           being
           by
           him
           premised
           before
           his
           
             interpretation
          
           of
           the
           
             latter
          
           part
           of
           this
           
             Prophecy
             ,
          
           from
           
             chap.
          
           40.
           which
           he
           generally
           interprets
           in
           a
           
             first
             sense
             ,
          
           of
           matters
           that
           belonged
           to
           the
           
             Jews
          
           from
           the
           time
           of
           their
           
             deportation
             ,
          
           to
           the
           
             Maccabees
             ,
          
           &c.
           but
           acknowledges
           to
           contain
           also
           ,
           and
           that
           
             more
             simply
          
           and
           more
           
             clearly
          
           the
           matters
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           22.
           
           The
           words
           are
           in
           the
           
             prooeme
          
           to
           
             Isa.
          
           40.
           
           
             Cum
             autem
             omnia
             Dei
             beneficia
             umbram
             in
             se
             contintant
             corum
             quae
             Christus
             prastitit
             ,
             tum
             praecipuè
             ista
             omnia
             quae
             deincept
             ab
             Isaiâ
             praenuntiabantur
             ,
             verbis
             saepissime
             à
             Deo
             sic
             directis
             ,
             ut
             simplicius
             limpidiusque
             in
             res
             Christi
             ,
             quam
             in
             illas
             quas
             primò
             significare
             Esaias
             voluit
             ,
             convenirent
             .
             Whereas
             all
             Gods
             blessings
             have
             in
             them
             a
             shadow
             of
             those
             things
             which
             Christ
             performed
             ,
             this
             is
             especially
             applicable
             to
             all
             those
             things
             which
             in
             the
             ensuing
             chapters
          
           (
           this
           of
           
             chap.
          
           53.
           must
           needs
           be
           comprehended
           in
           that
           style
           )
           
             are
             foretold
             by
          
           Isaiah
           ;
           
             the
             words
             most
             often
             being
             so
             directed
             by
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             agree
             more
             simply
             and
             clearly
             to
             the
             matters
             of
             Christ
             ,
             than
             to
             those
             which
          
           Isaias
           
             would
             first
             signifie
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           23.
           
           Here
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           what
           I
           said
           of
           the
           
             first
             sense
          
           of
           these
           
             prophecies
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           which
           
             Isaias
             first
          
           meant
           to
           signifie
           by
           them
           ,
           supposing
           that
           there
           was
           somewhat
           else
           ,
           belonging
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           in
           a
           
             second
          
           sense
           or
           
             later
             completion
          
           he
           signified
           also
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           so
           
             directed
             by
             God
          
           the
           
             wise
          
           disposer
           ,
           that
           they
           
             most
             simply
          
           and
           
             clearly
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           without
           
             figures
          
           (
           which
           are
           usual
           in
           
             prophecies
             )
          
           belonged
           to
           him
           .
           This
           being
           by
           him
           said
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           
             prophecies
          
           that
           follow
           ,
           doth
           by
           perfect
           
             equivalence
             ,
          
           (
           a
           
             collective
             being
             as
             full
             and
             ●fficacious
             as
             a
             distributive
             )
          
           conclude
           of
           every
           particular
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           this
           
             fifty
             third
          
           before
           us
           (
           of
           which
           he
           again
           gives
           the
           
             same
          
           account
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           unto
           it
           )
           and
           of
           
           every
           verse
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           
             most
             clearly
             &
             literally
             belongs
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           though
           in
           
             Jeremy
          
           he
           supposed
           it
           had
           
             another
             interpretation
             .
          
           And
           so
           this
           ,
           I
           now
           hope
           ,
           will
           be
           deemed
           satisfactory
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           
             general
             ,
          
           to
           vindicate
           his
           
             exposition
          
           of
           the
           
             whole
             chapter
             ,
          
           and
           the
           having
           mention'd
           it
           may
           be
           in
           some
           degree
           necessary
           to
           the
           preserving
           of
           them
           from
           
             misprisions
          
           who
           read
           not
           those
           
             notes
          
           intirely
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           comprehend
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           
             whole
             prophecies
             ,
          
           (
           which
           is
           the
           proper'st
           use
           of
           them
           )
           but
           cast
           their
           eyes
           upon
           some
           
             particular
             texts
             ,
          
           to
           satisfie
           their
           present
           
             wants
             ,
          
           or
           
             curiosities
             .
          
        
         
           24.
           
           But
           then
           secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           
             particular
          
           verse
           11.
           
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           1.
           that
           in
           the
           
             Annotation
          
           on
           1
           
             Pet
             :
          
           2.
           24.
           
           I
           cannot
           be
           concern'd
           ,
           having
           oft
           resolved
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             unsufficient
          
           to
           give
           us
           his
           sense
           .
           As
           for
           that
           on
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           there
           interpreted
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             auferet
             ,
          
           1.
           this
           could
           not
           have
           been
           justly
           charged
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           a
           
             Socinian
          
           interpretation
           ,
           
             Tertullian
          
           having
           given
           him
           authority
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           cites
           it
           ,
           on
           
             Mat.
          
           8.
           17.
           and
           indeed
           that
           
             Evangelist
          
           too
           having
           there
           applied
           that
           
             prophecy
          
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             bearing
             their
             bodily
             diseases
             ,
          
           which
           sure
           was
           so
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           should
           denote
           his
           
             curing
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           his
           
             auferet
             ,
             taking
          
           them
           
             away
             )
          
           and
           not
           his
           
             bearing
          
           them
           in
           their
           stead
           ,
           taking
           upon
           him
           all
           the
           
             diseases
          
           which
           he
           
             cured
          
           in
           any
           .
           But
           then
           2.
           't
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           so
           interpret
           it
           
             [
             auferre
             to
             take
             away
             ]
          
           as
           to
           
             exclude
             ,
          
           but
           expresly
           to
           
             include
          
           the
           
             ferre
             ,
          
           or
           
             bearing
          
           also
           ;
           
             Auferet
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           as
           applied
           to
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           by
           a
           
             metonymie
             ,
          
           but
           that
           founded
           in
           the
           other
           of
           
             bearing
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             literal
             ,
             quia
             qui
             sordes
             auferunt
             ,
             solent
             ●as
             collo
             supposito
             portare
             ;
          
           so
           that
           the
           
             literal
          
           of
           
             bearing
             ,
          
           or
           
             carrying
             our
             iniquities
             ,
          
           is
           (
           by
           the
           former
           observation
           )
           left
           to
           be
           
             completed
          
           in
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           who
           did
           both
           
             bear
          
           and
           
             take
             away
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           nothing
           by
           
             Grotius
          
           is
           here
           affirmed
           ,
           or
           interpreted
           to
           the
           
             contrary
          
           of
           that
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           
             Objection
             ,
          
           and
           so
           for
           the
           third
           part
           of
           my
           
             method
             .
          
        
         
           25.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           when
           I
           had
           proposed
           to
           
             consideration
             two
             things
          
           for
           the
           preventing
           all
           
             jealousie
          
           of
           any
           
             after
             change
          
           in
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           had
           taken
           notice
           of
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           under
           the
           style
           of
           my
           
             first
             observation
             ,
          
           and
           offered
           some
           semblance
           of
           
             answer
          
           to
           it
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           6.
           before
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           
             second
             ,
          
           he
           
             cannot
             ,
          
           as
           he
           
           saith
           ,
           
             but
             suppose
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             already
             absolved
             from
             a
             necessity
             of
             farther
             procedure
             —
             ]
          
           by
           that
           means
           
             freeing
          
           himself
           from
           giving
           any
           
             heed
          
           to
           that
           
             argument
          
           which
           I
           had
           laid
           greatest
           weight
           on
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           of
           all
           others
           was
           
             most
             considerable
          
           in
           this
           business
           ,
           
             viz.
             Grotius's
          
           own
           words
           (
           who
           certainly
           knew
           his
           own
           
             heart
             ,
          
           better
           then
           any
           
             accuser
             ,
          
           or
           
             diviner
          
           can
           be
           supposed
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           rather
           then
           any
           
             contrary
             surmises
          
           concerning
           him
           )
           expresly
           testifying
           his
           
             constancy
          
           in
           adhering
           still
           (
           now
           after
           the
           time
           of
           his
           supposed
           
             change
             )
          
           to
           what
           he
           had
           delivered
           in
           his
           
             Book
             De
             satisfactione
             .
          
           Herein
           I
           shall
           leave
           the
           
             Reader
          
           to
           pass
           the
           judgment
           ,
           whence
           that
           
             absolution
          
           was
           derived
           to
           the
           
             Reviewer
             ,
          
           by
           which
           he
           
             could
             not
             but
             suppose
             himself
             freed
             from
             any
             necessity
             of
             considering
             this
             evidence
             ,
          
           when
           yet
           he
           was
           at
           leisure
           (
           by
           way
           of
           
             commutation
             )
          
           to
           heap
           up
           
             contrary
             appearances
          
           from
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           which
           I
           profest
           not
           to
           allow
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           not
           be
           
             concern'd
          
           in
           the
           producing
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           26.
           
           Here
           onely
           I
           had
           exprest
           my
           opinion
           that
           the
           
             Notes
          
           on
           the
           
             Apocalypse
             ,
          
           had
           (
           as
           I
           still
           think
           I
           have
           been
           informed
           ,
           and
           have
           already
           premised
           some
           proof
           of
           it
           )
           received
           from
           
             his
             own
             pencil
             the
             very
             lineaments
             ,
             and
             colours
             ,
             wherein
             they
             appear
             ;
          
           And
           therefore
           when
           he
           pitches
           on
           one
           
             Annotation
          
           on
           that
           
             Book
             Rev.
          
           1.
           5.
           
           
             Christ's
             washing
             us
             from
             our
             sins
             in
             his
             bloud
             ,
          
           where
           he
           thinks
           the
           
             satisfaction
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           concealed
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Socinian
          
           interpretation
           taken
           up
           by
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           contrary
           to
           his
           manner
           of
           
             explicating
          
           and
           
             applying
             it
             in
             his
             Book
             De
             satisfactione
             ;
          
           This
           will
           require
           to
           be
           a
           while
           considered
           by
           me
           .
        
         
           27.
           
           The
           words
           of
           
             Grotius
          
           he
           hath
           rightly
           set
           down
           ,
           but
           I
           suppose
           not
           sufficiently
           considered
           the
           
             latter
          
           part
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           runs
           thus
           ,
           
             Dicitur
             Christus
             suo
             sanguine
             nos
             lavisse
             ,
             quia
             &
             ipse
             omnia
             praestitit
             ,
             quae
             ad
             id
             requirebantur
             ;
             Christ
             is
             said
             to
             have
             washt
             us
             with
             his
             bloud
             ,
             because
             he
             performed
             all
             things
             which
             were
             required
             to
             it
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
             to
             the
             washing
             of
             the
             soule
             .
          
           Which
           words
           are
           certainly
           of
           competent
           
             largenesse
          
           to
           contain
           (
           and
           so
           
             exclude
          
           not
           )
           the
           doctrine
           of
           
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           that
           being
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           in
           
             Gods
             counsel
             ,
          
           were
           appointed
           ,
           and
           so
           
             required
          
           to
           the
           
             washing
             of
             our
             souls
             ;
          
           This
           being
           considered
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           no
           prejudice
           to
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           
             former
          
           
           words
           he
           took
           in
           
             Socinus's
          
           interpretation
           of
           
             [
             morte
             suâ
             certos
             nos
             reddidit
             veritatis
             eorum
             quae
             docuerat
             ,
             quae
             talia
             sunt
             ,
             ut
             nihil
             sit
             aptius
             ad
             purgandos
             à
             vitiis
             animos
             —
             ]
          
           For
           of
           that
           there
           is
           no
           
             question
             ,
          
           but
           that
           
             Christ
          
           by
           his
           
             death
          
           did
           give
           us
           
             assurance
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           that
           this
           
             assurance
             is
             very
             apt
             to
             purge
             us
             from
             our
             evil
             and
             vitious
             courses
             .
          
           In
           respect
           of
           which
           
             purgation
          
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           himself
           saith
           ,
           
             Tit.
          
           2.
           4.
           that
           
             Christ
             gave
             himself
          
           (
           that
           is
           surely
           even
           to
           
             dye
             )
             for
             us
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             redeem
             us
             from
             all
             in
             quity
          
           (
           the
           
             power
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             guilt
          
           of
           it
           )
           
             and
             purifie
             unto
             himself
             a
             peculiar
             people
             ,
             zealous
             of
             good
             works
             .
          
           And
           
             Gal.
          
           1.
           4.
           
             he
             gave
             himself
             for
             our
             sins
          
           (
           and
           thereby
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           made
           a
           
             satisfaction
          
           for
           us
           )
           
             that
             he
             might
             deliver
             us
             from
             this
             present
             evil
             world
             ,
          
           from
           the
           
             vices
          
           and
           
             abominations
          
           thereof
           .
           And
           
             Eph.
          
           5.
           25.
           
           
             Christ
             gave
             himself
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             sanctifie
             and
             cleanse
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             present
             it
             unto
             himself
             a
             glorious
             Church
             ;
             not
             having
             spot
             or
             wrinkle
             or
             any
             such
             thing
             .
          
           From
           whence
           I
           conclude
           that
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           errour
           consists
           not
           herein
           ,
           that
           they
           
             affirm
          
           this
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           say
           
             this
          
           is
           
             all
          
           that
           
             Christ
          
           did
           by
           his
           
             death
             ,
          
           and
           so
           exclude
           his
           
             satisfaction
             ;
          
           which
           can
           by
           no
           means
           be
           affirmed
           of
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           as
           he
           wrote
           a
           
             Book
          
           in
           
             defence
          
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           very
           place
           ascribes
           to
           
             Christ
          
           the
           performing
           
             omnia
          
           all
           things
           ,
           
             indefinitely
             ,
          
           which
           were
           
             required
             to
             the
             washing
             of
             our
             souls
             ,
          
           from
           which
           number
           his
           
             expiatory
             sacrifice
          
           was
           never
           excluded
           by
           
             Grotius
             ?
          
        
         
           28.
           
           And
           then
           it
           may
           be
           fit
           to
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           
             denying
          
           the
           
             satisfaction
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           is
           one
           great
           
             errour
          
           justly
           charged
           on
           the
           
             Socinians
             ,
          
           so
           the
           
             confining
          
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           to
           that
           one
           
             head
          
           of
           
             satisfaction
             ,
          
           is
           an
           
             errour
          
           also
           ,
           very
           carefully
           to
           be
           averted
           by
           him
           ,
           that
           desires
           to
           reap
           
             benefit
          
           by
           
             Christs
             death
             .
          
        
         
           29.
           
           After
           his
           view
           of
           this
           place
           he
           is
           pleased
           (
           to
           
             prevent
          
           the
           
             Readers
          
           farther
           
             trouble
             )
          
           to
           refer
           him
           to
           
             Grotius's
          
           
             Annotation
          
           on
           one
           place
           more
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           chap.
           13.
           9.
           and
           I
           have
           observed
           his
           
             directions
             ,
          
           and
           can
           assure
           him
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           there
           
             one
          
           word
           to
           this
           matter
           .
           Onely
           that
           
             Arethas
          
           rightly
           applies
           the
           phrase
           
             [
             from
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             world
             ]
          
           to
           the
           word
           
             [
             book
             ]
          
           not
           to
           the
           word
           
             [
             slain
             ]
          
           evincing
           it
           from
           the
           
             parallel
          
           place
           ,
           
             chap.
          
           17.
           8.
           where
           so
           it
           is
           joyned
           
             [
             Whose
             names
             are
             written
             in
             the
          
           
           
             book
             of
             life
             from
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             world
             ]
          
           the
           
             book
             of
             life
             ,
          
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           
             book
             of
             life
             of
             the
             lamb
             slain
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             slain
             lambs
             book
             of
             life
             ,
          
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           being
           perfectly
           
             aequipollent
             .
          
        
         
           30.
           
           The
           remainder
           of
           the
           
             Catalogue
          
           of
           
             Texts
             ,
          
           that
           is
           added
           ,
           is
           all
           again
           out
           of
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           and
           so
           hath
           already
           more
           then
           once
           been
           accounted
           for
           ,
           by
           denying
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           them
           to
           have
           been
           
             perfected
          
           by
           
             Grotius
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           all
           that
           need
           to
           be
           considered
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           
             first
          
           branch
           of
           the
           
             suggestion
             ,
          
           that
           concerning
           the
           
             doctrine
          
           of
           the
           
             satisfaction
          
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           31.
           
           On
           the
           
             second
             Socinian
          
           head
           of
           
             doctrine
             ,
          
           that
           concerning
           the
           
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           whereon
           the
           
             Disputer
          
           had
           affirmed
           
             [
             that
             of
             all
             the
             texts
             of
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             is
             usually
             confirmed
             ,
             —
             Grotius
             hath
             not
             left
             any
             more
             then
             one
             ,
             if
             one
             ,
             speaking
             any
             thing
             clearly
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             ]
          
           I
           thought
           I
           had
           given
           some
           matter
           of
           
             conviction
             ,
          
           by
           referring
           to
           that
           
             learned
          
           man's
           .
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           when
           both
           that
           
             one
          
           signal
           text
           is
           left
           by
           him
           speaking
           clearly
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           places
           of
           
             Scripture
          
           are
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           interpreted
           ,
           and
           applied
           to
           the
           same
           sense
           ,
           as
           
             parallel
             ,
          
           and
           answerable
           to
           that
           .
           To
           this
           he
           replies
           ,
           that
           
             this
             of
          
           John
           1.
           
             was
             the
             one
             place
             by
             him
             expresly
             excepted
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             this
             instance
             would
             not
             evade
             the
             charge
             .
          
           And
           for
           the
           
             other
          
           places
           ,
           
             Prov.
          
           8
           ,
           &c.
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           
             suppose
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             view
             of
             my
             defence
             men
             must
             needs
             suppose
             that
             in
             the
             Annotations
             on
             the
             places
             repeted
             ;
          
           Grotius
           
             must
             give
             their
             sense
             ,
             as
             bearing
             witness
             to
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           Hereupon
           he
           will
           
             turn
          
           to
           the
           
             several
             places
             ,
             and
             give
             the
             Reader
             an
             account
             of
             them
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           32.
           
           But
           before
           he
           proceed
           to
           that
           ,
           and
           to
           save
           the
           pains
           of
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           soon
           considered
           ,
           that
           what
           
             Grotius
          
           doth
           in
           the
           
             Notes
          
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           is
           as
           truly
           his
           
             act
             ,
          
           as
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           done
           by
           him
           in
           any
           
             other
          
           place
           ,
           much
           more
           so
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           publisht
           under
           his
           
             name
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           that
           as
           many
           places
           as
           he
           hath
           there
           affirmed
           to
           be
           
             parallel
          
           to
           
             John
          
           1.
           1.
           so
           many
           places
           he
           hath
           left
           
             speaking
             clearly
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
             Grotius
          
           had
           not
           at
           that
           time
           publisht
           any
           other
           Notes
           on
           any
           part
           of
           the
           
             Bible
             ,
          
           but
           those
           onely
           on
           the
           
             Gospels
             .
          
           On
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           he
           never
           lived
           to
           
             publish
          
           any
           ,
           yet
           here
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           hath
           affirmed
           the
           words
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           Col.
           1.
           16.
           
           
             [
             all
             things
             were
             created
             by
             Christ
             —
             ]
          
           
           to
           be
           
             agreeable
          
           to
           the
           words
           of
           Saint
           
             John
             ,
          
           that
           
             without
             him
             was
             nothing
             made
             that
             was
             made
             .
          
           Is
           it
           not
           now
           as
           
             visible
             ,
          
           that
           he
           hath
           left
           
             that
          
           place
           of
           
             Col.
          
           1.
           16.
           
             speaking
             clearly
             to
             the
             Deity
          
           and
           
             creative
          
           power
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           by
           
             which
             all
             things
             were
          
           at
           first
           
             made
             ,
          
           as
           if
           he
           had
           lived
           to
           set
           out
           
             Annotations
          
           purposely
           on
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           had
           therein
           so
           interpreted
           it
           ?
           This
           certainly
           is
           so
           
             clear
             ,
          
           that
           I
           cannot
           yet
           doubt
           (
           what
           ever
           the
           
             Reviewers
             sarcasme
          
           would
           suggest
           )
           of
           being
           a
           
             successful
             advocate
          
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           33.
           
           The
           same
           is
           again
           as
           clear
           of
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           5.
           and
           of
           the
           
             two
          
           places
           brought
           by
           him
           ,
           in
           concent
           with
           it
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Chaldee
             Paraphrast
          
           on
           
             Isai.
          
           45.
           12.
           
           &
           48.
           13.
           to
           testifie
           that
           by
           this
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
             by
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           
             whole
             world
             was
             founded
             ;
          
           which
           again
           (
           though
           he
           never
           should
           mention
           them
           again
           in
           all
           his
           
             writings
             )
          
           are
           yet
           solemnly
           
             left
          
           by
           him
           ,
           to
           
             testifie
             clearly
          
           to
           the
           
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           And
           so
           
             more
          
           than
           that
           one
           of
           
             John
          
           1.
           
        
         
           34.
           
           But
           the
           place
           more
           largely
           recited
           by
           
             Grotius
          
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           
             Prov.
          
           8.
           from
           verse
           23.
           
           
             A
             seculo
             habui
             principatum
             ,
             I
             was
             set
             up
             from
             everlasting
             ,
          
           to
           verse
           27.
           
             when
             he
             prepared
             the
             heavens
             I
             was
             there
             ;
          
           And
           this
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           thinks
           fit
           to
           examine
           ,
           by
           repairing
           to
           his
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           there
           1.
           
             he
             finds
             his
             first
             note
             on
             the
             Wisdome
             there
             spoken
             of
             to
             be
             [
             Haec
             de
             eâ
             sapientiâ
             quae
             in
             lege
             apparet
             exponunt
             Hebraei
             ,
             &
             sane
             ei
             ,
             si
             non
             soli
             ,
             at
             praecipuè
             haec
             attributa
             conveniunt
             ]
          
           and
           this
           he
           thinks
           a
           very
           advantageous
           discovery
           ,
           for
           if
           they
           
             agree
             solely
             or
             principally
             to
             the
             wisdome
             that
             shines
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           how
           
             can
             they
             be
          
           the
           
             attributes
          
           of
           the
           
             person
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           35.
           
           But
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           that
           note
           of
           his
           is
           on
           the
           
             first
             verse
          
           of
           that
           
             chapter
             ,
          
           far
           enough
           from
           
             verse
          
           23.
           where
           the
           citation
           in
           his
           
             Note
          
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           begins
           .
           And
           why
           might
           not
           many
           parts
           of
           the
           
             character
          
           of
           
             wisdome
          
           be
           by
           the
           
             Jews
          
           duly
           applied
           to
           the
           
             Law
          
           (
           as
           will
           appear
           if
           you
           read
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           
             chapter
          
           for
           above
           
             twenty
          
           verses
           together
           )
           and
           yet
           the
           
             latter
          
           and
           
             sublimer
          
           part
           of
           its
           
             character
          
           be
           competible
           onely
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           
             eternal
             wisdome
          
           of
           the
           
             Father
             ?
          
           And
           why
           should
           not
           
             Grotius's
          
           
             [
             haec
             ]
          
           on
           verse
           1.
           rather
           belong
           to
           those
           
             former
          
           20
           verses
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           23
           &c.
           
           which
           he
           there
           (
           as
           in
           the
           
             Notes
          
           on
           the
           
             Gospels
             )
          
           expresly
           interprets
           so
           ,
           as
           that
           verse
           27.
           and
           30.
           be
           all
           one
           with
           
             John
          
           1.
           1.
           and
           so
           
             Prov.
          
           9.
           1.
           
           
             Wisdome
             built
             her
             an
             house
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             corpus
             humanum
             ,
          
           a
           
             mans
             body
             ,
          
           which
           is
           not
           applicable
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           
             Christ
          
           in
           his
           
             incarnation
             .
          
           And
           so
           I
           hope
           this
           
             artifice
          
           hath
           stood
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           in
           little
           stead
           .
        
         
           36.
           
           But
           then
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             On
          
           verse
           22.
           
           
             Grotius
             affirmes
          
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             that
             it
             is
             rendred
             not
             amiss
             by
             the
             Chaldee
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             by
             the
             Septuagint
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             though
             he
             knew
             that
             sense
             was
             pleaded
             by
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             and
             expleded
             by
             the
             ancient
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           37.
           
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           
             Grotius's
          
           words
           ,
           
             [
             sensu
             non
             malo
             si
             creare
             sumas
             pro
             facere
             ut
             appareat
             ]
          
           signifie
           not
           ,
           that
           that
           
             rendring
             is
             not
             amisse
             ,
          
           for
           he
           had
           formerly
           exprest
           his
           opinion
           of
           that
           ,
           that
           
             Aquila
             and
             Symmachus
          
           and
           
             Theodesian
          
           their
           rendring
           it
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           was
           
             well
             agreeing
          
           or
           
             answerable
             to
             the
             Hebrew
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           but
           that
           the
           other
           which
           was
           not
           the
           
             right
          
           rendring
           ,
           might
           yet
           bear
           a
           
             tolerable
             ,
          
           or
           
             not
             ill
             sense
             ,
          
           if
           it
           were
           
             interpreted
             to
             signifie
             no
             more
             than
             that
             which
             he
             there
          
           names
           ,
           
             viz.
             [
             making
             to
             appear
             ]
          
           a
           sense
           which
           the
           
             Fathers
          
           never
           
             exploded
             ,
          
           nor
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           
             pretended
          
           by
           the
           
             Arrians
             ,
          
           or
           favoured
           by
           any
           in
           
             kindness
          
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           38.
           
           This
           therefore
           was
           but
           a
           
             weak
             foundation
          
           of
           that
           
             confidence
             ,
          
           with
           which
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           concludes
           ,
           that
           
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             essential
             wisdome
             of
             God
             ,
             subsisting
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             one
             word
             ]
          
           especially
           when
           he
           had
           himself
           confest
           that
           [
           on
           verse
           27.
           he
           addes
           ,
           
             aderam
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             John
          
           1.
           1.
           
           ]
           for
           certainly
           if
           those
           words
           of
           
             wisdome
             ,
             when
             he
             prepared
             the
             heavens
             I
             was
             there
             ,
          
           and
           the
           same
           again
           verse
           30.
           (
           to
           which
           also
           he
           refers
           the
           
             Reader
             ,
          
           though
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           pleased
           not
           to
           see
           it
           )
           
             When
             he
             appointed
             the
             foundations
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             then
             was
             I
             by
             him
             ]
          
           be
           all
           one
           with
           
             [
             the
             word
             was
             with
             God
             ]
             John
          
           1.
           1.
           there
           is
           then
           
             some
             word
          
           of
           the
           
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           the
           
             essential
             wisdome
             ,
          
           in
           those
           
             Notes
             ,
          
           and
           perfectly
           as
           much
           as
           is
           
             proportionable
          
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           those
           
             very
             short
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             .
          
        
         
           39.
           
           To
           which
           may
           be
           added
           ,
           that
           by
           interpreting
           the
           phrase
           
             [
             his
             wayes
             .
             ]
          
           verse
           22.
           by
           
             operationes
             Dei
             ,
             the
             operations
             of
             God
             ,
          
           the
           sense
           of
           that
           verse
           (
           which
           the
           
             Reviswer
          
           thinks
           
             perverted
          
           or
           
             obscured
             )
          
           must
           in
           his
           rendring
           run
           thus
           ,
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
          
           
           
             operations
             God
             possessed
             this
             eternal
             wisdome
             ,
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           which
           will
           be
           still
           to
           the
           same
           sense
           ;
           And
           then
           the
           
             Note
          
           on
           
             chap.
          
           9.
           1.
           sets
           down
           the
           
             incarnation
          
           of
           this
           
             eternal
             word
             ,
          
           or
           
             wisdome
             ;
          
           And
           what
           could
           have
           been
           more
           punctual
           against
           the
           
             Socinian
          
           interest
           ,
           than
           
             all
          
           this
           ,
           being
           thus
           briefly
           amassed
           together
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           would
           have
           but
           the
           
             patience
          
           to
           discern
           it
           ?
        
         
           40.
           
           What
           he
           adds
           by
           way
           of
           
             wonderment
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             add
             the
             places
             of
             Isa.
          
           45.
           12.
           
             and
          
           48.
           13.
           
             to
             the
             number
             of
             texts
             interpreted
             by
             Grotius
             to
             this
             matter
             of
             the
             Deity
             ,
          
           is
           soon
           satisfied
           ,
           by
           remembring
           (
           what
           was
           visible
           enough
           before
           )
           that
           the
           
             Chaldee
             Paraphrast
          
           in
           those
           and
           many
           other
           places
           rendring
           the
           word
           
             [
             God
             ]
          
           by
           
             [
             God
             and
             his
             word
             ]
          
           is
           fitly
           brought
           by
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           as
           a
           
             witness
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             world
             was
             created
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           that
           is
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           that
           that
           is
           the
           sense
           of
           those
           places
           .
           Which
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           then
           are
           those
           
             texts
          
           of
           
             Scripture
          
           left
           by
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           to
           testifie
           to
           this
           truth
           of
           the
           
             Deity
          
           of
           the
           
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           41.
           
           Now
           for
           the
           
             principal
          
           place
           that
           of
           
             John
          
           1.
           1.
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           hath
           exprest
           his
           
             dislikes
          
           also
           to
           that
           ,
           and
           mention'd
           some
           grounds
           thereof
           ,
           1.
           that
           
             Grotius
             is
             very
             careful
             of
             ascribing
             an
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           But
           if
           by
           this
           phrase
           he
           would
           signifie
           him
           
             unwilling
          
           to
           
             ascribe
          
           an
           
             hypostasis
          
           to
           the
           
             word
             ,
          
           this
           is
           misrepresented
           by
           him
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           evident
           ,
           
             Grotius
          
           expresses
           no
           
             dislike
          
           to
           that
           style
           ,
           all
           that
           he
           saith
           that
           way
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             vecem
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           —
           
             non
             à
             primis
             Christianis
             usurpatam
             ,
             cùm
             contra
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             dixerit
             Athanasius
             ,
             Synodi
             Nicaena
             ,
             Sardicensis
             ,
             &
             Romanae
             aliquot
             ,
             that
             that
             word
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             was
             not
             used
             by
             the
             first
             Christians
             ,
             that
          
           Athanasius
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Nicene
             ,
             Sardicene
             ,
             and
             some
             Roman
             Councels
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             one
             hypostasis
             .
          
           And
           all
           these
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           are
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Arrian
             ,
          
           that
           if
           
             Grotius
          
           should
           chuse
           to
           speak
           with
           them
           ,
           he
           could
           with
           no
           justice
           be
           accused
           of
           that
           
             heresie
             ,
          
           or
           
             obscuring
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
          
           by
           so
           speaking
           .
        
         
           42.
           
           And
           yet
           it
           is
           farther
           clear
           ,
           that
           from
           
             Origen
          
           &
           
             others
          
           after
           him
           ,
           he
           cites
           the
           
             distinction
          
           of
           
             hypostases
             ,
          
           and
           what
           could
           he
           have
           done
           more
           to
           obtain
           the
           
             Reviewers
          
           favour
           ,
           then
           to
           cite
           it
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           
             used
             ,
          
           and
           not
           pretend
           it
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           
             used
          
           it
           not
           ?
        
         
         
           43.
           
           That
           he
           hath
           
             interweaved
             many
             Platonick
             interpretations
             of
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           also
           in
           the
           
             second
          
           place
           suggested
           ,
           and
           at
           once
           ,
           that
           
             he
             hath
             darkened
             the
             whole
             counsel
             of
             God
             in
             that
             place
             .
             ]
          
           But
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           
             heresie
          
           in
           letting
           the
           
             Christian
             Reader
          
           know
           ,
           how
           much
           
             Platonists
          
           and
           
             hethen
             Philosophers
          
           have
           by
           
             groping
          
           discoverd
           of
           
             divine
             truths
             ,
          
           and
           to
           me
           it
           is
           not
           imaginable
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
             Christian
             doctrine
          
           is
           once
           declared
           ,
           such
           
             additions
          
           as
           these
           should
           by
           being
           subjoyned
           
             ex
             abundanti
             ,
             obscure
          
           what
           was
           once
           made
           
             clear
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             darken
             the
             whole
             counsel
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           44.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             It
             may
             not
             be
             amisse
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             to
             observe
             ,
             that
             not
             onely
             the
             Arians
             ,
             but
             Photinus
             himself
             acknowledged
          
           that
           the
           world
           
             was
             made
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           And
           to
           this
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           that
           what
           is
           
             wide
          
           of
           the
           
             mark
             ,
          
           to
           which
           it
           is
           directed
           ,
           no
           way
           sufficient
           to
           
             infer
          
           the
           desired
           
             conclusion
             ,
          
           is
           (
           in
           the
           managing
           of
           a
           
             controversie
             )
             amiss
             to
             be
             observed
             ;
          
           And
           such
           will
           this
           observation
           appear
           to
           be
           ;
           For
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           
             question
          
           being
           a
           
             charge
          
           against
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           of
           
             Socinian
          
           doctrine
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           concluded
           (
           to
           that
           )
           from
           the
           bare
           mention
           of
           the
           
             Arians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Photinus
          
           his
           
             acknowledgments
             ,
          
           unless
           
             first
          
           it
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           
             Grotius
          
           was
           an
           
             Arian
             ,
          
           or
           
             Photinian
             ,
          
           and
           
             secondly
          
           that
           all
           
             Arians
          
           and
           
             Photinians
          
           are
           
             Socinians
             ?
          
           Either
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           not
           the
           least
           appearance
           of
           
             truth
          
           in
           them
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           not
           so
           much
           as
           attempted
           here
           to
           be
           
             proved
          
           by
           the
           
             author
          
           of
           this
           
             observation
             .
          
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           five
           shrewd
           
             prejudices
          
           against
           it
           .
           1.
           
           That
           what
           the
           
             Arians
          
           say
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           
             Photinus
          
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           were
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           put
           
             together
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           what
           the
           
             Arians
          
           say
           ,
           
             Grotius
          
           doth
           not
           say
           .
           3.
           
           That
           what
           the
           
             Photinians
          
           say
           ,
           neither
           the
           
             Arians
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Grotius
          
           do
           say
           .
           4
           :
           That
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           do
           in
           this
           differ
           much
           both
           from
           
             Arians
          
           and
           
             Photinians
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           5.
           
           That
           
             Grotius
          
           differs
           as
           much
           (
           or
           more
           )
           from
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           herein
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           from
           either
           of
           the
           other
           two
           .
        
         
           45.
           
           All
           this
           will
           appear
           by
           viewing
           severally
           the
           
             Arians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Photinians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Socinians
          
           doctrine
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           and
           the
           
             distance
          
           of
           
             Grotius's
          
           interpretation
           from
           each
           of
           these
           .
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           
             Arius
          
           did
           indeed
           acknowledge
           in
           his
           
             d
          
           
             Epistle
             ,
          
           that
           
             God
             did
             by
             his
             onely
             Son
             make
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             worlds
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           text
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             that
             all
             things
             were
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             without
             him
             was
             nothing
          
           
           
             made
             that
             was
             made
             .
          
           But
           sure
           this
           was
           no
           part
           of
           his
           
             heresie
             ,
          
           (
           if
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           
             Scripture
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           must
           be
           involved
           in
           it
           ,
           who
           affirmed
           it
           
             equally
             )
          
           but
           that
           he
           first
           affirmed
           
             Christ
          
           to
           be
           himself
           a
           
             creature
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             he
             by
             whom
             God
             created
             the
             world
             was
             a
             perfect
             creature
             of
             Gods
             ,
             though
             created
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             before
             all
             ages
             ;
          
           and
           again
           saith
           
             Epiphanius
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             though
             they
             call
             him
             a
             creature
             ,
             yet
             they
             confess
             him
             above
             all
             his
             creatures
             .
          
           So
           again
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           they
           will
           have
           him
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             creature
             of
             a
             creature
             ,
          
           where
           still
           that
           is
           
             Arius
          
           his
           
             heresie
             ,
          
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           
             Christ
             a
             creature
             ,
          
           and
           to
           that
           applied
           the
           
             Septuagints
          
           rendring
           of
           the
           place
           
             Prov.
          
           8.
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             God
             created
             me
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           would
           not
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             of
             the
             same
             substance
             ,
          
           or
           
             equal
          
           with
           the
           
             Father
             .
          
           And
           when
           
             Grotius
          
           saith
           any
           thing
           in
           favour
           of
           this
           
             doctrine
             ,
          
           of
           
             Christ's
          
           being
           a
           
             creature
             ,
          
           or
           denies
           his
           
             equality
          
           with
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           then
           he
           must
           pass
           for
           an
           
             Arian
             ;
          
           (
           Of
           which
           he
           hath
           not
           yet
           had
           the
           luck
           to
           be
           accused
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           of
           ;
           )
           But
           't
           is
           certain
           he
           hath
           not
           done
           so
           ,
           nay
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           't
           is
           competently
           evident
           ,
           if
           but
           by
           the
           notion
           which
           he
           applies
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           his
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           
             Prov.
          
           8.
           (
           to
           rescue
           that
           rendring
           from
           an
           
             evil
             sense
             )
          
           that
           he
           utterly
           rejects
           that
           
             notion
          
           wherein
           the
           
             Arian
          
           took
           it
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           for
           
             creating
             ,
          
           and
           so
           that
           he
           is
           herein
           profestly
           free
           from
           that
           
             heresie
             .
          
        
         
           46.
           
           As
           for
           
             Photinus
          
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           his
           
             heresie
             ,
          
           like
           that
           of
           
             Paulus
             Samosatenus
             ,
          
           consisted
           in
           denying
           that
           
             Christ
          
           had
           a
           
             being
             ,
          
           or
           
             subsistence
          
           from
           the
           
             beginning
             ,
          
           or
           before
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost's
             coming
             upon
             Mary
             ,
          
           so
           saith
           
             b
             Epiphanius
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           —
           Now
           though
           this
           
             heretick
          
           was
           content
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           
             Father
             made
             the
             world
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             by
             the
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             which
             was
             in
             him
             ,
          
           yet
           that
           it
           was
           not
           
             Christ
          
           which
           he
           understood
           by
           that
           style
           ,
           is
           most
           clear
           ,
           both
           by
           his
           
             denying
             Christ
          
           to
           have
           had
           then
           any
           
             subsistence
             ,
          
           and
           2.
           by
           the
           
             similitude
             ,
          
           by
           which
           he
           exprest
           himself
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             as
             a
             man
             by
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             doth
             what
             he
             will
          
           (
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
           meaning
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Idea
          
           in
           the
           agents
           
             mind
             ,
          
           by
           ,
           or
           according
           to
           which
           he
           doth
           any
           thing
           )
           
             so
             by
             his
             own
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             which
             is
             in
             him
             the
             Father
             hath
             made
             all
             things
             ;
          
           but
           especially
           by
           
             Epiphanius's
          
           way
           of
           
             confuting
             him
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           —
           The
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             in
             man
             ,
             whether
             the
             word
             of
             the
             mind
             within
             ,
          
           or
           
             the
             word
             spoken
             cannot
             be
             called
             man
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           man
           ,
           whereas
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           Saint
           
             John
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             God
             .
          
           And
           so
           as
           
             Photinus
          
           saying
           
             [
             all
             things
             were
             made
             by
             the
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             which
             was
             in
             God
             ]
          
           said
           quite
           another
           thing
           from
           what
           
             Arius
          
           had
           said
           (
           and
           therefore
           this
           
             Reviewers
          
           observation
           was
           in
           that
           respect
           guilty
           of
           that
           
             fallacy
             ,
          
           which
           
             Aristotle
          
           calls
           
             plurium
             interrogationum
             )
          
           so
           is
           it
           most
           certain
           ,
           that
           
             Grotius's
          
           interpretation
           of
           the
           
             Evangelist
             ,
          
           it
           no
           way
           consonant
           to
           
             Photinus
          
           (
           any
           more
           then
           to
           
             Arius
             )
          
           his
           notion
           .
           For
           when
           to
           those
           words
           of
           the
           
             Evangelist
             [
             In
             the
             beginning
             was
             the
             word
             ]
          
           his
           note
           is
           ,
           
             Jam
             ium
             erat
             ,
             sic
             mos
             est
             Hebraeis
             aternitatem
             populariter
             describere
             ]
          
           which
           defines
           the
           
             eternity
          
           of
           his
           
             being
             ,
          
           he
           brings
           for
           explication
           of
           that
           forme
           of
           speech
           ,
           the
           words
           of
           
             Justine
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             he
             was
             subsistent
             before
             the
             worlds
             .
          
           So
           again
           on
           those
           words
           
             [
             the
             word
             was
             with
             God
             ]
          
           he
           saith
           this
           
             was
             in
             opposition
             to
             his
             being
             seen
             in
             the
             world
             in
             his
             incarnation
             ,
             vult
             enim
             dicere
             ,
             antè
             eum
             fuisse
             inconspicuum
             ,
             he
             would
             express
             that
             before
             his
             incarnation
             ,
             he
             was
             invisible
             ;
          
           adding
           for
           proof
           ,
           
             Dicitur
             enim
             Deus
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           1.
           17.
           
             for
             God
             is
             said
             to
             be
             invisible
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             inhabit
             the
             light
             which
             none
             approcheth
             ;
          
           by
           all
           which
           it
           is
           clear
           ,
           that
           by
           
             [
             the
             word
             ]
          
           he
           understands
           
             invisible
             God
          
           himself
           ,
           being
           or
           
             subsisting
             eternally
          
           with
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           which
           is
           in
           every
           part
           contrary
           to
           
             Photinus's
          
           doctrine
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           shewed
           .
        
         
           47.
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           their
           
             interpretation
          
           is
           known
           to
           differ
           
             toto
             coelo
          
           in
           this
           particular
           both
           from
           
             Arius
             ,
          
           and
           
             Photinus
             ,
          
           being
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           that
           
             c
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             spiritual
          
           
           
             world
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
             the
             word
             ,
             that
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             was
             born
             of
          
           Mary
           
             in
          
           Augustus's
           
             reign
             ,
             so
             called
             in
             respect
             of
             his
             office
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             make
             known
             Gods
             word
             to
             men
             ,
             was
             with
             God
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
             before
          
           John's
           
             preaching
             ,
          
           was
           ,
           as
           the
           
             word
             ,
          
           or
           in
           
             respect
          
           of
           this
           
             office
             ,
             known
             to
             none
             but
             to
             God
             :
          
           That
           
             this
             word
             is
             God
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           that
           
             Christ
             was
             so
             called
          
           (
           as
           
             Angels
             and
             Princes
          
           are
           )
           in
           
             respect
             of
             the
             great
          
           
           
             benefits
             which
             we
             receive
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             dignity
             to
             which
             he
             is
             by
             God
             advanced
             ,
          
           (
           distinctly
           denying
           that
           he
           is
           the
           
             supreme
             God
             ,
          
           the
           
             author
          
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           or
           
             creator
          
           of
           the
           
             world
             )
             that
             all
             things
             were
             created
             by
             him
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           all
           
             the
             new
             spiritual
             and
             divine
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             under
             the
             Gospel
             done
             in
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           so
           on
           in
           
             concerdance
          
           with
           this
           
             Foundation
             .
          
           From
           every
           part
           of
           which
           
             Grotius's
             explications
          
           of
           that
           text
           are
           most
           
             remote
             ,
          
           as
           hath
           already
           appeared
           ,
           and
           have
           not
           the
           least
           
             infusion
          
           of
           this
           
             leven
          
           discernable
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           evident
           to
           any
           ,
           who
           shall
           but
           cast
           an
           eye
           on
           his
           
             Notes
          
           on
           that
           place
           .
           Of
           the
           
             Notes
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           which
           came
           out
           since
           his
           
             death
             ,
          
           this
           cannot
           be
           said
           ,
           for
           there
           many
           of
           these
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           
             Socinian
          
           interpretations
           are
           crept
           in
           ,
           some
           words
           of
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           expounded
           in
           a
           sense
           expresly
           
             contrary
          
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           here
           incidentally
           said
           of
           the
           
             same
          
           words
           .
           This
           I
           have
           pointed
           at
           in
           one
           
             eminent
          
           instance
           ,
           the
           place
           to
           the
           
             Colossians
             ,
          
           chap.
           1.
           16.
           of
           the
           
             worlds
          
           being
           made
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           thereon
           founded
           my
           
             resolution
             ,
          
           that
           they
           were
           none
           of
           his
           ,
           not
           consequently
           did
           I
           ever
           permit
           my
           
             plea
          
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           extended
           to
           the
           justifying
           of
           them
           .
           Thus
           much
           may
           suffice
           for
           the
           
             supernumerary
             observation
             ,
          
           which
           being
           sure
           ,
           meant
           to
           insinuate
           somewhat
           ,
           it
           now
           appears
           with
           what
           
             justice
          
           it
           was
           produced
           by
           him
           .
           By
           the
           way
           I
           suppose
           my
           account
           also
           given
           ,
           why
           the
           
             interpretations
          
           of
           
             John
          
           1.
           and
           
             Prov.
          
           8.
           of
           the
           
             world
             being
             made
             by
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           were
           by
           me
           formerly
           produced
           ,
           as
           
             irrefragable
          
           evidences
           ,
           that
           this
           
             learned
          
           man
           inclined
           not
           to
           the
           
             Socinians
          
           in
           this
           matter
           of
           the
           
             Deity
          
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
           The
           
             Reviewer
          
           may
           now
           judge
           what
           
             reason
          
           I
           had
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           48.
           
           
             Lastly
             ,
          
           there
           being
           a
           threefold
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           't
           is
           suggested
           that
           nothing
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           was
           by
           
             Grotius
          
           intended
           in
           those
           
             Annotations
             on
          
           John
           1.
           1.
           but
           withall
           't
           is
           
             confest
             ,
          
           that
           
             much
             from
             some
             quotations
             there
             used
             may
             be
             said
             against
             it
             .
             ]
          
           And
           if
           there
           may
           ,
           and
           if
           those
           
             quotations
          
           be
           so
           clear
           ,
           as
           those
           out
           of
           
             Justine
             Martyr
             ,
          
           and
           
             Athenagoras
             ,
          
           of
           
             Christ's
             presubsisting
             before
             the
             worlds
             ,
             of
             his
             being
             God
             before
             the
             worlds
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             beginning
             God
             being
             an
             eternal
             mind
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             had
             the
             word
             in
             himself
             eternally
             ,
          
           and
           if
           the
           
             negative
             [
             nothing
             but
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           be
           not
           reconcileable
           with
           any
           
             one
          
           mention
           of
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           
           such
           as
           
             Christ's
          
           being
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             with
             God
             from
             all
             eternity
             ;
          
           upon
           these
           
             grounds
             ,
          
           I
           say
           I
           shall
           confess
           it
           the
           
             prudentest
          
           course
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           here
           hath
           taken
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           defer
           
             the
             undertaking
             of
             this
             task
             ,
          
           and
           to
           add
           no
           more
           ,
           than
           the
           
             unproved
          
           suggestion
           ,
           till
           space
           of
           
             greater
          
           leisure
           .
        
         
           49.
           
           In
           
             reproching
          
           of
           me
           for
           a
           
             triumphant
             close
             ,
          
           he
           is
           now
           pleased
           to
           give
           an
           
             Essay
          
           of
           his
           own
           
             humility
             ,
          
           in
           heaping
           these
           severals
           into
           one
           period
           ,
           1.
           
           
             That
             he
             said
             not
          
           Grotius
           
             was
             a
             Socinian
             .
          
           2.
           
           That
           
             in
             his
             Annotations
             on
             the
             six
             verses
             in
             the
          
           Proverbs
           ,
           
             two
             in
          
           Isaiah
           ,
           
             one
             in
          
           Saint
           Peter
           ,
           
             one
             in
          
           Saint
           Paul
           ,
           
             added
             to
             many
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
          
           Saint
           John
           ,
           Grotius
           
             speaks
             not
             one
             word
             to
             the
             purpose
             .
          
           3.
           
           That
           he
           
             doth
             not
             interpret
             Christ's
             eternal
             subsistence
             with
             God
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             a
             personal
             subsistence
             .
          
        
         
           50.
           
           To
           these
           three
           I
           briefly
           
             answer
             .
          
           To
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           That
           the
           onely
           thing
           that
           in
           my
           
             first
             Digression
          
           (
           or
           
             second
             Defence
          
           of
           
             Grotius
             )
          
           I
           undertook
           in
           behalf
           of
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           ,
           being
           the
           injustice
           of
           the
           charge
           ,
           of
           his
           being
           
             sometimes
             a
             Socinian
             ,
             sometimes
             a
             Papist
             ,
             sometimes
             both
             ;
          
           This
           is
           by
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           in
           his
           
             Epistle
          
           to
           the
           
             Oxford
             Heads
          
           undertaken
           to
           be
           
             refuted
             ,
          
           which
           can
           never
           be
           done
           ,
           unless
           he
           both
           say
           and
           prove
           ,
           that
           
             Grotius
          
           was
           a
           
             Socinian
             .
          
           To
           the
           
             second
             ,
          
           That
           ,
           as
           hath
           now
           appeared
           ,
           
             Grotius
          
           hath
           spoken
           to
           
             the
             purpose
             of
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           on
           the
           
             eighth
          
           of
           the
           
             Proverbs
          
           (
           as
           of
           his
           
             incarnation
          
           on
           the
           
             ninth
             )
          
           as
           well
           as
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           
           And
           for
           the
           other
           places
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           sufficient
           that
           he
           hath
           recited
           them
           to
           that
           purpose
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           so
           the
           account
           is
           clear
           why
           he
           is
           not
           found
           to
           do
           it
           elswhere
           .
           On
           
             Isaiah
          
           keeping
           himself
           to
           the
           literal
           
             Hebrew
             ,
          
           he
           had
           no
           occasion
           in
           those
           concise
           notes
           ,
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           onely
           the
           
             Chaldee
          
           there
           had
           said
           .
           The
           other
           two
           are
           in
           the
           
             Epistles
             ,
          
           on
           which
           the
           
             Annotations
             ,
          
           which
           are
           published
           under
           his
           name
           ,
           are
           by
           me
           deemed
           
             imperfect
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           carry
           his
           
             full
             sense
          
           with
           them
           .
           To
           the
           
             third
          
           as
           before
           ,
           That
           he
           cites
           out
           of
           
             Origen
             ,
          
           and
           
             others
          
           after
           him
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           the
           word
           
             hypostases
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             distinction
          
           of
           them
           .
           Onely
           he
           saith
           the
           word
           was
           not
           used
           
             à
             primis
             Christianis
             ,
             by
             the
             first
             Christians
             ,
          
           any
           more
           then
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           
           And
           so
           it
           is
           certain
           it
           was
           not
           .
        
         
           51.
           
           In
           the
           
             next
          
           place
           ,
           I
           am
           reproved
           that
           I
           
             neither
             make
             inquiry
             into
             his
             Treatise
             ,
          
           for
           
             the
             places
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           wherein
           
           the
           
             Deity
             of
             Christ
          
           is
           
             testified
             to
             ,
          
           and
           
             are
             corrupted
             by
             that
             learned
             man
             ,
          
           nor
           
             yet
             will
             look
             into
          
           Grotius's
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           
             those
             texts
             ,
          
           which
           
             I
             remember
             at
             all
             times
             to
             be
             pleaded
             to
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           I
           never
           undertook
           the
           
             vindicaton
          
           of
           all
           
             Grotius's
             Annotations
             ,
          
           nor
           ever
           said
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           should
           ingage
           me
           in
           such
           a
           
             long
          
           task
           as
           this
           .
           2.
           
           The
           
             discouragements
             ,
          
           which
           I
           mentioned
           to
           have
           already
           received
           from
           making
           
             inquiry
          
           into
           this
           
             Reviewers
          
           former
           
             Treatise
             ,
          
           were
           taken
           from
           what
           had
           appeared
           from
           
             Grotius
          
           on
           
             John
          
           1
           :
           compared
           with
           ,
           and
           found
           evidently
           to
           
             supersede
          
           this
           Authors
           suggestions
           of
           
             [
             but
             one
             ,
             if
             one
             place
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Bible
             ,
             left
             by
          
           Grotius
           
             clearly
             testifying
             this
             truth
             ]
          
           For
           when
           ,
           beside
           that
           of
           
             John
          
           1.
           
           I
           found
           there
           so
           many
           more
           ,
           put
           together
           ,
           
             particularly
          
           Prov.
           8.
           verse
           23.
           —
           largely
           set
           down
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Proverbs
             ,
          
           found
           the
           same
           sense
           adhered
           to
           ,
           and
           a
           
             reference
          
           back
           again
           to
           
             John
          
           1.
           where
           he
           had
           spoken
           so
           largely
           on
           this
           matter
           ,
           what
           need
           was
           there
           of
           farther
           
             inquiry
          
           for
           that
           ,
           which
           had
           thus
           readily
           
             offered
          
           it self
           ?
        
         
           52.
           
           Now
           to
           my
           
             two
             suppletory
          
           considerations
           ,
           he
           hath
           his
           replies
           also
           ;
           To
           the
           first
           ,
           by
           
             confessing
             ,
          
           what
           I
           desire
           ,
           that
           
             one
             express
             text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             for
             the
             confirmation
             of
             a
             divine
             truth
             ]
          
           but
           then
           ,
           
             denying
             that
             five
             places
             have
             been
             by
             me
             produced
             out
             of
             the
             Annotations
             of
          
           Grotius
           
             for
             the
             confirmation
             of
             the
             truth
             pleaded
             about
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           53.
           
           To
           this
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           1.
           that
           if
           
             any
             one
             be
             sufficient
             to
             confirm
          
           this
           
             divine
             truth
             ,
          
           then
           
             Grotius
          
           hath
           been
           demonstrated
           
             sufficiently
          
           to
           have
           
             confirmed
          
           it
           ,
           who
           hath
           evidently
           brought
           
             John
          
           1.
           which
           is
           
             one
          
           such
           
             text
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           that
           
             text
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prov.
          
           8.
           23
           —
           he
           hath
           certainly
           not
           
             depraved
             ,
          
           nor
           kept
           back
           from
           
             testifying
          
           to
           this
           truth
           ;
           So
           likewise
           
             Col.
          
           1.
           18.
           and
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           5.
           if
           we
           may
           judge
           by
           his
           own
           words
           on
           
             John
          
           1.
           and
           not
           by
           the
           
             posthumous
             Annotations
             ,
          
           which
           I
           deem
           not
           
             competent
             measures
          
           to
           judge
           him
           by
           ,
           and
           so
           there
           are
           
             four
          
           of
           the
           
             five
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           he
           hath
           there
           also
           applied
           to
           it
           the
           places
           of
           
             Isaiah
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Chaldee
          
           reading
           ,
           and
           these
           superadded
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           are
           very
           sufficient
           to
           
             confirme
             a
             divine
             truth
             ,
          
           and
           that
           is
           all
           I
           said
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           But
           then
           Fourthly
           ,
           as
           the
           
             conciseness
          
           of
           his
           
             Notes
          
           on
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           his
           desire
           to
           clear
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           and
           
             nearest
          
           
           sense
           of
           the
           
             Prophecies
             ,
          
           such
           as
           pertain'd
           to
           the
           then
           
             approching
          
           affairs
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           are
           a
           competent
           account
           of
           his
           not
           inlarging
           to
           the
           more
           
             remote
          
           and
           
             ultimate
          
           completions
           in
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           So
           his
           general
           advertisements
           ,
           more
           then
           once
           given
           (
           such
           as
           hath
           been
           produced
           from
           his
           
             Preface
          
           to
           
             Isa.
          
           40.
           and
           to
           
             Isa
          
           53.
           )
           are
           sufficient
           to
           testifie
           his
           acknowledgment
           of
           
             Christ's
          
           being
           
             predicted
          
           in
           those
           places
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           where
           his
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           several
           
             verses
          
           make
           no
           
             particular
          
           mention
           of
           him
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           when
           he
           gives
           a
           sense
           of
           
             Isa.
          
           9.
           6.
           which
           immediately
           belonged
           (
           in
           his
           opinion
           )
           to
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           and
           according
           to
           that
           ,
           interprets
           every
           part
           of
           that
           verse
           ,
           he
           yet
           thus
           
             prefaceth
          
           it
           ,
           
             sic
             tamen
             ut
             multò
             excellentius
             haec
             ad
             Messiam
             pertinere
             non
             Christiani
             tantum
             agnoscant
             ,
             sed
             &
             Chaldaeus
             hoc
             loco
             ]
          
           thus
           giving
           onely
           a
           
             lower
          
           notion
           of
           the
           words
           to
           
             Hezekiah
             ,
          
           and
           reserving
           the
           
             sublimer
          
           and
           more
           
             excellent
          
           to
           
             Christ
             .
          
           So
           again
           chap.
           11.
           1.
           
           
             Redit
             ad
             Hezechiae
             .
             laudes
             ,
             sub
             quibus
             sensu
             sublimiore
             latent
             laudes
             Messiae
             ;
          
           and
           many
           passages
           there
           are
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           :
           As
           others
           also
           of
           referring
           to
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Gospels
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           hath
           spoken
           so
           largely
           of
           this
           
             sublimer
             completion
          
           of
           ohe
           
             Prophecies
             ,
          
           that
           he
           would
           not
           repete
           them
           in
           the
           places
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           belonged
           .
        
         
           54.
           
           In
           the
           next
           place
           he
           comes
           to
           the
           
             comparison
          
           betwixt
           
             Calvin's
          
           and
           
             Grotius's
          
           dealing
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           makes
           many
           offers
           of
           
             answer
             ,
          
           to
           which
           I
           am
           concern'd
           to
           make
           
             particular
          
           replies
           .
        
         
           55.
           
           
             First
             ,
          
           he
           denies
           Mr
           
             Calvine
             equally
             chargeable
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             degree
             of
             proportion
             with
             Grotius
             .
          
           To
           which
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           that
           whether
           he
           be
           ,
           or
           be
           not
           
             truly
          
           chargeable
           ,
           in
           
             any
          
           degree
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           concern'd
           to
           examine
           ,
           having
           not
           
             accused
          
           him
           ,
           but
           onely
           made
           the
           
             parallel
          
           betwixt
           that
           
             learned
          
           man
           and
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           each
           of
           them
           have
           by
           some
           been
           deemed
           
             chargeable
             .
          
           2.
           
           The
           
             comparison
          
           which
           I
           made
           ,
           was
           not
           of
           the
           
             equality
             ,
          
           or
           indeed
           of
           the
           
             degree
             of
             proportion
             ,
          
           but
           exprest
           with
           such
           
             caution
             ,
          
           as
           sufficiently
           prevented
           that
           
             reply
             ,
          
           my
           words
           being
           these
           ,
           
             that
             it
             will
             upon
             inquiry
             be
             found
             in
             some
             degree
             ;
             if
             not
             equally
             chargeable
             ,
             on
             the
             learnedst
             and
             most
             valued
             of
             the
             Reformers
             ,
             particularly
             on
          
           Mr
           Calvin
           
             himself
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Here
           I
           said
           ,
           
             in
             some
             degree
             ,
          
           but
           proceeded
           not
           to
           define
           the
           
             equality
             ,
          
           or
           to
           consider
           what
           
             proportion
          
           that
           
             degree
          
           held
           with
           that
           wherein
           
             Grotius
          
           was
           
             chargeable
             ,
          
           
           not
           indeed
           believing
           that
           either
           
             Grotius
          
           or
           
             Calvin
          
           had
           given
           any
           reasons
           for
           that
           
             charge
             ,
          
           which
           I
           see
           lie
           
             heavy
          
           on
           
             both
          
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           56.
           3.
           
           The
           
             comparison
          
           of
           
             equality
             ,
          
           which
           I
           made
           between
           these
           two
           
             learned
          
           men
           ,
           referred
           onely
           to
           the
           
             bitterness
          
           and
           
             injustice
          
           of
           the
           
             accusations
          
           and
           
             contumelies
          
           that
           fell
           upon
           them
           ,
           on
           that
           account
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             [
             Calvin
             himself
             hath
             been
             as
             bitterly
             and
             unjustly
             accused
             and
             reviled
             on
             this
             account
             ,
             as
             ever
          
           Erasmus
           
             was
             by
          
           Bellarmine
           
             or
          
           Beza
           ,
           
             or
             is
             probably
          
           Grotius
           
             can
             b.
             ]
          
           And
           there
           will
           be
           no
           way
           to
           
             disprove
          
           my
           
             comparison
          
           in
           this
           ,
           but
           by
           heaping
           far
           more
           
             unjust
          
           reproches
           on
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           then
           yet
           this
           
             Reviewer
          
           hath
           done
           ,
           which
           if
           others
           are
           resolved
           to
           do
           ,
           yet
           shall
           I
           not
           thereby
           be
           
             refutable
             ,
          
           who
           ,
           as
           
             justice
          
           and
           
             charity
          
           obliged
           me
           ,
           affirmed
           it
           onely
           
             not
             probable
          
           that
           they
           would
           .
        
         
           57.
           
           In
           the
           next
           place
           he
           requires
           me
           to
           
             prove
             of
          
           Mr
           Calvin
           
             that
             he
             hath
             in
             all
             his
             Commentaries
             on
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             corrupted
             the
             sense
             of
             any
             text
             ,
             giving
             expresse
             testimonies
             to
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             commonly
             pleaded
             to
             that
             end
             and
             purpose
             ,
             although
             he
             deny
             not
             but
             that
             he
             differs
             from
             the
             common
             judgment
             of
             most
             in
             the
             interpretation
             of
             some
             few
             prophetical
             passages
             judged
             by
             them
             to
             relate
             to
             Christ
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           58.
           
           To
           this
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           1.
           
           That
           the
           
             latter
          
           part
           of
           this
           (
           his
           
             not
             denying
          
           &c.
           )
           is
           in
           effect
           the
           
             confessing
          
           all
           that
           I
           had
           said
           of
           Mr
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           which
           was
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           by
           
             some
             charged
             of
             disarming
             the
             Church
             of
             her
             defences
             against
             adversaries
             ,
             by
             diverting
             those
             places
             of
             Scripture
             which
             had
             formerly
             been
             used
             to
             assert
             the
             great
             mysteries
             ,
             to
             other
             inferior
             ends
             ;
          
           And
           then
           I
           need
           undertake
           no
           farther
           tasks
           of
           
             supererogation
             ,
          
           such
           as
           the
           
             proving
          
           Mr
           Calvin
           
             to
             have
             corrupted
             the
             sense
             of
             any
             text
          
           &c.
           which
           he
           knows
           I
           never
           
             affirmed
          
           of
           him
           .
           Yet
           remembring
           him
           that
           I
           am
           not
           now
           to
           speak
           my
           
             own
          
           sense
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           justifie
           the
           truth
           of
           my
           
             report
             ,
          
           that
           Mr
           
             Calvin
          
           and
           
             some
             of
             the
             first
             Reformers
             have
             been
             severely
             accused
             and
             reviled
             on
             this
             account
             .
          
           I
           shall
           now
           2.
           (
           instead
           of
           
             g
          
           many
           )
           refer
           the
           
             Reader
          
           to
           
             Schlussetburgius
             a
             Lutheran
             superintendent
             ,
          
           in
           his
           
             Second
             Book
          
           De
           Calvinist
           .
           Theolog.
           
             and
          
           6.
           
           
             Article
             ;
          
           or
           to
           
             Fr.
             Fevardentius
             ,
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Paris
             ,
          
           either
           in
           his
           
             Comment
             on
          
           Saint
           Paul
           to
           
             Philemon
             ,
          
           or
           in
           his
           
             Excerpta
             out
             of
             that
             Lutheran
             .
             Not
             :
             in
             Iren
             :
             Var
             :
             Fragm
             :
          
           p.
           508
           ,
           509.
           
           In
           the
           latter
           of
           these
           he
           will
           
           find
           a
           
             Catologue
          
           of
           twenty
           passages
           affixt
           to
           those
           
             eminent
          
           first
           
             Reformers
             ,
          
           especially
           to
           Mr
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           as
           1.
           
             that
             the
             enmity
             betwixt
             the
             serpent
             and
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             ,
          
           Gen.
           3.
           
             is
             simply
             to
             be
             interpreted
             of
             the
             hostility
             of
             Men
             and
             Serpents
             ;
          
           that
           the
           
             prophecies
             of
             the
             Scepters
             not
             departing
             from
          
           Judah
           
             till
          
           Shiloh
           
             comes
             ,
          
           Gen.
           49.
           
             expounded
             of
             Christ
             ,
             gives
             the
             Jews
             occasion
             to
             scoff
             ;
          
           that
           the
           
             words
             of
          
           Balaam
           ,
           
             Num.
          
           24.
           
           
             A
             star
             shall
             rise
             out
             of
          
           Jacob
           ,
           
             must
             not
             properly
             be
             expounded
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           nor
           
             that
             of
             the
             Lord
             by
          
           Moses
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           18.
           18.
           
           
             I
             will
             raise
             them
             up
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             which
             yet
          
           Saint
           Peter
           
             Acts
          
           3.
           22
           ,
           and
           
             Saint
             Stephen
             Acts
          
           7.
           37
           :
           
             affirmed
          
           to
           belong
           to
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           that
           
             Mich.
          
           5.
           2.
           
           
             Out
             of
             thee
             Bethleem
             shall
             he
             come
             forth
             to
             me
             that
             is
             to
             be
             a
             ruler
             in
             Israel
             ]
          
           must
           
             not
             be
             expounded
             precisely
             and
             properly
             of
             the
             divinity
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           That
           
             Zach.
          
           9.
           9.
           
           
             Behold
             thy
             King
             cometh
             lowly
             —
             is
             by
             interpreters
             triflingly
             and
             in
             a
             false
             manner
             expounded
             of
             his
             entrance
             into
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             yet
          
           Saint
           Matthew
           
             and
          
           Saint
           John
           
             have
             applied
             to
             it
             .
          
           These
           are
           a
           few
           essayes
           whereby
           to
           judge
           of
           many
           others
           .
           And
           the
           less
           Mr
           
             Calvin
          
           and
           the
           
             Reformers
          
           are
           guilty
           of
           these
           ,
           (
           as
           truly
           in
           many
           that
           I
           have
           had
           the
           convenience
           to
           examin
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           him
           guiltless
           )
           the
           more
           evident
           is
           the
           
             parallel
             betwixt
          
           Grotius
           
             and
             them
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           59.
           
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           he
           affirmes
           that
           what
           the
           
             Papists
          
           raved
           against
           Mr
           
             Calvin
             ,
             was
             chiefly
             from
             some
             expressions
             in
             the
             Institutions
             about
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             (
             wherein
             he
             is
             acquitted
             by
             the
             most
             learned
             of
             themselves
             )
             and
             not
             from
             the
             expositions
             of
             Scripture
             .
             ]
          
           But
           1.
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           will
           be
           judged
           by
           what
           was
           
             last
          
           said
           ,
           for
           all
           those
           
             twenty
             passages
          
           are
           fetcht
           from
           the
           
             expositions
          
           of
           
             Calvin
          
           &c.
           on
           those
           so
           many
           
             places
          
           of
           
             Scripture
             .
          
           And
           2.
           't
           is
           certain
           I
           specified
           not
           the
           
             Book
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           had
           written
           what
           was
           thus
           
             chargeable
             ,
          
           and
           so
           had
           not
           been
           
             reproveable
             ,
          
           if
           they
           had
           been
           
             all
             out
             of
             the
             Institutions
             ,
          
           those
           being
           as
           acknowledgedly
           his
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Commentaries
             ,
          
           and
           both
           much
           more
           then
           the
           
             Annotations
          
           on
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           are
           
             Grotius's
          
           ;
           and
           3.
           if
           
             he
             stand
             by
             learned
             men
             acquitted
             of
             the
             charge
             ,
          
           then
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           that
           may
           make
           the
           
             parallel
          
           more
           
             exact
          
           betwixt
           him
           and
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           though
           I
           undertake
           not
           that
           every
           
             learned
          
           man
           hath
           been
           thus
           
             just
          
           to
           acquit
           him
           .
        
         
           60.
           
           But
           then
           fourthly
           ,
           for
           
             Calvino-Turcismus
          
           by
           me
           mentioned
           
           in
           a
           
             parenthesis
             ,
          
           he
           tels
           me
           ,
           I
           have
           
             forgotten
             the
             design
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
          
           Calvin
           
             is
             no
             more
             concerned
             in
             it
             than
             others
             of
             the
             first
             Reformers
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             from
             any
             doctrine
             about
             the
             Deity
             of
             Christ
             in
             particular
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             whole
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             with
             the
             Apostacies
             of
             some
             ,
             that
             they
             compare
             it
             with
             Turcisme
             ,
          
           adding
           ,
           that
           
             something
             indeed
             in
             a
             chapter
             or
             two
             they
             speak
             about
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             from
             some
             expressions
             of
          
           Luther
           ,
           Melanchthon
           ,
           Calvin
           ,
           
             and
             others
             .
          
        
         
           61.
           
           To
           all
           this
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           1.
           that
           't
           is
           visible
           I
           speak
           not
           of
           Mr
           
             Calvin
             alone
             ,
          
           but
           of
           the
           
             learnedst
             and
             most
             valued
             of
             the
             Reformers
             ,
          
           and
           of
           Mr
           
             Calvin
          
           onely
           ,
           as
           
             one
          
           of
           them
           .
           2.
           
           That
           although
           the
           
             forgetting
             the
             design
             of
             Reynolds
          
           and
           
             Giffords
             Book
             ,
          
           would
           be
           far
           from
           a
           
             crime
          
           in
           me
           ,
           had
           I
           been
           
             guilty
          
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           the
           subject
           matter
           of
           it
           is
           not
           so
           much
           
             worth
             remembring
             )
          
           much
           lesse
           any
           
             indication
          
           that
           
             Grotius
          
           were
           
             insufficiontly
             vindicated
             ;
          
           yet
           when
           the
           
             Reviewer
             confesses
             ,
          
           that
           
             in
             a
             chapter
             or
             two
             it
             speaks
             about
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             from
             some
             expressions
             of
          
           Luther
           ,
           Melanchthon
           ,
           
             and
          
           Calvin
           ,
           and
           others
           :
           this
           clearly
           evidences
           ,
           that
           these
           
             Reformers
          
           were
           there
           thus
           
             accused
          
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           
             Trinity
             ,
          
           as
           now
           it
           seems
           
             Grotius
          
           is
           ;
           And
           3.
           if
           
             Hunnius's
             Calvinus
             Judaizans
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             home
          
           to
           the
           business
           ,
           be
           
             answered
             by
          
           Pareus
           ,
           
             and
             an
             account
             of
             the
             calumny
             given
             by
             him
             ]
          
           this
           still
           renders
           the
           
             parallel
          
           more
           
             complete
             .
          
           An
           
             account
          
           of
           the
           
             calumny
          
           and
           the
           
             first
             author
             ,
          
           and
           
             grounds
          
           of
           it
           against
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           being
           happily
           rendred
           by
           himself
           also
           in
           the
           
             Discussio
             ,
          
           p.
           17.
           
        
         
           62.
           
           The
           
             Reviewer
          
           concludes
           this
           matter
           with
           a
           signification
           of
           his
           
             constant
             adhering
             to
             his
             proposition
          
           formerly
           asserted
           ,
           
             with
             one
             limitation
             expressed
          
           (
           of
           
             his
             own
             observation
             .
             )
          
           But
           I
           that
           
             first
          
           gave
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           
             debate
          
           in
           my
           
             Digression
          
           concerning
           
             Grotius
             ,
          
           did
           never
           propose
           it
           with
           reference
           to
           that
           
             limitation
             ,
          
           not
           being
           able
           to
           foresee
           ,
           how
           much
           this
           
             Reviewer
          
           had
           read
           ,
           or
           observed
           of
           
             Grotius's
          
           writings
           ,
           nor
           can
           I
           yet
           pass
           judgment
           ,
           whether
           what
           hath
           now
           been
           offered
           to
           him
           by
           another
           ,
           will
           be
           yielded
           to
           come
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           that
           
             limitation
             ,
          
           or
           no
           .
           And
           so
           I
           must
           be
           content
           to
           leave
           it
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           63.
           
           On
           the
           
             second
             sort
          
           of
           suggestion
           ,
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           hath
           chosen
           to
           be
           
             brief
             ,
          
           and
           hath
           well
           prepared
           for
           it
           by
           expressing
           
             dislike
          
           and
           aversation
           to
           any
           such
           
             undertaking
             ,
          
           that
           seemed
           incumbent
           
           on
           him
           ,
           
             viz.
             to
             prove
             that
             Grotius
             was
             a
             Papist
             .
             ]
          
           But
           to
           this
           I
           
             reply
             ,
          
           as
           before
           ,
           that
           this
           
             task
          
           is
           sure
           
             incumbent
          
           on
           him
           ,
           if
           ,
           as
           he
           said
           ,
           his
           
             defensative
          
           be
           
             suited
             to
             what
             I
             pleaded
             in
             his
             behalf
             .
          
           For
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           
             Digression
             ,
          
           I
           had
           so
           proposed
           the
           
             debate
             ,
          
           and
           undertaken
           to
           
             vindicate
          
           him
           from
           this
           
             suggestion
             ,
             viz.
          
           that
           
             he
             was
             a
             Papist
             .
          
        
         
           64.
           
           That
           he
           
             closed
             with
             the
             Roman
             interest
             ,
          
           he
           is
           now
           willing
           to
           infer
           ,
           from
           his
           
             observation
          
           on
           
             Rev.
          
           12.
           5.
           
           To
           that
           therefore
           I
           have
           turned
           ,
           and
           there
           find
           no
           other
           
             premisses
          
           toward
           this
           
             conclusion
          
           than
           onely
           these
           ,
           1.
           that
           
             Dispersi
             ex
             Judaeis
             ,
             instrumenta
             Ecclesiae
             Catholicae
             ,
             multos
             de
             populo
             Romano
             Christo
             genuere
             ,
          
           that
           
             those
             that
             were
             dispersed
             from
             Judaea
             —
             begat
             to
             Christ
             many
             of
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           that
           these
           are
           there
           called
           
             partus
             masculinus
          
           the
           
             man-childe
          
           or
           
             masculine
             birth
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           great
           
             constancy
          
           which
           appeared
           in
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Rome
          
           of
           
             those
          
           times
           ;
           then
           2.
           that
           the
           
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           
             hath
             this
             above
             other
             Churches
             ,
             that
             no
             Church
             subjected
             more
             people
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             so
             that
             her
             victories
             by
             the
             weapons
             of
             Christ
             ,
             were
             not
             inferior
             to
             the
             Martial
             successes
             of
             Old
             Rome
             :
          
           3.
           that
           
             the
             regiment
             of
             other
             Churches
             after
             the
             Apostles
             death
             belonged
             to
             that
             .
          
           Now
           this
           being
           clearly
           applied
           by
           him
           to
           the
           
             infancy
          
           or
           
             first
             ages
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           that
           which
           is
           
             first
          
           said
           of
           the
           
             constancy
             ,
          
           is
           indeed
           much
           for
           the
           
             honour
          
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Roman
             Church
             ,
          
           but
           no
           way
           for
           the
           
             interest
          
           of
           the
           
             present
             ,
          
           which
           having
           much
           departed
           from
           the
           
             Primitive
             ,
          
           cannot
           in
           any
           reason
           partake
           of
           those
           
             elogies
             ,
          
           which
           he
           there
           bestows
           on
           that
           
             masculine
             birth
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             first
          
           appearing
           of
           it
           in
           the
           world
           .
           So
           likewise
           2.
           of
           the
           
             ancient
             Roman
             Church
          
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           saith
           ,
           it
           
             converted
             so
             many
             to
             the
             faith
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           
             truth
          
           known
           ,
           and
           acknowledged
           in
           
             History
             ,
          
           but
           is
           not
           at
           this
           day
           assumed
           (
           witness
           
             S.
             W.
             )
          
           to
           be
           the
           
             foundation
          
           on
           which
           their
           
             Supremacy
             is
             built
             .
          
           3.
           that
           after
           the
           
             Apostles
             death
             Rome
          
           being
           a
           
             chief
             Metropolis
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           the
           
             Imperial
             See
             )
          
           the
           
             most
             eminent
             of
             all
             others
             ,
          
           had
           the
           
             dominion
             aliarum
             of
             other
          
           (
           it
           is
           not
           
             omnium
             ,
             of
             all
             )
             Churches
             ,
          
           is
           not
           denied
           by
           any
           either
           
             ancient
             ,
          
           or
           
             modern
             ,
          
           that
           I
           know
           of
           .
           All
           the
           
             suburbicarian
             Region
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Churches
          
           in
           that
           ,
           were
           under
           the
           
             Primate
             of
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             Primate
          
           was
           within
           a
           while
           lookt
           on
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Patriarch
          
           of
           the
           
             West
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             First
             Patriarch
             .
          
           And
           the
           words
           of
           
             Grotius
          
           are
           
           not
           ,
           by
           any
           circumstance
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           inclined
           to
           any
           other
           sense
           .
           The
           
             aliae
             Ecclesiae
             ,
             other
             Churches
             ,
          
           being
           in
           no
           reason
           interpretable
           any
           farther
           ,
           than
           those
           ,
           which
           
             Rome
          
           had
           
             converted
          
           to
           the
           
             faith
             ,
          
           nor
           necessarily
           to
           
             all
          
           them
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             oppida
             minora
             and
             Provinciae
             ,
          
           the
           
             lesser
             Cities
             and
             Provinces
             ,
          
           unto
           which
           (
           as
           he
           interprets
           )
           the
           
             woman
          
           is
           said
           to
           
             flie
          
           (
           and
           so
           
             Christianity
          
           to
           be
           
             propagated
             )
          
           when
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           by
           the
           favour
           of
           the
           
             Emperour
          
           had
           opposed
           and
           much
           
             oppressed
          
           it
           at
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           and
           drave
           the
           
             profession
          
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           those
           
             aliae
             Ecclesiae
          
           were
           planted
           .
           And
           it
           may
           be
           worthy
           to
           be
           
             observed
             ,
          
           that
           when
           the
           
             text
          
           before
           him
           was
           
             general
             ,
          
           for
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             all
             the
             nations
             ,
          
           he
           is
           not
           thereby
           moved
           to
           
             interpret
          
           it
           in
           that
           
             latitude
          
           of
           
             all
          
           simply
           ,
           but
           (
           in
           a
           more
           
             restrained
          
           sence
           ,
           wherein
           
             all
          
           in
           
             Scripture-style
          
           oft
           signifies
           but
           a
           
             great
          
           many
           )
           onely
           by
           the
           
             nulla
             plures
             ,
          
           and
           
             aliarum
             ,
             others
             and
             none
             more
             then
             that
             .
          
        
         
           65.
           
           Here
           before
           he
           concludes
           ,
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           look
           back
           on
           a
           passage
           which
           he
           had
           used
           ,
           
             [
             that
             if
             men
             be
             drunkards
             ,
             proud
             ,
             boasters
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             hypocrites
             ,
             haters
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             persecutors
             and
             revilers
             of
             them
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             be
             not
             regenerate
             and
             born
             of
             God
             united
             to
             the
             head
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             spirit
             that
             is
             in
             him
             ,
             they
             shall
             never
             see
             God
             ]
             for
             which
             ,
          
           he
           now
           saith
           ,
           
             he
             fears
             not
             what
             conclusion
             can
             regularly
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             any
             person
             living
             or
             dead
             ,
             be
             deduced
             .
             ]
          
           To
           this
           I
           reply
           by
           acknowledging
           the
           certain
           truth
           of
           the
           
             general
             Aphorisme
             ,
          
           and
           onely
           remembring
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           
             onely
             question
          
           was
           ,
           whether
           in
           a
           
             particular
          
           discourse
           concerning
           
             Hugo
             Grotius
             ,
          
           after
           the
           mention
           of
           his
           
             eternal
             estate
             ,
          
           and
           
             disclaiming
          
           all
           design
           of
           
             begetting
             in
             others
             any
             evil
             surmises
             of
             it
             ,
          
           or
           of
           
             judging
             him
          
           himself
           ,
           1.
           it
           were
           seasonably
           added
           ,
           that
           
             he
             was
             fallen
             to
             his
             own
             master
             ,
          
           when
           
             falling
          
           in
           the
           style
           of
           that
           
             Scripture
          
           (
           visibly
           referred
           to
           )
           signifies
           
             falling
             under
             condemnation
             ,
          
           and
           2.
           whether
           the
           applying
           this
           
             general
             Aphorisme
          
           to
           this
           matter
           ,
           were
           not
           apt
           to
           
             beget
          
           in
           others
           those
           
             evil
             surmises
             ,
          
           which
           he
           was
           willing
           to
           
             disclaim
             :
          
           If
           in
           these
           he
           be
           not
           concerned
           ,
           neither
           am
           I
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           further
           importune
           him
           in
           that
           matter
           .
        
         
           66.
           
           To
           the
           
             fragments
          
           of
           
             Grotius's
             Epistles
          
           to
           
             Crellius
             ,
          
           I
           had
           formerly
           spoken
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           not
           (
           possibly
           )
           
             formerly
             printed
             .
          
           
           But
           having
           no
           more
           in
           them
           than
           was
           
             acknowledged
             ,
          
           somewhat
           of
           
             civility
          
           to
           a
           
             civil
             adversary
             ,
             commendation
          
           of
           some
           things
           truly
           
             commendable
          
           (
           such
           sure
           is
           the
           
             care
             of
             good
             life
             )
          
           acknowledgment
           of
           
             advantage
          
           received
           by
           his
           
             writings
             ,
          
           readiness
           of
           
             performing
          
           any
           
             office
          
           of
           
             kindness
          
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           finally
           
             praying
          
           for
           him
           ;
           All
           these
           are
           certainly
           no
           more
           then
           
             due
             ,
          
           as
           by
           
             Christ's
          
           
             precept
          
           to
           the
           
             injurious
             ,
          
           so
           to
           a
           
             learned
             man
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           he
           differed
           in
           
             opinion
             ,
          
           and
           may
           onely
           serve
           to
           
             direct
          
           us
           to
           the
           
             Christian
          
           manner
           of
           
             dealing
          
           with
           
             adversaries
             ,
          
           that
           of
           never
           labouring
           their
           
             ruine
          
           or
           
             hurt
          
           in
           any
           kind
           ,
           but
           doing
           them
           all
           
             possible
             good
             .
          
           And
           if
           in
           this
           matter
           the
           
             Reader
          
           will
           be
           moved
           with
           
             probable
          
           arguments
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           well
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           in
           case
           
             Grotius
          
           had
           at
           this
           time
           been
           
             changed
          
           from
           the
           opinion
           which
           he
           was
           of
           ,
           at
           the
           writing
           of
           the
           
             Book
             De
             Satisfact
             :
          
           that
           having
           said
           what
           these
           
             fragments
          
           signifie
           him
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           
             concealed
          
           that
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           such
           passage
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           in
           the
           
             letter
             ,
          
           would
           have
           been
           left
           out
           of
           the
           
             fragments
             ,
          
           or
           being
           in
           the
           
             fragments
             ,
          
           would
           have
           been
           
             supprest
          
           by
           the
           
             Reviewer
             .
          
        
         
           67.
           
           What
           in
           the
           second
           
             Epistle
          
           is
           said
           of
           
             Crellius's
          
           notes
           on
           the
           
             Epistle
          
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           that
           
             he
             had
             very
             happily
             found
             out
             the
             occasion
             ,
             and
             purpose
             ,
             and
             whole
             contexture
             of
             the
             Epistle
             ,
          
           no
           way
           concludes
           his
           imbracing
           the
           
             interpretation
          
           of
           
             each
          
           brief
           
             occasional
          
           passage
           in
           that
           
             Epistle
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           
             Socinian
             controversies
          
           are
           concern'd
           ,
           or
           renouncing
           that
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           given
           in
           his
           
             Book
             De
             Satisfact
             :
          
           as
           his
           sense
           of
           those
           passages
           .
        
         
           68.
           
           There
           is
           no
           more
           remaining
           now
           before
           me
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           exact
           farther
           
             reply
             .
          
           Thus
           much
           I
           have
           once
           more
           added
           ,
           lest
           the
           
             Reviewer
          
           may
           either
           think
           his
           
             Animadversions
             despised
             ,
          
           or
           conceive
           that
           they
           have
           
             succesfully
          
           performed
           what
           they
           attempted
           ;
           and
           moreover
           lest
           having
           once
           (
           though
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           undertaken
           the
           
             Defence
          
           of
           this
           
             learned
          
           man
           .
           I
           should
           now
           by
           my
           
             silence
          
           seem
           to
           
             desert
          
           my
           plea
           ,
           and
           be
           deem'd
           to
           have
           
             consented
          
           to
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           manner
           
             confirm'd
          
           those
           
             calumnies
             ,
          
           which
           on
           this
           score
           of
           his
           
             defection
          
           to
           
             heresit
             ,
          
           I
           see
           from
           many
           pens
           daily
           cast
           out
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           69.
           
           And
           this
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           an
           act
           of
           meer
           
             justice
             ,
          
           and
           
             charity
          
           to
           the
           
             dead
             ,
          
           and
           no
           less
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           sin
           of
           
             uncharitable
          
           thoughts
           towards
           him
           ,
           are
           likely
           to
           
             deprive
          
           themselves
           of
           the
           
           
             benefit
          
           of
           his
           
             labours
             ;
          
           so
           is
           it
           but
           a
           proportionable
           return
           of
           
             debt
          
           and
           
             gratitude
          
           to
           the
           signal
           
             value
          
           and
           
             kindnesse
             ,
          
           which
           in
           his
           life-time
           he
           constantly
           profest
           to
           pay
           to
           this
           
             Church
          
           and
           
             nation
             ;
          
           expressing
           his
           opinion
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           
             Churches
          
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           most
           carefull
           observer
           ,
           and
           transcriber
           of
           
             Primitive
             antiquity
             ,
          
           and
           more
           then
           intimating
           his
           
             desire
          
           to
           end
           his
           dayes
           in
           the
           
             bosome
             ,
          
           and
           
             Communion
          
           of
           our
           
             Mother
             .
          
           Of
           this
           I
           want
           not
           
             store
          
           of
           
             witnesses
             ,
          
           which
           from
           time
           to
           time
           have
           heard
           it
           from
           his
           
             own
          
           mouth
           ,
           whilest
           he
           was
           
             Embassadour
          
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           and
           even
           in
           his
           return
           to
           
             Sweden
             ,
          
           immediately
           before
           his
           
             death
             ;
          
           And
           for
           a
           
             real
          
           evidence
           of
           this
           truth
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           
             newes
          
           to
           many
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           taking
           his
           journey
           from
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           he
           appointed
           his
           
             Wife
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           left
           behind
           ,
           to
           resort
           to
           the
           
             English
             assembly
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Agents
          
           house
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           she
           is
           known
           to
           have
           
             practised
             .
          
           Which
           therefore
           may
           serve
           for
           a
           competent
           
             addition
          
           to
           ,
           and
           
             conclusion
          
           of
           the
           
             evidences
          
           hitherto
           produced
           ,
           (
           being
           in
           
             perfect
          
           accord
           and
           
             harmony
          
           with
           them
           )
           that
           as
           far
           as
           the
           
             English
             establishment
          
           is
           removed
           from
           
             Socinian
             ,
          
           and
           
             Popish
             ,
          
           so
           far
           this
           
             learned
          
           man
           stands
           
             vindicated
          
           from
           
             both
          
           these
           
             aspersions
             ;
          
           which
           makes
           me
           the
           less
           
             wonder
             ,
          
           that
           some
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           maintain
           their
           
             constancy
          
           of
           adherence
           ,
           and
           submission
           to
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           are
           in
           like
           manner
           most
           
             injuriously
             aspersed
          
           by
           those
           who
           have
           
             departed
          
           from
           it
           ;
           
             Lord
             lay
             not
             this
             sin
             to
             their
             charge
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           A
           POST-SCRIPT
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           HAving
           lately
           a
           sight
           of
           a
           
             new
          
           piece
           published
           by
           the
           
             same
          
           Author
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           first
           things
           I
           happened
           to
           fall
           upon
           ,
           appeared
           to
           be
           mine
           
             own
          
           concernment
           .
           For
           having
           cited
           from
           some
           words
           of
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           that
           
             soon
             after
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Apostles
             and
             their
             auditors
             ,
             many
             false
             doctrines
             were
             preached
             and
             divulged
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           he
           hath
           these
           words
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             I
             know
             who
             hath
             endeavoured
             to
             elude
             the
             sense
             of
             this
             complaint
             ,
             as
             though
             it
             concerned
             not
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             the
             despisers
             and
             persecuters
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Gnosticks
             .
             But
             yet
             I
             know
             also
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             would
             so
             do
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             one
             as
             hath
             a
             just
             confidence
             of
             his
          
           own
           ability
           ,
           
             to
             make
             passable
             at
             least
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             he
             shall
             venture
             to
             say
             or
             utter
             .
             For
             why
             should
             that
             be
             referred
             by
          
           Hegesippus
           
             to
             the
             ages
             after
             the
             Apostles
             and
             their
             hearers
             were
             dead
             ,
             with
             an
             exception
             against
             its
             being
             so
             in
             their
             dayes
             ;
             when
             if
             the
             person
             thus
             expounding
             this
             testimony
             may
             be
             credited
             ,
             the
             Gnosticks
             were
             never
             more
             busie
             nor
             prevalent
             than
             in
             that
             time
             which
             alone
             is
             excepted
             from
             the
             evil
             here
             spoken
             of
             ?
             Nor
             can
             I
             understand
             how
             the
             opposition
             and
             persecution
             of
             the
             Church
             should
          
           
           
             be
             insinuated
             to
             be
             the
          
           deflouring
           
             and
          
           violating
           
             of
             its
             chastity
             ,
             which
             is
             commonly
             a
             great
          
           purifying
           
             of
             it
             :
             so
             that
             speaking
             of
             that
             breaching
             and
             preaching
             of
             errours
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             in
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
          
           time
           of
           
             their
             hiarers
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             time
             of
             the
             rage
             and
             madness
             of
             the
             Gnosticks
             ;
             such
             as
             spotted
             the
             pure
             and
             incorrupted
             virginity
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             which
             nothing
             can
             attein
             unto
             ,
             that
             is
             forreign
             unto
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             gave
             Originall
             unto
             Sedition
             in
             the
             Church
             :
             I
             am
             of
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             conceive
             was
          
           Eusebius
           
             that
             recited
             those
             words
             ,
             that
             the
             good
             man
             intended
             corruptions
             in
             the
             Church
             not
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             oppositions
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           
             iust
             confidence
          
           any
           man
           can
           have
           of
           his
           
             own
             abilities
             to
             make
             any
             thing
             passable
             that
             he
             shall
             venture
             to
             utter
             ]
          
           unless
           it
           be
           found
           in
           a
           
             due
          
           care
           never
           to
           adventure
           to
           
             utter
          
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           hath
           not
           perfect
           
             truth
          
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           acknowledge
           my self
           unable
           to
           apprehend
           .
           But
           how
           unjustly
           I
           am
           here
           charged
           of
           any
           kind
           of
           
             confidence
          
           of
           my
           
             own
             abilities
             ,
          
           and
           how
           unsufficiently
           my
           
             answer
          
           in
           defence
           of
           the
           
             ancient
             Church-writers
          
           is
           here
           invalidated
           ,
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           soon
           appear
           ,
           by
           a
           short
           view
           ,
           1.
           of
           my
           
             answer
             ,
          
           2.
           of
           the
           
             words
          
           of
           the
           
             testimony
          
           it self
           ,
           on
           which
           it
           was
           clearly
           grounded
           ,
           3.
           of
           that
           which
           is
           here
           
             objected
          
           against
           the
           fitness
           of
           my
           
             answer
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           It
           must
           be
           remembred
           (
           as
           the
           
             original
          
           of
           this
           debate
           )
           what
           from
           this
           
             testimony
          
           of
           
             Hegesippus
          
           he
           had
           
             (
             a
             )
          
           formerly
           
           concluded
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           the
           
             corruption
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             as
             to
             doctrine
             ,
             immediately
             after
             the
             Apostles
             fell
             asleep
             ,
             whereof
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             whosoever
             will
             impartially
             search
             into
             the
             writings
             that
             of
             those
             dayes
             do
             remain
             ,
             will
             perhaps
             find
             more
             cause
             to
             complain
             ,
             thou
             is
             commonly
             imagined
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           To
           which
           my
           
             answer
          
           was
           ,
           
             (
             b
             )
          
           that
           
             all
             that
          
           Hegesippus
           
             there
             saith
             ,
             is
             onely
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             poyson
             of
             the
             heretical
             or
             Apostatical
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             Atheistical
             Gnosticks
             ,
             in
             express
             words
             ,
             the
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             sect
             of
             the
             Gnosticks
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
             and
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             Atheistical
             seducers
             ,
             did
             openly
             set
             up
             against
             the
             truth
             of
             Christ
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             the
             Apostles
             were
             dead
             ,
             which
             being
             by
          
           Hegesippus
           
             terminated
             in
             the
             known
             despisers
             and
             persecutors
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             and
             Orthodox
             professors
             ,
             the
             grievous
             Wolves
             that
             worried
             the
             flock
             ,
             and
             those
             constantly
             resisted
             and
             combated
             with
             ,
             preacht
             against
             and
             written
             against
             by
             the
             Fathers
             and
             ancient
             writers
             ,
             and
             never
             observed
             by
             any
             man
             to
             have
             gained
             of
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             infused
             any
             the
             least
             degree
             of
             their
             poyson
             into
             them
             ,
             or
             their
             writings
             that
             are
             come
             to
             us
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             sad
             condition
             ,
             that
             the
             just
             and
             unjust
             ,
             the
             false
             teachers
             and
             Orthodox
             professors
             should
             fall
             under
             the
             same
             envy
             ,
             that
             the
             shepherds
             which
             oft
             laid
             down
             their
             lives
             for
             their
             sheep
             ,
             should
             be
             defamed
             ,
             aend
             again
             martyred
             by
             us
             their
             unkind
             posterity
             ,
             under
             pretence
             that
             they
             were
             in
             conspiracy
             with
             the
             wolves
             also
             ,
          
        
         
           6.
           
           In
           this
           
             answer
          
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           I
           should
           be
           subject
           to
           any
           mistake
           ,
           if
           this
           one
           matter
           of
           
             fact
          
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Gnosticks
          
           and
           
             Atheistical
             seducers
          
           were
           the
           
             very
          
           persons
           ,
           of
           whom
           alone
           
             Hegesippus
          
           spake
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           those
           were
           the
           
             wolves
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           
             Church-writers
          
           have
           constantly
           
             refuted
          
           and
           
             detested
          
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           suckt
           any
           of
           their
           poysonous
           doctrines
           from
           them
           ,
           is
           so
           evident
           ,
           that
           this
           
             author
          
           hath
           neither
           formerly
           nor
           now
           suggested
           the
           
             contrary
             .
             )
          
           And
           for
           this
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           the
           express
           words
           of
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           there
           at
           large
           set
           down
           in
           
             Greek
             ,
          
           but
           here
           onely
           referred
           to
           ,
           and
           more
           
             briefly
          
           toucht
           on
           by
           this
           
             author
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           The
           words
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           this
           matter
           is
           concern'd
           in
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           recite
           ;
           They
           are
           these
           ,
           
             Euseb.
             Eccl.
             Hist.
             l.
          
           111.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           That
           there
           may
           be
           no
           place
           for
           
             doubt
          
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           give
           the
           
             English
          
           Reader
           a
           
             full
          
           view
           of
           them
           ,
           thus
           .
           
             But
             when
             the
             sacred
             quire
             of
             the
             Apostles
             had
             severally
             ended
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             the
             generation
             of
             those
             that
             had
             been
             thought
             worthy
             to
             hear
             with
             their
             own
             cars
             the
             divine
             wisdome
             ,
             was
             now
             past
             ,
             then
             the
             rout
          
           or
           
             riotous
             convention
             of
             the
             Godless
             seduction
          
           or
           
             seducers
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           a
           
             seditious
             assembling
             ,
          
           or
           
             military
             preparation
             of
             confederates
          
           or
           
             conspirators
             ,
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             deceit
          
           or
           
             seduction
             ,
          
           may
           be
           used
           for
           the
           men
           that
           
             deceive
          
           or
           
             seduce
             )
             received
             its
             beginning
             ,
             by
             the
             cunning
             or
             deceit
             of
             false
             teachers
             ,
             who
             ,
             now
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Apostles
             were
             left
             ,
             avowed
             and
             openly
             attempted
             to
             preach
             or
          
           promulgate
           
             the
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             the
             preaching
             of
             the
             truth
             .
          
        
         
         
           8.
           
           What
           is
           here
           meant
           by
           the
           
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           no
           man
           can
           be
           ignorant
           ,
           that
           hath
           compared
           that
           
             phrase
          
           used
           expresly
           by
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           6.
           20.
           with
           the
           
             writings
          
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Fathers
             ,
          
           or
           but
           lightly
           considered
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           
             plain
          
           words
           .
           The
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           literally
           signifies
           
             knowing
          
           men
           ,
           so
           styled
           by
           themselves
           ,
           but
           upon
           no
           grounds
           of
           truth
           ,
           their
           
             doctrines
          
           being
           indeed
           directly
           opposed
           to
           the
           
             knowledge
             of
             our
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             knowledg
          
           or
           
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             .
          
           This
           therefore
           must
           be
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           words
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             oppositions
             of
             the
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           the
           
             doctrines
          
           of
           the
           
             sect
          
           of
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           in
           direct
           
             opposition
          
           to
           the
           
             doctrine
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           the
           same
           must
           be
           the
           importance
           of
           the
           like
           
             phrase
          
           in
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           in
           
             consent
          
           with
           the
           
             Apostles
             dialect
             ;
          
           what
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           calls
           
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
             Hegesippus
          
           must
           be
           believed
           to
           mean
           by
           the
           very
           same
           words
           ,
           the
           
             science
             falsly
             so
             called
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ;
          
           what
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           calls
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             oppositions
          
           or
           
             contradictings
             ,
             Hegesippus
          
           expresses
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             opposite
          
           or
           
             contrary
             preaching
             ,
          
           and
           these
           phrases
           are
           both
           farther
           cleared
           by
           a
           passage
           in
           the
           
             ancient
             author
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           
             c.
             
          
           6.
           which
           tels
           us
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             contradictory
             discourses
             of
             the
             dotage
          
           or
           
             folly
          
           or
           
             madness
             of
             Simon
             ;
          
           by
           
             contradictory
             discourses
          
           certainly
           meaning
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             oppositions
          
           and
           
             antipreaching
             ,
          
           and
           by
           the
           
             dotage
          
           or
           
             madness
          
           of
           
             Simon
             Magus
             ,
          
           the
           
             knowledge
          
           that
           he
           pretended
           to
           ,
           and
           his
           
             followers
             ,
          
           and
           which
           so
           
             puss
          
           them
           up
           in
           a
           
             mad
          
           conceit
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           was
           indeed
           nothing
           else
           but
           
             blasphemous
             folly
             ,
          
           far
           removed
           from
           all
           
             degree
          
           of
           
             true
             science
             .
          
        
         
           9.
           
           From
           this
           short
           representation
           of
           this
           plain
           matter
           of
           
             fact
             ,
          
           thus
           
             visible
          
           before
           our
           eyes
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           suppose
           it
           cleare
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           
             confidence
          
           of
           my
           
             abilities
             ,
          
           but
           a
           well
           grounded
           
             perswasion
             ,
          
           that
           he
           that
           cited
           these
           words
           in
           
             Greek
             ,
          
           understood
           the
           
             plain
          
           meaning
           of
           them
           ,
           upon
           which
           I
           built
           my
           
             hope
             ,
          
           that
           my
           answer
           to
           this
           passage
           of
           
             Hegesippus
          
           would
           approve
           it self
           to
           him
           .
           For
           if
           the
           
             Gnosticks
          
           and
           none
           else
           were
           the
           men
           spoken
           of
           by
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           then
           was
           there
           no
           place
           for
           
             exception
          
           against
           my
           
             answer
             ,
          
           and
           if
           
             Hegesippus
          
           expresse
           words
           might
           be
           believed
           ,
           thus
           it
           was
           .
           And
           thus
           stands
           this
           matter
           betwixt
           me
           and
           my
           
             Reprover
          
           
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           I
           have
           laid
           it
           before
           him
           ,
           let
           himself
           now
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           be
           
             party
             ,
             witnesse
             ,
          
           and
           
             judge
             ;
          
           I
           cannot
           think
           it
           possible
           I
           should
           need
           
             other
             .
          
        
         
           10.
           
           But
           then
           in
           the
           
             third
          
           place
           ,
           he
           hath
           an
           
             objection
          
           against
           this
           sense
           ,
           which
           at
           least
           may
           have
           force
           against
           
             me
             ;
             For
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             if
             the
             person
             thus
             expounding
             this
             testimony
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           
           I
           )
           
             may
             be
             credited
             ,
             the
             Gnosticks
             were
             never
             more
             busie
             nor
             prevalent
             then
             in
             that
             time
             ,
             which
             alone
             is
             excepted
             from
             the
             evil
             here
             spoken
             of
             .
          
        
         
           11.
           
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           that
           in
           case
           I
           had
           at
           several
           times
           spoken
           things
           
             incoherent
          
           or
           
             contradictory
             ,
          
           this
           would
           be
           no
           
             sufficient
          
           proof
           that
           what
           I
           now
           
             recited
          
           from
           
             Hegesippus's
          
           plain
           words
           ,
           was
           not
           contained
           in
           them
           .
           But
           then
           2.
           
           I
           have
           been
           far
           enough
           from
           having
           thus
           (
           anywhere
           )
           contradicted
           my self
           ,
           or
           what
           I
           
             affirme
          
           in
           this
           
             answer
          
           of
           mine
           ,
           nor
           (
           if
           I
           may
           be
           allowed
           the
           confidence
           to
           believe
           that
           I
           
             know
          
           and
           
             speake
          
           my
           own
           sense
           )
           did
           I
           ever
           let
           fall
           any
           thing
           which
           will
           not
           be
           exactly
           reconciled
           with
           it
           .
           The
           short
           is
           this
           .
           The
           Ringleaders
           of
           the
           
             Gnosticks
          
           were
           verry
           busie
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           times
           ,
           but
           did
           at
           first
           more
           
             clancularly
             operate
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           in
           my
           opinion
           (
           of
           which
           here
           it
           seems
           I
           must
           give
           an
           account
           )
           they
           are
           in
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           exprest
           by
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             mystery
             of
             iniquity
             ,
             iniquity
             ,
          
           but
           that
           somewhat
           
             disguised
             ,
          
           till
           at
           last
           in
           the
           
             season
          
           most
           for
           their
           turn
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           put
           off
           their
           
             disguises
             ;
             Simon
             Magus
          
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           times
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           
             miscarried
             ,
          
           yet
           many
           of
           his
           followers
           afterwards
           in
           a
           more
           
             avowed
          
           and
           
             profest
             hostility
          
           (
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           
             Hegesippus
             )
          
           when
           they
           had
           the
           
             advantage
          
           of
           all
           those
           being
           dead
           who
           had
           received
           the
           
             truth
          
           from
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           :
           This
           is
           the
           summe
           of
           what
           I
           have
           elsewhere
           
             frequently
             ,
          
           and
           more
           
             largely
          
           delivered
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           exactly
           the
           sense
           of
           
             Hegesippus
          
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           as
           will
           yet
           more
           clearly
           appear
           by
           the
           addition
           of
           some
           other
           words
           ,
           not
           yet
           recited
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           know
           not
           why
           )
           
             omitted
          
           by
           this
           
             author
          
           in
           his
           first
           producing
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           yet
           both
           the
           
             antecedents
          
           and
           
             consequents
          
           were
           set
           down
           by
           him
           .
           They
           are
           these
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           Till
           those
           times
           he
           there
           speaks
           of
           ,
           those
           
             hereticks
             ,
             though
             some
             there
             were
             ,
             that
             endeavoured
             to
             corrupt
          
           
           
             the
             wholesome
             rule
             of
             saving
             doctrine
             ,
             skulked
             in
             darkness
             undiscernable
             ,
          
           but
           
             afterwards
          
           (
           when
           the
           
             senson
          
           better
           agreed
           with
           their
           
             design
             )
          
           they
           did
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             bare
             head
             ,
          
           or
           
             face
             ,
          
           putting
           off
           
             disguise
          
           or
           
             care
          
           of
           
             secresie
             ,
          
           with
           this
           ,
           indeed
           it
           would
           not
           easily
           be
           reconcileable
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Gnosticks
             were
             never
             more
             busie
             nor
             prevalent
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ;
          
           And
           this
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           set
           down
           as
           
             my
             saying
             ;
          
           but
           hath
           not
           intimated
           the
           
             place
             ,
          
           where
           I
           said
           it
           (
           as
           easily
           he
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           I
           suppose
           would
           not
           have
           neglected
           to
           do
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           known
           where
           .
           )
           For
           my
           part
           I
           
             remember
          
           not
           ,
           neither
           
             believe
          
           any
           such
           words
           ever
           to
           have
           past
           from
           me
           ;
           If
           he
           shall
           produce
           any
           that
           have
           the
           least
           
             sound
          
           that
           way
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           doubt
           to
           give
           him
           an
           
             account
          
           of
           them
           ,
           such
           as
           shall
           sufficiently
           
             supersede
          
           the
           
             conclusion
             ,
          
           which
           now
           he
           is
           willing
           to
           draw
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           Mean
           while
           I
           shall
           yet
           farther
           give
           thus
           much
           
             over
             measure
          
           of
           reply
           to
           his
           objection
           ,
           that
           in
           case
           
             Hegesippus
          
           had
           not
           expresly
           named
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           which
           yet
           expresly
           he
           names
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             must
          
           mean
           them
           if
           he
           
             knew
          
           and
           
             considered
          
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           
             Atheistical
             seduction
          
           or
           
             seducers
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           the
           
             riotous
             convention
          
           or
           
             confederation
          
           of
           these
           ,
           must
           needs
           signifie
           some
           
             known
             sect
          
           of
           
             hereticks
          
           in
           that
           age
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           be
           they
           
             Cerinthians
             ,
             Ebionites
             ,
             Nicolaitanes
             ,
             Menandrians
             ,
             B●silidians
             ,
             Saturnilians
             ,
          
           or
           after
           them
           
             Valentinians
             ,
             Marcionites
             ,
          
           or
           who
           ever
           else
           can
           be
           supposed
           ;
           And
           then
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           all
           ,
           or
           most
           of
           these
           ,
           met
           and
           agreed
           in
           this
           common
           notion
           of
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             ,
          
           so
           from
           the
           
             poyson
          
           and
           
             taint
          
           of
           all
           and
           
             each
          
           of
           them
           ,
           t
           is
           still
           equally
           clear
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           the
           known
           
             Governours
          
           and
           
             shepherds
          
           thereof
           ,
           by
           
             Gods
             grace
          
           and
           
             blessing
          
           preserved
           themselves
           ,
           and
           exprest
           their
           
             constant
             opposition
          
           and
           
             dotestation
          
           of
           
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             markt
          
           them
           out
           to
           be
           
             avoided
          
           of
           
             all
             Christians
             ;
          
           and
           so
           cannot
           be
           imagined
           to
           have
           been
           
             corrupted
          
           by
           them
           (
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           whosoever
           was
           discerned
           to
           be
           so
           
             corrupted
             ,
          
           was
           
             cast
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Church
             )
          
           and
           by
           their
           
             contrary
          
           doctrine
           ,
           illustriously
           known
           in
           their
           
             writings
          
           against
           these
           
             heresies
             ,
          
           long
           after
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           times
           ,
           
             (
             Irenaus
          
           against
           the
           
             Valentinians
          
           &c.
           
           
             Tertullian
          
           &c.
           against
           the
           
             Gnosticks
             )
          
           have
           demonstrated
           themselves
           to
           have
           continued
           
             stedfast
          
           and
           
             immaculate
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           have
           
           been
           in
           the
           least
           
             corrupted
             :
          
           And
           then
           what
           can
           be
           farther
           removed
           from
           
             truth
             ,
          
           than
           this
           whole
           
             suggestion
          
           from
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           of
           the
           
             infection
          
           being
           diffused
           in
           the
           
             Church
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           he
           further
           objects
           ,
           That
           the
           
             opposing
             and
             persecuting
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             great
             purisying
             of
             it
             ,
             cannot
             be
             insinuated
             to
             be
             the
             deflouring
             and
             violating
             of
             its
             chastity
             :
          
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           1.
           that
           if
           there
           were
           the
           least
           force
           in
           this
           
             objection
             ,
          
           it
           would
           yet
           be
           unsufficient
           to
           disprove
           my
           
             answer
             ;
          
           It
           might
           possibly
           infer
           the
           impropriety
           of
           
             Hegesippus's
          
           expression
           ,
           whereof
           I
           undertook
           not
           to
           be
           the
           
             advocate
             ,
          
           but
           cannot
           conclude
           him
           not
           to
           have
           meant
           those
           to
           be
           the
           
             corrupters
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           expresly
           
             names
          
           to
           be
           so
           .
           2.
           
           That
           in
           respect
           of
           those
           
             weak
          
           or
           
             deceiveable
          
           members
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           that
           received
           the
           
             heretical
             poyson
             ,
          
           (
           and
           then
           fell
           off
           from
           it
           ,
           or
           were
           by
           just
           
             censures
          
           cast
           out
           of
           it
           )
           't
           is
           not
           improper
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Church
          
           which
           once
           
             conteined
          
           them
           ,
           was
           
             defloured
          
           and
           
             violated
             ;
          
           though
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           
             constant
             fidelity
          
           of
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           moved
           by
           all
           their
           
             opposition
             ,
          
           the
           
             Church
          
           was
           still
           rather
           
             purified
          
           then
           
             defloured
             ,
          
           as
           
             gold
          
           by
           
             trial
          
           in
           the
           
             fire
          
           comes
           out
           more
           
             pure
             ,
          
           whilest
           yet
           the
           
             drosse
          
           is
           
             discovered
          
           by
           the
           same
           ,
           means
           ,
           and
           declared
           to
           have
           no
           
             purity
          
           in
           it
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           many
           
             visible
          
           and
           
             temporary
             professors
          
           were
           
             infected
          
           and
           
             defiled
          
           by
           the
           
             Gnostick
             infusions
             ,
          
           as
           in
           all
           times
           of
           trial
           befals
           those
           that
           forsake
           the
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           rather
           than
           they
           will
           
             endure
             persecution
             ;
          
           And
           that
           is
           the
           plain
           meaning
           of
           
             Hegesippus's
          
           words
           ,
           and
           hath
           nothing
           new
           or
           strange
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           One
           thing
           by
           the
           way
           I
           shall
           farther
           observe
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           
             citation
          
           he
           hath
           made
           some
           
             change
          
           in
           the
           words
           ,
           from
           what
           
             before
          
           he
           had
           represented
           ;
           to
           the
           
             Apostles
             times
             ,
          
           adding
           ,
           the
           
             time
             of
             the
             Apostles
             hearers
             ,
          
           and
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           themselves
           ,
           as
           if
           
             Hegesippus
          
           included
           that
           
             second
             generation
          
           in
           the
           space
           of
           the
           
             virgin
             uncorrupted
          
           age
           ,
           after
           whose
           decease
           (
           and
           not
           till
           then
           )
           the
           
             corruptions
          
           by
           him
           spoken
           of
           came
           in
           :
           But
           that
           I
           suppose
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           a
           
             mistake
          
           also
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           In
           his
           former
           citing
           of
           the
           passage
           (
           in
           his
           
             Preface
          
           of
           
             Animadversions
             )
          
           he
           understood
           
             Hegesippus
          
           of
           the
           
             corruption
             immediately
             after
             the
             Apostles
             fell
             asleep
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           this
           is
           all
           that
           
           the
           words
           assure
           us
           
             [
             when
             the
             quire
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             were
             dead
             ,
             and
             the
             age
             past
             of
             those
             that
             were
             deemed
             worthy
             to
             heare
             with
             their
             own
             eares
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             divine
             wisedom
             ,
          
           or
           
             the
             wisdome
             that
             had
             divinity
             in
             it
             —
             ]
          
           where
           that
           
             ages
          
           being
           
             past
             ,
             ]
          
           and
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           being
           
             dead
             ]
          
           sure
           signifies
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             divine
             wisdome
             ]
          
           very
           fitly
           signifies
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           ,
           the
           
             wisdome
          
           of
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           no
           way
           appears
           to
           be
           extended
           to
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           also
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           that
           were
           the
           
             hearers
          
           of
           that
           
             Wisdome
             ,
          
           will
           be
           the
           men
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             age
             ,
          
           specially
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           themselves
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           
             subsequent
             generation
             .
          
           And
           that
           indeed
           thus
           it
           was
           ,
           appears
           by
           the
           
             context
          
           in
           
             Hegesippus
             ,
          
           which
           evidenceth
           him
           to
           speak
           of
           
             Trajanes
          
           times
           ,
           wherein
           
             Simeon
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             seers
             and
             hearers
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           being
           
             falsly
             accused
          
           by
           
             hereticks
             ,
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           )
           was
           put
           to
           
             death
             .
          
           Now
           this
           we
           know
           ,
           was
           but
           the
           conclusion
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           age
           ;
           
             (
             John
             ,
          
           who
           was
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           living
           till
           that
           time
           )
           and
           not
           of
           the
           
             auditors
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             .
          
           But
           should
           it
           be
           granted
           according
           to
           his
           
             desire
             ,
          
           that
           't
           was
           of
           the
           
             latter
          
           age
           that
           
             Hegesippus
          
           spake
           ,
           it
           would
           ,
           as
           hath
           appeared
           ,
           stand
           him
           in
           
             little
          
           stead
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           spring
           
             new
          
           occasion
           of
           contention
           with
           him
           on
           
             this
          
           matter
           ;
           Had
           not
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           
             Vniversal
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           succeeding
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           (
           so
           nearly
           concern'd
           in
           this
           his
           
             reinforced
          
           objection
           )
           seemed
           to
           exact
           this
           just
           
             tribute
          
           from
           me
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           
             here
          
           given
           him
           this
           
             importunity
             .
          
        
         
           16.
           
           Whereon
           seeing
           I
           am
           thus
           far
           
             entred
             ,
          
           It
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           pay
           him
           at
           once
           what
           he
           may
           expect
           of
           
             return
          
           to
           some
           
             other
          
           passages
           of
           this
           his
           last
           
             piece
             ,
          
           wherein
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           reflect
           on
           me
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           And
           1.
           occurs
           towards
           the
           beginning
           of
           it
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           33.
           a
           discourse
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           which
           he
           endeavours
           to
           apply
           to
           the
           
             prejudice
          
           of
           my
           
             evidences
          
           for
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           of
           
             Clement
             ,
          
           and
           of
           St
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           being
           written
           to
           
             all
          
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Achaia
             :
          
           In
           return
           to
           this
           I
           shall
           note
           but
           these
           four
           things
           of
           very
           many
           that
           offer
           themselves
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           
             First
             ,
          
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             double
          
           notion
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           &c.
           one
           wherin
           it
           is
           opposed
           to
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           (
           and
           is
           all
           one
           with
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           being
           
             strangers
          
           or
           
             sojourners
             )
          
           in
           which
           notion
           
             a
          
           
             Pomponius
          
           takes
           it
           ,
           when
           by
           it
           he
           expounds
           the
           
             Latin
             incola
             ,
          
           as
           that
           is
           all
           one
           with
           
             inquilinus
          
           a
           
             stranger
          
           in
           any
           place
           ,
           
             qui
             aliquâ
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           ,
           
             aliâ
             regione
          
           (
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           saith
           
             Theophilus
             )
             domicilium
             suum
             contulit
             .
          
           Of
           
             this
             notion
          
           of
           the
           word
           I
           spake
           nor
           ,
           nor
           could
           be
           imagined
           to
           speak
           ,
           nor
           (
           whatever
           he
           thinks
           )
           is
           or
           can
           
             parochia
          
           or
           
             paraecia
          
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           
             this
             sence
          
           in
           any
           
             author
             .
             Another
          
           notion
           there
           is
           of
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           for
           
             accola
          
           a
           
             neighbour
             ,
          
           as
           in
           
             Thucyd.
             l.
          
           4.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             Spartanes
             ,
             and
             the
             nearest
             of
             the
             neighbouring
             cities
             ,
          
           (
           some
           of
           those
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             neighbours
             ,
          
           it
           seems
           ,
           
             nearer
          
           then
           
             others
             )
          
           and
           so
           
             Pomponius
          
           also
           ,
           
             non
             tantùm
             qui
             in
             oppido
             moratur
             ,
             sed
             qui
             alicujus
             oppidi
             finibus
             agrum
             habet
             ,
          
           a
           
             borderer
             that
             lives
             and
             holds
             lands
             within
             the
             bounds
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           in
           the
           
             territories
          
           of
           
             any
             city
             ,
          
           whether
           
             nearer
          
           or
           
             farther
             off
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           that
           
             territory
          
           be
           
             wider
          
           or
           
             narrower
             ;
             wider
          
           as
           the
           
             territory
          
           of
           a
           
             Metropolis
             ,
             narrower
          
           as
           of
           an
           
             ordinary
             city
             ,
          
           or
           yet
           
             lower
             ,
          
           as
           of
           a
           
             town
          
           or
           
             village
             ;
          
           And
           
             which
          
           of
           these
           it
           is
           in
           any
           
             author
             ,
          
           is
           not
           conclusible
           from
           the
           
             nature
          
           or
           
             use
          
           of
           the
           
             word
             ,
          
           which
           
             equally
          
           belongs
           to
           
             all
          
           these
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           
             quality
          
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           to
           which
           in
           any
           
             author
          
           it
           is
           applied
           ;
           If
           the
           discourse
           be
           of
           a
           
             Metropolis
             ,
          
           then
           the
           
             territory
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           the
           
             whole
             Province
          
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           when
           
             Mark
          
           is
           said
           by
           
             Eusebius
          
           to
           have
           
             constituted
             Churches
          
           in
           the
           
             plural
          
           at
           
             Alexandria
             ,
          
           the
           
             chief
             Metropolis
          
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           these
           are
           by
           
             c
          
           him
           all
           conteined
           under
           the
           
             phrase
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           by
           
             Mark
          
           committed
           to
           
             Anianus
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             Churches
          
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           
             chief
             Metropolis
          
           of
           
             Crete
             ,
             Gortyna
             ,
          
           are
           by
           
             Dionysius
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             Church
             adjacent
             to
          
           i.
           e.
           the
           
             Province
          
           of
           
             Gortyna
             ;
          
           If
           speech
           be
           of
           an
           
             ordinary
             city
             ,
          
           then
           the
           
             territory
          
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           is
           that
           which
           we
           now
           call
           a
           
             Diocese
          
           (
           though
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             anciently
          
           signified
           
             otherwise
             )
             Territorium
             est
             universitas
             agrorum
             intra
             fines
             cujusque
             civitatis
             ,
          
           saith
           
             d
          
           
             Pomponius
             ,
          
           
           and
           is
           rendred
           by
           
             Theophilus
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             all
             the
             region
             which
             is
             under
             a
             city
             ;
          
           And
           so
           farther
           downward
           to
           
             towns
          
           and
           
             villages
          
           also
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Paroecia
             ,
             parishes
             ,
          
           the
           
             whole
             territory
          
           or
           
             bordering
             neighbourhood
          
           is
           comprehended
           under
           it
           .
           And
           so
           in
           summe
           ,
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           otherwise
           appearing
           to
           be
           the
           
             Metropolis
          
           of
           all
           
             Aehaia
          
           (
           as
           
             Achaia
          
           was
           one
           of
           the
           
             e
          
           
             five
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           
             Pelopounesus
             )
          
           and
           this
           both
           in
           the
           
             Civil
          
           and
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Notitiae
             ;
          
           in
           the
           
             Civil
             ,
          
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           
             Proconsuls
             keeping
          
           his
           
             residence
          
           there
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           18.
           12.
           15.
           
           
             (
             Corinth
          
           being
           before
           this
           time
           
             f
          
           destroyed
           by
           
             Mummius
             ,
          
           reedified
           by
           
             Iulius
             Caesar
             ,
          
           and
           now
           a
           
             g
          
           
             Roman
             Colony
             ,
          
           and
           having
           a
           
             h
          
           
             Province
          
           belonging
           to
           it
           ,
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           
             Corinthian
             region
             )
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
          
           as
           appeared
           both
           by
           the
           
             general
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             conformity
          
           between
           the
           
             city
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           in
           
             after
          
           ages
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           
             first
             ,
          
           cited
           from
           a
           most
           
             ancient
          
           learned
           
             Church-writer
             ,
             Origen
             contr.
             Cels
             .
             l.
          
           3.
           and
           more
           
             particularly
          
           as
           to
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           by
           the
           express
           words
           of
           
             i
          
           Saint
           
             Chrysostome
             .
          
           All
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           otherwise
           largely
           
             appearing
             ,
          
           and
           not
           deduced
           from
           the
           
             bare
             style
          
           [
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ]
           this
           
             Church
          
           thus
           styled
           by
           
             Clemens
             ,
          
           and
           compared
           with
           
             Pauls
             first
             Epistle
             ,
          
           which
           expresly
           comprehends
           the
           
             Saints
             of
             all
             Achaia
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           (
           as
           is
           granted
           on
           all
           sides
           )
           no
           greater
           an
           
             extent
             ,
          
           then
           what
           
             Clemens
          
           wrote
           to
           ,
           is
           by
           me
           
             regularly
          
           affirmed
           to
           be
           that
           
             whole
             Province
          
           of
           
             several
             Churches
             ,
          
           (
           for
           which
           't
           was
           not
           yet
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           grew
           to
           be
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
          
           word
           )
           and
           not
           that
           
             single
             Church
          
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           but
           all
           under
           that
           
             Metropolis
             .
          
        
         
           19.
           2.
           
           That
           it
           is
           most
           
             unreasonable
          
           to
           affirm
           that
           either
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           9.
           2.
           or
           anywhere
           else
           ,
           
             Achaia
          
           and
           
             Corinth
          
           are
           all
           one
           ,
           for
           that
           is
           all
           one
           as
           to
           say
           
             France
          
           and
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           a
           
             region
          
           or
           
             nation
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             city
          
           in
           that
           
             region
             ,
          
           are
           
             all
             one
             .
          
           'T
           is
           true
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           to
           which
           the
           
             Epistles
          
           of
           
             Paul
          
           were
           written
           ,
           comprehends
           under
           it
           all
           the
           
             Christians
          
           of
           
             Achaia
             ,
          
           but
           then
           my
           pretensions
           must
           have
           place
           ,
           that
           those
           
             Epistles
          
           
           were
           written
           to
           all
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Achaia
             ,
          
           united
           in
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           the
           
             Metropolis
             ,
          
           not
           that
           
             Achaia
             ,
          
           which
           had
           
             many
          
           cities
           in
           it
           was
           
             all
             one
          
           with
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           that
           but
           
             one
             ,
          
           though
           
             Metropolitical
             city
             .
          
        
         
           20.
           3.
           
           That
           of
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Achaia
             ,
          
           beside
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           that
           of
           
             Cenchrea
          
           is
           
             expresly
          
           named
           ,
           and
           though
           no
           other
           chances
           to
           be
           thus
           
             explicitely
          
           mentioned
           in
           
             Scripture
             ,
          
           which
           was
           not
           obliged
           to
           write
           the
           full
           
             Corography
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             plantations
             ,
          
           yet
           this
           
             negative
             argument
          
           gives
           us
           no
           reason
           to
           
             doubt
             ,
          
           but
           there
           were
           more
           
             cities
          
           in
           
             Achaia
          
           then
           these
           
             two
          
           (
           all
           
             Geographers
          
           assure
           us
           of
           many
           )
           and
           those
           in
           some
           
             proportion
          
           converted
           to
           the
           
             faith
             ,
          
           and
           formed
           into
           
             Churches
             ,
          
           in
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           time
           ,
           and
           before
           
             Clements
             writing
          
           to
           them
           .
           However
           that
           one
           of
           
             Cenchrea
          
           concludes
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           I
           want
           ;
           
             Cenchrea
          
           being
           
             another
             city-Church
             ,
          
           different
           from
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             neighbouring
          
           to
           it
           ,
           part
           of
           its
           
             territory
             ,
          
           and
           under
           it
           as
           a
           
             daughter
          
           under
           a
           
             Metropolis
             .
          
        
         
           21.
           4.
           
           That
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           that
           speaks
           of
           
             Corinth
          
           as
           a
           
             Metropolitical
             Church
             ,
          
           speaks
           of
           it
           ,
           not
           (
           as
           this
           
             Author
             pretends
             )
             onely
             in
             the
             political
             ,
          
           but
           
             Ecclesiastical
             notion
             ,
          
           and
           not
           onely
           as
           in
           
             his
             own
             ,
          
           but
           as
           it
           
             was
             in
             the
             Apostles
             time
             :
          
           Else
           he
           could
           not
           say
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           he
           doth
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             that
             he
             wrote
             to
             a
             Metropolis
             ;
          
           T
           was
           certeinly
           to
           the
           
             Church
          
           that
           Saint
           
             Paul
             wrote
          
           not
           the
           
             city
             ;
          
           and
           2.
           to
           that
           
             Church
             ,
          
           in
           Saint
           
             Pauls
             age
             .
          
           The
           testimony
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           
             Sun
             ,
          
           that
           
             b
          
           Saint
           
             Chrysostome
          
           speaks
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
             Thessalonica
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Ephesians
             ,
          
           and
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           the
           
             Apostolical
             Epistles
          
           are
           directed
           ,
           as
           
             so
             many
             Metropolitical
             Churches
             ,
          
           to
           each
           of
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           wrote
           ,
           and
           thereby
           in
           every
           of
           those
           
             Epistles
          
           wrote
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             to
             one
             city
             onely
             ,
          
           (
           he
           addes
           ,
           or
           
             to
             two
             ,
             or
             to
             three
             )
          
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             to
             all
             every where
             in
             each
          
           of
           those
           
             regions
             ,
          
           relating
           to
           those
           
             Metropolitical
             Churches
             ,
          
           to
           all
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             Galatia
             ,
          
           of
           
             Achaia
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           22.
           
           And
           so
           much
           for
           that
           affaire
           ,
           on
           which
           five
           leaves
           were
           
           
             providently
          
           laid
           out
           at
           the
           
             beginning
          
           of
           his
           
             journey
             ,
          
           to
           secure
           some
           
             principles
          
           which
           were
           after
           to
           be
           
             improved
          
           by
           him
           ,
           which
           yet
           he
           cannot
           but
           know
           are
           superseded
           by
           
             many
          
           other
           evidences
           of
           
             Metropolitical
             Churches
          
           planted
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           times
           ,
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Antioch
             ,
             Ephesus
             ,
             Thessalonica
             ,
             Philippi
             ,
             Alexandria
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rome
          
           &c.
           every
           of
           which
           requiring
           his
           
             answer
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           23.
           
           
             P.
          
           87.
           he
           
             minds
             me
          
           of
           his
           
             acknowledging
          
           the
           
             catholick
             church
             ,
          
           both
           the
           
             invisible
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           his
           
             elect
             ,
          
           &c
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Vniversality
          
           of
           
             visible
             professors
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           of
           the
           
             injury
          
           formerly
           done
           him
           ,
           in
           
             comparing
          
           his
           expression
           
             [
             that
             there
             was
             never
             any
             Church-Officer
             instituted
             in
             those
             first
             times
             relating
             to
             more
             Churches
             in
             his
             office
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             Church
             than
             a
             single
             particular
             congregation
             ]
          
           with
           the
           
             author
          
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             beliefe
             ,
          
           which
           instead
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Catholick
             Church
          
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
             symbols
          
           substituted
           
             this
          
           very
           
             hypothesis
             ;
          
           as
           if
           I
           either
           really
           
             believed
             ,
          
           or
           was
           
             willing
          
           to
           
             perswade
             others
             ,
          
           that
           he
           
             denyed
          
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           24.
           
           To
           this
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           1.
           that
           I
           neither
           entred
           into
           his
           
             secrets
             ,
          
           nor
           indeavoured
           to
           
             infuse
          
           any
           
             jealousies
          
           into
           others
           concerning
           his
           
             talent
             undiscovered
          
           thoughts
           ,
           but
           onely
           considered
           those
           words
           then
           
             before
          
           me
           ,
           not
           being
           at
           that
           
             distance
          
           able
           to
           
             divine
             ,
          
           how
           far
           he
           meant
           to
           
             acknowledge
          
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           in
           a
           
             tract
          
           written
           
             two
          
           years
           after
           .
        
         
           25.
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           That
           his
           acknowledging
           now
           
             two
             notions
          
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
          
           one
           of
           
             all
             the
             elect
             ,
          
           the
           other
           of
           
             all
             that
             are
             called
             ,
          
           doth
           not
           so
           certainly
           
             difference
          
           his
           
             doctrine
          
           from
           that
           of
           the
           
             author
          
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             belief
             ;
          
           there
           being
           no
           reason
           to
           
             doubt
             ,
          
           but
           that
           he
           that
           
             compiled
          
           that
           ,
           did
           at
           that
           time
           acknowledge
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
          
           in
           those
           
             two
          
           notions
           .
           The
           thing
           that
           he
           meant
           to
           deny
           ,
           and
           
             renounce
             ,
             implicitely
          
           by
           leaving
           out
           the
           mention
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           
             explicitely
          
           by
           what
           he
           
             substituted
          
           in
           stead
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           (
           I
           
             supposed
             )
          
           the
           
             several
             degrees
          
           of
           
             associations
             ,
          
           each
           known
           among
           men
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             Church
             ,
          
           1.
           that
           of
           the
           
             whole
             Christian
             world
             ,
          
           the
           
             Vniversal
             Church
             ,
          
           either
           
           as
           it
           by
           some
           pretended
           to
           be
           
             Monarchically
             ,
          
           or
           by
           others
           
             Aristocratically
          
           governed
           .
           2.
           
           That
           of
           each
           
             National
             Church
          
           under
           the
           
             Primate
          
           thereof
           .
           3.
           
           That
           of
           each
           
             Provincial
             Church
          
           under
           the
           
             Metropolitane
             .
          
           4.
           
           That
           of
           every
           
             Diocesan
             Church
          
           under
           the
           
             Bishop
             ;
          
           and
           
             lastly
             ,
          
           of
           every
           
             Parochial
             Church
          
           under
           the
           
             Rector
          
           thereof
           .
           And
           all
           these
           seem
           as
           avowedly
           to
           be
           denied
           by
           this
           
             author
          
           to
           have
           been
           instituted
           in
           
             those
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           
             Ignatius's
          
           )
           
             times
             ,
          
           as
           by
           the
           
             compiler
          
           of
           the
           
             Saints
             Belief
          
           they
           were
           ;
           And
           some
           of
           these
           being
           ,
           to
           my
           understanding
           ,
           thus
           
             anciently
             instituted
             ,
          
           and
           express
           mention
           made
           in
           
             Ignatius
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           of
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           or
           
             multitude
          
           under
           a
           
             particular
             Bishop
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             one
          
           of
           these
           ,
           but
           farther
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Syria
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           of
           that
           
             whole
             region
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Syria
             which
             is
             at
             Antioch
             ,
          
           all
           joyned
           under
           
             Antioch
             ,
          
           the
           
             Metropolitical
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Catholick
             Church
             ,
          
           wider
           then
           
             either
          
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           comprehensive
           of
           
             both
             ;
          
           this
           I
           deemed
           fit
           to
           be
           confronted
           to
           his
           
             hypothesis
          
           (
           and
           the
           
             parallel
          
           in
           the
           
             Saints
             Belief
             )
          
           of
           the
           
             no
             other
             Church
             ,
          
           than
           a
           
             single
             particular
             congregation
             ,
          
           which
           I
           supposed
           
             narrower
          
           than
           any
           
             one
          
           of
           these
           .
           And
           this
           is
           a
           
             brief
             ,
          
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           
             inoffensive
             ,
             account
          
           of
           that
           particular
           .
        
         
           26.
           
           
             Pag.
          
           232.
           
           An
           
             exception
          
           is
           made
           to
           my
           
             instance
          
           in
           the
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Oxon
             ,
          
           and
           that
           from
           a
           supposed
           
             exemtion
          
           of
           this
           
             author
             ,
          
           at
           
             the
             time
          
           of
           his
           writing
           ,
           from
           the
           
             jurisdiction
          
           of
           that
           
             Bishop
             .
          
           But
           1.
           
           I
           proceeded
           not
           to
           the
           
             naming
          
           or
           
             specifying
          
           the
           
             author
          
           at
           all
           ,
           when
           I
           spake
           of
           the
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Oxon
             ,
          
           much
           less
           considered
           the
           
             quality
             ,
          
           which
           was
           peculiar
           to
           him
           ,
           from
           
             other
          
           men
           ,
           or
           the
           
             exemtion
          
           consequent
           to
           that
           
             quality
             ,
          
           which
           whatever
           it
           can
           be
           pretended
           ,
           is
           but
           
             temporary
             ,
          
           and
           
             personal
             ,
          
           and
           so
           not
           proper
           for
           any
           
             special
          
           consideration
           .
           2.
           
           I
           
             answer
             ,
          
           The
           
             Bishop
             of
             Oxon
          
           hath
           a
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           or
           else
           no
           man
           that
           
             lives
          
           in
           that
           ,
           could
           by
           any
           
             priviledge
          
           of
           his
           
             place
             ,
          
           be
           
             exemt
          
           from
           it
           .
           And
           then
           what
           I
           said
           of
           the
           
             duty
          
           owing
           to
           that
           
             Bishop
          
           (
           somewhat
           more
           then
           
             styling
          
           him
           a
           
             reverend
          
           and
           
             learned
             person
             ,
          
           and
           being
           
             glad
             of
             his
          
           
           
             neighbourhood
          
           and
           
             acquaintance
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           signifies
           
             more
          
           than
           that
           )
           regularly
           belongs
           to
           all
           such
           as
           are
           in
           his
           
             Diocese
             ,
          
           and
           are
           not
           
             exemt
          
           from
           his
           
             jurisdiction
             ,
          
           and
           whatever
           he
           please
           to
           
             imagine
             ,
          
           I
           never
           meant
           to
           
             extend
          
           it
           to
           any
           
             other
             .
          
        
         
           27.
           
           
             Pag.
          
           122.
           
           I
           find
           a
           
             dislike
          
           of
           my
           
             way
          
           (
           he
           should
           not
           have
           said
           of
           
             justifying
             our
             separation
             from
             Rome
             ,
          
           but
           )
           of
           
             defending
          
           our
           
             Church
          
           from
           the
           
             guilt
          
           of
           
             schisme
             ,
          
           charged
           on
           us
           by
           the
           
             Romanists
             .
          
           But
           this
           is
           no
           
             news
          
           to
           me
           ;
           he
           had
           once
           before
           
             signified
          
           thus
           much
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           not
           then
           
             surprised
          
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           shall
           onely
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           now
           I
           have
           seen
           his
           
             new
             way
             ,
          
           I
           am
           no
           whit
           less
           pleased
           with
           the
           
             old
             ,
          
           than
           before
           I
           had
           the
           
             confidence
          
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           28.
           
           The
           
             last
          
           that
           I
           took
           notice
           of
           to
           be
           my
           
             concernment
          
           was
           
             pag.
          
           229.
           where
           perhaps
           I
           may
           be
           the
           person
           ,
           accused
           to
           have
           charged
           the
           
             doctrines
          
           (
           there
           named
           ,
           as
           a
           
             considerable
             portion
             of
             the
             doctrine
             of
             our
             Church
             )
          
           of
           
             everting
             fundamentals
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           I
           have
           then
           
             two
          
           things
           to
           say
           in
           this
           
             haste
             ,
          
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           1.
           that
           the
           
             doctrines
             ,
          
           which
           I
           charge
           in
           the
           
             tract
          
           of
           
             Fundamentals
             ,
          
           I
           charge
           not
           of
           
             everting
          
           of
           
             Fundamentals
             ,
          
           but
           (
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           
             title
          
           and
           
             contents
          
           of
           the
           12
           
             chapter
             )
          
           of
           
             aptness
          
           to
           
             obstruct
          
           and
           
             hinder
             the
             superstructing
             of
             good
             life
             upon
             Christian
             belief
             :
          
           Of
           which
           whether
           the
           
             doctrines
          
           by
           me
           specified
           be
           
             guilty
          
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           appeal
           to
           those
           
             indifferent
             Readers
          
           that
           shall
           
             impartially
          
           view
           what
           is
           there
           said
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           content
           to
           be
           
             concluded
          
           by
           
             that
             ,
          
           though
           not
           by
           
             this
             Vmpirage
             .
          
        
         
           29.
           2.
           
           That
           no
           one
           of
           the
           
             doctrines
          
           thus
           accused
           by
           me
           are
           the
           
             doctrines
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           there
           (
           as
           far
           as
           I
           ever
           heard
           it
           
             doubted
             )
          
           is
           
             cleared
          
           by
           me
           ;
           whereas
           on
           the
           
             contrary
          
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           particularly
           of
           
             Christs
             redeeming
             none
             but
             the
             elect
             ,
          
           are
           as
           expresly
           
             renounced
          
           by
           our
           
             Church
             ,
          
           as
           any
           branch
           of
           
             Atheisme
          
           or
           
             Polytheisme
          
           is
           disclaimed
           by
           the
           
             Creed
          
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
             .
          
        
         
           30.
           
           And
           now
           I
           may
           be
           permitted
           to
           take
           my
           
             leave
          
           of
           him
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           3.
           l.
           11.
           r.
           
             and
             so
             .
          
           p.
           5.
           l.
           33.
           r.
           
             bad
             been
             long
             expected
             .
          
           p.
           6.
           l.
           20.
           r.
           
             his
             letter
             .
          
           l.
           27.
           r.
           
             few
             passages
             .
          
           p.
           7.
           l.
           18.
           r.
           
             so
             that
          
           53.
           ibid.
           r.
           10
           
             this
             sense
          
           l.
           35.
           r.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           l.
           36.
           r.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           p.
           8.
           l.
           5.
           
             again
             ,
             i.
             the
             .
          
           p.
           9.
           l.
           21.
           r.
           
             was
             written
             .
          
           p.
           16.
           l.
           7.
           r.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           l.
           16.
           r.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           p.
           25.
           l.
           8
           r.
           
             or
             as
             .
          
           l.
           34.
           r.
           
             Schlusselburgius
          
           p.
           32.
           l.
           13.
           r.
           
             sounded
             .
          
           l.
           ult.
           r.
           
             on
             them
             .
          
           p
           36.
           l.
           4.
           r
           
             secrecie
             ;
             with
             .
          
           p.
           39.
           l.
           8.
           dele
           
             to
             .
          
           l.
           29.
           r.
           
             And
             so
             the
          
           p.
           42.
           l.
           16.
           r.
           
             symbole
             .
          
           l.
           21.
           r.
           
             latent
             .
          
           p.
           43.
           l.
           1.
           r.
           
             as
             it
             is
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A45406e-320
           
             a
             See
             
               Ans.
               to
               Animad.
               vers
               :
            
             p.
             132.
             
          
           
             b
             Epist.
             to
             the
             
               Oxford
            
             Heads
             .
          
           
             d
             Epiph.
             l.
             2.
             Haer.
             49.
             
          
           
             
               Socin.
               in
            
             John
             1.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Lutherani
               penè
               omnes
               Ariani
               smi
               eum
               accusant
               .
            
             Grot.
             Appendi
             .
             de
             Antich
             ,
             p.
             85.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A45406e-19030
           
             Pref.
             to
             his
             Book
             Persever
             .
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             Answ
             .
             to
             Animadv.
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             D.
             verb
             .
             sig.
          
           
             c
             
               Eccl.
               hist.
               l.
            
             11.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             d
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             e
             
               Pausan
               :
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             f
             
               Pausaen
               :
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             
               p.
            
             44.
             
               l.
            
             19.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Me
               .
               la
               l.
            
             11.
             
               c.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             h
             
               Pausan
               :
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             
               p.
            
             44
             
          
           
             i
             
               To
               :
            
             3.
             
               p.
            
             343.
             
          
           
             b
             
               Tom.
            
             3.
             
               p.
            
             343.