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             A dialogue between Timotheus & Judas, concerning a pamphlet called, The growth of deism in England
             Hill, Henry, 1643?-1707.
          
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           Stephens, William, d. 1718. -- Account of the growth of deism in England.
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           A
           DIALOGUE
           BETWEEN
           Timotheus
           and
           Judas
           ,
           Concerning
           a
           Pamphlet
           called
           ,
           The
           Growth
           of
           DEISM
           in
           England
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           DIALOGUE
           Between
           Timotheus
           &
           Judas
           ,
           Concerning
           a
           PAMPHLET
           ,
           CALLED
           ,
           
             The
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             in
             England
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             S.
             Manship
          
           at
           the
           Ship
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           the
           Royal-Exchange
           ,
           MDCXCVI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           ABout
           the
           middle
           of
           June
           last
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           put
           into
           my
           Hands
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             in
          
           England
           ;
           but
           withall
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           borrowed
           it
           ,
           upon
           promise
           to
           restore
           it
           with
           speed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           could
           allow
           me
           just
           time
           to
           peruse
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           all
           .
           My
           Curiosity
           leading
           me
           to
           a
           further
           and
           more
           ferious
           perusal
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           sent
           with
           what
           speed
           I
           could
           to
           London
           ,
           for
           one
           of
           those
           Pamphlets
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           get
           one
           till
           July
           the
           18th
           .
           Assoon
           as
           I
           had
           received
           it
           ,
           and
           read
           it
           once
           or
           twice
           ,
           I
           believed
           that
           the
           Author's
           Travels
           in
           his
           Youth
           had
           spoiled
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           
           corrupted
           his
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           leave
           him
           the
           Morals
           of
           an
           Honest
           Infidel
           .
           What
           his
           Modesty
           ,
           his
           Truth
           and
           Charity
           are
           ,
           his
           Pamphlet
           tells
           us
           plainly
           enough
           ,
           What
           his
           Religion
           is
           ,
           I
           wish
           he
           himself
           could
           tell
           .
           If
           we
           should
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           a
           
             poor
             deformed
             By-blow
          
           of
           Socinus
           ,
           we
           do
           him
           great
           Honour
           .
           But
           who
           can
           guess
           what
           ,
           or
           who
           he
           is
           ?
           He
           has
           more
           Disguises
           on
           than
           
             Father
             Grey-beard
          
           had
           on
           the
           Scaffold
           in
           
             48.
             
             Jan.
             30.
          
           
           Whether
           that
           Man
           be
           still
           living
           or
           no
           ,
           who
           can
           tell
           ?
           But
           however
           that
           be
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Growth
             of
             Deism
          
           has
           undertaken
           the
           like
           Jobb
           of
           Journey-work
           again
           ,
           excepting
           only
           ,
           that
           his
           
             Master
             has
             enlarged
             his
             Commission
          
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           with
           its
           Prince
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           him
           
             Page
             17.
          
           )
           its
           Patron
           .
           I
           had
           sent
           this
           abroad
           a
           little
           sooner
           to
           beg
           the
           Honour
           of
           its
           being
           admitted
           into
           his
           
             Numerous
             
             Acquaintance
          
           ,
           but
           I
           feared
           ,
           being
           upon
           his
           Travels
           in
           making
           his
           Summer-Visits
           ,
           it
           might
           not
           find
           him
           :
           But
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           Year
           approaching
           now
           ,
           that
           will
           call
           him
           to
           his
           
             Winter-Quarters
             in
             London
          
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           good
           Manners
           to
           send
           this
           forth
           a
           little
           before-hand
           ,
           to
           wait
           him
           there
           ,
           and
           Congratulate
           his
           Return
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           DIALOGUE
           BETWEEN
           Timotheus
           &
           Judas
           Concerning
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           called
           the
           Growth
           of
           Deism
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             SIR
             ,
             next
             paying
             my
             Respects
             to
             you
             after
             your
             Return
             Home
             ,
             the
             chief
             of
             my
             business
             is
             ,
             to
             have
             your
             Judgment
             of
             a
             Pamphlet
             lately
             written
             ,
             called
             ,
             The
             
               Growth
               of
               Deism
               in
            
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             just
             saw
             ,
             and
             heard
             of
             it
             Sir
             ,
             in
             my
             Journey
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Bless
             me
             Sir
             !
             It
             has
             been
             abroad
             several
             months
             ,
             and
             written
             with
             that
             smartness
             of
             Stile
             ,
             and
             quickness
             of
             Wit
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             amazed
             to
             hear
             you
             say
             ,
             you
             did
             not
             hear
             of
             it
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             could
             have
             added
             Evidence
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Strength
             of
             Argument
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             never
             the
             worse
             .
             But
             you
             know
             Sir
             ,
             that
             I
             live
             a
             Retired
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             have
             neither
             Time
             ,
             nor
             Mony
             (
             like
             that
             Author
             )
             to
             Contract
             a
             
               Numerous
               Acquaintance
            
             ,
             to
             spend
             the
             
               Winter
               in
               
               Town
               ,
               and
               the
               Summer
               in
               Country
               Visits
               .
            
             There
             may
             be
             a
             thousand
             Books
             Printed
             ,
             and
             I
             never
             hear
             of
             One
             of
             them
             .
             And
             it
             was
             meer
             chance
             only
             ,
             that
             ever
             I
             heard
             of
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             what
             is
             your
             Judgment
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             I
             presume
             you
             have
             read
             it
             since
             your
             Return
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Once
             or
             twice
             I
             have
             Sir
             ;
             enough
             in
             Conscience
             to
             see
             through
             the
             Authors
             both
             Honesty
             ,
             and
             Argument
             .
             But
             because
             I
             do
             not
             much
             trust
             to
             my
             own
             Judgment
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             I
             will
             (
             if
             you
             please
             Sir
             )
             wave
             mine
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             give
             you
             an
             honest
             Gentleman's
             Opinion
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             was
             with
             me
             lately
             ,
             and
             who
             had
             scanned
             it
             narrowly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             With
             all
             my
             Heart
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Asking
             then
             his
             Judgment
             Sir
             ,
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             ominous
             to
             stumble
             in
             the
             Threshold
             .
             When
             I
             read
             Sir
             (
             said
             he
             )
             the
             Title
             of
             that
             Pamphlet
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             ,
             I
             expected
             to
             have
             heard
             of
             Arguments
             to
             invalidate
             all
             Revelation
             .
             I
             expected
             to
             have
             heard
             of
             
               Sampson's
               Locks
            
             and
             
               Balaam's
               Ass
            
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             and
             of
             as
             many
             Absurdities
             in
             Matters
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Falshoods
             in
             Matters
             of
             Fact
             in
             the
             New.
             I
             believed
             he
             would
             have
             proved
             its
             inconsistency
             with
             the
             Chronology
             ,
             and
             History
             of
             those
             Times
             in
             which
             it
             was
             written
             ,
             of
             its
             prescribing
             Mysteries
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             which
             were
             contradictory
             to
             common
             Understanding
             ,
             and
             of
             matters
             of
             Practice
             ,
             which
             were
             so
             to
             common
             Morals
             ;
             I
             expected
             to
             have
             heard
             that
             the
             Apostles
             were
             no
             proper
             Judges
             of
             the
             Matters
             of
             Fact
             they
             delivered
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             corrupted
             either
             through
             Interest
             ,
             or
             Design
             ,
             or
             rendered
             Incompetent
             through
             Ignorance
             ,
             or
             Profligate
             Lives
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             ,
             that
             their
             Testimony
             could
             not
             be
             supposed
             to
             pass
             in
             any
             Court
             of
             Judicature
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             same
             Reasons
             we
             might
             reject
             the
             Validity
             of
             it
             too
             .
             This
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             lookt
             for
             (
             at
             least
             )
             from
             this
             Man
             
             when
             I
             read
             the
             Title
             to
             his
             Pamphlet
             (
             for
             I
             expected
             Pertinence
             ,
             and
             not
             Design
             )
             but
             instead
             thereof
             ,
             out
             comes
             a
             Mouse
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             tells
             me
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             a
             parcel
             of
             Men
             amongst
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             do
             not
             live
             so
             good
             Lives
             as
             they
             should
             do
             ;
             as
             if
             (
             said
             he
             )
             there
             were
             any
             Body
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             World
             that
             did
             ;
             and
             that
             our
             Saviour
             had
             not
             expresly
             foretold
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             End
             thereof
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             
               Tares
               mixed
               with
               the
               Wheat
            
             .
          
           
             Sir
             said
             I
             ,
             methinks
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             weaker
             and
             more
             Ridiculous
             Argument
             brought
             against
             the
             truth
             of
             any
             Doctrine
             ,
             than
             the
             ill
             Lives
             of
             some
             of
             its
             Professors
             .
             For
             if
             there
             be
             any
             Force
             in
             it
             ,
             there
             is
             (
             with
             Christianity
             )
             an
             End
             of
             all
             Religion
             in
             the
             World
             (
             for
             none
             are
             without
             some
             Men
             of
             bad
             Lives
             )
             and
             all
             Mankind
             (
             if
             this
             Argument
             be
             good
             )
             must
             with
             one
             dead
             weight
             sink
             into
             downright
             Atheism
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             my
             Friend
             replyed
             ,
             and
             who
             knows
             Sir
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             what
             hidden
             Reserve
             this
             Man
             had
             when
             he
             made
             use
             of
             it
             ?
             But
             Sir
             (
             said
             I
             )
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             if
             this
             Author's
             Life
             were
             narrowly
             inspected
             into
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             found
             no
             very
             good
             Argument
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             that
             Religion
             (
             whatever
             it
             be
             )
             that
             he
             himself
             professes
             .
             To
             which
             my
             Friend
             returned
             :
             We
             ought
             Sir
             ,
             to
             have
             better
             grounds
             to
             believe
             it
             is
             ,
             than
             he
             has
             given
             us
             in
             this
             Pamphlet
             ;
             for
             Diabolical
             Slanders
             and
             Malice
             (
             said
             he
             )
             are
             but
             poor
             Arguments
             of
             a
             Good
             Life
             .
             But
             when
             all
             is
             done
             (
             said
             my
             Friend
             )
             if
             the
             bad
             Lives
             of
             some
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             are
             an
             Argument
             against
             the
             Truth
             of
             Revelation
             ,
             the
             Lives
             of
             those
             that
             are
             good
             ,
             must
             by
             a
             Parity
             of
             Reason
             be
             an
             Argument
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             except
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             that
             this
             Man
             is
             lost
             to
             all
             Shame
             ,
             and
             Modesty
             ,
             he
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             are
             abundance
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             live
             answerably
             to
             their
             Faith.
             
          
           
           
             Upon
             this
             I
             interposed
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             you
             seem
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             me
             to
             be
             much
             mistaken
             .
             For
             this
             Gentleman
             does
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             these
             Arguments
             have
             made
             him
             a
             
               Deist
               ,
               but
               some
               of
               his
               Acquaintance
               .
            
          
           
             To
             which
             he
             replied
             ,
             The
             Monky
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             pulled
             the
             Nut
             out
             of
             the
             Fire
             with
             the
             Cats
             Foot
             ,
             but
             both
             the
             Action
             and
             Design
             was
             wholly
             the
             Monky's
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Cat
             's
             ;
             and
             this
             Gentleman
             makes
             so
             many
             ugly
             Grimaces
             through
             his
             whole
             Pamphlet
             ,
             against
             all
             Christian
             Churches
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             an
             easie
             Matter
             to
             see
             who
             was
             
               Master
               of
               this
               Movement
            
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             (
             said
             he
             )
             he
             does
             sometimes
             seem
             to
             boggle
             a
             little
             at
             the
             Deists
             Arguments
             brought
             against
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             in
             Scandal
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             but
             he
             does
             it
             after
             such
             a
             yawning
             rate
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             believe
             he
             were
             more
             than
             half
             a-sleep
             when
             he
             did
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             however
             it
             be
             as
             to
             that
             matter
             ,
             yet
             all
             they
             bring
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             swallows
             whole
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             only
             allow
             ,
             but
             improve
             them
             .
             So
             that
             whatver
             Disguises
             he
             would
             appear
             under
             in
             other
             Respects
             ,
             yet
             all
             that
             is
             said
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             plainly
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             esteemed
             .
             And
             therefore
             (
             said
             he
             )
             let
             him
             put
             on
             as
             many
             Skins
             as
             he
             will
             ,
             we
             see
             his
             Ears
             still
             ,
             as
             the
             Man
             knew
             well
             enough
             who
             it
             was
             that
             stunk
             ,
             though
             the
             Woman
             said
             't
             was
             her
             Dog.
             
          
           
             
               But
               pray
               Sir
               ,
               said
               I
               ,
               how
               can
               this
               be
               ?
               When
               ,
               Page
               the
               8th
               .
               we
               are
               told
               that
               he
               belongs
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               well
               for
               him
               he
               was
               of
               the
               Bishop's
               Church
               ,
               for
               without
               a
               dutiful
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               Bishops
               he
               could
               not
               hold
               the
               Place
               he
               now
               enjoys
               .
            
          
           
             I
             am
             glad
             Sir
             ,
             said
             my
             Friend
             ,
             to
             hear
             ,
             that
             some
             Men
             may
             hold
             Places
             under
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England
               ,
               that
               are
               not
               
               of
               the
               De
               Facto-ship
               .
            
             And
             this
             is
             the
             only
             Instance
             (
             I
             think
             )
             (
             though
             I
             believe
             much
             against
             his
             Will
             and
             Knowledge
             )
             that
             he
             has
             confuted
             the
             Objections
             he
             made
             by
             the
             Deists
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             For
             by
             this
             Instance
             he
             hath
             let
             the
             World
             see
             ,
             
               that
               a
               Man
               may
               hold
               a
               Place
               ,
               and
               yet
               pay
               very
               small
               Duty
               to
               the
               Bishops
               .
            
             Not
             that
             I
             doubt
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             is
             old
             enough
             to
             hold
             a
             Place
             under
             any
             Church
             whatever
             ,
             and
             be
             their
             
               Shiboleth
               the
               Jure
               Divino
               ,
               or
               De
               Facto
               ,
            
             or
             any
             other
             Title
             ,
             he
             is
             wise
             enough
             to
             hold
             fast
             what
             he
             has
             ;
             only
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             he
             had
             rather
             their
             Shiboleth
             were
             the
             
               Title
               of
               the
               People
            
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             King
             might
             hold
             his
             Place
             under
             him
             .
             And
             as
             for
             his
             
               belonging
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             he
             may
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             for
             all
             as
             I
             know
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             allow
             Judas
             to
             belong
             to
             
               Jesus
               and
               the
               twelve
            
             ,
             or
             Ascarides
             to
             belong
             to
             the
             
               Body
               of
               a
               Man.
            
             After
             he
             had
             said
             this
             ,
             Sir
             (
             said
             I
             )
             we
             will
             have
             done
             if
             you
             please
             with
             the
             Title
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             beg
             the
             Favour
             of
             you
             to
             give
             me
             your
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             what
             I
             have
             been
             long
             a
             waiting
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             tell
             you
             then
             Sir
             (
             said
             he
             )
             that
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             all
             this
             Author
             says
             ,
             you
             may
             believe
             enough
             ;
             if
             only
             what
             he
             proves
             ,
             you
             can
             believe
             nothing
             .
             For
             if
             you
             will
             not
             take
             his
             Word
             for
             his
             Stories
             ,
             there
             's
             an
             End
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             dare
             boldly
             say
             ,
             that
             take
             ten
             Pages
             together
             through
             his
             whole
             Book
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             hardly
             one
             Word
             of
             Truth
             in
             them
             ,
             or
             if
             there
             be
             ,
             it
             may
             honestly
             be
             said
             of
             him
             ,
             what
             he
             colourably
             says
             of
             the
             Deists
             ,
             Page
             the
             14th
             .
             that
             
               he
               stretches
               his
               Conclusion
               beyond
               his
               Premises
               .
            
             The
             main
             of
             his
             Building
             is
             raised
             on
             the
             Shiboleths
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             them
             )
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             :
             The
             
               Doctrine
               of
               Non-resistance
               ,
               and
               the
               De
               Facto
               Title
               :
            
             there
             is
             a
             little
             Colour
             of
             Truth
             in
             the
             First
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             there
             is
             none
             at
             all
             .
             So
             that
             if
             you
             do
             but
             rightly
             state
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             barely
             deny
             the
             
             latter
             ,
             his
             whole
             Structure
             falls
             about
             his
             Ears
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             buried
             in
             its
             Ruins
             .
             The
             rest
             of
             his
             Book
             is
             (
             most
             of
             it
             )
             Personal
             Calumniations
             ,
             just
             said
             ,
             and
             never
             proved
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             greatest
             Part
             as
             false
             ,
             as
             the
             Foundations
             of
             his
             Building
             are
             rotten
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Discourse
             written
             with
             that
             little
             Truth
             ,
             and
             less
             Argument
             ,
             with
             that
             incomparable
             Malice
             against
             all
             settled
             Churches
             ,
             particularly
             that
             of
             England
             ,
             against
             Christianity
             it self
             in
             all
             its
             holy
             Mysteries
             ,
             more
             especially
             that
             of
             the
             Divinity
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ;
             that
             I
             cannot
             think
             those
             Papers
             can
             deserve
             any
             better
             Fate
             ,
             than
             to
             expire
             in
             a
             like
             Place
             ,
             where
             the
             Authour
             's
             famous
             Ancestor
             Arius
             did
             ;
             and
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             I
             honestly
             confess
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             those
             I
             had
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             sometimes
             since
             given
             up
             the
             Ghost
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             you
             have
             heard
             (
             in
             part
             )
             the
             Thoughts
             of
             my
             Friend
             upon
             this
             Pamphlet
             !
             ;
             pray
             now
             ,
             before
             we
             go
             any
             further
             ,
             what
             are
             your
             Thoughts
             of
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Why
             truly
             Sir
             ,
             to
             deal
             plainly
             with
             you
             ,
             I
             think
             him
             a
             
               Priest-ridden
               Ass
            
             ,
             one
             that
             has
             more
             Ears
             than
             Brains
             ,
             that
             hears
             and
             receives
             whatsoever
             the
             Priests
             please
             to
             put
             into
             his
             Head
             ,
             and
             has
             no
             Judgment
             to
             distinguish
             of
             things
             .
             But
             as
             for
             my
             Friend
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             Pamphlet
             ,
             (
             so
             I
             call
             him
             ,
             for
             so
             he
             is
             )
             I
             think
             him
             (
             next
             the
             Honourable
             S.
             
               R.
               H.
            
             the
             best
             Distinguisher
             in
             the
             World.
             He
             had
             that
             
               Acumen
               Ingenii
            
             from
             his
             Infancy
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             used
             to
             slit
             Motes
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             but
             four
             Years
             old
             ,
             and
             now
             he
             is
             above
             threescore
             ,
             he
             can
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             slit
             a
             Hair
             without
             Spectacles
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             that
             you
             cannot
             but
             see
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             distinguished
             so
             nicely
             between
             
               Religion
               and
               Priest-Craft
            
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             made
             all
             
               Ambitious
               Priests
            
             to
             stink
             ,
             even
             from
             Aaron
             down
             to
             this
             Day
             .
             And
             has
             turned
             the
             Edge
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             
               England's
               Caution
               to
               young
               Travellers
            
             ,
             Page
             5th
             .
             
             so
             sharply
             against
             their
             own
             Throats
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             distinguished
             them
             forever
             out
             of
             their
             Gains
             that
             way
             ,
             by
             making
             it
             plainly
             appear
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             as
             many
             
               holy
               Cheats
               amongst
               the
               Clergy
               of
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               as
               amongst
               those
               of
            
             Rome
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             Sir
             ,
             since
             you
             have
             had
             my
             Judgment
             so
             freely
             of
             your
             Friend
             ,
             pray
             let
             me
             have
             yours
             so
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             concerns
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             no
             farther
             ,
             let
             others
             answer
             for
             themselves
             .
             And
             I
             will
             do
             it
             only
             on
             this
             Supposition
             too
             ,
             that
             when
             I
             charge
             this
             Author
             with
             what
             is
             said
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             you
             do
             not
             reply
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             said
             by
             this
             or
             t'other
             Deist
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             him
             .
             For
             besides
             ,
             that
             this
             would
             breed
             an
             endless
             Confusion
             in
             our
             Discourse
             ,
             if
             the
             Charge
             that
             is
             made
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             be
             answered
             ,
             it
             matters
             not
             under
             whose
             Name
             it
             be
             done
             .
             But
             I
             cannot
             think
             of
             a
             juster
             Way
             than
             doing
             it
             under
             this
             Authors
             ,
             for
             the
             Cause
             and
             Quarrel
             is
             wholly
             his
             ,
             though
             like
             a
             Coward
             he
             hides
             his
             own
             Head
             ;
             and
             thrusts
             other
             Men
             forward
             to
             fight
             it
             for
             him
             .
             Do
             not
             think
             therefore
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Judgment
             I
             shall
             give
             of
             ,
             and
             Answer
             I
             shall
             make
             to
             this
             Pamphlet
             ,
             that
             like
             a
             Gladiator
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             to
             fencing
             with
             half
             a
             dozen
             Men
             at
             once
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             obvious
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Thrusts
             they
             make
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             are
             directed
             by
             this
             Author's
             Hand
             .
             Or
             be
             the
             Arguments
             whose
             they
             will
             ,
             the
             Malice
             (
             't
             is
             plain
             )
             
               is
               purely
               his
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             how
             my
             Friend
             may
             like
             this
             Dealing
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             will
             not
             be
             led
             ,
             I
             cannot
             drive
             you
             ,
             you
             must
             take
             your
             own
             Way
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Then
             Sir
             ,
             to
             what
             you
             said
             last
             I
             reply
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             what
             this
             Author
             hath
             said
             ,
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             the
             Throats
             of
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             are
             
             pretty
             well
             yet
             ,
             but
             how
             they
             would
             be
             if
             this
             Author
             had
             his
             full
             Swinge
             at
             them
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             .
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             by
             your
             leave
             a
             little
             .
             Did
             the
             Difference
             between
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             the
             Dissenters
             in
             Bishop
             Laud's
             Time
             ,
             shew
             the
             young
             Traveller
             upon
             his
             Return
             that
             they
             were
             both
             Cheats
             ?
             Pray
             what
             then
             Sir
             ,
             must
             a
             young
             Traveller
             think
             now
             ,
             upon
             his
             Return
             of
             the
             Deists
             ,
             when
             he
             shall
             read
             their
             bitter
             and
             
               malicious
               Invectives
            
             also
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
             Will
             he
             not
             think
             ,
             that
             
               they
               now
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Dissenters
               formerly
            
             ,
             are
             contending
             with
             the
             said
             Church
             
               about
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             Knaves-Craft
             as
             well
             as
             Priest-Craft
             ,
             and
             that
             Deism
             is
             as
             very
             a
             Cheat
             ,
             as
             (
             they
             say
             )
             the
             Christianity
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             ?
          
           
             In
             short
             Sir
             ,
             our
             young
             Traveller
             seeing
             all
             Christian
             Churches
             exploded
             by
             these
             Men
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             observing
             so
             much
             Malice
             and
             Bitterness
             in
             their
             Writings
             against
             all
             Perswasions
             but
             those
             of
             their
             own
             Sect
             ,
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             what
             must
             this
             young
             Gentleman
             do
             ,
             if
             this
             Man's
             Argument
             be
             good
             but
             turn
             Atheist
             and
             leave
             them
             all
             ?
          
           
             Once
             more
             Sir
             ,
             what
             if
             our
             young
             Traveller
             ,
             upon
             his
             Return
             ,
             should
             find
             an
             Army
             of
             
               Factious
               Republicans
            
             in
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             in
             Maintenance
             of
             their
             just
             Rights
             and
             Laws
             in
             
               Arms
               against
               them
            
             :
             Must
             the
             
               young
               Traveller
            
             presently
             conclude
             that
             this
             is
             only
             a
             
               Contest
               for
               Power
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King
             and
             Parliament
             are
             as
             very
             Cheats
             as
             those
             Rebels
             ?
             And
             that
             their
             
               Controversie
               at
               bottom
               only
               is
               ,
               How
               they
               shall
               make
               the
               best
               Market
               of
               the
               People
               ?
            
             Will
             he
             conclude
             that
             Government
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             Piece
             of
             Kings-Craft
             ,
             and
             that
             Government
             and
             Governours
             are
             Cheats
             both
             alike
             ?
             Will
             he
             conclude
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             zealous
             Contest
             between
             
               Archbishop
               Laud
            
             on
             the
             one
             Part
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Kirk
            
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             he
             will
             be
             of
             no
             
             Religion
             ,
             so
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             Controversies
             between
             the
             King
             and
             the
             People
             ,
             he
             will
             live
             under
             no
             Government
             ?
             Will
             he
             therefore
             betake
             himself
             (
             as
             if
             this
             Man's
             Argument
             be
             good
             he
             must
             )
             to
             Hobbs
             his
             Natural
             State
             of
             Independency
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             Bear
             or
             a
             Wolf
             ,
             retire
             to
             Caves
             and
             Dens
             ,
             and
             bid
             Defiance
             to
             all
             Mankind
             ?
             Or
             will
             he
             not
             rather
             ,
             as
             he
             ought
             (
             and
             as
             he
             will
             ,
             if
             he
             have
             made
             any
             Improvements
             in
             his
             Travels
             )
             Arm
             himself
             in
             defence
             of
             the
             King
             and
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             against
             those
             Factious
             and
             
               Ambitious
               Rebels
            
             ,
             whose
             only
             design
             is
             to
             be
             
               uppermost
               themselves
            
             ?
          
           
             But
             to
             let
             this
             pass
             Sir
             ,
             that
             which
             troubles
             me
             most
             is
             ,
             to
             hear
             this
             Author
             so
             positively
             affirm
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             to
             be
             but
             one
             Great
             
               Bulk
               of
               Imposture
            
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             her
             Priests
             to
             a
             Man
             (
             except
             Mr.
             Johnson
             )
             are
             so
             many
             Knaves
             and
             Cheats
             ;
             At
             this
             Rate
             Sir
             ,
             he
             must
             believe
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             to
             be
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Hell
            
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             
               Church
               of
               Rome
            
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             as
             I
             can
             see
             by
             this
             Charge
             ,
             must
             have
             a
             great
             many
             more
             Devils
             in
             her
             than
             she
             has
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Why
             truly
             Sir
             ,
             my
             Friend
             does
             verily
             believe
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             so
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             will
             call
             her
             ,
             assoon
             as
             he
             can
             do
             it
             with
             the
             same
             security
             he
             now
             does
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             Nay
             Sir
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             further
             ,
             that
             he
             believes
             all
             
               setled
               Churches
            
             in
             Christendom
             so
             to
             be
             :
             For
             he
             tells
             you
             plainly
             Page
             27.
             
             
               That
               't
               is
               the
               trick
               of
               all
               setled
               Churches
               to
               take
               away
               the
               Use
               of
               Mens
               Reason
               ,
               to
               render
               them
               Slaves
               and
               Vassals
               to
               their
               Dictates
               and
               Commands
               ;
               and
               what
               are
               these
               pray
               that
               do
               so
               ,
               but
               
                 Churches
                 of
                 Hell
              
               ?
            
             But
             particularly
             as
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             he
             has
             proved
             it
             to
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
             that
             she
             is
             so
             
             Arrant
             a
             Cheat
             ,
             that
             she
             has
             no
             other
             Ends
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             her self
             Rich
             and
             Great
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             If
             this
             be
             proved
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             his
             Convert
             .
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             does
             this
             Author
             mean
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             Cheats
             us
             of
             the
             Use
             of
             our
             Reason
             ,
             because
             she
             does
             not
             teach
             us
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             one
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             Page
             25.
             or
             rather
             indeed
             
               himself
               ,
               can
               write
               as
               good
               a
               Moral
               as
               our
               Saviour
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             We
             will
             let
             that
             pass
             at
             present
             Sir
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             and
             examine
             this
             Author
             (
             as
             near
             as
             our
             discourse
             will
             permit
             ,
             page
             by
             page
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             do
             not
             demonstrate
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             made
             it
             clearly
             appear
             ,
             that
             all
             setled
             Christian
             Churches
             are
             but
             so
             many
             Cheats
             ,
             but
             more
             particularly
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             I
             also
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Fools
             will
             give
             up
             my
             Reason
             to
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Timotheus
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             do
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             your
             Proselyte
             ,
             and
             will
             take
             this
             opportunity
             to
             recover
             the
             Use
             of
             mine
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             We
             will
             begin
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             Sir
             :
             I
             told
             you
             that
             the
             main
             end
             of
             that
             Church
             was
             to
             make
             Themselves
             Rich
             and
             Great
             ,
             nay
             that
             they
             do
             (
             as
             my
             Friend
             says
             )
             even
             
               Rival
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
            
             .
             For
             the
             proof
             of
             this
             see
             Pages
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             
               The
               Bishop's
               House
               (
               says
               my
               Friend
               )
               like
               that
               of
               the
               King
               's
               ,
               must
               be
               called
               his
               Palace
               ,
               he
               must
               keep
               up
               his
               Claim
               to
               the
               Miter
               and
               Crosier
               ,
               to
               Vie
               with
               the
               Crown
               and
               Scepter
               .
               The
               Title
               of
               the
               King's
               Courts
               is
               
                 Anno
                 Regni
                 nostri
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               
                 Anno
                 Consecrationis
                 nostrae
              
               .
               In
               short
               ,
               is
               the
               King
               Enthroned
               ?
               The
               Bishop
               is
               Enthronised
               ;
               Has
               the
               King
               a
               Divine
               Right
               ?
               So
               has
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             now
             ,
             what
             think
             you
             Sir
             ?
             Is
             not
             this
             Argument
             a
             plain
             Demonstration
             of
             the
             
             Ambition
             and
             Pride
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             worth
             its
             
               weight
               in
               Gold
            
             ,
             as
             scarce
             as
             Mony
             is
             now
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             Sir
             ,
             for
             all
             as
             I
             know
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             be
             worth
             much
             neither
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Why
             do
             you
             think
             't
             is
             of
             no
             weight
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Undoubtedly
             of
             very
             great
             ,
             and
             strength
             too
             ;
             The
             
               whole
               Convocation
            
             must
             needs
             sink
             under
             the
             Burden
             of
             it
             .
             Another
             such
             Barrel
             clapt
             under
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             would
             blow
             her
             up
             infallibly
             .
             But
             now
             I
             think
             of
             it
             Sir
             ,
             this
             Argument
             puts
             me
             in
             mind
             of
             two
             other
             sorts
             of
             Men
             ,
             who
             ,
             (
             if
             this
             Man
             's
             Reasoning
             be
             good
             )
             seem
             as
             dangerous
             to
             the
             State
             as
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             ;
             And
             you
             might
             do
             well
             ,
             the
             next
             time
             he
             comes
             up
             to
             the
             sitting
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             advise
             him
             to
             take
             them
             a
             little
             into
             his
             Consideraton
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Pray
             who
             are
             those
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Why
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Lawyers
             ,
             especially
             the
             
               Lord
               Chancellor
            
             and
             the
             
               Twelve
               Judges
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             do
             you
             think
             my
             Friend
             may
             make
             this
             out
             ,
             for
             if
             it
             can
             be
             done
             ,
             I
             can
             promise
             for
             him
             ;
             for
             next
             a
             Priest
             ,
             he
             hates
             these
             Men
             at
             his
             Heart
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Then
             first
             of
             all
             Sir
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Nobility
             he
             may
             Argue
             ,
             That
             has
             the
             King
             his
             Crown
             ?
             so
             have
             the
             Nobles
             their
             Coronets
             :
             Has
             the
             King
             his
             
               great
               Palaces
            
             ?
             so
             have
             They
             :
             Has
             the
             King
             his
             Robes
             ?
             so
             have
             They
             :
             Has
             the
             King
             
               a
               Coach
               and
               Six
               ,
               and
               a
               numerous
               Attendants
               of
               Lackyes
               and
               Foot-boys
               ?
               so
               have
               they
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             they
             have
             as
             many
             Ears
             and
             Eyes
             as
             the
             King
             has
             ,
             and
             called
             by
             the
             
               same
               Name
            
             too
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             most
             dangerous
             of
             all
             ,
             they
             have
             as
             many
             Fingers
             and
             Toes
             and
             Nails
             as
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             who
             knows
             ,
             how
             soon
             these
             
               bold
               Men
            
             ,
             may
             
             climb
             up
             into
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             
               scratch
               out
               his
               Majesties
               Eyes
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Upon
             my
             word
             Sir
             ,
             I
             think
             this
             is
             well
             thought
             on
             ;
             my
             Friend
             will
             improve
             this
             I
             'le
             warrant
             you
             ,
             for
             he
             loves
             the
             Commonwealth
             too
             well
             ,
             not
             to
             hate
             the
             Nobility
             .
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             shall
             he
             make
             it
             out
             as
             to
             the
             Chancellor
             and
             
               Twelve
               Judges
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Easily
             enough
             Sir
             thus
             .
             Has
             the
             King
             his
             Scepter
             ?
             my
             Lord
             Chancellor
             has
             his
             Mace
             :
             Has
             the
             King
             his
             Purple
             ?
             the
             Judges
             have
             their
             Scarlet
             .
             Has
             the
             King
             his
             Throne
             ?
             they
             have
             their
             Benches
             .
             Nay
             ,
             Does
             the
             King
             wear
             a
             Doublet
             and
             Breeches
             ?
             so
             do
             these
             Men
             too
             ;
             And
             what
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             intended
             to
             starve
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             these
             
               Conquering
               Judges
            
             have
             Thrust
             him
             out
             of
             his
             own
             great
             Refectory
             or
             Hall
             ,
             where
             all
             his
             Ancestors
             did
             constantly
             Eat
             and
             Drink
             ,
             and
             have
             there
             erected
             a
             
               Committee
               of
               Twelve
            
             ,
             to
             determine
             of
             all
             his
             Majesties
             good
             Subjects
             
               Lives
               and
               Estates
            
             .
             And
             this
             
               Committee
               of
               Twelve
            
             ,
             being
             as
             nimble
             in
             wresting
             a
             Statute
             ,
             as
             any
             of
             the
             
               Committee
               of
               Six
            
             is
             a
             Text
             ,
             to
             their
             own
             Advantage
             ,
             get
             great
             Estates
             Themselves
             ,
             whilst
             many
             Honest
             Men
             Live
             and
             Dye
             Beggars
             .
             Nay
             ,
             what
             is
             more
             than
             all
             this
             ,
             These
             
               Conquering
               Twelve
            
             will
             not
             admit
             his
             Majesty
             to
             sit
             in
             their
             Courts
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             Person
             is
             as
             little
             seen
             ,
             and
             known
             there
             ,
             as
             his
             Name
             is
             heard
             of
             in
             the
             Bishops
             :
             But
             like
             Moses
             to
             Aaron
             ,
             these
             Men
             make
             themselves
             Gods
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               Hitherto
               shall
               thy
               Prerogative
               come
               ,
               and
               no
               further
               .
            
             And
             what
             is
             more
             than
             this
             still
             ,
             when
             these
             
               Conquering
               Twelve
            
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             shew
             their
             
               Power
               abroad
            
             ,
             they
             take
             a
             Jaunt
             once
             or
             twice
             a
             year
             through
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             hang
             up
             so
             many
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Subjects
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             little
             
             time
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             will
             be
             King
             but
             of
             a
             very
             
               small
               moyety
               of
               his
               People
            
             .
             And
             for
             this
             doughty
             Service
             of
             theirs
             ,
             I
             may
             honestly
             say
             (
             without
             the
             help
             of
             a
             Whetstone
             as
             in
             Dr.
             S's
             Case
             )
             
               they
               have
               sixteen
               hundred
               pounds
               a
               year
               a
               Man
               ,
               whilst
               Honest
               Mr.
            
             Johnson
             
               Starves
               upon
               Charity
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             what
             would
             you
             advise
             my
             Friend
             to
             do
             in
             this
             Case
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Why
             your
             Friend
             may
             Sir
             (
             if
             he
             pleases
             )
             the
             next
             time
             he
             comes
             up
             to
             the
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             but
             advise
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             the
             Committee
             of
             Six
             ,
             Page
             31.
             
               to
               Dissolve
               this
               Committee
               of
               Twelve
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               then
               be
               King
               both
               of
               the
               Clergy
               (
               as
               he
               says
               )
               and
               Laity
               too
               .
               And
               fix
               the
               Obedience
               of
               all
               his
               Subjects
               on
               himself
               exclusively
               :
               For
               on
               these
               two
               hang
               all
               their
               Law
               and
               their
               Prophets
               .
               But
               were
               they
               but
               once
               Dissolved
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               need
               but
               Ask
               and
               Have
               .
               Whereas
               't
               is
               plain
               now
               ,
               that
               these
               two
               
                 Conquering
                 Committees
              
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               Lawyers
               ,
               cast
               an
               Awe
               upon
               the
               Sovereign
               Power
               ,
               and
               suffereth
               it
               not
               to
               provide
               for
               the
               Common
               Good
               of
               the
               Subject
               ,
               but
               will
               appropriate
               the
               
                 Salus
                 Publica
              
               ,
               and
               Influence
               the
               Government
               to
               serve
               their
               own
               Particular
               ,
               their
               own
               Private
               Ends
               ,
               as
               this
               Author
               has
               most
               admirably
               worded
               it
               ,
               page
               31.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Really
             Sir
             ,
             you
             have
             hit
             the
             Nail
             on
             the
             Head
             ;
             and
             don
             't
             you
             fear
             ,
             but
             assoon
             as
             the
             Times
             will
             bear
             it
             ,
             my
             Friend
             will
             be
             at
             the
             Lawyers
             too
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Clergy
             .
             He
             has
             given
             you
             a
             smart
             Touch
             of
             his
             Inclinations
             that
             way
             already
             ,
             page
             23.
             where
             he
             calls
             the
             
               Attorney
               General
               ,
               and
               Judges
               so
               many
               Court
               Bloodsuckers
               ,
            
             and
             by
             Consequence
             ,
             as
             
               very
               or
               worse
               Tyrants
            
             over
             the
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             than
             the
             Bishops
             are
             over
             their
             Consciences
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             But
             now
             I
             have
             thought
             better
             of
             it
             Sir
             ,
             I
             think
             my self
             bound
             to
             give
             you
             Notice
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             a
             little
             Danger
             to
             your
             Friend
             from
             my
             Advice
             ;
             for
             the
             Judges
             are
             of
             the
             
               Fundamental
               Constitution
               of
               this
               Government
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jud.
             
          
           
             As
             if
             my
             Friend
             did
             not
             know
             that
             the
             Bishops
             were
             so
             too
             .
             Alas
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             some
             
               wise
               Men
            
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             but
             
               One
               great
               Fundamental
               either
               in
               Church
               or
               State.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Pray
             what
             is
             that
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Every
             Action
             of
             your
             Life
             tells
             you
             Sir
             ,
             't
             is
             Self-Interest
             .
             And
             can
             you
             think
             Sir
             ,
             so
             accomplish'd
             a
             Person
             as
             my
             Friend
             is
             ,
             will
             be
             frighted
             only
             with
             a
             Hard
             word
             ,
             fit
             only
             for
             the
             Amusement
             of
             the
             Ignorant
             Vulgar
             ?
             If
             he
             has
             taken
             that
             Courage
             Sir
             ,
             to
             
               Examine
               what
               he
               believes
            
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             submit
             to
             your
             Fundamentals
             in
             Religion
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             he
             will
             boggle
             at
             those
             of
             the
             State
             ?
             Under
             the
             Rose
             Sir
             ,
             it
             would
             make
             a
             Cat
             laugh
             to
             hear
             you
             talk
             of
             Fundamentals
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Nay
             Sir
             ,
             if
             your
             Friend
             shall
             think
             it
             is
             for
             his
             Interest
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             it
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             hinder
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             let
             us
             look
             back
             a
             little
             .
             Do
             you
             not
             think
             that
             my
             Friend
             has
             by
             the
             last
             Argument
             plainly
             demonstrated
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             of
             England
             Rival
             (
             as
             he
             says
             )
             the
             
               Sovereign
               Power
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             I
             cannot
             as
             yet
             bring
             my self
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             living
             in
             a
             pretty
             good
             House
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             Honour
             and
             Power
             by
             the
             Bounty
             of
             his
             Prince
             ,
             can
             make
             a
             Man
             a
             King.
             Nor
             do
             I
             think
             that
             Kings
             would
             have
             been
             so
             weak
             as
             to
             have
             bestowed
             These
             Honours
             on
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             believed
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             same
             they
             they
             had
             made
             so
             many
             Rivals
             of
             
             their
             Power
             .
             Methinks
             this
             Author
             should
             have
             shewn
             some
             Mony
             they
             had
             Stampt
             ,
             have
             produced
             some
             Bills
             they
             had
             Past
             .
             He
             should
             have
             named
             the
             Embassadors
             they
             had
             Sent
             and
             Received
             ,
             the
             Wars
             they
             had
             prolaimed
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             The
             Wars
             they
             have
             proclaimed
             Sir
             ,
             pray
             who
             are
             they
             at
             Peace
             with
             ?
             By
             the
             Abjuration
             of
             the
             Covenant
             and
             other
             Acts
             ,
             he
             tells
             you
             Page
             the
             9th
             ,
             
               That
               they
               proclaimed
               War
               against
               the
               Presbyterians
               ,
               and
               beat
               them
               out
               of
               their
               Livelihoods
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               drove
               them
               five
               Miles
               distance
               from
               all
               Market-Towns
               :
               And
               that
               King
               Charles
               the
               II.
               was
               not
               able
               to
               support
               these
               his
               Loving
               Subjects
               against
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Bishops
               .
            
             And
             Page
             the
             8th
             he
             tells
             you
             ,
             
               That
               by
               a
               new
               Church
               Device
               or
               Law
               ,
               they
               have
               deprived
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Dissenters
               of
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               their
               Country
               to
               which
               they
               were
               Born
               ;
               and
               Pages
               the
               18th
               and
               19th
               ,
               That
               they
               have
               proclaimed
               War
               against
               the
               Honest
               Deists
               too
               ,
               because
               they
               will
               not
               believe
               Things
               which
               are
               in
               their
               own
               Natures
               Absurdities
               ,
               and
               impossible
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               such
               as
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Trinity
               and
               other
               unintelligible
               Mysteries
               ,
               which
               serve
               only
               for
               Amusement
               ,
               and
               not
               for
               Instruction
               .
            
             And
             lastly
             Sir
             ,
             he
             shews
             you
             plainly
             ,
             
               That
               they
               proclaim
               War
               against
               King
               William
               ,
               by
               allowing
               him
               only
               a
               
                 De
                 Facto
              
               Title
               as
               the
               Principle
               of
               their
               Obedience
               ,
            
             Page
             the
             13th
             ,
             
               And
               that
               this
               is
               now
               the
               Shiboleth
               of
               their
               Party
               ,
               as
               Non-resistance
               was
               formerly
               ,
               and
               that
               none
               must
               be
               promoted
               to
               Church
               Dignities
               ,
               but
               such
               who
               come
               in
               upon
               this
               Title
               only
               .
               So
               that
               't
               is
               plain
               as
               is
               said
               Page
               the
               12th
               ,
               That
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               is
               a
               Party
               ,
               and
               are
               at
               War
               with
               all
               but
               
               those
               of
               their
               own
               Perswasion
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               Watch-words
               to
               know
               one
               another
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               their
               Church
               Devices
               ,
               to
               destroy
               all
               others
               but
               themselves
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             heavy
             Charge
             indeed
             Sir
             ,
             but
             a
             Grace
             of
             God
             it
             may
             not
             be
             true
             .
             I
             will
             give
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Particulars
             of
             it
             by
             and
             by
             .
             But
             this
             you
             call
             Sir
             ,
             
               Proclaiming
               of
               War
            
             ;
             and
             
               Rivalling
               of
               Sovereignty
            
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             doubt
             it
             Sir
             ,
             is
             there
             not
             waging
             of
             War
             against
             Men's
             Livelihoods
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Lives
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             And
             against
             Mens
             Reputations
             as
             well
             as
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             ;
             and
             would
             not
             they
             (
             think
             you
             )
             that
             do
             it
             upon
             the
             one
             ,
             do
             it
             upon
             the
             other
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             in
             their
             Power
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             I
             allow
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Then
             is
             your
             Friend
             this
             Author
             ,
             not
             only
             a
             
               Rivaller
               of
               Sovereignty
            
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             
               barbarous
               Tyrant
               living
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             How
             is
             that
             proved
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             By
             his
             murdering
             the
             Reputation
             of
             the
             Innocent
             without
             distinction
             of
             Age
             or
             Sex
             ,
             not
             sparing
             our
             Saviour
             himself
             ,
             from
             his
             Cross
             down
             to
             this
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             does
             this
             appear
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Only
             from
             his
             own
             words
             Page
             the
             7th
             ,
             where
             after
             he
             had
             sufficiently
             scandalized
             the
             
               Modern
               Clergy
            
             ,
             He
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               't
               is
               not
               Impossible
               but
               that
               the
               Ancient
               Clergy
               might
               be
               possessed
               with
               the
               same
               spirit
               of
               Pride
               ,
               that
               has
               prevailed
               over
               the
               Modern
            
             ;
             and
             who
             does
             not
             know
             what
             this
             Man
             means
             by
             that
             word
             ,
             Impossible
             ?
             Nay
             he
             can
             hardly
             forbear
             an
             open
             Justification
             of
             the
             Romans
             Crucifixion
             of
             our
             Saviour
             himself
             ,
             and
             punishing
             him
             (
             as
             he
             words
             it
             )
             as
             
               a
               Slave
            
             .
             For
             although
             
             he
             covers
             it
             with
             this
             supposition
             ,
             
               If
               he
               laid
               the
               Foundation
               of
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Clergy
               .
            
             Yet
             he
             must
             be
             blind
             indeed
             that
             cannot
             see
             what
             this
             Man
             means
             here
             by
             his
             
             If
             's
             and
             And
             's
             .
             When
             the
             times
             will
             permit
             ,
             he
             will
             leave
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             speak
             plainly
             .
             Jesu
             God!
             how
             is
             it
             ,
             that
             we
             live
             to
             see
             thy
             Face
             impudently
             spit
             in
             again
             by
             Miscreant
             Infidels
             ,
             and
             all
             this
             openly
             ,
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             a
             Christian
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             You
             mistake
             Sir
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             Deist
             says
             this
             ,
             and
             not
             my
             Friend
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             warned
             you
             of
             this
             Sir
             ,
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             discourse
             ;
             you
             think
             your
             Friend
             is
             like
             Legion
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             just
             the
             contrary
             .
             For
             he
             himself
             is
             the
             
               Master
               Daemon
            
             ,
             and
             hath
             power
             over
             all
             those
             
               Evil
               Spirits
            
             which
             have
             taken
             up
             their
             abode
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             hath
             Power
             over
             them
             to
             command
             them
             to
             speak
             what
             he
             pleases
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             blaspheming
             of
             our
             blessed
             Lord
             himself
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             this
             Man
             Sir
             ,
             would
             have
             had
             us
             hearken
             to
             his
             condemnation
             of
             contentious
             Humours
             ,
             and
             Hostile
             Inclinations
             in
             others
             ,
             he
             ought
             first
             to
             have
             shewed
             to
             us
             ,
             the
             Peaceableness
             of
             his
             own
             .
             If
             he
             would
             have
             exposed
             the
             Quarrelsome
             and
             unchristian
             tempers
             of
             Church-men
             ,
             he
             ought
             first
             to
             have
             recommended
             himself
             by
             a
             Spirit
             of
             Meekness
             and
             Charity
             .
             Then
             he
             might
             with
             better
             confidence
             (
             at
             least
             )
             have
             reproved
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             ,
             Page
             the
             8th
             .
             from
             the
             
               breach
               of
               the
               second
               table
            
             ,
             and
             might
             sometime
             or
             other
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             have
             had
             his
             wish
             ,
             
               that
               his
               Soul
               might
               be
               amongst
               the
               Philosophers
               .
            
          
           
             But
             in
             stead
             of
             this
             ,
             he
             has
             sounded
             a
             defiance
             throughout
             this
             Pamphlet
             ,
             not
             only
             against
             the
             
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             all
             other
             Christian
             Churches
             whatever
             ,
             and
             thrown
             as
             much
             filth
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             old
             rotten
             Lungs
             could
             discharge
             .
             Whereby
             he
             has
             proved
             himself
             a
             spurious
             breed
             of
             
               Celsus
               ,
               Porphyry
               ,
               Julian
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             he
             has
             their
             Spite
             ,
             and
             Malice
             ,
             he
             only
             wants
             their
             Wit
             and
             Learning
             .
             But
             if
             this
             be
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Deists
             ,
             
               Gather
               not
               my
               Soul
               O
               God
               with
               these
               Sinners
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             let
             Harangning
             alone
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             Particulars
             you
             promised
             .
             Does
             not
             my
             Friend
             make
             it
             plainly
             appear
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             did
             use
             the
             Presbyterians
             and
             Dissenters
             barbarously
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Church
               devices
            
             of
             Abjuration
             of
             the
             Covenant
             and
             the
             Test
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Good
             Sir
             !
             what
             makes
             your
             Friend
             so
             sweet
             all
             on
             a
             sudden
             on
             the
             Presbyterians
             ?
             how
             comes
             he
             to
             appear
             to
             them
             like
             an
             Angel
             of
             Light
             in
             this
             Page
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             the
             two
             immediately
             foregoing
             ,
             to
             be
             kicking
             with
             his
             
               Cloven
               Foot
            
             at
             them
             ,
             to
             spurn
             them
             to
             death
             ?
             for
             there
             he
             levels
             them
             with
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             and
             tells
             us
             
               that
               they
               both
               under
               a
               pretence
               of
               Religion
               were
               grasping
               at
               Power
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Claims
               of
               the
               Presbytery
               are
               nothing
               inferior
               to
               those
               of
               the
               Bishops
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             as
             kind
             as
             he
             is
             to
             them
             here
             ,
             yet
             he
             has
             given
             them
             such
             a
             Cast
             of
             his
             Office
             ,
             as
             plainly
             to
             discover
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             were
             they
             guilty
             of
             the
             same
             fault
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             is
             at
             present
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             were
             they
             uppermost
             again
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             fail
             to
             remember
             them
             how
             they
             Imposed
             the
             Covenant
             as
             a
             Condition
             of
             their
             Communion
             ,
             as
             he
             now
             tells
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             they
             did
             the
             Abjuration
             of
             it
             .
             That
             he
             would
             tell
             them
             then
             ,
             as
             he
             does
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             now
             ,
             Page
             the
             8th
             .
             
               That
               no
               Man
               could
               enjoy
               a
               place
               of
               Profit
               or
               Trust
               
               under
               them
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               dutiful
               a
               Subject
               or
               honest
               a
               Man
               ,
               unless
               he
               had
               a
               Conscience
               by
               their
               Law
               established
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               deprived
               Men
               of
               the
               Privileges
               of
               their
               Country
               to
               which
               they
               were
               born
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             These
             and
             a
             great
             many
             other
             matters
             upon
             occasion
             ,
             I
             suppose
             this
             good
             Author
             could
             rub
             his
             
               old
               Temples
            
             ,
             and
             call
             to
             Remembrance
             against
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             were
             they
             once
             again
             uppermost
             ,
             which
             I
             hate
             to
             rake
             in
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             Dunghil
             enough
             before
             me
             already
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             's
             all
             this
             to
             the
             business
             Sir
             ?
             does
             the
             Presbyterians
             dealing
             barbarously
             with
             the
             Bishops
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             justifie
             their
             dealing
             so
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             other
             Dissenters
             ?
             What
             can
             they
             say
             for
             those
             Church
             Devices
             of
             their
             making
             ,
             the
             Acts
             of
             Abjuration
             of
             the
             Covenant
             and
             the
             Test
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             If
             your
             Friend
             could
             make
             this
             Good
             ,
             he
             might
             well
             say
             they
             rivall'd
             the
             
               Sovereign
               Power
            
             .
             It
             may
             be
             he
             thinks
             he
             can
             .
             And
             (
             indeed
             )
             he
             is
             pretty
             near
             it
             ;
             he
             is
             within
             one
             Proposition
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             can
             but
             prove
             that
             the
             King
             and
             
               both
               Houses
            
             are
             all
             Clergy-Men
             ,
             he
             has
             done
             his
             business
             ;
             but
             till
             he
             has
             done
             that
             ,
             he
             has
             done
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Now
             although
             I
             do
             look
             upon
             this
             Author
             to
             be
             a
             meer
             swell'd
             Hypocondriac
             ,
             whose
             Spleen
             does
             not
             only
             Rival
             ,
             but
             tyrannically
             domineer
             over
             the
             Sovereignty
             of
             his
             Brain
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             him
             so
             weak
             neither
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             knew
             very
             well
             what
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             understood
             well
             enough
             what
             he
             said
             in
             this
             Matter
             .
             He
             knew
             well
             enough
             that
             these
             were
             not
             
               Acts
               of
               Convocation
            
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             but
             because
             he
             durst
             not
             wreak
             his
             Malice
             where
             he
             would
             ,
             he
             did
             it
             where
             he
             durst
             .
             But
             when
             all
             is
             done
             Sir
             ,
             I
             believe
             this
             Author
             
             would
             have
             a
             pretty
             hard
             task
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             our
             Government
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             all
             other
             Governments
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             may
             not
             make
             Laws
             for
             the
             Encouragement
             of
             the
             Established
             Religion
             ,
             because
             he
             does
             not
             concur
             in
             opinion
             with
             them
             .
             And
             I
             fear
             if
             this
             Man
             and
             his
             Friends
             the
             Deists
             ,
             were
             once
             uppermost
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             the
             first
             work
             they
             would
             set
             about
             themselves
             .
             For
             how
             hard
             soever
             he
             bear
             upon
             the
             Abjuration
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             yet
             he
             cannot
             but
             threaten
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             Page
             the
             16th
             .
             with
             the
             
               Abjuration
               of
               King
               James
            
             ;
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             next
             thing
             they
             would
             hear
             of
             from
             them
             ,
             would
             be
             ,
             the
             
               Abjuration
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               unintelligible
               Mysteries
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             And
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             why
             may
             we
             not
             renounce
             all
             
               unintelligible
               Mysteries
            
             ?
             We
             must
             either
             renounce
             them
             ,
             or
             our
             Reason
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             our
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Must
             we
             then
             Sir
             ,
             renounce
             every
             thing
             that
             we
             cannot
             fully
             comprehend
             !
             if
             we
             must
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             an
             end
             of
             Deism
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Christianity
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             Mysteries
             in
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Redemption
             of
             it
             .
             If
             there
             be
             not
             ,
             I
             desire
             this
             Author
             the
             next
             time
             he
             comes
             up
             to
             the
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             to
             publish
             a
             Comment
             on
             the
             38th
             .
             Chap.
             of
             Job
             ,
             and
             therein
             to
             let
             us
             know
             ,
             that
             though
             Job
             was
             so
             ignorant
             as
             not
             to
             be
             able
             to
             answer
             God
             ,
             yet
             He
             can
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             cannot
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             much
             doubt
             )
             let
             him
             give
             us
             a
             Reason
             ,
             why
             God
             may
             not
             redeem
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             Incomprehensible
             Wisdom
             that
             he
             made
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             verily
             believe
             that
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             that
             Infinity
             and
             Eternity
             are
             his
             
               Incommunicable
               Attributes
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             do
             honestly
             confess
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             far
             from
             being
             able
             to
             frame
             in
             my
             Mind
             a
             distinct
             ,
             positive
             or
             adequate
             
             Idea
             either
             of
             a
             Spirit
             or
             Eternity
             .
             If
             this
             Author
             can
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             well
             to
             oblige
             the
             world
             with
             his
             Notion
             ;
             if
             he
             cannot
             ,
             and
             Christianity
             must
             be
             turned
             out
             of
             Doors
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             
               Mysteries
               ,
               Deism
            
             must
             take
             it
             by
             the
             Hand
             and
             go
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             this
             Author
             must
             turn
             Atheist
             ,
             and
             be
             Gentleman-Usher
             to
             lead
             them
             both
             forth
             .
             For
             why
             should
             not
             those
             mysterious
             puzzlings
             in
             Nature
             stagger
             his
             Faith
             of
             God's
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Trinity
             does
             in
             God's
             Redemption
             of
             it
             ?
             they
             are
             both
             alike
             the
             works
             of
             his
             Incomprehensible
             Wisdom
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             enough
             for
             me
             (
             methinks
             )
             that
             God
             lets
             us
             see
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             as
             to
             convince
             us
             ,
             that
             he
             made
             us
             when
             we
             were
             Nothing
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             enough
             in
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Redemption
             ,
             to
             let
             us
             know
             ,
             that
             he
             Redeemed
             us
             ,
             when
             we
             were
             Lost
             ;
             and
             from
             Both
             ,
             to
             give
             Mankind
             a
             full
             Demonstration
             of
             his
             Infinite
             Power
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             of
             his
             unspeakable
             Goodness
             and
             Love
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             the
             eternal
             Obligations
             they
             lie
             under
             to
             Love
             him
             again
             ,
             and
             obey
             him
             :
             And
             therefore
             ,
             though
             I
             am
             not
             able
             sully
             and
             distinctly
             to
             comprehend
             the
             mystery
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             enough
             for
             me
             that
             I
             see
             many
             great
             ends
             and
             purposes
             of
             my
             belief
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             my
             eternal
             Salvation
             .
             And
             though
             I
             declare
             it
             to
             be
             past
             my
             Reach
             and
             Understanding
             (
             and
             it
             may
             be
             if
             God
             had
             made
             further
             discoveries
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             so
             much
             the
             more
             beyond
             my
             Capacity
             and
             Comprehension
             )
             yet
             I
             think
             my self
             bound
             in
             Duty
             to
             sit
             down
             satisfied
             with
             those
             God
             has
             already
             made
             ,
             and
             with
             profound
             Veneration
             and
             Thanksgiving
             to
             adore
             the
             unspeakable
             Love
             of
             God
             in
             the
             great
             work
             of
             our
             Redemption
             ,
             though
             I
             am
             not
             
             able
             to
             comprehend
             his
             Mysterious
             Wisdom
             therein
             .
             And
             so
             far
             is
             this
             belief
             of
             the
             Trinity
             from
             being
             like
             (
             what
             this
             Author
             says
             Page
             20
             )
             
               the
               belief
               of
               one
               of
               Euclid's
               Elements
               ,
            
             that
             I
             defy
             him
             to
             instance
             in
             any
             one
             Mystery
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             Useful
             and
             Practical
             Deductions
             ,
             or
             to
             use
             his
             own
             Words
             ,
             
               of
               Application
               to
               Moral
               Duties
               ,
               and
               thereby
               to
               make
               us
               better
               Men.
               
            
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             St.
             John
             says
             1
             John
             5.7
             .
             that
             
               there
               are
               three
               that
               bear
               Record
               in
               Heaven
               ;
               and
               these
               three
               are
               One.
            
             And
             I
             have
             that
             absolute
             deference
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             believe
             it
             .
             But
             (
             I
             fear
             )
             if
             St.
             John
             were
             now
             Living
             ,
             and
             this
             Author
             should
             hear
             him
             say
             those
             words
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             make
             himself
             very
             merry
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             Ask
             Father
             John
             ,
             
               Whether
               he
               meant
               three
               Modes
               ,
               or
               Properties
               ,
               or
               Internal
               Relations
               ,
               or
               External
               Denominations
               ,
               or
               else
               no
               more
               than
               a
               Holy
               three
               ,
               or
               three
               somewhats
               ,
            
             or
             (
             what
             is
             truly
             his
             meaning
             )
             
               three
               Nothings
            
             .
             Or
             were
             our
             Saviour
             now
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             hear
             him
             say
             that
             
               He
               and
               his
               Father
               were
               One
               ,
            
             I
             doubt
             as
             he
             says
             Page
             20.
             
               that
               he
               would
               either
               run
               mad
               through
               despair
               of
               finding
               out
               the
               Truth
               ,
            
             or
             which
             I
             rather
             believe
             ,
             would
             turn
             Pharisee
             ,
             and
             endeavour
             to
             
               stone
               him
               to
               death
               ,
               for
               making
               himself
               equal
               with
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             You
             do
             not
             Sir
             ,
             seem
             to
             me
             fully
             to
             take
             in
             my
             Friend's
             Argument
             ;
             for
             he
             tells
             you
             Page
             the
             20th
             .
             
               That
               though
               you
               all
               agree
               in
               the
               belief
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               yet
               you
               widely
               differ
               in
               what
               we
               must
               believe
               concerning
               it
               .
            
             Whereby
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             that
             your
             differences
             are
             so
             great
             about
             it
             ,
             that
             you
             know
             not
             what
             you
             believe
             your selves
             ;
             and
             how
             then
             shall
             other
             Men
             know
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             It
             seemeth
             much
             to
             me
             Sir
             ,
             that
             when
             there
             
             are
             some
             differences
             amongst
             us
             ,
             they
             should
             signify
             Every
             thing
             ,
             but
             when
             there
             are
             more
             and
             greater
             amongst
             the
             Deists
             ,
             they
             should
             signify
             Nothing
             .
             Thus
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Deists
             (
             a
             great
             Friend
             of
             ,
             though
             (
             he
             says
             )
             no
             Acquaintance
             with
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             )
             "
             What
             says
             he
             Page
             
               147.
               shall
               I
               set
               my self
               to
               seek
               out
               a
               System
               of
               Christianity
               amongst
               their
               endless
               Disputes
               ?
               Let
               them
               first
               agree
               upon
               it
               amongst
               themselves
               ;
               when
               that
               is
               done
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               time
               enough
               for
               me
               to
               consider
               what
               they
               say
               .
            
          
           
             One
             would
             think
             this
             Author
             had
             great
             Reason
             to
             put
             his
             Memory
             into
             the
             Gazette
             ,
             with
             a
             
               Stolen
               or
               Strayed
               such
               a
               Day
               ,
               from
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               One
               of
               his
               Internal
               Senses
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             For
             it
             was
             but
             Page
             the
             13th
             .
             of
             that
             Letter
             that
             
               he
               tells
               us
               of
               the
               several
               sorts
               of
               Gods
               the
               Deists
               frame
               to
               themselves
               ;
               and
               Page
               the
               14th
               .
               he
               says
               they
               are
               so
               many
               ,
               that
               to
               expose
               their
               Notions
               were
               an
               endless
               Task
               .
               For
               he
               doubts
               ,
               he
               says
               ,
               whether
               any
               two
               of
               them
               agree
               intirely
               in
               one
               System
               ,
               and
               by
               consequence
               he
               tells
               us
               (
               the
               same
               Page
               )
               the
               mischievous
               Influences
               that
               all
               such
               like
               opinions
               must
               needs
               have
               upon
               the
               whole
               state
               of
               Mankind
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             it
             seems
             all
             the
             mischiefs
             arising
             from
             Divisions
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             do
             not
             arise
             from
             Christianty
             only
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Deists
             come
             in
             for
             a
             small
             share
             with
             them
             .
             And
             although
             this
             Author
             require
             ,
             Page
             the
             148.
             an
             Universal
             Agreement
             amongst
             Christians
             in
             order
             to
             his
             belief
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             all
             these
             divisions
             amongst
             the
             Deists
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             he
             does
             still
             believe
             there
             is
             a
             God.
             And
             if
             so
             Sir
             ,
             pray
             why
             may
             not
             the
             Christians
             believe
             
             there
             is
             a
             Trinity
             ,
             though
             some
             of
             them
             may
             differ
             in
             what
             we
             must
             believe
             concerning
             it
             ?
             I
             remember
             Tully
             says
             somewhere
             ,
             That
             nothing
             can
             be
             a
             more
             weak
             and
             ridiculous
             Charge
             ,
             than
             such
             a
             One
             ,
             which
             by
             Changing
             the
             Name
             only
             ,
             a
             Man
             may
             turn
             upon
             His
             Adversary
             .
             Thus
             changing
             the
             word
             Christianity
             into
             Deism
             ,
             I
             may
             say
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Letter
             ,
             
               shall
               I
               set
               my self
               to
               seek
               out
               a
               system
               of
               Deism
               amongst
               their
               endless
               Disputes
               ?
               Let
               them
               first
               agree
               upon
               it
               amongst
               themselves
               ;
               when
               that
               is
               done
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               time
               enough
               for
               me
               to
               consider
               what
               they
               say
               .
            
          
           
             And
             truly
             it
             will
             not
             be
             good
             Manners
             for
             us
             to
             go
             before
             Them
             ,
             considering
             what
             a
             strong
             Palpitation
             of
             Heart
             the
             
               Clergy's
               desire
               of
               Precedency
            
             caused
             in
             your
             Friend
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             ,
             Page
             the
             19.
             
             I
             confess
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             naturally
             most
             jealous
             of
             that
             we
             most
             love
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             much
             blame
             your
             Friend
             for
             being
             angry
             with
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             
               Rival
               his
               Mistress
            
             .
             But
             however
             Sir
             ,
             if
             one
             
               sawcy
               Fellow
            
             of
             them
             had
             once
             in
             his
             Life
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             stept
             before
             Him
             ,
             yet
             he
             ought
             not
             (
             methinks
             )
             (
             like
             an
             Italian
             )
             to
             carry
             his
             Revenge
             down
             to
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             stands
             related
             ,
             for
             his
             sake
             only
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             was
             not
             that
             pertinently
             alledged
             to
             prove
             the
             Pride
             and
             Insolence
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ;
             and
             could
             he
             give
             a
             better
             Instance
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             that
             A.
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Chaplains
             ,
             did
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             at
             Whitehall
             abuse
             the
             Author
             's
             Honourable
             Friend
             
               S.
               
                 R.
                 H.
              
               for
               writing
               a
               Treatise
               ,
               wherein
               with
               great
               Learning
               and
               Acurate
               Judgment
               ,
               he
               distinguish'd
               between
               Religion
               and
               Priestcraft
               ?
            
             For
             to
             tell
             you
             the
             
             truth
             Sir
             ,
             once
             more
             ,
             I
             think
             the
             Honorable
             Sir
             
               R.
               H.
            
             and
             my
             Friend
             to
             be
             the
             
               best
               Distinguishers
               in
               the
               World.
            
             So
             that
             't
             is
             great
             Pity
             ,
             but
             that
             Sir
             
               H.
               R.
            
             (
             at
             least
             )
             having
             ,
             like
             an
             
               Old
               Roman
            
             ,
             fought
             so
             stoutly
             in
             the
             Defence
             of
             the
             Liberty
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             his
             Gods
             ,
             and
             wholly
             vanquish'd
             the
             Priests
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             it
             is
             Great
             Pity
             I
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             like
             them
             ,
             should
             have
             his
             
               Honorable
               Cognomen
            
             ;
             and
             as
             they
             had
             their
             stiles
             of
             
               Scipio
               Africanus
               ,
               Pompeius
               Magnus
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             So
             he
             also
             should
             have
             of
             
               H-us
               Discriminator
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             With
             all
             my
             Heart
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             more
             a
             Rivaller
             of
             Titles
             ,
             than
             I
             am
             of
             Sovereignty
             .
             But
             to
             return
             to
             our
             business
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             Sir
             ,
             that
             Pages
             the
             18th
             and
             19th
             this
             Charge
             you
             mention
             ,
             of
             
               Love
               of
               precedency
               in
               the
               Clergy
               ,
            
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             ,
             is
             said
             ,
             and
             laid
             against
             them
             by
             this
             Author
             .
             
               Particularly
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               not
               allow
               of
               Sir
               
                 Matthew
                 Hales
              
               his
               Notions
               ,
               nor
               will
               they
               suffer
               us
               to
               take
               any
               thing
               for
               Religion
               ,
               that
               is
               distinguished
               from
               their
               particular
               Interest
               .
            
             And
             Page
             the
             19th
             ,
             
               That
               a
               Man's
               Churchmanship
               will
               not
               appear
               by
               any
               Mark
               so
               well
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               Hatred
               he
               bears
               to
               all
               Dissenters
               ,
               and
               in
               Conjunction
               with
               a
               deep
               aversion
               to
               all
               the
               Ancient
               Rights
               ,
               and
               Just
               Liberties
               of
               his
               Native
               Country
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             Answer
             Sir
             ,
             can
             you
             make
             to
             this
             Charge
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             No
             more
             than
             this
             Sir
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             so
             grosly
             and
             scandalously
             false
             ,
             that
             this
             Author
             gives
             us
             thereby
             undoubted
             Reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Accomplish'd
               Traveller
            
             he
             mentions
             Page
             the
             6th
             ,
             was
             
               none
               Other
            
             than
             
               Himself
               ,
               who
               having
               got
               an
               ugly
               Habit
               when
               he
               was
               Young
               ,
               could
               never
               leave
               it
               since
               .
            
             For
             he
             might
             with
             the
             same
             
             Truth
             and
             Charity
             ,
             have
             charged
             the
             inhumane
             and
             bloody
             Barbarities
             committed
             by
             his
             Forefathers
             in
             Dr.
             
               Cave's
               Seculum
               Arianum
            
             upon
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             or
             have
             brought
             in
             the
             other
             Arm
             of
             Arsenius
             ,
             and
             have
             Sworn
             that
             he
             was
             murdered
             again
             by
             the
             present
             Archbishop
             of
             Canterbury
             ,
             as
             have
             laid
             those
             things
             (
             as
             he
             has
             done
             )
             to
             the
             Charge
             of
             that
             Church
             .
          
           
             However
             Sir
             ,
             this
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             in
             his
             Honour
             ,
             that
             I
             think
             no
             Man
             living
             ever
             kept
             
               closer
               to
               his
               Text
            
             than
             this
             Author
             :
             I
             think
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             Precedency
             in
             that
             Respect
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             .
             For
             ,
             for
             uncharitable
             Censures
             ,
             idle
             and
             loose
             Consequences
             ,
             unchristian
             Leasings
             ,
             joyned
             with
             incomparable
             Spite
             and
             Malice
             ,
             he
             ought
             not
             only
             to
             have
             Preference
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             Mankind
             Living
             .
             I
             never
             heard
             of
             his
             Peer
             .
             Shimei
             was
             an
             Ass
             to
             him
             ;
             He
             could
             only
             Rail
             and
             Curse
             ;
             but
             he
             had
             never
             Travelled
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             unacquainted
             with
             the
             great
             Accomplishment
             of
             
               impudent
               Lying
            
             ;
             He
             was
             ignorant
             of
             that
             
               Noble
               Maxim
               ,
               Fortiter
               calumniare
               ,
               aliquid
               adhaerebit
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             what
             can
             you
             say
             to
             A's
             abusing
             the
             Honourable
             Sir
             
               R.
               H.
            
             for
             his
             Excellent
             Treatise
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Who
             this
             A.
             is
             ,
             or
             wherein
             he
             has
             abused
             this
             Honourable
             Person
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             but
             I
             presume
             ,
             he
             is
             of
             Age
             ,
             and
             can
             Answer
             for
             himself
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Honourable
             Sir
             
               R.
               H.
            
             his
             Book
             (
             whoever
             he
             be
             also
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             no
             Cunning
             Man
             at
             Cyphers
             )
             I
             have
             not
             seen
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             can
             give
             no
             Account
             of
             it
             .
             But
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             the
             Niceness
             of
             these
             Mens
             
               distinguishing
               Faculties
            
             lies
             more
             in
             their
             Pockets
             ,
             than
             it
             does
             in
             their
             Heads
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Bishops
             
               deadly
               Sin
            
             of
             Priestcraft
             lies
             chiefly
             in
             this
             ,
             That
             they
             have
             a
             little
             Mony
             in
             their
             Purses
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             Land
             belonging
             to
             their
             Bishopricks
             .
             
             But
             truly
             Sir
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             say
             to
             you
             first
             of
             all
             ;
             That
             if
             these
             Bishops
             could
             use
             their
             Mony
             to
             no
             better
             purposes
             than
             some
             of
             these
             
               Honourable
               Distinguishers
            
             have
             done
             ,
             it
             were
             great
             Pity
             they
             should
             ever
             have
             any
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             say
             Sir
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             Author
             would
             have
             had
             us
             believe
             ,
             that
             his
             Friends
             are
             such
             
               nice
               Distinguishers
            
             in
             other
             folks
             Matters
             ,
             he
             ought
             in
             order
             thereunto
             ,
             to
             have
             given
             us
             good
             Proof
             of
             their
             Distinguishing
             with
             a
             little
             more
             Honour
             ,
             than
             some
             of
             them
             are
             said
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             in
             
               their
               own
            
             .
          
           
             And
             lastly
             Sir
             ,
             pray
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             sometimes
             through
             an
             inveterate
             Wont
             or
             Habit
             a
             Man
             may
             wholly
             lose
             his
             
               Distinguishing
               Faculty
            
             .
             Thus
             ,
             there
             was
             an
             
               Honourable
               Knight
            
             in
             ,
             or
             near
             the
             last
             Age
             ,
             so
             wonted
             to
             Errantry
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             he
             could
             not
             Distinguish
             between
             a
             Wind-mill
             and
             a
             Gyant
             ;
             and
             there
             may
             be
             Another
             (
             for
             all
             as
             I
             know
             )
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             may
             have
             been
             so
             long
             accustomed
             to
             the
             Stage
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             think
             the
             
               Priesthood
               ,
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             else
             to
             be
             Counterfeit
             ,
             and
             may
             not
             be
             able
             to
             Distinguish
             between
             the
             
               New
               Testament
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Play.
             
          
           
             Therefore
             Sir
             ,
             let
             these
             Men
             put
             what
             Value
             and
             Estimate
             they
             please
             upon
             their
             Distinguishing
             Faculty
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             intend
             they
             shall
             measure
             my
             Opinion
             of
             it
             by
             theirs
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Stay
             ,
             Pray
             Sir.
             You
             are
             Riding
             on
             the
             wrong
             side
             of
             the
             Post
             ,
             and
             must
             turn
             back
             again
             .
             I
             am
             afraid
             you
             do
             not
             care
             to
             hear
             what
             I
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             prevarication
             in
             the
             Matter
             of
             Non-Resistance
             ,
             which
             was
             formerly
             ,
             as
             my
             Friend
             tells
             you
             Page
             the
             12th
             .
             
               the
               Shiboleth
               of
               their
               Church
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 De
                 Facto
              
               Title
               is
               now
               ,
               none
               being
               
               promoted
               to
               Dignities
               but
               such
               as
               come
               in
               upon
               that
               Title
               ,
               whereby
               they
               proclaim
               War
               against
               King
               William
               himself
               ,
               by
               allowing
               him
               only
               a
               
                 De
                 Facto
              
               Title
               as
               the
               Principle
               of
               their
               Obedience
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             We
             will
             come
             to
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
            
             by
             and
             by
             ;
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             we
             will
             talk
             a
             word
             or
             two
             to
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Non-Resistance
             ,
             or
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             .
          
           
             Although
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Non-Resistance
             was
             never
             the
             Shiboleth
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             yet
             it
             always
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             still
             believed
             by
             all
             the
             true
             and
             understanding
             Members
             thereof
             ,
             although
             not
             in
             that
             extravagant
             Latitude
             that
             some
             Men
             would
             have
             stretcht
             it
             unto
             .
          
           
             However
             ,
             as
             a
             very
             Judicious
             Gentleman
             observes
             in
             his
             
               True
               Notion
            
             of
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             stated
             (
             who
             was
             far
             from
             subscribing
             to
             the
             late
             bewildred
             Notion
             of
             some
             Men
             of
             Non
             Resistance
             )
             
               It
               is
               no
               wonder
               ,
               says
               he
               ,
               whilst
               the
               bloody
               and
               distracting
               Consequences
               of
               the
               unjustifiable
               Proceedings
               against
               Charles
               the
               Firstlay
               fresh
               in
               Mens
               Memories
               ,
               and
               when
               there
               was
               a
               Ground
               of
               Suspicion
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Tragedy
               was
               again
               designed
               in
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Time
               ,
               if
               the
               Imaginations
               even
               of
               the
               most
               understanding
               were
               warmed
               in
               Opposition
               to
               such
               Principles
               and
               Practices
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               well
               designed
               Zeal
               were
               carried
               on
               to
               enlarge
               the
               Notion
               of
               Non-Resistance
               ,
               beyond
               the
               Limits
               their
               cooler
               Reasonings
               would
               Allow
               .
            
          
           
             However
             therefore
             Sir
             ,
             there
             might
             be
             some
             few
             Men
             in
             the
             Late
             Reigns
             ,
             of
             warm
             Zeal
             and
             hot
             Constitutions
             ,
             who
             observing
             those
             Evils
             above
             menzioned
             ,
             did
             extend
             this
             Doctrine
             to
             an
             unruly
             Latitude
             ,
             yet
             were
             there
             many
             more
             ,
             of
             cooler
             Thoughts
             and
             Complexions
             ,
             who
             never
             allowed
             it
             ,
             or
             believed
             
             it
             in
             that
             Latitude
             .
             And
             although
             they
             have
             sometimes
             ,
             when
             they
             thought
             there
             was
             great
             Occasion
             ,
             Preached
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Non-Resistance
             themselves
             ,
             yet
             they
             did
             never
             stretch
             it
             beyond
             its
             due
             Bounds
             and
             Measures
             .
             But
             only
             taught
             ,
             That
             we
             were
             bound
             either
             Actively
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ;
             or
             if
             we
             could
             not
             in
             Conscience
             do
             it
             ,
             then
             Passively
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Penalties
             ,
             rather
             than
             Resist
             .
             For
             they
             were
             fully
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             Humane
             Laws
             are
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Measures
             of
             our
             Obedience
             to
             our
             Governours
             ;
             though
             Christ's
             Laws
             must
             be
             the
             Measures
             whether
             this
             Obedience
             ought
             to
             be
             Active
             or
             Passive
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Notion
             of
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             ,
             which
             upon
             the
             best
             Judgment
             I
             can
             make
             ,
             is
             contained
             in
             the
             Sermon
             of
             Obedience
             in
             our
             Homilies
             :
             If
             our
             Author
             can
             make
             more
             or
             less
             from
             thence
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             thereby
             prove
             what
             he
             says
             it
             is
             ,
             Page
             the
             12th
             ,
             
               A
               Sacred
               Record
               of
               the
               Injustice
               of
               some
               of
               those
               who
               concurred
               in
               the
               late
               Revolution
               .
            
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             though
             some
             Hot
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             them
             (
             some
             few
             excepted
             )
             unthinking
             Men
             ,
             mistook
             themselves
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             yet
             were
             there
             a
             great
             many
             Others
             of
             more
             Cool
             and
             Sober
             Thoughts
             that
             stood
             their
             Ground
             ,
             and
             still
             maintained
             the
             Right
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             Judgment
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             be
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             the
             first
             ,
             or
             last
             of
             these
             ,
             let
             any
             Reasonable
             Man
             judge
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             have
             dealt
             pretty
             well
             Sir
             ,
             I
             trust
             ,
             with
             this
             Author
             's
             great
             Giant
             ,
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Non-Resistance
             ,
             I
             hope
             we
             shall
             do
             well
             enough
             with
             his
             Man
             of
             Straw
             that
             follows
             .
          
           
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             call
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
            
             then
             ,
             a
             Man
             of
             Straw
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             The
             Halt
             and
             the
             Maimed
             are
             little
             better
             ;
             and
             one
             would
             think
             by
             this
             Man
             's
             Writing
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             verily
             believe
             the
             Clergy
             of
             England
             did
             extend
             their
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Non
               Resistance
               to
               Him
            
             as
             well
             as
             the
             King
             :
             For
             no
             Man
             surely
             would
             have
             brought
             only
             the
             Blind
             and
             the
             Lame
             into
             the
             Field
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             thought
             he
             should
             have
             met
             with
             any
             Opposition
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Good
             Sir
             ,
             methinks
             this
             Charge
             of
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
            
             seems
             to
             be
             sound
             and
             whole
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             strength
             .
             Can
             you
             deny
             Sir
             ,
             
               but
               that
               this
               is
               now
               ,
               what
               Non-Resistance
               was
               formerly
               ,
               the
               Shiboleth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ?
               And
               that
               none
               are
               promoted
               to
               Dignities
               but
               such
               who
               come
               in
               upon
               this
               Title
               ;
            
             as
             is
             said
             Pages
             the
             12th
             and
             13th
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             a
             Story
             Sir.
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             reported
             of
             the
             Witches
             of
             Lapland
             ,
             that
             they
             knew
             very
             well
             when
             the
             Father
             of
             Lyars
             tells
             them
             a
             
               Loud
               One
            
             ,
             by
             a
             Noisome
             Stench
             (
             such
             as
             they
             are
             not
             able
             to
             endure
             )
             which
             follows
             immediately
             upon
             it
             .
             If
             the
             same
             should
             happen
             to
             his
             Sons
             in
             England
             ,
             How
             offensive
             must
             some
             Mens
             Neighbourhood
             be
             ?
             There
             would
             be
             no
             living
             within
             some
             Furlongs
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             Author
             had
             not
             contracted
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Confidence
             (
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             )
             in
             his
             Travels
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             he
             should
             tell
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
               is
               the
               Shiboleth
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ?
            
             He
             may
             as
             well
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             is
             so
             of
             an
             
               old
               Republican
            
             .
             For
             the
             Unanimous
             Association
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             his
             
             Majesty
             as
             Lawful
             and
             Rightful
             King
             of
             England
             plainly
             shews
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             then
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             none
             preferred
             to
             Church
             Dignities
             ,
             as
             my
             Friend
             says
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             come
             in
             upon
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             This
             were
             a
             Question
             worth
             asking
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             Truth
             in
             it
             :
             But
             he
             that
             has
             the
             Confidence
             to
             tell
             us
             this
             groundless
             ,
             this
             ridiculous
             Story
             ,
             will
             tell
             us
             in
             the
             next
             place
             of
             the
             Cabbage
             and
             Caldron
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Why
             Sir
             ,
             was
             not
             
               the
               King
               made
               to
               pay
               Fifteen
               Hundred
               Pounds
               a
               Year
               to
               Dr.
            
             S.
             
               for
               a
               De
               facto-ship
               only
            
             ?
             Page
             13.
             
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             This
             Man
             will
             force
             us
             to
             speak
             out
             in
             spite
             of
             our
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             him
             plainly
             to
             his
             ,
             That
             if
             ever
             
               Impudent
               Lying
            
             come
             to
             be
             Rewarded
             (
             in
             proportion
             )
             as
             (
             he
             says
             )
             Title-Making
             is
             ,
             he
             cannot
             fail
             to
             have
             
               Sixteen
               Thousand
               Pounds
               a
               Year
               at
               least
               :
            
             And
             then
             't
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             ,
             he
             will
             keep
             Mr.
             
               Johnson
               from
               Starving
            
             .
          
           
             But
             here
             ,
             before
             I
             go
             any
             further
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             Remark
             ,
             that
             when
             this
             Author
             is
             laying
             about
             him
             in
             his
             mad
             Fits
             ,
             he
             makes
             no
             Conscience
             where
             his
             Blows
             light
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             he
             can
             but
             down
             with
             a
             Church-man
             or
             two
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             care
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             fall
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             For
             who
             that
             had
             any
             Regard
             to
             the
             Honour
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             would
             reflect
             so
             basely
             on
             his
             Wisdom
             and
             Government
             ?
             Who
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             had
             any
             Honour
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             could
             represent
             him
             to
             the
             World
             as
             a
             Prince
             of
             that
             Weakness
             and
             Simplicity
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             
               greatest
               Price
            
             ,
             for
             that
             which
             is
             
               worth
               
               Nothing
               at
               all
            
             .
             Nay
             ,
             for
             that
             which
             is
             
               worse
               than
               Nothing
            
             ;
             
               worse
               than
               the
               worst
               of
               Titles
               ,
               when
               he
               had
               much
               better
               ,
               as
               he
               says
               ,
               of
               his
               own
               before
               ;
               and
               by
               which
               he
               opens
               a
               Door
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               let
               in
               King
               James
               ,
               but
               to
               Turn
               himself
               out
               at
               also
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               .
               And
               what
               is
               worst
               of
               all
               ,
               to
               suffer
               Dr.
               S.
               to
               force
               him
               to
               do
               all
               this
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Why
             has
             not
             Dr.
             S.
             done
             it
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Bless
             me
             !
             What
             a
             D.
             of
             P's
             have
             we
             gotten
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Men
             should
             be
             afraid
             of
             him
             .
             He
             must
             be
             more
             than
             Jesuite
             Sir
             ,
             that
             can
             bring
             this
             Story
             under
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Probability
             .
             Rablais
             would
             have
             Blush'd
             to
             have
             put
             it
             into
             his
             History
             of
             Grangousier
             ,
             and
             Nothing
             can
             Match
             the
             Impudence
             of
             him
             that
             told
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             Folly
             of
             him
             that
             believes
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             Sir
             ,
             Can
             you
             deny
             that
             Dr.
             S.
             set
             up
             a
             
               De
               Facto-ship
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             If
             we
             do
             allow
             he
             has
             ,
             is
             therefore
             the
             
               De
               Facto-ship
            
             the
             Shiboleth
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
             This
             Man
             Reasonings
             keeps
             equal
             Pace
             with
             his
             Stories
             ,
             and
             his
             Logick
             and
             Ethicks
             are
             just
             of
             a
             Measure
             :
             So
             impossible
             is
             it
             for
             any
             Man
             to
             Apostatize
             from
             Christianity
             ,
             except
             he
             first
             turn
             Renegade
             to
             all
             Honesty
             and
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             are
             there
             any
             of
             the
             Clergy
             preferred
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             come
             in
             upon
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               Title
            
             ?
             Does
             not
             my
             Friend
             tell
             you
             plainly
             there
             are
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             if
             your
             Friend
             makes
             no
             more
             Conscience
             of
             what
             he
             does
             ,
             than
             what
             he
             says
             ,
             his
             Neighbours
             that
             live
             near
             him
             had
             need
             to
             keep
             
             their
             Mounds
             in
             good
             Repair
             .
             If
             there
             be
             any
             likelihood
             of
             Truth
             in
             this
             Charge
             Sir
             ,
             why
             does
             not
             this
             Man
             produce
             the
             Subscriptions
             required
             of
             the
             Clergy
             to
             this
             Title
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             Preferment
             ?
             What
             will
             he
             answer
             to
             their
             Unanimous
             Associations
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             own
             King
             William
             to
             be
             Lawful
             and
             Rightful
             King
             of
             
               England
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Will
             he
             tell
             us
             that
             none
             of
             these
             Associators
             were
             preferred
             ?
             Bless
             me
             !
             how
             many
             vacant
             Dignities
             be
             there
             then
             at
             this
             time
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ?
             Enough
             sure
             to
             tempt
             an
             Infidel
             to
             turn
             Christian
             ,
             or
             an
             
               old
               Republican
            
             to
             turn
             Churchman
             ,
             and
             be
             of
             the
             
               De
               Facto
               ship
            
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             we
             are
             talking
             of
             Title-making
             ,
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             what
             Title
             would
             this
             Man
             be
             pleased
             with
             ?
             The
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             Title
             he
             Laughs
             at
             ;
             the
             
               De
               Facto
            
             he
             Rails
             at
             ;
             that
             of
             Conquest
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             is
             Cut
             off
             by
             Parliament
             ;
             the
             Matrimonial
             Title
             is
             dead
             .
             Pray
             what
             Title
             is
             it
             Sir
             ,
             that
             this
             Man
             would
             have
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             He
             tells
             you
             Sir
             ,
             Page
             the
             28th
             ,
             
               That
               one
               of
               his
               Friends
               saw
               with
               his
               own
               Eyes
               our
               Great
               and
               Gracious
               King
               accept
               the
               Crown
               of
               England
               as
               the
               Gift
               of
               the
               People
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             One
             of
             his
             Friends
             saw
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             himself
             saw
             :
             Very
             well
             Sir
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             King's
             Title
             to
             his
             Crown
             must
             stand
             upon
             the
             Sandy
             Foundation
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             Himself
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             Republican
             Demagogues
             .
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             who
             leaves
             a
             
               Loophole
               for
               King
            
             James
             
               his
               Right
               now
            
             ?
             And
             not
             only
             for
             His
             ,
             but
             for
             any
             other
             Man
             ,
             or
             Body
             of
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             King
             William
             ,
             when
             these
             Men
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             find
             a
             Crack
             in
             his
             Covenants
             ?
             When
             it
             shall
             
             be
             wholly
             in
             their
             Power
             which
             shall
             be
             Uppermost
             ,
             the
             Head
             or
             the
             Rump
             ?
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             who
             Rivals
             the
             Sovereignty
             now
             ?
             The
             
               Jure
               Divino
            
             Bishops
             ,
             that
             say
             God
             makes
             the
             King
             ;
             or
             this
             Man
             ,
             that
             says
             ,
             He
             makes
             Him
             ?
             Who
             Rivals
             the
             Sovereignty
             now
             Sir
             ?
             Those
             Church-men
             that
             Tay
             (
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             all
             )
             that
             his
             Majesty
             holds
             his
             Kingdoms
             by
             his
             Sword
             ;
             or
             this
             Man
             that
             says
             ,
             He
             holds
             them
             from
             his
             Grant
             ?
             But
             now
             I
             think
             on
             't
             ,
             this
             passage
             of
             our
             Author
             satisfies
             ,
             me
             very
             well
             why
             he
             called
             the
             
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             
               the
               Church
               of
               Hell
            
             ,
             Page
             22.
             
             It
             being
             now
             manifest
             ,
             that
             the
             Pope
             has
             been
             a
             damnable
             Usurper
             for
             some
             Hundreds
             of
             Years
             ,
             that
             Prophecy
             of
             Jer.
             1.10
             .
             being
             never
             meant
             of
             Him
             ,
             but
             Personally
             of
             our
             good
             Author
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Holy
             Father
             ,
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               I
               have
               set
               thee
               this
               day
               over
               the
               Nations
               ,
               and
               over
               the
               Kingdoms
               ,
               to
               root
               out
               ,
               and
               to
               pull
               down
               ,
               to
               destroy
               and
               throw
               down
               ,
               to
               build
               and
               to
               plant
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             by
             your
             leave
             Sir
             ,
             my
             Friend
             shews
             plainly
             ,
             Page
             the
             11th
             ,
             the
             great
             Reason
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             have
             to
             maintain
             this
             
               De
               Facto
            
             Title
             ,
             for
             thereby
             
               they
               kill
               two
               or
               three
               Birds
               with
               a
               Stone
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Do
             they
             so
             Sir
             ?
             then
             they
             sate
             a
             little
             nearer
             together
             than
             your
             Friend
             has
             laid
             his
             Stories
             :
             But
             I
             have
             shewn
             you
             just
             now
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             may
             carry
             her
             Ammunition
             home
             again
             ;
             for
             he
             himself
             has
             killed
             them
             already
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             Well
             Sir
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             
               De
               Facto
            
             Men
             ,
             or
             what
             they
             will
             ,
             it
             is
             plain
             they
             are
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             does
             this
             appear
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             From
             their
             being
             great
             Friends
             to
             the
             Jacobites
             who
             are
             so
             ;
             
               and
               yet
               these
               Jacobites
               find
               such
               Favour
               with
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Livings
               they
               lose
               are
               in
               the
               Bishops
               Gift
               ,
               he
               shall
               present
               any
               Friend
               which
               the
               dispossessed
               Jacobite
               shall
               recommend
               :
               Now
               what
               can
               be
               more
               by
               them
               desired
               ,
               than
               to
               enjoy
               the
               Profits
               of
               their
               Livings
               ,
               and
               put
               in
               what
               Curate
               they
               please
               ;
            
             as
             is
             said
             Page
             the
             9th
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             another
             Taste
             of
             our
             Author
             's
             Travelling
             Accomplishments
             .
             But
             oh
             these
             Bishops
             !
             these
             pestilent
             Bishops
             !
             How
             heavy
             do
             they
             lie
             upon
             many
             a
             good
             Man's
             Stomach
             ?
             How
             Sick
             do
             they
             make
             this
             good
             Author
             ?
             What
             Convulsions
             ,
             what
             Vomitings
             do
             they
             cause
             in
             Him
             ?
             Even
             to
             the
             casting
             up
             of
             his
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             all
             Truth
             and
             Honesty
             with
             it
             .
             What
             great
             Pity
             is
             it
             that
             the
             King
             and
             Government
             will
             not
             destroy
             this
             Pestilent
             Race
             of
             Men
             ;
             who
             have
             been
             a
             Part
             Constitutive
             of
             it
             little
             more
             than
             a
             Thousand
             Years
             ,
             that
             this
             good
             Author
             may
             recover
             his
             Health
             again
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             :
             If
             there
             be
             any
             Bishops
             guilty
             of
             this
             Man's
             Charge
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             not
             Name
             them
             ?
             Why
             did
             he
             not
             tell
             us
             who
             they
             be
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             live
             ?
             Why
             did
             he
             not
             produce
             the
             
               Bonds
               of
               Resignation
            
             they
             have
             taken
             from
             the
             Curates
             ,
             and
             the
             Articles
             they
             agreed
             on
             ?
             He
             has
             kindness
             enough
             for
             them
             to
             have
             done
             it
             if
             he
             could
             .
             But
             alas
             Sir.
             if
             he
             had
             descended
             to
             Particulars
             ,
             he
             knew
             well
             enough
             that
             those
             Bishops
             would
             quickly
             have
             vindicated
             themselves
             ,
             and
             exposed
             both
             the
             Falseness
             and
             Malice
             of
             his
             Charge
             .
             He
             knew
             that
             Knaves-Craft
             
             lay
             safest
             under
             Generals
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             unthinking
             Multitude
             would
             swallow
             this
             Pill
             whole
             ,
             as
             he
             gave
             it
             them
             ;
             and
             since
             abusing
             of
             the
             Clergy
             was
             the
             Text
             he
             was
             to
             Preach
             on
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             not
             to
             wander
             from
             it
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             was
             done
             by
             false
             and
             malicious
             Invectives
             ,
             groundless
             and
             scandalous
             Stories
             ,
             weak
             and
             absurd
             Consequences
             ,
             it
             was
             all
             one
             so
             it
             was
             done
             :
             This
             was
             the
             Author's
             great
             Aim
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             keeping
             to
             his
             Text.
             
               Rem
               Rem
               ,
               quocunque
               modo
               Rem
               .
            
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             you
             see
             this
             heavy
             Charge
             improved
             by
             the
             highest
             Aggravations
             ,
             is
             the
             issue
             only
             of
             this
             Author
             's
             bewildred
             Brain
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             no
             hurt
             done
             ,
             but
             what
             his
             unchristian
             Calumniations
             have
             done
             to
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             urge
             a
             Supposition
             to
             you
             made
             Page
             15.
             
             
               Suppose
               the
               King
               should
               bestow
               a
               Bishoprick
               upon
               a
               
                 De
                 Facto
              
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               this
               Doctor
               should
               there
               find
               his
               old
               Acquaintance
               Dr.
               H.
               and
               being
               a
               Stranger
               in
               his
               Diocess
               ,
               should
               be
               willing
               to
               instruct
               himself
               in
               the
               Characters
               of
               Men
               from
               the
               good
               Doctor
               ,
               would
               it
               not
               fall
               out
               so
               ,
               that
               the
               Clergy
               of
               the
               Diocess
               must
               be
               used
               well
               or
               ill
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               open
               and
               notorious
               Enemy
               the
               Government
               hath
               ,
               shall
               design
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             And
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             have
             my
             Suppose
             too
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             .
             Suppose
             this
             Bishop
             does
             not
             meet
             Dr.
             H.
             there
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
             Why
             then
             there
             is
             an
             end
             of
             this
             Gentleman's
             Jest
             .
             Or
             suppose
             he
             does
             meet
             him
             there
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             ask
             him
             ;
             why
             then
             there
             is
             an
             end
             of
             the
             Gentleman's
             Argument
             .
             But
             suppose
             he
             doth
             both
             meet
             him
             ,
             and
             ask
             him
             ;
             must
             all
             follow
             what
             this
             Man
             says
             ?
             No
             surely
             ,
             
             this
             great
             Prelate
             did
             never
             yet
             see
             with
             other
             Mens
             Eyes
             ,
             or
             hear
             with
             other
             Mens
             Ears
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             Author
             will
             have
             us
             believe
             him
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             give
             us
             better
             Reasons
             than
             he
             has
             yet
             ,
             why
             he
             must
             begin
             now
             .
             If
             this
             Man
             knew
             of
             any
             Grievances
             in
             that
             Diocess
             from
             Dr.
             
             H's
             Information
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             well
             to
             Name
             them
             ;
             if
             he
             does
             not
             Name
             them
             ,
             't
             is
             plain
             he
             cannot
             ;
             for
             he
             has
             Charity
             enough
             to
             do
             it
             if
             he
             could
             .
          
           
             I
             only
             mention
             this
             Sir
             ,
             to
             let
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             allow
             this
             Author
             all
             the
             If
             's
             and
             And
             's
             he
             can
             desire
             ,
             yet
             has
             he
             not
             either
             Logick
             or
             Honesty
             enough
             to
             draw
             from
             them
             one
             true
             Conclusion
             .
             And
             that
             it
             would
             move
             a
             Passion
             in
             Job
             ,
             to
             hear
             this
             Grub-street
             Author
             undervalue
             this
             great
             Bishop
             (
             of
             so
             profound
             Learning
             )
             as
             a
             Common-Placer
             only
             ,
             Page
             the
             14th
             .
             whom
             all
             the
             Learned
             World
             admires
             ;
             between
             
               whom
               and
               this
               Crawling
               Scribler
            
             ,
             there
             cannot
             be
             the
             Thousandth
             part
             of
             Comparison
             for
             Worth
             and
             Learning
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             for
             Poetry
             ,
             between
             an
             
               Honourable
               Discriminator
            
             and
             
               a
               Ballad-maker
            
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             Sir
             ,
             that
             which
             rubs
             this
             Man's
             Back
             ,
             and
             makes
             him
             Kick
             so
             hard
             against
             this
             great
             Bishop
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             he
             is
             an
             unfoilable
             Champion
             for
             the
             Divinity
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             Sins
             of
             Priest-craft
             that
             he
             will
             never
             forgive
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             can
             you
             deny
             but
             that
             the
             Ambition
             and
             Pride
             of
             the
             Clergy
             has
             been
             often
             the
             Ruin
             of
             this
             Government
             ?
             
               What
               was
               it
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               said
               Page
               the
               22th
               .
               )
               but
               the
               Insolence
               of
               the
               Priesthood
               that
               brought
               about
               Father
               Laud's
               ,
               and
               Father
               Peter's
               Revolutions
               ?
               And
               Page
               26.
               
               What
               an
               unhappy
               Effect
               had
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Father
               Laud
               upon
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ?
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             this
             Sir
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             observe
             first
             of
             all
             ,
             The
             Malice
             of
             some
             Men
             to
             be
             bolder
             than
             that
             of
             the
             
               Devil
               himself
            
             .
             For
             they
             tell
             us
             they
             believe
             ,
             and
             yet
             they
             tremble
             at
             Nothing
             .
             This
             Author
             is
             an
             eminent
             Instance
             thereof
             ,
             who
             has
             not
             feared
             to
             keep
             his
             Spite
             Boiling
             against
             this
             good
             Bishop
             for
             Fifty
             Years
             together
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             Inhumane
             Barbarity
             (
             like
             a
             Wolf
             or
             a
             mad
             Dog
             )
             is
             taring
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Grave
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             slept
             in
             Peace
             for
             so
             long
             time
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             fell
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Rage
             of
             such
             
               Merciless
               Wretches
            
             as
             he
             is
             .
             What
             great
             Reason
             does
             this
             Man
             give
             us
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             he
             himself
             did
             in
             his
             Youth
             ,
             mingle
             his
             Hands
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             this
             Sacrifice
             ,
             whose
             Ashes
             he
             is
             now
             throwing
             in
             the
             Air
             as
             the
             sport
             of
             his
             
               Old
               Age
            
             ?
             And
             how
             does
             this
             Wantonness
             in
             Cruelty
             at
             
               these
               years
            
             ,
             give
             us
             just
             cause
             also
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Hands
             and
             Heart
             are
             ready
             to
             make
             the
             like
             Oblation
             in
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Priests
             of
             the
             same
             Church
             now
             ?
             
               For
               the
               older
               Satan
               grows
            
             (
             they
             say
             )
             
               still
               the
               more
               Devil
            
             .
          
           
             Thus
             when
             Men
             have
             once
             lost
             their
             Christianity
             ,
             their
             Bowels
             ,
             like
             those
             of
             Judas
             and
             Arius
             ,
             quickly
             gush
             out
             ,
             and
             all
             Pity
             ,
             Compassion
             ,
             and
             Common
             Charity
             with
             them
             .
             But
             maugre
             all
             this
             Man's
             Spite
             ,
             the
             Piety
             and
             Devotion
             of
             Archbishop
             Laud
             will
             be
             Conspicuous
             to
             all
             Ages
             ,
             of
             which
             his
             Diary
             will
             be
             an
             Everlasting
             Monument
             :
             And
             if
             he
             had
             any
             Failings
             ,
             it
             was
             because
             he
             was
             a
             Man.
             
          
           
             This
             Author
             thinks
             he
             has
             made
             a
             notable
             Jest
             upon
             him
             ,
             by
             calling
             him
             
               Father
               Laud
            
             ,
             and
             joyning
             him
             in
             Company
             with
             
               Father
               Peters
            
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             would
             insinuate
             that
             he
             was
             a
             turbulent
             Papist
             :
             But
             all
             the
             World
             knows
             ,
             that
             this
             good
             Bishop
             was
             no
             more
             a
             
             Papist
             ,
             than
             this
             Man
             is
             a
             Christian
             .
             And
             if
             by
             being
             joined
             with
             ill
             Company
             makes
             this
             Prelate
             any
             thing
             the
             worse
             ,
             how
             bad
             must
             this
             Man
             be
             ,
             who
             for
             all
             as
             I
             can
             see
             ,
             amongst
             his
             
               Numerous
               Acquaintance
            
             .
             keeps
             no
             other
             .
             For
             if
             we
             may
             guess
             from
             his
             own
             Confession
             ,
             Page
             the
             5th
             .
             his
             Acquaintance
             are
             but
             of
             two
             sorts
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             he
             makes
             Scandalous
             for
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             their
             Vnderstandings
             :
             The
             first
             he
             calls
             downright
             Atheists
             ,
             Page
             the
             5th
             .
             And
             Page
             the
             14th
             .
             he
             makes
             the
             others
             little
             better
             than
             Fools
             (
             as
             he
             might
             well
             enough
             )
             from
             their
             
               Ridiculous
               Reasonings
            
             .
             And
             he
             himself
             is
             so
             
               outragiously
               mad
            
             against
             all
             setled
             Churches
             in
             Christendom
             ,
             and
             upon
             such
             weak
             grounds
             ,
             that
             he
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             
               venomously
               bitten
            
             by
             both
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             Point
             Sir
             :
             It
             was
             not
             Bishop
             
             Laud's
             Counsel
             to
             
               King
               Charles
            
             the
             First
             ,
             but
             such
             Mens
             Counsels
             as
             this
             is
             ,
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             that
             brought
             that
             good
             Prince
             to
             the
             Block
             .
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             from
             my
             Discourse
             with
             you
             on
             this
             Pamphlet
             ,
             how
             little
             Wit
             ,
             joined
             with
             a
             good
             Stock
             of
             Spite
             and
             Malice
             ,
             is
             required
             ,
             to
             abuse
             the
             best
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             best
             of
             Causes
             .
             Nay
             ,
             to
             banter
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             himself
             ,
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Holy
             Mysteries
             thereof
             ,
             with
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             Christians
             from
             our
             Saviour's
             Time
             ,
             down
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Clergy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             But
             however
             such
             scurrilous
             Writings
             may
             make
             some
             Impression
             upon
             Men
             of
             sickly
             Brains
             ,
             and
             crazed
             Religion
             ;
             yet
             upon
             Men
             of
             stronger
             Understandings
             ,
             and
             sounder
             Piety
             ,
             it
             has
             no
             Influence
             at
             all
             :
             The
             issue
             of
             the
             whole
             is
             ,
             
               They
               laugh
               at
               the
               Jest
               ,
               and
               despise
               the
               Buffoon
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             But
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             ask
             you
             one
             Question
             more
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             before
             we
             have
             done
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             quite
             tired
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             be
             but
             one
             Question
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             break
             squares
             much
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             How
             can
             you
             Sir
             ,
             believe
             this
             Author
             such
             an
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             as
             you
             have
             represented
             him
             ,
             when
             Page
             32.
             he
             tells
             you
             ,
             
               That
               he
               is
               far
               from
               begrudging
               the
               Bishops
               and
               Clergy
               that
               small
               Maintenance
               which
               is
               by
               Law
               Established
               :
               And
               that
               he
               hopes
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               other
               Aim
               in
               discharging
               their
               Offices
               ,
               but
               to
               save
               our
               Souls
               ,
               by
               imprinting
               in
               our
               Hearts
               the
               Reason
               ,
               the
               Advantages
               and
               Excellency
               of
               the
               Law
               of
               Christ
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Amongst
             many
             other
             matters
             Sir
             ,
             proposed
             to
             my
             Friend
             ,
             whose
             judgment
             I
             gave
             you
             in
             part
             ,
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             this
             was
             one
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             give
             you
             his
             Answer
             to
             me
             upon
             it
             ;
             which
             was
             as
             followeth
             :
             
               This
               Author
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             
               in
               his
               Travels
               ,
               had
               doubtless
               visited
               the
               old
               Satyr
               ,
               who
               could
               blow
               Hot
               and
               Cold
               in
               a
               Breath
               .
            
             For
             how
             does
             this
             
               Poor
               Maintenance
            
             of
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             here
             ,
             agree
             with
             their
             
               Royal
               Stiles
               ,
               Dignities
            
             ,
             and
             Greatness
             ,
             which
             he
             instances
             in
             ,
             Page
             the
             6th
             and
             7th
             .
             as
             undeniable
             Arguments
             of
             their
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             ?
             Does
             not
             this
             Man
             then
             (
             said
             he
             )
             envy
             the
             Bishops
             their
             Estates
             ?
             But
             who
             can
             believe
             him
             after
             so
             many
             malicious
             Invectives
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             Power
             ?
             Who
             can
             believe
             (
             said
             he
             )
             this
             Author
             can
             have
             any
             grounds
             to
             Hope
             for
             what
             he
             says
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             has
             read
             what
             he
             said
             before
             ?
             So
             that
             this
             Gentleman
             seems
             to
             me
             (
             said
             my
             Friend
             )
             to
             have
             the
             Honesty
             of
             the
             
               good
               old
               Fox
            
             ,
             who
             after
             he
             had
             singled
             out
             several
             of
             the
             Flock
             ,
             and
             devoured
             them
             ,
             wiped
             his
             Mouth
             after
             Dinner
             ,
             
             and
             fell
             to
             his
             Prayers
             ,
             wishing
             the
             remainder
             of
             the
             Geese
             all
             
               increase
               of
               happiness
            
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             double
             the
             number
             upon
             the
             Common
             .
             Thus
             said
             my
             Friend
             ,
             I
             wonder
             this
             good
             Gentleman
             in
             his
             great
             Fit
             of
             Charity
             and
             Devotion
             ,
             had
             not
             wished
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             Bishops
             double
             also
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             the
             pulling
             of
             their
             Feathers
             ,
             and
             the
             larger
             share
             in
             the
             division
             of
             their
             Lands
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             tell
             you
             Sir
             (
             continued
             he
             with
             vehemence
             )
             that
             there
             are
             Thousands
             ,
             and
             Thousands
             of
             us
             ,
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             to
             be
             baffled
             out
             of
             our
             Religion
             by
             an
             Irreligious
             Jest
             or
             two
             .
             We
             are
             not
             Beau's
             of
             Sixteen
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             forego
             our
             Faith
             in
             our
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             to
             hearken
             to
             the
             Buffoonry
             of
             an
             old
             Infidel
             ;
             Nor
             shall
             any
             Man
             living
             perswade
             us
             ,
             that
             Estates
             are
             proper
             only
             for
             Men
             that
             wait
             at
             Taverns
             ,
             and
             Plays
             ,
             and
             
               worse
               Places
            
             ,
             while
             those
             that
             wait
             at
             the
             
               Altar
               of
               God
            
             must
             Starve
             ;
             or
             that
             Thousands
             of
             Learned
             ,
             and
             Honest
             ,
             and
             Religious
             Men
             must
             want
             ,
             that
             Fools
             and
             Knaves
             and
             Atheists
             may
             abound
             .
             We
             cannot
             disbelieve
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Christianity
             to
             hearken
             to
             this
             Man's
             Reason
             ,
             till
             he
             has
             shewn
             a
             little
             more
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             he
             has
             done
             in
             this
             Pamphlet
             ;
             or
             let
             it
             be
             as
             good
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             he
             will
             have
             much
             ado
             to
             perswade
             us
             ,
             that
             his
             blasphemous
             Friend
             ,
             Page
             25.
             
               can
               write
               as
               good
               a
               Moral
               as
               our
               Saviour
            
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             time
             he
             comes
             up
             to
             Parliament
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             will
             tell
             us
             ,
             he
             can
             
               live
               as
               good
               a
               one
               too
               .
            
             But
             if
             his
             Friend
             (
             said
             he
             )
             be
             so
             very
             good
             at
             Writing
             Morals
             ,
             I
             think
             this
             Author
             would
             do
             well
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             Write
             One
             against
             malicious
             Lying
             ,
             and
             to
             read
             it
             well
             over
             himself
             when
             it
             is
             done
             .
             
               For
               this
               puts
               too
               Keen
               an
               Edge
               upon
               an
               ill-natur'd
               
               Infidel
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Divine
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               ugliest
               sign
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               of
               a
               Mean
               Birth
               and
               Narrow
               Education
               .
            
          
           
             In
             fine
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             this
             Man
             would
             feign
             insinuate
             by
             one
             of
             his
             Friends
             (
             as
             he
             would
             have
             us
             believe
             )
             Page
             27.
             
             That
             all
             Religion
             is
             wholly
             lost
             in
             the
             World.
             I
             pray
             God
             ,
             said
             my
             Friend
             ,
             this
             be
             not
             more
             this
             Man's
             Wish
             ,
             than
             his
             Belief
             ;
             But
             if
             it
             be
             lost
             ,
             I
             must
             say
             (
             said
             he
             )
             that
             of
             all
             Men
             living
             ,
             neither
             he
             ,
             nor
             his
             Friends
             ,
             do
             seem
             to
             me
             to
             be
             the
             Persons
             that
             are
             ever
             like
             to
             find
             it
             .
             But
             if
             these
             Men's
             Counsels
             (
             added
             he
             )
             and
             Devices
             should
             stand
             ,
             there
             would
             quickly
             be
             an
             end
             of
             all
             Religion
             in
             the
             World
             indeed
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             what
             is
             your
             reason
             for
             this
             Opinion
             ?
          
           
             Because
             (
             said
             he
             )
             he
             that
             has
             but
             half
             an
             Eye
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             end
             of
             these
             Men
             is
             to
             bring
             us
             all
             to
             Deism
             ,
             and
             to
             beat
             out
             all
             Revealed
             Religion
             .
             But
             if
             once
             Sir
             (
             said
             he
             )
             we
             come
             to
             have
             no
             Divine
             standing
             ,
             Revealed
             Measure
             ,
             or
             Rule
             of
             Life
             and
             Faith
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             quite
             blind
             that
             does
             not
             see
             ,
             that
             a
             very
             little
             time
             will
             bring
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             either
             to
             downright
             Atheism
             ,
             or
             Idolatry
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             bad
             ;
             and
             that
             every
             Man
             will
             make
             his
             own
             God
             ,
             and
             every
             Man
             his
             own
             Worship
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             I
             replied
             ,
             Surely
             Sir
             ,
             you
             mistake
             when
             you
             say
             that
             these
             Men
             intend
             to
             pull
             down
             all
             Revealed
             Religion
             .
             For
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             says
             ,
             Page
             the
             first
             ,
             
               That
               there
               is
               no
               reason
               why
               one
               should
               suspect
               the
               Gospels
               of
               Forgery
            
             ;
             and
             Page
             25.
             
             
               He
               makes
               one
               of
               his
               Deists
               to
               be
               convinc'd
               by
               a
               late
               Book
               of
               the
               Reasonableness
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               &c.
               that
               he
               was
               more
               indebted
               to
               Revelation
               than
               he
               thought
               
               of
               .
            
             And
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Deists
             confesses
             Page
             138.
             
             
               That
               the
               generality
               of
               Mankind
               stand
               in
               need
               of
               some
               further
               Assistance
               than
               that
               general
               Capacity
               they
               are
               naturally
               endowed
               with
               ;
               and
               that
               considering
               the
               many
               Frailties
               of
               Humane
               Nature
               ,
               some
               extraordinary
               Helps
               may
               be
               useful
               ,
               Page
               141.
               
            
             And
             he
             does
             not
             deny
             in
             the
             same
             Page
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             may
             convey
             these
             Helps
             by
             Men
             extraordinarily
             Commissioned
             by
             him
             .
             Now
             this
             Sir
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             Page
             138.
             
               is
               pretended
               (
               at
               least
               )
               among
               Christians
               ,
               to
               have
               been
               done
               by
               the
               Revelation
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               And
               if
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Gospel
               be
               true
               ,
               (
               he
               says
               )
               its
               Divine
               Authority
               cannot
               be
               questioned
               .
               And
               he
               believes
               ,
               Page
               142.
               that
               Christianity
               has
               the
               sairest
               Pretensions
               to
               this
               of
               any
               Religion
               now
               in
               the
               World.
               
            
          
           
             To
             which
             my
             Friend
             answered
             .
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Deist
             Sir
             ,
             (
             said
             he
             )
             is
             the
             best
             Interpreter
             in
             the
             World
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             .
             He
             is
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             as
             well
             acquainted
             with
             his
             Mind
             as
             his
             own
             ,
             though
             (
             if
             you
             will
             believe
             him
             )
             not
             with
             his
             Person
             .
             They
             were
             both
             convinc'd
             ,
             as
             he
             says
             Page
             148.
             of
             the
             reality
             of
             Revealed
             Religion
             by
             the
             same
             Book
             ,
             and
             are
             both
             Converts
             ,
             (
             questionless
             )
             of
             the
             same
             Make
             and
             Size
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             tells
             us
             ,
             Page
             25.
             that
             one
             of
             his
             Deists
             (
             but
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             Page
             148.
             tells
             us
             with
             more
             Honesty
             ,
             or
             less
             Caution
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             himself
             )
             was
             convinc'd
             by
             a
             late
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Reasonableness
               of
               Christianity
            
             ,
             &c.
             that
             he
             was
             more
             indebted
             to
             Revelation
             than
             he
             thought
             of
             ;
             but
             yet
             he
             tells
             us
             in
             the
             same
             Page
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             have
             
               written
               as
               good
               a
               Moral
               at
               the
               Scripture
               
               himself
               ,
            
             (
             and
             had
             not
             his
             Modesty
             stood
             a
             little
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             I
             presume
             would
             have
             said
             a
             much
             Better
             )
             and
             by
             Consequence
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             have
             done
             as
             well
             without
             it
             .
             Nay
             ,
             I
             think
             verily
             it
             had
             never
             been
             mentioned
             ,
             but
             to
             insinuate
             some
             malicious
             Suggestions
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             ,
             receives
             the
             Gospel
             no
             further
             than
             (
             if
             it
             be
             true
             )
             
               as
               an
               Improvement
               of
               Deism
            
             ,
             Page
             144.
             and
             so
             far
             he
             is
             ready
             ,
             for
             all
             as
             I
             can
             see
             Page
             the
             8th
             .
             to
             receive
             what
             is
             written
             by
             Apollonius
             or
             Mahomet
             .
             That
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             Commissioned
             by
             God
             to
             reveal
             his
             Will
             ,
             is
             (
             he
             says
             Page
             138.
             )
             
               only
               pretended
               by
               Christians
            
             ;
             and
             the
             utmost
             he
             will
             allow
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             is
             Page
             142.
             
             
               That
               it
               has
               the
               fairest
               Pretensions
               to
               Revelation
               of
               any
               Religion
               now
               in
               the
               World.
            
             So
             that
             our
             Saviour
             has
             only
             fair
             Pretensions
             to
             a
             Divine
             Authority
             ,
             at
             best
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             Man
             lived
             at
             Constantinople
             as
             he
             does
             in
             England
             ,
             who
             knows
             ,
             whether
             he
             might
             not
             find
             out
             another
             
               Fair
               Pretender
               there
            
             ?
             For
             Page
             136.
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               That
               something
               more
               easie
               ,
               and
               more
               evident
               is
               still
               wanting
               ;
               and
               therefore
               Page
               137.
               he
               solicits
               Mr.
               Lock
               to
               give
               us
               a
               more
               perfect
               System
               of
               the
               Laws
               of
               Natural
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             It
             would
             Sir
             (
             said
             my
             Friend
             )
             make
             an
             Ass
             speak
             again
             to
             forbid
             the
             madness
             of
             these
             Prophets
             .
             I
             know
             not
             which
             the
             Author
             of
             this
             Letter
             deserves
             most
             ,
             our
             Laughter
             ,
             our
             Pity
             ,
             or
             our
             Scorn
             .
             This
             Prodigal
             has
             left
             his
             Father's
             House
             ,
             and
             spent
             his
             Substance
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             eating
             Husks
             abroad
             with
             Swine
             ,
             rather
             than
             the
             fatted
             Calf
             with
             his
             Father
             .
             It
             had
             been
             enough
             for
             Mr.
             Lock
             ,
             to
             have
             preferred
             him
             (
             as
             he
             does
             )
             to
             Grotius
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             known
             no
             Man
             of
             that
             mind
             
             but
             himself
             ;
             )
             but
             to
             esteem
             of
             his
             Abilities
             beyond
             those
             of
             our
             blessed
             Saviour
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Apostles
             put
             together
             ,
             betrays
             a
             Judgment
             more
             bewildred
             ,
             than
             the
             Fancies
             of
             Bedlamites
             are
             in
             Dreams
             .
             But
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Letter
             knew
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             this
             Request
             would
             undervalue
             both
             the
             Perfection
             and
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             he
             had
             his
             Cue
             set
             him
             (
             I
             doubt
             not
             )
             as
             well
             as
             his
             Forerunner
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             not
             fit
             for
             that
             Author
             ,
             who
             was
             sent
             out
             first
             by
             the
             Party
             ,
             to
             try
             the
             ways
             ,
             to
             Ride
             at
             all
             Adventures
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             glased
             a
             little
             in
             the
             Acknowledgment
             of
             the
             Truth
             of
             Christianity
             .
             The
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             that
             comes
             after
             him
             ,
             now
             the
             Road
             is
             beaten
             ,
             Rides
             somewhat
             brisker
             up
             against
             Revelation
             ,
             with
             his
             If
             's
             and
             And
             's
             ,
             as
             
               If
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Gospel
               be
               true
               .
            
             And
             
               if
               the
               Pretences
               of
               Christianity
               be
               well
               grounded
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             if
             this
             comes
             off
             as
             well
             as
             the
             former
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             a
             Third
             spur
             up
             full
             speed
             in
             the
             
               face
               of
               the
               Christian
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             tell
             us
             plainty
             ,
             
               That
               't
               is
               a
               meer
               Forgery
               ,
               and
               a
               piece
               of
               Priest
               craft
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Romans
               did
               but
               Right
               ,
               when
               they
               punished
               Jesus
               Christ
               the
               Patron
               of
               it
               ,
               with
               the
               Punishment
               of
               a
               Slave
               .
            
          
           
             For
             let
             them
             pretend
             what
             they
             will
             of
             their
             belief
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             this
             is
             their
             design
             ;
             and
             the
             Morals
             of
             Plutarch
             ,
             or
             Tully
             ,
             or
             Seneca
             ,
             or
             Mahomet
             ,
             are
             altogether
             of
             as
             good
             Authority
             with
             them
             as
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             For
             if
             once
             you
             come
             to
             talk
             with
             them
             of
             the
             mysterious
             Efficacy
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             of
             the
             great
             Ends
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             Manifestation
             ,
             in
             his
             Birth
             ,
             Life
             ,
             Death
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             and
             Ascension
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             
             great
             Characteristicks
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             they
             take
             their
             leave
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             there
             ,
             and
             you
             had
             as
             good
             tell
             them
             a
             Tale
             out
             of
             the
             Legend
             of
             the
             Sleepers
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             believe
             it
             as
             soon
             .
             These
             ,
             they
             cry
             out
             upon
             as
             
               unintelligable
               Mysteries
            
             ;
             not
             that
             they
             are
             so
             ,
             but
             are
             obvious
             to
             the
             Capacity
             of
             any
             Honest
             and
             Ordinary
             Christian
             ;
             but
             they
             do
             not
             fall
             within
             their
             Scheme
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             will
             not
             believe
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             understand
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             what
             you
             have
             said
             puts
             me
             in
             mind
             of
             what
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             saith
             ,
             Page
             28.
             
             
               That
               he
               cannot
               frame
               to
               himself
               an
               Idea
               ,
               How
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               are
               verily
               and
               indeed
               received
               in
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               when
               we
               say
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Body
               there
               but
               that
               of
               the
               Bread.
               The
               Men
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               tell
               me
               (
               indeed
               )
               says
               he
               ,
               that
               they
               mean
               it
               in
               a
               spiritual
               sense
               ;
               but
               he
               had
               tried
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               and
               found
               it
               impossible
               to
               form
               an
               Idea
               of
               a
               Body
               ,
               verily
               and
               indeed
               in
               a
               spiritual
               sense
               .
            
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             replied
             my
             Friend
             ,
             he
             does
             so
             ,
             and
             with
             Ignorance
             enough
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Ends
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             Sufferings
             .
             For
             by
             these
             words
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Body
               and
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               are
               verily
               and
               indeed
               taken
               by
               the
               Faithful
               ,
            
             is
             meant
             no
             more
             ,
             than
             that
             all
             those
             Blessings
             and
             Benefits
             which
             were
             purchased
             for
             us
             by
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
             are
             communicated
             to
             all
             Faithful
             Receivers
             ,
             in
             and
             by
             those
             Elements
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Real
             ,
             but
             Mystical
             Body
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Now
             however
             this
             Man
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             right
             Faith
             of
             the
             great
             Ends
             of
             our
             Saviour's
             Death
             ,
             cannot
             (
             said
             he
             )
             form
             to
             himself
             an
             Idea
             thereof
             ;
             yet
             ,
             as
             
             there
             is
             no
             Christian
             of
             common
             capacity
             but
             may
             frame
             to
             himself
             a
             very
             congruous
             and
             familiar
             Notion
             of
             what
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             means
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             so
             is
             there
             of
             Faithful
             Receiver
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             Real
             Presence
             of
             the
             Invisibe
             Power
             of
             Christ's
             Spirit
             quickning
             and
             enlivening
             his
             Soul
             by
             his
             spiritual
             Graces
             and
             Workings
             ,
             in
             and
             by
             the
             faithful
             Reception
             of
             those
             Elements
             ,
             but
             can
             give
             an
             Experimental
             Testimony
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Upon
             what
             my
             Friend
             had
             said
             ,
             I
             told
             him
             I
             was
             verily
             satisfied
             now
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             did
             intend
             to
             reduce
             all
             Religion
             to
             Deism
             ;
             but
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             how
             do
             you
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             without
             a
             standing
             Revealed
             Rule
             ,
             Mankind
             will
             quickly
             sink
             into
             Atheism
             ,
             or
             Idolatry
             ?
             To
             which
             he
             replyed
             .
          
           
             Easily
             enough
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             few
             words
             .
             The
             best
             way
             Sir
             ,
             says
             he
             to
             judge
             what
             would
             be
             ,
             if
             such
             things
             should
             happen
             ,
             is
             by
             reflecting
             on
             what
             has
             been
             ,
             when
             they
             did
             happen
             .
             Now
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             if
             ever
             there
             were
             any
             True
             Deism
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             it
             was
             in
             Adam's
             time
             ;
             yet
             if
             we
             will
             believe
             Maimonides
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             first
             Book
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             that
             Idolatry
             began
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Enos
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             two
             hundred
             and
             thirty
             five
             years
             after
             the
             Creation
             ,
             scarce
             in
             those
             days
             the
             Infancy
             of
             a
             man.
             After
             the
             General
             deluge
             (
             a
             Judgment
             on
             all
             Mankind
             for
             this
             their
             scandalous
             Apostacy
             )
             to
             the
             days
             of
             Abraham
             are
             not
             reckoned
             quite
             three
             hundred
             years
             ,
             in
             which
             time
             (
             the
             Infancy
             also
             of
             this
             second
             World
             )
             Idolatry
             had
             not
             only
             prevailed
             amongst
             the
             Ignorant
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             but
             amongst
             the
             wisest
             and
             learnedst
             of
             Men.
             For
             Historians
             make
             Zoroaster
             contemporary
             with
             Abraham
             ,
             who
             first
             started
             
             the
             Worship
             of
             two
             Beginnings
             .
             And
             if
             Zoroaster
             lived
             in
             Abraham's
             Time
             we
             may
             reckon
             him
             but
             a
             third
             Generation
             from
             
               Adam
               ,
               Abraham
            
             being
             born
             threescore
             years
             before
             the
             Death
             of
             
               Noah
               ,
               Noah
            
             above
             five
             hundred
             before
             the
             death
             of
             Methusalem
             ,
             and
             Methusalem
             two
             hundred
             and
             forty
             before
             the
             Death
             of
             Adam
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             a
             Man
             of
             those
             great
             Parts
             ,
             Wisdom
             and
             Learning
             which
             Zoroaster
             is
             said
             to
             be
             of
             (
             and
             who
             could
             doubtless
             write
             as
             good
             a
             
               Moral
               as
               our
               Author
            
             )
             was
             so
             ridiculously
             imposed
             upon
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             as
             to
             believe
             and
             worship
             two
             Beginnings
             ,
             what
             gross
             Idolatry
             must
             the
             more
             Ignorant
             of
             Mankind
             lye
             under
             (
             think
             you
             )
             in
             those
             Days
             ?
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             said
             my
             Friend
             ,
             I
             have
             in
             a
             few
             words
             shewn
             you
             the
             speedy
             Apostacy
             of
             those
             Original
             Deists
             from
             Almighty
             God
             in
             the
             very
             Infancy
             of
             Times
             ,
             after
             the
             Creation
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Flood
             ;
             and
             yet
             those
             Primitive
             Deists
             had
             several
             great
             advantages
             ,
             which
             the
             Deists
             of
             these
             later
             Ages
             cannot
             pretend
             to
             .
             As
             first
             of
             all
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
          
           
             They
             had
             the
             advantage
             of
             Tradition
             ,
             and
             thereby
             an
             easie
             means
             of
             a
             right
             Information
             and
             themselves
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Worship
             ,
             from
             Adam
             ,
             the
             Patriarchs
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Fathers
             .
          
           
             2ly
             .
             They
             had
             the
             advantage
             of
             Angelical
             Messengers
             ,
             and
             Messages
             ,
             which
             God
             vouchsafed
             them
             in
             those
             days
             (
             before
             he
             had
             given
             them
             a
             standing
             revealed
             Rule
             )
             for
             the
             better
             discovery
             of
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Will
             to
             them
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
          
           
             They
             had
             this
             advantage
             also
             ,
             that
             besides
             those
             Heavenly
             Annunciators
             of
             his
             Will
             ,
             God
             did
             constantly
             in
             all
             Ages
             raise
             up
             a
             Noah
             ,
             a
             Lot
             ,
             an
             Abraham
             ,
             or
             
             some
             such
             Preachers
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             furnishing
             them
             with
             Gifts
             and
             Abilities
             to
             teach
             ,
             and
             instruct
             Mankind
             in
             the
             true
             Knowledge
             and
             Worship
             of
             the
             Deity
             ,
             Who
             ,
             with
             the
             other
             two
             above
             mentioned
             Means
             and
             Advantages
             ,
             might
             be
             to
             Man
             ,
             instead
             of
             a
             written
             ,
             standing
             ,
             and
             revealed
             Rule
             and
             Law.
             
          
           
             Now
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             if
             notwithstanding
             all
             these
             advantages
             ,
             both
             before
             and
             after
             the
             Flood
             ,
             these
             Original
             Deists
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             Infancy
             of
             the
             Times
             of
             both
             ,
             did
             sink
             into
             so
             gross
             Idolatry
             ,
             as
             to
             provoke
             the
             Jealousie
             of
             God
             so
             highly
             ,
             as
             to
             move
             him
             once
             to
             destroy
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             except
             one
             Family
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             renounce
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             and
             cast
             off
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             except
             one
             small
             Nation
             :
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             to
             imagine
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Deists
             of
             these
             last
             Ages
             (
             who
             can
             pretend
             to
             none
             of
             these
             advantages
             )
             must
             in
             a
             very
             little
             time
             (
             if
             once
             the
             Light
             of
             the
             Gospel
             be
             extinguished
             )
             sink
             into
             utter
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             turn
             as
             gross
             Idolaters
             as
             any
             the
             Spaniard
             sound
             at
             Peru
             ,
             or
             Mexico
             ?
             And
             this
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             will
             more
             plainly
             appear
             if
             we
             consider
             further
             ,
             That
             some
             of
             these
             Deists
             confess
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             their
             Brethren
             are
             little
             better
             than
             so
             already
             .
             For
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             to
             the
             Deists
             tells
             us
             (
             bewailing
             the
             Brotherhood
             )
             Page
             12.
             
             
               That
               many
               of
               them
               have
               such
               base
               Idea's
               of
               the
               Deity
               ,
               as
               may
               have
               a
               worse
               Influence
               upon
               them
               than
               none
               at
               all
               ;
               and
               that
               while
               they
               did
               own
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               did
               take
               away
               the
               Thing
               ,
               and
               substitute
               a
               worse
               instead
               of
               it
               .
            
             He
             tells
             us
             Pages
             12
             ,
             and
             13.
             
               of
               the
               several
               Gods
               these
               Men
               frame
               to
               themselves
               ,
               of
               the
               Inconsistency
               of
               their
               Notions
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               be
               an
               endless
               Task
               to
               expose
               them
               ;
               that
               two
               of
               them
               did
               not
               entirely
               agree
               in
               one
               System
               ,
               
               and
               that
               all
               their
               Schemes
               equally
               lead
               to
               Irreligion
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             He
             tells
             us
             of
             the
             Materialists
             ,
             the
             Antiprovidentialists
             ,
             the
             Fatalists
             ;
             and
             we
             may
             add
             ,
             their
             almost
             infinite
             Divisions
             ,
             and
             sub-divisions
             ,
             all
             which
             lead
             Naturally
             to
             downright
             Atheism
             ,
             or
             worse
             .
             For
             it
             were
             better
             ,
             as
             Plutarch
             says
             of
             himself
             ,
             to
             believe
             that
             God
             never
             was
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             base
             and
             unworthy
             thoughts
             of
             him
             .
             But
             what
             wickedness
             may
             not
             the
             Fatalists
             be
             guilty
             of
             ,
             and
             charge
             it
             upon
             God
             when
             they
             have
             done
             ?
             The
             Antiprovidentialists
             will
             quickly
             have
             as
             little
             regard
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             they
             believe
             he
             has
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Materialists
             will
             as
             speedily
             fetch
             their
             Gods
             out
             of
             their
             ultramundane
             Retirements
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             before
             them
             in
             Gold
             ,
             or
             Silver
             ,
             or
             Brass
             ,
             or
             Wood
             ;
             and
             when
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             this
             Gentleman
             's
             superfine
             Philosophy
             in
             proving
             the
             Impossibility
             of
             
               thinking
               matter
            
             can
             help
             it
             .
          
           
             Or
             what
             if
             we
             should
             allow
             (
             said
             my
             Friend
             further
             )
             that
             all
             Deists
             should
             agree
             in
             a
             right
             and
             true
             Idea
             of
             a
             God
             (
             which
             will
             never
             be
             )
             will
             they
             therefore
             all
             agree
             in
             a
             like
             ,
             and
             a
             right
             manner
             of
             Worship
             ?
             What
             if
             they
             shall
             be
             to
             seek
             for
             a
             System
             of
             Natural
             Duties
             ,
             (
             as
             this
             Author
             of
             the
             Letter
             acknowledges
             he
             himself
             is
             ,
             Page
             135.
             )
             
               And
               by
               consequence
               run
               of
               course
               into
               such
               degrees
               of
               Superstition
               ,
               which
               may
               (
               as
               this
               Author
               also
               says
               ,
               Page
               50.
               )
               be
               of
               as
               evil
               tendency
               ,
               if
               not
               worse
               ,
               than
               absolute
               Irreligion
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             I
             say
             Sir
             ,
             if
             Mankind
             have
             not
             a
             fixed
             Rule
             and
             Law
             ,
             backed
             by
             a
             Divine
             Authority
             to
             stand
             to
             ,
             they
             will
             never
             stand
             to
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             will
             quickly
             run
             into
             a
             Thousand
             Confusions
             of
             Superstition
             and
             
             Idolatry
             ,
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             and
             his
             Worship
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             ,
             why
             any
             one
             Man
             should
             be
             guided
             and
             directed
             by
             the
             System
             of
             another
             ,
             if
             he
             have
             no
             Divine
             Commission
             from
             God.
             For
             the
             best
             of
             Men
             may
             be
             corrupted
             by
             Lust
             ,
             or
             Interest
             ,
             and
             the
             wisest
             may
             be
             blinded
             by
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Nature
             ,
             as
             they
             must
             be
             drawn
             from
             long
             Observation
             of
             Nature
             its
             self
             ,
             from
             deep
             Skill
             in
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             great
             Strength
             and
             Trains
             of
             Reasonings
             ,
             whereby
             a
             Man
             may
             be
             enabled
             from
             his
             general
             Observations
             of
             Nature
             ,
             to
             deduce
             particular
             Rules
             ,
             easie
             as
             to
             their
             Practice
             ,
             and
             familiar
             as
             to
             their
             Use
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Exigencies
             and
             Necessities
             of
             Humane
             Life
             :
             As
             they
             must
             be
             drawn
             from
             distinct
             ,
             and
             right
             Idea's
             of
             the
             Natures
             of
             God
             and
             Men
             ,
             that
             from
             thence
             we
             may
             receive
             exact
             Schemes
             of
             the
             many
             and
             even
             infinite
             Obligations
             Man
             lies
             under
             to
             his
             Maker
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             variety
             (
             and
             almost
             infinite
             too
             )
             of
             Duties
             and
             good
             Offices
             one
             Man
             owes
             to
             another
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             ,
             in
             plain
             and
             easie
             Propositions
             fitted
             to
             the
             Capacities
             of
             the
             meanest
             that
             will
             but
             seriously
             attend
             to
             them
             ;
             so
             must
             it
             all
             be
             done
             by
             an
             unbiassed
             Judgment
             ,
             by
             an
             inflexible
             Honesty
             ,
             a
             most
             profound
             and
             universal
             Knowledge
             both
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             with
             the
             infinite
             Relations
             they
             bear
             to
             all
             things
             else
             in
             Nature
             .
             And
             where
             shall
             we
             find
             (
             Sir
             said
             he
             )
             such
             a
             Man
             ,
             with
             all
             these
             Qualifications
             ?
             Or
             if
             we
             could
             ,
             how
             should
             all
             Mankind
             know
             he
             has
             them
             ,
             except
             he
             be
             sent
             from
             God
             Divinely
             inspired
             ,
             and
             his
             Commission
             sealed
             by
             Miracles
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Stamp
             of
             the
             Divinity
             ?
             Now
             from
             what
             I
             have
             said
             Sir
             (
             said
             my
             Friend
             )
             I
             conclude
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Deists
             before
             and
             after
             the
             blood
             notwithstanding
             those
             several
             advantageous
             Means
             
             they
             had
             of
             informing
             themselves
             aright
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Worship
             ,
             did
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             a
             
               standing
               ,
               revealed
               Rule
            
             ,
             most
             scandalously
             Apostatize
             from
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             into
             the
             grossest
             Idolatry
             of
             the
             Creature
             :
             From
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             conclude
             ,
             That
             the
             Deists
             of
             our
             days
             ,
             (
             who
             cannot
             pretend
             to
             the
             Advantages
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             who
             do
             already
             labour
             under
             
               unworthy
               and
               scandalous
               Notions
               and
               Idea's
               of
               the
               Being
               and
               Nature
               of
               God
               ,
            
             who
             confess
             themselves
             ignorant
             of
             the
             
               Duties
               arising
               from
               Natural
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             Man's
             Judgment
             they
             can
             rely
             on
             ,
             or
             stand
             to
             for
             their
             better
             Information
             therein
             :
             )
             These
             Deists
             I
             say
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             in
             a
             very
             little
             time
             (
             if
             once
             the
             Scriptures
             be
             cast
             off
             as
             a
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Manners
             ,
             and
             all
             Footsteps
             and
             Remembrances
             of
             Christianity
             worn
             out
             )
             change
             the
             Truth
             of
             God
             into
             a
             Lie
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             probability
             Apostatize
             into
             so
             ridiculous
             and
             multifarious
             an
             Idolatry
             ,
             as
             to
             become
             the
             Scorn
             and
             Laughter
             of
             the
             very
             Indians
             .
             And
             then
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             (
             if
             he
             lives
             to
             come
             up
             to
             Parliament
             in
             those
             times
             )
             may
             write
             us
             (
             what
             I
             fear
             his
             Fingers
             itch
             to
             be
             at
             )
             an
             
               Account
               of
               the
               Growth
               of
               Atheism
               in
            
             England
             .
             For
             who
             can
             give
             a
             better
             Account
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             he
             that
             has
             been
             one
             great
             Cause
             of
             it
             ?
          
           
             Thus
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             given
             you
             my
             Friends
             last
             Judgment
             of
             your
             Friend
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             ,
             and
             his
             Pamphlet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             You
             may
             well
             call
             it
             his
             last
             Judgment
             Sir
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             Condemnation
             enough
             in
             Conscience
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             You
             seem
             to
             Jest
             and
             be
             Merry
             Sir
             ,
             but
             I
             tell
             you
             seriously
             ,
             that
             except
             your
             Friend
             mend
             both
             his
             
             Faith
             and
             Manners
             ,
             I
             fear
             he
             must
             expect
             a
             much
             greater
             .
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             You
             seem
             to
             me
             Sir
             ,
             to
             be
             wholly
             of
             the
             Judgment
             of
             your
             Friend
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             I
             confess
             plainly
             to
             you
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Growth
             of
             Deism
             would
             have
             proved
             himself
             an
             honester
             Man
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             laid
             by
             all
             his
             Disguises
             ,
             and
             told
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             Judgment
             of
             those
             he
             calls
             his
             Friends
             ,
             was
             his
             own
             too
             ;
             For
             either
             he
             thought
             their
             Arguments
             valid
             or
             no
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             not
             answer
             them
             ?
             If
             he
             did
             ,
             why
             did
             he
             not
             own
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Judas
             .
          
           
             I
             see
             Sir
             ,
             there
             is
             little
             hopes
             of
             your
             Conviction
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             take
             my
             leave
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tim.
             
          
           
             Fare
             you
             well
             Sir
             ;
             May
             the
             
               Day-spring
               which
               from
               on
               high
               hath
               visited
               us
               ,
               so
               enlighten
               your
               Mind
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               understand
               the
               Truth
               aright
               as
               it
               is
               in
               Jesus
               .
            
          
        
         
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