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             A just and modest reproof of a pamphlet called The Scotch Presbyterian eloquence
             Rule, Gilbert, 1629?-1701.
          
           40 p.
           
             Printed by George Mosman,
             Edinburgh :
             1693.
          
           
             Attributed to Gilbert Rule--NUC pre-1956 imprints.
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           A
           JUST
           and
           MODEST
           REPROOF
           OF
           
             A
             Pamphlet
          
           ,
           CALLED
           ,
           The
           
             Scotch
             PRESBYTERIAN
          
           Eloquence
           .
        
         
           EDINBVRGH
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             George
             Mosman
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
             Closs
          
           .
           Anno
           Dom.
           M
           ,
           DC
           .
           XCIII
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           AFTER
           I
           had
           finished
           these
           Sheets
           ,
           I
           mett
           with
           a
           Paper
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           same
           Pamphlet
           that
           here
           I
           deal
           with
           ,
           which
           at
           first
           made
           me
           lay
           aside
           thoughts
           of
           publishing
           this
           Piece
           :
           Yet
           I
           after
           considered
           ,
           that
           few
           things
           are
           coincident
           in
           that
           and
           this
           Paper
           :
           And
           that
           tho'
           the
           Pamphlet
           it self
           deserveth
           no
           such
           notice
           :
           Yet
           some
           may
           either
           through
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           a
           byass
           to
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           or
           through
           unacquaintedness
           with
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           receive
           undue
           impressions
           of
           Presbyterians
           and
           their
           way
           from
           the
           confident
           affirmations
           of
           that
           Author
           .
           For
           ,
           
             Calumniare
             audacter
             ,
             aliquid
             adhaerebit
          
           .
           Therefore
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           suffer
           it
           to
           go
           Abroad
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Appendix
           to
           it
           ,
           had
           been
           ready
           for
           the
           Press
           ,
           now
           more
           than
           13
           or
           14
           Months
           :
           Several
           things
           concurred
           to
           occasion
           this
           procrastination
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Just
           and
           Modest
           Reproof
           of
           a
           Pamphlet
           called
           ,
           The
           Scottish
           Presbyterian
           Eloquence
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           to
           be
           lamented
           ,
           that
           men
           who
           call
           themselves
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           (
           being
           laid
           aside
           from
           their
           work
           )
           imploy
           their
           time
           so
           ill
           ,
           as
           to
           hatch
           false
           and
           railing
           Accusations
           against
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           odious
           and
           useless
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Pamphlet
           were
           of
           another
           Character
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           unsutable
           to
           Christianity
           to
           use
           such
           Artifices
           :
           But
           it
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           but
           hath
           alwayes
           been
           one
           of
           Satans
           Methods
           for
           hindering
           the
           progress
           of
           the
           Gospel
           :
           The
           Pamphlet
           under
           consideration
           is
           an
           evidence
           ,
           that
           
             Ill
             men
             and
             Seducers
             use
             to
             wax
             worse
             and
             worse
             .
          
           For
           this
           man
           hath
           out-done
           all
           that
           went
           before
           him
           in
           this
           Hellish
           way
           of
           managing
           his
           cause
           ,
           and
           himself
           too
           ;
           (
           if
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           former
           Scriblers
           of
           this
           strain
           ,
           as
           is
           supposed
           )
           in
           malicious
           Railing
           ;
           in
           the
           Characters
           that
           he
           giveth
           to
           Presbyterians
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           without
           exception
           of
           any
           among
           them
           )
           and
           in
           the
           most
           groundless
           fictions
           ,
           in
           the
           Historical
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           Press
           groaned
           under
           .
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           how
           such
           Stories
           have
           been
           framed
           :
           For
           few
           of
           them
           were
           ever
           commonly
           talked
           of
           ,
           even
           among
           the
           Mockers
           of
           this
           age
           ,
           till
           this
           worthy
           book
           saw
           the
           light
           ,
           which
           hath
           furnished
           profane
           Wits
           ,
           with
           better
           helps
           to
           ridicule
           all
           that
           is
           serious
           ,
           or
           sacred
           ,
           than
           the
           World
           hath
           hitherto
           been
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           the
           Author
           shall
           have
           his
           reward
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           singular
           work
           ,
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           he
           deserveth
           it
           from
           Man
           :
           If
           this
           Collection
           of
           Historical
           Passages
           ,
           had
           been
           this
           ,
           Authors
           alone
           ,
           his
           Invention
           must
           have
           been
           singularly
           fertile
           ,
           when
           imployed
           about
           this
           subject
           ;
           exposing
           Preaching
           and
           Prayer
           :
           But
           I
           find
           ,
           by
           page
           116
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           product
           of
           many
           Drunken
           Meetings
           ,
           where
           each
           Man
           hath
           given
           in
           his
           Symbole
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           our
           Author
           hath
           made
           up
           this
           Bundle
           of
           Lyes
           ,
           as
           the
           Creed
           of
           these
           Lone-Companions
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           in
           this
           latter
           Age
           engaged
           in
           this
           same
           work
           against
           Presbyterians
           ,
           (
           and
           through
           their
           side
           ,
           against
           them
           who
           regard
           the
           truth
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           contrary
           to
           Atheism
           and
           Prophaness
           )
           which
           their
           common
           Master
           of
           old
           imployed
           Porphyry
           and
           others
           in
           against
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           afterward
           not
           a
           few
           of
           the
           Popish
           Writers
           ,
           against
           our
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           who
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           Luther
           ,
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           and
           other
           worthy
           Servants
           of
           
           God
           ,
           as
           black
           ,
           and
           as
           Ridiculous
           as
           this
           Man
           doth
           the
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           :
           Neither
           hath
           his
           own
           party
           escaped
           the
           Lash
           of
           such
           Pens
           as
           his
           ;
           and
           that
           from
           such
           as
           disliked
           it
           ,
           not
           as
           Episcopal
           ,
           but
           as
           Protestant
           ,
           as
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           a
           piece
           called
           
             Causes
             of
             the
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
          
           whose
           Ape
           this
           Author
           seemeth
           to
           be
           :
           Tho'
           I
           doe
           not
           know
           ,
           that
           so
           many
           untruths
           in
           matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           are
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           are
           in
           this
           .
        
         
           They
           who
           read
           this
           Book
           ,
           and
           are
           Strangers
           in
           Scotland
           (
           for
           none
           else
           is
           capable
           to
           believe
           one
           of
           many
           of
           his
           Stories
           )
           will
           think
           him
           an
           unnatural
           wretch
           ,
           so
           to
           expose
           his
           native
           Countrey
           :
           For
           can
           any
           rational
           Man
           be
           perswaded
           ,
           (
           that
           Scotland
           ,
           being
           divided
           into
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           Episcopalians
           ,
           and
           whatever
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Lat●er
           ,
           the
           former
           are
           so
           considerable
           a
           party
           of
           all
           Ran●s
           ,
           and
           owned
           as
           the
           Legal
           Church
           ,
           by
           King
           and
           Parliament
           )
           that
           I
           say
           all
           the
           Latter
           should
           be
           such
           learned
           and
           polite
           Men
           ,
           and
           the
           former
           such
           silly
           Noddies
           ,
           and
           illiterate
           Fools
           :
           Or
           will
           they
           not
           rather
           think
           ,
           that
           Scots
           Men
           are
           a
           contemptiable
           Crew
           ,
           or
           that
           this
           Man
           is
           a
           foul
           mouthed
           Reviler
           of
           his
           Nation
           ,
           and
           a
           degenerat
           Son
           ,
           that
           so
           bespattereth
           his
           Mother
           .
        
         
           No
           wise
           Man
           will
           be
           at
           pains
           ,
           to
           consider
           every
           passage
           in
           this
           Pamphlet
           ,
           nor
           could
           once
           reading
           it
           over
           be
           excusable
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           was
           needful
           to
           know
           what
           he
           saith
           :
           His
           general
           assertions
           concerning
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           need
           not
           another
           refutation
           than
           denying
           them
           ,
           and
           appealing
           to
           all
           that
           know
           us
           ,
           and
           are
           capable
           to
           judge
           impartially
           .
           Neither
           his
           particular
           Histories
           ;
           but
           by
           denying
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           leaving
           it
           to
           him
           to
           prove
           them
           :
           Together
           with
           the
           improbability
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           know
           the
           persons
           whom
           he
           so
           belyeth
           ;
           that
           thousands
           who
           had
           
             Causam
             sc●entiae
          
           of
           these
           passages
           do
           disown
           that
           they
           knew
           them
           ,
           or
           heard
           such
           words
           as
           he
           alledgeth
           :
           if
           these
           Topicks
           may
           have
           place
           ,
           we
           can
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           seldom
           hath
           a
           Book
           appeared
           in
           print
           ,
           stuffed
           with
           more
           falsehoods
           and
           Calumnies
           ,
           and
           these
           manifestly
           and
           notourly
           such
           :
           which
           I
           hope
           will
           reflect
           that
           shame
           on
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Partners
           in
           these
           Inventions
           ,
           which
           he
           thinketh
           to
           throw
           on
           others
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           take
           some
           more
           particular
           Notice
           of
           his
           Book
           .
           What
           First
           occureth
           is
           ,
           His
           mock
           Dedication
           to
           the
           E.
           of
           C.
           where
           he
           treateth
           that
           Noble
           and
           truly
           Honourable
           Person
           with
           that
           petulant
           Contempt
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           a
           Man
           of
           this
           Author's
           Temper
           and
           Breeding
           could
           be
           capable
           of
           .
           And
           he
           racketh
           his
           Wit
           to
           say
           all
           the
           ill
           of
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           that
           is
           imputable
           to
           any
           Person
           ,
           not
           considering
           either
           Truth
           or
           Probability
           of
           what
           he
           writeth
           ;
           nor
           sparing
           to
           mock
           at
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Religion
           in
           that
           Family
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           for
           many
           Generations
           ,
           and
           continueth
           to
           be
           ,
           Honoured
           for
           their
           Zeal
           for
           ,
           and
           Practice
           of
           Religion
           .
           His
           whole
           Dedication
           deserveth
           no
           other
           Refutation
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           marked
           with
           a
           
             Nigrum
             Theta
          
           ,
           as
           purely
           Lies
           and
           Railing
           .
        
         
           His
           First
           Section
           pretendeth
           ,
           to
           give
           us
           a
           Character
           of
           the
           Presbyteria●
           Pastors
           and
           People
           in
           Scotland
           :
           Which
           he
           performeth
           most
           Unjustly
           ,
           and
           without
           either
           
           Truth
           or
           Candor
           .
           Pag.
           1.
           
           He
           asserteth
           that
           
             Presbyterian
             Preachers
             labour
             not
             to
             make
             good
             Christians
             ,
             but
             rigid
             Presbyterians
             .
          
           This
           is
           so
           remote
           from
           Truth
           ,
           that
           no
           Evidence
           of
           it
           can
           be
           given
           :
           And
           it
           is
           known
           to
           all
           their
           Hearers
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           Catechising
           ,
           and
           other
           Instructions
           ,
           and
           Converse
           with
           their
           People
           ,
           they
           insist
           constantly
           on
           such
           Subjects
           as
           tend
           to
           Awaken
           and
           Humble
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           them
           see
           their
           Need
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           in
           Directing
           and
           Perswading
           them
           to
           come
           to
           God
           by
           him
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           Duties
           that
           Men
           owe
           to
           God
           and
           their
           Neighbours
           :
           And
           that
           it
           is
           but
           rarely
           ,
           that
           they
           insist
           on
           the
           Differences
           that
           are
           among
           us
           ,
           about
           Church
           Government
           .
           And
           their
           Consciences
           bear
           them
           Witness
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           desire
           that
           all
           the
           People
           may
           be
           Presbyterians
           ,
           yet
           that
           desire
           beareth
           small
           ,
           or
           no
           proportion
           ,
           with
           the
           desire
           they
           have
           that
           
             Christ
             may
             be
             Formed
          
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           their
           Hearers
           .
        
         
           Next
           Pag.
           2.
           
           He
           giveth
           us
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           People
           (
           whom
           he
           most
           falsly
           affirmeth
           to
           be
           
             The
             Guides
             of
             the
             Church
          
           and
           that
           
             The
             Ministers
             must
             follow
             them
          
           )
           and
           that
           we
           assert
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Calling
             and
             Constituting
             Ministers
             is
             in
             the
             Mob
          
           that
           they
           are
           
             Void
             of
             Sense
             and
             Reason
             ,
             and
             are
             led
             by
             Fancy
             and
             ●regular
             Passions
             .
          
           If
           this
           had
           been
           said
           of
           some
           ,
           this
           Author
           might
           have
           saved
           his
           Credit
           :
           For
           what
           Party
           of
           Men
           have
           not
           among
           them
           some
           unintelligent
           Persons
           ?
           But
           when
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           no
           exception
           made
           ,
           it
           is
           sufficient
           to
           derogate
           from
           the
           Truth
           of
           all
           that
           he
           affirmeth
           ,
           and
           to
           expose
           him
           as
           a
           Person
           who
           hath
           no
           regard
           to
           Truth
           .
           I
           Appeal
           to
           all
           who
           Converse
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           if
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           Lawyers
           ,
           Physicians
           ,
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           meaner
           sort
           of
           the
           People
           who
           are
           Presbyterians
           ,
           may
           not
           Vye
           in
           all
           commendable
           Accomplishments
           with
           them
           of
           the
           same
           Ranks
           and
           Stations
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           the
           other
           Perswasion
           .
           He
           giveth
           an
           Instance
           of
           their
           want
           of
           Common
           Sense
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           
             That
             ye
             ought
             to
             fight
             the
             Battels
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             said
             in
             Epistle
             to
             the
          
           Hebrews
           ,
           
             Without
             sheading
             of
             Blood
             there
             is
             no
             Remission
             .
          
           That
           ever
           any
           Man
           talked
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           is
           more
           than
           I
           know
           or
           heard
           before
           ;
           nor
           am
           I
           obliged
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           because
           this
           Author's
           Veracity
           is
           pledged
           for
           it
           :
           but
           that
           he
           imputeth
           it
           as
           the
           Sentiment
           of
           the
           Party
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           as
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Character
           ,
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           Effrontery
           peculiar
           to
           this
           Scribler
           .
           He
           next
           calleth
           them
           
             Covetous
             and
             Deceitful
          
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           Truth
           that
           hitherto
           he
           had
           used
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           lamented
           that
           these
           Vices
           are
           so
           common
           every
           where
           ,
           but
           the
           World
           knoweth
           that
           his
           own
           Party
           has
           a
           full
           Share
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           much
           of
           the
           contrary
           Vertues
           are
           found
           among
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           as
           among
           any
           Party
           of
           Men
           on
           Earth
           That
           
             they
             are
             not
             taught
             Morality
             in
             the
             Sermons
             that
             they
             hear
             ,
          
           is
           so
           false
           as
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           we
           Preach
           not
           Morality
           alone
           ,
           as
           some
           do
           ;
           but
           Instruct
           People
           in
           the
           Mystery
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           look
           after
           Righteousness
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           attain
           Gospel
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           by
           dependance
           on
           him
           for
           Strength
           to
           obey
           :
           But
           we
           Preach
           the
           Necessity
           of
           Good
           Works
           ,
           and
           that
           Moral
           Vertues
           are
           not
           only
           the
           great
           Ornament
           of
           practical
           Religion
           ,
           but
           a
           necessary
           
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           without
           which
           all
           Pretences
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           Appearances
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           but
           Hypocrisie
           .
           The
           Debate
           he
           saith
           he
           had
           
             with
             one
             of
             them
          
           (
           who
           must
           not
           be
           Named
           lest
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           be
           enquired
           into
           )
           proveth
           no
           more
           (
           if
           what
           he
           saith
           be
           true
           ,
           )
           but
           that
           there
           was
           once
           an
           ignorant
           Presbyterian
           in
           the
           World
           :
           And
           if
           we
           cannot
           find
           one
           as
           Ignorant
           among
           his
           Party
           ,
           we
           shall
           confess
           that
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           be
           hath
           the
           better
           of
           us
           .
           He
           had
           very
           little
           to
           say
           ,
           when
           he
           blotted
           Paper
           with
           the
           Story
           of
           
             George
             Flint
             ,
             and
             the
             Names
             he
             gave
             to
             his
             Dogs
             :
          
           Are
           we
           to
           Answer
           for
           every
           Indiscretion
           any
           Plebe●an
           is
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           His
           next
           Charge
           of
           
             Perjury
             ,
             Cheating
             ,
             Lying
             ,
             Murther
             ,
          
           &c.
           is
           of
           the
           same
           stamp
           with
           the
           former
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Calumnious
           Falshoods
           .
           The
           Ignorance
           that
           he
           alledgeth
           to
           be
           found
           among
           them
           is
           not
           (
           generally
           speaking
           ▪
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           that
           found
           among
           his
           own
           Party
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           asserted
           with
           any
           Truth
           or
           Modesty
           ,
           That
           
             Our
             People
             are
             not
             taught
             the
             Lord's
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             Creed
             ,
             and
             the
             Ten
             Commandements
             .
          
           His
           Instance
           of
           a
           Shee-Saint
           (
           which
           with
           his
           mention
           of
           the
           
             Sighing
             Fraternity
          
           ,
           are
           some
           of
           the
           Flowers
           of
           his
           Profane
           Mocking
           Rhetorick
           )
           is
           either
           his
           own
           invention
           ,
           or
           a
           single
           instance
           of
           an
           Ignorant
           Girle
           among
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           all
           the
           Party
           is
           such
           :
           Which
           is
           a
           frequent
           way
           of
           Reasoning
           with
           this
           Learned
           Author
           .
        
         
           What
           follows
           P
           5.
           
           Of
           
             their
             Conventicles
             producing
             many
             Bastards
             ,
             and
             the
             Blasphemous
             abusing
             of
             Scripture
             ,
          
           whereby
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             defended
             it
          
           ,
           is
           a
           parcel
           of
           the
           most
           Horrid
           and
           Wicked
           Lies
           that
           ever
           were
           invented
           on
           Earth
           ,
           or
           in
           Hell.
           Our
           Souls
           abhorr
           such
           Principles
           :
           And
           for
           these
           Practices
           ,
           though
           we
           do
           not
           deny
           that
           such
           Scandals
           have
           fallen
           out
           among
           Presbyterians
           ,
           yet
           through
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           rare
           ,
           and
           is
           severly
           Censured
           when
           it
           happeneth
           :
           Whereas
           among
           his
           own
           Party
           ,
           it
           is
           common
           to
           a
           Degree
           far
           beyond
           what
           has
           been
           seen
           among
           us
           :
           And
           when
           they
           were
           in
           Power
           ,
           such
           Scandals
           were
           but
           slackly
           Censured
           ;
           so
           that
           one
           thing
           that
           maketh
           the
           Looser
           sort
           of
           People
           dislike
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           such
           Immoralities
           are
           more
           strictly
           Observed
           and
           Censured
           than
           before
           .
           The
           Odious
           Story
           that
           he
           (
           in
           his
           usual
           Jeering
           Strain
           )
           telleth
           of
           Mr.
           Williamson
           ,
           hath
           been
           indeed
           talked
           of
           among
           many
           Men
           of
           this
           Author's
           Kidney
           ;
           but
           we
           Challenge
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ▪
           to
           bring
           any
           rational
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           may
           easily
           be
           done
           ,
           if
           the
           thing
           be
           as
           he
           saith
           :
           But
           this
           was
           never
           yet
           attempted
           by
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Exculpation
           of
           him
           ,
           even
           by
           his
           Adversaries
           .
           If
           they
           will
           attempt
           it
           and
           get
           not
           a
           fair
           Hearing
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           will
           prove
           it
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           see
           Justice
           done
           on
           the
           Offender
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           Reflect
           on
           Presbyterians
           :
           But
           without
           this
           they
           are
           to
           be
           held
           as
           Malicious
           Calumniatours
           :
           This
           very
           Story
           was
           Answered
           in
           another
           Paper
           ,
           which
           this
           Author
           pretendeth
           to
           Answer
           :
           But
           he
           taketh
           no
           notice
           of
           what
           was
           there
           said
           ;
           but
           is
           resolved
           it
           shall
           be
           Believed
           ,
           with
           ,
           or
           against
           Reason
           .
           What
           Impudence
           is
           it
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           
             Williamson
             was
             admired
             for
             this
             Fact
             ,
          
           or
           that
           
             he
             used
             Scripture
             to
             defend
             ,
             or
             excuse
             it
             .
          
           We
           are
           not
           ashamed
           of
           the
           Gloss
           on
           Rom.
           7.
           which
           he
           
           pretendeth
           to
           Ridicule
           (
           though
           never
           any
           of
           us
           used
           it
           to
           defend
           Sin
           )
           that
           the
           Apostle
           there
           speaketh
           in
           the
           person
           of
           an
           Unregenerat
           Man
           ,
           is
           the
           Gloss
           of
           Arminians
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           all
           other
           Reformed
           Divines
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Presbyterians
           .
           I
           wish
           this
           Author
           had
           given
           us
           a
           Specimen
           of
           his
           Learning
           ,
           to
           confirm
           what
           he
           alledgeth
           :
           But
           he
           is
           shie
           of
           that
           ,
           for
           some
           Reasons
           ;
           thinking
           it
           enough
           to
           disparage
           the
           Learning
           of
           Others
           ,
           without
           shewing
           his
           own
           ,
           in
           Refuting
           of
           what
           they
           hold
           .
           But
           his
           Consequence
           that
           he
           draweth
           from
           the
           Opinion
           that
           the
           Apostle
           speaketh
           of
           himself
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           sheweth
           no
           small
           degree
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           That
           
             this
             Place
             is
             a
             good
             Defence
             for
             For●●cation
             :
          
           Doth
           it
           follow
           in
           the
           Regenerate
           there
           are
           Inclinations
           to
           Sin
           ,
           Ergo
           ,
           They
           may
           Sin
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           excused
           in
           it
           .
           It
           is
           as
           Ignorant
           and
           Wide
           a
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           he
           inferreth
           ,
           that
           
             the
             hieght
             of
             Carnality
             ●s
             consistent
             with
             the
             greatest
             Grace
             :
          
           For
           Grace
           .
           especially
           the
           
             greatest
             Grace
          
           ,
           is
           imployed
           in
           resisting
           ,
           and
           mortifying
           these
           inclinations
           :
           Whereas
           the
           hieght
           of
           Carnality
           lyeth
           in
           giving
           way
           to
           and
           fulfilling
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           two
           instances
           that
           follow
           of
           two
           Women
           guilty
           of
           Uncleanness
           ,
           and
           odious
           Hypocrisy
           joined
           with
           it
           ,
           look
           like
           his
           own
           invention
           :
           He
           is
           sure
           they
           cannot
           be
           disproved
           ,
           because
           no
           person
           is
           named
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           prove
           the
           Fact
           against
           any
           persons
           ,
           he
           shall
           see
           Presbyterians
           vindicated
           from
           this
           imputation
           ,
           by
           the
           Censures
           of
           the
           Church
           duely
           executed
           on
           so
           vile
           persons
           .
           What
           he
           telleth
           us
           
             of
             Peoples
             being
             moved
             with
             a
             loud
             and
             a
             Whineing
             ,
             tone
             and
             being
             affected
             with
             what
             they
             understand
             not
             ,
          
           is
           another
           of
           his
           Calumnies
           .
           None
           preach
           more
           intelligibly
           then
           Presbyterians
           ordinarly
           do
           :
           And
           no
           People
           judge
           of
           Preaching
           by
           the
           truth
           and
           usefulness
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           more
           intelligent
           Presbyterians
           :
           and
           if
           any
           are
           commoved
           by
           what
           they
           understand
           not
           ,
           (
           as
           sometimes
           is
           observed
           among
           some
           of
           the
           Ignorant
           Vulgar
           )
           this
           is
           far
           more
           frequently
           found
           among
           them
           who
           cleaved
           to
           the
           Episcopalians
           when
           they
           had
           the
           Churches
           ,
           than
           among
           them
           who
           owned
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
           What
           he
           saith
           of
           S●uffing
           and
           
             twang
             of
             the
             Nose
          
           (
           a
           notion
           borrowed
           out
           of
           Cleavland
           ,
           another
           such
           profane
           Mocker
           as
           himself
           )
           and
           
             being
             more
             affected
             with
             a
             Sermon
             of
             Railing
             and
             Nonsense
             than
             with
             Christs
             Sermon
             on
             the
             Mount
          
           ;
           is
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           affirmations
           ,
           pure
           Railing
           and
           falsehoods
           :
           The
           confirmation
           of
           this
           from
           what
           he
           alledgeth
           Mr.
           
             D.
             D.
          
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           is
           not
           concludent
           ,
           for
           we
           have
           but
           his
           word
           for
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Story
           (
           and
           his
           Reader
           by
           this
           time
           know
           of
           what
           value
           that
           is
           )
           and
           that
           good
           Man
           once
           an
           eminent
           Preacher
           ,
           hath
           been
           for
           many
           years
           under
           Hypochondriack
           Melancholy
           ,
           and
           often
           speaketh
           at
           Random
           .
        
         
           Nothing
           can
           be
           more
           false
           then
           what
           is
           said
           p.
           8.
           
           That
           
             They
             take
             it
             for
             a
             sure
             evidence
             on
             their
             Death-beds
             that
             it
             is
             well
             with
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             never
             heard
             a
             Curate
             in
             their
             Lifetime
          
           If
           any
           have
           said
           ,
           or
           thought
           so
           ,
           we
           judge
           them
           deluded
           as
           he
           doth
           But
           we
           meet
           with
           no
           such
           person
           ,
           nor
           do
           we
           own
           any
           such
           Opinion
           .
           His
           citation
           out
           of
           
             Review
             of
             History
             of
             Indulgence
          
           ,
           is
           a
           full
           proof
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           not
           the
           sentiments
           of
           Presbyterians
           ;
           but
           reproved
           by
           them
           ,
           when
           found
           among
           some
           who
           had
           gone
           out
           from
           among
           the
           Presbyterians
           .
           The
           Stories
           
           about
           
             two
             persons
             Executed
          
           for
           B●stiality
           ;
           I
           am
           not
           obliged
           to
           believe
           ,
           unless
           I
           hear
           them
           from
           better
           hands
           ,
           which
           I
           never
           did
           ,
           but
           supposing
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           prove
           no
           more
           but
           that
           some
           of
           the
           v●lest
           of
           Men
           might
           ,
           on
           design
           ,
           personate
           Presbyterians
           :
           Or
           that
           there
           were
           some
           strangely
           deluded
           persons
           that
           went
           out
           from
           among
           that
           party
           ;
           as
           they
           were
           who
           were
           called
           the
           
             Sweet
             Singers
          
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           reported
           )
           tore
           outsome
           places
           of
           the
           Bible
           where
           words
           were
           found
           that
           displeased
           them
           .
           But
           it
           is
           the
           height
           of
           Malice
           ,
           to
           impute
           these
           things
           to
           Presbyterians
           ,
           who
           did
           always
           testify
           their
           dislike
           of
           such
           principles
           and
           practices
           ,
           more
           than
           other
           men
           did
           :
           And
           do
           reckon
           the
           whole
           Bible
           and
           all
           the
           other
           parts
           of
           it
           Sacred
           .
        
         
           He
           bringeth
           the
           rising
           in
           Arms
           at
           Bothwelb●●dge
           as
           a
           proof
           of
           their
           delusion
           :
           But
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           Presbyterians
           in
           general
           ,
           seing
           it
           was
           the
           deed
           of
           a
           few
           :
           And
           was
           no
           formed
           design
           ;
           but
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           horrid
           and
           unsupportable
           persecution
           from
           the
           Episcopal
           Party
           :
           The
           Doctrines
           Preached
           at
           that
           season
           ,
           which
           he
           mentioneth
           ,
           may
           rationally
           be
           look't
           on
           as
           his
           own
           invention
           ,
           of
           what
           he
           thought
           probable
           :
           As
           better
           Historians
           than
           he
           ,
           do
           often
           make
           speeches
           and
           attribute
           them
           to
           Generals
           of
           Armies
           ,
           as
           spoken
           by
           them
           to
           animate
           the
           Souldiers
           .
           That
           any
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ever
           thought
           that
           
             all
             Bishops
             were
             Cloven
             Footed
             :
             That
             they
             had
             no
             Shadow
             :
          
           Is
           what
           I
           never
           heard
           before
           :
           But
           I
           am
           sure
           if
           this
           Book
           should
           obtain
           belief
           in
           the
           World
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           shall
           not
           ,
           while
           Men
           are
           Rational
           )
           Strangers
           will
           look
           on
           
             Scotch
             Presbyterians
          
           as
           more
           monstrous
           than
           ever
           any
           ignorant
           persons
           among
           vs
           could
           imagine
           Bishops
           to
           be
           :
           And
           it
           will
           be
           little
           Credit
           to
           his
           party
           ,
           that
           the
           Learned
           Writters
           among
           them
           ,
           have
           as
           absurd
           Imaginations
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           things
           ,
           as
           he
           can
           impute
           (
           though
           falsely
           )
           to
           the
           most
           ignorant
           among
           us
           .
           The
           long
           Story
           that
           filleth
           up
           Page
           11
           and
           12
           :
           of
           a
           Preacher
           who
           came
           to
           the
           Merse
           ,
           and
           there
           discoursed
           most
           absurdly
           ,
           on
           Ezek.
           1.
           
           And
           reasoned
           as
           Ridiculously
           with
           a
           Minister
           ;
           this
           Tale
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           never
           heard
           before
           .
           And
           though
           our
           Author
           telleth
           us
           ,
           it
           was
           proved
           before
           very
           many
           famous
           Witnesses
           in
           Edinburgh
           ;
           yet
           is
           he
           neither
           pleased
           to
           name
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           nor
           what
           place
           of
           the
           Merse
           (
           which
           is
           a
           large
           Country
           )
           this
           happened
           in
           ,
           nor
           the
           Minister
           with
           whom
           he
           reasoned
           ,
           nor
           these
           famous
           Witnesses
           in
           Edinburgh
           :
           So
           that
           we
           are
           wholly
           out
           of
           Capacity
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Fact.
           If
           such
           a
           person
           were
           known
           ,
           the
           Presbyterian
           Church
           would
           soon
           stop
           his
           mouth
           from
           Preaching
           ,
           for
           they
           abhorre
           such
           Ridiculous
           Nonsense
           .
        
         
           His
           next
           essay
           in
           which
           he
           laboureth
           from
           Page
           12.
           to
           14.
           
           
             Is
             to
             give
             a
             true
             Character
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Preachers
          
           ;
           where
           he
           spueth
           out
           all
           the
           Gall
           against
           them
           that
           he
           is
           capable
           to
           vent
           :
           About
           which
           I
           observe
           1.
           
           That
           he
           feigneth
           a
           strange
           uniformity
           among
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           not
           only
           the
           practice
           and
           natural
           temper
           of
           them
           all
           ;
           but
           their
           very
           Looks
           were
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           Page
           12.
           which
           is
           a
           plain
           evidence
           that
           the
           man
           hath
           as
           little
           Judgement
           to
           contrive
           a
           Fiction
           well
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           veracity
           to
           oblidge
           him
           to
           speak
           nothing
           but
           truth
           .
           2.
           most
           of
           his
           Instances
           whereby
           he
           proveth
           his
           strange
           assertions
           ,
           are
           but
           one
           or
           two
           to
           prove
           one
           part
           of
           their
           Character
           :
           
           And
           if
           ye
           will
           not
           believe
           ,
           
             sic
             de
             ceateris
          
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           puzled
           to
           convince
           any
           one
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           he
           affirmeth
           :
           If
           we
           should
           do
           so
           by
           his
           party
           ,
           how
           black
           could
           we
           make
           them
           all
           :
           But
           we
           abhore
           such
           injustice
           to
           the
           Reputations
           of
           Men.
           3.
           
           Most
           of
           his
           instances
           are
           taken
           from
           some
           of
           the
           
             Hill
             Preachers
          
           ,
           who
           then
           were
           in
           a
           perfect
           separation
           from
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           spake
           as
           much
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           against
           those
           whom
           they
           called
           Curats
           .
           4.
           
           His
           whole
           Discourse
           is
           stuffed
           with
           the
           most
           notorious
           falsehoods
           that
           can
           be
           devised
           ,
           as
           will
           appear
           as
           we
           go
           along
           .
           The
           Author
           seemeth
           to
           have
           but
           one
           design
           ,
           to
           disparage
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           And
           his
           Impetus
           this
           way
           maketh
           him
           not
           only
           forget
           veracity
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           expected
           from
           a
           Christian
           ;
           but
           that
           Decorum
           which
           becometh
           a
           wise
           Man
           :
           And
           the
           civility
           that
           a
           Man
           of
           breeding
           would
           shew
           to
           the
           worst
           of
           Men.
           It
           seemeth
           he
           careth
           not
           what
           he
           say
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           but
           say
           ill
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           And
           an
           impartial
           Reader
           will
           think
           that
           the
           Author
           hath
           sufficiently
           characterized
           himself
           ;
           while
           he
           pretendeth
           to
           give
           a
           Character
           of
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
          
           .
           5.
           
           When
           he
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           expose
           any
           of
           our
           Ministers
           as
           absurd
           ,
           or
           ridiculous
           ;
           he
           is
           then
           pleased
           (
           most
           disingenuously
           )
           to
           advance
           him
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           may
           make
           the
           World
           believe
           (
           if
           their
           credulity
           be
           as
           large
           as
           his
           boldness
           in
           asserting
           )
           that
           we
           are
           all
           such
           :
           But
           this
           silly
           artifice
           will
           fail
           of
           its
           design
           among
           them
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           He
           first
           accuseth
           them
           (
           and
           that
           without
           exception
           )
           as
           
             Proud
             ,
             Soure
             ,
             unconversible
          
           .
           Here
           is
           not
           one
           true
           word
           :
           where
           one
           is
           such
           among
           us
           (
           and
           never
           a
           party
           consisted
           of
           all
           its
           individuals
           so
           well
           tempered
           as
           they
           should
           be
           )
           many
           are
           such
           among
           his
           own
           party
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           are
           far
           from
           being
           so
           unmanly
           as
           to
           make
           this
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           party
           .
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Reader
           to
           judge
           what
           Humility
           or
           sweetness
           of
           mind
           our
           Author
           hath
           shewed
           in
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           ,
           or
           in
           what
           followeth
           :
           That
           
             they
             have
             faces
             like
             their
             horrid
             Decree
             of
             Reprobation
             .
          
           Where
           he
           venteth
           his
           spite
           against
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           against
           the
           Men
           against
           whom
           he
           hath
           indignation
           .
           Do
           not
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Divines
           ,
           except
           Arminians
           ,
           own
           a
           Decree
           of
           Reprobation
           ?
           yea
           doth
           not
           the
           Apostle
           so
           too
           ?
           Rom.
           9.
           
           I
           wonder
           what
           a
           Face
           he
           thinketh
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           had
           .
           He
           ,
           and
           Presbyterians
           need
           not
           be
           ashamed
           to
           have
           their
           Pictures
           drawn
           ,
           and
           shewed
           with
           that
           of
           this
           Momus
           .
           If
           a
           Presbyterian
           had
           spoken
           so
           ignorantly
           ,
           and
           indistinctly
           of
           such
           a
           head
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           how
           would
           he
           have
           accused
           them
           of
           Ignorance
           ?
           For
           who
           can
           own
           Election
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           at
           the
           same
           time
           acknowledge
           a
           preterition
           ,
           or
           Non-election
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           a
           positive
           Act
           of
           the
           Divine
           will
           :
           See
           Rom.
           9.
           13.
           
           And
           who
           can
           say
           that
           some
           are
           Damned
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           Damnation
           was
           not
           foreknown
           and
           foreappointed
           ,
           or
           decreed
           by
           him
           
             who
             worketh
             all
             things
             according
             to
             the
             Counsel
             of
             his
             own
             will.
             
          
        
         
           If
           this
           Author
           will
           shew
           his
           Argumentative
           Talent
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           he
           hath
           that
           of
           Railing
           ,
           on
           this
           head
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           more
           easy
           to
           Answer
           him
           .
           Their
           
             want
             of
             Humanity
             
             and
             common
             Civility
             and
             Catholick
             Charity
             ,
          
           are
           as
           many
           calumnies
           as
           words
           :
           He
           asserteth
           :
           I
           deny
           it
           ,
           and
           appeal
           to
           all
           that
           converse
           commonly
           among
           them
           :
           But
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           what
           he
           asserteth
           of
           them
           he
           abundantly
           proveth
           of
           himself
           :
           such
           Assertions
           being
           remote
           from
           all
           these
           vertues
           and
           good
           qualities
           .
           That
           they
           
             dare
             not
             converse
             with
             them
             who
             differ
             from
             them
             ,
             lest
             the
             people
             take
             it
             ill
             ,
          
           is
           false
           .
           They
           not
           only
           converse
           with
           them
           (
           such
           of
           them
           as
           are
           Sober
           )
           but
           have
           received
           some
           of
           them
           into
           a
           share
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           do
           not
           shun
           to
           converse
           with
           others
           of
           them
           as
           occasion
           requireth
           .
           And
           if
           any
           people
           be
           displeased
           at
           this
           (
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           more
           intelligent
           are
           not
           )
           they
           instruct
           them
           of
           the
           reasonableness
           of
           this
           practice
           .
           His
           
             certainty
             that
             we
             have
             as
             little
             Learning
             as
             good
             nature
             ,
             which
             is
             next
             to
             none
             ,
          
           is
           a
           proof
           this
           Authors
           
             good
             Nature
          
           ;
           as
           many
           other
           passages
           of
           this
           Book
           are
           of
           his
           Learning
           :
           about
           the
           measure
           I
           shall
           not
           determine
           ;
           seing
           it
           is
           easy
           for
           any
           unbyassed
           Reader
           to
           judge
           .
        
         
           
             Presbyterians
             differing
             from
             all
             other
             Churches
             ,
          
           he
           boldly
           asserteth
           .
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           there
           are
           some
           circumstantial
           things
           in
           which
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           World
           do
           differ
           one
           from
           another
           ;
           and
           our
           Church
           (
           may
           be
           )
           hath
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           the
           inferiour
           things
           ,
           her
           peculiar
           customs
           :
           But
           in
           her
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           in
           her
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           we
           are
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           substance
           of
           these
           )
           exactly
           one
           with
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           .
           And
           for
           the
           circumstances
           ,
           we
           are
           far
           nearer
           to
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           than
           the
           Church
           of
           E.
           is
           ,
           which
           he
           gloryeth
           so
           much
           in
           ,
           and
           which
           indeed
           hath
           a
           Government
           ,
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           Worship
           ,
           widely
           different
           from
           the
           whole
           Reformed
           World
           ,
           yea
           on
           the
           matter
           they
           unchurch
           all
           other
           Churches
           ,
           by
           denying
           the
           validity
           of
           their
           Ordination
           ;
           and
           re-ordaining
           all
           who
           have
           not
           a
           Bishops
           hand
           laid
           on
           them
           .
           We
           are
           far
           from
           carrying
           so
           toward
           Her
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Church
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           goeth
           for
           a
           proof
           of
           this
           absurd
           Assertion
           ,
           I
           shall
           now
           consider
           .
           It
           is
           that
           we
           have
           banished
           
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             the
             Creed
             ,
             and
             the
             ten
             Commandments
             ,
             the
             Doxology
             ,
             and
             the
             publick
             reading
             of
             the
             Scripture
             .
          
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           It
           is
           false
           :
           for
           we
           endeavour
           to
           make
           the
           people
           understand
           it
           :
           And
           tell
           them
           the
           true
           use
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           direct
           them
           what
           to
           Pray
           for
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           most
           other
           things
           that
           concern
           Prayer
           .
           It
           s
           true
           we
           do
           not
           commonly
           repeat
           the
           words
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           we
           neither
           condemn
           them
           who
           do
           it
           ,
           nor
           forbid
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           Our
           reason
           is
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           command
           for
           using
           these
           words
           ,
           nor
           do
           we
           find
           that
           the
           Apostles
           or
           the
           Church
           in
           their
           time
           did
           repeat
           the
           words
           .
           Our
           reason
           for
           the
           other
           is
           ,
           these
           words
           are
           as
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           as
           any
           other
           .
           It
           is
           false
           that
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           ten
           Questions
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           ascribe
           to
           Dr.
           Rule
           ,
           on
           what
           grounds
           he
           best
           knoweth
           ;
           for
           it
           beareth
           no
           name
           )
           used
           this
           as
           a
           reason
           against
           Repeating
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           inconvenient
           :
           It
           is
           only
           said
           
             Quest
             :
             4
             ,
             P.
          
           20.
           
           That
           
             We
             are
             not
             tyed
             to
             what
             had
             been
             injoined
             ,
             if
             afterward
             it
             be
             found
             inconvenient
          
           while
           the
           discourse
           was
           of
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Doxology
             ,
             the
             Creed
          
           at
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           
           the
           
             Lord's
             Prayer
          
           ;
           now
           if
           any
           of
           these
           be
           inconvenient
           ,
           that
           Assertion
           is
           pertinent
           ,
           tho'
           the
           rest
           were
           not
           ,
           but
           were
           forborn
           on
           other
           grounds
           .
           Yea
           ,
           If
           none
           of
           them
           were
           inconvenient
           ,
           what
           is
           said
           there
           is
           enough
           to
           free
           us
           from
           nonconformity
           to
           the
           Presbyterian
           Churches
           on
           this
           head
           ;
           with
           which
           that
           Antagonist
           chargeth
           us
           ;
           The
           words
           are
           plainly
           Hypothetick
           ,
           and
           therefore
           assert
           nothing
           Categorically
           .
           Them
           who
           use
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           we
           do
           not
           Judge
           ,
           either
           as
           acting
           against
           what
           is
           lawful
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           expedient
           .
           If
           Mr.
           K.
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           forbore
           Repeating
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           ,
           
             because
             it
             is
             a
             Badge
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Worship
          
           ;
           and
           did
           mean
           ,
           it
           was
           pressed
           in
           Scotland
           as
           such
           distinguishing
           mark
           ,
           perhaps
           it
           were
           not
           so
           absurd
           as
           our
           Author
           pretends
           ,
           though
           I
           had
           rather
           say
           ,
           we
           forbear
           it
           because
           it
           hath
           not
           now
           of
           a
           long
           time
           been
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Church
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           no
           Command
           or
           other
           Principle
           that
           maketh
           it
           necessary
           .
           What
           followeth
           ,
           imputed
           to
           Mr.
           
             James
             Urquhart
          
           ,
           we
           reckon
           horrid
           Blasphemy
           :
           And
           if
           any
           will
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           Mr.
           U.
           said
           such
           words
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           desposed
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           very
           solemn
           profession
           of
           his
           Repentance
           for
           this
           Scandal
           :
           But
           Mr.
           U.
           denyeth
           it
           ,
           and
           biddeth
           defiance
           to
           any
           who
           will
           attempt
           to
           prove
           it
           against
           him
           ▪
           the
           other
           Blasphemies
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           which
           follow
           ,
           we
           abhore
           as
           much
           as
           he
           or
           any
           other
           can
           do
           .
           And
           I
           affirm
           that
           it
           is
           the
           grossest
           of
           Falsehoods
           
             that
             it
             is
             ordinary
             to
             hear
             our
             People
             speak
             so
             ,
          
           for
           my
           part
           I
           have
           never
           heard
           such
           words
           from
           any
           ,
           nor
           have
           I
           heard
           by
           Report
           that
           any
           did
           speak
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           assure
           the
           World
           that
           if
           any
           among
           us
           were
           heard
           to
           utter
           such
           words
           they
           could
           not
           escape
           a
           severe
           Censure
           .
        
         
           He
           saith
           the
           Creed
           is
           not
           mentioned
           at
           Baptism
           .
           This
           we
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           was
           it
           ever
           forbidden
           by
           our
           Church
           ,
           or
           were
           any
           ever
           Censured
           for
           using
           it
           .
           We
           take
           Parents
           bound
           to
           Educate
           their
           Children
           in
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Chief
           Truths
           contained
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           And
           do
           often
           mention
           the
           
             Confession
             of
             Faith
          
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           as
           containing
           a
           more
           full
           and
           plain
           System
           of
           Scripture
           Doctrine
           than
           the
           Creed
           doth
           ;
           though
           not
           differing
           in
           any
           Point
           from
           it
           .
           For
           our
           National
           Engagements
           they
           are
           rarely
           mentioned
           at
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           but
           by
           few
           :
           But
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           Hurt
           in
           it
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           ,
           offending
           some
           tender
           Ears
           ,
           who
           love
           not
           to
           hear
           of
           the
           Ties
           which
           they
           have
           so
           little
           regarded
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           taken
           them
           on
           .
           What
           he
           imputeth
           to
           Mr.
           Rule
           in
           denying
           this
           ,
           we
           regard
           not
           .
           I
           am
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           Dishonesty
           ,
           in
           saying
           what
           he
           (
           or
           who
           ever
           that
           Writer
           is
           )
           saith
           in
           the
           place
           cited
           by
           our
           Author
           :
           For
           these
           other
           honester
           Presbyterians
           ,
           whatever
           be
           their
           Honesty
           we
           are
           not
           of
           their
           Opinion
           .
           Nor
           are
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           Presbyterians
           to
           be
           judged
           of
           by
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           who
           had
           lest
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           stood
           in
           opposition
           to
           them
           ,
           when
           the
           Papers
           he
           mentioneth
           were
           written
           .
           His
           Imputation
           on
           Mr.
           Dickson
           (
           that
           
             He
             called
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             Creed
             ,
             and
             Ten
             Commandments
             ,
             rotten
             Wheel-barrows
             to
             carry
             Souls
             to
             Hell
             )
          
           I
           am
           not
           foreward
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           having
           nothing
           for
           it
           but
           this
           Author's
           Word
           :
           But
           if
           he
           said
           so
           ,
           it
           was
           ill
           worded
           at
           best
           :
           And
           if
           he
           meant
           any
           more
           than
           to
           express
           
           the
           danger
           of
           Peoples
           resting
           on
           having
           these
           by
           Heart
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           were
           to
           be
           Religious
           :
           He
           deserveth
           to
           be
           Censured
           :
           None
           of
           us
           disswade
           People
           from
           Learning
           them
           ;
           but
           do
           seriously
           press
           it
           ,
           and
           labour
           to
           make
           them
           understand
           them
           .
           That
           we
           have
           abolished
           
             Publick
             Reading
          
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           a
           Calumny
           :
           It
           is
           true
           in
           stead
           of
           Reading
           by
           a
           private
           Person
           ▪
           we
           have
           the
           Scripture
           Read
           and
           Expounded
           by
           the
           Minister
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Chapter
           or
           Psalm
           at
           once
           :
           And
           if
           any
           Read
           but
           two
           or
           three
           Verses
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           Abuse
           not
           allowed
           by
           us
           .
           That
           
             the
             Precenter
             Readeth
             a
             Sermon
             in
             stead
             of
             Reading
             Scripture
             ,
          
           is
           two
           Falsehoods
           in
           one
           Breath
           ,
           one
           is
           that
           this
           is
           done
           :
           I
           have
           heard
           indeed
           that
           one
           hath
           Read
           a
           written
           Sermon
           while
           the
           people
           were
           conveening
           :
           But
           that
           this
           is
           either
           commonly
           ,
           or
           alwayes
           done
           ,
           I
           never
           heard
           :
           also
           that
           this
           is
           in
           stead
           of
           Reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           is
           false
           :
           For
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           the
           Minister
           Readeth
           and
           expoundeth
           Scripture
           ,
           in
           stead
           of
           what
           had
           wont
           to
           be
           Read
           without
           Exposition
           by
           a
           private
           person
           ,
           who
           hath
           no
           Authority
           to
           teach
           publickly
           .
           The
           Doxology
           we
           use
           not
           ,
           because
           we
           think
           Scripture
           Songs
           fittest
           to
           be
           sung
           as
           the
           publick
           Worship
           of
           God
           :
           And
           this
           is
           not
           such
           ;
           though
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           be
           consonant
           to
           Scripture
           .
           The
           Idle
           Story
           that
           he
           telleth
           of
           Maggy
           twitting
           a
           Minister
           with
           this
           ,
           is
           probable
           enough
           to
           be
           one
           of
           his
           Inventions
           :
           But
           if
           it
           were
           true
           ,
           we
           think
           the
           Minister
           was
           undiscreet
           ,
           in
           calling
           it
           a
           Malignant
           Song
           .
           We
           confess
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           is
           sung
           in
           Heaven
           :
           If
           he
           will
           prove
           that
           the
           words
           are
           so
           too
           ,
           we
           shall
           use
           it
           :
           They
           talk
           much
           of
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           this
           Hymn
           which
           I
           am
           not
           now
           at
           leasure
           to
           enquire
           into
           :
           One
           of
           their
           Divinity
           Professors
           Mr.
           
             William
             Douglas
          
           at
           Aberdeen
           (
           a
           diligent
           searcher
           into
           Antiquity
           )
           
             Psalm●d
             .
             Eccles.
             vindicata
             .
             Q.
             13.
             
             P.
          
           69.
           bringeth
           testimonies
           for
           it
           out
           of
           
             Tertul
             :
             Basil.
          
           &c.
           who
           speak
           not
           of
           that
           Formula
           ;
           but
           Glorifying
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           And
           he
           citeth
           Baronius
           ,
           asserting
           it
           to
           have
           been
           used
           from
           the
           Apostles
           time
           :
           But
           his
           Authority
           in
           such
           things
           hath
           little
           weight
           with
           Protestants
           :
           
             Pope
             Damasus
          
           in
           the
           4
           Century
           ,
           enjoined
           it
           :
           And
           it
           is
           probable
           that
           it
           was
           invented
           as
           a
           Testimony
           against
           Arianism
           :
           But
           so
           was
           the
           
             Trina
             Immersio
          
           ;
           which
           the
           Episcopal
           Church
           doth
           not
           think
           fit
           to
           retain
           .
           I
           Assent
           to
           the
           Author
           now
           cited
           :
           Who
           after
           an
           heap
           of
           Authorities
           that
           he
           had
           collected
           ,
           saith
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           defect
           of
           Worship
           where
           it
           is
           left
           out
           :
           And
           that
           none
           should
           be
           offended
           with
           these
           Churches
           that
           use
           it
           .
           We
           constantly
           do
           the
           same
           thing
           materially
           ,
           naming
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           our
           Prayers
           .
           Another
           quarrel
           he
           hath
           with
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           is
           ,
           
             they
             have
             no
             distinguishing
             Garb
             from
             the
             lay
             Men
             ,
          
           I
           hope
           this
           is
           no
           singularity
           :
           What
           Churches
           except
           these
           of
           Rome
           and
           England
           ,
           do
           distinguish
           their
           Clergy
           by
           their
           Garb
           :
           Our
           Ministers
           wear
           a
           Grave
           and
           Decent
           Habit
           ,
           and
           are
           mainly
           distinguished
           from
           the
           People
           ,
           by
           the
           Gravity
           and
           Edifyingness
           of
           their
           Conversation
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           better
           Characteristick
           ,
           than
           a
           close
           sleeved
           Gown
           on
           a
           Drunken
           and
           Swearing
           Priest
           ▪
           That
           
             they
             reproved
             the
             King's
             Commissioner
             for
             appearing
             among
             them
             in
             a
             Scarle●
             Cloak
             ,
          
           is
           a
           notorious
           Falsehoood
           ;
           to
           call
           it
           no
           worse
           .
           His
           saying
           
             They
             did
             it
          
           ,
           seemeth
           
           to
           make
           it
           a
           publick
           Rebuke
           in
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           .
           We
           do
           not
           know
           that
           ever
           any
           did
           so
           much
           as
           reprove
           his
           Grace
           privatly
           for
           this
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           did
           ,
           they
           were
           impertinent
           in
           so
           doing
           :
           I
           never
           heard
           that
           any
           so
           much
           as
           whispered
           against
           it
           among
           themselves
           ;
           nor
           do
           I
           know
           a
           Reason
           why
           the
           Kings
           Commissioner
           is
           obliged
           to
           use
           another
           Garb
           than
           other
           persons
           of
           his
           Rank
           .
           The
           long
           Story
           that
           he
           bringeth
           in
           about
           Mr.
           Lesks
           call
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           quible
           used
           by
           my
           Lord
           R.
           to
           the
           Presbytry
           ,
           is
           a
           silly
           piece
           of
           impertinency
           :
           only
           I
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           he
           alledgeth
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Lesk
           ,
           had
           for
           him
           the
           Elders
           ;
           which
           is
           false
           ;
           for
           none
           ,
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           are
           Elders
           ;
           but
           such
           as
           are
           received
           by
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           so
           as
           these
           men
           were
           not
           and
           for
           the
           Episcopal
           Church
           ,
           they
           own
           no
           Ruling
           Elders
           ;
           and
           the
           Law
           that
           set
           up
           that
           party
           (
           having
           abolished
           all
           Presbyterian
           Judicatures
           )
           did
           only
           allow
           Ministers
           to
           chuse
           such
           of
           the
           People
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           assist
           them
           :
           Which
           can
           be
           no
           true
           notion
           of
           a
           Ruling
           Elder
           :
           nor
           did
           ever
           such
           Elders
           sit
           ;
           or
           vote
           ,
           in
           their
           Syn●ds
           .
           His
           denying
           us
           to
           be
           Ministers
           ,
           is
           an
           impudent
           Assertion
           ,
           which
           he
           doth
           not
           attempt
           to
           prove
           :
           and
           how
           it
           consisteth
           with
           the
           
             Catholick
             Charity
          
           ,
           which
           he
           blameth
           us
           for
           the
           want
           of
           ,
           I
           cannot
           apprehend
           .
           That
           we
           are
           
             called
             by
             the
             People
          
           we
           think
           it
           more
           sutable
           to
           the
           Gospel
           way
           than
           to
           be
           imposed
           on
           the
           People
           by
           a
           Patron
           :
           that
           we
           are
           
             sent
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             or
             our
             fitness
             judged
             of
             and
             determined
             by
             them
             ,
          
           is
           an
           impudent
           Falsehood
           :
           Our
           Ministers
           are
           tryed
           and
           sent
           ,
           or
           ordained
           ,
           by
           the
           Presbytry
           ,
           who
           hath
           better
           warrant
           for
           so
           doing
           than
           a
           Bishop
           hath
           :
           But
           if
           I
           should
           enlarge
           on
           every
           controverted
           point
           which
           this
           Pamphletteer
           starteth
           in
           his
           Rambling
           Discourse
           ,
           this
           Paper
           should
           swell
           to
           a
           Volume
           .
        
         
           He
           chargeth
           them
           
             P
             ▪
          
           16
           with
           
             Preaching
             still
             on
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             the
             times
             :
             and
             that
             they
             call
             their
             Kirk
             Government
             Christ
             ,
             the
             Crow●
             ,
             the
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             Government
             of
             Christ.
          
           I
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           was
           a
           time
           when
           these
           controverted
           points
           were
           too
           much
           the
           subject
           of
           the
           Sermons
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           there
           may
           be
           need
           that
           they
           should
           be
           more
           insisted
           on
           at
           one
           time
           than
           at
           another
           :
           but
           that
           this
           is
           now
           so
           practised
           is
           most
           false
           .
           I
           am
           affraid
           we
           are
           rather
           defective
           that
           way
           ,
           though
           I
           would
           not
           have
           these
           controversies
           made
           either
           the
           whole
           or
           the
           main
           part
           of
           Sermons
           .
           In
           comparison
           ,
           we
           
             should
             know
             nothing
             among
          
           the
           People
           
             but
             Christ
             and
             him
             crucified
          
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           this
           is
           the
           strain
           of
           the
           Presbytorian
           Preachings
           that
           I
           have
           occasion
           to
           hear
           :
           that
           they
           call
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           Christ
           ,
           and
           that
           
             is
             was
             not
             the
             design
             of
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             nor
             ever
             is
             like
             to
             be
             ,
             to
             Preach
             up
             Christ
             and
             Eternity
          
           (
           which
           he
           asserteth
           ,
           
             P.
             17.
          
           )
           is
           most
           false
           and
           calumnious
           :
           He
           pretendeth
           to
           trace
           them
           in
           their
           
             Politicks
             Morals
             ,
             Mysticks
             and
             Metaphysicks
          
           (
           a
           distinction
           of
           his
           own
           coyning
           )
           and
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             they
             are
             selfish
             ,
             singular
             ,
             full
             of
             nonsensick
             Rapsod●es
             ,
          
           which
           is
           a
           false
           and
           wicked
           Calumnie
           .
        
         
           He
           beginneth
           with
           their
           Politicks
           ,
           he
           saith
           
             no
             Government
             could
             tolerat
             them
          
           .
           whereas
           we
           know
           that
           the
           Government
           and
           Governours
           of
           Scotland
           have
           tolerated
           and
           owned
           them
           many
           ages
           :
           and
           there
           is
           now
           as
           happy
           a
           Government
           as
           ever
           Scotland
           
           saw
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           only
           tolerat
           them
           but
           hath
           setled
           them
           by
           Law.
           To
           prove
           his
           assertion
           he
           bringeth
           an
           instance
           of
           Mr.
           
             Donald
             Cargill
          
           ,
           a
           
             Hill
             Preacher
          
           whom
           yet
           he
           confesseth
           to
           
             have
             been
             disowned
             by
             the
             sober
             Presbyterians
             :
          
           which
           maketh
           this
           instance
           wholly
           impertinent
           :
           but
           somewhat
           he
           must
           have
           to
           fill
           up
           his
           Paper
           .
           The
           sober
           Presbyterians
           are
           foully
           by
           him
           misrepresented
           that
           
             they
             disowned
             the
             Hill
             Men
             on
             account
             of
             their
             refusing
             to
             thank
          
           K.
           J.
           
             for
             his
             Tolleration
          
           :
           Whereas
           it
           is
           known
           that
           they
           disowned
           them
           on
           account
           of
           their
           wild
           Principles
           ,
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Government
           both
           of
           the
           State
           and
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           they
           did
           long
           before
           
             K.
             J.
          
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           or
           gave
           Indulgence
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           also
           false
           that
           
             none
             but
             Cameronians
             suffered
             any
             thing
             :
          
           and
           that
           
             all
             the
             Sober
             Presbyterians
             were
             setled
             by
             the
             Indulgence
             .
          
           For
           many
           of
           the
           Soberest
           were
           put
           to
           hard
           Sufferings
           both
           for
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           for
           not
           complying
           with
           the
           way
           then
           set
           up
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Indulgence
           came
           ,
           which
           freed
           some
           who
           had
           suffered
           before
           ;
           it
           was
           at
           first
           granted
           but
           to
           a
           few
           :
           and
           when
           it
           was
           enlarged
           by
           K.
           Charles
           some
           were
           permitted
           to
           enjoy
           it
           but
           a
           short
           time
           .
           it
           is
           unfair
           dealing
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           
             Review
             of
             Hist.
             of
             Indulgence
          
           (
           which
           he
           citeth
           )
           doth
           condemn
           and
           refute
           these
           Principles
           ,
           he
           should
           yet
           charge
           us
           with
           them
           .
           If
           Mr.
           D.
           did
           so
           condemn
           (
           as
           this
           Author
           alledgeth
           )
           paying
           Cess
           to
           the
           K.
           (
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           I
           know
           not
           )
           his
           Brethren
           with
           whom
           he
           now
           joineth
           ,
           did
           never
           approve
           of
           such
           Doctrine
           .
           He
           telleth
           us
           of
           
             Acts
             of
             Assemblies
             and
             Covenants
          
           ,
           which
           prove
           our
           unpeaceableness
           such
           of
           them
           as
           have
           been
           cited
           in
           other
           places
           by
           his
           party
           ,
           have
           been
           Answered
           :
           We
           cannot
           Answer
           such
           general
           alledgances
           ,
           but
           by
           denying
           that
           either
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Assemblies
           ,
           or
           the
           Covenants
           ,
           contain
           any
           thing
           that
           prove
           what
           he
           asserteth
           .
           The
           Book
           he
           mentioneth
           (
           which
           I
           have
           not
           seen
           )
           it
           is
           like
           may
           have
           an
           Answer
           ,
           if
           it
           deserve
           it
           .
           If
           it
           assert
           that
           
             Presbyterians
             renounce
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             all
             Power
             save
             that
             of
             the
             Kirk
             :
          
           so
           absurd
           a
           position
           is
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           being
           abundantly
           refuted
           by
           our
           due
           subjection
           to
           our
           present
           Rulers
           ,
           which
           Sober
           Presbyterians
           payed
           also
           to
           them
           under
           whose
           heavy
           hand
           they
           groaned
           .
           For
           farther
           proof
           of
           this
           imputation
           he
           mentioneth
           
             Murthers
             committed
             in
             3
             Rebellions
          
           :
           But
           he
           must
           know
           that
           his
           own
           party
           gave
           the
           rise
           to
           all
           these
           ,
           by
           their
           horrid
           cruelty
           ,
           and
           injustice
           which
           forced
           people
           beyond
           the
           bounds
           of
           that
           patience
           that
           was
           fit
           .
        
         
           He
           blameth
           
             their
             flying
             to
             Arms
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             late
             Revolution
          
           ;
           but
           doth
           not
           tell
           his
           Reader
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           by
           publick
           Authority
           ,
           and
           for
           defence
           of
           the
           States
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           against
           them
           who
           were
           ready
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           or
           hinder
           their
           meeting
           .
           All
           this
           hath
           been
           alledged
           and
           Answered
           in
           other
           Papers
           .
           The
           men
           who
           he
           alledgeth
           did
           last
           year
           
             endeavour
             to
             have
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             by
             force
             renewed
             and
             imposed
             ,
          
           were
           none
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           Though
           they
           call
           themselves
           such
           ;
           nor
           can
           this
           be
           charged
           on
           us
           ,
           more
           than
           all
           the
           practices
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           in
           Germany
           can
           be
           rationally
           imputed
           to
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           which
           yet
           his
           Friends
           the
           Papists
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           same
           Spirit
           by
           which
           this
           Man
           is
           acted
           .
        
         
         
           He
           considereth
           P.
           19
           the
           Learning
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           which
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           confine
           to
           two
           heads
           ,
           
             Antiarminian
             Metaphisick
             ,
             and
             practical
             Divinity
             ,
             which
             they
             pretend
             to
             draw
             from
             the
             heads
             of
             Election
             and
             Reprobation
             ;
             whereby
             they
             Preach
             Men
             out
             of
             their
             Wits
             ,
             and
             very
             often
             into
             Despair
             ,
             and
             self
             Murther
             .
          
           Nothing
           can
           be
           more
           falsely
           ,
           more
           disingenuously
           ,
           nor
           more
           Maliciously
           uttered
           .
           The
           former
           he
           barely
           asserteth
           .
           We
           acknowledge
           that
           
             Scotch
             Presbyterians
          
           are
           generally
           Antiarminians
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           bring
           no
           Arguments
           against
           that
           way
           but
           from
           the
           Metaphysicks
           (
           which
           may
           be
           useful
           in
           the
           controversies
           about
           
             Predetermination
             .
             Free
             will
          
           ,
           and
           
             scientia
             media
          
           )
           is
           false
           ,
           altho'
           it
           is
           a
           wonder
           that
           he
           will
           allow
           so
           much
           Learning
           to
           be
           among
           us
           .
           We
           can
           ,
           and
           do
           ,
           disprove
           all
           the
           Arminian
           Doctrines
           from
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           sound
           Reason
           ,
           as
           
             Augustine
             ,
             Bradwardine
          
           ,
           and
           others
           before
           us
           had
           refuted
           the
           Pelagians
           ,
           their
           Ancestors
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           Calumny
           he
           insisteth
           at
           length
           ,
           but
           with
           weak
           and
           Ridiculous
           proofs
           .
           The
           design
           of
           his
           Discourse
           seemeth
           to
           be
           to
           Ridicule
           all
           Soul-trouble
           ,
           and
           Fears
           and
           doubts
           about
           ones
           Souls
           case
           ,
           and
           about
           Salvation
           ,
           as
           
             Melancboly
             and
             Distraction
          
           .
           What
           Service
           some
           Men
           of
           his
           Atheistical
           temper
           have
           done
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Satan
           ,
           by
           thus
           skarring
           People
           from
           serious
           considering
           the
           state
           and
           danger
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           is
           too
           well
           known
           :
           Our
           Opinion
           and
           practice
           in
           this
           matter
           I
           shall
           briefly
           declare
           ,
           and
           then
           consider
           what
           he
           bringeth
           against
           either
           .
           We
           believe
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           Soveraign
           Pleasure
           ,
           chosen
           some
           from
           Eternity
           to
           obtain
           Salvation
           by
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Repentance
           and
           believing
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           perseverance
           in
           Holy
           walking
           ;
           and
           we
           believe
           also
           that
           he
           hath
           passed
           by
           others
           and
           from
           Eternity
           Decreed
           not
           to
           give
           them
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Decreed
           to
           Damn
           them
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Sins
           that
           he
           foresaw
           would
           follow
           on
           this
           preterition
           ,
           or
           on
           their
           not
           getting
           Grace
           from
           him
           .
           These
           deep
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Divine
           Providence
           we
           do
           not
           often
           ,
           nor
           without
           necessity
           insist
           on
           in
           Sermons
           ;
           though
           we
           think
           we
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           wholly
           silent
           where
           the
           Lord
           hath
           spoken
           in
           his
           word
           :
           Far
           less
           is
           it
           our
           practice
           to
           draw
           consequences
           from
           these
           Decrees
           ,
           to
           frighten
           People
           ,
           or
           to
           lead
           them
           to
           Despair
           :
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           (
           whereas
           troubled
           Souls
           do
           often
           abuse
           these
           Truths
           ,
           and
           Satan
           assists
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           to
           move
           them
           to
           cast
           of
           thoughts
           of
           Believing
           in
           Christ
           ,
           as
           a
           hopeless
           and
           bootless
           thing
           )
           we
           use
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           Election
           of
           a
           particular
           person
           may
           be
           known
           by
           the
           fruits
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           yet
           that
           such
           a
           person
           ,
           in
           particular
           ,
           is
           a
           Reprobate
           ,
           cannot
           be
           known
           before
           their
           Death
           by
           themselves
           nor
           by
           others
           (
           except
           they
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           Sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           which
           is
           rarely
           known
           )
           and
           therefore
           none
           can
           rationally
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           Reprobate
           ,
           and
           therefore
           need
           not
           come
           to
           Christ
           ;
           We
           inform
           them
           from
           the
           Gospel
           that
           whoever
           will
           come
           to
           Christ
           shall
           be
           accepted
           of
           him
           and
           shall
           find
           that
           they
           are
           no
           Reprobates
           :
           We
           tell
           them
           of
           Christs
           being
           able
           to
           save
           to
           the
           uttermost
           ,
           of
           the
           Free
           ,
           Gracious
           ,
           Cordial
           ,
           Universal
           offer
           of
           Christ
           made
           in
           the
           Gospel
           :
           of
           his
           undertaking
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           to
           draw
           the
           Soul
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           give
           it
           strength
           to
           come
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           accept
           of
           them
           who
           
           come
           :
           And
           it
           is
           evident
           to
           all
           that
           know
           us
           ,
           that
           none
           do
           more
           encourage
           Sinners
           ,
           even
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           close
           with
           the
           offers
           of
           Christ
           by
           Faith
           on
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           then
           Presbyterians
           do
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           small
           part
           of
           our
           work
           to
           awaken
           the
           Consciences
           of
           secure
           Sinners
           :
           and
           this
           is
           that
           which
           this
           Man
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           he
           ,
           carp
           at
           :
           But
           this
           we
           do
           ,
           not
           by
           telling
           them
           of
           Reprobation
           ,
           but
           by
           laying
           before
           them
           the
           sinfulness
           of
           their
           nature
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           way
           ,
           their
           lyableness
           to
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           because
           of
           Sin
           :
           And
           the
           Holy
           Justice
           of
           God
           that
           pursueth
           Sinners
           while
           they
           live
           without
           Christ
           :
           and
           the
           impossibility
           of
           escaping
           Wrath
           without
           Believing
           ,
           and
           of
           Believing
           without
           conviction
           of
           sin
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           turning
           from
           Sin
           unto
           God
           :
           And
           if
           this
           Doctrine
           were
           considered
           it
           would
           make
           awakening
           of
           Conscience
           to
           be
           more
           frequent
           than
           it
           is
           ;
           but
           not
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           but
           peoples
           own
           obstinacy
           and
           unbelief
           ,
           will
           drive
           them
           into
           Desperation
           :
           Which
           we
           deny
           not
           may
           be
           the
           effect
           ,
           though
           
             per
             accidens
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           Hardning
           is
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           considered
           it
           is
           easy
           to
           blow
           away
           all
           the
           obloquy
           that
           he
           casteth
           on
           us
           from
           this
           topick
           .
           If
           Mr.
           Brody
           called
           a
           man
           ,
           on
           the
           brink
           of
           Desperation
           ,
           a
           
             Good
             Man
          
           :
           If
           Mr.
           Kir●oun
           called
           Soul-trouble
           for
           Sin
           a
           
             wholesome
             Disease
          
           .
           I
           hope
           they
           did
           not
           mean
           that
           Desperation
           is
           such
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           is
           a
           more
           hopeful
           thing
           to
           see
           a
           Man
           to
           have
           his
           Conscience
           frightned
           with
           the
           sense
           of
           sin
           and
           Soul
           danger
           ;
           than
           that
           he
           should
           be
           lying
           in
           stupid
           presumption
           and
           delusion
           ,
           or
           unconcerned
           about
           Salvation
           ;
           as
           a
           Fever
           coming
           upon
           a
           Palsy
           is
           no
           desireable
           Disease
           of
           it self
           ,
           nor
           without
           danger
           ;
           yet
           it
           giveth
           more
           hope
           than
           if
           the
           Palsy
           should
           continue
           and
           resist
           all
           remedies
           :
           and
           as
           no
           wise
           Physician
           will
           designedly
           procure
           a
           Feaver
           to
           a
           Paralytick
           person
           ,
           but
           endeavour
           the
           cure
           by
           more
           safe
           and
           gentle
           means
           ,
           so
           we
           do
           not
           endeavour
           to
           beget
           Desperation
           ;
           but
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           by
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           with
           the
           Law
           ,
           yet
           the
           Conscience
           must
           be
           awakened
           ,
           or
           the
           Soul
           is
           undone
           for
           ever
           .
           That
           any
           of
           us
           represent
           God
           in
           this
           Mans
           Blasphemous
           notion
           ,
           
             as
             a
             Sour
             ,
             Severe
             ,
             and
             Vnmerciful
             Being
          
           ;
           is
           a
           false
           ▪
           and
           wicked
           imputation
           :
           We
           proclaim
           his
           Mercy
           through
           Christ
           ,
           and
           offer
           it
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           hear
           us
           ,
           good
           and
           bad
           ,
           on
           the
           terms
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           indeed
           we
           tell
           people
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Mercy
           in
           God
           for
           them
           while
           they
           live
           impenitently
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           live
           without
           Christ
           ,
           and
           if
           this
           make
           Men
           Despair
           ,
           we
           Lament
           it
           .
           That
           Mr.
           Vetch
           said
           
             of
             2000
             who
             were
             hearing
             them
             ,
             80
             would
             not
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           ;
           it
           is
           unwarrantable
           boldness
           so
           to
           determine
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           our
           way
           to
           go
           farther
           in
           this
           head
           ,
           than
           to
           say
           ,
           
             there
             are
             few
             that
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           which
           is
           our
           Lords
           own
           Doctrine
           .
           What
           he
           imputeth
           to
           Mr.
           Selkrig
           is
           none
           of
           our
           Doctrine
           we
           know
           that
           God
           seeth
           Sin
           in
           the
           Elect
           before
           Conversion
           ,
           and
           imputeth
           it
           to
           them
           too
           ,
           though
           after
           Conversion
           he
           knoweth
           that
           they
           Sin
           ▪
           and
           is
           angry
           with
           them
           because
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           their
           Sin
           is
           pardoned
           on
           their
           Repentance
           and
           flying
           to
           Christ
           ▪
           Their
           
             Iniquity
             sha●l
             not
             be
             their
             Ruine
             ,
             Ezek.
          
           18.
           30.
           
           We
           mantain
           that
           no
           Sin
           shall
           hinder
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Elect
           ,
           nor
           Damn
           them
           who
           are
           converted
           :
           
           Yet
           there
           is
           no
           encouragement
           to
           Sin
           :
           Because
           they
           who
           go
           on
           in
           Sin
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           can
           be
           none
           of
           Gods
           Elect
           :
           Nor
           can
           they
           be
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Grace
           who
           live
           in
           Sin
           ,
           or
           allow
           any
           sin
           in
           themselves
           .
           Mr.
           Rutherfurd's
           expression
           which
           he
           quarrelleth
           ,
           is
           parallel
           with
           that
           of
           Ezekiel
           .
           last
           cited
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Story
           of
           two
           Self-murderers
           in
           the
           Parish
           of
           Leswade
           :
           We
           know
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           true
           ,
           what
           doth
           it
           make
           against
           us
           :
           Have
           not
           many
           of
           his
           own
           way
           come
           to
           that
           woful
           End
           ;
           and
           must
           that
           he
           made
           an
           Argument
           against
           Episcopacy
           ?
           That
           the
           Presbyterian
           Preacher
           in
           that
           Parish
           discoursed
           at
           the
           rate
           that
           this
           Author
           mentioneth
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           ground
           to
           belive
           ,
           nor
           do
           we
           approve
           such
           Discourse
           .
           That
           
             Presbyterians
             decry
             solid
             Learning
             ,
             and
             particularly
             Antiquity
             ,
          
           is
           said
           with
           a
           Brow
           of
           brass
           .
           That
           
             we
             condemn
             Morality
          
           ,
           is
           a
           horrid
           Calumny
           :
           We
           preach
           it
           up
           :
           And
           I
           wish
           that
           he
           or
           such
           as
           he
           who
           talk
           so
           much
           of
           it
           ,
           did
           commend
           it
           to
           the
           People
           by
           their
           own
           Example
           .
           For
           the
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             The
             whole
             Duty
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           we
           commend
           it
           as
           useful
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           
           Seneca's
           Writtings
           :
           But
           we
           desiderate
           in
           it
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           His
           Vertues
           and
           Grace
           ,
           by
           which
           these
           excellent
           Duties
           which
           that
           Book
           layeth
           on
           us
           ,
           must
           be
           performed
           and
           accepted
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           the
           highest
           Morality
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           distinguished
           from
           supernatural
           Grace
           ,
           is
           not
           regarded
           by
           God.
           His
           Characters
           of
           our
           Sermons
           as
           
             Nonsensick
             Raptures
             ,
             Canting
             ,
             impertinent
             and
             base
             Similies
             ,
             that
             we
             value
             no
             Works
             ,
             but
             what
             tendeth
             to
             propagate
             Presbytry
             :
             That
             we
             make
             Christ
             and
             the
             Gospel
             to
             be
             our
             Kirk
             Government
             :
          
           Are
           a
           parcel
           of
           such
           absurd
           Lies
           as
           deserve
           no
           Answer
           ,
           no
           Men
           do
           more
           mistake
           these
           things
           than
           we
           .
           If
           any
           do
           use
           sometimes
           some
           Modes
           of
           expressing
           Things
           ,
           which
           are
           too
           course
           and
           low
           ;
           yet
           these
           are
           but
           few
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           not
           approved
           in
           that
           way
           by
           others
           :
           And
           there
           are
           as
           many
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           who
           are
           the
           same
           way
           culpable
           .
           That
           
             we
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             on
          
           Believe
           ,
           
             and
             mistake
             Faith
             for
             a
             meer
             Recumbency
             :
          
           It
           is
           no
           sign
           of
           Understanding
           in
           this
           Author
           to
           tax
           us
           with
           it
           ,
           seing
           it
           was
           the
           Apostles
           work
           to
           know
           nothing
           but
           Christ
           and
           Him
           Crucified
           :
           And
           seing
           Faith
           is
           called
           the
           Work
           of
           God
           and
           His
           Commandment
           ,
           above
           other
           things
           that
           are
           enjoined
           :
           the
           ●dd
           way
           that
           some
           have
           of
           acting
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           is
           barely
           asserted
           :
           Certainly
           among
           no
           Party
           all
           Ministers
           are
           uniform
           in
           this
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           among
           us
           that
           amounteth
           to
           Undecency
           ,
           we
           reprove
           it
           ;
           which
           we
           rarely
           have
           occasion
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           we
           might
           recriminate
           if
           we
           were
           so
           disposed
           :
           But
           we
           think
           this
           Author's
           way
           not
           very
           imitable
           .
           
             That
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Hog
            
             said
             to
             one
             that
             he
             could
             not
             be
             Happy
             till
             he
             saw
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             personal
             Converse
             and
             Combat
             with
             him
             :
          
           Is
           a
           pure
           Invention
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           of
           that
           Wise
           and
           Good
           Man
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           in
           Heaven
           :
           And
           I
           give
           assurance
           that
           it
           is
           no
           Presbyterian
           Principle
           .
        
         
           He
           cometh
           now
           Pag
           25
           to
           discourse
           of
           the
           
             Civility
             of
             Presbyterians
          
           ,
           and
           setteth
           them
           out
           as
           
             Denying
             the
             common
             Civilities
             due
             to
             Mankind
             ,
             to
             Persons
             of
             the
             best
             Rank
             who
             differ
             from
             them
             :
          
           The
           contrary
           of
           this
           is
           known
           to
           all
           them
           
           who
           Converse
           in
           Scotland
           :
           May
           be
           he
           meaneth
           of
           such
           as
           scruple
           to
           call
           a
           
             Bishop
             my
             Lord
          
           :
           which
           yet
           many
           Presbyterians
           have
           freedom
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           do
           Presbyterians
           carry
           so
           to
           the
           Nobility
           and
           Gentrie
           ,
           
             That
             they
             flee
             from
             the
             Company
             where
             a
             Curat
             is
             ,
          
           as
           a
           Pest
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           a
           common
           sign
           of
           Grace
           ,
           is
           an
           Assertion
           beyond
           the
           ordinary
           size
           of
           Impudence
           :
           
             That
             we
             applaud
             and
             approve
             the
             Murtherers
             of
             the
             Arch-bishop
             of
             St.
             Andr●ws
             ;
          
           is
           of
           the
           same
           Stamp
           .
           Now
           he
           will
           give
           some
           Instances
           for
           proof
           of
           these
           Assertions
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             General
             Assembly
             refused
             to
             appoint
             one
             to
             preach
             a
             Sermon
             for
             the
             Anniversary
             Day
             of
             the
             Martyrdom
             of
             K.
             Charles
             the
             First
             ,
             when
             the
             Privy
             Council
             enjoyned
             it
             ,
          
           and
           that
           according
           to
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           :
           (
           which
           Act
           is
           a
           ●eer
           Invention
           of
           his
           own
           ▪
           )
           Here
           is
           an
           Instance
           of
           this
           Author
           's
           learned
           way
           of
           Reasoning
           ,
           rather
           than
           of
           the
           Ru●ticity
           of
           the
           Ministers
           :
           Had
           they
           given
           the
           Council
           any
           harsh
           or
           unbecoming
           words
           in
           this
           their
           Refusal
           ▪
           ●is
           Instance
           had
           been
           pertinent
           :
           If
           a
           Presbyterian
           had
           so
           reasoned
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           called
           it
           Nonsense
           :
           Were
           the
           three
           Children
           Rude
           or
           Uncivil
           when
           they
           refused
           to
           fall
           down
           before
           an
           Image
           at
           the
           Kings
           Command
           ?
           I
           suppose
           he
           will
           not
           say
           it
           ,
           though
           their
           Answer
           was
           not
           half
           so
           smoothly
           worded
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Ministers
           to
           the
           Council
           :
           (
           I
           do
           not
           compare
           the
           things
           ●njoyned
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Carriage
           in
           both
           cases
           ,
           of
           them
           who
           could
           not
           obey
           )
           It
           is
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           to
           us
           ,
           to
           observe
           Anniversary
           Holy
           Days
           without
           Divine
           Warrand
           :
           If
           any
           spake
           indiscreetly
           in
           their
           Sermons
           on
           that
           Day
           ,
           themselves
           are
           to
           Answer
           for
           it
           :
           The
           Answer
           that
           he
           maketh
           the
           Ministers
           to
           give
           to
           the
           Council
           ,
           is
           purely
           of
           his
           own
           coyning
           :
           If
           Civility
           ly
           in
           subjecting
           the
           Conscience
           to
           whatever
           Men
           shall
           please
           to
           enjoyn
           ▪
           we
           willingly
           yeild
           to
           this
           Man
           and
           his
           Party
           ,
           in
           that
           good
           Quality
           .
           His
           Second
           Instance
           ,
           of
           what
           Mr.
           Areskine
           said
           ,
           the
           Day
           after
           the
           Adjournment
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           is
           as
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           :
           For
           what
           ever
           it
           may
           prove
           of
           Mr.
           A
           —
           's
           dissatisfaction
           with
           what
           had
           past
           ,
           it
           proveth
           nothing
           of
           Ru●ticity
           ,
           on
           of
           our
           denying
           to
           them
           we
           converse
           with
           ,
           the
           common
           Civilities
           due
           to
           Mankind
           Beside
           I
           deny
           that
           Mr.
           
           Areskine's
           words
           are
           here
           fairly
           represented
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           not
           no●●
           to
           Answer
           for
           himself
           :
           But
           they
           who
           heard
           him
           deny
           that
           he
           spoke
           such
           words
           His
           3d.
           Instance
           is
           a
           gross
           Untruth
           ,
           the
           Moderator
           said
           no
           such
           words
           as
           he
           alledgeth
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Terms
             of
             Communion
             proposed
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             taking
             in
             the
             Conformists
             ,
             was
             insolently
             rejected
             by
             all
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             except
             Mr.
             Orrock
             ;
             is
             another
             Falsehood
             :
          
           For
           1.
           
           The
           Consideration
           of
           this
           Matter
           never
           came
           before
           the
           Assembly
           :
           It
           was
           Referred
           to
           a
           Committee
           ;
           and
           the
           Committees
           Determination
           was
           never
           suffered
           by
           his
           Grace
           my
           Lord
           Commissioner
           ▪
           to
           come
           before
           the
           Assembly
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Committee
           did
           not
           reject
           these
           Terms
           of
           Communion
           ,
           but
           agreed
           to
           them
           ,
           provided
           they
           who
           should
           be
           taken
           in
           would
           explain
           some
           dubious
           Expressions
           in
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           refused
           to
           do
           .
           Another
           thing
           he
           falsly
           asserteth
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             common
             Discourse
             and
             Preaching
             of
             Presbyterians
             was
             ,
             That
             King
             William
             designed
             to
             Dethrone
             King
             JESVS
             :
             That
             
             any
             Formula
             but
             the
             Covenant
             ,
          
           was
           of
           the
           Devil
           's
           making
           .
           I
           wish
           he
           could
           tell
           us
           who
           said
           so
           ;
           for
           we
           know
           them
           not
           .
           He
           saith
           also
           ,
           
             That
             the
             who●●
             Assembly
             Protested
             against
             the
             King's
             Power
             to
             Dissolve
             the
             Assembly
             ,
          
           wher●
           as
           many
           in
           the
           Assembly
           said
           nothing
           ;
           but
           were
           grieved
           for
           what
           others
           said
           ,
           i●
           the
           manner
           in
           which
           it
           was
           spoken
           :
           And
           what
           was
           said
           ,
           did
           no
           way
           amoun●
           to
           a
           Protestation
           ;
           but
           was
           an
           Assertion
           of
           the
           Churches
           intrinsick
           Power
           to
           mee●
           in
           her
           Assemblies
           .
           
             That
             they
             went
             to
             the
             Cross
             of
             Edinburgh
             ,
             and
             took
             a
             formal
             Protestation
             against
             the
             King
             ;
          
           is
           so
           notoriously
           false
           ,
           that
           all
           Edinburgh
           knoweth
           the
           contrary
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           reported
           (
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           )
           that
           a
           certain
           obscure
           Person
           (
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           of
           what
           Principle
           ,
           or
           whence
           he
           came
           ,
           we
           know
           not
           ;
           or
           whether
           he
           were
           not
           set
           on
           by
           this
           Author
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           his
           Gang
           )
           on
           the
           Street
           ,
           near
           the
           Cross
           ,
           did
           Protest
           against
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           But
           I
           hope
           the
           Presbyterians
           are
           not
           to
           Answer
           for
           every
           thing
           that
           is
           done
           at
           the
           Cross
           of
           Edinburgh
           .
           The
           several
           Stories
           P.
           28.
           and
           29.
           that
           he
           hath
           either
           Coyned
           ,
           or
           pickt
           up
           from
           Men
           of
           the
           same
           Talent
           of
           Invention
           with
           himself
           ,
           we
           are
           little
           concerned
           in
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           Presbyterians
           generally
           do
           Love
           ,
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Pray
           Cordially
           for
           King
           William
           ,
           and
           do
           hope
           that
           as
           the
           the
           Lord
           hath
           made
           him
           an
           Instrument
           of
           Good
           for
           his
           Church
           ,
           that
           so
           he
           will
           do
           still
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           another
           Fling
           at
           them
           for
           not
           observing
           Anniversary
           Days
           ,
           which
           he
           repeateth
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           a
           new
           Notion
           that
           had
           come
           into
           his
           Head
           ;
           
             That
             we
             Preach
             an
             Anniversary
             Sermon
             on
             Mr.
             Heriot
             ,
             because
             the
             Preacher
             getteth
             5
             lib.
             a
             new
             Hat
             ,
             and
             Bible
             .
          
           I
           pass
           in
           silence
           his
           Mistake
           about
           the
           Reward
           for
           the
           Sermon
           ,
           as
           not
           material
           .
           The
           real
           difference
           lyeth
           in
           this
           ;
           that
           the
           Days
           that
           we
           have
           refused
           to
           keep
           are
           holy
           Days
           ,
           or
           pretended
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           and
           separated
           by
           Mens
           Authority
           from
           the
           other
           Days
           of
           the
           Year
           :
           This
           that
           he
           objecteth
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           ;
           only
           a
           Sermon
           is
           that
           Day
           Preached
           to
           put
           People
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Charity
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Pious
           Founder
           of
           that
           Hospital
           had
           been
           examplary
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Day
           is
           imployed
           as
           other
           Days
           are
           .
           He
           chargeth
           us
           with
           Disingenuity
           ,
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Covetousness
           (
           according
           to
           his
           
             Catholick
             Charity
          
           ,
           which
           he
           elsewhere
           denieth
           to
           be
           in
           us
           )
           his
           proof
           of
           this
           is
           ,
           we
           are
           against
           Pluralities
           ;
           and
           yet
           Dr.
           Rule
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Vetch
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             William
             Vetch
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             David
             Williamson
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             John
             Dickson
             ,
             are
             sueing
             for
             5
             or
             6
             Stipends
             at
             once
             :
             And
             Mr.
          
           Ki●ton
           in
           Edinburgh
           
             went
             to
          
           Marten
           
             where
             he
             had
             been
             Preacher
             ,
             and
             got
             the
             Incumbent
             put
             out
             ,
             and
             a
             Right
             to
             his
             Stipend
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             in
          
           Edinburgh
           too
           .
           Answ.
           1.
           
           I
           have
           heard
           indeed
           that
           one
           of
           these
           named
           did
           Petition
           the
           Lords
           of
           Council
           for
           one
           or
           two
           Vacand
           Stipends
           for
           one
           Year
           ,
           to
           make
           up
           some
           great
           Losses
           that
           he
           had
           sustained
           ;
           what
           he
           obtained
           I
           am
           not
           certain
           .
           But
           even
           the
           motion
           was
           disrelished
           by
           his
           Brethren
           :
           But
           this
           is
           far
           from
           approving
           Pluralities
           where
           one
           Man
           taketh
           up
           yearly
           the
           Revenue
           of
           diverse
           places
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           Minister
           in
           each
           of
           these
           places
           should
           be
           maintained
           .
           2.
           
           Some
           of
           these
           whom
           he
           nameth
           are
           
           most
           shamefully
           abused
           by
           him
           (
           for
           it
           seemeth
           he
           throweth
           his
           Darts
           at
           random
           not
           caring
           where
           they
           hit
           ,
           if
           they
           light
           but
           on
           a
           Presbyterian
           )
           Mr.
           
             David
             Williamson
          
           had
           no
           accession
           to
           this
           practice
           ;
           nor
           did
           Mr
           ,
           Rule
           ever
           seek
           a
           Stipend
           ,
           or
           receive
           any
           ,
           except
           what
           fell
           yearly
           due
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           was
           due
           ,
           in
           the
           place
           where
           he
           laboured
           .
           3.
           
           As
           for
           Mr.
           Kirton
           ,
           the
           Stipend
           that
           became
           due
           to
           him
           at
           Marten
           ,
           most
           of
           it
           he
           freely
           gave
           to
           the
           Episcopal
           Minister
           that
           was
           put
           out
           ;
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Poor
           ;
           which
           this
           Author
           might
           have
           known
           by
           a
           Book
           ,
           which
           he
           in
           this
           Pamphlet
           pretendeth
           to
           Answer
           .
           Another
           Story
           he
           hath
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           of
           Mr.
           
             Anthony
             Murray
          
           ,
           who
           is
           now
           at
           rest
           from
           his
           Labour
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           grossly
           belieth
           ;
           Mr.
           Murray
           having
           lived
           (
           during
           his
           being
           put
           from
           his
           Charge
           ,
           at
           Coulter
           )
           in
           Dunsire
           ,
           and
           Preached
           there
           :
           When
           he
           was
           to
           return
           to
           his
           own
           Charge
           ,
           he
           got
           the
           half
           of
           1689
           ,
           in
           Dunsire
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           half
           of
           it
           in
           Coulter
           :
           Here
           is
           no
           plurality
           ;
           most
           of
           which
           he
           bestowed
           on
           the
           Poor
           of
           these
           Parishes
           ;
           for
           he
           was
           neither
           Needy
           nor
           a
           Niggard
           .
           The
           Episcopal
           incumbent
           in
           Dunsire
           ,
           though
           put
           out
           ,
           yet
           got
           the
           half
           of
           the
           Stipend
           of
           the
           Year
           1691.
           
           The
           Story
           of
           Mr.
           
             George
             Johnston
          
           is
           too
           famous
           among
           us
           :
           He
           grew
           Rich
           by
           the
           beneficence
           of
           good
           People
           ,
           who
           valued
           him
           highly
           for
           his
           excellent
           Gift
           of
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           his
           good
           Conversation
           in
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           only
           he
           overlooked
           in
           his
           Wife
           many
           Covetous
           Practices
           ,
           which
           were
           a
           grief
           of
           Heart
           to
           Presbyterians
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           to
           be
           known
           .
           The
           Passages
           at
           the
           dying
           Man's
           Bed-side
           ,
           that
           our
           Author
           imputeth
           to
           Mr.
           Johnston
           ,
           is
           a
           most
           wicked
           Invention
           :
           Such
           horrid
           Hypocrisy
           had
           been
           enough
           among
           Presbyterians
           to
           render
           a
           Man
           uncapable
           to
           exercise
           the
           Ministry
           .
        
         
           The
           Story
           of
           Mr.
           Balf●ur
           we
           deny
           not
           ,
           but
           lament
           :
           He
           was
           for
           it
           Deposed
           by
           the
           Presbytry
           ;
           and
           for
           many
           Lords
           Days
           did
           publickly
           profess
           his
           Repentance
           at
           the
           several
           Churches
           where
           he
           had
           occasionally
           preached
           .
           as
           well
           as
           at
           Eccles
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           fixed
           in
           a
           Meeting-house
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           Author
           hath
           the
           Impudence
           to
           Charge
           Presbyterians
           with
           this
           blame
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           in
           ,
           excusing
           or
           extenuating
           it
           as
           a
           
             Slip
             of
             the
             Saints
          
           :
           I
           wish
           Scandals
           were
           as
           duely
           Censured
           among
           his
           own
           party
           .
           What
           he
           telleth
           us
           
             of
             Injury
             done
             to
             Mr.
          
           Heriot
           in
           Dalkeith
           ,
           is
           abundantly
           Vindicated
           in
           a
           Paper
           Printed
           last
           year
           on
           that
           Subject
           ;
           to
           which
           I
           referr
           the
           Reader
           :
           He
           was
           first
           Deposed
           by
           the
           Presbytry
           ,
           not
           for
           
             Dancing
             about
             a
             Bonfire
          
           (
           tho
           that
           was
           mentioned
           also
           in
           his
           Lybel
           )
           but
           for
           other
           Immoralities
           :
           He
           Appealed
           to
           the
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           who
           referred
           his
           Case
           to
           the
           Synod
           ;
           they
           Examined
           it
           ,
           and
           Ratified
           the
           Sentence
           .
           He
           made
           Application
           to
           the
           Privy
           Counsel
           ,
           who
           desired
           the
           following
           Synod
           to
           review
           their
           own
           sentence
           :
           Which
           they
           did
           and
           again
           confirmed
           it
           .
           He
           hath
           taken
           it
           on
           trust
           (
           because
           he
           hateth
           us
           )
           that
           
             we
             are
             of
             a
             Malicious
             and
             crabbed
             Nature
             :
          
           And
           he
           strains
           at
           assigning
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           ;
           viz.
           that
           
             we
             never
             suffered
             Affliction
          
           :
           Which
           he
           largely
           insisteth
           on
           in
           his
           mocking
           stile
           :
           
             That
             the
             Godly
             Sisters
             supplied
             them
             so
             that
             they
             lived
             better
             than
             before
             :
          
           This
           our
           party
           needeth
           not
           be
           ashamed
           of
           :
           this
           Mocker
           would
           have
           Ridiculed
           Christ
           also
           ,
           to
           whom
           Women
           
           (
           the
           
             Godly
             Sisters
          
           that
           he
           flouteth
           )
           Ministred
           of
           their
           substance
           .
           The
           Charity
           of
           his
           party
           is
           not
           so
           commendable
           by
           far
           .
           The
           Railing
           and
           Mocking
           that
           on
           this
           occasion
           he
           farther
           venteth
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           Answered
           but
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           as
           the
           the
           Froth
           of
           a
           Distempered
           Mind
           .
           It
           is
           not
           to
           be
           overlookt
           that
           he
           saith
           P.
           84.
           
           
             that
             we
             disown
             the
             practices
             of
             the
             wild
             Men
             ,
             and
             yet
             magnify
             that
             persecution
             that
             they
             underwent
             ,
          
           as
           if
           we
           had
           shared
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           not
           .
           Here
           are
           several
           Mistakes
           (
           to
           use
           the
           softest
           words
           that
           such
           Absurdities
           are
           capable
           of
           )
           first
           that
           we
           counted
           them
           all
           
             Wild
             Men
          
           who
           had
           an
           hand
           in
           the
           insurrections
           and
           suffered
           :
           We
           know
           many
           of
           them
           were
           Good
           and
           Sober
           Men
           otherwise
           ,
           tho'
           in
           these
           practices
           we
           do
           not
           approve
           their
           conduct
           ;
           yet
           pity
           them
           ,
           as
           being
           forced
           on
           these
           courses
           by
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           Hardship
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           put
           to
           for
           their
           Consciences
           .
           2dly
           .
           That
           none
           but
           they
           who
           took
           Arms
           suffered
           any
           thing
           ,
           how
           many
           were
           Fined
           in
           a
           fourth
           part
           of
           their
           yearly
           Rent
           for
           hearing
           one
           Sermon
           :
           How
           many
           intercommuned
           ,
           Imprisoned
           ,
           forced
           to
           flee
           ,
           for
           not
           hearing
           ?
           Yea
           the
           spite
           of
           that
           party
           appeared
           more
           against
           the
           Soberest
           than
           against
           others
           .
           3dly
           .
           These
           whom
           the
           Book
           that
           he
           ascribeth
           to
           Mr.
           Rule
           calleth
           Wild-Men
           ,
           were
           a
           party
           which
           sprung
           out
           of
           them
           who
           took
           Arms
           ,
           and
           disowned
           the
           Presbyterian
           Church
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Episcopal
           Men
           ,
           and
           State
           :
           Of
           these
           indeed
           some
           suffered
           for
           disowning
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           ;
           but
           few
           in
           comparison
           of
           others
           .
           As
           for
           Mr.
           Wisharts
           Sufferings
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           approve
           the
           severity
           that
           was
           used
           against
           him
           ;
           but
           do
           commend
           his
           Moderation
           and
           Charity
           after
           he
           was
           advanced
           :
           But
           I
           am
           sure
           many
           Presbyterians
           suffered
           as
           much
           ,
           and
           shewed
           as
           much
           meekness
           to
           their
           Persecutors
           .
           He
           compareth
           the
           Meekness
           ,
           and
           Moderation
           of
           Episcopal
           Men
           when
           in
           power
           ,
           with
           the
           ingratitude
           of
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             who
             now
             are
             the
             Instruments
             of
             persecuting
             them
             that
             saved
             them
             :
          
           And
           he
           bringeth
           two
           instances
           ;
           one
           of
           a
           nameless
           person
           who
           informed
           against
           Mr.
           Monro
           of
           Stirling
           ;
           Another
           ,
           of
           one
           
             Ronaldson
             against
             on
          
           Mr.
           
             Burnet
             ,
             Minister
             at
             Cranston
          
           .
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           some
           few
           of
           the
           Episcopal
           Ministers
           had
           aversion
           from
           that
           horrid
           Persecution
           that
           their
           Brethren
           practised
           ,
           and
           did
           some
           Acts
           of
           Kindness
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Sufferers
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           when
           these
           persons
           had
           to
           do
           with
           Presbyterian
           Judicatories
           ,
           they
           had
           respect
           to
           them
           for
           that
           their
           Moderation
           ;
           but
           if
           one
           or
           two
           were
           not
           so
           thankful
           as
           was
           fit
           to
           their
           Benefactors
           (
           which
           yet
           is
           not
           sufficiently
           prov'd
           by
           this
           Authors
           assertion
           )
           the
           Presbyterians
           blame
           such
           Actions
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           for
           them
           .
           His
           citation
           out
           of
           Mr.
           
             D.
             D.
          
           Sermon
           ,
           is
           Answered
           ,
           as
           Another
           of
           the
           same
           persons
           above
           .
           He
           chargeth
           us
           that
           
             singly
             we
             condemn
             the
             proceedings
             of
             our
             party
             ,
             But
             in
             meettings
             we
             approve
             them
          
           ;
           this
           is
           a
           gross
           Calumny
           ;
           if
           he
           can
           charge
           any
           individual
           among
           us
           with
           such
           disingenuous
           dealing
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           appear
           in
           any
           particular
           Act
           ,
           we
           shall
           blame
           such
           practices
           as
           much
           as
           he
           can
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           attempted
           .
           In
           what
           remaineth
           of
           this
           Section
           ,
           tho'
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           truth
           ,
           yet
           the
           Author
           is
           secure
           from
           a
           Refutation
           of
           his
           Lies
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           a
           bundle
           of
           Calumnies
           in
           general
           terms
           ,
           without
           either
           instances
           ,
           or
           
           any
           thing
           that
           looketh
           like
           a
           proof
           .
           That
           the
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           do
           either
           Preach
           so
           fillily
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           or
           
             are
             deserted
             by
             their
             Hearers
          
           ,
           or
           even
           
             by
             persons
             of
             the
             best
             Rank
             and
             Understanding
             ,
          
           is
           most
           false
           :
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           their
           people
           are
           generally
           of
           better
           Morals
           than
           they
           are
           who
           leave
           them
           .
           That
           
             we
             condemn
             making
             use
             of
             Books
             in
             composing
             Sermons
          
           ;
           is
           false
           :
           We
           disprove
           Repeating
           of
           other
           Mens
           Sermons
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           known
           some
           of
           their
           most
           eminent
           Men
           have
           done
           ,
           and
           that
           ordinarily
           :
           But
           there
           is
           an
           other
           use
           of
           Books
           then
           Transcribing
           large
           parcells
           of
           them
           :
           If
           any
           of
           ours
           have
           done
           so
           ,
           let
           them
           bear
           their
           blame
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           not
           so
           common
           with
           us
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           with
           his
           own
           party
           .
           After
           all
           these
           Falsehoods
           ,
           he
           hath
           the
           impudence
           to
           say
           that
           
             these
             things
             are
             too
             well
             known
             to
             be
             denied
             among
             us
             :
          
           I
           appeal
           to
           all
           the
           Nation
           if
           ever
           they
           heard
           of
           most
           of
           his
           Stories
           ,
           till
           his
           Book
           brought
           them
           to
           light
           ;
           yea
           it
           is
           known
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           them
           are
           down
           right
           Lies
           .
        
         
           Our
           Author
           in
           his
           second
           Section
           (
           having
           said
           so
           much
           against
           Presbyterians
           without
           Book
           in
           his
           first
           )
           will
           now
           make
           surer
           work
           ,
           and
           expose
           them
           out
           of
           their
           Printed
           Books
           ,
           which
           every
           one
           may
           Read
           ,
           and
           Judge
           whether
           he
           dealeth
           fairly
           with
           them
           or
           not
           .
           But
           even
           here
           his
           Candor
           will
           be
           found
           short
           of
           that
           which
           becometh
           a
           Christian
           ;
           for
           he
           chargeth
           some
           things
           on
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           on
           account
           of
           things
           written
           by
           Men
           who
           were
           as
           opposite
           to
           the
           Sober
           Presbyterians
           as
           to
           Episcopal
           Men
           ;
           what
           is
           in
           others
           of
           their
           Books
           he
           doth
           often
           misrepresent
           .
           But
           the
           thing
           will
           appear
           more
           clearly
           in
           particulars
           ,
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           we
           go
           along
           .
           The
           first
           he
           dealeth
           with
           is
           a
           Sermon
           of
           Mr.
           
             William
             Guthry
          
           ;
           who
           was
           an
           eminent
           Servant
           of
           God
           ;
           he
           hath
           now
           been
           Dead
           20
           or
           30
           years
           .
           The
           Sermon
           be
           saith
           
             is
             fall
             of
             Curse●
          
           ,
           and
           he
           citeth
           one
           passage
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           no
           Presbyterian
           will
           approve
           .
           He
           saith
           that
           Sermon
           is
           mightily
           applauded
           in
           the
           West
           .
           He
           is
           not
           ashamed
           to
           Reproach
           the
           Living
           and
           the
           Dead
           .
           For
           all
           that
           knew
           Mr.
           
             William
             Guthry
          
           ,
           will
           averr
           that
           such
           horrid
           and
           rude
           expressions
           are
           not
           like
           to
           have
           dropped
           from
           his
           mouth
           .
           I
           have
           indeed
           heard
           of
           a
           Sermon
           that
           went
           under
           Mr.
           Guthries
           Name
           ;
           which
           was
           pretended
           to
           have
           been
           written
           from
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           (
           but
           by
           some
           ignorant
           and
           unskilful
           person
           )
           and
           Printed
           without
           his
           Knowledge
           whether
           this
           may
           not
           be
           the
           Sermon
           he
           speaketh
           of
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           that
           Sermon
           I
           have
           never
           seen
           ,
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           tell
           how
           faithfully
           the
           words
           are
           cited
           by
           our
           Author
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           the
           people
           in
           the
           West
           were
           so
           taken
           with
           it
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           heard
           more
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           cannot
           meet
           with
           any
           person
           who
           knoweth
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           .
           His
           next
           citation
           we
           are
           little
           concerned
           in
           ,
           Mr.
           Walwood
           was
           one
           of
           the
           
             Hill
             Preachers
          
           who
           did
           not
           much
           favour
           the
           Soberer
           sort
           of
           Presbyterians
           ;
           neither
           do
           I
           know
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           is
           alledged
           ,
           having
           never
           seen
           that
           Sermon
           .
           He
           cometh
           next
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Sermons
           that
           were
           Preached
           before
           the
           Parliament
           (
           where
           he
           unmannerly
           and
           calumniously
           Reflecteth
           on
           a
           person
           of
           great
           worth
           ,
           and
           Honour
           His
           Majesties
           high
           Commissioner
           the
           Earl
           of
           Melvill
           :
           others
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           also
           Printed
           ,
           he
           taketh
           no
           notice
           of
           :
           He
           falsely
           (
           as
           well
           as
           in
           a
           wickedly
           scoffing
           
           (
           strain
           asserteth
           that
           
             these
             Sermons
             were
             carefully
             kept
             from
             Malignant
             Hands
             :
          
           For
           they
           were
           exposed
           to
           publick
           Sale
           ,
           and
           called
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           as
           other
           Prints
           use
           to
           be
           :
           So
           that
           every
           one
           who
           pleased
           might
           have
           them
           .
           That
           these
           Sermons
           ,
           
             Extol
             Presbyterian
             Government
             with
             Epithites
             due
             to
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             Christs
             Bride
             ,
          
           &c.
           is
           impudently
           asserted
           :
           He
           is
           challenged
           to
           shew
           where
           this
           is
           done
           :
           They
           commend
           
             Christs
             Bride
             ,
             Gods
             House
          
           &c.
           
           But
           do
           never
           give
           ground
           to
           think
           that
           they
           mean
           only
           of
           Church-Government
           ,
           but
           evidence
           that
           they
           mean
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           Doctrine
           Worship
           ,
           and
           Discipline
           ;
           whereof
           
             Presbyterian
             Government
          
           is
           but
           a
           part
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           chief
           part
           :
           These
           Preachers
           spake
           to
           a
           Parliament
           who
           had
           under
           consideration
           the
           Christian
           Reformed
           Religion
           ,
           contained
           in
           the
           
             Confession
             of
             Faith
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           had
           good
           ground
           to
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           great
           weight
           of
           what
           was
           before
           them
           ,
           though
           Presbytry
           had
           deserved
           no
           regard
           .
           What
           he
           citeth
           out
           of
           Mr.
           Spaldings
           Sermon
           is
           very
           applicable
           to
           what
           I
           have
           mentioned
           :
           Indeed
           if
           the
           Reader
           will
           allow
           all
           this
           Mans
           glosses
           on
           these
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           think
           that
           they
           mean
           whatever
           he
           fancieth
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           lookt
           on
           as
           absurd
           enough
           :
           But
           let
           this
           be
           observed
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           that
           tho'
           Presbyterians
           never
           thought
           that
           the
           whole
           of
           the
           Interest
           of
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           the
           chief
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           lay
           in
           the
           setting
           up
           Presbytry
           ;
           yet
           they
           look
           on
           it
           as
           Christs
           Ordinance
           and
           therefore
           the
           setting
           it
           up
           is
           one
           thing
           that
           belongeth
           to
           building
           of
           the
           House
           of
           God
           :
           And
           if
           he
           can
           disprove
           this
           Notion
           of
           things
           ,
           let
           him
           produce
           his
           strong
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           He
           next
           dealeth
           with
           Mr.
           Rules
           Sermon
           :
           Where
           first
           he
           quarreleth
           with
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           from
           it
           observeth
           that
           
             their
             (
             the
             Presbyterians
             )
             Texts
             are
             generally
             out
             of
             the
             obscurest
             places
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
          
           where
           an
           intelligent
           Reader
           will
           laugh
           at
           his
           Folly
           ,
           unless
           he
           can
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           first
           that
           Mr.
           R.
           is
           Presbyterians
           in
           general
           ,
           or
           either
           that
           he
           always
           hath
           such
           Texts
           ;
           or
           Presbyterians
           generally
           do
           as
           he
           did
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           chusing
           their
           Texts
           .
           2.
           
           That
           Isai.
           2.
           2.
           is
           one
           of
           the
           obscurest
           places
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           .
           He
           next
           affirms
           that
           
             Mr.
             R.
             taketh
             it
             for
             granted
             that
             the
             Mountain
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             there
             spoken
             of
             ,
             is
             expresly
             meant
             of
             Scottish
             Presbytry
             :
          
           How
           he
           can
           make
           this
           appear
           is
           hard
           to
           guess
           :
           for
           no
           such
           thing
           is
           said
           ,
           or
           hinted
           or
           implyed
           ,
           in
           any
           part
           or
           passage
           of
           that
           Sermon
           :
           Yea
           nor
           is
           Presbytry
           so
           much
           as
           once
           mentioned
           ,
           either
           expresly
           or
           by
           circumlocution
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Parliament
           is
           there
           exhorted
           to
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           settle
           the
           true
           Religion
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           establish
           the
           Church
           in
           Purity
           :
           To
           which
           we
           deny
           not
           the
           setting
           up
           of
           Presbytry
           doth
           belong
           .
           It
           is
           then
           a
           strange
           notion
           that
           he
           hath
           ,
           that
           
             to
             us
             ,
             the
             only
             true
             Religion
             is
             Scotch
             Presbytry
             ,
          
           but
           he
           thinketh
           his
           Tongue
           is
           his
           own
           ,
           who
           is
           Lord
           over
           him
           .
           Let
           any
           Man
           read
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           compare
           it
           ,
           with
           this
           Authors
           Marginal
           ,
           and
           other
           Notes
           he
           hath
           on
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           find
           that
           the
           Man
           can
           find
           no
           way
           to
           reach
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           Additions
           to
           it
           ,
           not
           by
           any
           thing
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Discourse
           itself
           :
           And
           it
           may
           be
           observed
           that
           in
           that
           Sermon
           the
           Preacher
           did
           purposely
           shun
           mentioning
           our
           differences
           ;
           but
           pressed
           in
           general
           a
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           as
           
           may
           be
           gathered
           from
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           his
           Sermon
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             have
             not
             in
             this
             Discourse
             been
             very
             particular
             ,
             in
             bespeaking
             your
             care
             and
             zeal
             for
             the
             things
             controverted
             among
             us
             :
             Partly
             because
             time
             doth
             not
             allow
             to
             insist
             on
             such
             Debates
             :
             And
             partly
             ,
             because
             I
             am
             confident
             they
             were
             Men
             cordially
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             the
             Life
             and
             power
             of
             Religion
             ,
             they
             would
             readily
             fall
             in
             to
             accord
             about
             the
             things
             that
             have
             been
             the
             matter
             of
             our
             differences
             .
          
           These
           considered
           all
           his
           quibbles
           against
           this
           Sermon
           will
           evanish
           like
           Smoke
           .
        
         
           He
           useth
           this
           same
           quibbling
           way
           with
           Mr.
           D.
           Williamson's
           Sermon
           :
           Nothing
           that
           is
           in
           any
           degree
           to
           purpose
           he
           bringeth
           against
           it
           ,
           save
           on
           passage
           .
           viz.
           
           
             That
             Presbyterian
             Government
             is
             no
             light
             matter
             it
             is
             an
             ordinance
             of
             God
             the
             Royal
             Diadem
             of
             Christ
             ;
             He
             was
             a
             Martyre
             on
             this
             head
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             his
             ditty
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
          
           John.
           19.
           19.
           
           Jesus
           of
           Nazereth
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           A.
           It
           is
           evident
           that
           Mr.
           W.
           doth
           there
           
             (
             P.
             17.
          
           )
           speak
           in
           the
           general
           of
           a
           Government
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           And
           that
           Christ
           was
           a
           Martyr
           for
           his
           Kingly
           Office
           ,
           one
           part
           of
           the
           exercise
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           to
           appoint
           a
           Government
           in
           his
           house
           :
           And
           if
           we
           can
           make
           appear
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           done
           by
           several
           )
           that
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           the
           parity
           of
           Presbyters
           is
           that
           Government
           which
           Christ
           insituted
           ●
           .
           And
           that
           this
           parity
           is
           observed
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           then
           it
           will
           follow
           that
           
             Scotch
             Presbytry
          
           (
           which
           he
           is
           thus
           pleased
           to
           vilify
           )
           belongeth
           to
           (
           tho'
           it
           be
           not
           the
           whole
           of
           )
           
             Christs
             Royal
             Diadem
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           who
           would
           set
           up
           another
           way
           do
           usurp
           upon
           the
           prerogative
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           The
           Sermon
           that
           he
           next
           maketh
           his
           Observations
           on
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           P.
           45.
           to
           49
           seems
           to
           be
           done
           (
           if
           his
           Citations
           out
           of
           it
           be
           just
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           not
           seen
           this
           Sermon
           )
           by
           one
           of
           too
           hot
           a
           temper
           :
           And
           there
           are
           many
           things
           in
           it
           that
           the
           more
           intelligent
           and
           Sober
           Presbyterians
           do
           not
           own
           :
           Wherefore
           there
           needs
           no
           more
           be
           said
           in
           Answer
           to
           what
           he
           asserteth
           against
           us
           from
           that
           Discourse
           ;
           only
           on
           his
           Margine
           he
           taketh
           notice
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Rule
           (
           for
           all
           along
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           suppose
           him
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Answer
           to
           the
           five
           Pamphlets
           )
           
             denieth
             that
             it
             hath
             been
             used
             to
             take
             Parents
             engaged
             ,
             when
             their
             Children
             are
             Baptized
             ,
             to
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           Mr.
           Rule
           (
           or
           who
           ever
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Book
           )
           saith
           only
           ,
           that
           
             this
             is
             not
             the
             common
             practice
          
           in
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Church
             now
             settled
          
           :
           And
           I
           do
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           that
           assertion
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           know
           the
           contrary
           ,
           as
           this
           Author
           impudently
           imputeth
           to
           Mr.
           R.
           The
           next
           Book
           he
           taketh
           to
           task
           ,
           
             the
             Hind
             let
             loose
          
           ,
           we
           also
           disown
           ,
           as
           done
           by
           one
           who
           then
           headed
           a
           party
           who
           separated
           from
           almost
           all
           the
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           in
           Scotland
           :
           so
           that
           I
           have
           no
           more
           to
           Answer
           of
           his
           Book
           till
           P.
           71
           where
           he
           blameth
           us
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Vindication
             disowneth
             that
             Book
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             was
             never
             condemned
             by
             any
             publick
             deed
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
          
           A.
           Will
           this
           Author
           disown
           no
           Book
           written
           by
           an
           Episcopal
           Man
           ,
           unless
           it
           hath
           been
           condemned
           by
           some
           publick
           Deed
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           I
           suppose
           he
           will
           not
           say
           so
           .
           No
           Church
           is
           obliged
           to
           condemn
           every
           faculty
           Book
           
           in
           particular
           :
           It
           is
           a
           sufficient
           general
           Condemnation
           of
           every
           errour
           ,
           that
           a
           Church
           do
           approve
           the
           truth
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           teach
           any
           errour
           .
           Before
           I
           pass
           from
           his
           Notes
           on
           this
           Book
           ,
           I
           observe
           one
           Falsehood
           twice
           asserted
           ;
           viz.
           on
           the
           Margine
           of
           P.
           56.
           and
           of
           58.
           
           
             That
             the
             late
             Assembly
             refused
             ,
             at
             King
             Williams
             desire
             ,
             to
             admit
             any
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Clergy
             with
             them
             into
             the
             Exercise
             of
             the
             Ministry
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             refused
             to
             receive
             them
             into
             any
             terms
             of
             Peace
             ,
          
           and
           Communion
           .
           This
           I
           say
           is
           false
           ;
           For
           1.
           
           The
           Assembly
           were
           not
           suffered
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           Resolution
           of
           their
           Committee
           about
           that
           Affair
           ,
           nor
           to
           determine
           any
           thing
           in
           it
           .
           2.
           
           Their
           Committee
           had
           concerted
           terms
           of
           Communion
           with
           these
           Men
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           come
           into
           no
           terms
           with
           the
           Assembly
           :
           For
           they
           refused
           to
           explain
           any
           one
           word
           in
           that
           Formula
           which
           they
           proposed
           to
           the
           Assembly
           :
           but
           of
           this
           a
           little
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           and
           more
           afterwards
           may
           be
           said
           .
        
         
           P.
           71.
           
           He
           beginneth
           to
           deal
           with
           another
           Book
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           make
           Mr.
           Rule
           the
           Author
           of
           ;
           though
           it
           hath
           no
           name
           prefixed
           to
           it
           ;
           with
           this
           Book
           he
           is
           very
           Angry
           ,
           and
           doth
           what
           his
           witt
           and
           Malice
           (
           which
           are
           very
           disproportioned
           )
           can
           reach
           ,
           to
           disparage
           the
           Author
           :
           That
           we
           do
           not
           much
           reckon
           upon
           ;
           for
           we
           defend
           not
           Men
           ,
           but
           Principles
           .
           If
           Mr.
           Rule
           were
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           had
           leisure
           for
           such
           work
           ;
           it
           is
           like
           this
           Pamphlet
           had
           received
           a
           more
           exact
           Answer
           :
           The
           Book
           spoken
           of
           is
           ,
           
             The
             second
             Vindication
          
           &c.
           
             in
             Answer
             to
             5
             Pamphlets
          
           .
           he
           giveth
           it
           a
           very
           slight
           Refutation
           ,
           passing
           over
           the
           most
           material
           parts
           of
           it
           :
           And
           using
           his
           Critical
           skill
           about
           some
           few
           things
           which
           fall
           in
           on
           the
           By
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           thought
           to
           have
           more
           advantage
           against
           .
           He
           begineth
           with
           P.
           125
           of
           that
           Book
           :
           where
           the
           Author
           had
           said
           ,
           that
           
             none
             of
             the
             Ministers
             were
             Murdered
             by
             the
             Camer●nians
          
           (
           for
           his
           words
           are
           not
           faithfully
           here
           cited
           )
           he
           affirmeth
           that
           
             the
             Author
             knoweth
             that
             Instances
             might
             be
             given
             of
             Ministers
             Murdered
             by
             them
             .
          
           This
           is
           false
           ,
           for
           we
           all
           know
           the
           contrary
           and
           it
           is
           strange
           that
           this
           Author
           should
           be
           so
           confident
           in
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           knoweth
           (
           if
           he
           read
           the
           Book
           that
           he
           refuteth
           any
           farther
           than
           here
           and
           there
           one
           Line
           of
           ten
           )
           that
           the
           Author
           doth
           in
           the
           very
           next
           Line
           challenge
           his
           Antagonist
           to
           bring
           any
           such
           instance
           .
           And
           this
           Man
           saith
           instances
           might
           be
           brought
           ,
           but
           attempteth
           not
           to
           do
           it
           .
           What
           seemeth
           to
           be
           the
           proof
           of
           this
           confident
           assertion
           is
           a
           notable
           instance
           of
           our
           Authors
           skill
           in
           Logick
           :
           It
           is
           confest
           
             (
             postser
             :
             of
             2d
             vindication
             )
          
           that
           
             some
             Men
             and
             Women
             invaded
             the
             house
             of
             a
             Minister
             ,
             tore
             off
             his
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             beat
             him
             on
             the
             Head
             and
             Legs
             ,
             which
             looked
             but
             too
             like
             a
             design
             to
             Murther
             him
             .
          
           The
           consequent
           must
           be
           ,
           E.
           they
           Murthered
           him
           :
           On
           this
           strong
           Argument
           he
           calleth
           the
           Authors
           Answers
           to
           what
           was
           charged
           on
           the
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             a
             Ridiculous
             disguising
             of
             what
             he
             could
             not
             deny
             :
          
           whether
           it
           be
           so
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           Readers
           will
           judge
           ,
           by
           comparing
           what
           is
           said
           
             pro
             &
             contra
          
           ,
           and
           not
           take
           it
           on
           this
           Mans
           word
           :
           
             That
             Mr.
             P.
             refused
             to
             Answer
             the
             Pamphlets
             ,
             because
             he
             found
             it
             impossible
             to
             speak
             any
             thing
             in
             their
             
               (
               Presbyterians
            
             )
             Vindication
             but
             what
             all
             Scotland
             knew
             to
             be
             false
             :
          
           This
           I
           say
           ,
           is
           a
           bold
           assertion
           :
           Mr.
           P.
           expressed
           
           no
           such
           Reason
           for
           his
           Refusal
           :
           But
           this
           pretender
           can
           by
           guess
           ,
           assign
           the
           most
           secret
           Reasons
           of
           things
           .
        
         
           He
           undertaketh
           to
           shew
           that
           
             in
             every
             page
             that
             Book
             aboundeth
             with
             scurrilous
             Railings
             ,
          
           Untruths
           ,
           Contradictions
           ,
           and
           Nonsense
           :
           And
           will
           charge
           these
           on
           the
           whole
           party
           ,
           because
           they
           enjoined
           the
           writting
           of
           this
           by
           him
           who
           did
           write
           it
           :
           This
           is
           like
           our
           Authors
           way
           of
           Reasoning
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           one
           shall
           not
           find
           so
           much
           Nonsense
           in
           all
           that
           Book
           as
           he
           hath
           here
           presented
           us
           with
           :
           For
           what
           Sense
           is
           it
           ,
           the
           party
           bid
           such
           an
           one
           Answer
           such
           ●amphlets
           E.
           all
           the
           faults
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           Writting
           are
           the
           blame
           of
           the
           whole
           party
           :
           If
           our
           Author
           would
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           the
           
             General
             Assembly
          
           enjoined
           the
           Answerer
           to
           Rail
           ,
           write
           Lies
           ,
           Contradictions
           ,
           and
           Nonsense
           ,
           then
           indeed
           he
           spoke
           to
           the
           purpose
           :
           If
           not
           ,
           these
           Faults
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           are
           only
           chargeable
           on
           the
           Author
           ;
           as
           the
           halting
           of
           the
           Horse
           is
           on
           his
           being
           Lame
           ,
           not
           on
           the
           Rider
           :
           And
           it
           is
           Nonsense
           to
           lay
           the
           blame
           on
           them
           who
           are
           so
           innocent
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           Accusations
           (
           which
           he
           insisteth
           on
           P.
           73
           ,
           74
           ,
           75.
           is
           
             Scurrtlous
             Railing
          
           .
           This
           he
           endeavoureth
           to
           make
           out
           ,
           because
           Preface
           P.
           1.
           he
           calleth
           Prelatists
           
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
          
           &c.
           let
           any
           one
           Read
           that
           Passage
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           either
           Prelatists
           be
           named
           ,
           or
           the
           words
           can
           be
           drawn
           to
           signify
           either
           all
           Prelaticts
           ,
           or
           that
           party
           in
           general
           .
           It
           is
           plain
           that
           they
           who
           are
           spoken
           of
           are
           a
           party
           of
           Men
           (
           who
           it
           is
           like
           may
           be
           found
           among
           the
           Prelatists
           )
           who
           had
           alwayes
           disquieted
           the
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           do
           now
           bespatter
           her
           with
           all
           the
           Calumnies
           they
           can
           invent
           :
           The
           Pamphlets
           Answered
           in
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           this
           ,
           now
           under
           consideration
           ,
           are
           a
           sufficient
           proof
           that
           such
           Men
           there
           are
           among
           them
           :
           Tho'
           we
           are
           far
           from
           thinking
           that
           all
           Prelatists
           are
           such
           :
           For
           some
           we
           know
           who
           differ
           from
           us
           soberly
           and
           maintain
           their
           Principles
           ,
           not
           with
           such
           a
           Spirit
           as
           appeareth
           in
           this
           Pamphlet
           ,
           but
           abhor
           such
           wayes
           ,
           and
           are
           ashamed
           that
           their
           cause
           should
           be
           so
           patronized
           :
           This
           considered
           ,
           all
           that
           he
           collecteth
           out
           of
           the
           Preface
           falleth
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           Men
           of
           his
           kidney
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           use
           the
           stratagems
           of
           
             Heathens
             ,
             Papists
          
           ,
           yea
           that
           they
           do
           the
           
             Devils
             work
          
           ;
           and
           what
           followeth
           :
           if
           he
           can
           disprove
           this
           ,
           let
           him
           do
           .
           What
           he
           saith
           of
           the
           Authors
           of
           their
           late
           Books
           being
           charged
           with
           some
           ill
           things
           P.
           73
           if
           they
           be
           not
           retracted
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           shall
           be
           disowned
           by
           us
           all
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           be
           made
           appear
           to
           be
           either
           false
           or
           unnecessary
           truths
           ,
           who
           could
           shun
           calling
           these
           things
           
             Lies
             ,
             Misrepresentations
          
           ,
           &c.
           which
           are
           manifestly
           such
           ,
           and
           made
           appear
           to
           be
           such
           :
           let
           any
           impartial
           Reader
           compare
           what
           is
           said
           of
           these
           Pamphlets
           with
           the
           passages
           to
           which
           they
           are
           applyed
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           not
           afraid
           to
           endure
           his
           Censure
           .
           We
           know
           Moses
           could
           be
           provocked
           :
           The
           Apostle
           Paul
           spake
           harsh
           words
           to
           one
           who
           endeavoured
           to
           
             Pervert
             the
             right
             wayes
             of
             God
             :
          
           And
           our
           Lord
           himself
           called
           some
           Men
           
             a
             Generation
             of
             Vipers
          
           .
           What
           he
           observeth
           out
           of
           P.
           21.
           that
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Prelatical
             party
             is
             eminent
             for
             Spite
          
           is
           a
           Misrepresentation
           ,
           like
           what
           hath
           gone
           before
           :
           It
           is
           said
           of
           his
           party
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           degenerate
           sort
           of
           furious
           Men
           ▪
           that
           are
           
           a
           Reproach
           to
           either
           Episcopal
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           party
           they
           own
           :
           And
           truly
           though
           i
           had
           not
           been
           said
           ,
           this
           Book
           is
           a
           proof
           ,
           that
           such
           Men
           may
           be
           met
           with
           in
           Scotland
           The
           same
           is
           Answered
           to
           what
           he
           objecteth
           out
           of
           P.
           25
           where
           Episcopalians
           are
           not
           so
           much
           as
           mentioned
           .
           What
           he
           citeth
           out
           of
           P.
           51
           I
           do
           not
           find
           ,
           if
           I
           knew
           where
           else
           to
           seek
           after
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           consider
           it
           :
           But
           if
           the
           Author
           he
           dealeth
           with
           have
           spoke
           so
           Reproachfully
           of
           any
           worthy
           Man
           ,
           whose
           words
           are
           not
           manifestly
           such
           as
           he
           calleth
           them
           ,
           let
           him
           hear
           his
           own
           blame
           .
           I
           wonder
           where
           the
           Contradiction
           lyeth
           between
           P.
           146.
           that
           our
           differences
           are
           irreconcilable
           without
           the
           yeilding
           of
           one
           party
           (
           these
           last
           words
           he
           leaveth
           out
           )
           and
           P.
           1.
           they
           own
           the
           same
           Religion
           with
           us
           :
           May
           not
           lesser
           difference
           be
           irreconcilable
           as
           well
           ,
           as
           greater
           ?
           Are
           not
           many
           differences
           in
           Philosophie
           irreconcilable
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           persons
           differing
           may
           agree
           well
           enough
           ,
           tho'
           not
           about
           that
           thing
           .
           Out
           of
           P.
           168
           he
           citeth
           these
           words
           
             Prelatists
             spend
             their
             short
             Glass
          
           :
           Whereas
           the
           words
           are
           
             his
             party
             spend
          
           —
           
             if
             this
             be
             fair
             dealing
             ,
             let
             the
             Reader
             judge
             .
          
           What
           is
           said
           of
           a
           
             Snarling
             Cur
             ,
             P.
          
           191
           ,
           was
           but
           the
           expression
           of
           a
           just
           Indignation
           against
           a
           most
           vile
           Reproach
           cast
           on
           a
           person
           famous
           in
           his
           day
           in
           all
           the
           Churches
           ,
           now
           when
           he
           hath
           many
           years
           been
           in
           Glory
           ,
           what
           he
           ranteth
           with
           (
           while
           he
           chargeth
           Ranting
           on
           others
           )
           throughout
           P.
           75
           is
           not
           worthy
           of
           an
           Answer
           .
        
         
           P.
           76
           ,
           He
           falleth
           on
           another
           head
           of
           the
           Faults
           he
           findeth
           with
           that
           Book
           :
           Whether
           it
           be
           the
           Falsehoods
           ,
           or
           the
           Contradictions
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           discern
           ,
           he
           doth
           so
           jumble
           things
           together
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           take
           things
           as
           they
           come
           to
           hand
           .
           We
           disown
           that
           principle
           on
           which
           he
           saith
           much
           of
           that
           Book
           is
           founded
           ,
           
             Dods
             you
             have
             been
             done
             by
          
           he
           might
           see
           
             (
             sed
             impedit
             ira
             Animum
             ne
             possit
             cernere
             verum
             )
          
           that
           that
           very
           Book
           doth
           blame
           the
           Rable
           who
           did
           to
           others
           ;
           but
           a
           small
           part
           of
           what
           they
           had
           suffered
           from
           them
           :
           And
           if
           it
           do
           at
           any
           time
           excuse
           them
           by
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           to
           be
           pitied
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           but
           suitable
           to
           humane
           infirmity
           :
           I
           hope
           this
           is
           far
           from
           establishing
           such
           a
           Principle
           as
           he
           mentioneth
           ,
           or
           from
           building
           on
           it
           ;
           neither
           is
           their
           any
           (
           much
           less
           a
           shameful
           )
           Contradiction
           here
           ,
           or
           at
           every
           turn
           .
           It
           is
           rather
           a
           shameful
           Ignorance
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Contradiction
           to
           assert
           this
           .
           If
           Cameronians
           be
           sometimes
           called
           Godly
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Wild
           and
           ungovernable
           :
           A
           Contradiction
           is
           easily
           shuned
           ,
           unless
           both
           propositions
           were
           universal
           ;
           which
           neither
           is
           nor
           can
           be
           alledged
           :
           There
           are
           of
           both
           sorte
           among
           them
           :
           And
           we
           deny
           not
           but
           some
           degree
           of
           Wildness
           may
           consist
           with
           a
           degree
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           to
           be
           Lamented
           that
           they
           should
           meet
           in
           one
           person
           :
           It
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           determine
           what
           degree
           of
           Sinfulness
           (
           especially
           that
           which
           consisteth
           in
           ,
           or
           floweth
           from
           Errour
           in
           the
           understanding
           )
           may
           consist
           with
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           Grace
           :
           Hence
           we
           have
           Charity
           to
           some
           Episcopal
           Men
           ,
           who
           we
           think
           have
           made
           very
           foul
           steps
           .
           Another
           Contradiction
           he
           either
           findeth
           or
           maketh
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Treating
             the
             Adversaries
             as
             Brethren
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           
             calling
             them
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             Devils
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           What
           is
           more
           
           obvious
           to
           them
           who
           will
           understand
           ,
           than
           that
           it
           is
           the
           Episcopal
           Party
           whom
           we
           own
           as
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           would
           gladly
           engage
           to
           an
           Union
           with
           us
           ,
           on
           good
           Terms
           :
           And
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           Party
           among
           them
           (
           especially
           of
           their
           late
           Writers
           )
           who
           deserve
           all
           these
           Epithites
           that
           are
           alledged
           to
           be
           given
           them
           (
           only
           they
           were
           never
           called
           Devils
           in
           that
           Book
           )
           save
           that
           his
           work
           of
           false
           Accusing
           is
           ascribed
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           pleaseth
           to
           draw
           this
           Consequence
           ,
           they
           are
           false
           Accusers
           ,
           E.
           Devils
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           reclaim
           .
           Yea
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           inconsistency
           to
           treat
           these
           Adversaries
           civilly
           ,
           and
           yet
           tell
           them
           what
           they
           say
           or
           do
           amiss
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           plain
           and
           proper
           Terms
           .
        
         
           Another
           great
           Contradiction
           he
           bringeth
           ,
           P.
           77.
           
           
             I
             build
             not
             on
             Hear-say
             or
             common
             Fame
             :
             And
             I
             take
             many
             of
             the
             Matters
             of
             Fact
             from
             others
             :
             And
             the
             veracity
             of
             my
             Informers
             ,
             not
             mine
             ,
             is
             pledged
             for
             them
             .
          
           I
           wish
           this
           Author
           would
           study
           Logick
           before
           he
           would
           undertake
           to
           write
           Books
           any
           more
           .
           Where
           is
           the
           Contradiction
           between
           not
           asserting
           any
           thing
           on
           common
           Report
           ,
           and
           building
           on
           a
           particular
           Report
           or
           Information
           :
           A
           Judge
           will
           not
           pass
           Sentence
           on
           a
           common
           Report
           .
           
             I
             have
             heard
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             and
             an
             unnamed
             person
             told
             me
             so
             ;
          
           which
           is
           the
           strain
           of
           the
           Pamphlets
           Answered
           by
           that
           Book
           :
           And
           yet
           he
           giveth
           a
           Decreet
           on
           the
           testimony
           of
           particular
           Witnesses
           ;
           tho'
           he
           hath
           no
           personal
           knowledge
           of
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           And
           why
           may
           not
           one
           who
           vindicateth
           others
           from
           false
           Imputations
           ,
           disown
           the
           one
           way
           of
           procedure
           ,
           and
           yet
           make
           use
           of
           the
           other
           ?
           It
           must
           likeways
           be
           a
           Contradiction
           with
           this
           Learned
           Author
           ,
           
             That
             we
             do
             not
             interpose
             in
             the
             Affairs
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
          
           tho'
           some
           of
           them
           have
           medled
           with
           ours
           beyond
           their
           Line
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           call
           them
           
             Superstitious
             ,
             Popish
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Hath
           he
           so
           little
           Witt
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           cannot
           distinguish
           between
           telling
           our
           Opinion
           of
           a
           Way
           ,
           and
           medling
           in
           the
           Affairs
           of
           them
           of
           that
           Way
           :
           the
           one
           is
           matter
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           Practice
           .
           We
           think
           the
           Popish
           Way
           is
           wrong
           ,
           but
           we
           manage
           no
           Intrigues
           to
           pull
           down
           the
           Triple
           Crown
           ,
           we
           leave
           that
           to
           them
           who
           are
           called
           by
           God
           for
           that
           work
           :
           Some
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             England
          
           have
           Consulted
           ,
           and
           Contrived
           with
           our
           Enemies
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           how
           to
           disquiet
           and
           over-turn
           us
           :
           We
           have
           done
           no
           such
           thing
           toward
           them
           .
           His
           Construction
           on
           our
           asserting
           ,
           That
           the
           Covenant
           only
           Bindeth
           us
           to
           concurr
           with
           England
           when
           called
           by
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           is
           his
           own
           ,
           none
           of
           ours
           :
           And
           will
           be
           despised
           by
           impartial
           Readers
           .
           He
           maketh
           it
           also
           a
           Contradiction
           ,
           That
           King
           James
           
             Abdicated
             the
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           that
           
             The
             Nation
             took
             away
             His
             Royal
             Authority
             .
          
           It
           is
           just
           such
           a
           Contradiction
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           a
           Man
           deserteth
           his
           Wife
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           dwell
           with
           her
           ;
           and
           therefore
           she
           obtaineth
           a
           Divorce
           by
           Course
           of
           Law
           ;
           but
           these
           high
           Points
           I
           unwillingly
           medle
           with
           .
           That
           the
           Book
           he
           Refuteth
           sayeth
           any
           where
           ,
           
             That
             we
             owe
             no
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             William
             ,
             but
             in
             so
             far
             as
             he
             supporteth
             Presbytry
             ,
             is
             denied
             :
          
           I
           wish
           he
           had
           cited
           the
           Page
           where
           such
           words
           were
           to
           be
           found
           .
           This
           will
           no
           way
           follow
           from
           what
           is
           cited
           out
           of
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Convention
           of
           Estates
           .
           
           For
           Episcopacy
           may
           never
           he
           restored
           ,
           and
           yet
           Presbytry
           not
           supported
           .
           What
           he
           is
           angry
           with
           ,
           as
           reflecting
           on
           
             Heredetary
             Monarchy
          
           ,
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Nation
           must
           answer
           for
           it
           ,
           not
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Another
           Contradiction
           he
           fancieth
           ,
           P.
           79.
           it
           is
           said
           in
           that
           Book
           
             P.
             36.
             
             Parag.
          
           11.
           
           
             Most
             of
             the
             Episcopal
             Ministers
          
           (
           the
           words
           are
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           who
           went
           out
           .
           For
           very
           many
           Episcopal
           Ministers
           neither
           went
           out
           ,
           nor
           were
           put
           out
           )
           
             were
             put
             out
             by
             their
             own
             Consciences
             ;
             for
             they
             deserted
             their
             Charges
             without
             threatning
             ,
             sentence
             or
             Compulsion
             .
             And
             yet
             P.
             26.
             it
             is
             owned
             the
             Presbyterian
             Rable
             did
             persecute
             and
             drive
             them
             away
             .
          
           A
           Child
           could
           tell
           him
           that
           there
           is
           no
           incoherency
           :
           for
           some
           left
           their
           charges
           the
           one
           way
           ,
           and
           some
           the
           other
           way
           .
           But
           what
           most
           angereth
           him
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             these
             things
             were
             in
             an
             Interegnum
             .
             Which
             he
             saith
             is
             impossible
             in
             an
             heredetary
             Kingdom
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             never
             Dyeth
             .
          
           Whether
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             2d
             Vindication
          
           ,
           spake
           properly
           in
           this
           ,
           let
           Lawyers
           determine
           :
           I
           will
           not
           judge
           in
           such
           mat●ers
           :
           But
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           was
           then
           no
           exercise
           of
           Government
           ;
           either
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           in
           Church
           ,
           which
           could
           take
           course
           with
           what
           was
           amiss
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           King
           cannot
           Die
           in
           Law
           ;
           how
           another
           could
           be
           set
           up
           ,
           let
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           Nation
           inform
           this
           bold
           Asserter
           ,
           by
           defending
           their
           own
           Deed
           in
           a
           way
           suitable
           to
           their
           place
           :
           If
           our
           Foundations
           may
           be
           thus
           shaken
           ,
           Impune
           ,
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           Private
           Persons
           ;
           and
           K.
           
           ●'s
           Interest
           so
           plainly
           ,
           and
           publickly
           pleaded
           for
           ,
           under
           King
           W.
           the
           Government
           is
           in
           no
           safe
           Condition
           .
           It
           is
           said
           
             2d
             Vindication
             ,
             P.
          
           26
           ,
           
             the
             oppressed
             people
             having
             Potentiam
             ,
             tho'
             not
             Potestatem
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
          
           that
           they
           relieved
           themselves
           :
           Whence
           our
           Author
           very
           wisely
           observeth
           ;
           
             it
             is
             no
             new
             thing
             for
             Presbyterians
             to
             think
             power
             a
             sufficient
             Call
             to
             Act
             Illegally
             :
          
           As
           if
           these
           were
           Equivalent
           Terms
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           if
           such
           a
           thing
           be
           done
           :
           And
           there
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Call
           to
           do
           it
           :
           The
           one
           importeth
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           was
           Provocation
           ;
           which
           we
           affirm
           that
           the
           Rable
           had
           ,
           The
           other
           that
           they
           had
           warrant
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           did
           well
           in
           what
           they
           did
           :
           Which
           was
           never
           Asserted
           in
           the
           Book
           that
           he
           Refuteth
           ;
           but
           often
           ,
           and
           expresly
           disowned
           .
        
         
           He
           doth
           indeed
           make
           a
           real
           Contradiction
           (
           which
           it
           seems
           he
           behooved
           to
           do
           ;
           for
           he
           could
           find
           none
           )
           whereas
           he
           alledgeth
           that
           P.
           ●61
           .
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             in
             Galloway
             the
             Incumbents
             were
             generally
             driven
             away
             :
             And
             yet
             elsewhere
             ,
             they
             deserted
             without
             Threatning
             ,
             or
             Compulsion
             .
          
           The
           strength
           of
           this
           Contradiction
           lyeth
           in
           his
           leaving
           out
           half
           of
           the
           Sentence
           that
           he
           citeth
           (
           by
           the
           like
           means
           he
           might
           make
           the
           Scripture
           speak
           Blasphemy
           :
           And
           so
           the
           Devil
           cited
           it
           when
           he
           tempted
           Christ
           to
           cast
           himself
           Headlong
           )
           the
           Authors
           words
           are
           
             in
             Galloway
             the
             Incumbents
             were
             generally
             driven
             away
             ,
          
           or
           Deserted
           .
           We
           have
           next
           P.
           80
           a
           horrible
           Contradiction
           :
           it
           is
           said
           P.
           34
           
             That
             the
             Rable
             went
             away
             from
             Mr.
             Skinners
             House
             after
             they
             had
             Eaten
             .
             and
             P.
             27.
             they
             took
             the
             Poors
             Box
             by
             force
             out
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Mr.
             Russel
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           it
           is
           said
           P
           ,
           29
           ,
           
           that
           they
           are
           misrepresented
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           said
           that
           they
           did
           Eat
           and
           Drink
           at
           the
           Expence
           of
           them
           whom
           they
           Rabled
           :
           And
           that
           all
           the
           Reports
           of
           them
           ,
           give
           
             account
             of
             their
             not
             laying
             their
             hands
             on
             the
             Prey
             
               Est.
               2.
               15.
               
               A.
            
             
          
           At
           Mr.
           Skinners
           House
           ,
           they
           did
           Eat
           at
           the
           Invitation
           of
           the
           Mr
           of
           the
           Family
           :
           Neither
           did
           they
           any
           violence
           to
           that
           Family
           ;
           both
           which
           are
           expressed
           in
           the
           place
           that
           our
           Author
           citeth
           :
           But
           it
           was
           not
           fit
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           Circumstances
           ,
           for
           it
           would
           have
           spoiled
           the
           designed
           Contradiction
           :
           If
           he
           can
           instance
           ,
           where
           they
           took
           Meat
           or
           Drink
           by
           force
           ,
           than
           may
           be
           Glory
           in
           a
           Contradiction
           ,
           at
           lest
           a
           Falsehood
           .
           For
           
             taking
             the
             Poors
             Box
          
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           laying
           hand
           on
           the
           Prey
           ;
           for
           they
           offered
           Security
           ,
           that
           the
           Box
           ,
           and
           Money
           and
           other
           Utensils
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           should
           be
           safely
           kept
           ,
           and
           restored
           to
           them
           who
           should
           be
           concerned
           in
           that
           Church
           :
           But
           this
           also
           must
           be
           overlookt
           for
           the
           former
           Reason
           :
           If
           he
           can
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           they
           put
           any
           of
           these
           Goods
           to
           any
           other
           than
           the
           proper
           use
           ,
           or
           disposed
           of
           them
           to
           themselves
           ,
           he
           should
           say
           somewhat
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
        
         
           Yet
           another
           Contradiction
           ,
           
             P.
             80
             ▪
          
           it
           is
           said
           2
           
             Vind
             ,
             P
          
           ,
           145.
           
           
             it
             is
             better
             that
             England
             and
             Scotland
             be
             not
             united
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             Institutions
             of
             Christ
             should
             be
             thwarted
             ;
             And
             yet
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             may
             not
             two
             Nations
             Trade
             together
             ,
             and
             be
             Governed
             by
             the
             same
             Laws
             :
             And
             yet
             bear
             with
             one
             another
             ,
             as
             to
             Church
             ways
             ?
          
           I
           confess
           my
           shallow
           wit
           cannot
           reach
           a
           Contradiction
           in
           these
           two
           Assertions
           .
           The
           Author
           is
           there
           Answering
           an
           Argument
           brought
           why
           Episcopacy
           should
           be
           the
           Church
           Government
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           because
           without
           it
           we
           can
           not
           have
           a
           National
           Union
           with
           England
           ;
           and
           he
           bringeth
           these
           two
           Answers
           ;
           either
           of
           which
           is
           sufficient
           .
           If
           he
           think
           that
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             2d
             Vindication
          
           meant
           ,
           that
           England
           ,
           and
           Scotland
           might
           be
           united
           in
           Trade
           ,
           and
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           and
           yet
           not
           so
           united
           :
           Then
           certainly
           ,
           either
           that
           Author
           or
           this
           ,
           must
           be
           a
           very
           Dunse
           .
           On
           this
           occasion
           he
           asketh
           ;
           
             may
             not
             the
             West
             of
             Scotland
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             Trade
             together
             ,
             and
             be
             Governed
             by
             the
             same
             Laws
             ,
             And
             yet
             the
             West
             not
             impose
             their
             Kirk
             ways
             on
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             :
          
           And
           here
           he
           Triumpheth
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Responde
             Gilberte
          
           .
        
         
           —
           Some
           will
           think
           this
           fine
           Notion
           no
           great
           matter
           of
           triumph
           ;
           but
           rather
           it
           exposeth
           the
           meanness
           of
           the
           Authors
           understanding
           .
           I
           hope
           he
           will
           accept
           of
           a
           rational
           Answer
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           from
           another
           hand
           then
           Mr.
           Rules
           ,
           whom
           he
           there
           insulteth
           over
           .
           I
           say
           first
           ;
           there
           were
           no
           inconsistency
           ,
           nor
           would
           imply
           both
           parts
           of
           a
           Contradiction
           ,
           if
           Presbytry
           should
           be
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           Episcopacy
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           tho'
           it
           might
           breed
           much
           breed
           much
           Confusion
           ;
           and
           were
           an
           irrational
           setlement
           ,
           Scotland
           being
           one
           National
           Church
           .
           2.
           
           The
           Reason
           why
           the
           same
           Government
           should
           be
           setled
           all
           the
           Nation
           over
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           but
           one
           Government
           instituted
           ,
           or
           warranted
           in
           Scripture
           .
           If
           our
           Rulers
           had
           other
           grounds
           for
           this
           determination
           ,
           these
           do
           not
           weaken
           ,
           but
           strengthen
           this
           .
           3.
           
           It
           is
           false
           that
           the
           West
           imposeth
           on
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           :
           The
           Law
           hath
           setled
           the
           same
           Church
           Government
           through
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           West
           only
           that
           that
           Government
           is
           desired
           by
           Ministers
           and
           People
           .
        
         
         
           Amidst
           his
           pretended
           Contradictions
           he
           findeth
           P.
           81.
           some
           other
           faults
           ,
           with
           this
           Book
           ,
           that
           it
           saith
           
             P
             ,
             151
             ,
             Presbyterian
             Government
             was
             setled
             by
             Christ
             :
          
           And
           this
           he
           doubteth
           
             whether
             it
             be
             an
             Oath
             ,
             or
             not
             :
             but
             saith
             ▪
             that
             it
             is
             an
             Oath
             is
             most
             natural
             to
             the
             words
             .
          
           An
           intelligent
           Reader
           will
           wonder
           how
           such
           a
           Construction
           could
           be
           put
           upon
           such
           words
           by
           one
           whose
           witt
           is
           not
           a
           wool-gathering
           :
           But
           his
           wonder
           shall
           be
           increased
           if
           he
           shall
           Read
           the
           whole
           passage
           out
           of
           the
           Book
           it self
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             we
             desired
             to
             meet
             for
             other
             ends
             ,
             than
             setling
             the
             Presbyterian
             Government
             ,
             we
             know
             it
             was
             setled
             long
             before
             by
             Christ
             as
             his
             institution
          
           But
           fain
           he
           would
           disprove
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           assertion
           which
           he
           endeavoureth
           by
           two
           Topicks
           ,
           well
           suited
           to
           the
           size
           of
           his
           Learning
           :
           The
           former
           is
           ,
           he
           setteth
           down
           a
           most
           Ridiculous
           parcel
           of
           Arguments
           against
           Episcopacy
           ;
           which
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             is
             our
             ordinary
             Cant
          
           :
           Can
           he
           produce
           any
           Author
           among
           us
           that
           ever
           used
           such
           a
           way
           of
           a
           Reasoning
           ?
           And
           this
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           do
           ,
           seing
           that
           which
           he
           professeth
           to
           be
           now
           on
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           give
           some
           expressions
           out
           of
           their
           Printed
           Books
           ,
           as
           the
           Title
           of
           this
           his
           second
           Section
           beareth
           :
           If
           the
           meannest
           of
           our
           party
           should
           talk
           at
           that
           Rate
           ,
           we
           would
           sharply
           Rebuke
           them
           :
           If
           there
           be
           not
           on
           our
           side
           found
           stronger
           Arguments
           against
           Episcopacy
           ,
           we
           shall
           yeild
           the
           cause
           .
           If
           he
           cannot
           tell
           us
           where
           these
           passages
           are
           to
           be
           found
           (
           as
           he
           hath
           not
           done
           )
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           World
           to
           pass
           a
           Judgement
           on
           his
           Conscience
           and
           Honesty
           ;
           I
           take
           notice
           of
           two
           things
           that
           he
           observeth
           ,
           before
           I
           come
           to
           his
           other
           mighty
           Argument
           .
           One
           is
           ,
           
             we
             never
             call
             the
             Apostle
             St.
             Paul
             ;
             because
             he
             never
             Swore
             the
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             :
          
           This
           is
           to
           talk
           Ridiculously
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           him
           better
           Reasons
           for
           this
           our
           Practice
           (
           tho'
           we
           can
           bear
           with
           them
           that
           do
           otherwayes
           than
           we
           do
           )
           one
           is
           we
           usually
           give
           that
           Glorious
           Instrument
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           a
           more
           peculiar
           Title
           than
           that
           of
           
             Saint
             ;
             the
             Apostle
             Paul.
          
           Every
           Good
           Man
           is
           a
           Saint
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           Canonized
           is
           called
           Saint
           :
           But
           every
           one
           is
           not
           called
           
             an
             Apostle
          
           :
           Again
           the
           Title
           of
           Saint
           before
           the
           name
           of
           any
           person
           doth
           (
           in
           the
           Popish
           Church
           from
           whence
           we
           derive
           this
           Custom
           )
           absolutely
           depend
           on
           the
           Popes
           Canonizing
           that
           person
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Sir
           prefixed
           to
           ones
           name
           ,
           on
           the
           Kings
           Knighting
           of
           him
           .
           They
           do
           not
           call
           a
           Man
           Saint
           only
           because
           he
           lived
           a
           Holy
           Life
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           in
           Heaven
           :
           For
           then
           
             Moses
             ,
             Aaron
             ,
             David
          
           ,
           &c.
           should
           have
           this
           Title
           prefixed
           to
           their
           Name
           ,
           which
           the
           Men
           I
           now
           debate
           with
           will
           not
           allow
           ,
           nor
           do
           they
           practise
           it
           .
           Farther
           it
           may
           be
           made
           appear
           that
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           did
           not
           thus
           Saint
           .
           Men
           ,
           but
           when
           she
           also
           Worshiped
           them
           ,
           and
           their
           Relicts
           .
           As
           the
           Learned
           
             Mede
             Comment
             in
             Clav
             Apocal●pt
          
           sheweth
           out
           of
           Surios
           in
           
             T
             :
             6.
             
             No
          
           :
           28.
           
           
             That
             when
             from
             
               Council
               :
               Constant
            
             :
             under
             
               Comstantin
               :
               Iconomach
            
             :
             Some
             were
             sent
             to
             convince
             Stephen
             the
             Monk
             ,
             he
             accused
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             banished
             the
             Name
             of
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             Saint
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             these
             Holy
             Men
             called
             only
             Apostles
             and
             Martyrs
             .
          
           And
           Cedrenus
           telleth
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             same
             Constantine
             made
             an
             universal
             Law
             (
             which
             ,
             saith
             Mede
             ,
             was
             no
             doubt
             according
             to
             the
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Council
             )
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Lord
             should
             
             be
             called
             Saint
             ,
             but
             that
             their
             Relicts
             ,
             if
             found
             ,
             should
             be
             neglected
             .
          
           Hence
           some
           will
           inferr
           ,
           that
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Praenomen
           began
           with
           
             St.
             Worship
          
           ,
           though
           afterwards
           it
           was
           confirmed
           by
           Canonization
           ,
           as
           
             St.
             Worship
          
           also
           was
           by
           the
           Pope
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           laid
           aside
           together
           .
           It
           is
           true
           Mr.
           Mede
           laboureth
           to
           appropriate
           this
           Prohibition
           to
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           as
           signifying
           
             the
             honour
             of
             Intercession
          
           :
           But
           I
           would
           gladly
           know
           what
           other
           Epithete
           ,
           which
           can
           betranslated
           St.
           they
           put
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           it
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           find
           ground
           from
           any
           good
           Author
           that
           ever
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           signified
           an
           Intercessor
           ,
           But
           enough
           of
           this
           Digression
           ,
           which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           excuse
           Presbyterians
           ,
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           Another
           thing
           I
           note
           on
           this
           first
           Argument
           of
           our
           Author
           ,
           that
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             2d
             Vind.
          
           from
           these
           
             (
             viz.
          
           the
           senseless
           Discourse
           that
           he
           had
           framed
           for
           us
           )
           and
           such
           like
           Arguments
           :
           
             Allows
             no
             Church
             ,
             but
             the
             Presbyterian
             to
             be
             of
             Divine
             Institution
             ;
             and
             unchurcheth
             all
             the
             Episcopal
             Churches
             ;
             while
             yet
             he
             denyeth
             not
             Papists
             to
             be
             lawful
             Ministers
             .
          
           The
           absurdity
           of
           this
           Allegation
           is
           manifest
           to
           any
           that
           have
           Read
           the
           Book
           he
           mentioneth
           ;
           for
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           neither
           any
           of
           these
           Arguments
           ,
           nor
           any
           such
           Arguments
           are
           mentioned
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           point
           to
           the
           place
           where
           they
           are
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           I
           shall
           bear
           what
           blame
           he
           pleaseth
           to
           affix
           upon
           me
           ,
           on
           this
           account
           .
           The
           Conclusion
           also
           that
           he
           draweth
           from
           these
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Arguments
           is
           falsely
           ,
           and
           Disingeniously
           ascribed
           to
           that
           Author
           :
           For
           no
           such
           Conclusion
           is
           to
           be
           found
           in
           his
           Book
           ,
           we
           ever
           acknowledged
           Episcopal
           Churches
           ▪
           to
           be
           true
           Churches
           ,
           and
           their
           Ministers
           to
           be
           true
           Ministers
           .
           His
           other
           Argument
           is
           ,
           
             if
             he
             can
             but
             refure
             the
             Learned
             Dr.
             Pearsons
             Defence
             of
             
               Ignatius
               Epistles
            
             ,
             or
             shew
             us
             any
             authentick
             record
             ,
             or
             received
             Antient
             History
             ,
             that
             Presbytry
             was
             ever
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
          
           than
           we
           shall
           yeild
           the
           Cause
           .
           If
           he
           will
           not
           be
           of
           our
           Opinion
           without
           this
           condition
           ,
           let
           him
           even
           enjoy
           his
           own
           :
           For
           all
           that
           can
           be
           demanded
           that
           way
           having
           been
           abundantly
           done
           by
           several
           of
           our
           Perswasion
           :
           neither
           that
           Author
           ,
           nor
           I
           ,
           think
           it
           with
           our
           while
           to
           essay
           any
           thing
           farther
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           such
           a
           pitiful
           Pamphlets
           as
           this
           :
           But
           if
           he
           will
           please
           to
           Answer
           what
           our
           Men
           have
           Written
           ;
           it
           is
           like
           what
           he
           bringeth
           may
           be
           considered
           .
           It
           had
           been
           asserted
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Pamphleters
           Answered
           in
           the
           
             ●d
             Vind
          
           ,
           
             that
             in
             stead
             of
             14
             Bishops
             ,
             60
             were
             set
             up
             to
             Rule
             the
             Church
             :
          
           And
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           the
           Answer
           to
           this
           ,
           Quibbles
           ,
           but
           thinketh
           not
           fit
           to
           give
           any
           return
           to
           what
           is
           said
           in
           disproving
           of
           that
           absurd
           Assertion
           :
           And
           so
           the
           whole
           of
           it
           standeth
           in
           its
           intire
           strength
           :
           only
           he
           affirmeth
           that
           
             all
             there
             said
             dependeth
             on
             this
             Supposition
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             is
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           because
           that
           the
           Parliament
           put
           the
           Government
           into
           the
           hand
           of
           those
           60.
           
           It
           is
           strange
           that
           this
           Writter
           will
           needs
           have
           the
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Elders
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           when
           the
           Government
           was
           setled
           by
           Parliament
           to
           be
           but
           60.
           
           Where
           in
           the
           Book
           he
           pretendeth
           to
           Answer
           ,
           it
           was
           told
           him
           that
           their
           Representative
           ,
           the
           
             General
             Assembly
          
           ,
           consisted
           of
           116
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           47
           Ruling
           Elders
           ;
           and
           nothing
           said
           to
           disprove
           it
           :
           But
           some
           
           will
           keep
           to
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           let
           the
           premisses
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ;
           We
           are
           far
           from
           making
           the
           Parliament
           the
           Church
           :
           The
           Presbyterians
           had
           intrinsick
           Power
           to
           Govern
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           Parliament
           did
           was
           no
           more
           but
           allowing
           the
           Exercise
           of
           this
           Power
           ,
           and
           adding
           their
           civil
           Sanction
           to
           it
           .
           
             P.
             82
             P.
          
           83.
           
           He
           is
           very
           Angry
           with
           an
           Assertion
           ,
           that
           
             We
             are
             for
             Moderation
          
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           contrary
           he
           bringeth
           a
           multitude
           of
           Accusations
           against
           us
           ,
           partly
           false
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           abundantly
           answered
           ,
           as
           of
           old
           ▪
           when
           things
           were
           recent
           ,
           so
           lately
           in
           the
           1st
           and
           
             2d
             Vind
          
           :
           To
           which
           Answers
           he
           doth
           not
           pretend
           to
           Reply
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           confidently
           repeateth
           the
           former
           Imputations
           .
           It
           is
           in
           vain
           to
           debate
           with
           Men
           of
           this
           strain
           ,
           or
           to
           Answer
           what
           they
           say
           :
           I
           have
           seen
           some
           Scolds
           so
           insist
           ,
           in
           spite
           of
           all
           Reason
           that
           could
           be
           brought
           against
           them
           :
           But
           for
           Men
           pretending
           to
           Learning
           to
           use
           such
           a
           Method
           ,
           is
           not
           usual
           .
           He
           speaketh
           P.
           83.
           of
           an
           Answer
           given
           in
           
             2d
             .
             Vind
             :
             P.
          
           157
           about
           a
           Protestation
           given
           by
           some
           Presbyters
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           some
           Acts
           of
           Parliament
           .
           I
           have
           lookt
           over
           that
           Page
           ,
           and
           some
           before
           and
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           can
           find
           no
           such
           Passage
           :
           and
           therefore
           must
           leave
           it
           till
           he
           give
           us
           a
           more
           distinct
           Information
           about
           it
           .
           He
           findeth
           (
           as
           he
           fancieth
           )
           a
           plain
           Contradiction
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           said
           ibid
           :
           
             That
             the
             fatal
             Division
             about
             Protestation
             and
             Remonstrance
             was
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mentioned
             among
             us
             :
             And
             yet
             it
             was
             moved
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Sentences
             of
             the
             Remonstrators
             should
             be
             taken
             off
          
           What
           was
           moved
           in
           the
           Assembly
           was
           ,
           That
           some
           Brethren
           had
           been
           deposed
           in
           the
           time
           of
           our
           late
           Differences
           ,
           and
           these
           Sentences
           were
           taken
           off
           by
           other
           Judicatories
           ,
           that
           this
           might
           be
           confirmed
           by
           the
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           .
           Is
           here
           any
           reviving
           of
           these
           Differences
           :
           If
           he
           Childishly
           lay
           the
           Stress
           on
           the
           Word
           
             [
             mentioning
             these
             Differences
          
           ]
           he
           may
           know
           that
           old
           Debates
           are
           said
           not
           to
           be
           mentioned
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           sopite
           ,
           not
           contended
           about
           ,
           nor
           do
           divide
           the
           Church
           into
           Factions
           ;
           though
           they
           be
           discoursed
           of
           ,
           as
           things
           that
           once
           had
           a
           Beeing
           .
           He
           quarrelleth
           P.
           84
           ,
           with
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           
             General
             Assembly
          
           ;
           but
           will
           not
           be
           at
           the
           pains
           to
           Answer
           what
           hath
           been
           answered
           to
           either
           himself
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           making
           the
           same
           objection
           ,
           in
           their
           former
           Pamphlets
           .
           It
           was
           a
           
             General
             Assembly
          
           of
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Church
          
           ,
           which
           had
           the
           ruling
           Power
           by
           Law
           ,
           as
           it
           always
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           it
           by
           the
           Gospel
           .
           ●f
           he
           had
           proved
           that
           
             Fasting
             on
             the
             Lord's
             Day
          
           ,
           is
           
             making
             bold
             with
             it
          
           ,
           he
           had
           spoken
           somewhat
           to
           the
           next
           purpose
           he
           falleth
           on
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           could
           shew
           that
           Feasting
           is
           necessary
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Day
           ,
           otherwise
           what
           he
           bringeth
           is
           not
           
             ad
             rem
          
           ,
           What
           followeth
           P.
           84
           ,
           85.
           about
           
             Purging
             Work
          
           ,
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           Booff●nry
           ,
           and
           a
           taste
           of
           the
           Mans
           Spirit
           and
           Skill
           in
           Reasoning
           :
           For
           what
           he
           addeth
           about
           
             Complyers
             with
             Episcopacy
             ,
             professing
             Repentance
          
           ;
           we
           do
           not
           controvert
           :
           Only
           it
           is
           seen
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           others
           have
           followed
           the
           Mans
           footsteps
           ,
           of
           whom
           ,
           he
           speaketh
           .
        
         
           What
           remains
           of
           his
           Observations
           on
           that
           Book
           ,
           is
           ,
           partly
           about
           the
           Witnesses
           that
           are
           brought
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           for
           the
           matters
           of
           Fact
           in
           Rabling
           .
           It
           was
           alledged
           
           in
           the
           
             2●d
             Vind.
          
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           to
           attest
           the
           Rablings
           were
           generally
           the
           persons
           Rabled
           :
           We
           not
           only
           derogate
           from
           their
           Testimony
           on
           this
           account
           ;
           but
           we
           disprove
           what
           they
           affirm
           :
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           they
           are
           mostly
           other
           persons
           and
           if
           he
           can
           disprove
           what
           they
           testify
           ,
           we
           shall
           ,
           so
           far
           yeild
           to
           him
           .
           For
           his
           Gentry
           ,
           or
           Ministers
           who
           are
           not
           parties
           in
           that
           particular
           ;
           we
           never
           rejected
           their
           Testimony
           ;
           except
           when
           he
           telleth
           us
           a
           Gentle
           Man
           ,
           or
           Credible
           person
           ,
           said
           so
           and
           so
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           not
           know
           who
           he
           is
           ,
           nor
           enquire
           whether
           he
           said
           it
           or
           not
           .
           He
           next
           hath
           a
           long
           harangue
           to
           Ridicule
           Mr.
           Rule
           ;
           (
           whom
           he
           will
           needs
           have
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           that
           Book
           )
           as
           commending
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           pretty
           odly
           .
           For
           his
           Vindication
           I
           recommend
           it
           to
           any
           who
           in
           this
           would
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           to
           Read
           the
           Book
           ,
           as
           to
           these
           passages
           Where
           he
           will
           find
           half
           Sentences
           ,
           or
           passages
           dismembered
           without
           the
           
             antecedentia
             &
             consequentia
          
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           whole
           an
           odious
           aspect
           .
           next
           that
           what
           was
           said
           (
           whether
           by
           himself
           or
           another
           )
           was
           
             se
             Defendendo
          
           :
           Or
           in
           defence
           of
           a
           Brother
           ,
           who
           was
           (
           in
           these
           things
           )
           Reproached
           ,
           and
           through
           his
           side
           the
           Cause
           that
           he
           owned
           was
           exposed
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           is
           a
           precedent
           in
           that
           Case
           
             si
             liceat
             magnis
             componere
             parva
          
           .
           If
           the
           wrong
           numbering
           of
           the
           pages
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           Readers
           better
           direction
           ,
           This
           cannot
           escape
           our
           Authors
           Critical
           Eye
           ;
           but
           must
           be
           placed
           among
           the
           Faults
           of
           the
           
             2d
             Vindication
          
           .
           When
           he
           begun
           his
           Censures
           on
           this
           Book
           he
           promised
           
             (
             magno
             hiatu
          
           )
           to
           find
           ,
           in
           every
           page
           ,
           
             Scurrilous
             Railing
             ,
             Vntruths
             ,
             Contradictions
             ,
             and
             Nonsense
             :
          
           For
           the
           ▪
           1st
           ,
           and
           3d
           ,
           he
           hath
           tryed
           his
           skill
           ;
           but
           I
           hope
           without
           success
           :
           On
           the
           2d
           head
           he
           hath
           said
           little
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           4th
           ,
           tho'
           that
           be
           the
           Talent
           they
           confidently
           ascribe
           to
           all
           Presbyterians
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           as
           attempted
           any
           thing
           .
           It
           were
           well
           if
           this
           would
           make
           them
           more
           Modest
           in
           their
           Censures
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Meldrum
           is
           the
           next
           person
           he
           dealeth
           with
           ;
           whose
           letter
           (
           annexed
           to
           the
           former
           Book
           ,
           containing
           a
           vindication
           of
           himself
           from
           the
           false
           aspersions
           cast
           on
           him
           in
           the
           Pamphlets
           this
           Author
           would
           fain
           say
           some
           thing
           against
           :
           But
           findeth
           little
           matter
           for
           his
           Witt
           ,
           and
           Malice
           to
           work
           upon
           :
           The
           1st
           thing
           he
           quarrelleth
           is
           ,
           a
           Complaint
           that
           the
           Pamphlets
           which
           Reproach
           him
           are
           spread
           in
           England
           and
           hardly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scotland
           :
           Which
           he
           excuses
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           not
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           nor
           importing
           such
           Books
           :
           And
           that
           some
           of
           them
           were
           taken
           in
           Berwick
           .
           A.
           These
           of
           their
           Railing
           Pamphlets
           which
           have
           been
           imported
           were
           never
           challenged
           ;
           none
           ever
           came
           to
           trouble
           for
           them
           ,
           tho'
           we
           well
           know
           who
           brought
           them
           into
           the
           Country
           .
           The
           Books
           taken
           at
           Berwick
           were
           some
           Copies
           of
           a
           piece
           against
           the
           Civil
           State
           ;
           and
           striking
           at
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           present
           setlement
           .
           It
           was
           not
           Presbyterians
           that
           arrested
           them
           ;
           but
           those
           in
           chief
           Authority
           under
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           all
           Presbyterians
           .
           Next
           he
           blameth
           Mr.
           M.
           for
           calling
           the
           Covenant
           a
           
             Sacred
             Oath
          
           :
           against
           which
           he
           Raileth
           ,
           but
           doth
           not
           argue
           .
           I
           hope
           the
           want
           of
           the
           Kings
           Authority
           could
           not
           make
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Oath
           to
           be
           bad
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           otherwise
           good
           .
           Neither
           did
           
           the
           Covenant
           want
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           :
           The
           National
           Covenant
           was
           signed
           by
           K.
           I.
           and
           by
           C.
           2.
           and
           the
           League
           and
           Covenant
           also
           by
           the
           Latter
           .
        
         
           Again
           it
           is
           said
           by
           Mr.
           M.
           that
           the
           
             submitting
             of
             some
             to
             Reordination
             is
             Scandalous
          
           All
           that
           he
           hath
           in
           Answer
           to
           this
           is
           ,
           
             some
             of
             the
             Reformed
             French
             did
             submit
             to
             it
             ,
          
           E.
           It
           is
           not
           Scandalous
           .
           If
           this
           be
           a
           good
           Argument
           I
           could
           tell
           him
           some
           of
           the
           French
           Protestant
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           that
           came
           to
           England
           refused
           to
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           E.
           It
           is
           Scandalous
           ;
           His
           account
           of
           Subscribing
           a
           Paper
           that
           was
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Oath
           of
           Canonical
           Obedience
           ,
           our
           Author
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           
             Shufting
             and
             Shifting
          
           :
           And
           this
           is
           all
           the
           Refutation
           he
           thinketh
           needful
           to
           to
           that
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           standeth
           in
           its
           intire
           strength
           .
           That
           
             he
             lamented
             and
             yet
             continued
             in
             his
             Canonical
             obedience
             .
          
           Is
           an
           invidious
           Representation
           .
           He
           Lamented
           his
           signing
           of
           that
           Paper
           :
           he
           did
           nothing
           but
           what
           he
           thought
           himself
           obliged
           to
           though
           he
           had
           never
           signed
           such
           a
           Paper
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           formal
           Canonical
           Obedience
           ;
           but
           performing
           of
           these
           Duties
           that
           his
           office
           obliged
           him
           to
           ,
           tho'
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Bishop
           in
           the
           World.
           He
           putteth
           off
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Letter
           and
           the
           Book
           in
           which
           it
           is
           ,
           by
           telling
           us
           it
           needed
           no
           Answer
           ;
           whether
           it
           be
           so
           or
           not
           ,
           let
           the
           Readers
           judge
           .
        
         
           He
           now
           undertaketh
           another
           Antagonist
           ,
           the
           famous
           Learned
           and
           Holy
           Mr
           
             Samuel
             Rutherfo●rd
          
           ,
           who
           hath
           now
           a
           long
           time
           been
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           in
           Glory
           :
           And
           whose
           same
           shall
           remain
           in
           the
           Learned
           World
           ,
           when
           the
           name
           of
           such
           an
           One
           as
           this
           Scribler
           shall
           Rot.
           Among
           the
           many
           excellent
           ●●rks
           of
           that
           Author
           ,
           he
           singleth
           out
           his
           Letters
           ;
           which
           were
           written
           on
           several
           occasions
           ,
           in
           a
           familiar
           (
           but
           most
           Heavenly
           and
           affecting
           Stile
           )
           to
           private
           persons
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           but
           of
           ordinary
           Capacity
           ,
           tho'
           of
           eminent
           Piety
           :
           And
           without
           any
           design
           of
           being
           made
           more
           publick
           then
           between
           the
           Writer
           and
           Receiver
           .
           These
           were
           many
           years
           after
           his
           Death
           collected
           ,
           and
           printed
           by
           a
           great
           Honourer
           of
           Mr.
           Rutherfo●rd
           .
           In
           these
           Letters
           there
           are
           many
           passages
           that
           are
           expressed
           in
           words
           not
           very
           Common
           but
           very
           apt
           and
           significant
           ,
           and
           many
           homely
           similitudes
           are
           used
           ;
           but
           these
           most
           plain
           and
           expressive
           of
           the
           thing
           designed
           .
           But
           I
           challenge
           this
           Moinus
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           Critical
           skill
           ,
           to
           shew
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           that
           is
           unsound
           ,
           that
           is
           derogatory
           from
           the
           Majesty
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           Glorious
           Excellency
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           or
           that
           tendeth
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Soul
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           engage
           it
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           way
           of
           Holiness
           .
           There
           are
           indeed
           many
           passages
           uninte
           ligible
           by
           two
           sorts
           of
           persons
           ,
           viz.
           by
           English
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           throughly
           acquainted
           with
           our
           Language
           :
           And
           by
           Men
           who
           are
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           Exercises
           of
           a
           believing
           Soul
           ,
           and
           its
           Communion
           with
           God
           in
           Christ
           :
           which
           I
           suppose
           gave
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           Writters
           Laborious
           transcribing
           these
           passages
           .
           There
           are
           many
           who
           speak
           Evil
           of
           the
           things
           they
           know
           not
           .
           Let
           them
           who
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Mystery
           and
           power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           consider
           these
           Letters
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           understand
           the
           Language
           they
           are
           written
           in
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           other
           thoug●ts
           of
           them
           than
           this
           Author
           hath
           ▪
           In
           the
           end
           of
           these
           citations
           ,
           
           our
           Author
           hath
           one
           short
           observation
           ,
           which
           if
           ye
           will
           believe
           it
           (
           and
           ye
           have
           his
           word
           for
           it
           )
           will
           make
           all
           these
           Letters
           most
           absurd
           :
           that
           is
           P.
           95
           all
           that
           is
           meant
           here
           by
           Christ
           ▪
           is
           
             Presbyterian
             Government
          
           .
           If
           Presbyterians
           know
           ,
           nor
           mind
           no
           more
           of
           Christ
           but
           that
           ,
           Let
           them
           be
           hissed
           at
           and
           abhorred
           by
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           can
           the
           Man
           who
           uttered
           this
           word
           have
           any
           regard
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           Credit
           ?
           Is
           he
           to
           be
           lookt
           on
           as
           one
           who
           understandeth
           what
           he
           re●deth
           ,
           or
           careth
           what
           he
           saith
           ?
           And
           not
           rather
           as
           a
           prophane
           Mocker
           whose
           
             Bands
             shall
          
           one
           day
           
             be
             made
             strong
          
           ?
        
         
           He
           concludeth
           this
           Section
           with
           our
           Principles
           about
           Civil
           Government
           ,
           which
           he
           proveth
           out
           of
           some
           passages
           in
           publick
           Papers
           in
           time
           of
           the
           late
           War
           between
           King
           and
           Parliament
           .
           These
           were
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           unhappy
           differences
           ,
           that
           then
           were
           ;
           which
           were
           man●ged
           by
           Statesmen
           ,
           and
           these
           not
           all
           Presbyteri●ns
           :
           and
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           was
           drawn
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           did
           not
           consist
           of
           Presbyterians
           wholly
           (
           tho'
           that
           was
           then
           the
           publick
           profession
           )
           as
           did
           appear
           when
           Episcopacy
           was
           after
           set
           up
           .
           What
           he
           citeth
           out
           of
           the
           
             Hind
             let
             loose
          
           ,
           and
           
             Jus
             Populi
          
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           Answer
           :
           For
           these
           Books
           were
           never
           owned
           by
           all
           ,
           nor
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           more
           judicious
           Presbyterians
           .
        
         
           I
           now
           proceed
           to
           his
           third
           ,
           and
           last
           Section
           ,
           in
           the
           former
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           made
           a
           Collection
           of
           Notes
           of
           Sermons
           ;
           a●d
           in
           the
           latter
           of
           passages
           in
           Prayer
           said
           to
           be
           uttered
           by
           Presbyterian
           Ministers
           .
           I
           joyn
           these
           Sections
           together
           ,
           because
           they
           contain
           things
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           Answer
           to
           them
           is
           the
           same
           .
           To
           examine
           all
           the
           particular
           stories
           here
           set
           down
           (
           considering
           to
           what
           distant
           times
           and
           places
           they
           relate
           )
           would
           take
           much
           time
           ,
           much
           pains
           ,
           and
           also
           no
           small
           expence
           ,
           for
           intelligence
           :
           And
           when
           all
           this
           were
           bestowed
           ,
           the
           result
           would
           not
           be
           
             Operae
             pretium
          
           ;
           tho'
           we
           should
           find
           all
           to
           be
           Lies
           ;
           for
           many
           of
           them
           carry
           their
           improbability
           and
           falsehood
           in
           their
           face
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           believed
           by
           none
           who
           is
           acquainted
           with
           Scotland
           nor
           by
           Strangers
           who
           have
           not
           enslaved
           their
           Credulity
           to
           a
           party
           ,
           whose
           work
           it
           is
           to
           disparage
           their
           Opposits
           ,
           and
           to
           get
           esteem
           to
           themselves
           ▪
           by
           Lies
           and
           Forgeries
           ,
           Nor
           can
           the
           impudence
           of
           this
           Author
           ,
           expressed
           P.
           116.
           in
           his
           asserting
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           writen
           ,
           be
           able
           to
           impose
           upon
           judicious
           and
           unbyassed
           persons
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           here
           narrated
           is
           Lies
           ,
           and
           pure
           Forgeries
           ;
           (
           tho'
           I
           solemnly
           declare
           that
           I
           know
           not
           any
           one
           passage
           among
           them
           to
           be
           folly
           true
           ,
           as
           he
           relateth
           them
           ;
           nor
           can
           I
           meet
           with
           any
           person
           who
           hath
           such
           knowledge
           of
           them
           )
           for
           I
           know
           there
           are
           among
           us
           some
           who
           are
           not
           :
           so
           polished
           as
           they
           should
           be
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           guilty
           of
           some
           expressions
           that
           are
           rude
           ,
           unexact
           ,
           or
           too
           course
           or
           bald
           ,
           and
           unbesee●ing
           the
           gravity
           and
           greatness
           of
           Gospel
           Truths
           .
           But
           I
           gladly
           would
           know
           what
           party
           of
           Men
           are
           ,
           or
           ever
           were
           in
           the
           World
           consisting
           of
           so
           many
           Individuals
           ,
           among
           whom
           some
           such
           might
           not
           be
           found
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Episcopalians
           cannot
           pretend
           to
           it
           :
           if
           we
           were
           disposed
           ,
           so
           to
           imploy
           our selves
           (
           but
           we
           abhore
           to
           ●ake
           in
           such
           a
           
           Dunghill
           ▪
           we
           could
           muster
           up
           as
           long
           a
           list
           of
           passages
           ,
           unbecoming
           the
           Gospel●
           and
           that
           without
           Lying
           or
           Forgery
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           say
           we
           could
           equalize
           him
           for
           vile
           ,
           and
           absurd
           Stories
           :
           For
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           it
           is
           incident
           to
           Men
           who
           bear
           the
           Christian
           name
           ,
           or
           that
           ever
           stept
           into
           a
           Pulpit
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           speak
           some
           of
           the
           things
           he
           here
           relateth
           :
           and
           therefore
           we
           will
           not
           vie
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Talent
           of
           Writing
           at
           this
           rate
           .
           But
           we
           could
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           his
           party
           hath
           no
           cause
           to
           Glory
           over
           ours
           ,
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           freedom
           from
           indecencies
           in
           Preaching
           and
           Prayer
           .
           Wherefore
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           the
           tendency
           of
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           is
           to
           expose
           his
           Nation
           to
           the
           contempt
           of
           Strangers
           ;
           yea
           to
           make
           the
           work
           of
           Preaching
           Ridiculous
           to
           a
           profane
           ,
           Atheistical
           Generation
           ▪
           who
           already
           misregard
           it
        
         
           The
           Stories
           that
           he
           (
           with
           the
           help
           of
           a
           Cabal
           of
           the
           same
           spirit
           with
           himself
           )
           hath
           collected
           for
           P.
           116.
           he
           mentioneth
           the
           Collectors
           of
           these
           Notes
           are
           not
           all
           alike
           absurd
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           being
           horrid
           Blasphemies
           ;
           others
           Ridiculous
           Nonsense
           ;
           some
           false
           Doctrine
           :
           Some
           scurrilously
           obscene
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           some
           which
           have
           no
           other
           evil
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           manner
           of
           expression
           is
           undecent
           ,
           and
           too
           mean.
           So
           what
           is
           here
           narrated
           is
           not
           equal
           ,
           as
           to
           truth
           or
           ground
           and
           occasion
           given
           for
           such
           Stories
           .
           Sometimes
           he
           disguiseth
           what
           was
           truly
           said
           ,
           and
           putteth
           it
           in
           another
           dress
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           Ridiculous
           or
           absurd
           :
           others
           he
           maketh
           up
           ,
           by
           tacking
           2
           or
           3
           passages
           together
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           spoken
           at
           diverse
           times
           ,
           and
           diverse
           occasions
           ,
           and
           little
           harm
           in
           them
           :
           but
           when
           blended
           into
           one
           ,
           they
           appear
           odd
           and
           become
           unsavoury
           .
           Others
           again
           are
           pure
           fiction
           ,
           and
           no
           occasion
           given
           for
           such
           Report
           ;
           but
           the
           witt
           of
           the
           Caball
           is
           both
           Father
           and
           Mother
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           this
           Scribler
           is
           the
           Midwife
           at
           least
           .
           If
           I
           give
           a
           few
           instances
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           and
           bid
           him
           (
           or
           any
           else
           )
           defiance
           to
           prove
           them
           by
           any
           credible
           Testimony
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           Reader
           will
           think
           his
           whole
           Collections
           sufficiently
           discredited
           ,
           and
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Book
           refuted
           .
           I
           give
           for
           instances
           two
           Stories
           of
           Mr.
           
             Kirton
             ,
             P.
          
           105.
           another
           of
           his
           P.
           107.
           and
           of
           Mr.
           
             Kennedy
             ,
             Ibid.
          
           also
           these
           of
           Mr.
           Artkine
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Kirton
             P.
          
           108.
           and
           one
           of
           him
           in
           the
           top
           of
           P
           :
           110
           ,
           and
           the
           1st
           two
           of
           him
           P.
           111.
           that
           Prayer
           of
           Mr.
           
             Blair
             P
          
           ,
           113
           ,
           and
           especially
           what
           the
           Author
           affirmeth
           that
           several
           in
           the
           Meeting-Houses
           of
           late
           have
           made
           use
           of
           the
           same
           expression
           :
           That
           Prayer
           ascribed
           to
           a
           head
           of
           a
           Colledge
           ,
           P.
           114.
           and
           that
           which
           followeth
           ,
           beginning
           ,
           
             Good
             Lord
             what
             have
             ye
             been
             doing
          
           &c.
           
           That
           Prayer
           about
           the
           Election
           of
           Parliament
           Members
           at
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
             P
          
           ,
           115.
           and
           the
           1st
           of
           Mr.
           
             Areskine
             ,
             Ibid
          
           ,
           that
           of
           Mr.
           
             Rule
             Ibid
          
           ,
           that
           Prayer
           of
           the
           Minister
           at
           the
           Dissolution
           of
           the
           Assembly
           :
           I
           might
           mention
           abundance
           more
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           false
           and
           groundless
           Forgeries
           as
           ever
           were
           uttered
           by
           any
           Tongue
           :
           But
           these
           may
           suffice
           for
           a
           taste
           of
           the
           honesty
           of
           this
           Author
           ,
           and
           his
           Collectors
           .
        
         
           What
           followeth
           in
           the
           last
           page
           sheweth
           to
           what
           an
           height
           of
           Boldness
           one
           may
           come
           in
           averring
           known
           falsehoods
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           left
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           invent
           and
           spread
           them
           .
           Hence
           this
           Author
           hath
           the
           Brow
           to
           say
           
             these
             are
             but
             a
             few
             of
             many
             thousand
             instances
             and
             that
             these
             are
             dayly
             used
             in
             their
             Preachings
             and
             
             Prayers
             :
             Also
             ,
             that
             though
             Strangers
             will
             hardly
             believe
             these
             ,
             yet
             they
             who
             are
             unfortunatly
             bound
             to
             converse
             with
             them
             are
             sadly
             sensible
             that
             all
             is
             true
             .
             And
             that
             many
             of
             the
             worst
             expressions
             are
             purposely
             left
             out
             :
          
           And
           this
           forfooth
           ,
           under
           pretence
           
             of
             tenderness
             to
             offend
             the
             Ears
             and
             Eyes
             of
             Modest
             Readers
             ,
             (
             O
             horrid
             Hypocrisy
             )
             and
             that
             thousands
             in
             Scotland
             of
             the
             best
             Rank
             and
             Reputation
             are
             ready
             to
             attest
             these
             .
          
           Also
           ,
           that
           
             Presbyterians
             will
             not
             deny
             what
             they
             so
             much
             Glory
             in
             ,
             viz.
             This
             extraordinary
             way
             of
             Preaching
             and
             Praying
             ,
             which
             they
             think
             an
             excellency
             and
             perfection
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             a
             Holy
             Familiarity
             with
             God
             ;
          
           and
           a
           peculiar
           priviledge
           of
           the
           most
           refined
           Saints
           .
           Not
           one
           word
           of
           truth
           is
           in
           all
           this
           :
           The
           Presbyterians
           are
           so
           far
           from
           Glorying
           in
           such
           Praying
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           that
           they
           abhore
           it
           ,
           and
           Judge
           ,
           that
           they
           against
           whom
           such
           things
           can
           be
           proved
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           severly
           Rebuked
           for
           the
           least
           of
           these
           :
           And
           for
           others
           of
           them
           ,
           cast
           out
           of
           the
           Ministry
           and
           no
           more
           be
           suffered
           to
           profane
           so
           Holy
           a
           Work
           ,
           as
           Preaching
           is
           .
        
      
       
         
           APPENDIX
        
         
           OUR
           Adversaries
           are
           not
           satisfied
           to
           Reproach
           us
           at
           Home
           ,
           and
           in
           England
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           have
           made
           it
           their
           Business
           to
           misrepresent
           us
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           publick
           Intelligence
           can
           reach
           :
           Therefore
           have
           they
           prevailed
           upon
           the
           Simplicity
           and
           Credulity
           (
           if
           it
           may
           not
           be
           imputed
           to
           a
           worse
           Quality
           )
           of
           the
           publick
           News-man
           ,
           who
           writeth
           the
           
             Monthly
             Mercury
          
           in
           his
           News
           for
           
             April
             1692
          
           ;
           first
           to
           belie
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           rail
           upon
           ,
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Church
          
           of
           Scotland
           with
           open
           Mouth
           :
           The
           former
           in
           his
           Historical
           Part
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           his
           Reflections
           ,
           P.
           147.
           and
           149.
           
           If
           the
           Writer
           be
           ignorant
           of
           the
           unhappy
           Division
           ,
           and
           Difference
           of
           Parties
           ,
           and
           Sentiments
           that
           are
           now
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           such
           ignorance
           rendereth
           him
           unqualified
           for
           his
           Undertaking
           :
           If
           he
           know
           these
           things
           ,
           he
           must
           either
           be
           strangely
           byassed
           to
           the
           one
           side
           (
           and
           that
           side
           they
           every
           one
           knoweth
           is
           not
           generally
           inclined
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           King
           William
           and
           of
           the
           
             Vnited
             Netherland
          
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           that
           of
           King
           James
           and
           of
           France
           )
           or
           he
           is
           wonderfully
           receptive
           of
           whatever
           is
           told
           him
           :
           None
           of
           which
           are
           proper
           Inducements
           for
           an
           Historian
           ;
           especially
           such
           an
           one
           as
           maketh
           so
           bold
           with
           all
           Affairs
           .
           Sacred
           and
           Civil
           ,
           as
           to
           subject
           them
           to
           his
           criti●al
           and
           decisive
           Conclusions
           ,
           and
           who
           so
           Magisterially
           passeth
           Sentence
           about
           them
           .
           If
           what
           he
           writes
           about
           Scotch
           Affairs
           ,
           in
           the
           places
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           be
           duely
           considered
           ,
           and
           if
           Men
           will
           receive
           due
           and
           imparti●l
           ●nformation
           about
           them
           ,
           
           it
           will
           be
           enough
           to
           discredit
           all
           that
           he
           hath
           written
           ;
           unless
           he
           make
           a
           publick
           Recantation
           of
           the
           Injury
           he
           hath
           done
           to
           a
           whole
           Church
           (
           and
           consequently
           to
           the
           Authority
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           who
           
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           Own
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           Establish
           her
           by
           Law
           )
           which
           hath
           deservedly
           been
           famous
           among
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ;
           To
           receive
           all
           his
           Informations
           from
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           neither
           to
           consider
           the
           probability
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           nor
           to
           hear
           what
           the
           other
           Party
           hath
           to
           say
           for
           themselves
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           Conduct
           as
           is
           intollerable
           in
           one
           who
           pretendeth
           to
           inform
           the
           World
           of
           the
           Truth
           and
           Certainty
           of
           all
           Occurrences
           .
        
         
           I
           intended
           farther
           to
           expose
           this
           Author
           ,
           but
           hearing
           that
           by
           his
           Death
           we
           are
           out
           of
           hazard
           of
           being
           Injured
           by
           him
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           I
           onely
           shall
           give
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           what
           he
           hath
           misrepresented
           :
           And
           for
           some
           other
           Reasons
           I
           shall
           forbear
           a
           more
           full
           narrative
           which
           once
           was
           intended
           .
           He
           saith
           P.
           147.
           
           
             That
             a
             Synod
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             in
             Scotland
             ,
          
           met
           (
           I
           suppose
           he
           meaneth
           of
           the
           General
           Assembly
           ,
           which
           was
           indicted
           by
           Royal
           Authority
           ,
           with
           consent
           of
           the
           former
           Assembly
           ,
           which
           begun
           at
           
             Edinburgh
             January
             15.
             1690
          
           )
           
             that
             they
             came
             to
             some
             Heats
             in
             that
             Assembly
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Earl
             of
             Lothian
             ,
             finding
             their
             Heats
             increase
             ,
             dissolved
             the
             Synod
             .
          
           Here
           are
           two
           palpable
           Falsehoods
           in
           one
           Breath
           ;
           One
           is
           ,
           That
           
             they
             came
             to
             Heats
             in
             that
             Assembly
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             these
             Heats
             increased
          
           .
           Nothing
           could
           be
           affirmed
           with
           less
           semblance
           of
           Truth
           .
           I
           believe
           seldom
           have
           so
           great
           a
           body
           of
           Men
           met
           about
           so
           weighty
           and
           difficult
           Affairs
           ,
           among
           whom
           less
           did
           appear
           that
           could
           be
           called
           Heat
           .
           They
           had
           no
           Heat
           with
           the
           Episcopal
           Men
           ,
           who
           made
           Address
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           treated
           them
           with
           all
           Respect
           and
           Civility
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           themselves
           did
           publickly
           acknowledge
           )
           tho'
           they
           could
           not
           yield
           to
           what
           they
           demanded
           ,
           for
           good
           and
           weighty
           Reasons
           ,
           which
           they
           gave
           for
           their
           determination
           .
           Neither
           was
           there
           any
           Heat
           among
           themselves
           ,
           but
           did
           Brotherly
           debate
           Matters
           in
           the
           Committee
           ,
           and
           concluded
           on
           what
           Course
           should
           be
           taken
           :
           In
           the
           Assembly
           it self
           ,
           the
           Matter
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           debated
           :
           The
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Committee
           not
           being
           brought
           in
           before
           they
           were
           dissolved
           .
           The
           other
           Falsehood
           is
           .
           That
           
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Lothian
           
             dissolved
             the
             Assembly
             on
             account
             of
             their
             Heats
             .
          
           This
           is
           so
           far
           from
           Truth
           ,
           that
           his
           Grace
           never
           complained
           of
           any
           Heats
           ,
           nor
           mentioned
           any
           such
           cause
           of
           his
           dissolving
           them
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           
             they
             had
             sat
             long
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             brought
             their
             Business
             to
             a
             period
             .
          
           There
           was
           indeed
           some
           confusion
           at
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           by
           a
           Cry
           that
           was
           raised
           in
           the
           House
           :
           but
           that
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           Dissolution
           (
           or
           rather
           of
           the
           manner
           of
           it
           )
           not
           the
           moving
           Cause
           .
        
         
           The
           Mercury
           doth
           farther
           Injure
           the
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           in
           the
           Remarks
           that
           he
           maketh
           on
           his
           own
           false
           History
           :
           Calling
           the
           Presbyterians
           
             A
             Terrible
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             most
             part
             we
             find
             nothing
             in
             their
             Assemblies
             but
             Disunion
             ,
             Discord
             ,
             and
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Persecution
             .
          
           No
           Answer
           is
           fit
           for
           such
           an
           indefinite
           Charge
           against
           a
           whole
           Church
           ,
           but
           to
           deny
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           bid
           defyance
           to
           her
           Adversaries
           (
           whose
           Tool
           this
           Man
           was
           )
           to
           prove
           what
           they
           lybel
           against
           her
           :
           Every
           one
           will
           see
           that
           this
           pitiful
           Historian
           hath
           brought
           nothing
           that
           can
           bear
           such
           a
           Conclusion
           .
           It
           is
           also
           too
           great
           Impudence
           and
           Petulancy
           for
           a
           Stranger
           to
           talk
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           against
           a
           Church
           so
           much
           honoured
           by
           all
           
           Learned
           and
           Good
           Men
           ,
           who
           have
           known
           her
           ,
           or
           her
           Principles
           and
           Way
           ;
           and
           that
           on
           so
           slender
           Ground
           ,
           as
           the
           Information
           of
           her
           sworn
           Enemies
           :
           And
           when
           even
           what
           Account
           he
           hath
           given
           (
           which
           is
           wholly
           false
           )
           if
           true
           ,
           could
           not
           amount
           to
           what
           deserveth
           such
           a
           Censure
           :
           What
           if
           they
           had
           unreasonably
           refused
           Communion
           with
           a
           sort
           of
           Men
           who
           had
           stept
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           who
           generally
           had
           so
           heavily
           persecuted
           them
           ?
           Is
           this
           the
           whole
           of
           their
           Actings
           in
           their
           Assemblies
           ?
           Make
           they
           no
           good
           Acts
           ?
           Do
           they
           nothing
           for
           bearing
           down
           Sin
           and
           advancing
           of
           Holiness
           ?
           He
           next
           compareth
           them
           to
           
             the
             Priests
             of
          
           Spain
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             would
             erect
             an
             Inquisition
             Tribunal
             if
             they
             were
             not
             restrained
             .
          
           If
           the
           Tongue
           and
           ●en
           be
           let
           loose
           at
           this
           ra●e
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           Men
           shall
           be
           made
           as
           black
           as
           Hell
           ,
           by
           such
           scandalous
           Libellers
           ,
           Can
           he
           tell
           us
           what
           is
           in
           our
           way
           that
           is
           like
           the
           
             Inquisition
             Tribunal
          
           ?
           Whom
           have
           we
           Imprisoned
           ?
           Whom
           have
           we
           Burnt
           ,
           or
           Fined
           ,
           or
           Banished
           ?
           What
           Civil
           Punishments
           have
           we
           inflicted
           ?
           Or
           have
           we
           Censured
           any
           person
           for
           Truth
           ?
           Or
           forced
           any
           to
           tell
           the
           secret
           Thoughts
           of
           their
           Heart
           ,
           and
           then
           taken
           their
           Lives
           for
           them
           ?
           But
           why
           do
           I
           take
           so
           much
           notice
           of
           his
           spite
           against
           us
           :
           It
           is
           also
           spued
           out
           against
           Protestants
           in
           general
           ;
           and
           these
           in
           other
           places
           as
           well
           as
           Scotland
           .
           What
           Religion
           he
           was
           of
           for
           his
           Principles
           .
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           in
           this
           Narrative
           ,
           and
           Censure
           ,
           he
           hath
           not
           shewed
           a
           Christian
           Spirit
           .
           How
           odiously
           doth
           he
           compare
           the
           Presbyterians
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           them
           who
           adher●d
           to
           the
           
             Synod
             of
             D●rt
          
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           with
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Clergy
           of
           France
           .
           Did
           ever
           either
           of
           these
           endeavour
           the
           extirpation
           of
           them
           who
           differed
           from
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           so
           Bloody
           and
           Barbarous
           Means
           as
           was
           the
           French
           Dragooning
           .
           The
           
             Scots
             Presbyterians
          
           and
           the
           Reformed
           in
           Holland●
           must
           also
           be
           like
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           keep
           up
           the
           War
           between
           the
           Emperour
           and
           the
           Pope
           .
           But
           wherein
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           lyeth
           this
           Similitnde
           ,
           do
           any
           of
           us
           medle
           in
           the
           Affairs
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           making
           of
           Peace
           or
           War
           ?
           Do
           also
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Holland
           intermix
           in
           these
           Affairs
           ?
           The
           design
           of
           all
           this
           Clamour
           is
           evident
           to
           be
           that
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           State
           ,
           should
           give
           a
           vast
           Toleration
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           all
           kind
           of
           Opinions
           and
           Church
           Practices
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyterians
           should
           allow
           them
           who
           are
           for
           the
           
             Jus
             Divinum
          
           of
           Episcopacy
           to
           Govern
           the
           Presbyterian
           Church
           ;
           and
           suffer
           Arminians
           to
           Teach
           ,
           and
           spread
           their
           Doctrine
           in
           the
           Congregations
           which
           are
           intrusted
           to
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           of
           whose
           Souls
           they
           must
           give
           an
           account
           :
           And
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Holland
           should
           allow
           Arminians
           to
           be
           Ministers
           and
           Elders
           ,
           to
           Teach
           and
           Rule
           their
           Flocks
           .
           And
           that
           it
           is
           not
           enough
           that
           they
           do
           not
           trouble
           them
           while
           they
           seduce
           their
           own
           followers
           ;
           but
           they
           must
           incorporate
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           one
           Body
           ,
           both
           for
           Teaching
           and
           Ruling
           ▪
           And
           nothing
           will
           please
           this
           Man
           but
           the
           Magistrates
           persecuting
           the
           Church
           ,
           unless
           she
           will
           take
           Vipers
           into
           her
           Bosom
           .
           We
           plead
           not
           that
           Ministers
           
             may
             be
             suffered
             to
             do
             what
             they
             please
          
           ;
           as
           he
           invidiously
           representeth
           the
           Matter
           :
           If
           Ministers
           transgress
           the
           Laws
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           punished
           :
           If
           they
           oppress
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           restrained
           .
           But
           it
           is
           no
           good
           service
           to
           the
           interest
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           Magistrat
           to
           restrain
           the
           Church
           from
           exercising
           that
           Government
           and
           Discipline
           that
           Christ
           hath
           instituted
           ,
           and
           the
           Law
           doth
           allow
           .
           It
           may
           rather
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           it
           will
           not
           be
           well
           with
           the
           Reformed
           World
           ,
           if
           one
           of
           this
           Man's
           Temper
           be
           
             suffered
             to
             write
             what
             he
             pleaseth
          
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           the
           publick
           Intelligence
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A57858-e7540
           
             This
             was
             written
             long
             before
             his
             ●eath
             .