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           AN
           APPEAL
           OF
           All
           the
           Non-Conformists
           in
           ENGLAND
           TO
           GOD
           ,
           And
           all
           the
           Protestants
           of
           EUROPE
           ,
           In
           order
           To
           manifest
           their
           Sincerity
           in
           point
           Of
           Obedience
           to
           God
           and
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           A
           Sober
           and
           Vnpassionate
           REPLY
           To
           the
           AUTHOR
           Of
           
             the
             Lively
             Picture
          
           of
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           .
        
         
           By
           Dr.
           
             LEWIS
             Du
             MOVLIN
          
           ,
           Late
           History
           Professor
           of
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Janeway
          
           in
           Queens-Head-Ally
           in
           Pater-Noster-Row
           .
           MDCLXXXI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               Notice
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
            
             
               
                 ALthough
                 these
                 Papers
                 to
                 thee
                 are
                 Posthumous
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 them
                 departing
                 this
                 Life
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 days
                 since
                 ,
                 )
                 yet
                 the
                 Doctor
                 himself
                 both
                 saw
                 ,
                 and
                 corrected
                 all
                 the
                 sheets
                 save
                 one
                 before
                 his
                 sickness
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                   October
                   ▪
                   23
                   ,
                   1680.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Pag.
               20.
               line
               5
               read
               
                 Conformist
                 for
                 Non-Conformist
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               AN
               APPEAL
               OF
               All
               the
               Non-Conformists
               in
               ENGLAND
               to
               GOD
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Europe
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               manifest
               their
               Sincerity
               to
               GOD
               and
               the
               KING
               .
            
             
               HAving
               in
               some
               late
               Treatises
               given
               a
               short
               Account
               of
               the
               Advances
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               towards
               Popery
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               I
               am
               obliged
               to
               mention
               some
               Particulars
               over
               again
               ,
               which
               leads
               me
               to
               some
               other
               Considerations
               very
               material
               for
               the
               Design
               in
               hand
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               the
               First
               Reformers
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               E.
               6.
               though
               of
               several
               Judgments
               about
               the
               External
               part
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               were
               all
               of
               honest
               Principles
               and
               Sentiments
               in
               their
               Doctrine
               ;
               and
               had
               the
               same
               mind
               and
               design
               to
               purge
               the
               then
               present
               Church
               of
               its
               Idolatry
               ,
               Superstitions
               ,
               and
               gross
               Errours
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               in
               the
               same
               pure
               Doctrine
               that
               was
               professed
               by
               Calvin
               ,
               and
               the
               Reformed
               Churches
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               which
               hath
               been
               and
               is
               still
               retained
               by
               the
               Non-Conformists
               that
               were
               and
               are
               now
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               said
               first
               Reformers
               being
               divided
               in
               their
               Opinions
               about
               retaining
               that
               which
               was
               good
               ,
               and
               taking
               away
               whatsoever
               was
               amiss
               in
               the
               Romish
               Church
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               outward
               Governmnt
               ,
               the
               Opinion
               that
               the
               Reformation
               could
               not
               be
               thoroughly
               done
               for
               matter
               of
               Government
               and
               Externals
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               possible
               for
               matter
               of
               Doctrine
               ,
               prevailed
               so
               far
               with
               Bishop
               
                 Hooper
                 ,
                 Rogers
              
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               wisht
               it
               had
               been
               otherwise
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               them
               forbear
               any
               further
               urging
               of
               a
               compleat
               Reformation
               ,
               in
               hopes
               that
               when
               the
               people
               that
               were
               instructed
               in
               the
               true
               ,
               saving
               Doctrine
               ,
               should
               be
               more
               numerous
               ,
               the
               opposition
               to
               a
               through
               Reformation
               in
               all
               points
               would
               be
               less
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               this
               rude
               draught
               of
               Reformation
               ,
               suitable
               to
               that
               time
               ,
               had
               very
               bad
               Success
               ;
               because
               the
               Conformable
               Party
               prevailed
               still
               with
               the
               Soveraign
               ,
               and
               the
               Grandees
               of
               the
               Realm
               ,
               to
               have
               it
               a
               standing
               Law
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               to
               be
               repealed
               nor
               altered
               ,
               and
               which
               drawing
               along
               with
               it
               Non-Residency
               ,
               plurality
               of
               Livings
               ,
               a
               meer
               form
               and
               garb
               of
               Religion
               and
               Piety
               ,
               outward
               pomp
               and
               grandeur
               ,
               best
               suited
               with
               a
               Worldly
               interest
               ;
               whilest
               the
               other
               Party
               ,
               who
               were
               then
               Puritans
               ,
               and
               whom
               we
               now
               call
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               retained
               ,
               and
               do
               still
               to
               our
               days
               ,
               a
               desire
               ,
               and
               longing
               after
               a
               thorow
               Reformation
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               endeavoured
               
               by
               Conferences
               ,
               Remonstrances
               ,
               and
               Writings
               ,
               to
               have
               it
               introduced
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               yet
               the
               Conformists
               were
               not
               all
               of
               one
               mind
               ,
               there
               being
               still
               a
               Party
               among
               them
               very
               peaceable
               and
               Orthodox
               ,
               and
               at
               less
               distance
               from
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               especially
               among
               the
               Gentry
               ,
               that
               were
               no
               Courtiers
               ,
               and
               in
               great
               Towns
               ,
               Cities
               ,
               and
               Corporations
               ;
               whilest
               the
               other
               Party
               ,
               made
               up
               of
               Conformists
               ,
               grew
               corrupt
               ,
               and
               so
               far
               from
               hearkening
               to
               a
               further
               Reformation
               ,
               that
               they
               made
               nearer
               advances
               towards
               Rome
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               Jealousies
               and
               apprehensions
               daily
               encreasing
               ,
               and
               fears
               of
               inclining
               to
               Popery
               ,
               and
               the
               Troubles
               in
               Scotland
               intervening
               in
               the
               Years
               38
               ,
               and
               39
               ;
               and
               the
               Discontents
               rising
               up
               in
               England
               ,
               the
               King
               was
               forced
               to
               call
               a
               Parliament
               ,
               which
               began
               in
               1640.
               
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               that
               Parliament
               ,
               both
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               was
               most
               ,
               if
               not
               all
               ,
               composed
               of
               such
               Peaceable
               ,
               Orthodox
               Church
               of
               England
               men
               I
               have
               but
               now
               mentioned
               ,
               and
               all
               conforming
               to
               the
               Rites
               ,
               Ceremonies
               of
               Episcopacy
               and
               Hierarchy
               ,
               but
               yet
               greatly
               averse
               to
               Popery
               ,
               Tyranny
               ,
               and
               the
               Corrupt
               Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               that
               inclined
               towards
               Rome
               ;
               Witness
               the
               many
               Speeches
               in
               Parliament
               they
               made
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Lord
               Faulckland
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Benjamin
                 Rudyer
                 ,
                 Digby
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               with
               whom
               Good
               and
               Honest
               Bishops
               joyned
               .
            
             
             
               7.
               
               That
               the
               Ground
               and
               Rise
               of
               the
               Civil
               War
               in
               1640
               ,
               and
               43
               ,
               was
               in
               opposition
               to
               such
               as
               Bishop
               Laud
               ,
               and
               other
               bad
               instruments
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               That
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               in
               1642
               ,
               and
               43
               ,
               were
               all
               in
               perfect
               Conformity
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ;
               so
               was
               the
               Army
               too
               that
               they
               raised
               ;
               for
               the
               General
               ,
               the
               main
               Body
               of
               the
               Army
               ,
               the
               Officers
               and
               Captains
               both
               by
               Land
               and
               Sea
               ,
               were
               all
               conformable
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               them
               
                 Puritans
                 ,
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 Independents
                 ,
                 Anabaptists
                 ,
                 Sectaries
                 ,
              
               or
               Conventiclers
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               That
               likewise
               ,
               the
               
                 Assembly
                 of
                 Divines
              
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               chosen
               by
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               were
               all
               Conformists
               ,
               and
               none
               of
               them
               
                 Silenced
                 Ministers
              
               ,
               except
               8.
               or
               9
               ,
               and
               4
               Scots
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               That
               the
               first
               Intentions
               of
               the
               Parliament
               was
               so
               far
               from
               subverting
               the
               Government
               of
               Church
               and
               State
               ,
               established
               by
               Law
               ,
               and
               from
               taking
               away
               the
               House
               of
               Lords
               and
               Bishops
               root
               and
               branch
               ;
               that
               it
               was
               only
               to
               reform
               the
               abuses
               of
               both
               ,
               and
               to
               settle
               such
               a
               Model
               of
               Church
               Government
               as
               was
               recommended
               by
               the
               Pious
               and
               Learned
               Bishops
               ,
               Vsher
               ,
               and
               Hall
               ,
               and
               which
               did
               not
               much
               differ
               from
               that
               which
               our
               
                 Gracious
                 Soveraign
              
               that
               now
               is
               ,
               recommended
               to
               his
               Parliament
               in
               his
               Declaration
               1660.
               about
               Ecclesiastical
               Affairs
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               That
               the
               Parliament
               had
               no
               thoughts
               of
               
               bringing
               in
               the
               Covenant
               into
               England
               ,
               had
               not
               the
               necessity
               of
               their
               Affairs
               forced
               them
               to
               joyn
               with
               the
               Scots
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               That
               no
               man
               was
               obliged
               by
               it
               to
               take
               away
               Bishops
               ,
               but
               only
               as
               they
               are
               in
               Conjunction
               with
               the
               English
               Hierarchy
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Neither
               was
               it
               the
               Intention
               of
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               ,
               at
               first
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               Deans
               and
               Chapters
               ,
               but
               to
               make
               them
               more
               serviceable
               and
               useful
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               
                 Pluralities
                 ,
                 Non-residencies
              
               ,
               and
               to
               settle
               a
               more
               proportionable
               Maintenance
               for
               Ministers
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               That
               the
               Change
               ,
               or
               Subversion
               of
               Government
               ,
               the
               taking
               away
               the
               
                 Lords
                 House
              
               ,
               and
               with
               them
               the
               Bishops
               ,
               and
               excluding
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               
                 House
                 of
                 Commons
              
               ,
               and
               last
               of
               all
               ,
               the
               taking
               away
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Confusions
               ,
               and
               Disorders
               ,
               that
               happened
               thereupon
               ,
               did
               arise
               from
               a
               third
               Party
               ,
               viz.
               The
               Army
               ,
               that
               was
               neither
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               nor
               Parliament
               ;
               Neither
               for
               Conformists
               ,
               nor
               for
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               but
               was
               an
               Enemy
               to
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               sought
               their
               absolute
               ruine
               and
               destruction
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               That
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               who
               usually
               now
               go
               by
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 Fanaticks
                 ,
                 Independents
                 ,
                 Rebels
                 ,
              
               Sons
               of
               
                 Belial
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               by
               the
               corrupt
               Church-Party
               ,
               that
               have
               been
               always
               making
               advances
               towards
               Popery
               ,
               were
               so
               far
               from
               being
               the
               first
               in
               Arms
               in
               opposition
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               our
               late
               blessed
               
               Martyr
               ;
               and
               being
               contrivers
               of
               his
               Death
               ,
               and
               of
               taking
               away
               Monarchy
               ;
               that
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               it
               was
               the
               only
               Party
               (
               while
               the
               others
               of
               the
               
               King's
               Friends
               sate
               still
               )
               that
               appeared
               before
               ,
               and
               since
               48
               ,
               in
               his
               behalf
               ,
               to
               the
               hazard
               of
               their
               Lives
               (
               witness
               Mr.
               
                 Love
                 ,
              
               )
               and
               that
               in
               1660
               ,
               had
               a
               chief
               hand
               in
               restoring
               our
               gracious
               Soveraign
               Charles
               the
               II.
               to
               his
               Throne
               ;
               for
               which
               never
               enough
               to
               be
               valued
               Benefit
               and
               kindness
               ,
               although
               it
               was
               but
               duty
               ,
               no
               Party
               has
               been
               more
               severely
               persecuted
               by
               the
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ;
               But
               of
               this
               ,
               more
               anon
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               That
               the
               Declaration
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Tenth
               Consideration
               ,
               was
               a
               confirmation
               of
               another
               former
               Declaration
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               That
               whereas
               ,
               when
               the
               King
               came
               over
               from
               the
               Hague
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               great
               expectation
               that
               his
               Printed
               
                 Declaration
                 for
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Affairs
              
               ,
               would
               be
               sufficient
               to
               compose
               all
               differences
               and
               heats
               ,
               and
               unite
               all
               Parties
               ,
               by
               taking
               away
               the
               stumbling
               block
               of
               subscribing
               to
               those
               Ceremonies
               that
               were
               not
               warranted
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               but
               just
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               the
               Clamours
               of
               the
               Corrupt
               Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               at
               length
               prevail'd
               for
               restoring
               of
               those
               Ceremonies
               .
               All
               which
               good
               Bishop
               Brownrig
               foretold
               ,
               a
               little
               before
               his
               Death
               ,
               in
               saying
               ,
               That
               there
               would
               continue
               the
               same
               Confusions
               and
               Animosities
               ,
               that
               were
               before
               ;
               and
               ,
               with
               them
               ,
               the
               same
               spirit
               of
               Persecution
               which
               the
               Corrupt
               Church-Party
               before
               1640
               ,
               was
               the
               cause
               of
               .
            
             
               18.
               
               That
               the
               Zeal
               and
               Fervour
               of
               the
               prevailing
               Corrupt
               Church-Party
               in
               England
               at
               this
               present
               juncture
               of
               time
               ,
               in
               writing
               so
               many
               Books
               against
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               standing
               up
               ,
               so
               stoutly
               against
               the
               Horid
               Attempt
               upon
               the
               
               King
               's
               most
               Sacred
               Life
               ,
               and
               introducing
               of
               Popery
               ,
               and
               hearkening
               to
               some
               terms
               of
               Reconciliation
               with
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               opposition
               the
               stronger
               against
               Papists
               ,
               does
               no
               way
               seem
               to
               be
               the
               effect
               of
               a
               Christian
               Moderation
               ,
               but
               a
               meer
               worldly
               Interest
               ,
               like
               the
               zeal
               of
               Jehu
               ,
               the
               union
               of
               Aristides
               ,
               and
               Themistocles
               ,
               two
               Mortal
               Foes
               against
               the
               Common
               Enemy
               :
               Or
               like
               that
               of
               
                 Augustus
                 ,
                 Brutus
              
               ,
               and
               
               Cassius
               ,
               against
               Antony
               :
               'T
               is
               the
               goodness
               of
               a
               stubborn
               Boy
               ,
               just
               so
               long
               as
               the
               Rod
               is
               over
               his
               Back
               ;
               for
               had
               another
               spirit
               moved
               the
               corrupt
               Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               than
               a
               Worldly
               one
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               appeared
               above
               these
               100
               Years
               ;
               when
               (
               alas
               !
               )
               no
               such
               attempts
               were
               made
               by
               the
               Papists
               against
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Livings
               ,
               when
               a
               Hundred
               Remonstrances
               were
               made
               to
               them
               ,
               with
               Prayers
               and
               Tears
               ,
               for
               the
               removing
               of
               the
               offending
               Rites
               and
               Ceremonies
               ;
               and
               of
               the
               great
               inclination
               they
               had
               for
               Popery
               ,
               in
               depopulating
               England
               ,
               by
               driving
               men
               away
               to
               Colonies
               abroad
               :
               but
               could
               never
               be
               heard
               .
            
             
               21.
               
               Things
               being
               thus
               stated
               ,
               one
               may
               rationally
               and
               strongly
               conclude
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               a
               most
               horrid
               untruth
               ,
               and
               calumnie
               to
               make
               the
               Presbyterians
               and
               Conventiclers
               ,
               or
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               first
               authors
               ,
               and
               abettors
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               first
               taking
               up
               of
               Arms
               in
               opposition
               to
               the
               Evil
               Counsellors
               about
               the
               King
               in
               42
               and
               43
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               Murtherers
               of
               
                 King
                 Charles
              
               the
               First
               ;
               when
               as
               they
               have
               been
               ,
               and
               still
               are
               the
               great
               preservers
               of
               the
               
               King's
               Person
               ,
               Life
               ,
               Honours
               ,
               Dignities
               ,
               and
               Prerogatives
               ;
               the
               best
               Christians
               ,
               the
               
               best
               Reformed
               ,
               and
               the
               best
               Subjects
               of
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               22.
               
               And
               the
               false
               and
               unworthy
               stiling
               of
               these
               Restorers
               of
               the
               
                 King
                 ,
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 Fanaticks
                 ,
                 Sms
                 of
                 Belial
                 ,
              
               &c.
               doth
               carry
               along
               with
               it
               the
               same
               devillish
               Malice
               ;
               which
               makes
               it
               now
               become
               a
               common
               Proverb
               in
               the
               Mouths
               of
               this
               corrupt
               Church
               of
               England-Party
               ,
               That
               they
               had
               rather
               be
               Papists
               ,
               than
               Presbyterians
               ;
               and
               that
               were
               there
               a
               Turn
               of
               State
               ,
               (
               as
               God
               forbid
               )
               they
               would
               sooner
               turn
               Papists
               ,
               than
               Presbyterians
               .
            
             
               23.
               
               Besides
               ,
               the
               idle
               ,
               foolish
               ,
               senceless
               ,
               but
               also
               malicious
               mistake
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               holiest
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               to
               pass
               for
               Presbyterians
               ,
               who
               ,
               though
               they
               love
               their
               persons
               ,
               and
               the
               holiness
               of
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               Lives
               ,
               yet
               either
               they
               are
               wholly
               averse
               to
               the
               Presbyterian
               Government
               ,
               or
               else
               they
               do
               not
               very
               well
               know
               what
               it
               means
               ;
               Since
               the
               Well-affected
               follow
               their
               Preaching
               ,
               and
               imitate
               their
               Lives
               ,
               but
               yet
               by
               no
               means
               upon
               any
               account
               of
               their
               Government
               .
            
             
               24.
               
               That
               the
               worst
               thing
               in
               the
               carriage
               of
               
               the
               Conformists
               towards
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               is
               their
               rash
               ,
               uncharitable
               ,
               and
               unchristian
               judging
               of
               the
               Hearts
               and
               Insides
               of
               men
               ,
               (
               which
               are
               only
               known
               to
               
                 God
                 Almighty
              
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Searcher
               of
               Hearts
               ,
               )
               as
               if
               they
               were
               made
               up
               of
               Deceit
               and
               Hipocrisie
               ;
               and
               alike
               construing
               their
               unblameable
               behaviour
               and
               carriage
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               but
               formal
               ,
               and
               extrinsecal
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               pure
               ,
               Orthodox
               Doctrine
               of
               their
               Sermons
               and
               Writings
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               much
               summed
               up
               in
               Scripture
               phrases
               ,
               as
               if
               all
               was
               but
               Cant
               and
               Tone
               ,
               and
               taking
               of
               God's
               Name
               in
               vain
               ;
               when
               they
               make
               a
               quite
               different
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Conformists
               ,
               both
               of
               their
               Lives
               and
               Doctrines
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               make
               use
               of
               the
               same
               Scripture
               terms
               as
               the
               others
               do
               ;
               for
               in
               their
               esteem
               they
               are
               looked
               upon
               as
               true
               ;
               sincere
               ,
               and
               holy
               Christians
               ,
               though
               their
               outward
               deportment
               do
               somewhat
               differ
               from
               that
               of
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               This
               I
               intend
               ,
               by
               God's
               assistance
               ,
               to
               make
               clear
               to
               you
               in
               a
               larger
               Discourse
               ,
               from
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Dr.
               Patrick
               ,
               who
               doubtless
               cannot
               ,
               in
               handling
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               ,
               but
               agree
               with
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               in
               making
               use
               of
               the
               same
               Scripture-Expressions
               ,
               
               and
               commend
               such
               as
               Bishop
               
                 Davenant
                 ,
                 Downam
                 ,
                 usher
                 ,
                 Hall
                 ,
              
               and
               Hooker
               ,
               all
               Conformists
               ,
               for
               doing
               the
               like
               ,
               and
               who
               will
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               this
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               is
               
                 a
                 Recumbency
                 of
                 a
                 poor
                 Sinner
                 upon
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 a
                 casting
                 of
                 our selves
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 relying
                 on
                 his
                 Merits
                 ,
                 laying
                 hold
                 on
                 him
                 ,
                 closing
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 going
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 shrowding
                 our selves
                 under
                 the
                 Robes
                 of
                 his
                 Righteousness
                 :
              
               Most
               of
               which
               are
               Scripture
               phrases
               :
               But
               yet
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               the
               very
               same
               Expressions
               ,
               being
               uttered
               by
               such
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Baxter
               ,
               Dr.
               
                 Owen
                 ,
                 Manton
                 ,
                 Annesly
                 ,
                 Jacomb
                 ,
                 Bates
                 ,
              
               Mr.
               
                 Jenkins
                 ,
                 Alsop
                 ,
                 Cradock
                 ,
                 Silvester
                 ,
                 Watson
                 ,
                 and
                 Others
                 ,
              
               for
               the
               better
               setting
               out
               the
               nature
               of
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               ,
               are
               looked
               upon
               by
               Dr.
               Patrick
               ,
               as
               meer
               Imposters
               ,
               Charms
               ,
               Incantations
               ,
               artificial
               Jugglings
               ,
               Terms
               of
               Modish
               and
               Courtly
               Faith
               ,
               by
               which
               this
               Doctor
               makes
               good
               the
               saying
               of
               Pliny
               the
               Younger
               ,
               Epist.
               21.
               
               
                 Multum
                 interest
                 quid
                 à
                 quoque
                 ;
                 fiat
                 ,
                 Eadem
                 enim
                 facta
                 claritate
                 aut
                 obscuritate
                 facientium
                 ,
                 aut
                 tolluntur
                 altissimè
                 ,
                 aut
                 humillimè
                 deprimuntur
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               such
               a
               prejudice
               against
               the
               Generation
               of
               God's
               Children
               ,
               that
               make
               it
               their
               grand
               design
               to
               get
               an
               assurance
               of
               Heaven
               and
               of
               Eternity
               ,
               as
               are
               ,
               not
               only
               many
               of
               the
               Peaceable
               
               and
               Moderate
               Conformists
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               they
               miscall
               and
               nick-name
               
                 Puritans
                 ,
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 Independents
                 ,
                 Rebels
                 ,
                 Sons
                 of
                 Belial
                 ,
              
               and
               worse
               than
               Papists
               .
               That
               such
               a
               prejudice
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               the
               great
               distemper
               of
               that
               corrupt-party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               have
               for
               these
               100
               years
               been
               making
               their
               advances
               towards
               Popery
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               insist
               very
               particularly
               upon
               some
               very
               considerable
               Inferences
               and
               Conclusions
               which
               I
               shall
               draw
               from
               some
               Hypotheses
               that
               I
               have
               already
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               but
               which
               cannot
               be
               too
               often
               inculcated
               ;
               the
               truth
               of
               which
               is
               known
               sufficiently
               by
               those
               that
               are
               most
               Eminent
               in
               Piety
               and
               Holiness
               of
               Living
               ,
               and
               in
               Learning
               ,
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               by
               the
               Bishops
               
                 Hooper
                 ,
                 Smith
                 ,
                 Rudd
                 ,
                 Carleton
                 ,
                 Grindall
                 ,
              
               the
               two
               
                 Abbots
                 ,
                 usher
                 ,
                 Hall
              
               ,
               and
               by
               other
               Doctors
               that
               were
               as
               Conformable
               as
               those
               Bishops
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               though
               the
               first
               Reformation
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Edward
               the
               6th
               ,
               was
               extremely
               pure
               as
               to
               its
               Doctrine
               ,
               it
               was
               notwithstanding
               very
               defective
               and
               imperfect
               as
               to
               the
               exterior
               Government
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               adjusted
               to
               that
               present
               time
               where
               the
               Papists
               were
               Twenty
               ,
               for
               One
               ,
               that
               was
               reformed
               in
               England
               .
            
             
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               first
               Reformers
               imagined
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               People
               ,
               converted
               to
               the
               true
               Faith
               ,
               should
               be
               more
               Numerous
               ,
               and
               more
               disposed
               to
               receive
               a
               more
               perfect
               Reformation
               ,
               The
               Successors
               of
               the
               first
               Reformers
               would
               apply
               themselves
               to
               it
               with
               more
               Earnestness
               and
               Zeal
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               But
               it
               never
               came
               into
               their
               thoughts
               ,
               that
               their
               Successors
               would
               be
               guilty
               of
               so
               great
               a
               fault
               ,
               as
               to
               act
               the
               quite
               contrary
               to
               such
               a
               good
               Project
               and
               Design
               ,
               in
               persuading
               both
               Princes
               and
               Parliaments
               to
               bring
               the
               first
               
                 Rude
                 Draught
              
               of
               Reformation
               into
               a
               
                 standing
                 Law
              
               :
               but
               only
               to
               have
               it
               established
               for
               a
               certain
               time
               ,
               untill
               they
               themselves
               should
               see
               they
               were
               able
               to
               effect
               a
               more
               perfect
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               the
               Practice
               of
               these
               Successors
               of
               the
               first
               Reformers
               hath
               been
               unreasonable
               ,
               wicked
               ,
               impious
               ,
               and
               cruel
               ;
               in
               the
               Imposition
               of
               several
               things
               ,
               which
               they
               themselves
               have
               owned
               not
               to
               be
               necessary
               ,
               and
               at
               best
               but
               indifferent
               ,
               under
               pain
               of
               deprivation
               
                 ab
                 officio
                 &
                 beneficio
              
               ;
               although
               all
               the
               Conformists
               have
               not
               been
               equally
               guilty
               ,
               for
               some
               among
               them
               have
               approved
               of
               these
               measures
               they
               have
               taken
               towards
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               but
               yet
               have
               
               connived
               at
               them
               either
               by
               their
               submission
               ,
               or
               their
               silence
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               vigorously
               enough
               set
               themselves
               against
               the
               Corruption
               that
               so
               much
               prevailed
               .
            
             
               From
               all
               these
               Hypotheses
               ,
               I
               gather
               these
               Conclusions
               ,
               which
               naturally
               follow
               the
               aforesaid
               Premises
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               several
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               as
               Dr.
               Floyd
               ,
               Dr.
               Tillotson
               ,
               Dr.
               Stillingfleet
               ,
               Dr.
               Patrick
               ,
               that
               are
               acknowledged
               by
               the
               Non-Conformists
               to
               be
               Persons
               of
               great
               Learning
               ,
               Worth
               ,
               and
               Piety
               ,
               but
               who
               are
               Extreme
               Admirers
               of
               the
               Episcopacy
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               all
               its
               Consequences
               ,
               and
               who
               have
               also
               preferred
               its
               Government
               to
               all
               other
               Establishments
               in
               Europe
               ,
               have
               by
               an
               unlucky
               accident
               ,
               contributed
               more
               towards
               the
               Reputation
               of
               the
               English
               Hierarchie
               ,
               and
               its
               Practises
               ,
               and
               towards
               the
               perpetuating
               the
               Feuds
               and
               Quarrels
               between
               the
               Conformists
               ,
               and
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               than
               it
               has
               been
               possible
               for
               any
               other
               Corrupted
               Party
               to
               do
               by
               all
               their
               Irregularities
               ,
               and
               advances
               towards
               Rome
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               it
               may
               be
               said
               of
               these
               good
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               what
               the
               Politique
               Sages
               have
               observed
               of
               
                 Anselme
                 ,
                 Bernard
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Aquinas
                 ,
                 John
                 of
                 Salisbury
                 ,
              
               and
               Gerson
               ,
               That
               by
               their
               great
               repute
               of
               Piety
               ,
               and
               Learning
               ,
               
               they
               have
               contributed
               more
               to
               the
               strengthening
               of
               the
               
               Pope's
               Tyranny
               ,
               and
               Religion
               ,
               in
               the
               Minds
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               than
               a
               hundred
               such
               as
               Gregory
               the
               VII
               ,
               and
               Boniface
               the
               VIII
               .
               were
               able
               to
               effect
               by
               their
               Tyranny
               ,
               and
               the
               wickedness
               and
               impurity
               of
               their
               Lives
               ,
               for
               the
               discrediting
               of
               the
               Pope
               and
               his
               Religion
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               believed
               how
               much
               the
               Non-Conformists
               of
               England
               suffer
               in
               the
               Esteem
               of
               our
               Great
               Men
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Party
               in
               Europe
               ;
               who
               ,
               hearing
               people
               talk
               of
               the
               Learning
               and
               Piety
               of
               so
               many
               English
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               ,
               all
               Conformists
               ,
               and
               who
               resemble
               those
               four
               Doctors
               I
               have
               just
               before
               named
               ,
               say
               aloud
               ,
               that
               the
               Non-Conformists
               must
               needs
               be
               very
               unreasonable
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               very
               nice
               and
               fantastical
               Piety
               ,
               for
               refusing
               to
               Conform
               to
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               after
               the
               Example
               of
               those
               four
               Doctors
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               how
               good
               soever
               the
               Intentions
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               may
               be
               ,
               that
               are
               of
               the
               same
               temper
               of
               spirit
               with
               these
               four
               Doctors
               ,
               and
               what
               kindness
               soever
               they
               may
               have
               for
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ;
               it
               is
               impossible
               They
               should
               ever
               come
               over
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               consent
               to
               terms
               of
               Reconciliation
               and
               Moderation
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               remain
               in
               this
               Judgment
               and
               Opinion
               ,
               That
               of
               
               all
               the
               Established
               Ecclesiastical
               Governments
               in
               Europe
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               is
               the
               most
               excellent
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               Apostolical
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               of
               defect
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               long
               as
               the
               multitude
               of
               their
               Benefices
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               honour
               they
               are
               in
               ,
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               blinds
               their
               Judgment
               ,
               there
               being
               no
               likelihood
               ,
               nor
               hopes
               ,
               that
               those
               ,
               who
               are
               raised
               so
               high
               ,
               and
               that
               live
               in
               honour
               and
               abundance
               ,
               richly
               ,
               and
               fatly
               ,
               (
               unless
               they
               will
               imitate
               good
               Dr.
               Floyd
               ,
               who
               bestowes
               most
               of
               his
               Church-Revenues
               on
               the
               Poor
               ,
               )
               will
               diminish
               any
               thing
               of
               their
               greatness
               ,
               both
               as
               to
               their
               Retinue
               ,
               or
               their
               Kitchin
               ,
               and
               will
               descend
               from
               high
               to
               low
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               Bishop
               ,
               who
               now
               goes
               before
               the
               Barons
               ,
               will
               quit
               his
               Place
               ,
               to
               be
               only
               a
               poor
               simple
               Moderator
               ,
               and
               Watchman
               over
               a
               small
               company
               of
               Priests
               ,
               such
               as
               were
               St.
               Cyprian
               ,
               and
               St.
               Austin
               :
               For
               this
               Eminence
               of
               Fortune
               and
               Dignity
               does
               absolutely
               shut
               up
               the
               door
               to
               all
               the
               Overtures
               of
               Reformation
               ,
               which
               we
               learn
               from
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Claude
              
               in
               his
               Defence
               of
               the
               Reformation
               of
               the
               Churches
               of
               France
               ,
               where
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               Cardinal
               
                 du
                 Prat
              
               ,
               for
               this
               very
               reason
               ,
               was
               the
               most
               violent
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               inraged
               against
               
               Luther's
               Reformation
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               provided
               of
               Five
               Bishopricks
               ,
               and
               I
               know
               not
               how
               many
               other
               good
               and
               fat
               Benefices
               .
            
             
             
               That
               for
               these
               Reasons
               ,
               Methinks
               ,
               it
               might
               be
               expected
               from
               these
               good
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               ,
               that
               by
               a
               Christian
               condescention
               ,
               they
               would
               endeavour
               to
               incline
               their
               Brethren
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               to
               abate
               something
               of
               their
               heat
               and
               vigorousness
               against
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ;
               but
               so
               long
               as
               they
               themselves
               are
               neither
               sensible
               of
               any
               error
               or
               defect
               in
               their
               Church
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               or
               hoped
               for
               from
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               go
               about
               the
               doing
               of
               any
               such
               good
               work
               ,
               how
               great
               and
               eminent
               soever
               they
               be
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               expected
               from
               the
               Romish
               Doctors
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               do
               look
               upon
               ,
               and
               verily
               believe
               ,
               their
               Church
               to
               be
               infallible
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               it
               cannot
               be
               considerately
               imagined
               ,
               that
               the
               perfect
               day
               of
               hope
               ,
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               
               England's
               Reformation
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Reconciliation
               of
               the
               Conformists
               to
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               should
               break
               forth
               from
               these
               good
               Bishops
               and
               Doctors
               ,
               nor
               from
               any
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               but
               from
               KINGS
               ,
               and
               the
               Princes
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               whose
               hearts
               are
               in
               
               God's
               hands
               ,
               and
               who
               holds
               them
               as
               the
               Rivers
               of
               Waters
               .
            
             
               25.
               
               As
               for
               the
               Odium
               that
               is
               cast
               upon
               the
               
                 Congregational
                 Way
              
               ,
               and
               those
               who
               are
               called
               Independents
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               more
               immediate
               authors
               and
               abettors
               of
               the
               
               King's
               Murther
               ,
               and
               of
               taking
               away
               Monarchy
               ,
               it
               can
               be
               easily
               wiped
               
               off
               ,
               and
               made
               out
               ,
               That
               Oliver
               Cromwell's
               Army
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               King
               
               David's
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               was
               a
               Medley
               or
               a
               Collection
               of
               all
               Parties
               that
               were
               discontented
               ,
               as
               some
               Courtiers
               ,
               some
               Episcoparians
               ,
               few
               of
               any
               Sect
               ,
               but
               most
               of
               none
               ,
               or
               else
               of
               the
               Religion
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Hobbes
              
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               Scarborough
               ,
               not
               mentioning
               the
               Papists
               ,
               who
               had
               the
               greatest
               hand
               in
               the
               Death
               of
               
                 King
                 Charles
              
               the
               First
               ;
               the
               success
               of
               which
               made
               them
               so
               daring
               and
               impious
               ,
               as
               to
               contrive
               another
               most
               Damnable
               and
               Hellish
               Plot
               to
               cut
               off
               the
               Life
               of
               his
               Sacred
               Majesty
               that
               now
               is
               ,
               his
               Royal
               Son
               ,
               and
               our
               most
               Gracious
               Soveraign
               .
            
             
               26.
               
               That
               since
               the
               Non-Conformists
               were
               a
               generation
               of
               men
               ,
               either
               of
               the
               first
               date
               (
               as
               it
               is
               most
               likely
               ,
               )
               or
               ,
               at
               least
               ,
               that
               rose
               in
               England
               at
               the
               same
               time
               as
               the
               Conformists
               did
               ;
               and
               since
               they
               were
               for
               number
               and
               quality
               ,
               as
               great
               ,
               or
               rather
               greater
               ,
               and
               more
               considerate
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               who
               ,
               in
               their
               Judgment
               ,
               came
               nearer
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               outward
               Government
               ,
               and
               Purity
               of
               Worship
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               the
               first
               Reformers
               ,
               
                 Zuinglius
                 ,
                 Luther
              
               ,
               and
               Calvin
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               the
               Apostolical
               Practice
               ;
               and
               who
               ,
               indeed
               were
               the
               
                 TRUE
                 PROTESTANTS
              
               ,
               most
               Conformable
               to
               that
               Party
               in
               Germany
               ,
               who
               so
               stiled
               themselves
               Protestants
               ,
               in
               opposition
               
               to
               the
               Imperial
               Edicts
               of
               Worms
               and
               Spire
               ,
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               a
               great
               wickedness
               and
               cruelty
               too
               in
               the
               Conformists
               ,
               because
               they
               had
               all
               the
               while
               the
               Countenance
               of
               Princes
               ,
               and
               the
               longest
               Sword
               ,
               to
               persecute
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               and
               to
               deprive
               them
               of
               the
               liberty
               of
               setting
               up
               Purer
               Ordinances
               in
               Conventicles
               ,
               and
               of
               sharing
               in
               the
               Publick
               Maintenance
               for
               the
               Ministers
               .
            
             
               27.
               
               That
               it
               is
               a
               most
               barbarous
               ,
               improper
               ,
               uncharitable
               ,
               and
               unchristian
               language
               in
               the
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               to
               stile
               themselves
               the
               only
               true
               ,
               and
               properly
               so
               called
               ,
               PROTESTANTS
               ,
               and
               to
               discard
               all
               others
               in
               Europe
               ,
               from
               the
               right
               to
               that
               name
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               such
               
                 Episcopal
                 Ordinations
              
               as
               are
               in
               England
               :
               as
               if
               that
               500
               men
               possessing
               the
               three
               parts
               of
               the
               Church-Revenues
               in
               England
               ,
               should
               better
               deserve
               to
               be
               called
               Protestants
               ,
               than
               the
               first
               so
               called
               in
               Germany
               ;
               whereas
               what
               ever
               Bishop
               
                 Bilson
                 ,
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Dr.
               Floyd
               ,
               Dr.
               Tillotson
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               Stillingfleet
               ,
               could
               say
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               (
               as
               being
               the
               most
               Apostolical
               and
               Primitive
               ,
               )
               there
               is
               none
               more
               opposite
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               that
               of
               the
               first
               Protestants
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               Scripture
               ,
               Reason
               ,
               and
               Antiquity
               .
            
             
               28.
               
               These
               being
               the
               Material
               Heads
               ,
               or
               a
               
               Summary
               Idea
               of
               the
               whole
               ,
               to
               be
               more
               largely
               and
               particularly
               handled
               hereafter
               ,
               (
               if
               God
               giveth
               Life
               and
               Time
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               )
               I
               shall
               excerpt
               much
               from
               the
               Scrinia
               of
               the
               Reverend
               and
               Learned
               Divine
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Baxter
              
               ,
               but
               yet
               so
               ,
               as
               to
               take
               the
               liberty
               to
               follow
               my
               own
               Method
               and
               Genius
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               menage
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               29.
               
               So
               then
               the
               main
               design
               of
               the
               Subsequent
               Book
               ,
               whereof
               this
               is
               a
               brief
               ,
               but
               full
               Specimen
               ,
               shall
               be
               to
               shew
               ,
               prove
               ,
               and
               make
               clear
               to
               You
               ,
               the
               unreasonableness
               ,
               unconscionableness
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               ungodliness
               of
               retaining
               ,
               urging
               ,
               and
               pressing
               the
               things
               in
               debate
               between
               the
               Conformists
               and
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               and
               of
               persecuting
               those
               ,
               that
               refuse
               to
               submit
               to
               them
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               to
               approve
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               30.
               
               That
               Dissenters
               could
               not
               ,
               cannot
               ,
               ought
               not
               ,
               neither
               in
               reason
               ,
               nor
               in
               Conscience
               ,
               to
               submit
               to
               them
               ,
               at
               least
               for
               the
               assenting
               ,
               and
               consenting
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               approving
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               31.
               
               That
               those
               Conformists
               ,
               whom
               I
               call
               Peaceable
               ,
               and
               Orthodox
               men
               ,
               such
               as
               were
               the
               Members
               of
               the
               Parliament
               of
               1640
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               Westminster
               assembled
               ,
               and
               their
               Predecessors
               ,
               and
               all
               others
               ,
               however
               otherwise
               ,
               most
               upright
               ,
               sincere
               ,
               Orthodox
               ,
               holy
               ,
               and
               well-minded
               persons
               ,
               since
               the
               first
               Reformation
               in
               
                 King
                 Edward
              
               the
               Sixth's
               dayes
               ,
               and
               Lovers
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               that
               
               have
               hitherto
               been
               Conformists
               ,
               were
               all
               guilty
               of
               prevarication
               ,
               and
               of
               a-sinful
               yielding
               ,
               complying
               ,
               assenting
               ,
               and
               subscribing
               to
               a
               Church-way
               ,
               which
               doubtless
               is
               sinful
               .
            
             
               32.
               
               And
               therefore
               ,
               that
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               who
               ever
               since
               King
               Edward's
               dayes
               ,
               in
               Conformity
               to
               the
               true
               Doctrine
               of
               those
               of
               the
               best
               sort
               of
               Conformists
               ,
               kept
               gathered
               Churches
               ,
               and
               Meetings
               out
               of
               the
               Parishes
               ,
               had
               right
               Reason
               ,
               and
               Scripture
               on
               their
               side
               ,
               and
               walked
               with
               a
               purer
               Conscience
               ,
               were
               the
               best
               reformed
               from
               Popery
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               preserved
               the
               true
               Apostolical
               Doctrine
               ,
               Worship
               and
               Government
               ,
               and
               conveyed
               it
               to
               Posterity
               .
            
             
               33.
               
               The
               Author
               may
               Incidently
               speak
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               Synods
               ,
               Associations
               ,
               and
               Fraternities
               by
               a
               confederate
               discipline
               ,
               but
               cannot
               by
               any
               means
               hear
               of
               a
               National
               Church-Tribunal
               ,
               independant
               on
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               to
               whom
               only
               he
               allows
               the
               setting
               up
               of
               a
               National
               Worship
               ,
               by
               Persuasion
               and
               Commendation
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               the
               least
               by
               forcing
               men
               to
               it
               ,
               by
               penal
               Lawes
               ,
               except
               they
               be
               Papists
               ,
               or
               disturbers
               of
               the
               Publick
               Peace
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               SOBER
               and
               UNPASSIONATE
               REPLY
               TO
               The
               Author
               OF
               The
               Lively
               Picture
               OF
               LEWIS
               DV
               MOVLIN
               .
            
             
               
                 Gal.
                 4.
                 
                 Vers
                 .
                 16.
                 
              
               Am
               I
               therefore
               become
               your
               Enemy
               ,
               because
               I
               tell
               you
               the
               truth
               ?
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Richard
                 Janeway
              
               ,
               1680.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               Sober
               and
               Unpassionate
               REPLY
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               I
               AM
               very
               sensible
               ,
               that
               My
               late
               Book
               ,
               viz.
               
                 A
                 short
                 and
                 true
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 several
                 Advances
                 the
                 Church
                 of
              
               England
               
                 hath
                 made
                 towards
              
               Rome
               ,
               &c.
               hath
               raised
               up
               very
               great
               and
               fierce
               tempests
               against
               me
               ,
               as
               well
               from
               some
               of
               my
               Friends
               ,
               as
               from
               those
               that
               are
               most
               otherwise
               to
               me
               ;
               especially
               from
               those
               who
               can
               very
               calmly
               ,
               sedately
               ,
               patiently
               ,
               and
               without
               any
               disturbance
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               see
               the
               publication
               of
               Mr.
               
               Hobbes's
               Books
               ,
               and
               such
               others
               that
               are
               much
               what
               of
               the
               same
               stuff
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               are
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               instruct
               People
               either
               in
               Atheism
               ,
               or
               ,
               at
               best
               ,
               in
               an
               indifferency
               as
               to
               Matters
               of
               Religion
               ;
               but
               who
               are
               highly
               provoked
               ,
               if
               any
               One
               comes
               but
               near
               their
               
                 Noli
                 me
                 tangere
              
               ,
               either
               to
               make
               a
               Seasonable
               Discovery
               ,
               or
               ,
               in
               Love
               and
               Friendship
               ,
               to
               bring
               them
               the
               wholesome
               Application
               of
               Remedies
               ;
               such
               as
               is
               this
               Truth
               ,
               That
               the
               Papists
               would
               never
               have
               been
               ingaged
               in
               such
               a
               design
               as
               to
               introduce
               Popery
               into
               England
               ,
               by
               Massacres
               ,
               and
               other
               wayes
               of
               the
               highest
               cruelty
               ;
               if
               they
               had
               not
               been
               very
               well
               assured
               ,
               that
               ,
               though
               the
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               are
               the
               most
               prevailing
               now
               ,
               be
               not
               in
               a
               disposition
               to
               
               give
               their
               Consent
               to
               such
               Massacres
               ,
               (
               the
               thoughts
               of
               which
               are
               alone
               sufficient
               to
               strike
               a
               horrour
               into
               the
               worst
               of
               them
               ,
               )
               yet
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               (
               I
               mean
               the
               Corrupt
               Party
               )
               pretty
               inclinable
               to
               ,
               or
               (
               which
               is
               not
               a
               jott
               less
               )
               not
               very
               much
               against
               ,
               embracing
               the
               Religion
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               I
               WILL
               begin
               with
               the
               Heat
               and
               Passion
               of
               my
               Friends
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Judgment
               which
               they
               make
               upon
               
                 my
                 Short
                 and
                 True
                 Account
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               they
               say
               ,
               That
               that
               Book
               is
               altogether
               now
               unseasonable
               ,
               When
               as
               Persons
               of
               great
               Learning
               ,
               Piety
               ,
               and
               Merit
               ,
               and
               who
               ,
               at
               the
               bottom
               ,
               are
               very
               Sincere
               and
               Upright
               in
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               such
               as
               Dr.
               Floyd
               ,
               Dr.
               Tillotson
               ,
               Dr.
               Stillingfleet
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               Patrick
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               might
               joyn
               Professor
               Burnett
               ,
               are
               making
               it
               their
               business
               ,
               as
               they
               think
               it
               their
               duty
               ,
               to
               re-unite
               the
               Two
               Parties
               ,
               the
               Conformists
               ,
               and
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               are
               most
               industriously
               imployed
               in
               reducing
               to
               Practice
               the
               Means
               of
               Peace
               and
               Concord
               ,
               according
               to
               Mr.
               Richard
               Baxter's
               Model
               ;
               and
               that
               instead
               of
               lending
               them
               my
               helping
               hand
               ,
               and
               assisting
               them
               in
               so
               good
               a
               Work
               ,
               I
               am
               doing
               what
               I
               can
               to
               divide
               both
               Parties
               ,
               and
               to
               exasperate
               and
               imbitter
               them
               one
               against
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               BUT
               ,
               Methinks
               ,
               these
               Gentlemen
               either
               have
               not
               read
               my
               Book
               at
               all
               ,
               or
               else
               have
               no
               mind
               to
               understand
               the
               design
               of
               it
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               dis-ingage
               ,
               and
               free
               all
               honest
               Persons
               ,
               such
               as
               are
               the
               above-mentioned
               Doctors
               ,
               from
               the
               Corrupt
               Party
               of
               their
               Church
               ,
               to
               joyn
               and
               confederate
               themselves
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               that
               so
               those
               two
               Parties
               might
               Consolidate
               in
               one
               ,
               and
               consequently
               ,
               (
               for
               
                 vis
                 Vnita
                 fortior
                 ,
              
               )
               be
               more
               capable
               to
               act
               with
               greater
               Zeal
               and
               Vigour
               against
               the
               third
               
               Party
               ,
               that
               are
               making
               their
               
                 Advances
                 towards
              
               Rome
               .
            
             
               ALSO
               My
               design
               in
               that
               Book
               is
               ,
               to
               make
               those
               honest
               Persons
               and
               Doctors
               understand
               ,
               who
               ,
               on
               one
               hand
               ,
               do
               perfectly
               agree
               with
               the
               Non-Conformists
               in
               Matters
               of
               Faith
               and
               Doctrine
               ;
               and
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               with
               that
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               Matters
               of
               Government
               and
               Ceremonies
               ;
               My
               design
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               understand
               the
               truth
               of
               these
               following
               Corollaries
               .
            
             
               THAT
               seeing
               this
               former
               Agreement
               ought
               to
               be
               much
               otherwise
               the
               foundation
               
                 of
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 Saints
              
               ,
               and
               the
               cause
               which
               should
               ingage
               and
               bind
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               Affections
               ,
               and
               Interests
               together
               ,
               than
               the
               latter
               ;
               those
               good
               and
               honest
               Doctors
               are
               incomparably
               the
               more
               obliged
               in
               Conscience
               to
               adhere
               to
               the
               
                 Non
                 Conformists
              
               ,
               who
               agree
               with
               them
               in
               Matter
               of
               Faith
               ,
               than
               to
               those
               who
               do
               only
               agree
               with
               them
               in
               matter
               of
               Ceremonies
               :
               and
               they
               will
               find
               that
               they
               are
               obliged
               to
               it
               so
               much
               the
               more
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               but
               take
               upon
               them
               the
               trouble
               of
               insisting
               upon
               some
               Obstacles
               ,
               which
               have
               ,
               for
               above
               these
               hundred
               Years
               ,
               hindered
               ,
               and
               ,
               as
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               staved
               off
               the
               re-union
               of
               the
               Conformists
               with
               the
               Non-Conformists
               .
            
             
               THE
               first
               Obstacle
               ,
               is
               ,
               the
               Aversion
               which
               the
               Conformists
               ,
               as
               well
               the
               good
               as
               the
               bad
               ,
               have
               alwayes
               had
               ,
               even
               in
               ,
               and
               since
               the
               time
               of
               Edward
               VI.
               down
               to
               our
               dayes
               ,
               untill
               the
               Conformists
               were
               awakened
               by
               this
               last
               most
               Damnable
               and
               Hellish
               Plott
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               to
               take
               away
               the
               Life
               of
               our
               Sacred
               Soveraign
               ,
               CHARLES
               the
               Second
               ,
               to
               Subvert
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               utterly
               to
               abolish
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               
               and
               Name
               among
               Christians
               ;
               the
               aversion
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               they
               had
               to
               hearken
               to
               any
               terms
               of
               Reconciliation
               .
            
             
               THAT
               this
               Aversion
               has
               especially
               appeared
               in
               the
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               who
               have
               evermore
               turned
               a
               deaf
               ear
               to
               the
               Cryes
               ,
               Clamours
               ,
               and
               Remonstrances
               ,
               which
               the
               Non-Conformists
               (
               whereof
               the
               Chief
               was
               Bishop
               
                 Hooper
                 ,
              
               )
               have
               made
               ,
               to
               be
               freed
               and
               discharged
               from
               the
               heavy
               Yoke
               of
               Ceremonies
               ,
               and
               to
               persuade
               and
               bring
               over
               these
               obstinate
               and
               restive
               men
               ,
               to
               pass
               on
               ,
               from
               that
               first
               but
               rude
               draught
               of
               Reformation
               made
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Edward
               VI.
               which
               (
               that
               so
               much
               Contemptible
               and
               despised
               Man
               now
               a
               days
               by
               them
               ,
               but
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               honest
               )
               Mr.
               Calvin
               calls
               
                 tolerabiles
                 ineptias
              
               ,
               to
               a
               more
               perfect
               Establishment
               ,
               according
               to
               what
               the
               last
               mentioned
               great
               Man
               ,
               Calvin
               ,
               (
               for
               I
               cannot
               speak
               his
               Name
               but
               with
               a
               becoming
               reverence
               )
               expresses
               of
               it
               ,
               
                 Sic
                 ergò
                 à
                 talibus
                 rudimentis
                 incipere
                 licuit
                 ,
                 ut
                 doctos
                 ,
                 probosque
                 ;
                 et
                 graves
                 Christi
                 Ministros
                 ultrà
                 eniti
                 ,
                 et
                 aliquid
                 limatius
                 et
                 purius
                 quoerere
                 consentaneum
                 foret
                 .
                 Epistola
                 ad
                 Anglos
                 Francofurtenses
                 ,
              
            
             
               THAT
               these
               Obstinate
               Men
               of
               the
               Corrupt-Party
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               have
               been
               always
               so
               remote
               from
               hearkning
               to
               ,
               and
               answering
               the
               requests
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               been
               just
               the
               contrary
               ;
               and
               they
               are
               so
               much
               the
               more
               violent
               and
               inflexible
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               been
               making
               their
               continual
               advances
               towards
               the
               Doctrines
               and
               Ceremonies
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               .
            
             
               BUxT
               I
               find
               ,
               that
               the
               greatest
               Obstacle
               to
               the
               re-union
               comes
               from
               these
               honest
               ,
               upright
               ,
               and
               sincere
               persons
               whom
               I
               mentioned
               before
               ,
               and
               from
               whom
               we
               
               ought
               to
               expect
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               come
               over
               three
               parts
               of
               four
               of
               the
               way
               to
               this
               Reconciliation
               ;
               but
               from
               which
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               ,
               very
               remote
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               they
               do
               openly
               and
               loudly
               maintain
               ,
               That
               that
               first
               Establishment
               of
               Government
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Edward
               VI.
               is
               not
               a
               rude
               draught
               ,
               and
               ,
               much
               less
               ,
               as
               Calvin
               would
               needs
               have
               it
               ,
               
                 tolerabiles
                 ineptioe
              
               ;
               but
               that
               it
               is
               a
               Model
               of
               Government
               in
               the
               last
               perfection
               ,
               a
               Master-Piece
               that
               cannot
               be
               made
               better
               ,
               and
               which
               ,
               of
               all
               the
               Governments
               that
               are
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               comes
               nearest
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               THAT
               so
               long
               as
               the
               Government
               which
               the
               Non-Conformists
               would
               have
               ,
               hath
               no
               agreement
               or
               affinity
               with
               that
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               hoped
               ,
               that
               Two
               Parties
               ,
               who
               both
               do
               verily
               believe
               themselves
               to
               be
               in
               the
               right
               ,
               can
               ever
               be
               persuaded
               to
               come
               to
               any
               agreement
               of
               a
               middle
               way
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               their
               accounts
               ,
               but
               wrong
               and
               vitious
               ;
               though
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               belief
               which
               I
               have
               of
               ,
               and
               the
               esteem
               I
               bear
               to
               them
               both
               ,
               they
               do
               each
               lye
               under
               Errour
               ,
               and
               a
               gross
               and
               vitious
               extremity
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               at
               all
               question
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               each
               of
               them
               be
               willing
               to
               abate
               something
               of
               their
               pretended
               right
               ,
               but
               that
               both
               Parties
               might
               meet
               in
               a
               just
               Middle
               ,
               and
               an
               
                 equal
                 temperament
              
               which
               somewhat
               resembles
               that
               Vertue
               ,
               that
               keeps
               the
               ballance
               even
               between
               
                 two
                 Vices
              
               ,
               and
               the
               good
               and
               handsome
               husbandry
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Medium
               between
               Avarice
               and
               Prodigality
               .
            
             
               THAT
               all
               these
               Obstacles
               hindering
               and
               keeping
               off
               the
               re-union
               of
               the
               Conformists
               with
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               therefore
               a
               most
               Excellent
               and
               Christian
               Design
               ,
               and
               a
               blessed
               Work
               ,
               to
               labour
               to
               undeceive
               all
               
               honest
               persons
               ,
               as
               well
               Episcopal
               ,
               as
               Presbyterian
               ,
               of
               those
               mighty
               great
               ,
               and
               unaccomptable
               prejudices
               ,
               which
               each
               of
               them
               are
               prepossessed
               with
               ,
               and
               which
               makes
               them
               so
               hugely
               stand
               up
               for
               the
               pretended
               Excellency
               of
               their
               Government
               ;
               without
               ▪
               which
               good
               Work
               ,
               this
               desired
               Reconciliation
               is
               not
               feasible
               ,
               it
               being
               ,
               as
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
              
               sayes
               ,
               impossible
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               think
               themselves
               whole
               ,
               should
               ever
               be
               cured
               of
               their
               disease
               .
            
             
               BUT
               of
               all
               my
               Friends
               who
               treat
               me
               ruggedly
               ,
               there
               is
               One
               especially
               ,
               that
               violently
               carries
               himself
               out
               against
               me
               ,
               for
               having
               condemned
               the
               manner
               of
               Dr.
               
               Patrick's
               usage
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               upon
               the
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               ;
               which
               ,
               he
               sayes
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               meerly
               from
               a
               spirit
               of
               malice
               and
               revenge
               ,
               for
               his
               having
               denyed
               to
               give
               me
               the
               Sacrament
               in
               his
               Church
               in
               Covent-Garden
               ,
               because
               I
               relused
               to
               take
               it
               kneeling
               :
               But
               I
               protest
               before
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               (
               who
               is
               the
               Searcher
               of
               hearts
               ,
               and
               knows
               that
               I
               speak
               the
               truth
               ,
               )
               that
               I
               have
               not
               the
               least
               ill
               resentment
               of
               it
               ,
               nor
               indeed
               can
               I
               make
               any
               tolerable
               handsome
               pretence
               to
               have
               one
               ,
               because
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               so
               denyed
               me
               ,
               that
               Doctor
               came
               to
               my
               Lodging
               ,
               and
               desired
               my
               excuse
               ,
               and
               made
               me
               a
               very
               obliging
               and
               extream
               satisfaction
               :
               but
               it
               is
               the
               Cause
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               carries
               me
               forth
               to
               repel
               the
               wrong
               and
               injury
               he
               does
               to
               the
               honestest
               persons
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               Which
               yet
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               might
               be
               pardonable
               ,
               if
               he
               was
               not
               so
               —
               hardy
               ,
               as
               to
               put
               himself
               in
               the
               place
               and
               stead
               of
               GOD
               ,
               in
               judging
               of
               their
               inward
               intentions
               ,
               as
               when
               he
               assures
               us
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               Expressions
               (
               of
               
                 Downham
                 ,
                 Davenant
              
               ,
               and
               
                 R.
                 Hooker
              
               ,
               which
               are
               those
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               ,
               upon
               the
               subject
               of
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               ,
               and
               which
               without
               doubt
               he
               highly
               approves
               of
               in
               the
               Mouths
               of
               the
               holy
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               three
               Doctors
               ,
               )
               are
               the
               words
               of
               a
               false
               and
               
               hypocritical
               heart
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               spoken
               by
               the
               Non-Conformists
               .
            
             
               AS
               for
               the
               down-right
               Thames-Street
               way
               of
               Railing
               against
               me
               ,
               which
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               ,
               none
               of
               my
               Friends
               would
               use
               ,
               and
               all
               others
               ,
               of
               any
               improved
               Civility
               ,
               or
               good
               Manners
               ,
               do
               nauscate
               and
               abhor
               ;
               (
               but
               pure
               Streams
               cannot
               flow
               from
               an
               impure
               Fountain
               ;
               and
               so
               I
               am
               satisfied
               .
               )
               I
               do
               not
               value
               them
               ,
               nor
               can
               they
               prejudice
               any
               ,
               but
               the
               persons
               from
               whom
               they
               issue
               :
               they
               that
               will
               be
               flinging
               up
               dirt
               ,
               do
               manifestly
               show
               themselves
               of
               a
               dirty
               humour
               ,
               and
               much
               good
               may
               do
               them
               ,
               whosoever
               they
               are
               ,
               with
               such
               their
               beloved
               Nastiness
               :
               but
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               they
               are
               greatly
               like
               those
               of
               the
               Lawyer
               ,
               whom
               Suetonius
               speaks
               of
               ,
               that
               thought
               he
               had
               very
               solidly
               basfled
               ,
               and
               overthrown
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               Adversary
               ,
               because
               his
               Lawyer
               had
               committed
               a
               gross
               Soloecisme
               in
               his
               Plea.
               All
               the
               Arguments
               of
               that
               Insignificant
               Rayler
               ,
               that
               has
               drawn
               the
               Lively
               Picture
               of
               
                 Lewis
                 du
                 Moulin
              
               ,
               as
               he
               thinks
               ,
               to
               the
               worst
               and
               beastliest
               advantage
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               be
               therefore
               conceals
               his
               Name
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               ashamed
               to
               own
               the
               ugliness
               of
               his
               daubing
               ;
               I
               say
               ,
               all
               the
               Arguments
               of
               that
               Insignificant
               Railer
               resemble
               those
               of
               that
               Oratour
               ,
               who
               would
               needs
               have
               the
               cause
               of
               Vatinius
               to
               be
               the
               worst
               ,
               because
               he
               had
               crooked
               Leggs
               ;
               or
               are
               like
               to
               
               Origen's
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               finding
               themselves
               unable
               to
               refute
               those
               pretended
               errors
               ,
               thought
               ,
               to
               be
               sure
               ,
               they
               should
               acquit
               themselves
               bravely
               ,
               by
               running
               him
               down
               with
               the
               Judgments
               that
               other
               people
               made
               of
               his
               Person
               and
               Writings
               ;
               for
               ,
               without
               ever
               entring
               into
               the
               merits
               of
               the
               cause
               ,
               he
               alledges
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Daille
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Baxter
               ,
               speaking
               to
               my
               disadvantage
               .
               He
               might
               also
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               but
               once
               come
               into
               his
               unthinking
               ,
               but
               rash
               head
               ,
               have
               added
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Dr.
               Stillingfleet
               ,
               who
               calls
               me
               Wretch
               ,
               and
               Wicked
               ,
               and
               blackens
               me
               after
               a
               strange
               and
               unworthy
               manner
               ,
               only
               
               because
               I
               have
               said
               of
               him
               ,
               (
               and
               I
               believe
               ,
               did
               I
               but
               sincerely
               appeal
               to
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               it
               could
               not
               upbraid
               me
               with
               a
               lye
               )
               that
               the
               Judgment
               which
               he
               makes
               at
               this
               day
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               when
               it
               lavishly
               pours
               upon
               him
               I
               know
               not
               how
               many
               great
               Ecclesiastical
               Preferments
               ,
               is
               quite
               contrary
               to
               that
               Opinion
               he
               was
               of
               concerning
               it
               about
               Twenty
               Years
               ago
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               not
               so
               well
               provided
               and
               lined
               with
               them
               :
               Except
               he
               be
               somewhat
               nettled
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               so
               plainly
               laid
               open
               the
               weakness
               of
               his
               Argument
               ,
               to
               make
               out
               the
               unreasonableness
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               for
               denying
               ,
               viz
               ,
               That
               all
               things
               that
               are
               not
               expresly
               forbidden
               in
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               sufficient
               to
               justifie
               those
               who
               submit
               to
               them
               ,
               when
               th●
               Command
               of
               the
               Magistrate
               intervenes
               .
               Such
               great
               men
               as
               He
               ,
               and
               as
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Daille
              
               was
               ,
               are
               oftentimes
               like
               to
               Rivers
               ,
               that
               raise
               themselves
               to
               so
               vast
               a
               height
               ,
               that
               they
               overflow
               their
               Banks
               ,
               and
               the
               Bounds
               of
               decent
               moderation
               :
               such
               was
               once
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Daille
              
               ,
               when
               he
               flew
               out
               against
               me
               in
               such
               violent
               heats
               for
               having
               taken
               it
               ill
               ,
               because
               he
               unhandsomely
               and
               ungenerously
               treated
               my
               Father
               .
            
             
               AS
               to
               what
               this
               Author
               of
               
                 the
                 Lively
                 Picture
              
               ,
               &c.
               sayes
               of
               Mr.
               Baxter
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               sinister
               Judgment
               he
               makes
               of
               me
               ;
               he
               is
               much
               gone
               astray
               (
               like
               a
               lost
               Sheep
               )
               from
               the
               truth
               ;
               for
               not
               many
               years
               ago
               ,
               did
               this
               same
               Mr.
               Baxter
               dedicate
               a
               Book
               to
               me
               in
               these
               words
               ,
               *
               
                 TO
                 MY
                 LEARNED
                 ,
                 SINCERE
                 ,
                 AND
                 WORTHY
                 FRIEND
                 ,
                 Lewis
                 du
                 Moulin
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               be
               short
               ,
               The
               way
               which
               the
               Author
               of
               
                 the
                 Lively
                 Picture
              
               takes
               ,
               to
               expose
               a
               Person
               to
               the
               Laughter
               ,
               and
               Scorn
               of
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               him
               pass
               for
               an
               Ignorant
               Noddy-peeks
               ,
               a
               Lyer
               ,
               and
               a
               most
               impertinent
               Scribler
               ,
               who
               knows
               neither
               what
               he
               sayes
               ,
               nor
               what
               he
               
               writes
               ,
               very
               well
               ,
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               that
               of
               alledging
               the
               Judgment
               which
               such
               Persons
               as
               
                 Mounsieur
                 Daille
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Dean
               of
               Windsor
               make
               of
               him
               ;
               but
               he
               should
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               been
               able
               ,
               have
               quoted
               those
               Writings
               ,
               and
               Sentences
               ,
               wherein
               he
               might
               convince
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               the
               product
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               that
               had
               neither
               Brains
               to
               make
               a
               Judgment
               ;
               nor
               Learning
               ,
               nor
               Stile
               ,
               nor
               that
               had
               any
               thing
               of
               truth
               in
               him
               .
            
             
               AS
               to
               the
               CELEVSMA
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               makes
               me
               the
               Author
               ,
               I
               absolutely
               deny
               it
               :
               but
               If
               I
               were
               so
               ,
               I
               might
               ,
               (
               what
               he
               will
               never
               have
               any
               occasion
               to
               do
               )
               without
               vanity
               ,
               boast
               ,
               That
               I
               had
               made
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Pieces
               that
               ever
               had
               yet
               been
               extant
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               I
               mean
               ,
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Non-Conformists
               ,
               and
               where
               there
               is
               neither
               Truth
               ,
               nor
               Judgment
               ,
               nor
               Learning
               ,
               nor
               good
               Language
               ,
               nor
               any
               thing
               else
               wanting
               that
               is
               requisite
               to
               give
               a
               Book
               applause
               .
               If
               I
               was
               of
               his
               humour
               ,
               I
               might
               wire-draw
               upon
               him
               substantially
               far
               beyond
               his
               length
               ;
               but
               I
               had
               rather
               speak
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               truth
               in
               a
               few
               pithy
               words
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               ,
               like
               him
               ,
               scandalously
               false
               ,
               tedious
               ,
               and
               railing
               ,
               and
               never
               know
               in
               reason
               when
               to
               come
               to
               a
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Reader
               is
               desired
               to
               take
               notice
               ,
               That
               the
               Author
               since
               the
               printing
               of
               the
               Appeal
               ,
               would
               needs
               have
               this
               added
               as
               a
               Supplement
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               NOTE
               that
               ,
               When
               they
               that
               are
               loose
               in
               their
               profession
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               do
               persecute
               those
               that
               outwardly
               and
               formally
               prosess
               it
               with
               great
               Exactness
               ,
               without
               any
               certain
               knowledg
               
               whether
               or
               no
               the
               inward
               disposition
               and
               sincerity
               be
               answerable
               ;
               they
               have
               certainly
               a
               secret
               hatred
               to
               all
               Religion
               and
               Piety
               ,
               and
               wish
               that
               there
               were
               neither
               a
               God
               ,
               nor
               a
               Life
               to
               come
               ,
               nor
               an
               Immortality
               of
               the
               Soul
               :
               for
               were
               they
               sure
               that
               none
               of
               these
               were
               ,
               they
               would
               be
               induced
               rather
               to
               pity
               and
               commiserate
               these
               strict
               professors
               ,
               than
               hate
               and
               persecute
               them
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               I
               may
               add
               ,
               that
               the
               persecuting
               pirit
               of
               those
               Men
               ,
               that
               ,
               either
               in
               pretence
               ,
               or
               in
               reality
               ,
               do
               profess
               an
               exact
               practise
               of
               Piety
               and
               Devotion
               ,
               comes
               from
               a
               secret
               kind
               of
               Atheisme
               and
               Aversion
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               Religion
               ;
               when
               the
               purest
               is
               the
               greatest
               Eye-sore
               to
               such
               Spirits
               ;
               as
               is
               so
               much
               the
               more
               apparent
               and
               manifest
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               they
               would
               not
               be
               seen
               to
               act
               against
               Profaneness
               ,
               debauched
               courses
               ,
               Drunkenness
               ,
               or
               Popery
               ;
               because
               those
               disorderly
               ways
               and
               courses
               have
               a
               great
               Sympothy
               and
               agreeableness
               with
               the
               profane
               spirits
               of
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               Dr.
               Sands
               ,
               first
               Bishop
               of
               London
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               York
               ,
               was
               ,
               in
               his
               life-time
               ,
               so
               much
               for
               Tolleration
               ,
               and
               a
               dispensation
               of
               Rigour
               and
               Subscription
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               needs
               have
               it
               set
               down
               in
               his
               Will
               :
               He
               also
               expressed
               in
               the
               same
               Will
               ,
               that
               the
               intention
               of
               the
               first
               Reformers
               was
               to
               suite
               and
               accommodate
               the
               Reformation
               to
               the
               posture
               of
               things
               at
               that
               present
               time
               ,
               when
               Papists
               were
               numerous
               ,
               and
               the
               Protestants
               but
               few
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               not
               possible
               then
               to
               make
               a
               thorow
               Reformation
               .
            
             
               There
               may
               be
               Laws
               to
               keep
               men
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               but
               there
               are
               none
               to
               compel
               them
               in
               .
            
             
               The
               Violent
               pressing
               of
               Ceremonies
               hath
               been
               ,
               I
               humbly
               conceive
               ,
               a
               great
               hindrance
               to
               many
               in
               their
               embracing
               of
               them
               :
               Men
               fearing
               the
               intention
               therin
               to
               be
               far
               worse
               than
               really
               they
               are
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               abhor
               them
               .
            
             
               We
               are
               not
               to
               communicate
               with
               a
               persecuting
               Church
               ,
               how
               Orthodox
               soever
               it
               be
               in
               Faith.
               Martyn
               ,
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Tours
               ,
               would
               not
               communicate
               with
               Orthodox
               Men
               that
               persecuted
               HERETICKS
               ;
               much
               more
               would
               he
               have
               refused
               to
               communicate
               with
               those
               that
               persecute
               good
               men
               .
            
             
               The
               People
               of
               Constantinople
               refused
               to
               communicate
               with
               the
               Expellers
               of
               Chyrsostome
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Bishop
               placed
               by
               Endoxia
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36831-e3610
           
             *
             Mr.
             
             Baxter's
             Difference
             between
             the
             Powers
             of
             Magistrates
             and
             Church
             Pastors
             ,
             &c.